August 3rd, 2021
3 Aug 2021 · page 1073 of 1306
Tim is really having a day.
Cast: Lei Feng, Pemberton Pryce, Thea Pryce, Tim Chiang
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Thea has been drained of certainty. I hope there’s enough left in the passengers to fuel the jump home.
We're talking about people with wealth, status, influence & power.
Certainty? They've got that by the boatload
...(pun intended ^_^)
They had a boatload. Wonder how much they've got now?
I'm betting their travel is actually powered by Thea's desire to be anywhere else and their "certainty engine" only appears to work because Thea has always been present. Definitely getting a China Mieville vibe from this.
2 boatloads.
There's definitely enough certainty from us readers that Pemberton will get his desserts.
Desserts? But all he has done is fund a brilliant new innovation. When he visited Britain to consult the witch, he got the cold shoulder and when he tried to hire a hunter he was the victim of a pair of imposters. When he pursued the matter himself he was assaulted, threatened by a vicious dog and then arrested. OK, his henchmen may have a robust attitude but when you're raising cattle on the frontier that's the way you need to be. So far, all he's done wrong is skip bail and be in possession of a villainous moustache.
It's okay, with Verity and Patience on board they have enough certainty to take a detour to the moon and back before jumping home.
Ya know, he had an Unpleasant Experience in Widdershins.
With Verity and Lei here, he may well come another mischief
Ah, the thug side is back in full force
It's nothing personal. It's just business. :D
Oh Lei, you have no chill, no chill at all.
Righteousness is Righteous.
Whereas Tim is Good At Smooth
That last panel, though, was as smooth as the North Sea....
I can see that Tim needs to explain some things to Lei about wrangling the upper classes...
There's a reason she's the gadgetress.
Verity definitely needs to teach Lei about "emotional subterfuge".
I'unno, I'm starting to think Tim should be the one to teach her about that.
Oh hey, it's Weasleton and the Wall. I wondered where they got to.
Evidently they were somewhere close enough to appear on cue!
"That's WISSELton!"
They were behind the black
For the sake of everyone who is not familiar with terminology, in this context black or blacks refers to the black colored drapes used to shape and conceal space in a theater. And are used for the backdrop and wing drapes.
It is an...awkward term at times.
Really? I thought it came from Homestar Runner
It predates that by about 50-80 years at least.
I now need to ask a question of a group of technical theater historians to figure out how old it really is.
Brand new, experimental magic, possibly close to an anchor, with an ambitious, egotistical leader pushing for results, an engineer who is now being distracted maintaining the equipment and a tired wizard who may not be fully on board with this plan making the whole thing work? Sounds like a perfectly sound plan with absolutely no possibility of going disastrously wrong.
Oh, Lei, looks like you have a few things to learn about subterfuge.
Good thing you've got Verity, The Absolute Mostest Best Hunter In All Of England, Yes, Even Better Than Harry Barber, Thank You Very Much! to teach you.
She's very good at being subtle!
That stage craft of Tim's kicking in right when it's needed...
Not the drink!
"Cousin,"
Gotta add another lie to the story.
uh, that one is true, haha
Sid mentions that Lei is Tim's cousin when he's describing how he first met her. [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-30th-2013 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-30th-2013")
Oh, right. Thanks for the reminder!
Yeah, sure. A bunch of stage magicians are going to successfully convince a boat full of people that an eccentric millionaire teleported the ship several thousand miles from their route with nothing but their words, because the average layman doesn't know how to read stars. If anything, it would seem like an impromptu stage act.
Seriously, I just think Pemberton just likes to threaten people whenever he gets the chance.
Judging by panel 2, Thea is nearly as tall as her dad.