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Tales From the Low Roads, Chapter 25 (Ms/Fs, feet; M/F, foot).

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… in which Miss Charity Liu becomes a stocking victim…

Tickling scenes:
#1. M/F, ribs - page 9 (one panel)
#2. Ms/Fs, feet - pages 12-16
#3. M/F, feet - pages 26-28
#4. M/M, foot - pages 35-36


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Very, very interesting! One of your most creative chapters. The whole city is a fascinating invention, and reveals new clues about how this world works -- and how freedom from Tabor-esque puritanism makes bogeys unnecessary.
 
Another great comic LBH! 🙂
Thanks Oman! Very pleased this chapter struck a chord… it's turned out to be one of my personal favorites!

Very, very interesting! One of your most creative chapters. The whole city is a fascinating invention, and reveals new clues about how this world works -- and how freedom from Tabor-esque puritanism makes bogeys unnecessary.
That's a darned incisive insight, Owen! Truthfully, you've thought the ramifications through more thoroughly than I had myself, but you couldn't be more right: an environment like this would never have an excuse to breed bogeys, fulfilled and freed up as it already is. My primary aim in creating Bliss Harbor was to revel in a sort of ultimate fetish vacation destination; kinda like Disneyland slathered over in fun-loving salaciousness and run as a township. Frankly, I don't know how long I personally could stand to live in the place… I need more quiet moments than its full-throttle hustle and bustle would ever allow for (as in the movie "Insomnia", where it's impossible to ever keep some hint of sunlight out of even the most cloistered nook). For Angie and Fiona, however, it is a dream come true (and, as you say, a needed corrective for the fanaticism of either out-of-control bogeydom or repressed puritanism). It will, however, be for them little more than a jumping-off point… there's one further "final destination" which we'll learn about in Chapter 26. One that's not nearly so felicitous.

Thanks so much for another striking commentary! It's very satisfying to me that this comic prompts so much intelligent observation from folks such as yourself!
 
Man I love the dialogue in your comics LBG. And Fiona with her hair down is a very nice site.Chasity and Charity are 2 nice looking new characters. And I smirked at TT's cameo, especially the last part.

Oh...and hardy har har har on page 31. I do not know if that was on purpose(most likely) or on accident. Either way...pretty nice little 4th wall breaking there.:lol
 
Man I love the dialogue in your comics LBG.
Thanks for saying so, Dae! I do my best to have fun with the language in this series, and it's very pleasing indeed to know that it pays off!

And Fiona with her hair down is a very nice site.
Thanks for noticing! I think she looks quite nice too! Certainly more feminine and less intimidating than when her hair is bound into that tight braid! I was eager that she should seem more freed up in this town; a bit of pleasant R&R before the tone turns dire again.

Chasity and Charity are 2 nice looking new characters.
Thank you! I'm eager that every population center should have distinctive representatives (they just seem like background clutter otherwise). We'll get to know these ladies better in subsequent chapters!

And I smirked at TT's cameo, especially the last part.
You can't imagine how relieved I am to finally be able to deliver on that cameo! It's been literally a couple of years since I first brought it up (the other two featured forum members have been waiting even longer!) Now… if only he'll get to see it someday! My fault for waiting so long; Community members tend to drift away and then (hopefully) back again. But I had a really specific notion of how and where I wanted him to appear. Glad you liked that little end gag, by the way! I went through that a couple of times myself back when I was working with projectors!

Oh...and hardy har har har on page 31. I do not know if that was on purpose(most likely) or on accident. Either way...pretty nice little 4th wall breaking there.:lol
You mean the top panel, where Angie seems to be intruding into the action? Oh yeah, that was deliberate! It was meant to convey her total absorption into the onscreen story, as though she felt she really had come to exist in the same space as the film's protagonists. That, of course, is what any good story should strive to accomplish, regardless of medium!
 
No actually I am talking about what Chasity said when Angie was frustrated about it ending on a cliff note. Like I said I do not know if that little dialogue was accident or design. Either way, I liked it.
 
