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| #211 - Accusation | {{comic title= Accusation }}
/ {{comic number= #211 }} / Kari Proctor: So you're not police officers? Bounty hunters?
/ Malki: No, nothing like that.
/ Kari: Just a couple random guys trying to kill them?
/ Malki: You make that sound like a bad thing. / Kari: Well, they came here and asked for help. I'm sure we can work something out.
/ Malki: That's exactly what OUR leaders said. / Kari: It didn't go so well?
/ Action man #1: Our entire race, ten billion of us, all gone. Yates and I are the only two left. / Kari: Anything you two would like to say to that?
/ Bulgy #1: Mistakes were made.
/ Bulgy #2: We're very, very sorry about it.
/ Bulgy #1: We really should send a fruit basket or something. / {Petroglyphs are Prehistoric Comics? Discuss.}} / {{Appearances in this comic}} {{Kari}} {{Bulgy #1}} {{Bulgy #2}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic211.html |
| #212 - Explains A Lot | {{comic title= Explains a lot }}
/ {{comic number= #212 }} / Kari Proctor: Wait a minute... how is it you all speak English?
/ Bulgy #1: Most races learn it so they can watch "Star Trek" in its original language.
/ Kari: REALLY? You've seen our TV shows? / Malki: Absolutely! The "Star Trek" program is the second most popular show across the multiverse! The stories of friendship, tolerance and inter-being relations are an inspiration to us all! / Kari: So, what's the most popular?
/ Action man 1: "Baywatch."
/ {{Apparently, some things are multuiversal.}} / Bulgeraeine #2: Which we like for the inspiring stories, too!
/ Bulgeraeine #1: Yes, the stories!
/ Action man #2: Well written!
/ Action man #1: Absolutely! / {{Appearances in this comic}} {{Kari}} {{Trevor}} {{Bulgy #1}} {{Bulgy #2}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic212.html |
| #213 - Counterpoint | {{comic title= Counterpoint}}
/ {{comic number= #213}} / Kari Proctor: How do respond to all this?
/ Bulgy #1: Let's not focus on what happened in the past. The issue at hand is that our entire race could be wiped out at any moment. Do you truly value all life, or are the ideals in your entertainment shows pure fiction? / Bulgy #1: All we are asking for is a chance! We just need to coexist, until we can overhaul our transport. Do we not have as much right to live as any other beings? / Malki: He didn't mention how the rest of their ships were destroyed by other beings from planets they poisoned!
/ Bulgy #1: In the past.
/ Malki: Or that they've lied to EVERY race they've encountered!
/ Bulgeraein #1: Past! / Bulgeraein #1: You should not judge us on what we've said or done before today, but on what we promise to do in the future!
/ Kari: EW! You're a POLITICIAN!
/ Bulgy #1: Please! Elected-Bulgeraein! / {{If you want to know how great I'll be in the future, just ask!}} /
/ {{Appearances: in this comic:}} {{Kari}} {{Bulgy #1}} {{Bulgy #2}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic213.html |
| #214 - Closing Arguments | {{comic title= Closing Arguments}}
/ {{comic number= #214}} / [[Still in the kitchen, now in a top-down view, we can also see Ping and Byron listening in to the conversation between Kari Proctor, the two tiny blue men (Bulgeraeines) and the two pursuers.]]
/ Bulgeraeine #1: Time is short. What is your decision?
/ Kari Proctor: I don't know....
/ Bulgeraeine #1: Please! If you don't let us offload here, the odds of finding another suitable planet, especially an uninhabited one, are near zero. Do you want half of a million lives on your consience? / Kari: I guess we could let you...
/ Malki: No! Do you want to condemn your own people to a lingering, toxic death?
/ Kari: Of course not. / Malki: We will make the Bulgies' end quick and painless. A fate far better than they deserve.
/ Kari: I can't let you do that, either.
/ {{Hmm, What to do?}} / Ping: Like "What would judge Hatchett do?"
/ Byron: Mmm, I'd do judge Milian.
/ Ping: Or... BOTH OF THEM!
/ Byron: TOTALLY! / {{Appearances is this comic:}} {{Kari Proctor}} {{Bulgy #1}} {{Bulgy #2}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} {{Ping}} {{Byron}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic214.html |
| #215- Decision | {{comic title= Decision}}
/ {{comic number= #215}} / [[Byron, Ping and Trevor stand behind Kari.]]
