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2012-10-22

by shaenon on October 22, 2012 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Railway Children
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  1. Anderson
    October 22, 2012, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    This is actually very possible to do, and an extremely useful skill to have.

  2. Altarboy
    October 22, 2012, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Walk for your lives!

    I’ma sing the doom song now

    • jdreyfuss
      October 22, 2012, 11:38 am | # | Reply

      Dammit, you stole my joke 14 hours before I even read the comic!

      • Altarboy
        October 22, 2012, 11:47 pm | # | Reply

        I live in a temporal anomaly, three miles down the road from me it’s 50yrs ago, but on the page here it’s only been 11hrs.

    • Shadowmehr
      October 22, 2012, 3:45 pm | # | Reply

      Well, racewalking is an olympic event. She could explain she just needs to clear her head, and then casually go for the gold (so to speak).

  3. Andrew
    October 22, 2012, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    Just one question… how the bell will she get out of that truckin’ train?

    • Frank
      October 22, 2012, 9:26 am | # | Reply

      She’s still on the train. That’s why she was talking about satellite reception a few strips ago

      • Axel
        October 22, 2012, 10:16 am | # | Reply

        Yes, Andrew was asking how she will get out of the train. She’s on it now, but to run far, far away from Violet, she would need to leave it (which can be tricky if it’s currently moving).

    • Towering Barbarian
      October 22, 2012, 7:02 pm | # | Reply

      Hmmm! Well, it *is* a train of Sparks. If she’s real desperate she could just walk down the aisle saying “Hey, does anybody have an experimental vehicle they’d like a volunteer to test?” It’s possible she’d find one or two who would would be willing to take her up on it. ^_^

      More seriously, if it’s like a certain Galaxy Express I’m thinking of she might not even need to leave the train since there may very well be copious space for hiding out right on board. >_>

  4. Eddurd
    October 22, 2012, 3:41 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Run For Your Life”, The Beatles)

    I got a call from Doctor Lee,
    And she’s stuck in Violet’s room!
    She’s best leave expeditiously
    Or she’s facing certain doom!

     [CHORUS:]
     You better run for your life in a casual way!
     In the plans that she has, you will pay!
     This, you see, is how Ms. Bee
     Gets to me, Ginny Lee!

    She said this was debriefing,
    Now she’s wanting to de-brief!
    Virginia should be leaving
    Or she’s gonna get some grief!
     [repeat CHORUS]

    Yeah, Vi-o-let is pure bad news,
    And you can’t trust her at all!
    So go put on your running shoes
    And then foot off down the hall!
     [repeat CHORUS]

    • Classic Steve
      October 22, 2012, 9:48 am | # | Reply

      I knew you’d choose that tune!

      • Konrad
        October 22, 2012, 11:59 am | # | Reply

        I was kinda hoping for Pink Floyd myself. “Run Like Foot” would fit Nick’s dialog and tie into Narbonic. And before anyone asks, I couldn’t filk to save my life.

        • Manifesta
          October 22, 2012, 5:13 pm | # | Reply

          I don’t know this song, but it looks like a pretty straightforward filk:

          tune: “Run Like Hell,” David Gilmour & Roger Waters, on The Wall, Pink Floyd, 1979

          Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
          Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
          You better make it seem like you’re
          Not trying to escape
          Violet Bee is bad news with her
          Fake female shape
          With her empty smile
          And her evil plans
          That android brain is trained to take us down
          So you can’t let her know
          I said to largelyrun. Go
          Fast but make it look slow
          Win this bout
          Get the foot out

  5. kajisora
    October 22, 2012, 4:09 am | # | Reply

    Take Unity’s example!
    Lurch for yer Life!

    • Tetra Valent
      October 22, 2012, 2:25 pm | # | Reply

      “Walk this way.”

  6. Jacob Haller
    October 22, 2012, 5:46 am | # | Reply

    Do you think Dr Lee can backwards translate Nick’s swear filter?

    Admittedly most of the time anyone could, but she might know its rules.

  7. shdwsng
    October 22, 2012, 6:43 am | # | Reply

    Run for your life in a casual way.

    …doesn’t that describe Anasigma’s morning coffee breaks?

    • Robert The Addled
      October 22, 2012, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

      Guessing from your monicker – a Valdemar fan?

      • shdwsng
        October 23, 2012, 8:05 pm | # | Reply

        Perceptive! I was a huge Mercedes Lackey fan back when I started poking online, and the handle kind of followed me.

  8. Frank
    October 22, 2012, 9:26 am | # | Reply

    Shouldn’t she tell him she knows Lee isn’t human?

  9. Frank
    October 22, 2012, 9:27 am | # | Reply

    Also, Kudos to Nick. That was quite polite anyway!

  10. davidbreslin101
    October 22, 2012, 9:46 am | # | Reply

    Half-expected him to drop a Fone Bone-style whoopsie like “No meringueflossing robot messes with my girl! Um.”

  11. mnementh
    October 30, 2012, 9:38 pm | # | Reply

    “Run for my life in a casual way.”

    That phrase describes parenthood with alarming insight…

    mnem
    “Just smile & wave, boys. Smile & wave.”

  12. WJS
    September 25, 2017, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    Honestly, after Violet’s extremely clumsy seduction attempt, she has a perfect excuse to get out of there without hinting that she spoke to Nick. Whether she’ll be able to do so is another matter – subtle is not her strong suit.

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