Okay, gotcha! That bit of dialogue was indeed meant to reflect my own predilection for employing cliff-hangers, something that some readers have (in the most good natured way possible) griped about! The fact that the Cyberina chapter-play is on episode 25 and this Low Roads chapter is also 25 was intended to emphasize the parallel. And, of course, more reader loyalty is necessary for my Low Roads series, as the wait is so much more severe.
 
That's a darned incisive insight, Owen! Truthfully, you've thought the ramifications through more thoroughly than I had myself, but you couldn't be more right: an environment like this would never have an excuse to breed bogeys, fulfilled and freed up as it already is. My primary aim in creating Bliss Harbor was to revel in a sort of ultimate fetish vacation destination; kinda like Disneyland slathered over in fun-loving salaciousness and run as a township. Frankly, I don't know how long I personally could stand to live in the place… I need more quiet moments than its full-throttle hustle and bustle would ever allow for (as in the movie "Insomnia", where it's impossible to ever keep some hint of sunlight out of even the most cloistered nook). For Angie and Fiona, however, it is a dream come true (and, as you say, a needed corrective for the fanaticism of either out-of-control bogeydom or repressed puritanism). It will, however, be for them little more than a jumping-off point… there's one further "final destination" which we'll learn about in Chapter 26. One that's not nearly so felicitous.

Thanks so much for another striking commentary! It's very satisfying to me that this comic prompts so much intelligent observation from folks such as yourself!

What can I say, I'm just naturally brilliant. :cool

But, seriously...

I completely take your point about this place being a bit over the top. My first thought on reading the panels was: nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Still, it represents sensual obsession (opposite of Tabor) without core perversion (bogeys). A bit limiting, after a time, of course...
 
Limiting is right; the trouble with a nirvana is that no one ever wants it to change, so there's no call for ongoing dynamic striving. Over-specialization frequently leads to stasis and extinction; wake-walkers view the town (much like tickling stimulation) as a useful resource rather than an end in itself.

However... as long as some civic-minded local remembers to water the core-tree from time to time, things should be obligingly blissful for the nonce!
 
Limiting is right; the trouble with a nirvana is that no one ever wants it to change, so there's no call for ongoing dynamic striving. Over-specialization frequently leads to stasis and extinction; wake-walkers view the town (much like tickling stimulation) as a useful resource rather than an end in itself.

However... as long as some civic-minded local remembers to water the core-tree from time to time, things should be obligingly blissful for the nonce!

Just so. Satisfaction of appetites isn't life.

Fun, though, from time to time.
 
That was, literally, a dizzyingly colorful romp! It feels like it's been so long since I read a fresh chapter of The Low Roads (and even longer since I gave the feedback it deserves, for which I am endlessly sorry), and to come back to it with something like this... I'll admit, reading it late at night meant it was almost hard to keep up with the narrative for all the eye candy. I guess I've some idea how Angie felt, eh? 😉

Speaking of blonde abroad, I can't help but be entirely struck by how different the world beyond Tabor is becoming. Obviously this world has mystical wonders in spades, but a luminescent forest comprised of a single tree, one that lives and grows alongside the humans that rely on and feed it? We're seeing things now that, at least on the surface, seem completely disconnected from the magic of dream-time, but are no less wild. It also meant I couldn't help but notice the absolute contrast to what Mercy's currently surrounded by in Blue Powder; hard work winning its inhabitants an existence as opposed to the carefree life of Bliss Harbor. Both seem equally far from ideal, but that could be a deep philosophical discussion.

And those last panels! I could never have seen a twist like that coming. One that's going to leave me frustrated for months waiting to see how it haunts the characters.
 
