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Busy Day

by Paul Taylor on August 3, 2018 at 12:39 am
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Alana, Ruri
Location: Dragon's Wall College

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  1. TheJabberwonky
    August 3, 2018, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    Holy cow! I’m soo hungry and that noodle bowl looks delicious!

    • Colin McKenzie
      August 3, 2018, 3:05 am | # | Reply

      But I thought there was a rule that you should never eat anything bigger than your head.

      • McClaw
        August 3, 2018, 10:40 am | #

        She’s not eating the bowl, and there’s nothing in the bowl bigger than her head (even if the pile of them might be).

      • Lee M
        August 5, 2018, 5:19 pm | #

        Colin McKenzie: Except pizza?

      • aqua
        October 8, 2020, 8:57 pm | #

        You dont consume POWER SOURCES bigger than your head. Per evil overlord list

  2. themadkansan
    August 3, 2018, 1:12 am | # | Reply

    …Out Cold-brew?

    • Dr.beaver
      August 7, 2018, 4:19 pm | # | Reply

      Many people wold give you scolding remarks about that pun… might even make their blood boil!
      But to me it’s just water of my back, and I prefer to go with the flow.

  3. Alec
    August 3, 2018, 2:09 am | # | Reply

    I love that her knees are scraped and bruised.

    • Sean Murphy
      September 2, 2018, 7:55 pm | # | Reply

      In the final panel?

      (J/K)

  4. Mark N
    August 3, 2018, 2:21 am | # | Reply

    I guess she can never live alone. She seems to need to be with someone that loves her.

  5. All-Purpose Guru
    August 3, 2018, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    Ruri got some good moves.

    Tongue in the first frame is adorable.

    So so cuuuuuuuute.

    • CPUGuy1
      August 3, 2018, 8:06 am | # | Reply

      Tongue position … the Feng Shui of skate boarding.

    • Syncline
      August 4, 2018, 9:10 pm | # | Reply

      The tongue out looks cool right until you blow a move and bite the hell out of it.
      Then you learn to keep the darned thing in your mouth

  6. Great Scott
    August 3, 2018, 3:05 am | # | Reply

    Is that a slice of pizza (folded) in the middle panel?

    • Gavote
      August 3, 2018, 9:52 am | # | Reply

      Pretty sure it is!

    • Dave
      August 3, 2018, 10:05 am | # | Reply

      Either that, or an unusually large slab of octopus sushi.

      Pizza is a better bet… Ruri is a college student and I imagine she’s on a limited budget.

    • quarktime
      August 3, 2018, 11:33 am | # | Reply

      I thought it was a banh mi sandwich. But yeah, now that you mention it, that’s a properly folded slice of pizza.

    • Dr. Otter
      August 3, 2018, 9:28 pm | # | Reply

      Hah! Until your comment, I thought it was a Pop-Tart.

  7. Robert Nowall
    August 3, 2018, 7:30 am | # | Reply

    I hope her state at the end of the day isn’t permanent.

    • Dorje Sylas
      August 3, 2018, 10:08 am | # | Reply

      Being human form takes a lot of energy. Out like a light would be the human expression.

  8. Mike Conner
    August 3, 2018, 7:47 am | # | Reply

    Totally forgotten who these two are. Are they the vampires, who one of them is Kath’s granma or something?

    • Jeff Weiner
      August 3, 2018, 8:25 am | # | Reply

      Alana was another student at Gryphon High who was in Atsali’s graduating class. Para background unknown.

      Ruri was a teapot that was used and loved by her family for 100 years, and became an infant. Eighteen years later, she’s a college student.

    • Darchangel
      August 3, 2018, 8:26 am | # | Reply

      Nah. Two of the kids at school. Ruri is a teapot come to life because it was loved, Alana is her friend/caretaker. Click on their names in the “characters” section below the comic and you can find their first appearance and following where they explain it.

      • Darchangel
        August 3, 2018, 8:26 am | #

        Eh, beaten.

    • Dr. Otter
      August 3, 2018, 9:32 pm | # | Reply

      She’s the Velveteen Teapot.

      • Syncline
        August 4, 2018, 9:12 pm | #

        +1

  9. Carl-E
    August 3, 2018, 7:55 am | # | Reply

    I didn’t realize she could return to her teapot state.

    • CPUGuy1
      August 3, 2018, 8:02 am | # | Reply

      Ditto …

    • Leak
      August 3, 2018, 8:47 am | # | Reply

      My bet is that this is just a regular new (old?) teapot and she’s just habing a cup of tea with Alana… 🙂

    • RBZ
      August 3, 2018, 9:07 am | # | Reply

      This must be what she meant when she said when she drains her energy too much, her human form “falls apart.”

