Free After Work 2014-01-17

[Tenjen]

Cant scan her?!

[My2Cents]

Monica, are sure you want to give coffee to a hyper teenager?

Wonder where Monica and Atsali are going. Visiting Lydia for a sports bra for Atsali maybe? Or it is bring your child to work day at the museum, and Kathryn has Castela while Monica took Atsali?

Just free associating.

[My2Cents]

Wait a minute....

The famous demon barista, who can read your aura to determine the bestest drink-of-the-moment for you - Can't scan a 15-year-old!?

Unless Atsali is into mealworm tea for breakfast, why can't Tina read her? Can't be cause she's a paranormal, she can read Phix.....

Or it might just be Atsali has never had coffee before, so her aura doesn't express a craving.

Hey Monica, how about getting Atsali one of Becky's yummy items. She's a teenager, needs a sugar fix to meet minimum energy supply requirments.

[Yamara]

"Atsali, this is Tina, she's a covey of free range demons, and very special person beyond that. Oh, and what you're experiencing now is a 'Friday cliffhanger', where we wait for 72 hours to find out what happens next. It's entirely normal for us, you'll get used to it."

"Aw man! Is that what that is! I thought it was just me!!"

[Yamara]

Wait a minute....

The famous demon barista, who can read your aura to determine the bestest drink-of-the-moment for you - Can't scan a 15-year-old!?

Unless Atsali is into mealworm tea for breakfast, why can't Tina read her? Can't be cause she's a paranormal, she can read Phix.....

She's never been 100% perfect. We'll have to endure to find out whether it's distraction, evolution, or changeable teen auras that are throwing her off.

And re: Atsali's shirt: Not out of the question it was in KATHERINE's closet, after all, she was a college girl once - and possibly with adoptive military parents - and was in the service - yeah, coulda been hers - she was able to come up with a Starbuck costume one Halloween, also.

Or... Atsali wants a free subscription...

http://www.heavymetal.com/index.php?id=1961

If so, the Xfay Ordway is coming from inside the mailbox.

[Fairportfan]

Okay, where did Atsali come up with that shirt?

Hot Topic? or Spencer's?

Do they have Heavy Metal shirts these days?

[Jay-Em]

I'd put something in the pun jar, but it seems to have exploded...

TlalocW

No, not exploded. It ímploded, because someone had the bright idea to drop a quantum gravity well into it, to make more room. It's now smaller than a grain of sand, and even Bud cannot lift it anymore..

B.o.t Tina cannot wholly read Atsali..hmm..interesting. She couldn't read Bud, but that was probably because Bud is a clay jar.
Could it be, indeed, the emptiness left by the computer in Atsali's brain, that mucked-up Tina's AuraVision© ?

Funny btw that Monica is suddenly so squeamish about an F-bomb.. She, Shelly,Tina, hèck! The whole crew curses like a bunch of drunk Dock-hands. And euhh.. Ányone with teens knóws that F-Bombs will be a plenty the moment Dad or Mum is out of range Must be an American thing

[AmriloJim]

Perhaps she knows Hanover Fist.

I'd put something in the pun jar, but it seems to have exploded...

Then where does this copy of "True Companion" by Steely Dan go?

[Jay-Em]

Perhaps she knows Hanover Fist.

I'd put something in the pun jar, but it seems to have exploded...

Then where does this copy of "True Companion" by Steely Dan go?

Throw it in the general direction of the PunJar. It's that strangely dark spot where the table salt is unstoppable shuffling towards like a tiny Dalek.

By the by. What is it about those bear-ear hats that makes girls so irresistably cute?
- "Dad?, can I have an Ice choco latte ? "
- "No, You just had lunch, and You'll be racing around like a pond critter after caffeïne"
-*Daughter does the Big Brown Eyes thing, pulling her bear-eared hat a little tighter...
-Dad melts*
- "G..aww, dagnabbit! Ohkay. But don't tell Mom, or she'll make a Human-eared hat out of me..."

[themadkansan]

Perhaps she knows Hanover Fist.

