In my oppion it was a great way to get Monica to forget about whole Inland blowing up issue. Love to take bets on how long until she remembers. I give odds on something like;
-Monica and Bud talk for a while
-Bud poits out to check something out
-Monica says something to her self about needing to relax after this crazyness
-Monica looks down remembering her swim suit
-Monica yells “SON OF A &!@#%, BUD!!!!!!”
… monica need to relax from all this crazyness … and because the recent shock has bansheed what Bud had just said about her sandbar
.. monica poits to sandbar
.. monica lands ontop of (hopefully healthy & intact) giant squid
.. Bud hears the distant scream of a another banshee
I assume you realize that flop refers to Floating Point operations per second don’t you? It’s how fast a chip or computer can crunch numbers, not how fast it can send or receive.
Yeah, I was thinking, it’s lucky she’s cute, pullen’ a trick like that. What if it had swapped the two? Or just sucked in M as a playmate for, uh – what are we gonna call her?
Do you realize what this is? Almost every legendary creature is Jin!
Aztec gods? Jin.
Banshee? Jin.
Loch Ness Monster? Guess who?
Bigfoot? It’s hard to find an epilator that works on clay…
that first panel reminds me of my face (and quite possibly everyone else who read the comic) yesterday after seeing that picture.
nicely captured there 🙂
And Bud is way more relaxed than we are!
Seems like her and Brandi had a long discussion about what it would contain and decided that they would be able to stop it pretty easy enough.
Monica is acting more and more like a leader and yet she is led into most situations pretty near blind and she is then used in ways she doesn’t foresee. Bummer.
My question is what do the pegs/rods on the bottom plug into??? This may be a key of some sorts to a containment vessel, the way a nuclear waste container has a key saying “keep out”.
Or they may have had the entire thing on board to begin with. That is to say whatever this part plugged into. It could be the other part sprang to “life” once unplugged from the part Bud has and made it’s escape via the hole in the sub. Maybe it was a statue of some sort, like Tepoz seemed to be.
So Bud WAS smiling in a satisfied way in panel 3 of last strip. I thought so in the first place, but couldn’t think of a reason for it, so then I decided it must have been something else which I couldn’t recognise due to the art style.
I offer my heartfelt apologies to the artist – everything’s fine with the art style. Turns out it was exactly what I thought it was at first glance. ^^
It resembled Jin… but if it looked exactly like her, we’d all be asking, “why was Jin in there?” I think Paul got it just right. (wipes a smidgeon of brown off nose)
It had human eyes, not snake eyes like Jin does, but those might have come about due to the golemizing process. And its features appeared Caucasian, without the slightly Oriental cast that Jin sometimes has. But if Monica says it looks like Jin, then we have to assume it looks like Jin.
I wondered about Bud’s little half grin yesterday. Monica, you’re a bonehead – her first real intro to the whole magic thing was having a little statue turn into a god of alcohol on her, and she still does this kinda stunt? Well, Bud certainly knows her.
Monica, for when you really don’t wanna touch that spooky ancient artifact yourself.
I would think it would work. The chain is directly touching the relic yet, the magic doesn’t “conduct” through it. Of course it could also be the top part is insulated and one could touch it without mishap.
I am sure Brandi and Bud know quite a lot about relics an’ such, but they also know that, might a relic contain something dangerous, they should not be the ones touching it. The might also have an inkling of what it was, and surmised it wasn’t too dangerous for a human to touch, if supervised.
It’s harsh, but if M went bezerk through some demon-posession ,or something…well let’s say that a super-strong ,invulnerable golem has waaaay better chance of containing it than vice-versa…
The girl in the avatar is “Penance” a Marvel-character with skin made of deep black/reddish diamond shards ,with sharpened flexible blades for hair.
It was introduced in “Generation-X” in the 90’s. One of the many spin-offs that killed the original marvel through bankrupcy.
It’s a character that had to endure some personality switcheroos Marvel-style (They do not do ret-cons ,they do “alternate universes ,cloning and mind-switches”.. 😆 )
It was a cool character that, as usual, died a silent death because it was a bit too cerebral and complex for marvel-zombies.. shame..