    • txmystic
      August 3, 2018, 11:11 am | # | Reply

      It wasn’t really explained what the limit would be of her “coming apart”. She said it takes a lot of energy to maintain human form, so clearly the noodles and pizza were not enough…

      • Dave Van Domelen
        August 3, 2018, 5:05 pm | #

        That, or eating doesn’t help with the kind of energy she needs. She eats for the sensation of eating, not because it provides any energy benefit.

      • Jeff Weiner
        August 3, 2018, 9:20 pm | #

        Or the food maintained her enough to finish up and get back to the dorm.

        I wonder how Ruri would do having some of Castela’s special root beer?

      • themadkansan
        August 4, 2018, 1:17 am | #

        I’d say she had an active day, sustained by dinner and snax, got home tired, fell asleep, and *pop!*

      • Bratty Roger
        August 17, 2023, 5:51 am | #

        @Jeff Weiner

        “I wonder how Ruri would do having some of Castela’s special root beer?“

        Good question 🤔

  10. Bird of Prey
    August 3, 2018, 9:01 am | # | Reply

    Does a sentient teapot need a bed, or can you just leave it in the kitchen for resting?? So many awkward questions…

    • Khyrin
      August 4, 2018, 7:23 am | # | Reply

      Teapot-sized bed wherever THEY want it to be is the way I’d go. They want to sleep in the kitchen? I’m not gonna yuck their yum.

    • Dave
      August 4, 2018, 11:36 am | # | Reply

      Google-search or see Wikipedia for “tea cosy”. Every teapot tsukumogami should have her own lovingly-hand-knitted tea cosy, to get her through those cold winter nights.

    • robnot
      August 5, 2018, 11:18 am | # | Reply

      IF she is still part of a set, (Chanoyu) then she has a box that all of the “set” is stored in,, and NOT in the kitchen..
      here is a “basic set” https://s1.narvii.com/image/2bfhtgayz7d747tu7bkxnyi5koflohkz_hq.jpg ..

  11. robnot
    August 3, 2018, 11:48 am | # | Reply

    soo?? will she (Ruri) ever talk bout her siblings ( Chadogu ) ,, cuz as much as they love tea ceremony (Chado ) she can’t be the only one out of the set .. out of the set of 7 (one cup ,Chawan) i would say at least 3 made it,,, ( the tea storage jar, Chigusa,, the water pot, “Ruri,” Kyusu,, an a cup, Chawan..

  12. Centaur71
    August 3, 2018, 8:57 pm | # | Reply

    Holy crap in a car crash…SHE’S DJINN!!! (genie)

  13. B H Branham
    August 3, 2018, 9:20 pm | # | Reply

    Ruri is delightful.

  14. B0mar
    August 3, 2018, 10:09 pm | # | Reply

    Damn that girl can EAT!
    Also I find it interesting that a Sentient Teapot would choose to practice an activity that requires precision and BALANCE. She not just holding human form. She’s training her Kinesthetic Sense.

  15. Septuagenarian
    August 4, 2018, 10:25 am | # | Reply

    Alana’s bleach job seems to be holding up better than most. No roots showing.
    I assume the black hair back in high school was her natural color. Of course it could be a magical effect?

  16. Septuagenarian
    August 4, 2018, 10:28 am | # | Reply

    What is Alana anywho? She’s always had very pronounced fangs so I presume she’s some sort of predator.

    • Jeff Weiner
      August 4, 2018, 5:15 pm | # | Reply

      All we know is she went to Gryphon High and was in Atsali’s graduating class, so far.

  17. Killjoy
    August 4, 2018, 4:12 pm | # | Reply

    When all you had to eat or drink for over a century was tea… I guess you savor the chance to try other things.

    • robnot
      August 5, 2018, 10:51 am | # | Reply

      no.. all she (Ruri) had, would have been water… the tea is mixed in the cup (Chawan)…
      an Ruri’s style of teapot would be called ” Uwade no Kyusu.” or handle on top teapot,, an IF she is a pottery pot (not metal) could also be called “Dobin” = earthen pot…

      • Killjoy
        August 6, 2018, 8:34 am | #

        Ah, “loose leaf”, and the pot is only used to boil the water?

        It’s been so long (like decades) since I read up on Japanese traditional tea that I’d forgotten all that. Thx.

  18. Fatuncle
    August 5, 2018, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

    Darn straight. That rule applies for any activity.

    • Fatuncle
      August 5, 2018, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

      Oh, lordy, that was supposed to be a reply to Syncline’ s post about sticking your tongue out.

  19. Bratty Roger
    February 26, 2025, 5:05 am | # | Reply

    🥴I really love Ruri‘s eyes ☺️

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