January 12th, 2021
12 Jan 2021 · page 1043 of 1306
It's never a good day at work when you meet Verity.
Cast: Lei Feng, Pemberton Pryce, Verity Cunningham
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I'm betting there's crawling through ducts in a certain assistant's future....
Or else they're going to steal and/or forge some first-class tickets...
who not both?
Because that would be a fantastically bad idea! Right? Anyone?
It'd be a great way to start establishing a name for yourself.
lol
I'm starting to feel sorry for Lei Feng about now (and the doorman too)
I think Lei Feng is probably more competent overall than Verity, but lacks the fancy accent to impress the nobs. I'd guess that she would become the boss except that she fits the role of "reformed low-level criminal helping the private investigator" that was (is?) so standard in the genre.
We already know that Lei Feng is a brilliant inventor -- she built the framework which could be imbued with Pride itself for a few minutes, after all. We also know that she's got some...personality quirks. Those might not get in her way to quite the same extent as a hunter, though.
On the one hand, she gets to hang out with the amazing Verity Cunningham.
On the other hand, she HAS to hang out with the amazing Verity Cunningham.
I imagine Verity is absolutely delightful in small doses. I've known some people who are wonderfully exhausting to spend time with.
Well, that's going to make it more difficult to investigate. I wonder if Pryce has those two goons with him, or if they're still in prison in Widdershins...
Based on the fact that they were sleeping in the hold of the trans-Atlantic ship and have third-class tickets for this one, their employer did not have deep pockets to cover expenses.
So... I'm guessing this is still [a private enquiry](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-1st-2019 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-1st-2019")?
(Alternately, if expenses were to be paid after the fact, cash on hand might be an obstacle? Also alternately, the authorities might be skinflint if this isn't a super-huge priority for them.)
For a moment I thought the bouncer was Voss.
He's not dressed like crew; he must be a private heavy ... something fishy here (that is not a maritime pun.)
Oh wow, I can't believe I'm caught up. Read this comic around 2012/2013, lost it and tried to remember the name for the last year or so. During my reread, I posted in the gluttony chapter that it's what inspired me to keep up my baking experiments. I'm so happy to have reconnected with these characters and this story and can't wait to see more.
Welcome back!
I'm surprised Ms Cunningham didn't use her feminine wiles on him. Or shoot him with a tranquilliser dart.
What do you mean by "or"?
Yeah, 50% of feminine wiles are actually tranquilizer darts in drag.
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Is is significant that i keep seeing decor that makes me think of the Titanic? Not to mention the cover.
I suspect an unfortunate affirmative.
Looking at the ship's exterior, that is most certainly not RMS Titanic. The interior is definitely Gilded Age, though. The staircase bears certain similarities, but is smaller if I'm judging correctly.
Heehee, Lei's hair is all back and forth, to and fro, with her motions. It's such a nice touch!
"Come along, assistant!"
Oh Verity...somebody's been reading up some on some pulp fiction.
It has been very quite here!
This reminds me of Penelope Pringle from "Titanic: Adventure Out of Time." Ah, childhood. <3