Nothing like having a helpful mermaid show up to aid your passage to…
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Anwei stands (or I suppose, swims) ready to provide useful services, as always.
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Naturally, Anwei leaves with a riddle.
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This indeed does not seem likely to be an easy explanation.
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Li Anwei certainly does look rather different from how she used to look.
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In which Moira Weir discovers something very unusual in a tank in Professor Corwin’s lab. We also have some fun meta-fictional cover art from Lon. Nobilis Reed put together an exciting cast for this one, with Ellen Pike in the narrative role as Moira Weir, Ara Pelodi as Nanetta Rector, Veronica Giguere as Ashley Madder, Josh Roseman as Professor Corwin, and Kris Bays as Li Anwei.
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More history recapitulated.
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Nanetta Rector is generally a smart cookie, but doesn’t ask the brightest of questions here.
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You have to put yourself through college somehow, and if that means work…
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Time for Li Anwei, finally. Lon truly outdid himself on this one — I shudder to think how much work was needed to detail Anwei’s slinky cheongsam alone.
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And with that, dear readers, we conclude the publication not just of this chapter, but of the entire first volume of the Tales of Gnosis College. Fear not, though, as a whole new volume is scheduled to start on Saturday, with new characters and new adventures!
As always, this chapter is available for free in a variety of formats. A direct-download PDF version (about 194MB) is available by clicking on the following big icon:
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