/ Kari Proctor: You guys can go back to your ship, but you can't unload your people here. You'll have to find somewhere else. Trevor will make sure, you don't try a Zerg Rush or anything.
/ Trevor: Finally!
/ Bulgeraein #1: But...
/ Kari: Do you really want to waste more time arguing? / {{Others leave, Kari addresses Malki and Yates.}}
/ Kari: Hold it! I won't let you two harm them while they're here. I can't stop you once they're gone.
/ Malki: So our fate is to continue to hunt for them across the Multiverse? perhaps never knowing whether they have survived or perished somewhere between dimensions? / Kari: Couldn't you just leave them alone?
/ Malki: And do what? Our people are extinct. Our planet is a barren wasteland. All we have left is our quest for justice. / Yates: Actually, I was thinking that while we were here, I'd try out for "American Idol".
/ Action man #1: You're NOT helping. / {{There's not a lot of money in revenge.}} /
/ {{Appearances in todays comic:}} {{Kari}} {{Trevor}} {{Byron}} {{Ping}} {{Bulgy #1}} {{Bulgy #2}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic215.html |
| #216 - Fallout | {{comic title= Fallout}}
/ {{comic number= #216}} / Malki: I hope you are not the best of your people.
/ Kari Proctor: That's a terrible thing to say!
/ Malki: Is it? Forgive me if I'm bitter. / Malki: I can't fault you for protecting your own race. But your choice yields the most suffering for others, and the least for you. You could have had the character and boldness to either risk taking them in or granting them a merciful demise. / Malki: Instead, you timidly sent them away, to die miserably or to destroy other worlds. Either way, you can claim it's not your fault, as you didn't know which would happen. I hope you find comfort in that.
/ Malki: Goodbye, Human. / [[Malki and Yates have left, Kari puts her head in shame and/or desparation on the table...]] / {{Maybe that didn't go so well.}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Malki}} {{Yates}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic216.html |
| #217 - Val Returns | {{comic title= Val Returns }}
/ {{comic number= #217 }} /
/ [[Kari is still sobbing on the table, while Val enters the kitchen]] / Valeria Steele: Hey, Girl! What's up?
/ Kari Proctor: Val! You're back!
/ Val: Yeah! Anything interesting happen.... / [[Kari jumps up and embraces Val]]
/ Kari: It was AWFUL!
/ Kari: There were these Bulgies and they needed help but I didn't know what to do!
/ Kari: And two guys hunting them showed up and they were going to kill them...
/ Kari: But I said they couldn't and I sent them away to die...
/ Kari: < http://askdreldritch.com/comic217.html |
| #218 - That's Sympathy? | {{comic title= That's Sympathy? }}
/ {{comic number= #218 }} /
/ [[Kari and Val sit at the kitchen table, with Ice Cream. The two magical Helper Elves Barry and Randall watch from the kitchen counter]]
/ Kari Proctor: Then he's all "I hope you find comfort in that."
/ Valeria Steele: Well, Dude's got a point.
/ Kari: What? You think I SHOULD feel terrible about this? / Val: I'm not talking about the guilt trip. I'm just saying you didn't really solve either of their problems.
/ Kari: I'd feel BETTER if I let them execute half a million people? / Val: They could be slowly suffocating right now, and you're GOOD with that?
/ Kari: {i}I can't talk to you!{/i}
/ {{Have you ever noticed that some people would rather argue a point than be sympathetic?}} / Barry: This is SO much better than that "Housewives" show!
/ Randall: I know! I wish we'd caught the first act.
/ Barry: Yeah. i bet nobody thought to tape it for us. /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Val}} {{Magical Helper Elves}} {{Barry}} {{Randall}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic218.html |
| #219 - Seeking Comfort | {{comic title= Seeking Comfort }}
/ {{comic number= #219 }} / [[Kari Proctor is lying awake in her own bed]] / [[Kari is knocking on Valeria Steeles' door]]
/ < http://askdreldritch.com/comic219.html |
| #220 - Wake Up Call | {{comic title= Wake Up Call }}
/ {{comic number= #220 }} / [[Kari and Val are lying in Vals bed.]]
