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| GPF Archive: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Nick: As you said, Fooker, no pressure. Just the fate of the company on my shoulders...
/ Fooker: Aw, you'll do great, Nickster. / Fooker: Mike and I built that system out of spit and bailing twine the year before Ki started. Mike did all the design work, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
/ Nick: You did keep the specification document handy, right? / Fooker: Oh, heck no. That got blown away when we scrubbed his hard drive before selling that machine. But it's just a few thousand lines of C code to parse.... Although we may have gotten into a little "obfuscated C" contest about a third of the way in. / Nick: Tell me that it's at least well commented....
/ Fooker: Comments? You can actually comment your code? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081119.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Ki walks by as Nick throws his hands up in despair]]
/ Nick: Arrgh! / [[Ki leans against the door frame as Nick looks furiously as his computer]]
/ Ki: Reverse engineering Fooker and Mike's code, I see...
/ Nick: This application is a disaster! / [[Nick gestures to his monitor]]
/ Nick: I can't make heads or tails of half of this. The modules are divided up in no logical order. There are recursive functions where a simple loop would do. This part is in assembler for no particular reason. And not a single comment! What were they on when they wrote this? / Ki: Fooker was sober. I can attest to that. Mike I never met.
/ Nick: What software design method did he use, the Dennis Ritchie drinking game? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081121.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Ki walks by as Nick throws his hands up in despair]]
/ Nick: Arrgh! / [[Ki leans against the door frame as Nick looks furiously as his computer]]
/ Ki: Reverse engineering Fooker and Mike's code, I see...
/ Nick: This application is a disaster! / [[Nick gestures to his monitor]]
/ Nick: I can't make heads or tails of half of this. The modules are divided up in no logical order. There are recursive functions where a simple loop would do. This part is in assembler for no particular reason. And not a single comment! What were they on when they wrote this? / Ki: Fooker was sober. I can attest to that. Mike I never met.
/ Nick: What software design method did he use, the Dennis Ritchie drinking game? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081121.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Ki walks by as Nick throws his hands up in despair]]
/ Nick: Arrgh! / [[Ki leans against the door frame as Nick looks furiously as his computer]]
/ Ki: Reverse engineering Fooker and Mike's code, I see...
/ Nick: This application is a disaster! / [[Nick gestures to his monitor]]
/ Nick: I can't make heads or tails of half of this. The modules are divided up in no logical order. There are recursive functions where a simple loop would do. This part is in assembler for no particular reason. And not a single comment! What were they on when they wrote this? / Ki: Fooker was sober. I can attest to that. Mike I never met.
/ Nick: What software design method did he use, the Dennis Ritchie drinking game? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081121.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, November 24, 2008 | Nick: I don't get what Dwayne wants from me here. This code is nearly impossible to decipher. Is he expecting me to fail?
/ Ki: I doubt that. / Ki: Part of this is necessary. That code is in desperate need of clean-up. But I think Dwayne is making sure he made the right choice in hiring you by giving you something challenging from the get-go. He wants to know he'll get his money's worth. / Nick: I suppose you're right. I faced bigger tasks on my last job, only the time frame was longer. And I guess my resume did seem a bit lofty: I have a few pretty big claims in my achievements. / Ki: You didn't pad your resume, did you?
/ Nick: Oh, no. Played with the margins, maybe, but I'd never pad. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081124.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | Nick: I just don't see how much of this system I can salvage. The database is OK, I suppose, but the entire UI needs to be rewritten from the ground up, and we don't have time for that. / Ki: What about reusing some UI code from something we've already done?
/ Nick: To me, it's all new. I'd need to reverse engineer two systems instead of one. / Nick: I'm just going to have to buckle down and do the work. I'll document the old system as best I can and come up with a migration plan.
/ Ki: I... might be able to help. My nights are free this week. / Nick: Thanks, but you've got too much to do with the shipping interface, and I wouldn't ask you to stay late on my account.
