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by Paul Taylor on November 2, 2011 at 12:00 am
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  1. Dave
    November 2, 2011, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm. If she’s a local Minneapolis resident nowadays, it’s interesting that M has not seen her around before, or heard any hint of her presence.

    Wonder where she’s been hanging out.

    • Casey
      November 2, 2011, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      I’m guessing her human disguise is fairly convincing.

      • Adama
        November 2, 2011, 1:21 am | #

        Or she just hangs out in different parts of the city than Monica et. al. It’s a big city.

      • Opus the Poet
        November 2, 2011, 1:36 am | #

        Or both. MSP is a pretty big city in terms of population not so much in terms of area. Where I live the urban core would cover half of the state of Massachusetts from Boston Bay to Worchester east-west, and Woonsocket to Nashua north-south. And yes I know Woonsocket is in RI and Nashua is in NH, that’s just how big the cities I live in are. There used to be undeveloped rural area in that mess as recently as 10 years ago. What little undeveloped area we have now is being reserved for recreational use. I would love to live in MSP if I could find work there.

      • jwhouk
        November 2, 2011, 8:02 am | #

        She might live over in Saint Paul. Or, if she’s really looking to be out of the way, over the river in Hudson.

    • Paula
      November 2, 2011, 2:22 am | # | Reply

      I get the feeling Monica goes only to a few places.
      The library, Darrens Bar (Now Cerburus club) and err… friends houses 😛

      • Simon
        November 2, 2011, 4:36 am | #

        That, and she tends to skip from destination to destination, not bothering with intervening spaces…

      • illiad
        November 2, 2011, 8:30 am | #

        well, there are quite a few famous people living in my area, but you don’t see them that much!!
        The Jagger family
        Philip Glenister
        Colin Firth
        Johnny Depp and more.. 🙂

        dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020663/Angelina-Jolie-Brad-Pitt-join-growing-band-A-Listers-Richmond.html

    • Stigmartyr762
      November 2, 2011, 5:35 am | # | Reply

      The Mini Apple is a big place. Plus “M” is more than likely a creature of habit in the places she goes and the people she visits, so with the addition of a new location such as the Library Annex added in to her day to day routine it seems that the stars have aligned themselves so that they would eventually meet.

    • donoho
      November 2, 2011, 6:10 am | # | Reply

      Just imagine the number of people you Don’t bump into by POITing everywhere.

  2. Frelance
    November 2, 2011, 1:27 am | # | Reply

    Tina will know her obv

    • Paula
      November 2, 2011, 2:21 am | # | Reply

      Wonder what her favourite drink is 🙂

      Ice tea?

      • ShadOBabe
        November 2, 2011, 9:47 am | #

        Haha!!
        Good one!! But I THINK you might owe the pun jar something. XD

      • MerchManDan
        November 2, 2011, 1:51 pm | #

        Considering Euryale’s personality, I’d thought bubble tea would be apropos.

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 4:07 pm | #

        Then there’s Bubble and Squeak–both parts fit her.

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 4:23 pm | #

        How about Southern Comfort on ice for something a bit stronger?

      • scantrontb
        November 2, 2011, 9:22 pm | #

        Oh, come ON… Everybody knows the ladies drink-of-choice for a Southern Belle, is a Mint Julep…

      • Fairportfan
        November 2, 2011, 10:24 pm | #

        Ewww. Did you ever taste a mint julep?

      • DaveP.
        November 2, 2011, 10:29 pm | #

        Not unless she wants to get seriously hammered. A mint julep isn’s a chick drink; it’s straight bourbon and ice in a water tumbler, with a little sugar and some mint leaves for camoflage.

      • bmonk
        November 3, 2011, 12:22 pm | #

        I was going by the theory that she’s surely southern, into comfort, and ice.

  3. as363
    November 2, 2011, 1:30 am | # | Reply

    From yesterday – see the ranking appears to have settled at 35 – I was hoping it would have been better at 28 – Paul deserves it .

  4. Kramegame
    November 2, 2011, 1:32 am | # | Reply

    I find her more attractive with the shirt on strangely… not that I’m against nudity of course! 😀

    • My2Cents
      November 2, 2011, 2:15 am | # | Reply

      Most people look better with some clothes on, because when we then imagine them without those clothes we forget that they are imperfect and each of us sees them as we would have them be.