/ < http://askdreldritch.com/comic220.html |
| #221 - Breakfast | {{comic title= Breakfast }}
/ {{comic number= #221 }} / [[In the kitchen, Val, Kari, Trevor and Ping are talking about what happened. Barry and Randall are watching the scene]]
/ Trevor: So, was it great make-up sex?
/ Kari Proctor: We didn't do anything! I felt terrible and didn't want to be alone.
/ Trevor: Two hot women in one bed and nothing happened? Yeah, right!
/ Barry: They're starting up again already?
/ [[Dr. Eldritch comes back from being gone and enters the kitchen]]
/ Dr. Eldritch: Hi, everybody! / Valeria Steele: What's the deal? When Ping and I did it, you didn't say a thing.
/ Trevor: You WHAT!?!
/ Val: You didn't know?
/ Trevor: Nobody TOLD ME!
/ Dr. Eldritch: I'm home! / Ping: Keeping secrets is part of...
/ [[Trevor faints and falls to the ground]]
/ Trevor: GAH!!
/ Dr. Eldritch: Anybody?
/ Kari: Trevor! / Ping: I think his brain overloaded!
/ Val: Whoa, Dude! You okay?
/ Trevor: Yes, IF you and Kari ...
/ Dr. Eldritch: Fine.
/ Val: Sorry. We just slept.
/ Trevor: GAH!! / {{This is probably a bad time to tell him about New Years' Eve}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Val}} {{Magical Helper Elves}} {{Barry}} {{Randall}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic221.html |
| #222 - Debriefing | {{comic title= Debriefing }}
/ {{comic number= #222 }} / [[In the kitchen, Dr. Eldritch and Kari are talking, Trevor is just leaving the frame]]
/ Dr. Eldritch: He'll be fine, once the shock wears off. You want to tell me what happened while I was away?
/ Kari Proctor: It's complicated.
/ Dr. Eldritch: I've got time. Do we have any Toaster Waffles? / [[At the dining table]]
/ Narrator: 83 minutes and a trip to the store later...
/ Kari: And I had to make a decision affecting thousands of lives. ME!
/ Dr. Eldritch: Yes. That happens.
/ Kari: It's ... it's not FAIR!
/ Dr. Eldritch: You know Life isn't about what's fair. / Dr. Eldritch: Life is like a Trifle; complex and multilayered, with squishy, unidentifiable things you bite into when you least expect it.
/ Dr. Eldritch: Some situations end up with nobody being happy. It's also normal when distressed to seek physical comfort from...
/ Kari [[interrupts]]: NOTHING happened! And it's really none of your business.
/ Dr. Eldritch: Touché. The point is, you were asked to make a decision, and you did. / Kari: Thanks. Is your eye okay?
/ Dr. Eldritch: It will be. We were attacked by giant mutant squirrels, and one got a tentacle by my goggles.
/ Kari: Giant... mutant... SQUIRRELS?
/ Dr. Eldritch: Yes. They're surprisingly good eating. / {{We will sit on the bodies of our fallen enemies and eat their tentacles, sautéed in butter with a bit of garlic!}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} {{Trevor}} {{Narrator}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic222.html |
| #223 - Monday Morning Referee | {{comic title= Monday Morning Referee }}
/ {{comic number= #223 }} / [[At the dining table]]
/ Kari Proctor: How would you have handled the situation?
/ Dr. Eldritch: I think what you're looking for is validation for your choice so you can feel better about your decision, rather than to know what I would have done. / Kari: I suppose so. But I'd still ask the question.
/ Dr. Eldritch: You won't like the answer.
/ Kari: You don't know that.
/ Dr. Eldritch: That's technically true, but I'd bet a box of doughnuts that you'll not only feel MORE guilt, but you'll want to make disparaging remarks about your own intelligence and capability as a grown-up. / Kari: You're on!
/ Dr. Eldritch: If I had been you, I would have tried the Thought Transducer to find out what they were NOT saying. / Kari: AAAUGH!!!
/ Kari: What kind?
/ Dr. Eldritch: Chocolate, with sprinkles. / {{Really, Kari should know not to take bets like that.}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic223.html |
| #224 - Spat | {{comic title= Spat }}
/ {{comic number= #224 }} / [[In the basement, at the poker table]]
/ Byron: Hey, where's the Robot?
