Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sucks about the rings. They've been a problem for every wedding I've been involved in. The ones my wife picked out showed up in the mail the day of the ceremony and were not properly fitted, being about three sizes too large. My nephew got fed up waiting for theirs, so he made his own in a metal shop one of his friends ran--they still wear those. When my sister in law got remarried, their rings were somehow fused together--metal shop guy to the rescue again!

And those are the ones when the rings actually showed up.

[Rockphed]

Sucks about the rings. They've been a problem for every wedding I've been involved in. The ones my wife picked out showed up in the mail the day of the ceremony and were not properly fitted, being about three sizes too large. My nephew got fed up waiting for theirs, so he made his own in a metal shop one of his friends ran--they still wear those. When my sister in law got remarried, their rings were somehow fused together--metal shop guy to the rescue again!

And those are the ones when the rings actually showed up.

My grandmother gave me a ring for my wife. It is pretty, but a funny shape, so my wife doesn't wear it much. I have a tungsten carbide ring which came in the mail a couple weeks before the wedding.

[The Glyphstone]

So who else saved a copy of the brick puzzle to solve later?

[Onyavar]

I shortly considered printing the puzzle, yes. But I still have lots of other quizzes waiting in my shelf.

If there are funny Sf/steampunk references, I trust you guys to discuss them here!

[Rogar Demonblud]

Anyone else notice the sketch of the Maid of Honor has a distinct resemblance to Violetta?

[Manga Shoggoth]

Anyone else notice the sketch of the Maid of Honor has a distinct resemblance to Violetta?

More to the point,

• Kaja looks a little like Agatha
• Greg looks a little like Moloch Von Zinzer
• Doug looks very like Lars
• Edd is sort of like Merlot

[jwhouk]

The Kaja-Agatha connection is, from what I understand, intentional.

[SZbNAhL]

She looks more like blonde-era Dixie from What's New? to me.

[HandofShadows]

She looks more like blonde-era Dixie from What's New? to me.

Blond era Dixie was a revised version of the earlier Dixie with the intent to make her look like Kaja. They already looked a lot alike so there was little to change.

[keybounce]

This might seem silly, but the maid of honor, and best man: are those Moloch (her assistant) and Bang?

[memnarch]

Hm, well that's a promising sign. And is that Bunstable's skeleton in the tank perhaps?

[Ellen]

Now, we get to wait till Monday to find out what that triumphant, "HA!" was all about.

I wonder if they're planning on regrowing Bunstable? Sure, the brain's gone (unless someone manages a whole lot of very complicated time travel AND making recordings of brains [sure, Agatha may be up to it, but I don't think she can be thinking that far ahead, yet. Still, if you don't prepare for future possibilities, no matter how unlikely, how can you be prepared to make a monster Sherlock Holmes/Mr. Hyde when the opportunity arrives? You think Albia became an immortal queen by just waiting for things to happen?]).

[otakuryoga]

any time a spark looks so pleased with themselves and shouts HA! or EUREKA! or They will regret mocking me NOW!
i get a serious shudder of fear up and down my spine...even if that spark is Agatha

[Dexam]

Given that Agatha's wasp eater is nearby in a box and attached to some kind of equipment, I'm thinking that she's found a way to remove her dependency on proximity to the wasp eater and Martellus.

"HA!" indeed, though hopefully the weaselpillar will still remain a semi-regular fixture in the comic.

[PraetorDragoon]

any time a spark looks so pleased with themselves and shouts HA! or EUREKA! or They will regret mocking me NOW!
i get a serious shudder of fear up and down my spine...even if that spark is Agatha

It is the perfect time to regret you aren't at safe distance.

[HandofShadows]

It is the perfect time to regret you aren't at safe distance.

And what is a safe distance? IS there a safe distance?

[Shining Wrath]

I agree that Agatha has concocted a formula that means she no longer needs the weaselpillar. However, she'll still need the formula (unless this is a permanent cure).

Even though this is a Spark expressing gleeful triumph, the smile and eyes are only minimally psychotic, and so viewing this moment from a distance of a hundred yards or so would probably be survivable. Probably. The right hand, though, suggests that approaching nearer that 100 yards would be imprudent.

Now - who or what is that in the green tank behind her? Is that Andronicus, brought here for study? And where is Tarvek?

[factotum]

And what is a safe distance? IS there a safe distance?

Well, most Sparky weapons seem to at least require line of sight, so if you're over the horizon you have a better chance of survival...

[PraetorDragoon]

And what is a safe distance? IS there a safe distance?

The next universe or so? Maybe?

[The Glyphstone]

Well, most Sparky weapons seem to at least require line of sight, so if you're over the horizon you have a better chance of survival...

The gun Agatha built in her sleep punched through a few mountains, so even that isn't a guarantee.

[geoduck]

Now - who or what is that in the green tank behind her? Is that Andronicus, brought here for study? And where is Tarvek?

It's Bunstable. Andronicus was literally reduced to ashes.

[halfeye]

It's Bunstable. Andronicus was literally reduced to ashes.

I'm not convinced it's Bunstable, it might be, or it might be some random person we've never met, or someone we've forgotten about.

[Manga Shoggoth]

I'm not convinced it's Bunstable, it might be, or it might be some random person we've never met, or someone we've forgotten about.

He looks vaguely like Van Rijin, apart from the lack of beard. Mind you, after that length of time most people would...

[SZbNAhL]

He looks vaguely like Van Rijin, apart from the lack of beard. Mind you, after that length of time most people would...

One human skeleton surrounded by green plasma looks much the same as any other. Since this is presumably the biological lab, that could well just be an old experiment that hasn't been cleared away yet.

[wingnutx]

Given that Agatha's wasp eater is nearby in a box and attached to some kind of equipment, I'm thinking that she's found a way to remove her dependency on proximity to the wasp eater and Martellus.

"HA!" indeed, though hopefully the weaselpillar will still remain a semi-regular fixture in the comic.

That's my guess.

[keybounce]

And what is a safe distance? IS there a safe distance?

An entire atmosphere, plus 2 meters of dirt, should suffice for most things.

Or, you know, ride a plasma torch at full speed away from the thing.

[Shining Wrath]

I'm going to agree with the Bunstable hypothesis as to the body in the green liquid. I think they'd want to preserve that as evidence if nothing else.

[geoduck]

I'm going to agree with the Bunstable hypothesis as to the body in the green liquid. I think they'd want to preserve that as evidence if nothing else.

If it's anyone else (and is ever more than a background detail), I will be mildly annoyed with the Foglios, because it's the most logical choice plotwise.

[Fyraltari]

It's a spark lab, why would it not have a skeleton floating in mint syrup?
What kind of mad science are you even doing, people?

[Dexam]

It's a spark lab, why would it not have a skeleton floating in mint syrup?
What kind of mad science are you even doing, people?

"Floating in mint syrup" isn't sparky mad science, it's just traditional British cuisine.