November 21st, 2017
21 Nov 2017 · page 749 of 1306
Just keep pushing, she's probably got weak ankles
Cast: Enid O'Malley, Harriet Barber, Jack O'Malley, Ms Acedia
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Mal's smile tells me this turns out okay in the end.
Oh thank you. I missed that and had a horrible feeling.
Poor Harry. Don't you just hate it when you are watching a scary movie and your friend jsut ruins the tension because you can tell they aren't worried about what happens next?
Mal, the Spoiler King. xD
I also like how in Panel 1, Harry is doing the whole sneaky sneaky thing, and Mal's straight back and walking proud. 'This is the GOOD bit!' :D
What i was thinking, too.
\\o/ And the trolley/cart wins!
Shhh.. let me have moment of appoulding myself for remembering sneaking tiny people out works like this.
I keep wondering, each time I reread this, how on earth she gets that wheeled cart in and out, considering this appears to be a basement-apartment-type-deal that we know for a fact is down a bunch of stairs from street level...
shhh i was hoping no one would notice
...it may be all on purpose. Acedia letting them meet, and letting him flee. Since him staying in there didn't do anything, she may wonder if a change of scenery would.
Hopefully not by murdering Enid mid escape.
Nah, Jack wouldn't be smiling if that was the case. But this is the nerve-wracking part of the plan. :)
Jack will be smiling if he gets out. Acedia may still want him to get out, either way.
Why would she want him to get out, though? That just means she'd have the bother of having to go and find him again at some point.
Think of it this way: you have a child with the power to change the world in a way you desire, but the child needs time to grow, develop, and possibly season. You could handle all of that yourself, but it would take time and effort. So, instead, you create a situation where the Eyes of Destiny can bond with someone who, based on your assiduous research, will do all of that exhausting raising, training, and positioning for you, so that you only need to step in at the end for a few minor course-corrections.
If I were Acedia playing a long-game, this is what I would do. It requires effort up front, but after that it's a simple matter of keeping an ear out for everything to align properly again.
To be honest, I don't think Acedia is that good at figuring things out. Plus, why would she care about how he develops long-term? She just needs him present to summon and release the Deadlies. As soon as she figures out what all she needs to do that (which could be next week for all she knows) she'll finish the whole thing and be done with him.
She already has a gun.
Wow, Acedia's soul just sorta oozes downwards.
Like fog in a horror movie, I was going to say!
Just the opposite of Enid's...
That's probably the first time Enid has been described as a natterer (by herself or by anyone else). Hopefully Acedia hasn't been paying enough attention to be able to call her on that lie.
Oh, she probably can do the whole natterer thing. For a just cause, only. With a lot of moaning at the mirror, later. xD
Enid has to get that cart up the stairs, with Jack still on it. Luckily, it isn't a particularly big set of stairs. Mal's smile is very reassuring here.
And Mal wasn't a very big child.
Still, Enid's back will likely be sore later.
Go, Enid, go! GO, ENID, GO! :D
I like how in the first panel, Harry is being stealthy out of sheer habit, even though no one in the flashback can see or hear them. (And look at Mal! Usually Wolfe is the one walking like that, and Mal has his head down and shoulders hunched. He must really be feeling good.)
I don't think she is being stealthy. She is still looking at Enid's spirit in amazement. ... Edited to say I think she is looking over at Acedia, after all.
I love how expressive Enid's spirit is- Ms. O'Malley clearly is worried about this whole situation, and yet she looks as composed as ever.
Meanwhile, Ms. Acedia's spirit is all "Blah, I can't be bothered to manifest emotion."
Just noticing a few things on Acedia's Table. The circle I recognize. As well as the... gun. But I'm not quite placing the hammer symbol or whatever it is. It looks familiar, somehow...? Anybody else?
Sorry, which thing do you mean?
Fourth panel, the paper that's slightly covering the one with the circle on it.
One of the summoning circles, I'd wager.
The one partially covering the one with the circle. The square symbol with what looks to me like a hammer. That one.
Ah, I see. I read that exactly opposite from you. You're seeing the white as the focus with the black as the background. I'd reverse that.
This way the picture is some kind of chasm or shaft.
My guess is it's the anchor.
It looks similar to me too- I think it is a cross section drawing of the anchor?
My money says that Acedia is about to fire her... which, of course, won't be too much of a problem, since she already has the Mal a'carte here.
Hsss
+1 for play on words. -5 for punning
+10 for punning, 5 for its own merit and another 5 to cancel out your demerit. :-P
Perfectly reasonable for Acedia to fire a Mal content worker.
These are truly lovely puns. n_n
Look at Acedia's NASTY FACE!
All that cunning and malice twisting up her features, trying to bully Mrs. O'Malley being just so petty and trivial and horrible and arrrrgh!
Yeah, she's a piece of work. I found myself wondering if she was already like that when Mr. Lux found her. I mean, I'm sure spending time with him wasn't a positive influence either, but still.
I love how while Harriet is worried Jack is just smiling.
YAY!
How did I manage to miss this one?