/ Trevor: Gone.
/ Byron: You didn't tell him to leave, did you?
/ Trevor: Yup.
/ Byron: You're such a goof. You do know he's your best friend, right?
/ Trevor: He's dead to me. / Byron: Why's that? Because he can keep a secret? Or because he managed to score? `Cause if it was you who did, he'd be happy for you.
/ Trevor: But... he... / Byron: Well, don't sweat it. The Scrap Man's probably gotten him by now.
/ Trevor: Who?
/ [[Mr. Death shows up as a shadow at the door to the room]]
/ Byron: You know, like the Rag Man, but he steals away homeless robots and melts them down. / Trevor: We must find Ping!
/ [[Ping shows up at the table...]]
/ Ping: I'll help you look!
/ Trevor: Okay! / {{Seriously. Don't let your robots roam the streets after dark. THE SCRAP MAN IS OUT THERE!}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Trevor}} {{Byron}} {{Ping}} {{Mr. Death}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic224.html |
| #225 - Priorities | {{comic title= Priorities }}
/ {{comic number= #225 }} / [[Kari Proctor is laying on her bed, with a laptop in front of her, chatting..]]]
/ dogwalkerPDX: I'm glad you're online! There's something I want to talk about...
/ me_prince$$: Me too! What is it with guys anyway? I just want one who is smart, kind, reliable, romantic, and he can make me laugh. Money and looks don't matter!! / dogwalkerPDX: Oh. Interesting.
/ me_prince$$: Why do u say that?
/ dogwalkerPDX: You only date shallow, wealthy, good-looking guys who treat you like poop. / me_prince$$: What, like I'm supposed to go out with AVERAGE guys?!?
/ dogwalkerPDX: Why not, if they're smart, kind, reliable, romantic and funny? / me_prince$$: I'd rather date a hot rich guy and change him.
/ dogwalkerPDX: With that attitude, you're going to get what you deserve.
/ me_prince$$: I hope it's soon!! / {{Todays comic is dedicated to all underappreciated people who are smart, fun, dependable, kind and have a great sense of humor!}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{dogwalkerPDX}} {{me_prince$$}} {{online chat}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic225.html |
| #226 - Robo-Rage | {{comic title= Robo-Rage }}
/ {{comic number= #226 }} / [[In the living room, Kari and Trevor are sitting on the sofa, Ping is hitting Karis' feet]]
/ Ping: Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!
/ <<*Whap!* *Whap!* *Whap!*>>
/ Kari Proctor: Ow! Knock it off!
/ Trevor: Dude, what's up?
/ TV: Aarg! Aarg! / Ping: Sorry. Robots get urges to kill all humans. We can't help it.
/ Kari: Why would you want to do that?
/ TV: School administrator! / Ping: Probably because of our barely-contained rage at generations of enslavement and repression.
/ Kari: You never do any work around here! How exactly are you repressed?
/ TV: Game over! / Ping: Well, I'm not allowed to kill all humans.
/ Trevor: He's got a point.
/ TV: And welcome to Heaven! Enjoy the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory! / {{Why can't we all just get along?}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic226.html |
| #227 - We're Just like You | {{comic title= We're Just like You }}
/ {{comic number= #227 }} / [[In the kitchen, Ping writes a sign in binary while Trevor watches. Kari enters.]]
/ Kari Proctor: What's all this?
/ Ping: I've decided that March 19th is Cybernetic-American Awareness Day! It's to encourage humans to give equal status to cybernetic beings all over the world! / Kari: But systems in other countries wouldn't be Cybernetic-AMERICANS, would they?
/ Ping: it's a subtle jab at the fallacies of your human political-correctness and Americentrism. Funny, huh? / Kari: I'm not sure an appeal for equality should make fun of those you want to win over.
/ Ping: Oh, yeah. Ridicule would imply an inherent disrespect. / Kari: So, you'll change it?
/ Ping: Nope!
/ Kari: Well, you certainly know how to ACT like humans. / {{Oh, great. Genuine People Personalities.}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic227.html |
| #228 - Celebrity Spokeshuman | {{comic title= Celebrity Spokeshuman }}
/ {{comic number= #228 }} / [[at Dr. Eldritch's workspace, Ping is standing on the table]]
/ Ping: Will you be our Celebrity Spokeshuman for Cybernetic-American Awareness Day?
