September 20th, 2019
20 Sept 2019 · page 929 of 1306
points if you can tell which town i lifted the gate from.
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Cast: Jack O'Malley
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Well at least we're going to find out what happens when the witch leaves their anchor I guess :/ (Mal come back plz!!)
Awfully hard to guess. Might it be... Widdershins?
Question back: What kind of birdie is flying there in panel 1?
magpie!
Yes, indeed. Beautifully done!
Only one? Not a good omen.
I see two birdies in panel 1.
But only one magpie
Any number of magpies is good luck because you get to see a magpie!
one for sorrow
Dunno what town it is, but I know it isn't Austin, Texas.
Who/what is he talking to?
I think it's the buggerups! Maybe Happy and Sharpey went with him :)
Either that, or he’s finally gone completely insane. It’s the cheap tobacco; it rots your brain.
"Or"?
...he’s gone completely insane, as opposed to his usual ‘slightly mentally unstable’. :-)
The anchor, of course.
Definitely saying goodbye to Wolfe on his Bkuetooth headset.
Making excuses to the Purple Hippo.
So he's telling the spirits he's heading out? I somehow suspect it won't be as easy for him to leave the anchor as he'll want it to be.
Looks like York to me (I've only been a couple of times - wrong side of the Pennines, y'know! - but I remember the gate being fairly distinctive).
more north than York!
Edinburgh?
closer but not quite! flippin' love edinburgh, though.
I read that as "wrong side of the pennies" and was a bit confused
From a very very fuzzy memory from years ago, I would say it looks a little like Bondgate Tower in Alnwick? Or is it called Hotspur Tower?
ding ding ding, internet points to you!
Oh my goodness! Yaaay!
How did you know? ARE YOU A WITCH?!?
It just triggered a little "hmmm, I've seen that before" in my brain. Alnwick was one of the places I visited on holiday in 2010. Being Australian, we don't have beautiful gated cities and towns, so the ones that I have seen stand out :) Being a witch sounds more impressive than being Australian though, so I wish it were true!
Just say it was your personal familiar/buggerup, the "insert favorite critter" of accurate geolocalization.
Puny little gate like that? It certainly isn’t Mechanicsburg.
No trilobites
I thought a witch couldn't really leave their anchor.
Actually, Izzy said, "You'd have a hard time moving him from his anchor", not the same thing.
And well, little Mal did leave Widdershins, though "his anchor" wasn't really his, then. After he... mmm... took possession of it, the situation can be different.
She never said he'd have a hard time moving himself though.
On the other hand, he does seem to be having a pretty hard time at present.
The anchor, like Captain Barber’s uniform, is always there on the inside.
Not only did he left the Anchor. He left without a babysitter (Wolfe)!
And... Notice the collar of his shirt! His neck is not wrapped in a scarf or a tie, as we used to see him, the collar is unbuttoned. I think it's a really important change for Mal.
And he's carrying a bag. He's going somewhere for more than a day!
But please note, he is not leaving alone.
Of all the people on the planet apparently talking to themselves, Mal is one of the few who could be talking to genuinely invisible friends.
(since the invention of Bluetooth wireless tech, that number increased dramatically and confusedly)
Um. His invisible friends may had to stop at the gates. I'm not sure buggerups can get away from the anchor. IIRC, the thieving magpie could, but it could be a different case.
Good eye!
Oh my GOSH I was not EXPECTING THAT
No one is going with him and his SCARF is gone! Is he DISAPPEARING MYSTERIOUSLY? Without him there, how will Harry get back?? She's clearly waiting at the witch door... Oh, poor Mal! He looks like he hasn't slept.
I think he didn't sleep that night to go away in early morning before others wake up.
And scarf... maybe it is in his bag. But maybe not. :(
His neck wound is showing.
I mean, maybe he carries his scarf in his bag or maybe he has left it behind.
Disappearing mysteriously is a lot less impressive when you're there to see it.
He looks decades older here :(
After all that witching and saving the day, seems like he's due for a little time away.
Wolfe is staying at Widdershins uh
I mean, for a guy who likes redheads with forceful personalities, it's a pretty good place to be.
There's a gate rather like it outside the hostel at Inverness. There are lots of colour scrapes on from cars that could not gauge the width of the gate...I did not leave one. Mt daughter and I saw a Ford Prefect on that trip, at a Safeway!
O'Malley is leaving?! Without Wolfe?! What is happening?! Also which spirit is he talking to?
What's next to the far right chimney pots? Music? A word? An arrow pointing to a bird? (People were counting birds and then I saw that... now I want to know...)
Oh.
That bag Mal's carrying... it's the one Harry was using to hold the conduits for the Deadlies.
Oh god I was trying to figure out what was bugging me about the bag... now I wish I didn't know 😭
Dangit, go tell Ben he's your friend. I'm still very worried about him -.-
I think Ben is okay now; Vee's pep talk/lecture when they were caught in the Sloth Mist seemed to help him a lot.
While that's true, it would still be
nice to actually see them have a friendship moment... :) I want to witness the bonding!
i am sad it seems he is talking to maldorms and i wanna see the hippo of happieness