/ Ki: I don't think you parsed that correctly.... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081126.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[A table is cluttered with pizza boxes, soda, and pieces of paper with writing]]
/ Narrator: The following evening:
/ Nick (offscreen): This pizza's pretty good. Does Fooker know about this place?
/ Ki (from across the table): He... might be aware of it. / [[Ki and Nick each look at a page while the clock reads 10:15]]
/ Nick: OK, I think I've figured out "foobaz.h"... assuming no recursive includes, it calls "barney.h", which includes "fred.h" and "dino.h"...
/ Ki: Yabba dabba yuck. / [[Nick hands Ki a page]]
/ Ki: I don't see how you came this far.
/ Nick: It wasn't easy. I couldn't follow the include path until I started mapping out a chart. See for yourself... / [[Ki stares at the page, wide-eyed]]
/ Ki: It's... like a Rorschach test. I think it's boring into my soul...
/ Nick: It's like a fractal. Infinitely beautiful and frightening at the same time. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081128.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[A table is cluttered with pizza boxes, soda, and pieces of paper with writing]]
/ Narrator: The following evening:
/ Nick (offscreen): This pizza's pretty good. Does Fooker know about this place?
/ Ki (from across the table): He... might be aware of it. / [[Ki and Nick each look at a page while the clock reads 10:15]]
/ Nick: OK, I think I've figured out "foobaz.h"... assuming no recursive includes, it calls "barney.h", which includes "fred.h" and "dino.h"...
/ Ki: Yabba dabba yuck. / [[Nick hands Ki a page]]
/ Ki: I don't see how you came this far.
/ Nick: It wasn't easy. I couldn't follow the include path until I started mapping out a chart. See for yourself... / [[Ki stares at the page, wide-eyed]]
/ Ki: It's... like a Rorschach test. I think it's boring into my soul...
/ Nick: It's like a fractal. Infinitely beautiful and frightening at the same time. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081128.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Ki stands at the doorway while Nick is working at his desk]]
/ Ki: Ok, I think I managed to break down "spock.h". That's the last stray include file.
/ Nick: Excellent. I'm almost done documenting "mccoy.h". / [[Ki hands Nick a piece of paper]]
/ Ki: I Tweaked your fractal include map. Hope you don't mind. It was about the only way I could keep track of things.
/ Nick: No problem. / [[Nick looks down at the paper]]
/ Nick: I'll see if can clean this up a bit for the spec document, but I don't see how. The doc itself shouldn't take more than a couple days. I'll do whatever it takes to get done. / [[Ki begins to walk out and Nick focuses back on his monitor]]
/ Ki: Don't stay too late. There's life outside work, you know.
/ Nick: Don't worry. Tomorrow's the final episode of "Babylon 5". I'm not missing that. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081201.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Ki stands at the doorway while Nick is working at his desk]]
/ Ki: Ok, I think I managed to break down "spock.h". That's the last stray include file.
/ Nick: Excellent. I'm almost done documenting "mccoy.h". / [[Ki hands Nick a piece of paper]]
/ Ki: I Tweaked your fractal include map. Hope you don't mind. It was about the only way I could keep track of things.
/ Nick: No problem. / [[Nick looks down at the paper]]
/ Nick: I'll see if can clean this up a bit for the spec document, but I don't see how. The doc itself shouldn't take more than a couple days. I'll do whatever it takes to get done. / [[Ki begins to walk out and Nick focuses back on his monitor]]
/ Ki: Don't stay too late. There's life outside work, you know.
/ Nick: Don't worry. Tomorrow's the final episode of "Babylon 5". I'm not missing that. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081201.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | Narrator: A few days later...
/ Dwayne Duncan: Nick, I'm really impressed...
/ Dwayne Duncan: Not only did you write a new spec document for the old system, but your new design is nearly fleshed out. This is great work.
/ Nick: I had a lot of help.
