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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!

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.]]
<>
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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{{alt-text: In the book you get all of Cynthia’s internal monologue.}}

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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!

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.]]
<>
Bystander: (Said as if dying:) MY SKIIINNN
Woman 1: NEXT TIME, I PICK THE SHOW.
Woman 2: WELL, THE BOOK WAS GOOD.

{{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.

New ways to get Bolted!

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one,  except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.​

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.


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