Title: Calamus Est (the re-vamped version)
Plot: When Nib encounters the Mettaton of the UnderFell universe under unusual circumstances, he’s in for a bit of a shock: this AU Mettaton somehow also has a dip pen like him!
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Page 11 to 16: nib-mettaton.tumblr.com/post/184953053413
Page 17 to 22: (you are here!)
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Want to read ahead? Full uploads are already on ComicFury (nib-mettaton.webcomic.ws)
*Sorry about the lack of links for a directory. Tumblr hates posts with links, even internal ones, so I had to post an incomplete link. Just type in my Tumblr blog URL, followed by the info given.
Credit where credit is due:
Nunton created by @picopepin
Frolloton created by @samserve . Sorry for no tag, the name is untaggable for some reason :(
(and, before anyone asks: I am fully aware that the associated AUs blogs for Nunton and Frolloton no longer exist, and so I did ask the creators for permission ahead of time before working on this comic in particular).
So, yeah! The redone version of “Calamus Est”. The story closely follows the same plot I did in late 2017, but has a few big changes. The big change to note for this third page batch:
In the original comic, the relationship between Nunton and Frolloton was something akin to the strained relationship between the unnamed archdeacon and Frollo in the Disney version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame (where they respected but hated each other). In this revamped version, I added some implications that Nunton and Frolloton used to be very good friends until something bad happened involving a human that caused the friendship to fall apart.
The original comic had the interactions between the AU Mettatons in an empty space, so I decided to move the battle indoor inside to a cathedral-like setting. You win an internet cookie if you recognize the fanart that the stained glass windows are based off of. :D
In the sequence where Frolloton using some kind of electric/lightning spell to temporarily short circuit Nunton, Frolloton speaking Enochian ("COM SELH CONST" is Enochian for "a circle of thunders"). Why Enochian? Enochian is more closely associated with the occult. Claude Frollo, in the original novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is interested in alchemy, which is also associated with the occult. Bit of a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Frollo character. ;P
