Said is sus!

You overplayed your part, bro.

It wouldn't have been that hard to spin a story that "Rat-Tails" was behind the whole thing because he wanted Vetra 's Eyestone, and they got caught up in it.

But nope, he just HAD to be himself. Bad timing there, bruh.

From what we've seen of the dinner table scene, Brand isn't that good when lying on his feet. And he doesn't even have those anymore.

All the worse that Kitsune are known for being tricksters.

Since your here, I've a lore question. Is it possible for a kitsune to loose a tail?

It's complicated. The simple answer is "Yes, but how depends on which body of folklore you look at." In some, you can depower a kitsune by cutting off their tails. Ō-Inari can yank them if a zenko commits an evil act in her eyes, or if a yako challenges her and loses. Some stories feature them sacrificing a tail to fire off a sort of "limit-break" spell. In all cases I've read (and I've hardly read them all!) losing tails reduces their power, but they can gain them back. For example, a yako who loses their tails to Ō-Inari can choose to Heel-Face-Turn, and after 500 years of good deeds, they are given zenko status, allowed to rise in rank, and gain back all their tails.

Heaven only knows which applies, if any, in Virmir's universe. I did note one interesting thing, though: A yako (evil) kitsune cannot rise in rank past a certain point, but they still can gain tails and power through simple age-leveling, or lose them if they screw up. That seems to jive with what Roko-san said earlier.

Also, apparently I'm the crazy otaku guy now. Baka has no idea. I'm the resident weeaboo. Get it right!

Really curious to see what shape he's in after that impact. I wonder if a tail can be blown off.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he lost a tail after that, ahem, thunderous hit, but that's up to Virmir.

Really good line you put there, yo

Failing all else, could just try going with the truth... sometimes that works.

The truth that he’s not Saida? At that rate, Brand’s all, but asking to be blasted, because saying that they “swapped bodies” sounds like a desperate lie from a shapeshifting kitsune.

The fact that Roko swapped the Eyestone means that the quetz wouldn’t know that it has been stolen, and Tarzan won’t wait to check that.

Besides, since the Eyestone is artificial, it’s not impossible for someone to make their own, so there’s no way to prove that it’s their’s while it’s sill inoperable.

It’d be different if Saida was there, but Brand doesn’t have any way to definitively and quickly convince Taran by himself.

Plus, they don't really like Brand to begin with.

I wouldn't be surprised if filicide were enacted on Saida and Brand by the queen, since Saida would never condone her mother's actions now, even if everything was righted.

Don't really know how viscious the Queen is, but I can guess she might switch them, get rid of Brand, and imprison Saida with the intent of changing her mind eventually. They do live a long time.

That's if Taran doesn't just kill Brand now thinking he's another Kitsune or something.

He already knows he's not Saida, and he needs to tell him something. It's that, fight him, or run away. Which option makes the most sense at the moment?

"Run for your life" makes a lot of sense. Suzucon is down. The shield is still up. Just book, before be decides to take you back to Vetra-jou.

I think that shield is the only thing protecting Brand from the TK grab/wind tunnel move. Once outside of it I think there is no chance of escaping Taran.

He definitely knows something up since he arrive I just wondering how much he has piece together so far.

Proper use of social terms, wrong way for a proper to use them at all

Wrong pronouns, Brand.

It's always that one word that gives them away.

Taran may be cocky, but he's not stupid

Brand, I TOLD you to come out with the body-swap situation; why do fictional characters never take my advice?! XD

Taran wouldn't believe it, or wouldn't care. All he knows is that this is NOT Saida, and honestly, he's gonna grab Brand, and take Saida home. Then Vetra has two foreseeable choices.

1. She swaps them back and fries Brand for all the crimes he's committed against her.

2. She fries them BOTH for high treason.

Either way, this ends POORLY for Brand, unless Saida manages to talk him down, because he is NOT in any sort of mood to negotiate right now, he thinks Brand intentionally led him into a trap.

Gonna give credit to Taran, he might be a jackass, but he recognize he talk like a jackass.

Interresting use of "us" too, still had the royalty flair afterall.

And THIS is a wuh oh. That barrier isn't gonna hold long without Suzo in the picture, and then Brnad is GONNA get clobbered. They already know the eye was swapped, it was mentioned earlier.(Unless I misinterpreted something, they said they were looking for the real one?) And Shock Jockey really isn't going to take any excuses. This would be a VERY good time for some "Meanwhile" involving Saida and the lab. Otherwise this is going to go VERY south VERY fast if she doesn't serendipitously arrive to explain everything,.

Well well, he actually is smarter than he looks.

I am unsure why, but I get the feeling the big zappy noodle boi up there is getting set up by using their power too much against that shield and the towers to drain them or worse. And then somehow once weak enough, the big kitsune is going to pounce and drink them dry like a capri-sun to get the last bit of power they need to go nine-tailed for fun to ensue.

Bonus points if said sune quite literally pulls out a comically large drinking straw to stick on them before they do that.

Those eyes...

And oh no! O_O

Couldn’t even go a full sentence without giving himself away.

Got here before the crazy otaku guy left a comment!!

Anyway, Taran looks surprisingly cool here

And exactly who are you referring to?

Taran is the electric dragon fellow who is Saida's older brother

Is he willing to listen to the situation, the answer points to a big no.

Right now it seem more he on intimidation stage as he definitely doesn’t want listen to bull crap and want truth. So definitely will listen.

Smooth move brand you dun goofed this time

Let's play a game called, "Who dies first‽"

I have a feeling Suzocon will rise back up to take care of that problem lightning..

Nah, this is far from "over". I refuse to believe that a Kitsune who's existed for who knows how long got taken out in one punch.

If this is the case then Suzocon, my disappointment in you is immeasurable. How did you live this long?

Suzo is very much down right now. And it would be in his best interests to STAY down, so he probably will.

Right now, he didn't even WOUND Teran in their battle, and his usual scheming got him smashed into the ground. He has nothing left to gain, by wading back into the shark tank. In fact, he'd probably be racing to his lab right now to get some contingency plan, or just to hide and... oh dear.

I remember saying earlier that power is exponential. That should apply to defense as much as offense. I don't think it's impossible that Suzocon wasn't taken out by that blast.

It seems Taran has made the gravest since of not making sure his opponent is dead before turning their back to them. Also he broke Suzocon's experiment

The alternative, which I am hoping for, is that Suzocon-sama eventually crawls from the wreckage (minus a tail) and then finds all the Miyos have been destroyed by Saida. Miyo-chan can finally rest in peace.

Or his body gets killed off and his spirit is forced to occupy one of his own Miyo clones until he makes a new one. Serve him right.

This would be the perfect time for Saida to come back and attempt to explain things.

they swapped bodies for crying out loud XD

Teran wouldn't CARE. Don't forget, they actually just need her body intact. If they kill it to get Brand's spirit out first, it might still work.

You'd think Brand would've known Saida better than this by now. Guy needs to learn how to people.

People skills aren't high on a Volcano Dragon's skill list.

AAAGH these cliffhangers are killing me!!!