“(Your demons) are far too dangerous to be let near the helm. You can never die in emotional turmoil! Your demons must never control the elements of the chimera!”
Monica CAN still say the Glyph Command Word for the GGG. How much she can control them is unclear, but if a demon OR Banshee possessed Monica were to start ordering them around, that would probably not be a good thing…
I beg to differ. With the whole world/existense obliterated, demons would have no vessels to “posess” and torment Thusly, they wouldn’t order the GG to do something that rash. They could go bonkers, but they have no suicidal tendencies, they’re totally ego-centric and egotistic, and only exist by grace of sentient souls.
Also, demons posessed by a mere banshee?? I doubt it. banshees are, however powerful, lower on the hierarchy of beasties and creepies, than demons.
Nope, I stay with my original asessment that a golem posessed is much more dangerous than M’s demons. Do not forget it was the unleashing of pure emotions that had the chimera/GG destroy all. A crazy Bud could collapse the universe in a panic, or at least this galaxy…
Crazy demons would only be a seriously irritating pest, and I guess that Bud, being a mythical all-powerful creature, could pound them so hard, they’d pop back in the timestream, despite their natural independence of time 😆
JM, if I may be so informal, I agree that it would not be a good thing for someone, or thing, to possess Miss V. But it would be hard to put the Wapsi ‘demons’ into a hierarchy. They do not appear to be classic demons, although they might have been the root source for such legends. They, to me, appear to be extra-dimensional entities that enjoy tormenting the muggles. I mean, whoever heard of a demon that couldn’t hurt a human or time itself would stand still?
PS – Is that avatar a ‘re-imagining’ of the Cowardly Lion?
Hasn’t Tina’s example shown us that the whole “time standing still” thing really means that particular demon loses its extratemporal nature and becomes locked into the timestream, possibly forgetting its prior existance before its current host?
@Jay-Em:
I don’t think it would matter to the demons if the entire of the human race went extinct in a big golem snit fit. Not even if the galaxy went away. They would just move on to some other beings in the universe and go at it again. There are probably many from which to choose and new ones yet to be discovered. And that is just in this universe. The story has indicated they have access to many other planes of existance besides ours. I seem to recall one mentioning that the demons have been around long, long before our universe even came into existence. So our entire known universe could disintegrate and the demons would just go their merry way. Some may like it here and might be sorry to see us go, but for them, “life” goes on. People to torment, fun to be had forever.
@Platonix:
The story line has indicated it would be the entire universe, as in comments like “Wouldn’t that be really hard on the rest of us?” or words to that effect. Tina’s demons have not delibertly and with malice directly hurt any human. They sort of talked Monica into being reckless and running out in front a bus, but they did not push her into it. They would have to physically do something bad to someone for that time stopping thing to happen. I have a feeling the Sphinxes (or maybe the library itself) would have a plan in place to fix/stop such a thing should it ever happen. In the mean time, they put the fear of actual death in them to keep them in line.
Monica: “hbde..hbda..hbdoo…ha..what the hell?”
I feel like Monica is going to be processing what just happened for a while…
also, props to Stephen for calling Bud’s “knowing smile”. looks like I owe you a dollar. 😛
…which puts me in mind of a conversation in a book by John Ringo and Travis Taylor (Claws that Catch.
Due to things that happened in the previous three books in the series, a nuclear submarine has been converted into a starship, using alien technology. One of the science personnel aboard as it goes exploring is a young woman whose official speciality is linguistics.
She is, however, more or less a universal genius with an intense curiosity that tends to get the better of her when she has nothing to do. On a previous voyage, she studied the tech manuals and improved several aspects of the sub/ship’s functioning.
An officer who was on the previous voyages is explaining about her to the ship’s new Executive Officer, stressing the importance of giving her something really interesting to keep her busy.
The XO asks how much trouble one cute smallish female civilian can get into aboard a spaceship with a full crew plus a Marine contingent.
The answer, at which he shudders and resolves to keep her busy is “Think of a ferret on crack…”
Brandi: So yeah, that’s what I think it is, but you’re going to have to touch it to make sure.
Bud: I’m not going to touch it you touch it.
Brandi: Well, I’m not going to touch it.