That was, literally, a dizzyingly colorful romp! It feels like it's been so long since I read a fresh chapter of The Low Roads (and even longer since I gave the feedback it deserves, for which I am endlessly sorry), and to come back to it with something like this... I'll admit, reading it late at night meant it was almost hard to keep up with the narrative for all the eye candy. I guess I've some idea how Angie felt, eh? 😉
Thank you, Bella! A delight to hear from you! Heavens, no need to apologize… your past feedback has been extensive, deeply generous and highly valued! I'm also quite struck, quite flattered, that your grounding in Low Roads lore is so thorough! Couldn't be more pleased that you enjoyed Chapter 25! As you say, spectacle is the order of the day in this installment, so much so that I can see how narrative progression might have been steamrollered a bit. Fortunately, there wasn't a whale of a lot of plot to advance… most of what's stated is setup for upcoming action, which will be covered more completely once it arrives. I'm sure that some of the fine detail got blunted, but you're entirely right: it pretty much mirrors the sensory overload and confusion Angie (or any initiate) would have been experiencing. If the story caught that mood to any degree, I'm more than satisfied!

Speaking of blonde abroad, I can't help but be entirely struck by how different the world beyond Tabor is becoming. Obviously this world has mystical wonders in spades, but a luminescent forest comprised of a single tree, one that lives and grows alongside the humans that rely on and feed it? We're seeing things now that, at least on the surface, seem completely disconnected from the magic of dream-time, but are no less wild.
Ha ha! It's true, the core-tree is a pretty out-there conceit… possibly too outre to seem a credible part of the world I've been building. The primary purpose of this weirdness was to introduce "neon" effects into what is basically a pre-industrial society. Bliss Harbor is meant to be flashy as all get-out, with elements of Disneyland After Dark and the Vegas strip, and that dazzle requires underpinnings that couldn't be achieved by the technology available to anyone at the time. Besides that, I really liked the idea of a township founded on symbiosis, sort of the same way that bacteria in the gut and human digestion are inextricably linked. Yeah… I think about germs a lot. Wonder if there's a fetish for that…

It also meant I couldn't help but notice the absolute contrast to what Mercy's currently surrounded by in Blue Powder; hard work winning its inhabitants an existence as opposed to the carefree life of Bliss Harbor. Both seem equally far from ideal, but that could be a deep philosophical discussion.
Well spotted! I was eager for this contrast, not only so that plot cross-cutting could be more dynamic but so that it would be possible to explore the differing routes taken to achieve expertise. Angie follows the High Road with her training: becoming pupil to a mentor, adhering to the proven dictums of an established discipline that has a hierarchical structure (in effect, she's taking a college course). Mercy's Low Roads approach is more do-it-yourself, with all the inefficiency and unexpected, accidental discovery that outside-the-box striving entails. Their surroundings reflect this dichotomy: Mercy grubbing amidst the rough and tumble; Angie hobnobbing with the elite. These choices were dictated by the girls' completely different characters: Angie is rather acquiescent, in need of someone to guide her; Mercy's bullheaded and so rebelliously independent that she probably wouldn't benefit much from structured education. Also, Mercy's so much of a brat (highly spirited, but spoiled), I felt it necessary to toughen her up by exposure to the hard workers in Swillwell and Blue Powder. Angie's lived a life of privilege too, but hasn't been as arrogant about it; she didn't need the lesson anywhere near as much.

As you say, neither Bliss Harbor nor Blue Powder are exactly ideal communities. Bliss Harbor over-specializes and is founded on an absolute dependence on the core-tree (should some sort of oak-blight ever hit, these people could be screwed!); Blue Powder's problem is similar in that it's basically a mining boom town whose whole purpose would be nullified if the ore ever ran out. In neither case is there much in the way of diversity (heaven help you if, like Charity, you have no interest in the prevailing theme) or a support system in case of disaster.

And those last panels! I could never have seen a twist like that coming. One that's going to leave me frustrated for months waiting to see how it haunts the characters.
Sorry! I know these cliffhanger endings (okay, this isn't technically a cliffhanger, but it was certainly intended to rouse anxiety) are a bit unfair considering the massive drought I put readers through while preparing fresh material! Let me promise that further clues with be forthcoming in Chapter 26. I also promise that the incident I'm hinting at is absolutely fundamental to the unfolding plot, not some unrelated, stray story thread. We'll get to learn much about the origins of the Wake-Walker corps, as well as bogeydom generally. I promise I'll do my very best to make the rewards worth the wait!
 