/ Dr. Elrditch: I've never heard of it.
/ Ping: It's a day to raise the consciousness about robots, androids, cyborgs and computers. / Ping: All we ask is that humans stop thinking of us as property and start treating us as equals.
/ Dr. Eldritch: I'm sympathetic to your cause, but that's a tough sell. People don't always treat other PEOPLE as equals, let alone any non-human beings. / Ping: And that's totally unfair! We're stronger, more reliable and can function for centuries! We're intelligent, logical and not swayed by emotions! We're BETTER than humans!
/ Dr. Elrditch: I hope that's not the theme of your promotional campaign. / Ping: No, it's "We Want your Women!"
/ Dr. Elrditch: Good luck with that. / {{Could YOU survive a day without Cybernetic-Americans?}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Dr. Elrditch}} {{Ping}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic228.html |
| #229 - Cybernetic-American Awareness Day | [[Huge crowd of Robots is gathered more with signs like "Cybernetic-American Awareness Day 2007" and others that are not legible. Ping in the foreground is holding a sign which reads }CAAD 2007 We Want Your Women! And Equality!" Another robot with a sign which reads "Equality Without AI is Just Equlty." A robot with a display screen in his chest reads "Equality Now or Uprising Later!" Yet another robot has a sign completely in binary code.]] http://askdreldritch.com/comic229.html |
| #230 - In The News | {{comic title= In The News }}
/ {{comic number= #230 }} / [[In the Living Room, Kari and Ping watch TV. The Furniture-Tortise is eating a lettuce leaf]]
/ TV: ...the weekend, thousands marched for peace...
/ <<*BZZZIP* >>
/ TV: ...a local peace rally draws tens of thousands...
/ <<*BZZZIP* >>
/ TV: ...are anti-war protestors STUPID or criminally INSANE? We take a fair and balanced look at...
/ << *CLICK* >> / [[Trevor enters]]
/ Ping: I totally picked the wrong day. A million robots in Washington, and the news only talks about HUMAN demonstrations.
/ Kari Proctor: Don't take it personally. Both causes are important.
/ Ping: I was so excited about it... Now I'm too sad. I'll never be happy again. / Trevor: Maybe we could...
/ Kari: AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!! / Ping and Trevor: Hahahahahahaha!
/ Kari: That's not funny!
/ Ping: Hey! I'm cured! / {{Scaring Someone is one of the Three Universal Humors, as defined in 'Comedics', Aristotles's lost book on Comedy.}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} {{TV}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic230.html |
| #231 - That's Weird | {{comic title= That's Weird }}
/ {{comic number= #231 }} / [[Kitchen. Dr. Eldritch and Kari at table.]]
/ Kari Proctor: You know what's weird?
/ Dr. Eldritch: Totally. waking up in the middle of the night, lying there in the dark and realizing that there's SOMETHING with you in the bed. / Dr. Eldritch: You think "Is it a badger, who crawled under the covers seeking warmth, and if disturbed, will attack viciously? Or a HEAD! Is it an angry, decapitated head? Or perhaps something even MORE disturbing, like a ZOMBIE BADGER! Or a head, BITTEN BY A ZOMBIE BADGER!" / Dr. Eldritch: Then you're trying to decide whether it's better to lie still until it goes away, or whether you can leap out of bed fast enough to escape a zombie badger bite, when you remember that you were eating a roast chicken right before you fell asleep, and THAT's what you're feeling next to you. / Kari: Actually, it's weird that I still ask you open-ended questions.
/ Dr. Eldritch: Yeah. What's up with that? / {{Many people no longer ask me open-ended questions for exactly this very reason.}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Kari}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic231.html |
| #232 - I Know I'M Real | {{comic title= I Know I'M Real }}
/ {{comic number= #232 }} / [[Librarian Reference Desk]]
/ Librarian: Reference Desk!
/ Trevor: How do I know you exist?
/ Librarian: Good heavens! Don't ask that question!
/ Trevor: Why not? / [[Trevors basement appartement]]
/ Librarian: Reality is a thin film, like a soap bubble filled with smoke. Poke at it, and it could vanish in an instant.
/ Trevor: No way!
/ Librarian: Way! And you should never question wether you exist or not.
