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2013-02-12

by shaenon on February 12, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Railway Children
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  1. Shen Hibiki
    February 12, 2013, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    Sweetheart’s face on the third pannel is just SO adorable XD

    • ShenHibiki
      August 19, 2019, 3:01 am | # | Reply

      You’re absolutely right, past-me.

  2. maarvarq
    February 12, 2013, 3:20 am | # | Reply

    Wow, Godot must have meant to be really patronising to shout Loren Ipsum at them.

  3. Eddurd
    February 12, 2013, 3:22 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “You Won’t See Me”, The Beatles)

    Well, we’re here … at last,
    To see GODOT!
    When we get … a blast
    Of au-di-o!
    We are now … quite near,
    There’s not a thing to fear!
    So kindly lend … an ear,
    ‘Cause I can’t hear you!

    All words, up … to now,
    Were written out!
    So I don’t … know how
    This thing can shout!
    Such a fear-some noise!
    My eardrums it destroys!
    But I must keep … my poise,
    Though I can’t hear you!

     We made it through,
     This thing knew what we were plannin’ …
     What will we do
     ’Gainst an auditory cannon?

    Now my ears … are sore,
    They bleed like hell!
    From a hun-dred for-
    -Ty decibels!
    There’s a blast … of sound
    That echoes all around!
    You’ll have to write … things down,
    ‘Cause I can’t hear you!

  4. maarvarq
    February 12, 2013, 3:26 am | # | Reply

    *Sigh* “Lorem” I think Lauren Ipsum was a webcomic character (Irregular Webcomic? Legostar Galactica? I forget) a while back.

    • Norman
      February 12, 2013, 5:38 am | # | Reply

      Yes, she was in Irregular Webcomic(http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1192.html), and this bit of nonsense text (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum) is where David Morgan-Mar got her name came from.

  5. jdreyfuss
    February 12, 2013, 3:45 am | # | Reply

    So is Unity looking at her own blood, Tip’s, or Sweetheart’s? Whose eardrum shattered? I must know! I guess we also learned that Godot can affect senses other than sight today.

    • Max
      February 12, 2013, 4:50 am | # | Reply

      Really, now. Godot did use the intercom system before – this time just cranked it to eleven (twelve?), I suppose…

    • Mental Mouse
      February 12, 2013, 5:53 am | # | Reply

      Induced pariedola wouldn’t burst eardrums, so that’s gotta be loudspeakers.

  6. Frank
    February 12, 2013, 7:24 am | # | Reply

    …Why am reading the Lorem Ipsum with a heavy metal rock background?

  7. Dave Van Domelen
    February 12, 2013, 9:03 am | # | Reply

    Dolorem ipsum indeed. 😉

    • Rex Vivat
      February 12, 2013, 1:56 pm | # | Reply

      Actually, the original text goes at length about how sometimes it is necessary to endure or actually pursue pain to achieve greater happiness or avoid greater pain.

  8. EveryZig
    February 12, 2013, 10:44 am | # | Reply

    Heh, the actual meaning to the passage is actually kind of relevant in this case.

  9. Saberbeam
    February 12, 2013, 1:50 pm | # | Reply

    Just before the final boss, huh? Time to heal the party, make sure you have the right equipment, and figure out which of your ultimate, single-use items you are willing to use. Oh, who am I kidding, you might need those items later!

    And as I read this strip, I happen to be listening to a final boss theme in Latin (Yes, of course it’s “One Winged Angel”). Go figure.

    • Rex Vivat
      February 12, 2013, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

      And don’t forget to save your game.

  10. JET73L
    February 26, 2015, 8:45 am | # | Reply

    To the tune of “Give Me Something to Sing About” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Once More With Feeling”):

    He’s GODOT
    And all he has is speech.
    So we’re out of his reach.
    Unless he starts to screech.

    It’s so loud
    One-forty decibels.
    It’s coming from the walls.
    And melting our eyeballs.

    So much noise,
    It hurts.
    So GODOT’S
    a git.
    Bleeding from
    The ears.
    Lorem ip-
    Some time.
    So loud.
    No way.
    To reach out of his room,
    He’ll make a massive “boom”.

    He’s just got words…

    He’s just got words.
    But they’ll be something to scream about (Aaah-augh!)
    He’ll make something to scream about!

    He’s a ‘bot
    For making acronyms.
    And when he has his whims,
    Team Skin Horse won’t lose limbs.

    Still, my friends and I find our ears bleeding.
    The decibels we’re meeting
    Are one hundred and two score.

    All the sound,
    He sings.
    Sic Dolor,
    And things.
    Quoting type
    Testing.
    It’s so loud,
    It stings.

    Well, it might end,
    Before he lets us go.
    And if he makes Beni blow.
    Or we’re deafened,
    Our brains might blend.

    There’s only pain.
    No fear, just sound,
    His speakers did pound
    On our ears.
    So that’s what I’m say’n,
    I live in Hell
    ‘Cause sound was expelled
    From GODOT.
    Because he sang out solo.

    So, give me earplugs to screen him out.
    Please,
    Give me earplugs…

    • JET73L
      July 31, 2018, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

      The reactor on St. Charlie is Victor, not Beni! 0/10 filk, would not read again.

  11. Dementron
    December 18, 2016, 9:19 pm | # | Reply

    That is about the pain threshold, yes. Get it over 200 decibels and it can potentially kill! Fun stuff.

  12. onetruevonix
    June 27, 2018, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

    If it’s in their heads why do their ears bleed?

    • awgiedawgie
      June 28, 2018, 3:03 pm | # | Reply

      As someone else pointed out above, GODOT had used the city’s PA system previously. So it is obviously doing it again.

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