A day out with Drago and Viper
Moving on to the next bonus story. Here we have quite a full day out with Drago and Viper.
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Drago’s out with his girl;
heading for the big top.
(It needs to be the big one,
smaller and his spine would pop).
Meet a Lemurian guide,
walking on her hands
as the known world
of ‘Twin Dragons’ expands.
More characters coming
before our heroes return?
Perhaps this is what we wanted?
Our chance to research and learn?
A bit of gaming nerdery but when I read Lemurian guide I immediately thought of Golden Sun 2. Anyways, another nice one Welsh!
It’s the circus!!! This is going to be fun. Especially with all the hybrids. Drago should be a giant, since it’s easy to forget just how big he is. I’m liking Tina.
Daa dada da da, circus, daa dada day dada afro, afro circus afro circus, polka dot polka dot afro! 😁 Sorry, couldn’t resist the Madagascar reference with the page’s alt text and the setting. A trip to the circus and one of the performers is a Hybrid, I wonder if Hybrids possess any animal abilities that can be used in performances. Well, other than the Romero Twins’ fire breathing… I wonder who else the cute reptilian/part mammalian couple will run into, I hope they’re not scared of clowns and the clowns at this circus don’t overdo it with the makeup.
By the way, during yesterday’s stream, I have to say my favorite part was Kaya driving like a speed demon with Cleo in the passenger seat. That girl drives like crazy…
*[As Maya swerves once again, Cleo accidentally hits the radio and it turns on]*
Radio: “Where’d you learn.. How to steer?
You do 80 .. In second gear
When you drive, I can’t relax.
Got your licence from cracker jacks.
You just hit another tree,
These fender benders are killing me.
She drives like crazy, (Ooh, ooh,) like no one else!
She drives like crazy and I’m afraid for myself!
They’ll put you, behind bars.
We’re not playing, bumper cars.
Did a great figure eight
In the middle of the interstate.
Tires squeal wherever we go.
Even hitch hikers just say no!”
Kaya: “Cleo, can you please change the station? it’s distracting my focus!”
Cleo: “WHAT FOCUS, YOU PSYCHO?!?! I tried changing the station already, it won’t work!”
Kaya: “Dang! I don’t know why, but this song makes me feel self conscious!”
Cleo: “Gee, I wonder why! Maybe because this song is describing you to a t?!?!”
Is he really tall or is she really short?
I think it’s part of both actually.
Daniel here. For those who don’t know, those lyrics are from Wierd Al Yankovic’s “She Drives Like Crazy”…
https://youtu.be/4PdqNHyEyXY
sounds like I missed an interesting stream…
Yeah, it was a sketch of Kaya driving a car with the roof down while Cleo’s in the passenger seat screaming her head off while papers fly out of the car as it looks like there’s a police car after them. The DMV won’t be letting Kaya get a driver’s license anytime soon, not that she’d have had an easy time applying given that she’s small for her age and looks a bit younger than she actually is. She may have to wait another ten years before she can start driver’s ed…
Daniel here. Fair enough, sounds like she was causing trouble in that pic :P. Wonder if there’s anywhere I could see it? DeviantArt? Pixiv? A blog?
You may be able to see the recorded stream on Picarto.
I have a impression : when the circus staff will see Drago , thy’ll try to hire him ^_^”
I’ve heard lemurs are pretty agile and flexible, so a lemur acrobat seems a pretty good fit.
Lemurs are raccoons on meth.
Lemurs and raccoons are part of different family groups, a lemur is more genetically similar to a spider monkey than a raccoon; the raccoon’s closest living relative is the Ring-tailed cat.
That all said, raccoons and lemurs do seem to have quite a few similar properties, likely the result of similar adaptations for an example of convergent evolution.
I though lemurs were rat monkeys* from Madagascar and an Ancient Latin/Roman term for ghost.
*Source of term: Muppets Most Wanted
Is he really tall or is she really short?
Bit of both. But yes Drago is supposed to be one of the tallest characters to appear in Twin Dragons.
I’m guessing Tiana’s had the conversation in the last panel many times before. It’s also part of her act.
Panel 2’s a little exposition-heavy for my taste.
Also, will we be getting a bonus chapter about the Romeros’ hometown since they left?
I’m pretty sure that place would be lucky to get a bonus panel or two, possibly showing the town on fire that isn’t the result of two of the most adorable Draconic Humanoid children. Most likely the result of their own actions and/or karmic build-up.
What’s expositional about it? The closest I see is Drago telling where he got the tickets..?
Hometown? If you paid for it, we’ll get it. These bonuses were funded by supporters of the book kickstarter.
And also that Viper’s his girlfriend. I’d rather they’d have been individually introduced before being established as a couple.
Drago and Viper have been cameoed in TD several times already, together. 🙂 There was no new information in that panel.
