Tora Steals Things

Hey guess what? Volume 2 of Tora Steals Things the ebook is finally out! You can pick up a copy over on my Gumroad here!

Volume 2: I’m Wilting covers the Warden and Thief arc, some of the darkest work done for the series! There’s two versions of the ebook Standard and Deluxe:

• • Standard Edition features: 80 comic pages, 10 illustrated short stories, and 4 pages of extra art done for the comic over the years 2018-2020
• Deluxe Edition features: all of the above, along with 17 pages of concept and design work/notes, an 18 page preview of the upcoming original webcomic Apocalypse Child, and author commentary throughout

Did you miss volume 1? It’s available for purchase here

Highly recommend reading Volume 1 before Volume 2 as the story Terin and The Three Saplings leads directly into the stories of this one.

Back to today’s update:

working out a puzzle.
“Beats me. I can’t even read the keys.” They were all asuran script after all. “Hmm.” FPS leaned over Tora’s shoulder, observing the keys for himself. He pointed to a pad on the side. “I’m fairly certain those are numbers.” He pointed to another just below it. “And that’s the ENTER key. We press that when we’re done.”

“Wait, you can read this?!”
“Oh no, I just have a co-worker who uses a typewriter with a similar layout.” “Huh. Ya don’t say.”
They stared at the keys for a bit.“What do asura use for passwords, do you think?” FPS asked.
“Uh… numbers?” This was twice now that Tora’s answer to asuran tendencies was

numbers. He was pretty sure Dwag would not approve.
“Oh let’s try that!” FPS concurred, reaching for the number keys.
“Sure, but ah… that can’t possibly work.”
FPS typed, saying each number out loud as he did, “1-2-3-4 aaaand enter.” The console whirred as it considered FPS’s input.
“Don’tcha think 1-2-3-4 is a bit simple?” Tora asked.“Do you think?” FPS thought about it. “Perhaps I should have tried 1-1-1-1?” “I think that’s worse.”
“Maybe 2-2-2-2?”
“Mate, I don’t think—“
The door gave a happy chirp and slid open before they could even try another

number.
“Oh would you look at that! We cracked the code!” FPS said excitedly.
Tora stared at the door, utterly baffled. Shook his head and muttered, “…Just how

much do asuras love numbers exactly?”
Shrugging off his confusion, he followed FPS through the door into another hallway.

It didn’t seem much different from the hallway they’d just left. However… all the rooms were locked with the same console mechanism.

They tried a few rooms, using the same password as before: 1-2-3-4. F

PS uttered “cracked the code” under his breath every time it worked—which was every time. It worked every time. The password was always 1-2-3-4.

“Guy really needs to work on his security,” Tora commented when it worked the fifth time.