Totality of the Rutch-Sludd without any falling distance of any kind required

PARLEY NO

!!!OH HECK NO!!!

Here we go.

EARN IT.

It's just (just) a little crush (CRUSH!)...

Well that's a bit rude. She's the muscle. So is all her strength and more channeled into telekinesis, now? Or does she have other tricks?

That sort of establishes the ruleset for this interaction.

Hax.

Gulp.

She must have power runes hidden all over the place.

It's the work of an enemy's Stand!

"Gravity surge?" "Nah, a telekinetic forcefield."

The muscle indeed!

This witch is against defying gravity

She has become part of soil

Well, that escalated instantly...

Yeah, this person certainly should not have acess to an infinite well of power. Same goes for the other witches.

Oh, the contactless battle...

Telekinesis.

That could've started better

That could've started better

my money's still on george

The "shoestrings tied" Ninjutsu

Ok. The cheese grater should be sufficient to remove the sigil.

Yeah I see why the court tried to suppress her research now

That's gonna leave a mark.

... That had to hurt.

I wonder why this chapters icon is pure white. We only got pure black when something extremely significant happened ha ha. ... Please dont kill parley

H’ch’oboy ????????

Noa must have done her homework and found out about George's unsichtbarhau. Resulting tactic: don't give Parley a chance to react. But just how hardy have Eglamore's glyphs and training made her?

At least she gets to the point!

Get the popcorn ready folks. This is going to be epic.

Gonna have a bad time...

Straight into the action!

Noa smashing Parley, I saw coming. Noa not even having to move to do it, that was surprise. She's probably manipulating the distortion. Plenty of ether to work with, there.

Shoulda trained under 100 gees like Goku. Idiot.

That part of the game where you meet the boss and haven't figured out it's weakness so you just get pounded.

Folded Why do I get the feeling the dragon is gonna die

*Boss music starts playing*

So that answers the question about "How strong is she?" (That's entirely not fair to spike the other person's head into the concrete!)

Smitty, we need your help asap. Also I remember Annie being able to move objects in the ether, can we apply this here? Also how does Noa look in the etther, I wonder. Anyway, team Annie - please crush this abomination. She is not even trying to reason with Parley.

It's her glasses!

shounen battle arc time

I take it back. Today's panel 6 is my favorite Parley.

For Parley to have come all this way just to be Worf'd would be disappointing. https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=267

Noa doesn’t wait for anything ???????? actually scared for them ????????

Is she using force or manipulating gravity?

These witches are really frickin' dangerous! The crew has seen this already, but seems they need one more reminder of the fact. They're going to have to pull out the big guns fast, they're facing a serious mortal threat.

That's no good manners.

Negotiations are officially over.

And now I'm worried about Parley's health.

I can see why she's the muscle.

An enemy stand user attacks!

shots fired.

Noa being the heavy/tank of her group. Looks like the fight is ON!

Damn

Where's our lucky guy when we need him

Trouble's got trouble

Oh I thought she was gonna go hulk mode. I guess she’s a psionic or matter manipulator instead?

Ha! Called it! Telekinetic.

Oh thats not good

Remember when Loupe was the antagonist? Then it was Omega,then Zimmy and Coyote's collusion, now it looks to be Jenny. I don't want to be negative, but it feels like the story has been developing a Plot Tumor for some time now.

Aha, li'l bit Yoda, li'l bit Hulk I see, but without the green.

Well, that escalated quickly.

OK. So that’s how it’s going to be.. . (Final Fantasy 6 “decisive battle“ music plays)

Smash or pass? Noa made her choice

She has murdered, before, and is ubstable.

Hmm, probably a strong gravitational field in that area. Devious. Definitely Jenny's idea.

I think we want weapon now.

They're all just somehow indebted to one crazy witch huh

Might as well be talking to a wall. Noa will do whatever Jenny wants, no questions asked, no qualms regarding morality. No attempts at conversation will be worth it here.

I no longer think she might be seeking help.

Still think the witches should be totally out of their league.

So it's a boss battle then. But a warrior, dragon, machine god, wolf demigod, half fire elemental and a couple of fairies should manage just fine - party is very versatile, they were simply caught off guard. Having said that, if Kat wouldn't be so pure and inherently good she would be able to easily smoke the witch. In an instant. That lasers cage? She made it shrinking slow enough to send a message, but I bet she would be able to di this in an instant and turn everyone inside into bolognese sauce.

Owie

Consider that gauntlet thrown.

since noa's a glyph expert and I don't think anyone else is surviving that, I expect that she can only do telekinesis on things with glyphs

GASPED out loud when I opened this page!

I really want to see what's going on in the ether! also I suspect Noa is *huge* there

as we have all learned from the jeanne encounter, it is a Bad Idea to go anywhere Without Smitty

Am I the only one who feels like we've missed a chapter? The characters are even wearing different clothes than before

Ah. Jenny is the antithesis to Annie - friend crew included.

OOP-

heaven help them ????

Did she.. lift gravity?

Well now I wanna be a witch damn

Is it because Parley earned her strength in a different way?

*OH*

And so I'll tryyyyyy- applyyy-ing gravity

(Pages 375 & 6 extracts & edits...) 'At close range Noa would flatten me... & Oh snap, Parley! Are you gonna take that?!' A loop closed in on itself. Well, so much for introductions! Let's see what the home team does next. I wonder if Noa has any close backup resources prepared...

Parley has the benefit of a trainer and tradition. The other one...has mania and innovation.

and the dance begins...

Hello fucking no

Parley got worf'd

me rooting for the bad guys atp

Why the glasses, though, I wonder.

Don't we all love ridiculously overpowered enemy?

Those enhancement runes on Parley are gonna bite her in the ass. My bets are on Kat with the finishing blow on Noa.

lmao bangs vs bangs round one lesgoooo

I really, REALLY like the outstretched fingers on the final panel (panel 6). Shows intention, underplays it, making the situation feel more terrifying. Very efficient storytelling.

Its gonna be so satisfying when Kat uses her powers and absolutely HUMILIATES Noa just like she did to the other witches and Jack. Like, yall... youre not that cool. Get over yourselves. Stay in your lane ffs, yall are fucking with shit you know nothing about.

OH. Oh no.

I have to admit, I'm curious as to what the deal is with the other two witches in the coven. Because yeah, they were on board with assassinating who they believe is going to murder Zimmy, but they both seem to be much more socially active/not consumed by obsession like everyone else in this coven is.

Huh. The simple, subtle hand motion. Like Parley means Nothing to her.

I never trusted Jenny, not even when she first showed up, thus we continue the saga of Proving Me Right.

Attempts to *Parley* have failed

Ooh, I think SHE wants trouble, Parley…

Just walk it off girl, just walk it off

Alright, Annie! Use Blazer Beam!!! ????