#545; In which it Keeps Going

Comic Transcripts

#545; In which it Keeps Going
[[A king and woman, among several other bystanders, are gathered around a set of stairs, upon which an older man is cowering in fear behind a set of curtains, which the woman has pulled back.]]
King: ARCH-FIEND JONAS!
King: THE BYLAWS OF OUR EXPERIMENTAL AGRARIAN CITY-STATE EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT MISCHIEVOUS TAMPERING WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIVING THINGS!
Old Man: BAH! YOU CRETINS! THERE IS NO NATURAL ORDER! ALL IS BATHED IN CHAOS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION TILL THE LAST!
Woman: SILENCE! THIS TRIBUNAL WILL NOT HEAR IMPUDENCE!
Old Man: YOU’LL NOT HEAR MUCH OF ANYTHING ONCE MY CYNTHIA FINISHES INITIATING HER BINARY DEFENSE PROTOCOLS!

King: SO THE CRIMINAL EVEN ADMITS HIS HEINOUS OFFENSE!
King: WHA-
King: WHAT IN THE NAME OF GORAX
[[An odd-looking pair of pincers peeks out from behind the curtains.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA!
Old Man: THIS IS THEM! THE BAD PEOPLE I PROGRAMMED YOU TO KILL!

[[Cynthia makes her way in front of the old man to defend him.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA
Cynthia: (Said mechanically:) FWEEP?
Old Man: CYNTHIA, MY SWEET CHILD-CREATURE
Old Man: EXECUTE COMMAND SEQUENCE J-W-6

[[The panel zooms out to reveal several people sitting in a theater, of which two women are the focus, watching the previous scenes from a movie or play. Cynthia is seen burning people in the background.]]
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Bystander: (Said as if dying:) MY SKIIINNN
Woman 1: NEXT TIME, I PICK THE SHOW.
Woman 2: WELL, THE BOOK WAS GOOD.

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#545; In which it Keeps Going
[[A king and woman, among several other bystanders, are gathered around a set of stairs, upon which an older man is cowering in fear behind a set of curtains, which the woman has pulled back.]]
King: ARCH-FIEND JONAS!
King: THE BYLAWS OF OUR EXPERIMENTAL AGRARIAN CITY-STATE EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT MISCHIEVOUS TAMPERING WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIVING THINGS!
Old Man: BAH! YOU CRETINS! THERE IS NO NATURAL ORDER! ALL IS BATHED IN CHAOS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION TILL THE LAST!
Woman: SILENCE! THIS TRIBUNAL WILL NOT HEAR IMPUDENCE!
Old Man: YOU'LL NOT HEAR MUCH OF ANYTHING ONCE MY CYNTHIA FINISHES INITIATING HER BINARY DEFENSE PROTOCOLS!

{{header: come see WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In the book you get all of Cynthia's internal monologue.}}

In the book you get all of Cynthia's internal monologue.