Go for the glyphs! That.. you don't know are there.. figure out the glyphs!!

About what I expected (but at least she didn't get blown-up or crushed!) Try again but in a different way...?

Really liking the way Parley's drawn in the first panel btw

This is looking more and more like a job for the Demi-Fiend. With PIERCE.

Maybe it's a professional courtesy that Noa doesn't just kill Parley. "Obviously she's trying, but doesn't have a clue."

Ok so far her powers seem busted but not very complex just force projection and what looks like gravity manipulation hopefully if that's all she can do she won't be to hard to beat

Over 9000, indeed

Ready to connect why you didn't connect with what is about to connect with you?

Her knee is safe! For now... I wonder if Zara and Rosa will fight too.

I love your orange an grey theme on this page. Excellent work

you've got wards on you parley USE THEM

Shields are up, C'pn.

first the swan boy anime arc, now the gunnerkrigg anime arc. you spoil us :)

maybe the glasses are hiding empty eyes and the Noa they are fighting is just a shell

She's definitely channeling the Honored One

Could Parley just… Teleport her somewhere else?

Shinra tensei

Right back atcha

Kinetic redirection? Parley's force is turned around back at her? Will the key be to stay still and calm????????

Return it.

Noa seems like a singularly unsympathetic foe: impersonal, emotionless, relentless. Without that backstory she wouldn't even seem human; with it, she;s yet another tragic figure paying for her hubris.

Terrifying. You know, in the first flashbacks I couldn't believe that girl was Noa. But now I can see the girl in Noa even though she's changed so much.

Damage transference. It sends away physical trauma. You can't hurt me, Jack.

Discontinuity in panel 2 with Parley's shirt collar.

She's out here wielding infinity. What are they meant to do about that?

So essentially Noa’s glyph makes her Sue Storm-Richards. There are definitely worse powers to have!

Parley is on to her tricks

Her glasses are always white like the aftermath of the physical attacks she’s blocking. I imagine her glasses are the key here…

one of the things I always liked about this comic is that there were never any "bad guys", only misunderstandings. the forest isn't "bad", the court isn't "bad", Tony wasn't "bad", not even Jeanne was "bad". but now we have these witches, who, for reasons they will not explain, want to wreck our shit. it's kind of a refreshing change of pace! clearly defined Bad Guys; attack as able. though I'm sure we'll eventually discover they have good reasons as well.

Oh god, does she have Satoru Gojo's Infinity powers or something? This might be a little too OP!

Look who's finally moving! Still using force projection... How it didn't feel like it connected with anything should serve as a clue as to what's going on with Noa.

Stop hitting yourself Parley

I know we were building up to this for a reason, but still... she is a problem.

Noa as next Omega?

Throughout the Ether and Earth, she alone is the honored one.

Uh oh! Looks like Noa will have to use 0.1 percent of her power

It seems Noa has vastly superior "strength." Hmm, what does Georgie have... - Training - Experience - Weapons - Unknown additional tricks (wards) up her sleeve (shirt) - Teammates - Power of BIP ...I mean, I'm worried, but I'm not *worried*-worried, y'know?

But she connected with YOU!

She is like rubber, Parley is like glue...

Yuh oh

Now she's redirecting energy for sure! I wonder if the energy from the fire is in this, too, or if she's saving it to redirect some other way? Or is it even the kind of thing she can redirect? We'll see, I guess.

/sigh..... While it's nice we got a break to explain this this caracter that just came out of nowhere.... I feel nothing for her. And her being presented as "unstoppable badass" isn't adding tension... its making me want to skip the chapter.