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Show him the pendant, keep the map to yourself. Are you planning to ransom the kid or can you just not stomach killing the kid? (or cannibalism?)

holy shit this art

Hey boss, check out this cool knife I found!

Do you have any idea what the kid was looking for?

>>845280
Feel somewhat bad for clubbing a twelve-year-old on the head and leaving him to die, cold and alone, from head trauma in a dank cell far away from home.

All because you couldn't be buggered to set the gunturrets not to shoot everything that moves.

Wonder why the hell you decided to not just like leave the kid outside where he can leave after you robbed him

hoe much you think the kid will go for as a slave

>>845447
And/or sex slave?

>>845190
I mean, is any of that stolen? Carth was an intruder, here to steal from you, and vandalized property. Those are confiscated goods taken from the intruder you subdued. You're not the bandit here, he is!

Does the pendant open? Maybe there's something cool inside.

rolled 16 = 16

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Show her the REAL loot before she fires you.

>>846317
Cry and run away. Switch POV to boss. Wonder if maybe we should go check and see if everything is alright.

Lie down
Try not to cry
Cry a lot

Whyyyy?!!! I thought you loved me!

>try not to cry
Automatic failure. Cry.

Leave in tears before you can explain you have a live prisoner. And a gold pendant. Hey, you can sell that! I think.

Focus your mind, close your nasal passages, suck that tear back in through your eye. It's time to make it on your own my man.
Screw these dorks, you've got a new partner. The chained up kind of partner, and that's kind of hot.

[Unfortunately, Switch Act has been canceled by Carpetwurm. I apologize for not informing you all sooner. The following is Carpetwurm's statement and reasoning.]

Canned
So yeah, I know that this comic didn't run for incredibly long but I felt that it'd be best to cut it off now. (And I have a few different reasons for doing so.)

1. Character Design/Setting
While the character designs aren't bad persay, I don't think they work well for this sort of webcomic. (At least, not for me personally.) They're very anatomically correct (most of the time, at least lol) and take forever to draw. The settings on the other hand, are way too simple and boring to look at. While I was planning on opening it up more after the warehouse, I don't think it would've gotten all that much better.

2. The use of reader-suggestions
A big point of Switch Act was to try taking Homestuck's reader suggestion system, and making it work in proper comic form. What I didn't account for though, is the fact that Homestuck (and similar comics) take full advantage of the fact that they're basically picture books and can describe/do a lot more in one update. Technically, yes, it is possible to do the same in comic form, but for me personally I have too much else to do and too little time.

3. Bad shot composition
This is a much smaller point, that could've probably been fixed in future updates, but I placed it here so you could have a better understanding of why the shot composition is so bad. With characters that take a while to draw, and the pressure of doing multiple pages in one week (along with commission work and my normal art) I just couldn't handle doing super complex or good looking pages.

I'm sorry if this post lets anyone down, but I want to make it clear that I am not quitting comics. (At least, not right now as I write this) I want to take another shot at it some time, and Switch Act was a good learning experience. If I do another comic, I don't plan on using user suggestions again. (Or maybe I could, in very specific scenarios, but that's neither here nor there.) If you want to continue following my work until then, you can always follow me on Twitter. Alternatively, I'll probably write another news post when/if a new comic goes live.

I want to thank everyone for reading the comic, I know it was a short run but I hope to do something far better next time!

>>850955
Heh, no worries mate. Tell em good luck in future.

>>850955
Thanks for telling us!

cry alot

It's back! Here's a quick note from the author/artist before we continue:

I wanted to post this new page myself, but IDK how to use imageboards so Weblure gets to continue posting for me. It's been a hot minute since I've worked on Switch Act, but it's kind of been in the back of my mind since cancellation. As of now, I'm currently working on a video game, but I'd like to start updating Switch Act again to exercise my art and writing muscles. I won't be taking it too seriously, I just hope to have fun with it and hope you guys have fun reading and interacting with it! (Also I'm not planning to host the comic on SmackJeeves or Tumblr anymore. I'll probably just keep it on here, Tapas, and maybe Twitter.)


Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Switch-Act
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carpetwurm

The kind you plant into the ground? The only other kind of seed you can think of is... well....

So you're keeping the pendant under wraps, uh? If anything, you may sell it for some coin after you're out.

He seemed to think y'all had the seeds too, in that room the seeds were in.

Dude, pendants are nice, but they aren't worth getting kicked out of the gang over it. Explain that you saw how the kid had this pendant on him, and that's when you decided to enact your plan.