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 10:40 am | #

        Not only that–clothes often, if properly chosen, help minimize or correct flaws.

      • illiad
        November 2, 2011, 1:26 pm | #

        well it also helps switch the brain back on!!! 😀

        very distracting having a beautiful naked girl about… :p

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 4:09 pm | #

        It depends on the clothes, doesn’t it? This shirt is not too sexy–but depending on the length it could be rather distracting. And some other cuts or outfits–well, let’s just say they can be far more distracting than total nudity.

    • Paula
      November 2, 2011, 2:18 am | # | Reply

      As she said ‘Go Twins’ AS she put on her shirt – it kind of made me think she was talking about her boobs.
      Figured a little later she was talking about someWHERE else as opposed to someTHING?

      • Knighttrap
        November 2, 2011, 7:36 am | #

        You have a dirty mind and I like that!!!!! 🙂
        Heck I might have been right there with you if I didn’t grow up in a baseball family.

      • Julie
        November 2, 2011, 8:45 am | #

        BAHAHAHA! 🙂 I didn’t even think of that. Brilliant! Too bad the Twins are a baseball team. 🙂

    • Jay-Em
      November 2, 2011, 3:52 am | # | Reply

      Heh.. She could be a soul-mate of Katherine. ” reading in the nude” an’ all that…

      They should meet. Make their own happy little
      FKK-community.. 😛

    • illiad
      November 2, 2011, 7:35 am | # | Reply

      or an incantation to look normal??
      note the the difference.. 🙂

  5. Opus the Poet
    November 2, 2011, 1:39 am | # | Reply

    I’m looking forward to seeing more of Euryale in the comic, but I still miss Owen and Lakshimi. Of course their choice of inner suburb serenity just doesn’t “fit” with the rest of the cast. Unless Lakshimi is a sphinx, too…

    • Maark30
      November 2, 2011, 10:52 pm | # | Reply

      Or considering her racial identity she might be something like ‘Shiva’.

      • Maark30
        November 3, 2011, 12:40 am | #

        Also as the wiki of the name comes up with “Hindu deity Lakshmi – the goddess of prosperity, wealth, purity, generosity, and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm.”

  6. Radio360
    November 2, 2011, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    She’s cute. I like her!

    • Paula
      November 2, 2011, 2:17 am | # | Reply

      I think M is freaking out to much to like her right now but I am sure she will when she calms down 😀

      • Stigmartyr762
        November 2, 2011, 5:44 am | #

        Judging from the look on Monica’s face in the last panel. I’d think it’s safe to say that the hamsters been thrown free of its wheel. LOL

      • FatUncle
        November 2, 2011, 7:05 pm | #

        She does seem somewhat less than enthusiastic, doesn’t she?

  7. Paula
    November 2, 2011, 2:16 am | # | Reply

    Poor M

    She does keep running into the supernatrual doesnt she 😀

    Then again – humans are banned from the library so who WAS she expecting to see there 😛

    • Maark30
      November 2, 2011, 2:21 am | # | Reply

      Obviously not a gorgon. ;-p

      • Paula
        November 2, 2011, 2:24 am | #

        Well not one that can turn her into ice anyway 🙂
        Even If i were expecting Gorgons I would not have expected the Ice thing…

        maybe only sphinx? 😛

      • Stigmartyr762
        November 2, 2011, 5:41 am | #

        Considering how big and labyrinthine the Library is and its Annex (nodes?) I’m surprised she hasn’t run into a Minotaur yet?

        It’d be the perfect place for one to work as one of the staff. LOL

      • Dave
        November 3, 2011, 12:12 am | #

        Presumably in the astrophysics section… in charge of the books on string theory?

  8. Michael Michael Motorcycle
    November 2, 2011, 2:19 am | # | Reply

    New gal pal for Monica.

    SURPRISE!!!!

  9. Sonicthunder
    November 2, 2011, 2:52 am | # | Reply

    I’ll admit it’s been a while since I’ve been to the library, but last I recall it wasn’t “acceptable” to undress while you’re there.

