Leave 2012-08-15

[Julie]

Her instinctive poiting is her best defense. Still, she is supposed to have guardians, isn't she?

Phix is invulnerable to all but other sphinxes in the Library, but I'm starting to get curious about Euryale's involvement.

Phix noted that even Brandi couldn't stop her in the Library, but plainly Brandi could poit M to safety, as could Bud.

Bud once told Brandi she didn't like Phix, because she was a celebrity for having done horrible things in the past. As usual with our favorite Common Sense Golem, she has a better handle on the graver dangers facing them than everybody else:

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/punishmentenough/

Jin of course is fragile now, but with a clear head must know better ways to guard M against the beings she faced in antiquity. And she is the teleportation grandmaster. The golems are supposed to be her posse, and they're noticeably absent.

For some reason, Euryale seems to have gotten the job of shepherding Monica here, above all these others. Maybe just as Phix is unreliable in this bloody situation, so too would be the former Chimera.

There's also Tepoz, but he's been enjoying his vacation of late.

I wouldn't bring Bud to the library though. Her resentment of Phix, let alone most other 'supernaturals', would probably end with her picking a fight.

Though now there's a problem. Brandi we know is too smart for her own good. And when Bud rants about Phix, Brandi makes comments like "I wouldn't wish her fate on anyone". It's a bit of a long shot, but Brandi may not have been referring to the imprisonment in the Library back here.

Holy guacamole!! I think you may have something there! Now I'm going to be wondering if Brandi has known about all of this all along...

[Wdot]

Also, don't forget Euryale is a Titan, and would be perfectly suited to defend Monica if the need would arise.

Actually, no - she's a Gorgon.

Which makes her the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, and the sister of Echidna, who was (or wasn't, depending on how you read the texts) the mother of Phix.

You are correct she isn't a Titan. But she is the grandaughter of Gaia who was mother to the Titans. So she isn't a lightweight and is immortal and can turn things to ice. The Greek pantheon is extremely complicated and incestuous and it is easy to make a mistake considering the fact that many sources disagree. So my point about Monica being well accompanied stands. Forgive me for the relational screw up, I can't even keep mine straight.

[Jabberwonky]

Her instinctive poiting is her best defense. Still, she is supposed to have guardians, isn't she?

Phix is invulnerable to all but other sphinxes in the Library, but I'm starting to get curious about Euryale's involvement.

Phix noted that even Brandi couldn't stop her in the Library, but plainly Brandi could poit M to safety, as could Bud.

Bud once told Brandi she didn't like Phix, because she was a celebrity for having done horrible things in the past. As usual with our favorite Common Sense Golem, she has a better handle on the graver dangers facing them than everybody else:

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/punishmentenough/

Jin of course is fragile now, but with a clear head must know better ways to guard M against the beings she faced in antiquity. And she is the teleportation grandmaster. The golems are supposed to be her posse, and they're noticeably absent.

For some reason, Euryale seems to have gotten the job of shepherding Monica here, above all these others. Maybe just as Phix is unreliable in this bloody situation, so too would be the former Chimera.

There's also Tepoz, but he's been enjoying his vacation of late.

I wouldn't bring Bud to the library though. Her resentment of Phix, let alone most other 'supernaturals', would probably end with her picking a fight.

Though now there's a problem. Brandi we know is too smart for her own good. And when Bud rants about Phix, Brandi makes comments like "I wouldn't wish her fate on anyone". It's a bit of a long shot, but Brandi may not have been referring to the imprisonment in the Library back here.

Holy guacamole!! I think you may have something there! Now I'm going to be wondering if Brandi has known about all of this all along...

Brandi knows EVERYTHING! And what she doesn't know, she figures out...it's like being a mom.

[Fairportfan]

I claim sanctuary in the Latverian Embassy.

[Yamara]

Her instinctive poiting is her best defense. Still, she is supposed to have guardians, isn't she?

Phix is invulnerable to all but other sphinxes in the Library, but I'm starting to get curious about Euryale's involvement.

Phix noted that even Brandi couldn't stop her in the Library, but plainly Brandi could poit M to safety, as could Bud.

Bud once told Brandi she didn't like Phix, because she was a celebrity for having done horrible things in the past. As usual with our favorite Common Sense Golem, she has a better handle on the graver dangers facing them than everybody else:

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/punishmentenough/

Jin of course is fragile now, but with a clear head must know better ways to guard M against the beings she faced in antiquity. And she is the teleportation grandmaster. The golems are supposed to be her posse, and they're noticeably absent.

For some reason, Euryale seems to have gotten the job of shepherding Monica here, above all these others. Maybe just as Phix is unreliable in this bloody situation, so too would be the former Chimera.