Bud: I know we’ll get Monica to touch it.
Brandi: Monica won’t touch it either.
Bud: Bet you a dollar Monica will touch it.
Brandi: Not if you tell her it’s magic and dangerous.
Bud: Especially if I tell her not to.
Brandi: You’re on!
It doesn’t matter how much the bet was for, it is only symbolic anyhow. The GGG’s can make diamonds by squeezing anything organic. It’s the fact that they won the bet that is important. In this case Bud knew Monica’s proclivities better than Brandi.
Yep, this makes sense. It serves the double purpose of letting them find out what the artifact does, AND getting it through Monica’s thick skull that you don’t grab things your Golem Guardians say you shouldn’t grab. Still, maybe they should have tested it on Tepoz, first, to make sure it didn’t cause permanent damage…
okay, so this is after an all-nighter and I’m thinking as i go here, but, what if, what if whatever was on that sub that punched its way out, is what the crew men were really afraid of? it would have to be something that could survive a decent amount of water pressure in order to feel that it was an option, yet still be afraid of a good explosion…. hmm, perhaps a doppelganger, a somewhat invulnerable being that could take the shape of unsuspecting crew members.. though I don’t think it fits in the lore we have going…hmm my next guess would be a lantian, but i think they would have decent control of magic to know how to stop a bullet or two…I dunno, what do you guys think, i say we bring our focus on that hole in the sub before we continue with the relic…
In light of today’s strip, what Bud did yesterday (“Don’t touch it!”) is brilliant. She knew Monica wouldn’t be able to resist getting her hands on it.
To clarify yesterday’s comment, “síodh”, pronounced “shee”, is a barrow or fairy mound (“sídhe” being the genitive plural). The “aos sídhe” are the people of the barrows, or spirit folk, and the “bean sídhe” is the banshee, or woman of the fairy mounds. Modern spelling has reduced “sídhe” to “sí,” but both are pronounced “shee”.
We really don’t know what Monica can do. In many ways, she is an anomaly. For one thing, she is the only living human that can poit. Sit down sometime, and tot up the other oddities. There are several.
It makes me wonder just what she might be able to do after some more of her talents wake up.
Didn’t you make us feel like we were only one?
Baby, didn’t you take from us nearly everything you possibly could,
Bastards, you know that you did,
Cos each time I tell myself that I, I think I’ve had enough,
Oh, I am gonna show you that this woman can be tough.
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
And take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know you found it if it makes you feel scared
Oh yes indeed
Yeah, you’ve been gone for centuries, you’re gone for good,
Deep down in your heart you know it wasn’t right
No, no
Cos you never, never, heard my wail in the middle of the night,
Honey I wail all the time,
And each time I tell myself that I can’t stand the pain
I climb the castle walls, and I scream out once again
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
Yeah take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know you found it if it makes you feel scared
Yes, it does
To finish this song , felt like I’m having a coronary,
And I needed to get to the online dictionary
Oh yeah
But it took a visit from the rhyming fairy
Just to fit in the G** d*** word ‘Reliquary’
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
And take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know, you found it if it makes you feel scared
Yes, it does
Monica’s got a bustline that I wish I had, Brandi’s got brains that I wish I had, and Bud’s got an assertiveness that I wish I had (a lotta wishin’ here…) 😛
And removing the relic turns off the vision. Neat.
Hope it turns it off. For all we know it’s already “inside” of Monica laying low for a while.
Or at least the nightmares of it will inhabit Monica for a while.
Random note. Anyone notice how they keep making bets about Monica’s gullibility and impulsiveness?
Sigh. Isn’t it nice to have friends who know what you’re going to do before you do it?
‘Specially friends with an evil sense of humor.
So Bud has reached the conclusion that the object is a relic. (makes careful note)
More revelations to follow, no doubt.
In my oppion it was a great way to get Monica to forget about whole Inland blowing up issue. Love to take bets on how long until she remembers. I give odds on something like;
-Monica and Bud talk for a while
-Bud poits out to check something out
-Monica says something to her self about needing to relax after this crazyness
-Monica looks down remembering her swim suit
-Monica yells “SON OF A &!@#%, BUD!!!!!!”
Taking all bets!!!