/ Dwayne Duncan: Of course, we still have a lot of coding to do, but the design is the hardest part. How hard was it to unravel the old system?
/ Nick: See for yourself.
/ Dwayne Duncan: My god... it's full of stars...
/ Nick: This is the part where the trippy psychedelic flashback kicks in... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081203.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, December 5, 2008 | Narrator: Back in the present:
/ Nick: It's my old hand-drawn graph of that inventory system, framed and matted.
/ Ki: There's a note attached.... / Note: "Nick, I found this while cleaning out some old boxes from storage. It survived the flood at my house, the GPF fire, and several documentation purges. It's a miracle it wasn't destroyed years ago." / Note: "It represents not only your hard work and dedication, but your first collaboration with Ki, something even more significant now that you're married. I thought it might have sentimental value. Congrats on ten years. Dwayne." / Note: "PS: Dinner's on me. Treat Ki to something nice at Luigi's."
/ Dexter: I hear and obey, my master.... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20081205.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, January 5, 2009 | [[Dexter is making some food in the kitchen as Tim and Patty walk in with their lunch]]
/ Patty: So you're not taking off for the holidays? Don't you have family to go visit?
/ Tim: Not really. / [[closeup of Tim and Patty]]
/ Tim: It's just mom, and she's off with her boyfriend. And you know the contracting firm gives us squat for holidays.
/ Patty: Don't I know it. Maybe Dwayne can bring us on full time next year... / [[Patty and Tim talk next to Dexter]]
/ Tim: I hope so. As for the holiday. I'll just do what I always do: code a little, watch some movies, play a little "Bog of Bloodbath"...
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090105.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | [[Tim, Patty, and Dexter sit at the kitchen table having lunch]]
/ Dexter: You never told me you played "Bog of Bloodbath", Tim! What dominion do you play?
/ Patty: Dominion?
/ Tim: Game server. / Tim: I play mostly on Nethermoor. I'm not into the PvP stuff. Just questing.
/ Dexter: I love a great quest chain.
/ Patty: PvP? Quest chain? / [[They are seen in silhouette]]
/ Dexter: I generally play on Spiritfiend, but I've got a level 37 warrior on Nethermoor. We should hook up some time. What class and level are you?
/ Tim: I'm a level 25 wizard. I'm up for some party play every now and then.
/ Patty: Level what who? / [[Patty is now getting angry]]
/ Dexter: Great! I love party XP! I even know a good dragon raid quest with awesome NPCs!
/ Patty: Will you two talk English instead of Nerdish? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090107.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, January 9, 2009 | [[Dexter points to Patty as she drinks]]
/ Dexter: You should join us, Patty. You don't have holiday plans, right?
/ Patty: Unfortunately, no. But nerding out in some online game isn't my cup of tea. / [[Tim turns to Patty]]
/ Tim: If you're not doing anything anyway, why not give it a try? You might find you'll like it. I've got a free guest account you can demo with.
/ Patty: So the first hit is free, huh? / [[Dexter is in thought as Tim and Patty talk]]
/ Tim: I know of a few good "newbie" quests that will give you a flavor for the game. I bet once you try one, you won't be so skeptical.
/ Patty: The prepubescent momma's boys are enough to scare me away, thanks. / [[Dexter gets a crafty look on his face]]
/ Dexter: For that matter, I've got an idea that will make this even more adventuresome for all of us...
/ Patty: Ok, now that is scarier than any pre-teen basement-dwelling dork... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090109.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | {{Dexter, Patty and Tim are walking through a hallway in an apartment block, past doors to apartments, carry groceries or shopping items.}}
/ Patty: Tell me again why we're breaking into Nick and Ki's apartment.
/ Dexter: We're _not_ breaking in. I have a key. / {{Dexter and Patti have entered Nick and Ki's apartment. Tim is still carrying his groceries through the doorway.}}
/ Dexter: Ki asked me to feed Randi while they're away visiting her folks. Tim, can you help me with the snacks.
