Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: The serenity of knowing one’s place in the food chain.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says:
Oh my god. The centipedes are cute TOO!
WHO DO WE SIDE WITH??
Rachel S. (masamage) says: And the office files eat the centipedes. o/`
Martha Mintz (muffinthamighty) says: Those pincers make them look so goofy!
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
It’s definitely the monks, then.
The MadSci Wars:
Well, that was a nice planning session on my MASTER PLAN. Let’s check the monitors… What’s Professor Tinker doing?! He seems to be turning his entire office upside down… oh wait. According to what he’s been muttering, it looks as if he’s looking for some sort of ‘manuscript’. I think I’ll wait and see what happens.
(a few minutes later) Well, the guy’s turned his entire office upside down, and hasn’t found it. I’m just glad the guy likes to think out loud, or– what the?! He had dinner with JANE NARBON?! It’s impossible! I mean, he’s still in one piece and everything. Anyway, he apparently left this ‘evil manuscript’ somewhere in the flight path of that bunny of his. Now, I just have to trace back the location from my videorecordings of the bunny’s point of view.
This is kind of fun. 🙂
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says:
You know, it would be interesting if the office files were carnivorous.
I mean, after carnivorous monastic centipedes, anything can happen.
—– The Mad Scientist Wars:
I’ve had an interesting evening checking out what the good Professor had to say during our little dinner date. I’m especially interested in this “David Toboz” fellow that’s been hanging around lately. Could he be another Mad Scientist? Ah well… no way to find out now.
Ok, back to work. Which of these security codes are true, and which were Prof. Tinker lying about?
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says:
At 3:30 this morning I woke up as my neighbor’s boyfriend left in his big noisy truck and lay there thinking for a bit before I fell back asleep…
For some reason it suddenly popped into my head, There’s no way that Tip’s minidress would be under that protective suit! So does he have it bunched up around his waist, does he keep a pair of pants around for emergencies, or is he naked under that suit?!?
Do you have any idea how long it took me to stop wondering about that and go back to sleep?
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: No band name, but “Goodheart Crunchbody” would be a *great* name for a breakfast-cereal-type superhero. (Yes, I’ve been reading “Breakfast of the Gods”.)
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
Close-up film of “bugs eating bugs” is one of the few things that gives me the nightmare-quality creeps. Shaenon, you have managed to make my nightmare cuddly cute! Now I picture Ezekiel downing a small army of silverfish, praising them for their tastiness and crunchy goodness as they ineffectively wave their foils and plumed hats, shouting Italian curses. Awwwwwwwww.
Cameron Nielsen (cameroncn) says: Heaven help us! The centipedes are Quakers! XD
Mary Potts (queenofcapes) says: Amish centipedes?? Garrity, you *genius*!
David Toboz (professor_zobot) says:
Hmm… well, this is going to be problimatic. Tip can’t kill the silverfish because they’re nonhuman sentients, and now the centipedes prove to enjoy the same benefit. Honesty, when will government organizations learn not to be so careless with what they give intelligence to?
Hmm…despite my innate hatred of centipedes, I can’t seem to bring myself to dislike these creatures. Curse you, Garrity, for making bugs cute!
Mad Scientist Wars:
Observing that dinner date proved to be quite informative. At the very least, I know that of my would-be competition, Prof. Tinker and that violet-ish knight guy aren’t really a threat at the given moment. And while the four of them have been fighting and flirting with each other, I’ve had the freedom to build up my resources and prepare to utterly crush that which would oppose me. Now the only question is… how should I crush them?
Hmm…orbital high-intensity laser pointer? No, I keep putting off patching the energy leak and throwing it into orbit. A pity. Maybe my vast army of destructive spinning zobots? Actually, I’d better not. I still haven’t quite figured out why they feel the compulsion to sing showtunes while they destroy. It’s too embarassing to send them out as is. And of course, I haven’t even finished assembling the mail-order earthquake generator kit I sent away for. Blast.
I shall have to finish something one of these days. For the moment, I’ll have to improvise. Let’s see…so instead of anything overly violent, I’ll just make a few phone calls, shift a couple million dollars from some guy’s account to someone else’s account… and send an e-mail. Dear Miss Narbon:
I greet you on the conclusion of your recent romantic outing. I trust it was some sort of success. That being said, I will be quite blunt. You are to kill the mad scientist named So It Begins, preferably with fire, before the sun sets tommrow night. Failure to do so will result in myself uploading certain… photos and videos of a quite delicate nature from your childhood onto the internet for all to see. While modesty premits me from elaborating on the nature of these images, I will say that should they come into the public’s view it will be quite hard for the UN to take you seriously the next time you attempt to hold the world hostage by any means.