… monica need to relax from all this crazyness … and because the recent shock has bansheed what Bud had just said about her sandbar
.. monica poits to sandbar
.. monica lands ontop of (hopefully healthy & intact) giant squid
.. Bud hears the distant scream of a another banshee
What do you suppose the storage capacity is on yonder Thumb drive of the Gods?
Hey, I’ve been wondering if an Ether-net could be made outta crystal balls. Imagine the bandwidth of a fiberoptic laser pumped thru one of those.
Probably a few gigateramegaflops.
A petaflop.
A cowflop?
I guess that relates to a cow chip.
I assume you realize that flop refers to Floating Point operations per second don’t you? It’s how fast a chip or computer can crunch numbers, not how fast it can send or receive.
About 4100 googolicioficorafiraciouramonips…
Several Yottabytes?
I was right, it WAS a Bain-Sidhe…. And that? That was a MEAN trick to pull for just a BUCK!
Yeah, I was thinking, it’s lucky she’s cute, pullen’ a trick like that. What if it had swapped the two? Or just sucked in M as a playmate for, uh – what are we gonna call her?
Maybe the missing part of Jin. Her mental hole had to come from somewhere. So we could call it mini-jin if we want to go manga. 🙂
If you’ll look at yesterdays strip, she did tell her not to touch it. The bet must have been that Monica would still do so anyway.
Do you realize what this is? Almost every legendary creature is Jin!
Aztec gods? Jin.
Banshee? Jin.
Loch Ness Monster? Guess who?
Bigfoot? It’s hard to find an epilator that works on clay…
Everything! It’s all her!
perhaps when she was “fractured” the peices spread far and wide and became the mythical creatures we all know and love.
which will eventually turn this comic into “Monster Hunters”
which is cool
The Loch Ness Monster could be Stinky. If it’s Dietzel, that just raises more questions.
that first panel reminds me of my face (and quite possibly everyone else who read the comic) yesterday after seeing that picture.
nicely captured there 🙂
And Bud is way more relaxed than we are!
Seems like her and Brandi had a long discussion about what it would contain and decided that they would be able to stop it pretty easy enough.
!! GRAMMAR NAZI ALERT !!
SHE and Bud …
She and “Brandi” 😉
Hah! So it is. Sunk by my own circle runner.
Nowhere are typos so common as in corrections. Nor should they be.
That was a fun game of “Made You Touch It!” For an encore they should do a Beer Bong and play a game of “Made You Touch It” in bra and panties!
More like a game of “sheesh you are SO predictable ya goof!”
Monica is acting more and more like a leader and yet she is led into most situations pretty near blind and she is then used in ways she doesn’t foresee. Bummer.
In other words, she’s acting like a usual leader 🙂
A good leader will go first. A great leader will get someone else to go first. A legendary leader will get the credit no matter who goes first.
That belongs on a t-shirt
Bottom panel, is something peaking out of the top of M’s top?
That’s the loop in her top.
Nevermind, it’s just the ring that connects the cup to the strap with the cup relaxing as M hugs herself.
My question is what do the pegs/rods on the bottom plug into??? This may be a key of some sorts to a containment vessel, the way a nuclear waste container has a key saying “keep out”.
Maybe there is a set of matching holes on Jin? Like that key/tool Shelly used on Monica when they destroyed the Calendar.
Who knew Jin was a wind-up golem? Guess that’s why she feels a little run-down…
Ouch, I think I died a little on that one……. 🙂
or perhaps there’s a matching set of holes on that grave in ireland shelly’s supposed to investimigate.
Or they may have had the entire thing on board to begin with. That is to say whatever this part plugged into. It could be the other part sprang to “life” once unplugged from the part Bud has and made it’s escape via the hole in the sub. Maybe it was a statue of some sort, like Tepoz seemed to be.
So Bud WAS smiling in a satisfied way in panel 3 of last strip. I thought so in the first place, but couldn’t think of a reason for it, so then I decided it must have been something else which I couldn’t recognise due to the art style.
I offer my heartfelt apologies to the artist – everything’s fine with the art style. Turns out it was exactly what I thought it was at first glance. ^^
Didn’t look like Jin to me.