> What kind of seeds.
"Dunno, but a crate in the room I guided him to seemed to have 'em. I can show you to the crate he opened."

(To quickly clear something up) The crate Carth opens is actually empty, I think by the "Oh, you're right" I was referencing Ashe saying that there's "nothing here" on page 9

>>974493
Maybe boss-lady knows what was there before, though?

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Updates will probably be a little slow, about a week between each page. (Sorry about that!)

Also wanted to mention that I'm not going to be doing the "you only control ONE character at a time" from here on out. Any PC that's currently in the scene (and "active", so not unconscious or smth) can be controlled. (PCs have blue text bubbles, NPCs have pink ones.) At this point, Carth and Ashe are both PCs.

Aha! Leverage to stay!
"Well, I would but I just got kicked out..."

Maybe ask what the symbol is, too, should you have little idea what it is yourself.

Oh wait, her shoulder has that symbol. Derp.

Check out those numbers scratched onto the pendant. They mean anything to you?

Carth, time for a jail break. Anything useful in your cell?

Carth:
Have an awkward conversation with this 'boss' lady by yelling through the vents.
Do you have any noteworthy skills that might come in handy, or are you completely screwed without your items and weapons? Maybe humor this boss lady for now and try to sweet-talk your way to freedom. What's the deal with these 'seeds', anyway?

Ashe:
What kind of group are you in, and just how many of you people are there? Also, besides your dimwittedness, why does your boss think so lowly of you? It sounds like you're on your last straw, so you might want to get your act together.

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please don't make fun of how inconsistent ashe's design has been for the past 3 pages :^)

Carth, ask if she knows who might've sent the letter

Okay, I'll mock the rest of the art. :^)

Carth:
That desperate for food? Sheesh, maybe you'd be better off with these guys.

Carth: See if you can get her to tell you more about this warehouse and what they're doing here.

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updates might get a bit more sparse/shorter for a while since i need to focus on my income rn

"Um. Why are you using both hands to lift your shirt and not cover your boob."

Carth: Smugly bask in your trendsetting of topless fashion.

Ashe: Everybody else seems to be going shirtless today, so you might as well follow suit.

Clearly, Carth needs to pay close attention to what she is about to reveal.
Oh and what ever plot thing she shows too

Carth throw your hands up and yell "Boobies!"

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funny grayscale page

Well that's creepy. Ask the lady why she decided to eat some of these seeds.

What happens if you eat more than one?

>>976031

Nothing happens since it'd just try to produce the same ability. Maybe it'd make the existing vine larger? (Planning to explain this at some point but can't see it coming up naturally anytime soon)

Carth:
Whomever sent you that letter must have known about Mykel's ability, or at least knew about the seeds and their powers. Judging by Ashe's reaction, this information isn't common knowledge, even amongst her own people. Ask her talking boob if anyone else might know about the seeds or her ability.

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are the screentones used annoying to anyone? i'm thinking about just doing solid greys instead but idk

Seems like a good deal for Ashe.

Carth, complete quest to consume seed

The halftones are fine with me. Whatever works though.

Eat that plant embryo.

Hm. Her offer is to give a trespasser as well as a dumbass (both of which are zero real loss to her) some freaky bio items that do weird stuff to the body, without some idea of the side effects. Stuff that gives you powers that would be best saved for her loyal elites.
Seems suspicious legit.

But,
SUPERPOWERS.
DEW IT.

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I think I'll focus on rounding out this chapter in the next ~2 or so pages, since this has kind of been a bit of a trainwreck imho. I want the next chapter to be a better starting point for new readers, and I want it to have more available interactions off the bat. (Dunno what I was thinking by starting this thing off in a dumpy warehouse with nothing to do lmao)

Both of you should start thinking of names for your stando

Carth: Make sure you steal an extra seed.
Ashe: Bask gloriously

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unironically kinda proud of the establishing shot here ngl

Carth:

Ashe volunteered himself to be the guinea pig, so you may as well wait and see what happens to him. Take a spiky nut and store it somewhere safe for now.

Speaking of storage... Ask if you can get your stuff back, and maybe an inventory system of your own if that's still a thing. There might also be some other useful things in this room; maybe Mykel will lend you some gear for the adventure she's about to send you on.

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This marks the end of the 'tutorial chapter', I'll start up the first "real" chapter soon hopefully. I'll probably start it in a new thread since this thread's getting kinda long

Continue the adventure here! >>>978696