I hope to hear of your success rather quickly.
Sincerely,
Professor Zobot
Well, her response to that should prove amusing. Now then, I’m going to have to come up with something nasty to do to So It Begins as well…
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says:
Okay, MSW gang. Last created member on the Nice boards has a creation date of 3/20, and if they’re going linearly, that means the most of you should be all set. Could those of you who’ve recently registered for the Comics By Shaenon forum get back to me and let me know if your registrations have been processed? Once that’s all done, one lucky poster will get to claim the Plutonium Weasel for his or her own, and y’all will have a nice new space in which to destroy and/or humiliate each other.
David, since you’re apparently a new participant: We’re slowly working on getting y’all moved over to the Comics By Shaenon forum. You may wish to consider creating a user account there. Follow the “Forum” link under the title graphic to get yourself started.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
Well, polite-or-not, they are quite obviously voracious. Good manners dosen’t do much for someone who’s eating you.
Jeffrey- I got my notification e-maii, I’m checking it out!
Mad Sci Wars:
Well, no luck finding my manuscript. But Fluffy is asleep, so the crisis is somewhat over.
. . . . but now I may be forced to do something I loath. E-mail Miss Narbon to see if she’s seen it. Nothing so aggravating as handing over information to a tenuous ally(?).
Just goes to show I should have saved a copy of the damn thing. . . wait a tic.
SOMEONE BUGGED MY JACKET!! It dosen’t look like So It Begins make, and it lacks the JN stamp Miss Narbon puts on hers. . .
E-Mail:
Miss Narbon, Thank you for the lovely evening. I must apologize for my hasty exit in pursuit of Fluffy, he ate something in the bisque that disagreed with him.
I son;t suppose you might have found a manuscript I lost? It’s fairly plain, but it has some sentimental importance to me, left over from when I first went Mad you see.
– Andrew Tinker, Professor of Evil English studies.
P.S. Someone has me bugged, check your clothing. Not SiB work, or yours.
Andy Wetmore (efogoto) says: Dammit Ed! Now I keep hearing the Lucky Charms leprechaun saying “Yellow suns, blue moons, good hearts, and crunchy bodies!”.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: The serenity of knowing one’s place in the food chain.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says:
Oh my god. The centipedes are cute TOO!
WHO DO WE SIDE WITH??
Rachel S. (masamage) says: And the office files eat the centipedes. o/`
Martha Mintz (muffinthamighty) says: Those pincers make them look so goofy!
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
It’s definitely the monks, then.
The MadSci Wars:
Well, that was a nice planning session on my MASTER PLAN. Let’s check the monitors… What’s Professor Tinker doing?! He seems to be turning his entire office upside down… oh wait. According to what he’s been muttering, it looks as if he’s looking for some sort of ‘manuscript’. I think I’ll wait and see what happens.
(a few minutes later) Well, the guy’s turned his entire office upside down, and hasn’t found it. I’m just glad the guy likes to think out loud, or– what the?! He had dinner with JANE NARBON?! It’s impossible! I mean, he’s still in one piece and everything. Anyway, he apparently left this ‘evil manuscript’ somewhere in the flight path of that bunny of his. Now, I just have to trace back the location from my videorecordings of the bunny’s point of view.
This is kind of fun. 🙂
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says:
You know, it would be interesting if the office files were carnivorous.
I mean, after carnivorous monastic centipedes, anything can happen.
—–
The Mad Scientist Wars:
I’ve had an interesting evening checking out what the good Professor had to say during our little dinner date. I’m especially interested in this “David Toboz” fellow that’s been hanging around lately. Could he be another Mad Scientist? Ah well… no way to find out now.
Ok, back to work. Which of these security codes are true, and which were Prof. Tinker lying about?
Mel Van Weelden (kessalia) says:
At 3:30 this morning I woke up as my neighbor’s boyfriend left in his big noisy truck and lay there thinking for a bit before I fell back asleep…
For some reason it suddenly popped into my head, There’s no way that Tip’s minidress would be under that protective suit! So does he have it bunched up around his waist, does he keep a pair of pants around for emergencies, or is he naked under that suit?!?
Do you have any idea how long it took me to stop wondering about that and go back to sleep?
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: No band name, but “Goodheart Crunchbody” would be a *great* name for a breakfast-cereal-type superhero. (Yes, I’ve been reading “Breakfast of the Gods”.)
Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) says:
Close-up film of “bugs eating bugs” is one of the few things that gives me the nightmare-quality creeps. Shaenon, you have managed to make my nightmare cuddly cute! Now I picture Ezekiel downing a small army of silverfish, praising them for their tastiness and crunchy goodness as they ineffectively wave their foils and plumed hats, shouting Italian curses. Awwwwwwwww.
Cameron Nielsen (cameroncn) says: Heaven help us! The centipedes are Quakers! XD
Mary Potts (queenofcapes) says: Amish centipedes?? Garrity, you *genius*!
David Toboz (professor_zobot) says:
Hmm… well, this is going to be problimatic. Tip can’t kill the silverfish because they’re nonhuman sentients, and now the centipedes prove to enjoy the same benefit. Honesty, when will government organizations learn not to be so careless with what they give intelligence to?
Hmm…despite my innate hatred of centipedes, I can’t seem to bring myself to dislike these creatures. Curse you, Garrity, for making bugs cute!
Mad Scientist Wars:
Observing that dinner date proved to be quite informative. At the very least, I know that of my would-be competition, Prof. Tinker and that violet-ish knight guy aren’t really a threat at the given moment. And while the four of them have been fighting and flirting with each other, I’ve had the freedom to build up my resources and prepare to utterly crush that which would oppose me. Now the only question is… how should I crush them?
Hmm…orbital high-intensity laser pointer? No, I keep putting off patching the energy leak and throwing it into orbit. A pity. Maybe my vast army of destructive spinning zobots? Actually, I’d better not. I still haven’t quite figured out why they feel the compulsion to sing showtunes while they destroy. It’s too embarassing to send them out as is. And of course, I haven’t even finished assembling the mail-order earthquake generator kit I sent away for. Blast.
I shall have to finish something one of these days. For the moment, I’ll have to improvise. Let’s see…so instead of anything overly violent, I’ll just make a few phone calls, shift a couple million dollars from some guy’s account to someone else’s account… and send an e-mail.
Dear Miss Narbon:
I greet you on the conclusion of your recent romantic outing. I trust it was some sort of success. That being said, I will be quite blunt. You are to kill the mad scientist named So It Begins, preferably with fire, before the sun sets tommrow night. Failure to do so will result in myself uploading certain… photos and videos of a quite delicate nature from your childhood onto the internet for all to see. While modesty premits me from elaborating on the nature of these images, I will say that should they come into the public’s view it will be quite hard for the UN to take you seriously the next time you attempt to hold the world hostage by any means.
I hope to hear of your success rather quickly.
Sincerely,
Professor Zobot
Well, her response to that should prove amusing. Now then, I’m going to have to come up with something nasty to do to So It Begins as well…
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says:
Okay, MSW gang. Last created member on the Nice boards has a creation date of 3/20, and if they’re going linearly, that means the most of you should be all set. Could those of you who’ve recently registered for the Comics By Shaenon forum get back to me and let me know if your registrations have been processed? Once that’s all done, one lucky poster will get to claim the Plutonium Weasel for his or her own, and y’all will have a nice new space in which to destroy and/or humiliate each other.
David, since you’re apparently a new participant: We’re slowly working on getting y’all moved over to the Comics By Shaenon forum. You may wish to consider creating a user account there. Follow the “Forum” link under the title graphic to get yourself started.
Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) says:
Well, polite-or-not, they are quite obviously voracious. Good manners dosen’t do much for someone who’s eating you.
Jeffrey- I got my notification e-maii, I’m checking it out!
Mad Sci Wars:
Well, no luck finding my manuscript. But Fluffy is asleep, so the crisis is somewhat over.
. . . . but now I may be forced to do something I loath. E-mail Miss Narbon to see if she’s seen it. Nothing so aggravating as handing over information to a tenuous ally(?).
Just goes to show I should have saved a copy of the damn thing. . . wait a tic.
SOMEONE BUGGED MY JACKET!! It dosen’t look like So It Begins make, and it lacks the JN stamp Miss Narbon puts on hers. . .
E-Mail:
Miss Narbon, Thank you for the lovely evening. I must apologize for my hasty exit in pursuit of Fluffy, he ate something in the bisque that disagreed with him.
I son;t suppose you might have found a manuscript I lost? It’s fairly plain, but it has some sentimental importance to me, left over from when I first went Mad you see.
– Andrew Tinker, Professor of Evil English studies.
P.S. Someone has me bugged, check your clothing. Not SiB work, or yours.
Andy Wetmore (efogoto) says: Dammit Ed! Now I keep hearing the Lucky Charms leprechaun saying “Yellow suns, blue moons, good hearts, and crunchy bodies!”.