Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!

[Manga Shoggoth]

I think Krosp and Norville are inside the time stop, and Agatha is going to have to save them along with everyone else.

Naah - they're going to be two buddies disappearing off on a madcap adventure in an alternative dimension where they end up teaming up to take down the mad Doctor Dim...

You know, like in the Radio Theatre!

[Shining Wrath]

Naah - they're going to be two buddies disappearing off on a madcap adventure in an alternative dimension where they end up teaming up to take down the mad Doctor Dim...

You know, like in the Radio Theatre!

Dim's talents were biological, not time related, but it would be an interesting plot twist if he is part of the solution to Mechanicsburg.

Krosp and Norville having to cooperate to survive seems likely.

[Avaris]

Naah - they're going to be two buddies disappearing off on a madcap adventure in an alternative dimension where they end up teaming up to take down the mad Doctor Dim...

You know, like in the Radio Theatre!

Well, you’re half right so far!

The fact this has a title all its own fills me with fear over how long this will take…

[Majiy]

Another sidestory? Didn't we just get back to the main storyline? But depending on how (and where, and when) this goes it might be more relevant to the main storyline than other sidestories.

Random question: Which where your most and least favorite sidestories? My prefered ones would be Ivo Sharktooth and Franz on treasure hunt. Didn't care for the weasel queen.

[GeoffWatson]

Well, you’re half right so far!

The fact this has a title all its own fills me with fear over how long this will take…

I think it's a bluff and they'll be back in one or two pages.

[Shining Wrath]

"It's cold. Really cold."

Our furry protagonists have arrived somewhere in the demesne of the Polar Lords.

[HeeJay]

Our furry protagonists have arrived somewhere in the demesne of the Polar Lords.

Or Antarctica, which has not been mentioned in the comic so far...

[Shining Wrath]

Or Antarctica, which has not been mentioned in the comic so far...

I think someone has already suggested Mars, but I think Krosp & Norville would have noticed the lack of air by now. Unless a Spark has created a Martian atmosphere, in which case John Carter may enter stage right next strip.

If K&N are on Mars, they may bring Agatha's father back with them. Now that will be a plot twist.

I still believe they are in a tunnel somewhere in the land of the Polar Lords.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Naah - they're going to be two buddies disappearing off on a madcap adventure in an alternative dimension where they end up teaming up to take down the mad Doctor Dim...

Well, you’re half right so far!

I console myself with the fact that it is at least dark. That might get me up to two thirds right...

[geoduck]

I predict they're about fifty yards from where they started, in some sort of freezer.

[Shining Wrath]

I predict that the inventors of the gadget are going to tell us what it does in the very next strip.

[theangelJean]

I'm more interested in the fact that Gil is now "Wulf".

The Hounds are loyal to Martellus ... But where did they come from? Did the Wulfenbach clan have anything to do with it?

[geoduck]

I'm more interested in the fact that Gil is now "Wulf".

The Hounds are loyal to Martellus ... But where did they come from? Did the Wulfenbach clan have anything to do with it?

Norville has been calling Gil that all along. And Gil bought his loyalty with sandwiches. And Norville is a Knight of the Hunt, not a Sparkhound, though it's not clear how different those two groups are.

[Kardwill]

I predict they're about fifty yards from where they started, in some sort of freezer.

Yeah, "real cold", and "surrounded by many dead things, smelling as ham". And the dog going all protective and dramatic just begs for a really anticlimatic conclusion.

My bet is on the walk-in freezer of a kitchen or butcher's shop ^^

[Fyraltari]

I predict they're about fifty yards from where they started, in some sort of freezer.

My thoughts exactly.

[Shining Wrath]

Surrounded by dead things that still smell (so haven't been frozen solid) in a freezer does make me think they are at a butcher's shop.

Also, how does Krosp know there's a door?

"I have beloved literary antecedents! So? I'm folkloric!" proposed as a thread title.

[Radar]

Also, how does Krosp know there's a door?

He does not - he hopes for some door to be there.

[Deliverance]

Hah! Faked a sidestory to scare us all with another 100+ page derail.

[Shining Wrath]

Kardwill called it. Many internet kudos are yours.

[Kardwill]

Kardwill called it. Many internet kudos are yours.

Most of these kudos belong to geoduck. They're the first who talked about a freezer.

But thanks

[lord_khaine]

I predict they're about fifty yards from where they started, in some sort of freezer.

Applauds.

That was scarily accurate xD
Well clearly a lot further away than fifty yards.
But details.

[Rockphed]

Girl Genius XXXIII: Three Other Reasons
Girl Genius XXXIII: 12 Yards of Patterned Silk Chiffon
Girl Genius XXXIII: Elaborate Dark Science Princess Ensemble

[geoduck]

My new prediction: Something, kidnapping, new invasion, will keep Agatha from entering the city tomorrow morning.

[Traab]

My new prediction: Something, kidnapping, new invasion, will keep Agatha from entering the city tomorrow morning.

Nah, they are daring fate here. The non-Euclidean big bad thing trying to enter mechanicsburg will break through just as they reach the center of town.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Girl Genius XXXIII: Three Other Reasons
Girl Genius XXXIII: 12 Yards of Patterned Silk Chiffon
Girl Genius XXXIII: Elaborate Dark Science Princess Ensemble

Noted, noted and noted.

[Anonymouswizard]

My new prediction: Something, kidnapping, new invasion, will keep Agatha from entering the city tomorrow morning.

Nah, we've got a third journey lined up, and Klaus knows the way to Skifander. From there it's just the final confrontation with Lucerzia and the crowning of the Storm Kings to deal with, then the series will be over and Phil can get back to drawing porn.

[Shining Wrath]

I wonder if Agatha is going to make a mistake trying to avoid shocking the citizens, and Mechanicsburg is going to actually be 2+ years offset from the rest of the world - enter Mechanicsburg and it's 1920, exit and it's 1922. That might keep the Eldritch Abomination moving toward the city.

[Traab]

ITS MECHANICSBURG! They have been dealing with centuries of absurd heterodyne nonsense. I really dont think the sun being in a different spot when they wake up will make them run riot. Id say setup another one of those huge message hologram things so they can see agatha first thing when the time stop drops and she can give them a quick set of orders to follow. Its a town of minions, most will obey.

[Shining Wrath]

ITS MECHANICSBURG! They have been dealing with centuries of absurd heterodyne nonsense. I really dont think the sun being in a different spot when they wake up will make them run riot. Id say setup another one of those huge message hologram things so they can see agatha first thing when the time stop drops and she can give them a quick set of orders to follow. Its a town of minions, most will obey.

That's true, Mechanicsburg is filled with the descendants of people who not only survived living under manic Heterodynes, they actually LIKE it. And the gentle ministrations of Der Kestle when someone gets out of line. And people willing to rub elbows with the membership of the Monster's Guild and the Jagers without batting an eye. It is unlikely anything can be weird enough to cause mass panic.

However, we know that the last thing General Glinka said before the time stop was along the lines of "Everyone! Attack!" as she reached for Klaus' gadget. It is not implausible that if the time stop ends, everyone within the city goes back to what they were doing when it went off - which may include combat between Klaus and the Jagers.

[wingnutx]

They'd better put up a barrier around Klaus. Maybe a cage.