Strip 314 -- First Seen: 2009-11-26
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What Comes Next

The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?

These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.

After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!

A Little House Cleaning

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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Emily and Babbette still at the cashier station. Emily is asking a question but is a bit shy about it.

Emily: Um, by the way, I've need to ask you, uh ...

Emily: Something's come up. Can I take off early this evening?

Panel 2
Babbette looks a bit flustered. She wants to be accommodating but has a problem. Just as she speaks, Babbette the Younger walks up from the right.

B. Elder: Er, well, the dinner rush starts in six centimes and I kind of need you here ...

B. Younger: Got it covered, mi abuelita.

Panel 3
Pull back several meters. We still see Emily and the two Babbettes at the Cashier stand in the background. In the foreground, we see an older teenaged boy, a bit gangly and with curly black hair, standing in a waiting posture facing the trio.
B Elder: But what's the ….

B Elder: Ah, I see. Hello, Lawrence.

Panel 4
Same camera angle. Now Emily (sans waitress apron) is walking off with the boy, close but not touching, but looking at each other with puppy-love eyes. Both the Babbettes look pleased.
B Elder: You're a good friend, Babbette.
B Younger: Yeah, I know.