    Kids these days.

    • donoho
      November 2, 2011, 6:14 am | # | Reply

      Didn’t spend much time in the Stacks then?

  10. Spike Matthews
    November 2, 2011, 3:37 am | # | Reply

    Not sure, but from the Gorgon’s comment, I think she’s FABulous…
    😉
    BTW, is it me or do a lot of the supernatural folk seem to be a little naive when then meet Monica at first? (Phixx and Tina apart, of course)

    • zacharaiaha
      November 2, 2011, 4:06 am | # | Reply

      Not naive, supernatural. Most of them, except demons, tend to avoid humans if they can. So why expect them to act like us all the time. Right now she is donning her disquise for the outside world. In the library she relaxes.

    • DaveP.
      November 2, 2011, 4:40 am | # | Reply

      You don’t have to muster up a lot of protective cynicism and emotional armor when eating the person you’re talking to really IS on the options menu…

  11. jwhouk
    November 2, 2011, 7:59 am | # | Reply

    Love the double-take expression in that last panel.

    The true “Wait, what?” trope in all its glory.

    “Go Twins!” 😆

  12. TheDoctor
    November 2, 2011, 8:30 am | # | Reply

    Okay I’ll ask it, since Monicas probably thinking it anyway. Is Euryale coming on to Monica?!? Maybe Monica should ask her to meet for drinks with the rest of her ….”posse”. Other than the ‘snake-hair and the whole turning people into ICE-thing, Euryales’ cute I like her. (I wonder if she likes Jeff Foxworthy?)

    • Dave
      November 2, 2011, 11:16 am | # | Reply

      Could be. On the other hand, it might be that Euryale just has a forward and casually-flirtatious manner with most people… perhaps she picked up a bit of a stereotypical “southern-girl flirt” mannerism in the same place/time she absorbed her verbal mannerisms?

      For women, I imagine that maintaining a reserved manner, and a strong sense of personal and physical boundaries, is often a form of safety and defense against being mishandled by men. As a gorgon, Euryale doesn’t need that particular defense… she’s got a much better one… and so maybe it’s natural for her to gravitate towards a much less reserved manner over all.

      She’s made it clear that she admires Monica. I expect she’d love to spend time with her, fan-and-hero. This could certainly be seen as a desire for intimacy… but not necessarily a sexual one (although that certainly could be the case).

  13. W.
    November 2, 2011, 8:50 am | # | Reply

    Monica seems less thrilled than the rest of us about “seeing” Euryale around. The whole turned to ice thing must have made a bad first impression on her.

    • Dave
      November 2, 2011, 10:59 am | # | Reply

      Well, I would not call Monica a control freak by any means… but the whole leadup to the shutting down of the calendar machine left her feeling quite vulnerable to “surprises” (my word, not hers). She had to deal with a huge dose of the Unexpected… being kept in the dark by everyone, turned into a “demon clown car” portal, and stabbed in the head by one of her closest friends and confidants. It seems to have left her feeling a bit twitchy (under comparable circumstances I would probably still be hiding under my bed!)

      Now she has suddenly encountered an unexpected Unknown Someone who knows all about her, possesses (and used) a potentially-lethal power against which she has no defense, has little respect for personal boundaries (M “woke up” from ice-state to find herself being enthusiastically smooched)… in other words, Monica isn’t even slightly in control of the situation, and realizes that (once again) she doesn’t know what the rules are, or what to expect.

      It looks to me as if what happened here, has pushed enough of Monica’s buttons that she’s in a serious state of brain-fry and emotional Aiyiyi!

      I really expect that she’ll become more comfortable around Euryale over time… E seems like a sweety. It’s just a difficult start to what could be a wonderful friendship.

  14. txmystic
    November 2, 2011, 9:58 am | # | Reply

    She’s a Twins fan? Must’ve been in a pretty foul mood all season. But there’s always…the…………Vikings….

    …..sorry.

    • Jabberwonky
      November 2, 2011, 12:58 pm | # | Reply

      There’s always the T-Wolves…oh, yeah…Sorry…

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 4:12 pm | #

        That’s OK. She could move to Chicago and root for the Cubbies. . .