I couldn't stop smiling the whole read. It was that sense of discovery, incitement of wonder. I said "wow" out loud several times. The colors and contrast and vistas made eye candy indeed. My two favorite panels were the view of the entire Bliss Harbor and the downward view of the Tittering Tower, resplendent with veined green marble columns and a lovely vantage point. I liked the purpose of the Tittering tower even more.

I could be wrong, but some of the dialog balloons seemed larger than I remembered seeing before, (or maybe the ratio of text to art in one panel) yet they were not distracting from the art, a nice mix between reading a book and viewing art. I always thought the disappointing thing about some comic books and graphic novels was how quickly you could read them. Here I could savor both the dialog and the graphics.

I loved the core tree idea. Bliss Harbor definitely came across as a bioluminescent Las Vegas style Disneyland After Dark. I want to go there. I want that vacation destination. Bliss Harbor has the advantage of being a natural wonder, without the inherent dangers of human invention, though, as you pointed out in commentary, dependency on one system is dangerous. ( Not unlike our electric grid, single DNA crops, agribusiness mega farming, hmmm... efficiencies of scale are reducing the safety of redundancy.)

I enjoyed and often shared Angie's responses. I enjoyed the re-appreciation of the magic of movies and animation. I was reminded of the early movie "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" in 1895 (thanks google) where legend has it that many of the patrons ran in fear of the approaching train.

I enjoyed Chastity and Charity, the two new "sisters of contrast" in name and character, but only now am I wondering if there are analogies to Mercy and Angie. I'll have to think about that. Blue Powder vs Bliss Harbor, Chastity vs Charity, Mercy vs Angie... I saw the visual graphics contrast, but I hadn't thought about the sheer number of contrasting themes and how they might interrelate, despite other's comments about them. This is why I should start reading novels again instead of all technical and political books. I think you can lose a certain literary awareness, a kind of thoughtful overarching analysis that can be an antidote to television soundbites and thirty second commercials.

Thank you for your graphics and literary efforts.
Lee
 
I couldn't stop smiling the whole read. It was that sense of discovery, incitement of wonder. I said "wow" out loud several times. The colors and contrast and vistas made eye candy indeed. My two favorite panels were the view of the entire Bliss Harbor and the downward view of the Tittering Tower, resplendent with veined green marble columns and a lovely vantage point. I liked the purpose of the Tittering tower even more.
A great joy to read another of your trademark extensive, insightful, fun replies, Lee! I always look forward to your views on the latest Low Roads chapter; a chief annoyance about the long wait it takes me to produce new material is that I have that much longer for your assessment! Thank you for all your kind words concerning the look of this installment! It took more than the usual pains to make Bliss Harbor "glow" just right (while scanning, mostly; you gotta lighten the exposure enough so that light sources become halo-esque, but not so much that colors loose their richness and the text gets washed out and hard to read, blah blah blah…). I consider the two images you site to be the "money shots" of the piece, so I couldn't be more gratified that you single them out! The high-angle view of the Tittering Tower is my favorite (actually, I have a few problems with the city long-shot. But it took days to finish and I wasn't about to try again on a tight schedule to probably negligible improvement). I'm so pleased you made mention of the marble columns! I really enjoyed making that veined effect and am super-happy about the way it looks! Originally, those pillars were supposed to be an extension of the silvery platform material… what a waste that would have been!

I could be wrong, but some of the dialog balloons seemed larger than I remembered seeing before, (or maybe the ratio of text to art in one panel) yet they were not distracting from the art, a nice mix between reading a book and viewing art. I always thought the disappointing thing about some comic books and graphic novels was how quickly you could read them. Here I could savor both the dialog and the graphics.
Thank you! I set great store by the written aspect of the comic (the script can take up to a month to shape. I just get worse and worse about it!), so this compliment is particularly appreciated! It's entirely possible that there were more large-size dialogue sessions in this chapter; there certainly was plenty to describe and explain. I always manage one or two bloated-up word balloons per chapter, like the ones on page 8 where images have to be squeezed into about a quarter of the panel. Running-off-at-the-mouth dialogue can be pleasing to write (makes for an easy-to-illustrate panel, too), and can serve a useful purpose if it happens to occur during a fetish scene; the longer one spends reading the text, the longer the tickling seems to take! Saves wear and tear on pencils!

