| 8-Bit Theater | |
| Episode 070 | |
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| Tru dat. | |
| Black Mage, the Master of Deceit | |
| Date Published | Tuesday August 21st, 2001 |
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Two Corneria Guards embark on a quest to find the Black Mage who killed the old man.
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| Black Mage | Hm, according to Fighter, the old man who took all our gold was wearing blue. So when I beat the living bajeezus out of that old guy in red, I was assaulting the wrong geezer.
Don't get me wrong. I mean, I'm all about random violence perpetrated against hapless victims... ...but it does complicate matters since he--or perhaps his next of kin--have undoubtedly gone to the authorities by now. Speaking of authorities... |
| Cut to two Corneria Guards, Lenny and Carl. | |
| Carl | I don't think this is a good idea. |
| Lenny | How so? |
| Carl | We're supposed to be hunting down a mage to bring him to justice for beating the daylights out of some old guy, right? |
| Black Mage hides behind the corner while the Corneria Guards are having their conversation. | |
| Lenny | Right. |
| Carl | Well doesn't it follow that said mage, being that we have to hunt him down, is not likely to go quietly? |
| Lenny | Sounds reasonable enough, yeah. |
| Carl | Then doesn't it also follow that he will throw fireballs at us or some such? |
| Black Mage | I think he'd rather cast a translocation spell between your blood and a vat of acid while sustaining just enough of your consciousness in a state of unlife so that you'd be able to experience the impossible pain of it before being driven insane as a fully aware yet dead corpse rotting in the cold ground forever... |
| Pan out showing Black Mage wearing glasses and a fake moustache. | |
| Black Mage | ...er, but what do I know for mages, eh what? |