April 17th, 2013
17 Apr 2013 · page 219 of 1306
Lei is the only one surprised about this!
Cast: Harriet Barber, Lei Feng, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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what a tweest!
I love how Harry still has her pipe, smoking and everything xD
Don't you know? The pipe earns her extra points!
EXP multiplier FTW!!1
My goodness, Vee has been busy. I hadn't realized she could reach the back of the robot holding Sidney.
Or was that Sidney's talent manifesting again?
nah, if it was Sid, the missing part would have moved without the back panel having to open.
I'm still not sure Vee did that. There's an un-sourced click in the first panel, when they're being moved, and another one from behind Sid while his robot is still functional, and we don't see Vee's hand move off the arm of her robot (which I suspect she's just holding in place since she worked on it earlier). Then suddenly there's a part missing from Sid's robot, and if that part was all that had to be removed for something to produce a puff of air to blow the door open, it may have been Sid's talent. Or maybe Lei's mechanical skills aren't quite as good as she thinks.
huh...missed that...as well as the "clk" in the first panel. Still think the door had to have been opened because the cloak was lifted up over it, and swinging open wouldn't have done that...
So that brings us to...Harry did it. ...or space hamsters...
Clearly, it was Sid's prickish magician friend, which I have forgotten his name. Surprise!
It's untidy; I suspect it was Harry just popping open a panel and breaking stuff.
As Verity calmly continues dismantling the robot.
Hey it's that person, the one who does the stuff!
I'd like to see Harry as an old woman. She'd be hilarious, and tough, and SCARY.
Silly Lei, you should know you don't need to verbalise your commands.
I knew it! XD The key to illusionist tricks is ILLUSION...
Now I'm not one to pontificate on the inappropriateness of young women smoking pipes, if only because I don't want to end up carrying my teeth home in my pocket, but could I respectfully request that Ms Barber refrain from smoking in the vicinity of several barrels full of gunpowder that the madgirl is about to use as part of her evil plan.
well, lets hope she has a cover for her pipe a-la: [http://www.eacarey.com/pipe...](http://www.eacarey.com/pipecap.html "http://www.eacarey.com/pipecap.html")
Well now you mention it, if worst comes to worst, she could take after Jan van Spijk - I believe this is even set in the same decade as his famous (purported) deed...
Harry! You're alive! And amazingly unshot!
I love the irony of Lei facing off against not one, but TWO other self-made women of no particular magical inclination, shouting about how brilliant and special she is.