/ Patty: Ki... has a cat?
/ {{Patty notices Ki's cat, Randi, on the sofa, climbing out from under a blanket. Randi may have been sleeping.}}
/ Randi: mrow? / Patty: Listen, Violin Strings. You stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours.
/ Tim: Not a cat person?
/ Dexter: TADA!
/ {{Randi hisses at Patty}} / {{Patty and Tim join Dexter in the next room where tools lay scattered and cables snake across the floor and stare at a huge contraption...}}
/ Patty: Holy Charles Babbage! What the heck is _this_?!
/ Dexter: Meet the MUTEX. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090112.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Dexter stands in front of Nick's MUTEX and explains it to
/ Tim and Patty]]
/ Dexter: The MUTEX is Nick's virtual reality rig. Well, it's also an interdimensional transport if the power's set high enough.
/ Patty: Uh... / [[Dexter reaches for a software box]]
/ Dexter: Nick was working on modifying it to attach to any MMORPG system as a full VR client. He hasn't tested it yet, but with my "BOB" discs we can give it a try.
/ Patty: Dex... / Patty: Every time Nick, Ki, or Fooker mentions this "MUTEX" thing, it's in hushed tones. Clearly, they don't want us to know about it.
/ Dexter: Oh, I've been in the MUTEX several times. It's harmless ...mostly. / [[Patty crosses her arms and Tim looks in his bag of snacks]]
/ Patty: Said Ford Prefect to Arthur Dent.
/ Tim: So long and thanks for all the goldfish. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090114.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, January 16, 2009 | [[Dexter has a VR helmet on his head while Tim looks at his]]
/ Dexter: C'mon, guys! It's like our own private holodeck! I guarantee you'll love it. Just give it a try.
/ Tim: Well, I suppose just this once... / [[Patty puts on her VR helmet as Dexter presses a button]]
/ Dexter: I've hooked up my and Tim's accounts on Nethermoor and whipped you up a new character, Patty. You're all set!
/ Patty: I'll be a lemming ...again. But you better not put me in a chain mail bikini.
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090116.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, January 19, 2009 | [[Dexter hides behind his shield.]]
/ Patty: I said no chain mail bikinis!
/ Tim: He had no choice! There's only so many character models to choose from in the game! / Dexter: That's... not entirely true. The MUTEX extrapolates the VR setting to fit the world, but it's way more flexible than the game itself. Other players will see her stock model, but the MUTEX bases what we see on both our avatars and our physical appearances. / [[Patty's eyes grow wide as a realization hits her.]]
/ Patty: So... you two see me... like it's really me wearing... this?
/ Tim: And, um, apparently that outfit is rather chilly.... / [[Patty swings her flail at Dexter who is still hiding behind his shield.]]
/ Tim: Patty, please! This is a no-PVP server! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090119.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, January 19, 2009 | [[Dexter hides behind his shield.]]
/ Patty: I said no chain mail bikinis!
/ Tim: He had no choice! There's only so many character models to choose from in the game! / Dexter: That's... not entirely true. The MUTEX extrapolates the VR setting to fit the world, but it's way more flexible than the game itself. Other players will see her stock model, but the MUTEX bases what we see on both our avatars and our physical appearances. / [[Patty's eyes grow wide as a realization hits her.]]
/ Patty: So... you two see me... like it's really me wearing... this?
/ Tim: And, um, apparently that outfit is rather chilly.... / [[Patty swings her flail at Dexter who is still hiding behind his shield.]]
/ Tim: Patty, please! This is a no-PVP server! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090119.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Dexter, Tim, and Patty are walking up a hill with the sun touching the mountains in the background]]
/ Tim: It's a good thing the "No Friendly Fire" setting's on. I don't have the spell points yet to res a player of your level, Dex.
