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Episode published on Thursday 31st of May, 2007.
Following the focus of the Village Chief being the one of the main villain's henchmen to contend with, Midget Napoleon becomes the second focus after you enter the castle. He basically greets you at the front door and explains how you're going to die in his castle. Oh, and he has two predators for his bodyguards (seriously).
Whereas the Chief was genuinely imposing, Ramon Salazar is more or a Saturday morning cartoon villain. I don't endorse picking on little guys, but in Ramon's case I'll make an exception.
This strip's intention was to shortcut through most of the castle section of Resident Evil 4 - you spend a good 5-10 hours chasing Ramon through his massive castle (as he has the president's daughter) and his predators actually put up a bit more of a fight; one of them chases you down a passageway and corners you in a small room in one of the most terrifying sequences you could ever play through, and another actually merges with Ramon as the castle's boss fight (long story).
Oh, and the rooms in the castle are not just big empty boxes like the last panel here suggests. That is just incompetence/laziness on my part.
Tagged:
Ben Nevis,
The Captain,
Location - Spain,
Max Valerion
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Transcript
Title - 43: "Occupant Sin 4"
Subtitle - xxiv. "Feeling Flushed"
Narrator: Later-
(The trio stroll through the castle interior. They stop when they encounter three people blocking a doorway. The person in the middle is very short in stature and is wearing old but expensive clothing. The two either side of him are obscenely tall and wear robes, as well as carrying large spears. The tall men have red eyes beneath their dark hoods.)
Short man: Welcome, my friends! I've been expecting you, my brethrens.
(Pain nudges the Captain with his left arm while pointing at the short man with his right hand.)
Pain: Whoa, that paperweight is talking!
Captain: Heh.
(The small man makes a grand welcoming gesture with his arms.)
Small man: I am Ramond Saladzor, the eighth Castellan of this magnificent architecture!
(Pain approaches Ramond who frowns as he looks up at Pain.)
Ramond: It might come as a surprise, but I'm actually twenty years old.
(Pain puts his hands together under his chin in a patronising "aww isn't it so cute" gesture.)
Pain: Aww, he likes to pretend!
(Pain pats Ramond on his head, nudging his hat over his eyes. He presents a green lollipop with his other hand.)
Pain: Would the widdle boy like a lollipop?
(Ramond swings around angrily to face his guards and points at Pain, who is unwrapping the lollipop.)
Ramond: Insolence! Guards, kill them!
(He sees Ben snapping the neck of one of the guards, having already dispatched the other while his back was turned, leaving it in a pool of its own blood on the floor. We can see that the tall robed men are actually creatures that look a little bit like the Predator.)
Ben: Don't mind me, laddie.
(Ramond backs away up against a wall as shadows loom over him. He is terrified.)
Ramond: Ah. I want my mommy.
(We see that the looming shadows belong to Pain and the Captain. Pain is preparing to pop the lollipop into his mouth, and the Captain is rolling up his sleeves. Both have evil grins on their faces.)
Pain: I bet you were bullied at school. Care to relive some of those nostalgic moments?
(The Captain picks Ramond up by the back of his underwear in a wedgie.)
Captain: Swirley?
Pain: (lollipop in mouth) ...Make it a double.
Ramond: Eek!
Narrator: And so-
(We see a wooden door. There's a male toilet symbol on it, as well as the word "HOMBRES". Flushing can be heard from behind the door.)
SFX: FLUSHH!
Narrator: Ten minutes later-
(Ramond dangles by his underwear from a part of the castle's architecture. His face it covered with what is presumably water, and yet it is clearly a liquid with a beige colouring. We realise that he's actually dangling at the top of the room, about twenty metres from the floor. His guards are still dead on the floor below, and tumbleweed skitters across the floor near their bodies.)
Ramond: ...A little help? ...This stuff doesn't taste like water.
Episode tagline: Yay! A gween one!