Gotta admit, thought Tiana was a Racoon Type hybrid at 1st 😛 . Then someone said lemur & it clicked properly :P. Oh well…
Well this ought to be a fun date for these two! Is it me or does Drago seem bigger in this one than before? I know he’s one of the tallest repeating guest characters and standing there next to Viper with no one else around really emphasizes this.
Let me guess… with her tail sticking out of a hole in the suitcase, which she then loops around to mimic a shoulder strap?
Her mom is human. Remember no hybrid is older than 16 years of age. Hybrids are a very new thing in this world and we have yet to learn what triggered them suddenly start being born.
And while we aren’t likely to be seeing it (since even in reality 16 year olds do end up pregnant) how hybrids work for producing the second generation isn’t known. Whether they can breed back with regular humans or not and if it’s a bad or impossible thing for hybrids like dragons to breed with non-dragons.
We do know that on the genetic level they’re still much more human than non (less than 10% if I remember correctly, don’t quote me) hybrid+human is probably fine, mixing hybrid types might cause issues if the features mix in a suboptimal way, though the hybrid phenomenon is able to hybridize vertebrate and invertebrate species so that’s probably not a problem. While we haven’t seen it yet it is confirmed that a couple can produce both human and hybrid children, and even multiple hybrid types, so it is reasonable that it is theoretically possible for a hybrid couple to produce a full human (assuming it’s possible for the hybrid phenomenon to work in reverse)
Don’t forget that there is also partial hybridization as well (Jin). So there might be hybrids in the future and now potentially where you won’t be able to tell it’s one at first glance, especially if they hide their hybrid features.
It’s all “partial” hybridization
I second the “who else than girlfriend” for the plus one. I’m pretty sure it’s where the plus one originally came from.
Jesse’s Adventure: I agree with her on the “opportunity, not a curse”, but I see the other angle as well: I imagine the Grandma met quite a lot of people who had their live already planned out and the magic was a curse for them, making her pessimistic about it.
Glad she didn’t tell them to “walk this way!”
… I’m getting Young Frankenstein flashbacks all of a sudden… And now Cow and Chicken flashbacks of the infamous Red Guy’s “butt walk…”
As much as I like the bonus chapters, I’m still holding out hope for C&D 2.
Love it get to see the full twin dragons cinematic universe! ^^
While certainly one way to show off one’s skills even if I had that kind of ability a public place like a circus is somewhere I’d never go walking around on my hands no matter how clean it was kept. God only knows what’s on the ground and tracked around by everyone else. I also can only think how terrifying it’d be to close oneself up in a small container like a suitcase and can’t believe there are people capable of it mentally.
As for the suitcase bit, it’s part of what they call a “contortionist” act. (Warning: if you’re squeamish about such things, I suggest you DON’T Google it.)
Contortionists make their living by folding themselves into strange places, and using odd methods. I think it’s one of those odd things that’s interesting, but you don’t need to agree.
It is something I’m squeamish about and have unfortunately seen it as part of the occasional TV show featuring a circus or sideshow freak display (including an episode of Bones where the not-actual-murder-victim of the week was packed into a suitcase and buried on a beach). I know others find it interesting or entertaining but not something for me.
Just a small thing… If someone is a lady acrobat, I think she would either tuck in her shirt, or have some velcro, or strings, or something used to prevent exposing herself. I know that when average people do handstands, their shirts will drop like that, but I imagine that a circus performer would figure out a way to maintain modesty.
And yes, I am aware of the stereotype that circus performers aren’t usually the most modest people, but this comic isn’t the type to show that kind of thing.
Glad to see I’m not the only who thought about that. Though this comic has shown us Kaya (and once, Kai) flashing us a glimpse of their undies, outright nudity isn’t too likely in this comic. Hopefully Tiana is wearing a bra, otherwise she’d be giving more of a “free show” to any unfortunate (or fortunate) onlookers.
Mysterious voice from offscreen/Skipper: “Well that was worth the price of admission.”
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kaya trying to copy Tiana’s handstand, and embarrassing her brother if she doesn’t tuck her shirt in…
Circus acrobats tend to wear one-piece leotards when performing. Tiana’s not on stage just now, so is not in costume. She’s just being another crazy kid like Kaia. 🙂
Yeah, Kaya strikes me as the kind of kid/girl who’ll go jump on a trampoline and forget that she’s wearing a loose skirt/dress and ends up giving everyone a free show.
The ability to put yourself into a suitcase implies a greater than average range of movement on joints. Wonder is there a medical name for this. Marfan (Lincoln) is one, but it comes with a price. Not TOO severe, Lincoln was not a young man when he died.
The common term for it is being double jointed.
“Really? She fit herself into a small suitcase? Where is she now?”
“Um…the airline is still trying to figure that out.”
Cut to: interior, 777 cargo hold
(muffled) “Hello?” *knock knock knock* “Anyone out there? Hello?”