...He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm! Hanging's too good for 'im! Burning's too GOOD for 'im!

He should be TORN INTO LITTLE BITSY PIECES AND BURIED ALIVE!!! STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRNNN!!!!!

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[davids4250]

Is it my imagination or are Tina's teeth more prominent than they used to was? I know she has always had fangs, but these seem bigger and pointier to me.
I think the reasons she can't quite read Atsali is twofold: 1 She is still freaked out by her "dream", 2 Sali has not had too much coffee and has no real idea what she likes yet.
Personally, I love the smell of coffee, cannot stand the taste of it. Makes me gag. I know that is unAmerican, but it is true.

EDIT: I went back and looked at some earlier strips with Tina and I was wrong. Her teeth have always been pretty pointy.

[Akeche]

I'm not the only one who realized that Tina is so fucked up at the moment that she has literally swapped Monica and Atsali's heads in her vision? Right? You guys realize that isn't the two of them being cute and copying each other's haircuts right?

[Sidhekin]

Heads? Nope. Unless the freckles stayed behind.

Tina may just be shaken. Her first meeting with Phix, she needed to relax in order to read her beverage preferences.

Or, as others have said, Atsali may have none as yet.

[ActionKermit]

Funny btw that Monica is suddenly so squeamish about an F-bomb.. She, Shelly,Tina, hèck! The whole crew curses like a bunch of drunk Dock-hands. And euhh.. Ányone with teens knóws that F-Bombs will be a plenty the moment Dad or Mum is out of range Must be an American thing

Atsali used to act as though swearing was always a bad thing, but with Kath, Pratt and McBride as role models she might be changing on that point. Clearly the ship has already sailed as far as Castela is concerned.

[jwhouk]

"Atsali, this is Tina, she's a covey of free range demons, and very special person beyond that. Oh, and what you're experiencing now is a 'Friday cliffhanger', where we wait for 72 hours to find out what happens next. It's entirely normal for us, you'll get used to it."

"Aw man! Is that what that is! I thought it was just me!!"

"I'm sorry, Monica, but we don't break the fourth wall around here. That guy in the booth with the glasses, coffee and laptop says so."

[jwhouk]

Is it my imagination or are Tina's teeth more prominent than they used to was? I know she has always had fangs, but these seem bigger and pointier to me.
EDIT: I went back and looked at some earlier strips with Tina and I was wrong. Her teeth have always been pretty pointy.

There's a reason.

[Grantwhy]

Heads? Nope. Unless the freckles stayed behind.

Tina may just be shaken. Her first meeting with Phix, she needed to relax in order to read her beverage preferences.

Or, as others have said, Atsali may have none as yet.

That's my guess - Atsali hasn't a clue what coffee/beverage she wants/likes. And considering recent event (and changes) that might go for just about everything else .

Tina seems to read what a person is thinking/feeling and go from there
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/icewater/ (no, not Tina, go back a few pages)

If Atsali is a jumble of thoughts/wants/emotions/DOnotWANTS!/needs/etc, then Tina is not going to be able to come up with a drink/beverage option.

[chicgeek]

I have this mental image now. Scene shift- back at Tina's apartment, and Tentacle Demon relaxing in a nice bubble bath. 'Aaahhhh...'
Dangit, now I want to see a drawing of that! ^_^

[Skruddgemire]

Okay, where did Atsali come up with that shirt?

Wherever she did come up with that shirt...I approve.

Love Heavy Metal. Both the movies and the magazine.

As to where She got it? I doubt it was either Kath or M. Her torso is too large in length to fit into either's size shirts. They sell those T's at my local Hot Topic so it wouldn't be a stretch to see it at the mall where she and Castella went shopping.

[Dave]

Unless Atsali is into mealworm tea for breakfast, why can't Tina read her? Can't be cause she's a paranormal, she can read Phix.....

Uggh. Mealworm tea That's a disgusting idea, dude. Nobody makes tea out of mealworms.

They're much tastier deep-fried or toasted, with a bit of garlic salt.