There's also Tepoz, but he's been enjoying his vacation of late.

I wouldn't bring Bud to the library though. Her resentment of Phix, let alone most other 'supernaturals', would probably end with her picking a fight.

Though now there's a problem. Brandi we know is too smart for her own good. And when Bud rants about Phix, Brandi makes comments like "I wouldn't wish her fate on anyone". It's a bit of a long shot, but Brandi may not have been referring to the imprisonment in the Library back here.

Holy guacamole!! I think you may have something there! Now I'm going to be wondering if Brandi has known about all of this all along...

Brandi knows EVERYTHING! And what she doesn't know, she figures out...it's like being a mom.

Ah, not quite. Some information was certainly kept from her. Like the major part of the plan to repair Jin.

And like . . . sphinxes :

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/best-plan/

"Did Bud tell you...?" Apparently not. Brandi may have teased it out of M, but Bud kept that info under wraps for quite awhile.

For some reason. Some possibly very delicious and scrumptious reason.

So we wouldn't want Brandi... to break her diet, now, . . . would we?

[lake_wrangler]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - So, can you get blood out of clothes?
Dry Cleaner Employee - Most of the time, yes. Let me see, that shouldn't be much of a pro... blem...
Dry Cleaner Employee - WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO THIS BLOUSE?!?
Phix - Oh, nothing much... just a small... incident in my workplace...

[shadowinthelight]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - So, can you get blood out of clothes?
Dry Cleaner Employee - Most of the time, yes. Let me see, that shouldn't be much of a pro... blem...
Dry Cleaner Employee - WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO THIS BLOUSE?!?
Phix - Oh, nothing much... just a small... incident in my workplace...

I've had a personnel dispute or two I wish I could have solved like that.

[Dave]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - So, can you get blood out of clothes?

I think the issue is more about getting the clothes out of the blood - there's more blood than cloth in panel 2

[Mark N]

Maybe the Library has a system to clean the clothes like the auto repair system it has for its walls.

[bmonk]

For the overly idyllic vegetarian, may I suggest reading "The Desert Year" by Joseph Wood Krutch. A naturalist and philosopher wandering the Southwestern US, one topic he touches isthe struggle for life of desert flora with that of the rainforest. The battle of plant vs plant is every bit as forceful and devastating as they compete for light, water, and reproduction.

I also recall a scene from a Nature program where two colonies of sea anemones are competing--a sort of slow-motion collision of two Greek phalanxes.

[lake_wrangler]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - Oh, and what about feathers? Do you have anything that can take blood stains out of feathers?

[Dave]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - Oh, and what about feathers? Do you have anything that can take blood stains out of feathers?

The fact that sphinxes have both feline and avian characteristics, means that the old expression about "the cat which ate the canary" can actually work both ways in a sphinx-on-sphinx deathmatch.

[sonicthunder]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - So, can you get blood out of clothes?
Dry Cleaner Employee - Most of the time, yes. Let me see, that shouldn't be much of a pro... blem...
Dry Cleaner Employee - WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO THIS BLOUSE?!?
Phix - Oh, nothing much... just a small... incident in my workplace...

Somehow, I wager Phix will bully Nudge into handling all the custodial duties.

[bmonk]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - Oh, and what about feathers? Do you have anything that can take blood stains out of feathers?

The fact that sphinxes have both feline and avian characteristics, means that the old expression about "the cat which ate the canary" can actually work both ways in a sphinx-on-sphinx deathmatch.

So, now we can talk about the 1000 pound canary in the room?

[as363]

So, now we can talk about the 1000 pound canary in the room?

I'd say very carefully - and quietly..

[Dave]

So, now we can talk about the 1000 pound canary in the room?

Chirp.

[Bathorys Daughter]

The next day, at the dry cleaners...

Phix - So, can you get blood out of clothes?

I think the issue is more about getting the clothes out of the blood - there's more blood than cloth in panel 2

Which could lead the dry cleaner employee to say:
"Oh, you mean this small white spot here? That's odd, a blood stain should be red or brown or ... Wait ... OMG!! This isn't a red blouse with a white stain, is it!!?"

[titmouse]

I thought (based on the horns) that the corpus delicta might BE Nudge.

[bmonk]

I thought (based on the horns) that the corpus delicta might BE Nudge.

Nope. The horns are not in Nudge's shape.

[Fairportfan]

I thought (based on the horns) that the corpus delicta might BE Nudge.

Nope. The horns are not in Nudge's shape.

Not (appropriately) twisty (or kinky, take your pick) enough.