Will we have a ” How I met your mother” follow-up on the two affected, or will this result in court orders, telling each other not to come within 100 yards/meters of one another?
I asked this on another thread too, but does the Waspiverse version of MIB do memory wipes when deemed necessary? If there would be complications with these two forming a relationship, a couple well-focused memory wipes would be in order. Wipe their memories of ever going to Mucho Mocha that day.
I know if _I_ were Katherine, I’d keep dibs on them at least long enough to make sure they bought the cover story. Does the Waspiverse version of MIB do memory wipes (AKA the “blinky thing”) when deemed necessary?
Not shown for graphic violence: The MIB beating the money out of the conmen who have been selling defective amulets, expired gryphon musk, and just generally outdated info to little girls and boys.
Considering how high her income in the past must have been, a class three amulet must have been insanely expensive – low 5 digits at least. Suddenly Dale’s choice of job makes far more sense; if you have issues like this you can either whine about it or put it to socially-productive use and make a good living.
MIB must have made the determination that social stability and protecting the masquerade was worth the investment in protective gear. The para free market and the scammers on the fringe of it are no doubt clutching their pearls over the MIB’s direct involvement in maintaining the social order.
Atsali’s mention of Oscar, when she was talking to Castela about Kath’s “life before us”, was phrased in a way which implies to me that Atsali didn’t believe that Castela remembered Oscar very well, or at all.
Bettas have a typical lifespan in captivity of only 3-5 years. Based on what we know of the Wapsi timeline, he was already quite old at the time that Katherine first met and then adopted Atsali and Castela.
So, “death by natural causes, due to old age” seems likeliest (and probably inevitable unless he was not just a mundane betta). He may have gone to the big fishbowl in the sky not long after the adoption. In the absence of a Word of Paul, that’s the best guess I can offer.
(Consequences of chronic and acute lactose intolerance is another possibility, of course. He might have done a Mr. Creosote, and exploded, if one of the kids had dropped ice cream into his bowl the way Kath once did. That would have been quite memorable for both of the girls, though, so I doubt it happened.)
I was afraid all along that Oscar had gone to the Big Toilet Bowl in the Sky…come to think of it, I (re)watched that Mr. Creosote scene just a week or so ago…
Handing them out to paras who have genuine difficulty keeping their natural abilities from disrupting the status quo. The para community is trying hard to live peacefully alongside the mundane human community undetected, and MIB has an extremely vested interest in maintaining that scenario.
Euryale? She is indeed a hugger, but as a gorgon I’d have to avoid eye contact, which prolly would not be an issue given her–ahem–“relaxed” sense of fashion: http://wapsisquare.com/comic/another-scholar/
Should not have been hard at all to raise any sizable amount of money making porn, I would think. For a curvy succubus, whose powers can apparently even effect the viewer, all the moreso.
All things considered, they probably shouldn’t have had that PBS remake of “Scents and Sensibilities” playing on the TV at the time.
Will we have a ” How I met your mother” follow-up on the two affected, or will this result in court orders, telling each other not to come within 100 yards/meters of one another?
MIB should nose into it
I asked this on another thread too, but does the Waspiverse version of MIB do memory wipes when deemed necessary? If there would be complications with these two forming a relationship, a couple well-focused memory wipes would be in order. Wipe their memories of ever going to Mucho Mocha that day.
A minor nit: when Briar and Dale were introduced (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/quick-update-and-new-cast/ ), Briar was described as sixteen years old, not fifteen. Dale would know, of course.
“Oh, by the way, your daughter is already friends with my sister…” (but Dale doesn’t know that just yet…)
If she actually thinks about it . . . I have to think about how old either I or my sister am, and actually add it up, or I get it wrong.
That was a mess up on my part. Briar is indeed 15, the same age as Cass, Scarlet, Daylla, and Timothy. =)
Then the two from yesterday won’t be continuing their relationship? Bummer.
Hopefully the reason it worked so well is that they hadn’t had the nerve to approach each other . . .
I know if _I_ were Katherine, I’d keep dibs on them at least long enough to make sure they bought the cover story. Does the Waspiverse version of MIB do memory wipes (AKA the “blinky thing”) when deemed necessary?
🤨 If you _were_ Katherine, you’d do exactly what she’d do, because you’d be her 🙄
Not shown for graphic violence: The MIB beating the money out of the conmen who have been selling defective amulets, expired gryphon musk, and just generally outdated info to little girls and boys.
Definitely a worthwhile side story.
Considering how high her income in the past must have been, a class three amulet must have been insanely expensive – low 5 digits at least. Suddenly Dale’s choice of job makes far more sense; if you have issues like this you can either whine about it or put it to socially-productive use and make a good living.
MIB must have made the determination that social stability and protecting the masquerade was worth the investment in protective gear. The para free market and the scammers on the fringe of it are no doubt clutching their pearls over the MIB’s direct involvement in maintaining the social order.
I love how Katherine is full MIB now.
She has been for a long time, she just also has a ‘regular’ life
I kinda miss the old Katherine. And I still wonder what happened to Oscar.
Atsali’s mention of Oscar, when she was talking to Castela about Kath’s “life before us”, was phrased in a way which implies to me that Atsali didn’t believe that Castela remembered Oscar very well, or at all.
Bettas have a typical lifespan in captivity of only 3-5 years. Based on what we know of the Wapsi timeline, he was already quite old at the time that Katherine first met and then adopted Atsali and Castela.
So, “death by natural causes, due to old age” seems likeliest (and probably inevitable unless he was not just a mundane betta). He may have gone to the big fishbowl in the sky not long after the adoption. In the absence of a Word of Paul, that’s the best guess I can offer.
(Consequences of chronic and acute lactose intolerance is another possibility, of course. He might have done a Mr. Creosote, and exploded, if one of the kids had dropped ice cream into his bowl the way Kath once did. That would have been quite memorable for both of the girls, though, so I doubt it happened.)
I was afraid all along that Oscar had gone to the Big Toilet Bowl in the Sky…come to think of it, I (re)watched that Mr. Creosote scene just a week or so ago…
Considering the old Katherine was suffering badly from PTSD I’m happy that she’s recovering enough to be living life again.
Hopefully she’s not sitting around the apartment stark naked anymore. (What am I *saying?*)
If only because of having two teenagers whose friends could pop in (sometimes literally) at random times.
I just love this world.
Also…how can gryphon musk be unscented?
Musk is often a base for perfume, so I’m guessing this is referring to straight/uncut gryphon mush.
She must’a had the processed perfume version, then.
Did Becky’s freckles largely fade away in 8 years?
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/just-forget/
Were they freckles or was it acne? in a world of magic and technology, EVERY situation or status is negotiable
There comes a point in life where you have to convince people they’re not liver spots.
Handing these defense talismans out like party favors, are we?
Handing them out to paras who have genuine difficulty keeping their natural abilities from disrupting the status quo. The para community is trying hard to live peacefully alongside the mundane human community undetected, and MIB has an extremely vested interest in maintaining that scenario.
Poor Dale…my inclination would be to give her a big sympathetic hug, but I’d probably fall victim to the pheromone intoxication…
First you need some Master Class level instruction from Eur, Eura,.., Eural… Medusa’s Sister.
Euryale? She is indeed a hugger, but as a gorgon I’d have to avoid eye contact, which prolly would not be an issue given her–ahem–“relaxed” sense of fashion: http://wapsisquare.com/comic/another-scholar/
Should not have been hard at all to raise any sizable amount of money making porn, I would think. For a curvy succubus, whose powers can apparently even effect the viewer, all the moreso.