/ Patty: Lucky us. / [[Patty looks around]]
/ Patty: So is the point of this game to walk for miles without seeing anyone else? This would be much more fun sitting at a keyboard and mouse.
/ Tim: No, the dominion is rather empty tonight. / [[Patty looks back as Dexter turns to encourage her]]
/ Patty: Gee, could it be all those other players actually have lives outside the game? No, wait... that's not right....
/ Dexter: We're approaching Grimwald's Keep. We'll find someone else there. / [[Grimwald's Keep is smoking with large holes in the stone walls and debris scattered around]]
/ Tim: Or... maybe not. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090121.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Dexter, Tim, and Patty are walking up a hill with the sun touching the mountains in the background]]
/ Tim: It's a good thing the "No Friendly Fire" setting's on. I don't have the spell points yet to res a player of your level, Dex.
/ Patty: Lucky us. / [[Patty looks around]]
/ Patty: So is the point of this game to walk for miles without seeing anyone else? This would be much more fun sitting at a keyboard and mouse.
/ Tim: No, the dominion is rather empty tonight. / [[Patty looks back as Dexter turns to encourage her]]
/ Patty: Gee, could it be all those other players actually have lives outside the game? No, wait... that's not right....
/ Dexter: We're approaching Grimwald's Keep. We'll find someone else there. / [[Grimwald's Keep is smoking with large holes in the stone walls and debris scattered around]]
/ Tim: Or... maybe not. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090121.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, January 23, 2009 | I DON'T REMEMBER A QUEST CHAIN WHERE GRIMWALD'S KEEP IS DESTROYED.
/ NEITHER DO I. / MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
/ I DON'T THINKS SO. THIS LOOKS LIKE A PLAYER RAID.
/ I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WAS A NO-PVP ZONE. / IT IS. BUT SOME JOKERS OCCASIONALLY HACK THEIR CLIENTS. DON'T WORRY. THEY GET BOOTED OFF AFTER A FEW DAYS. BESIDES, I'VE GOT NICK'S FAILSAFE ESCAPE REMOTE RIGHT HERE IN CASE WE NEED TO . . . UM . . . / MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE THE MUTEX. . .
/ MROW? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090123.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, January 26, 2009 | Are you sure about this? We can turn around if you want.
/ Yes Fooker, I'm sure. / I mean, it is your car. Just ’cause mine won't pass inspection... But you don't have to do this. We can drive right on by.
/ Yes, I do. I want this. / I'm not sure I want this. And I'm not sure she does either.
/ Well, it's not your choice. And she's already said yes. Don't make me regret bringing you along. / Ready to meet my “parents”, sister? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090126.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | [[Trudy, in the back seat of the car, looks up at Sharon in the passenger seat.]]
/ Trudy: Thanks for inviting me to your "parents" for Christmas dinner.
/ Sharon: Thank you for coming, Trudy. You haven't had a real Christmas in years, so I want to make sure you feel like part of the family. / [[Everyone is quiet as Fooker drives, Sharon sits in the front passenger seat and Trudy is in the back seat.]] / [[Everyone begins to look awkward.]] / Trudy: So... should we sing some carols? Heh...
/ Fooker: Just two more hours...
/ [[Sharon glares at Fooker.]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090128.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | [[Trudy, in the back seat of the car, looks up at Sharon in the passenger seat.]]
/ Trudy: Thanks for inviting me to your "parents" for Christmas dinner.
/ Sharon: Thank you for coming, Trudy. You haven't had a real Christmas in years, so I want to make sure you feel like part of the family. / [[Everyone is quiet as Fooker drives, Sharon sits in the front passenger seat and Trudy is in the back seat.]] / [[Everyone begins to look awkward.]] / Trudy: So... should we sing some carols? Heh...
/ Fooker: Just two more hours...