I loved the core tree idea. Bliss Harbor definitely came across as a bioluminescent Las Vegas style Disneyland After Dark. I want to go there. I want that vacation destination. Bliss Harbor has the advantage of being a natural wonder, without the inherent dangers of human invention, though, as you pointed out in commentary, dependency on one system is dangerous. ( Not unlike our electric grid, single DNA crops, agribusiness mega farming, hmmm... efficiencies of scale are reducing the safety of redundancy.)
Yeah, I'd definitely love to live close enough to visit regularly! Not to live in it, necessarily (any more than I'd prefer to dwell in any town; I'm a farm boy at heart, with sparse rural landscapes suited perfectly to my personality), but certainly close enough to pop in when I was in the mood for high-end shopping or for fetish fun (well, maybe it should be within walking distance, then!) Your observation about the core tree's natural benefits is telling; I conceived the idea after watching some documentary material about living bridges in India, where locals train roots into a latticework of raised walkways to see them past the monsoon floods. The extrapolation isn't too terribly outlandish, though it would require a greater degree of cooperation (probably gene spicing, too) than any real-world tree could possibly provide. It would likely require a measure of arboreal sentience, too… of course, some Earth Firsters would claim they already have it.

I enjoyed and often shared Angie's responses. I enjoyed the re-appreciation of the magic of movies and animation. I was reminded of the early movie "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" in 1895 (thanks google) where legend has it that many of the patrons ran in fear of the approaching train.
Good for you, snagging the film title! I know the footage (it was expounded on prominently at the beginning of my college cinematography course, years and years ago), but I would have had tons of trouble pinpointing it now! If I'd been a little more persistent, I might have worked in motion pictures (it was certainly my ambition for awhile) and cinematic entertainment is still a cherished pastime, so Angie's premier trip to the movie theater was a very personal moment for me! Though I was never as confounded about cartoons as she managed to be; my brother and I did flip-book animation a long time before I ever associated it with the stuff up on the screen. That managed to dispel much of the mystery. Puppet animation was another story (I didn't figure that out until much later!)

I enjoyed Chastity and Charity, the two new "sisters of contrast" in name and character, but only now am I wondering if there are analogies to Mercy and Angie. I'll have to think about that. Blue Powder vs Bliss Harbor, Chastity vs Charity, Mercy vs Angie... I saw the visual graphics contrast, but I hadn't thought about the sheer number of contrasting themes and how they might interrelate, despite other's comments about them. This is why I should start reading novels again instead of all technical and political books. I think you can lose a certain literary awareness, a kind of thoughtful overarching analysis that can be an antidote to television soundbites and thirty second commercials.
Yeah… I'd like to get back to novel reading myself someday. There's no hold quite like the gripping suspense a page-turner can generate… I've really missed it. At the moment, though, this comic doesn't give me much time for any other sort of competing leisure. And I'm determined to finish the blasted thing! I'm damn near into my 60s… there may not be much productive time left!

I'm very pleased you like Chastity and Charity! I'm always fond of the story's neophyte characters, but then I have a personal rooting interest and can't be depended on to judge them dispassionately. While its true that many of the series' interrelationships have formed into pairs, I suspect this was done for narrative expediency rather than to highlight any sort of thematic dichotomy (a lone character can't have very many enlightening conversations). I'm not a big fan of "writing" thematics; message entertainment is generally a drag to sit through. Nothing annoys me quite so much as fiction that informs the reader how he ought to react to a subject or situation. Readers aren't dummies and shouldn't be preached at. I prefer it when an author present incident in a straightforward way, then let his audience figure out how to interpret it. I figure that if I've imagined my characters thoroughly enough and have the story unfold authentically and unforced, thematics will surface naturally without being prodded. Everyone has a personal perspective; it's darned near impossible to keep it from imprinting itself on narrative incident, so there's no point in being obvious about it. Actually, I don't think this diatribe directly addresses the point you raised; it was something I wanted to get it off my chest, though!