It resembled Jin… but if it looked exactly like her, we’d all be asking, “why was Jin in there?” I think Paul got it just right. (wipes a smidgeon of brown off nose)
You don’t have to worry until you have to wipe it out from behind your ears.
It had human eyes, not snake eyes like Jin does, but those might have come about due to the golemizing process. And its features appeared Caucasian, without the slightly Oriental cast that Jin sometimes has. But if Monica says it looks like Jin, then we have to assume it looks like Jin.
Pwned!
I wondered about Bud’s little half grin yesterday. Monica, you’re a bonehead – her first real intro to the whole magic thing was having a little statue turn into a god of alcohol on her, and she still does this kinda stunt? Well, Bud certainly knows her.
Monica, for when you really don’t wanna touch that spooky ancient artifact yourself.
Next time wear gloves. Thick gloves.
Don’t think that would help.
And yes, Monica hasn’t learned anything since Tepoz, has she?
I would think it would work. The chain is directly touching the relic yet, the magic doesn’t “conduct” through it. Of course it could also be the top part is insulated and one could touch it without mishap.
I am sure Brandi and Bud know quite a lot about relics an’ such, but they also know that, might a relic contain something dangerous, they should not be the ones touching it. The might also have an inkling of what it was, and surmised it wasn’t too dangerous for a human to touch, if supervised.
It’s harsh, but if M went bezerk through some demon-posession ,or something…well let’s say that a super-strong ,invulnerable golem has waaaay better chance of containing it than vice-versa…
addendum : Something other people yesterday already pointed-out.
And yes! I pointed-out the Jin-possibilities.. *slams chest proudly, falls back in chair coughing*
@Jabber:
The girl in the avatar is “Penance” a Marvel-character with skin made of deep black/reddish diamond shards ,with sharpened flexible blades for hair.
It was introduced in “Generation-X” in the 90’s. One of the many spin-offs that killed the original marvel through bankrupcy.
It’s a character that had to endure some personality switcheroos Marvel-style (They do not do ret-cons ,they do “alternate universes ,cloning and mind-switches”.. 😆 )
It was a cool character that, as usual, died a silent death because it was a bit too cerebral and complex for marvel-zombies.. shame..
Hell, the GG are relics themselves so they should know something about other relics.
But for your other point, M going bezerk would be an *extremely* bad thing. Remember that we do not want M’s demons in charge of the GG.
Oh, what WAS that quote from Jin?
“(Your demons) are far too dangerous to be let near the helm. You can never die in emotional turmoil! Your demons must never control the elements of the chimera!”
Monica CAN still say the Glyph Command Word for the GGG. How much she can control them is unclear, but if a demon OR Banshee possessed Monica were to start ordering them around, that would probably not be a good thing…
I beg to differ. With the whole world/existense obliterated, demons would have no vessels to “posess” and torment Thusly, they wouldn’t order the GG to do something that rash. They could go bonkers, but they have no suicidal tendencies, they’re totally ego-centric and egotistic, and only exist by grace of sentient souls.
Also, demons posessed by a mere banshee?? I doubt it. banshees are, however powerful, lower on the hierarchy of beasties and creepies, than demons.
Nope, I stay with my original asessment that a golem posessed is much more dangerous than M’s demons. Do not forget it was the unleashing of pure emotions that had the chimera/GG destroy all. A crazy Bud could collapse the universe in a panic, or at least this galaxy…
Crazy demons would only be a seriously irritating pest, and I guess that Bud, being a mythical all-powerful creature, could pound them so hard, they’d pop back in the timestream, despite their natural independence of time 😆
*puts down $0.02*
JM, if I may be so informal, I agree that it would not be a good thing for someone, or thing, to possess Miss V. But it would be hard to put the Wapsi ‘demons’ into a hierarchy. They do not appear to be classic demons, although they might have been the root source for such legends. They, to me, appear to be extra-dimensional entities that enjoy tormenting the muggles. I mean, whoever heard of a demon that couldn’t hurt a human or time itself would stand still?
PS – Is that avatar a ‘re-imagining’ of the Cowardly Lion?