/ [[Sharon glares at Fooker.]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090128.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, January 30, 2009 | [[Trudy, Fooker, and Sharon walk into Sharon's parents' house; Sharon hugs her mom as Fooker brings in a bunch of presents]]
/ Sharon: Mom! Dad! Merry Christmas!
/ Mrs. Murphy: Merry Christmas, dear. / [[Mr. Murphy approaches Fooker as he comes in with the presents]]
/ Mr. Murphy: Let me help you with those gifts, Jason.
/ Fooker: I'm on to you, old man. The joy buzzer isn't going to work this time. Besides, I'm carrying breakables. / [[Mrs. Murphy turns to the men with Trudy and Sharon looking on]]
/ Mrs. Murphy: My, he's learning, Kyle! We'll have to step things up a notch.
/ Sharon: Mom, dad, this is Trudy Niemand, my biological sister. / [[Mrs. Murphy hugs Trudy as Sharon smiles with joy]]
/ Mrs. Murphy: Welcome to the family, dear.
/ Trudy: Um, thanks? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090130.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | AWESOME SPREAD, MRS. M. I'M ALMOST NOT HUNGRY ANYMORE.
/ I'LL TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT.
/ AS YOU SHOULD / SO, TRUDY... SHARON TOLD US YOU BOTH WORK FOR GPF. WHAT DO YOU DO THERE?
/ I'M DIRECTOR OF MARKETING. / I'D BET THE STORY OF HOW YOU TWO FOUND EACH OTHER MUST BE INTERESTING. SHARON HASN'T TOLD US ANYTHING...
/ UM... / KYLE! DON'T PRY! THE GIRLS WILL SHARE THEIR STORY IF AND WHEN THEY'RE READY. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090202.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Sharon and Trudy are cleaning up after dinner. Sharon loads dishes into the dishwasher as Trudy brings in more from the dining room.]]
/ Trudy: You didn't tell your parents how we found out we were sisters? / Sharon: We need to decide what to tell them. As Fooker would say, "We need to keep our cover stories straight".
/ Trudy: You're right. We need to coordinate. / Trudy: But we could have avoided this if you had told them SOMETHING. You could have come up with something and filled me in later. / Sharon: Like what? That you're from an alternate universe where I'm a janitor and my REAL sister is off fighting alien invaders?
/ Trudy: I was thinking of something less mundane. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090204.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, February 6, 2009 | Sharon: I fail to see how this is _my_ fault. _You're_ just as much to blame that we didn't discuss this in advance.
/ Trudy: Maybe, but _you've_ obviously talked to them since I "arrived". Haven't they already asked? / Sharon: My parents don't pry into every little detail of my life.
/ Trudy: Maybe _those_ two don't. _Our_ parents will, and Mom at least won't be so easy to fool. / Trudy: She's crafty, manipulative, and has a photographic memory. She is unforgiving of failure or deceit. The second she suspects that our stories don't sync up, she'll prepare for attack. We may never get a second chance to reach her. / Trudy: If you're serious about finding her, we'll need to be on the same sentence, same paragraph, same page.
/ Sharon: _Now_ you're wanting to find her? Since when were we even in the same _book_? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090206.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, February 9, 2009 | Sharon: You've been avoiding talking about our parents for _months_ now. Every time I bring the topic up, you change the subject or disappear on me.
/ Trudy: I told you the first time: You _don't_ want to find them. / Sharon: No, _you_ don't want _me_ to find them. You're _afraid_ of what I might find. I understand they aren't saints: You've made that clear enough. But that doesn't mean I can't find some way to _connect_ with them. / Trudy: You aren't looking to _connect_, Sharon. You want to _save_ them, to "turn them around". I'm telling you Mom doesn't _need_ or _want_ saving. She doesn't want either of us. She never did. We're better off without her, or dad for that matter. / Fooker: As much as I enjoy two hot chicks arguing, you might want to keep it down. Your voices are carrying. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090209.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | Trudy: I'm done with this conversation anyway. I'm _not_ helping you find Mom. End of story. / Fooker: You're still pushing her about the parental thing? Don't want to say I told you so, but I warned you not to force the issue. / Fooker: We don't know her family history, but we know it's thorny for her. For that matter, we don't know _her_ history vs. _our_ Trudy's family ties. They could be totally different. Her parents could be saints where yours are twisted crooks. / Fooker: Then again, I'm not convinced she's ... What?