      • jwhouk
        November 2, 2011, 4:12 pm | #

        The Wild?

        She seems to like ice, you know.

      • bmonk
        November 2, 2011, 4:21 pm | #

        The Wild would certainly fit her hair.

  15. TheOrigamiGuy
    November 2, 2011, 11:56 am | # | Reply

    heh. Go Twins, indeed.
    What I haven’t sussed is what her accent is supposed “tah” be…

    • Xiutecuhtli
      November 2, 2011, 9:48 pm | # | Reply

      It’s generic US Southeastern, Georgia or Alabama, I should judge.

  16. msyendor
    November 2, 2011, 12:03 pm | # | Reply

    Fans are weird. Just ask Georgette first time she met Monica.

    Wonder if Euryale runs an ice cream shop? Georgia Peach Ice Cream is a favorite of mine. So is the iced tea.

  17. The Old Wolf
    November 2, 2011, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

    I had no idea Gorgons could turn their power on and off. I thought that it was one look and you were stoned. Or iced, as the case may be. Apparently that’s not the case. Euryale is just too cute, snakes notwithstanding.

    • Mcmacladdie
      November 2, 2011, 7:01 pm | # | Reply

      I’d say she’s cute with or without the snakes. I love that some of ’em have facial expressions ^_^

    • Shirou Zhiwu
      November 2, 2011, 8:41 pm | # | Reply

      I would suspect that a person with free will and a few thousand years would figure out how to reign in a curse.

    • Maark30
      November 2, 2011, 9:46 pm | # | Reply

      As with so many legends, the facts never seem to match up to the stories. The problem is that so much time has passed that there are no facts to check against.

  18. kingklash
    November 2, 2011, 3:36 pm | # | Reply

    So, when Eury washes her hair, does she use regular shampoo, or snake oil?

    *drops five rupees, a triganic pu, a mermaid scale, and a Burger Brawl coupon book (valid only in dimensions with Burger Brawl locations) into pun jar*

    • Dave
      November 2, 2011, 3:44 pm | # | Reply

      The watching crowd awarded the punster three fangs, and a subdued *hiss*

      How in the world did you manage to collect enough Ningi to make up one Triganic Pu?

    • W.
      November 2, 2011, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

      The sense of pun in this one is strong. Beware the dark side, seductive it is.

    • bmonk
      November 2, 2011, 4:13 pm | # | Reply

      I’d think the “extra scaly” shampoo would be best–everyone knows that snake oil isn’t worth a darn.

    • Dave
      November 2, 2011, 4:41 pm | # | Reply

      Hmmm. How would one distinguish dandruff from normal shedding?

      • Mcmacladdie
        November 2, 2011, 7:04 pm | #

        You ever see a bit of dandruff that’s a foot long (I’m guessing at the lenght of the snakes)? If so, I’d suggest a new shampoo *lol*

      • Wyvern
        November 2, 2011, 10:31 pm | #

        If the dandruff slithers away on its own?

    • Dave
      November 3, 2011, 1:05 am | # | Reply

      The next question would probably be: How easy (or difficult) is it to find a really good hairdresser who speaks parseltongue?

  19. Bucc-i
    November 2, 2011, 8:06 pm | # | Reply

    I wonder what kind of accent Arel has? Is it a “Dontcha know” Minnasoter accent? Or is it a southern accent?

    • Dave
      November 3, 2011, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      The discussion a couple of days ago – based on her vocabulary – had votes for the southeast (Georgia and the Carolinas), the Ozarks, Texas, and I think one implied Appalachia.

      So, the general agreement seems to have been “southern” (or should I say “suthan”… I’m a Philadelphia boy transplanted to California, and certainly can’t do it right).

    • Opus the Poet
      November 3, 2011, 12:36 am | # | Reply

      I detect mannerisms that cover the southeast from Maryland to Texas, for instance I know several people from KY that use the “tah” as “to”, and the “ah” in place of the long “i” sound covers most of the south from GA to MS.

  20. Chaotic_Blues
    December 5, 2011, 3:11 pm | # | Reply

    BTW I love the expression on Monica’s face in the last panel.

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