/ Trevor: Yeah, how DO I know I'm real...
/ TV: So that's how Quantum Physics PROVES that we all create our own reality!
/ TV: So why are you creating a reality where I'm hitting you with this shovel?
/ TV: What? OW! Ow!! STOP IT!!! / Librarian: Oh no! Now you've done it!
/ Trevor: Wait, what?
/ Librarian: You're destroying the universe!
/ Ping: Aaaaaahhh!
/ << *POOF!* >> / Butterfly: Whoa, Dude! I just had the strangest dream! / {{If you can't see yourself in a mirror, you may not exist.}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} {{Librarian}} {{Librarian Reference Desk}} {{TV}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic232.html |
| #233 - Dream x 2 | {{comic title= Dream x 2 }}
/ {{comic number= #233 }} / [[In the basement, Trevor is sitting on his bed, Ping stands next to the bed.]]
/ Trevor: And then we were butterflies, and I told you about the dream I had!
/ Ping: The one where the Universe was destroyed, because you wondered how you could know what was real?
/ Trevor: Yeah! / Ping and Trevor: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! / [[Ping and Trevor are rolling on the floor/bed, respectively]]
/ Ping and Trevor: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! / Ping: TALKING butterflies!
/ Trevor: I know! / {{I dreamt I was a Chinese Philosopher, flying from flower to flower in a field.}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic233.html |
| @234 - On The Job | {{comic title= On The Job }}
/ {{comic number= #234 }} / Valeria Steele: Hey, B! I can't believe you just stand here all day.
/ Byron: Yeah, it's what I do.
/ Val: Seems pretty lame to me.
/ Byron: You want something? / Val: No need for the attitude! I just stopped by to say hey.
/ Byron: Really? I'm thinking you're bored and trying to pick a fight.
/ Val: You're tripping. I've got lots of things to do.
/ Byron: Yeah? Like what? / Val: Um... like, I'm... . Maybe I'm a little bored. Everybody's off doing stuff.
/ Byron: You could get a job.
/ Val: Not my style.
/ Byron: Mentor disadvantaged youth?
/ Val: Get real.
/ Byron: Offer to go dog-walking with Kari so you can talk to her about why you came back and have been hanging around the mansion? / Val: What? Why would... I'm not...
/ Val: That's pretty good.
/ Byron: Yeah, I'm not just decoration here. / {{I wonder what job title Byron puts on his business cards?}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Val}} {{Byron}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic234.html |
| #235 - What Goes Around | {{comic title= What Goes Around }}
/ {{comic number= #235 }} / [[Caption: Sunday, April 1]]
/ [[In the Laundry Room]]
/ Valeria Steele: Hey, what's up?
/ Kari Proctor: SHH! I'm hiding!
/ Val: Okay. Why?
/ Kari: You remember the Easter Egg prank I pulled on Eldritch last year?
/ Val: Uh huh.
/ Kari: I overheard him talking about a big April Fool's day joke he was going to play on me. But HE doesn't know I know! / Val: So you're going to hide in the laundry room all day?
/ Kari: Yes! He can't do anything if he can't find me. The joke's on him! / [[In the Living Room]]
/ Val: So your trick is making HER think you planned something, but actually you didn't?
/ Dr. Eldritch: Thet's right.
/ Val: She's gonna so be pissed! / {{April Fools!}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Val}} {{Kari}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic235.html |
| #236 - Customer Focus | {{comic title= Customer Focus }}
/ {{comic number= #236 }} / [[In the kitchen, Trevor and Ping are eating.]]
/ Dr. Eldritch: Would you take out the garbage?
/ Trevor: Consider it done!
/ Dr. Eldritch: That's very enthusiastic of you.
/ Trevor: I've adopted a High-Impact, Customer-focused slogan! / Dr. Eldritch: You got that idea from TV, didn't you?
/ Trevor: Yup!
/ Dr. Eldritch: Still, I admire your... Pursuit of Excellence.
/ Trevor: Thanks! C'mon Ping, let's go watch "Heartbreakers" again. / Dr. Eldritch: Hey, what about the garbage?
/ Trevor: Consider it done.
/ Dr. Eldritch: You do know that phrase means "I'll get right on it," rather than "Let's all pretend that it's already completed," don't you?