/ Sharon: "_Two_ hot chicks"? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090211.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, February 13, 2009 | Alice: Sounds like you girls had a disagreement. Anything I can help with? / Trudy: No, Mrs. Murphy. We just need a few moments apart.
/ Alice: Oh, just call me Alice, dear. No need for formalities here. / Alice: Sharon always did have quite a temper. She's gotten much better at keeping it contained, and it takes a lot longer for something to really affect
/ her. But once "Mount Saint Sharon" erupts, as we used to call her, she can be quite a handful. / Trudy: I wonder where she got _that_ from ...
/ Alice: It's not _all_ genetics, you know. You should hear Kyle hit his thumb with a hammer ... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090213.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Sharon's Mother Alice is grabbing a present from under the Christmas tree as Trudy watches.]]
/ Alice: For what it's worth, it doesn't matter to me how you two found each other. You'll let us know when you're ready. I'm just happy you _did_, and now you're a part of our family.
/ Trudy: Alice... / [[Alice, smiling, hands the present to Trudy as she looks shocked.]]
/ Alice: Shush, dear. You are Sharon's Sister, and she's our little girl. That's reason enough for me. I may not have given birth to you, but you're no less family to me. / [[Trudy gazes at the present sadly.]]
/ Trudy: I...can't accept this...
/ Alice: Why not? This is my house and these are my presents. I choose to give one to you. You should open and enjoy it. / [[Trudy turns to look at Alice.]]
/ Trudy: I...don't have anything for you in return.
/ Alice: Not a problem. "Thank yous" wrapped in smiles work well enough. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090216.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Alice stands by smiling as Trudy opens her present with a sad look upon her face.]]
/ Alice: Go ahead, dear. Open it! / [[As Trudy gets the present halfway opened she sees it's some sort of box. She starts to cry as Alice looks on with concern.]] / [[Trudy covers her eyes with her hand as she falls to her knees. Alice reaches out to help.]]
/ Alice: Trudy? / [[Alice offers her support as Trudy grasps the arm of her shirt and starts bawling.]]
/ Alice: Are...are you alright?
/ Trudy: I'M F-FINE! BWAHHUHUHUHA! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090218.html |
| General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip | [[Sharon approaches Trudy, who is sitting at a table at Sharon's adoptive parents' house, staring at a set of cutlery.]]
/ Sharon: Oh... you're here. I'll leave.
/ Trudy: No. Please Stay. / Sharon: Mom gave you a present? I told her she didn't have to.
/ Trudy: It's OK. They've lovely. / Sharon: It's a very nice cutlery set. She gave me one a few years ago. Didn't have the heart to tell her I still can't boil water, let alone cook. Then again, I don't know how much time you've had to learn any culinary skills, so... / Trudy: I tried to kill myself once. Slit my wrists with a knife like that. Kind of ironic, huh? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090220.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, February 23, 2009 | Sharon: I ... didn't know ...
/ Trudy: It's OK. No one did. Until now. / Trudy: I'm not ... upset. No need to worry your Mom about this. It just ... reminded me of a point in my life I wanted to bury so deeply and forget, and
/ of promises I've made that I've tried hard not to keep. / Trudy: I was once shown an unearthly level of kindness which I did not deserve. It changed my life, made me rethink things. I've since squandered that second chance I've been given. Now that it's staring me in the face again, I won't make that same mistake again. / Trudy: That's why I'm changing my mind. I'm going to help you find our parents. You won't like what you'll find, but at least you deserve to know. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20090223.html |
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