Nick has found the saddest ever secret lair … tonight …
Aimee’s hiding ev’ry little secret there … tonight …
Signs prevent you comin’ in her secret lair … Keep out!
While she’s eating ramen in her secret lair … keep out …
Keep out ….
They seem completely alike – will they loathe each other or get along great, sister/brother? Will he show her what he really looks like? What if she wants to be a plane too? Could Virginia help? Can’t wait to see!
“No Casuals”. I’m guessing it means Hardcore Gamers only, maybe serious Otaku allowed too. Don’t know what other groups might be allowed in, maybe you need to be published or have written a serious amount of fanfiction?
That’s not any sort of kippah – she’s wearing a crown. As she was probably pretending to be the figure just down the corridor with the swords shortly before Nick turned up, it must help her to stay in character.
Personally, I’m just surprised by how long Aimee’s hair is. I think I can rule out hair extensions here.
I seem to recall that there was some non-Euclidean artwork going on back in that era that somehow allowed Dave in the robot to get up the basement stairs in a relatively non-destructive fashion.
I guess that’s not all that unreasonable. It was a transformer, after all, and so presumably has access to the same technology that allows Megatron to transform from a giant robot to a gun that fits in the hand of a human or the hand a robot about the size of his own robot form.
Seems like this is one of those moments in the world, like when Abelard met Heloise, or when John met Paul, or when Dave met Helen. Let’s see how it goes from here.
Aimee was entirely Jeff’s idea, but he’s never given me any indication of what she should look like. It took me a while playing with the character before I threw my hands up and just went, “Nick, but a girl.”
Yee-ah, as evil lairs go, this does lack a certain something. Plus, if she’s really in control of this world, why a paper crown? It doesn’t need to be gem-encrusted, but something with a least a little flair.
Tomorrow’s comic: who are you and what’s with this “we” stuff?
Just because we’re surrounded, outnumbered, outgunned, and they’re firing at us is no reason to be disloyal!
Seems like a reasonable secret lair to me! ^_^
(TUNE: “In The Air Tonight”, Phil Collins)
Nick has found the saddest ever secret lair … tonight …
Aimee’s hiding ev’ry little secret there … tonight …
Signs prevent you comin’ in her secret lair … Keep out!
While she’s eating ramen in her secret lair … keep out …
Keep out ….
I could actually hear the singers in my head XD
That’s what I love (and miss!) about Ed’s filks — they have excellent voice.
Is this before or after the drum break?
Just before, I think.
party crown! party crown! party crown!
This ought to be rich
Damn, I was wrong. So much for a dramatic plot reveal.
Hmm. ‘Voice’ still seems odd based on previous samples. Hmmmm.
“No canals”?
“No casuals”
No casuals.
They seem completely alike – will they loathe each other or get along great, sister/brother? Will he show her what he really looks like? What if she wants to be a plane too? Could Virginia help? Can’t wait to see!
She knows he’s a plane, she was working with him before this mess.
Does this one have a Doctor Lee to pine for, or does she pine for the same one Nick does?
Maybe she pines for VR Dr. Lee.
Maybe she could bend over and scuttle away in a crablike motion…
I recognize the reference, but I can’t quite place it.
Dave’s gaming group in the Narbonic “Gender Swap” storyline.
Futurama
http://narbonic.com/comic/december-24-29-2001/ Got the quote pretty close, for a decade and a half…
woop-woop-woop-woop-woop…
This is just the best.
“No Casuals”. I’m guessing it means Hardcore Gamers only, maybe serious Otaku allowed too. Don’t know what other groups might be allowed in, maybe you need to be published or have written a serious amount of fanfiction?
Jonathan Fisher
Just don’t be a normie and it’ll be ok.
Excuse me, but is that an URU avatar?
It is. Proud explorer since 2003!
Huh. Different writing on her shirt? Can’t tell what either one says, though.
Nick’s has been visible in previous strips, and says “Kid Icarus.” Aimee’s appears to be for Zero Wing (of “All Your Base Are Belong To Us” infamy.)
I enjoy that they’re both wearing essentially the same clothing. Although that is a slightly larger kippah of sorts that Aimee has.
That’s not any sort of kippah – she’s wearing a crown. As she was probably pretending to be the figure just down the corridor with the swords shortly before Nick turned up, it must help her to stay in character.
Personally, I’m just surprised by how long Aimee’s hair is. I think I can rule out hair extensions here.
Could it be The Crown?
“Now neither of us will be virgins” #ObligatoryMeme
And for the record, Aimee/She!Nick is a cutie.
See the adorkable reference below.
She doesn’t seem to have quite mastered that “inner voice/outer voice” thing…
This is probably the first time she’s spoken to someone face to face in weeks. Maybe she forgot she can’t mute her mic?
Saddest ever secret lair?
Proof, if proof were needed, that Nick has never visited chez Madblood.
When he did move out from his mom’s basement, the lunar and the polar bases weren’t that bad.
Dave seemed impressed. ^_^
http://narbonic.com/comic/may-15-20-2006/
Did Madblood’s robot flatten his mother’s house when Dave drove it out of the basement?
I seem to recall that there was some non-Euclidean artwork going on back in that era that somehow allowed Dave in the robot to get up the basement stairs in a relatively non-destructive fashion.
I guess that’s not all that unreasonable. It was a transformer, after all, and so presumably has access to the same technology that allows Megatron to transform from a giant robot to a gun that fits in the hand of a human or the hand a robot about the size of his own robot form.
Be nice to your sister, Nick.
That is totally Nick’s long lost twin sister he never had.
Will Nick make out with his evil AI bootleg/twin/clone? Or, just play video games with his video game self?
My vote is for sloppy makeouts, but my money is on them fighting over anime.
Making out is hard to do when self-loathing gets in the way. You can tell from Nick’s expression he is not particularly attracted to his anima.
That would be the Quake match to end all Quake matches.
Careful. Romero married the girl that defeated him.
Also, what’s with the “gotta hide the anime pillows?” She probably inherited them from him….
She doesn’t know that yet.
Aimee is adorkable.
I LIKE that adjective.
Seems like this is one of those moments in the world, like when Abelard met Heloise, or when John met Paul, or when Dave met Helen. Let’s see how it goes from here.
More like when Dave met Lovelace – neither can live up to their expectations.
Huh. Aimee = “AI me.” I just got that.
D’oh! I didn’t until I read your comment.
Girl-Nick is a Hikikomori?
Well, yeah, since her original kind of is.
I wonder if the idea for this story started with Shaenon drawing Girl!Nick and then the two of them wondering how to fit the drawing into a story.
It wouldn’t surprise me.
Aimee was entirely Jeff’s idea, but he’s never given me any indication of what she should look like. It took me a while playing with the character before I threw my hands up and just went, “Nick, but a girl.”
And what is that she’s eating? Noodles of some kind.
Instant ramen
…and the look on her face as she’s caught in the middle of eating pot noodle is perfect…and priceless.
I think she dropped the noodles.
I can truthfully say I’ve never eaten ramen noodles.
Yee-ah, as evil lairs go, this does lack a certain something. Plus, if she’s really in control of this world, why a paper crown? It doesn’t need to be gem-encrusted, but something with a least a little flair.
Aimee is probably working on a budget of some sort – only so much memory for details or something.
Holy cow, she’s adorable.
I guess now we find out if she’s realised A: she’s an AI, and B: she’s a clone of Nick.
Shouldn’t there be a mezuzah on the doorjamb in panel 3?
Can’t see enough of the wall on the side to be sure. It could be there just off-screen.
Oh I love those paper crowns. Always reminds me of Christmas and the ones you get in those cardboard crackers.