Thank you for your graphics and literary efforts.
Lee
Thank you for making the exercise so much fun, Lee! I intend to get right back to work on Chapter 26, that I might hear from you again all the sooner!
 
AARGH! I'm so late replying to this XDD
These last few weeks have been so chaotic that my unencumbered computer access has been something of a rarity. But finding this today before work certainly made my day, if not my entire week. >w<

Its interesting to see the otherside of the coin; that is, the reverse of the world we've come to expect in this narrative. I rather like Charity and Chastity. You should expect fan art of them within the month. Lol
And I haven't forgotten the other thing I'm doing for you; It's just been...wailaid for a time barring some unforseen technical difficulties...{XD
 
AARGH! I'm so late replying to this XDD
These last few weeks have been so chaotic that my unencumbered computer access has been something of a rarity. But finding this today before work certainly made my day, if not my entire week. >w<
Delighted to hear from you anytime, Relent! Aye's papa is a most honored visitor whenever he finds the leisure to drop by (this is a hectic season for almost everyone, it seems)! Most happy this chapter served as a pleasant surprise! The infrequency of these contributions would be doubly tiresome if they seemed like a labor… my fervent hope is that they come across as unexpected, pleasant treat!

Its interesting to see the otherside of the coin; that is, the reverse of the world we've come to expect in this narrative. I rather like Charity and Chastity. You should expect fan art of them within the month. Lol
Thank you for the kind words about the Bliss Harbor tableau and specifically about the Liu sisters! It would be wonderful to see another's unique perception of the ladies; should you choose (and have time) to do so, it would be a tremendously exciting event, one I'd await with keenest anticipation!

Bliss Harbor certainly is the flip-side of staid, repressed Fairview (along with work-obsessed Swillwell or Blue Powder). I'm eager to present celebration in this series as well as deprivation… and after Angie's arduous training/traveling regimen, a period of R&R is not only welcome for her but necessary to avoid a static storytelling tone. The wake-walker cadre has sound excuse to unwind… some of its toughest trials lie just ahead!

And I haven't forgotten the other thing I'm doing for you; It's just been...wailaid for a time barring some unforseen technical difficulties…{XD
I'm likewise most eager for that particular project! It will be worth any wait, I know… patience will render the sweet results all the more delectable!
 
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Ooh! It starts with a beach scene. I love the beach, living too far from it nowadays to visit... but it's surprising to see that Angie has never visited a beach before! The ocean must be a sight to see for her too!

I love the trees with the lights. They seem like a weird mixture of Christmas balls and Christmas lights... The town is not less impressive; Build on a gigantic top. You really have a knack for impressive views and constructions, lbh!

Another character that drew my attention was the one 'covered with purple berries'. I believe she only appeared as a figurant on one of the frames, but helped set the mood beautifully. Really cute outfit.

And then there is the tittering tower! Being a foot-fan myself, liking some light bondage in addition... this is naturally one of my favourite scenes in the chapter. Again AMAZING design (and then I'm not only talking of the idea, but also the beautiful art on the walls and the arches between the pillars. You ahve a talent for design, really! For a moment I thought there was even a dog tickling feet, but then I figured it was a person sitting on his knees. Ingenius thought behind the tower 'ritual' too.

Another thing I'm surprised by is how you can output so much, so many LONG stories... I have been pretty productive myself but not all my chapters are that long. Actually, if you have a bit of time, I recommend you to take a look at my former-last chapter called "Pandora" because I think it would be an interesting read for you. Not tickle-wise, however. (And yes, it has some links to mythology, that's why I think it may interest you). You can find it here: http://jen-fan.deviantart.com/favourites/45936565

Anyway, really a great publication again! I'm not visiting TT much anymore, but I keep coming back to read up on the Low Roads when I have the time. ^^

Ilo.
 
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