Hasn’t Tina’s example shown us that the whole “time standing still” thing really means that particular demon loses its extratemporal nature and becomes locked into the timestream, possibly forgetting its prior existance before its current host?
@Jay-Em:
I don’t think it would matter to the demons if the entire of the human race went extinct in a big golem snit fit. Not even if the galaxy went away. They would just move on to some other beings in the universe and go at it again. There are probably many from which to choose and new ones yet to be discovered. And that is just in this universe. The story has indicated they have access to many other planes of existance besides ours. I seem to recall one mentioning that the demons have been around long, long before our universe even came into existence. So our entire known universe could disintegrate and the demons would just go their merry way. Some may like it here and might be sorry to see us go, but for them, “life” goes on. People to torment, fun to be had forever.
@Platonix:
The story line has indicated it would be the entire universe, as in comments like “Wouldn’t that be really hard on the rest of us?” or words to that effect. Tina’s demons have not delibertly and with malice directly hurt any human. They sort of talked Monica into being reckless and running out in front a bus, but they did not push her into it. They would have to physically do something bad to someone for that time stopping thing to happen. I have a feeling the Sphinxes (or maybe the library itself) would have a plan in place to fix/stop such a thing should it ever happen. In the mean time, they put the fear of actual death in them to keep them in line.
Monica: “hbde..hbda..hbdoo…ha..what the hell?”
I feel like Monica is going to be processing what just happened for a while…
also, props to Stephen for calling Bud’s “knowing smile”. looks like I owe you a dollar. 😛
Also, does Brandi owe her a dollar for knowing that the relic creates visions, or that she could get M to touch it???
The latter, I think.
Two thoughts on first panel:
1) Monica “wha…gak!…Gah!!”
2) Bud is looking very babelicious
and thus the smirk in the last page
Punchline ftw.
Jin? Looks more like Shelly’s demon-girl to me.
sknnkx *snicker* Guffaw!
Jeeze, I love Bud.
Ha ha, Bud and Brandi had a bet to see who would be stupid enough to touch the relic first. I wonder who did Brandi choose? My guess is Shelly.
Me too.. Shelly was, after all, the one destroying “the book” through her habit of acting without thinking.
On the other hand ,Monica is an archaeologist, so i can understand her instinct to grab it to have a closer look.
Or perhaps the bet was just about would Monica be stupid enough to do it. But the last time, Bud bet on Monica being intelligent. Bud won both bets.
I love Shelly’s answer in the next strip…
…which puts me in mind of a conversation in a book by John Ringo and Travis Taylor (Claws that Catch.
Due to things that happened in the previous three books in the series, a nuclear submarine has been converted into a starship, using alien technology. One of the science personnel aboard as it goes exploring is a young woman whose official speciality is linguistics.
She is, however, more or less a universal genius with an intense curiosity that tends to get the better of her when she has nothing to do. On a previous voyage, she studied the tech manuals and improved several aspects of the sub/ship’s functioning.
An officer who was on the previous voyages is explaining about her to the ship’s new Executive Officer, stressing the importance of giving her something really interesting to keep her busy.
The XO asks how much trouble one cute smallish female civilian can get into aboard a spaceship with a full crew plus a Marine contingent.
The answer, at which he shudders and resolves to keep her busy is “Think of a ferret on crack…”
Hehe, sneaky Bud. 🙂
Brandi: So yeah, that’s what I think it is, but you’re going to have to touch it to make sure.
Bud: I’m not going to touch it you touch it.
Brandi: Well, I’m not going to touch it.
Bud: I know we’ll get Monica to touch it.
Brandi: Monica won’t touch it either.
Bud: Bet you a dollar Monica will touch it.
Brandi: Not if you tell her it’s magic and dangerous.
Bud: Especially if I tell her not to.
Brandi: You’re on!
It doesn’t matter how much the bet was for, it is only symbolic anyhow. The GGG’s can make diamonds by squeezing anything organic. It’s the fact that they won the bet that is important. In this case Bud knew Monica’s proclivities better than Brandi.
Yep, this makes sense. It serves the double purpose of letting them find out what the artifact does, AND getting it through Monica’s thick skull that you don’t grab things your Golem Guardians say you shouldn’t grab. Still, maybe they should have tested it on Tepoz, first, to make sure it didn’t cause permanent damage…
Its been a while sense I’ve seen that guy, kind of miss him.
