Strip 190 -- First Seen: 2009-06-05
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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
Ernie at his desk, we're looking over his shoulder at the computer holoscreen. We can see the visage of Li Chang appearing on it. Li is a wizened Asian man. You can make him look like Mako if you want. I miss Mako. He was really cool.

Ernie: Sv. Li, I'm Ernie Guzmán and I'm interested in buying your ice. What's your price?

Panel 2
Closer shot of Li's visage on the screen. He's wearing an inscrutable expression. In the lower right-hand corner, we see a number appear. Li remains silent.

Number on screen: 25 gmAu/tonne

Panel 3
Ernie leans back in his chair, arms crossed.

Ernie: Your ad says 'substantial discounts for large purchases.'

Ernie (2): How much for the whole berg?

Panel 4 - 5
Two connected panels. In the first one, Li's eyes are widened in response to Ernie's question.

In the second panel, Li's inscrutable expression returns and now a new number appears in the lower right of the screen.
New number on screen: 100,000,000 gm/Au


Panel 6
Ernie rests his chin on his fist, elbow braced on his desktop. He's looking impatient.

Ernie: We both know we'll go round and round until you discount it to half the price you're asking.

Ernie (2): Why don't we save us both some time and settle for that now?


Panel 7
Looking over Ernie's shoulder at Li on the screen. Li finally speaks.

Li: Sv. Guzmán, I cannot give you more than a 20 percent discount. My expenses …

Li (2): I am not used to having a gweilo … dicker with me.


Panel 8
Angle so that we can see Ernie's face in side-view and Li on the screen. Ernie grins at Li, Li grins back at him.

Ernie: If I didn't dicker, Sv. Li, you would not respect me.

Li: Yes, that is true.