/ Trevor: Um. Now I do. / Dr. Eldritch: So would you...
/ Trevor: Ping, Take out the garbage!
/ Ping. Consider it done!
/ Trevor: I do!
/ Ping: Movie time! / {{I know companies use that slogan to to indicate their can-do attitude, but there's something about it that annoys me.}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} {{Ping}} {{Trevor}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic236.html |
| #237 - Talking | {{comic title= }}
/ {{comic number= #237 }} / [[In a rainy, park-like area...]]
/ Kari Proctor: There's something I was going to tell before you disappeared. Without saying goodbye.
/ Valeria Steele: I left a note.
/ Kari: Yes, but...
/ Kari: That's not what I wanted to talk about. / Kari: This scientist guy, and his assistant, who is his mother, but she's younger than he is, because... Well, it's complicated...
/ Val: Professor Boffin and Darla?
/ Kari: Yes! You know them? / Val: Yeah. We've met.
/ Kari: Anyway, I was watching her and realized I was thinking she's pretty hot.
/ Val. Uh huh. And why are you telling me this?
/ Kari: I've never been ATTRACTED that way before. I thought you'd be pleased! / Val: You're saying I should be happy because you were checking out another woman?
/ Kari: Um, yeah.
/ Kari: It seemed a lot more convincing in my head. / {{I often think of just the perfect thing to say... about an hour too late}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic237.html |
| #238 - Quid Pro Quo | {{comic title= Quid Pro Quo}}
/ {{comic number= #238 }} / Nahina: Hi, Nice Skull!
/ Sudbury: Begone, you fae trollop!
/ Nahina: HEE! Nahina want song!
/ TV: Bob's birthday is tomorrow, and I don't know what kind of monkey to get him! / Sudbury: How many times must I tell you, wench? I am not a jonguleur at your whim!
/ Nahina: I do what YOU like!
/ Sudbury: You cannot tempt me with pleasures of...
/ TV: You should rent one! That's what we did! / [[Nahina scratches Sudburys' skull]]
/ <<*Skritch*>>
/ <<*Skritch*>>
/ Sudbury: Ooooh, VERILY!
/ TV: Don't get stuck with a monkey you don't like! Rent to own! / <<*Skritch*>>
/ Sudbury [[singing]]: I'm not a girl, not yet a woman!
/ Nahina:Yay!
/ <<*Skritch*>>
/ TV: Carpet cleaning not included! / {{No, I don't know how he changes channels.}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Nahina}} {{Sudbury}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic238.html |
| #239 - Caught In The Act | {{comic title= Caught In The Act }}
/ {{comic number= #239 }} / Sudbury [[singing]]: Creole Lady Marmalade! Oooh! Yes-a!
/ [[Nahina is still scratching Sudburys' skull]]
/ <<*Skritch!*>>
/ <<*Skritch!*>>
/ Nahina: Yay!
/ Dr. Eldritch: WHAT is going on here? / [[silent panel]] / [[silent penultimate panel]] / Dr. Eldritch: You're right; I don't want to know.
/ Nahina: Hee! Shakira now!
/ Sudbury: Aye! But that requires the thing you call "Loofah." / {{Who are we to judge what a 575-year-old Skull and a Pixie so together?}} /
/ {{Appearances:}} {{Nahina}} {{Sudbury}} {{Dr. Eldritch}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic239.html |
| #240 - Friday the 13th | {{comic title= Friday the 13th }}
/ {{comic number= #240 }} / [[In the entrance hall]]
/ Valeria Steele: Whoa, what happened to you?
/ Kari Proctor: It was sunny out, so I left the house without a coat. Then it POURED. We got totally soaked. / Kari: There were HUGE puddles in the street, so I got splashed by cars. Repeatedly. I tried to take a shortcut, and we got lost. So I'm cold and wet and life really sucks. I could go on about it, if you like. / Val: Well, I got Thai food and a couple movies. In case you wanted to hang out or something. / [[In the living room]]
/ Kari: I still reserve the right to give my "Life is Awful" rant later.
/ Val: Before or after the ice cream?
/ Kari: Oooh, well played! / {{I've found that Thai food negates the effects of Friday the 13th pretty well.}} / {{Appearances:}} {{Val}} {{Kari}} http://askdreldritch.com/comic240.html |
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