That’s how I saw it developing.
Bud’s gams. Rawr.
okay, so this is after an all-nighter and I’m thinking as i go here, but, what if, what if whatever was on that sub that punched its way out, is what the crew men were really afraid of? it would have to be something that could survive a decent amount of water pressure in order to feel that it was an option, yet still be afraid of a good explosion…. hmm, perhaps a doppelganger, a somewhat invulnerable being that could take the shape of unsuspecting crew members.. though I don’t think it fits in the lore we have going…hmm my next guess would be a lantian, but i think they would have decent control of magic to know how to stop a bullet or two…I dunno, what do you guys think, i say we bring our focus on that hole in the sub before we continue with the relic…
Do you mean the sub that was remarkably dry inside?
That was mean Bud!!
I like it. XD
In light of today’s strip, what Bud did yesterday (“Don’t touch it!”) is brilliant. She knew Monica wouldn’t be able to resist getting her hands on it.
To clarify yesterday’s comment, “síodh”, pronounced “shee”, is a barrow or fairy mound (“sídhe” being the genitive plural). The “aos sídhe” are the people of the barrows, or spirit folk, and the “bean sídhe” is the banshee, or woman of the fairy mounds. Modern spelling has reduced “sídhe” to “sí,” but both are pronounced “shee”.
Maybe it’s just me, but Monica’s normally cute belly pudge looks like pregnant pudge in the first panel.
T-t-t-touch it!
Want to feel dirty?
It’ll thrill ya, chill ya, fulfill ya,
Full of Creatures of the Night!
…Yeah. That didn’t work.
Moni doesn’t have the potential to detonate a large portion of the landscape out of reflex if scared witless. Bud and Brandi do. Dollar well earned.
We really don’t know what Monica can do. In many ways, she is an anomaly. For one thing, she is the only living human that can poit. Sit down sometime, and tot up the other oddities. There are several.
It makes me wonder just what she might be able to do after some more of her talents wake up.
Um … a little sloppy in my definitions. I do not consider the ‘immortal politicians’ to be human, in the sense Monica is human.
Bud can be so evil sometimes 😀
Any idea on the file price of the ebay bid was from the other day. Can’t check it from work.
US $202.50 with 7 bidders
It’s about what a Marvel-penciler gets for a page nowadays. Not bad..
Once again, Its times like this that I wish I could draw. >.<
I knew she was smiling mischievously yesterday.
Inspired by folks speaking of ‘pieces of Jin’…
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Didn’t you make us feel like we were only one?
Baby, didn’t you take from us nearly everything you possibly could,
Bastards, you know that you did,
Cos each time I tell myself that I, I think I’ve had enough,
Oh, I am gonna show you that this woman can be tough.
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
And take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know you found it if it makes you feel scared
Oh yes indeed
Yeah, you’ve been gone for centuries, you’re gone for good,
Deep down in your heart you know it wasn’t right
No, no
Cos you never, never, heard my wail in the middle of the night,
Honey I wail all the time,
And each time I tell myself that I can’t stand the pain
I climb the castle walls, and I scream out once again
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
Yeah take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know you found it if it makes you feel scared
Yes, it does
To finish this song , felt like I’m having a coronary,
And I needed to get to the online dictionary
Oh yeah
But it took a visit from the rhyming fairy
Just to fit in the G** d*** word ‘Reliquary’
I want you to come, come on, come on, come on
And take it, take another little piece of my soul now, baby,
Hide it, hide another little bit of my mind now darling, yeah
Have another little piece of my soul now baby
Cos you know, you found it if it makes you feel scared
Yes, it does
Monica’s got a bustline that I wish I had, Brandi’s got brains that I wish I had, and Bud’s got an assertiveness that I wish I had (a lotta wishin’ here…) 😛
Ah, but wishing won’t make it happen. Education, initiative, and cosmetic surgery will.
I am not just here to look at Monica’s boobs, I swear I’m not…
But they ARE hypnotic, aren’t they?
It did need to be said 🙂
Nice one on Bud’s part, she knows her princess.