Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!

[Shining Wrath]

In the Agatha-level chaos, no one has told Zeetha that Higgs is safe in Skifander.
I wonder how the Queens will respond to the airship leaving. Both of them would probably like to have a ride to elsewhere, although Monahan may like the idea of ruling her own little rat-infested island.

[Grim Portent]

I think the whole island is sinking, so if Monahan wants to make a little rat kingdom it's going to need to resemble Atlantis more than anything.

[sihnfahl]

I think the whole island is sinking, so if Monahan wants to make a little rat kingdom it's going to need to resemble Atlantis more than anything.

So... Londinium V2?

[Shining Wrath]

I think the whole island is sinking, so if Monahan wants to make a little rat kingdom it's going to need to resemble Atlantis more than anything.

So... Londinium V2?

If she can give rats wings, she can give them gills. Also, how far will it sink, and can she manage to preserve an atoll?

EDIT: although it's a quote from me rather than the strip, I shall set aside my usual modesty and propose "Agatha Level Chaos" as a possible future strip title.

[sihnfahl]

If she can give rats wings, she can give them gills. Also, how far will it sink, and can she manage to preserve an atoll?

As long as she can survive with her precious rats, I don't think she'd mind not having one atoll.

[Manga Shoggoth]

As long as she can survive with her precious rats, I don't think she'd mind not having one atoll.

I think she'd prefer allot though...

[Kantaki]

New comic

Nice boom. Now to deal with the (literal) flying rats.
Also, any bets with Queen will make a return?
This is a bit too obviously "no one could've survived that".

[Shining Wrath]

Why are the Winged Rats not defending their Queen? The first iteration of giant rats attacked Clankrezia. Did, possibly, Monahan realize the island was doomed and put some of her power into saving the rats, regardless of combat utility?

Maybe the balloon bees can be released to fight the rats?

I think the "Boom" is blowing the door open, not the Queens fighting. In which case Clankrezia may intervene as she has plans for Agatha's body.

https://Zeno of Citium founded the stoic school of philosophy. This may not be a good sign.

[Scarlet Knight]

Good thing it wasn't named after Zeno of Elea...they'd never get home....

[Radar]

Good thing it wasn't named after Zeno of Elea...they'd never get home....

Still better than having one of those experimental Ulysses engines.

edit: while on a little archive binge, I found this page. The detail I missed before is Higg's comment that Igneous Heterodyne also has reached that state - at least for a moment before he exploded.

[Fyraltari]

Still better than having one of those experimental Ulysses engines.

Wait. 13 years for 25 kilometers? How old was Saana when she left home?

[Kantaki]

Wait. 13 years for 25 kilometers? How old was Saana when she left home?

I don't think their travel was entirely linear, temporally (and spatially) speaking.
Ullysses engines sound like they make time and space do funky things, by gallifreyan standards that is.
Or maybe time didn't quite flow inside the vessel*.

*Not a timestop exactly, more a "between the tik and the tok" situation. Moving alongside the stream of time instead of inside it.
Okay, I'm definitely not a Spark, Otherwise I could phrase this in a way that actually makes sense.
To me.

[Fyraltari]

Okay, now I kinda wish this Clankrezia dies at this size and ends up at the mouth of a river with one hand raised.

I don't think their travel was entirely linear, temporally (and spatially) speaking.
Ullysses engines sound like they make time and space do funky things, by gallifreyan standards that is.
Or maybe time didn't quite flow inside the vessel*.

*Not a timestop exactly, more a "between the tik and the tok" situation. Moving alongside the stream of time instead of inside it.
Okay, I'm definitely not a Spark, Otherwise I could phrase this in a way that actually makes sense.
To me.

Okay but if the 25 years were external and it was like a week for her, what is her age difference with Othar supposed to be, then?

[Agi Hammerthief]

now we’ll find out that Dupree Senior installed a Death Ray, I hope.

[Kantaki]

Okay, now I kinda wish this Clankrezia dies at this size and ends up at the mouth of a river with one hand raised.



Okay but if the 25 years were external and it was like a week for her, what is her age difference with Othar supposed to be, then?

Just because they took a twentyfive years detour doesn't mean it was twentyfive years later when they arrived.
Might've been a day earlier.
I mean, just cause you take a three miles long route to get somewhere 500m away doesn't mean your goal is somehow further away geographically. You just walked a very long curve. Same principle, just with time.

New comic
Sometimes removing the fog of war is a bad idea.

[Ailurus]

Sigh. I'm really ready for Lucrezia to just be removed from the story entirely. Sure, she is the main antagonist but seriously, why can't there just be one time where one of her forms doesn't come back like half a dozen times?

[Fyraltari]

Sigh. I'm really ready for Lucrezia to just be removed from the story entirely. Sure, she is the main antagonist but seriously, why can't there just be one time where one of her forms doesn't come back like half a dozen times?

Don't worry, next page, oversized Monahan will tackle her.

[Scarlet Knight]

Or gets eaten by a bigger fish.

[Shining Wrath]

Is this the point where Agatha engages the Ludicrous Speed drive and blasts a hole right in Lucrezia's head? Or maybe the Winged Rats engage Lucrezia?

I am getting tired of this, though. Monahan mocks Lucrezia, tells her she's dying, and the next time we see her she's no worse off (despite extended combat) and even larger. Is the power of the Flame finite, or not? Are the Princesses using up their power, or not?

EDIT in this strip, last panel, is it possible Clankrezia is gaining power from lightning strikes?

EDIT #2: "Less blather, more science" proposed as a strip title for XXXII.

[sihnfahl]

Is the power of the Flame finite, or not? Are the Princesses using up their power, or not?

It is, reportedly, and you know the answer.

They have as much power as the Plot Demands.

[Shining Wrath]

It is, reportedly, and you know the answer.

They have as much power as the Plot Demands.

I ask that the plot have some semblance of internal consistency. Don't show me Clankrezia on the verge of death and then show me Clankrezia 100x larger.

[wingnutx]

Time for a Great Cetacean to bite her foot off.

[theangelJean]

Okay, I'm with Bang in the new comic. What was that?

[Agi Hammerthief]

Okay, I'm with Bang in the new comic. What was that?

not a teleport
riding on the lightning, I guess.

[Ailurus]

Don't worry, next page, oversized Monahan will tackle her.

Congrats, Fyraltari, you called it correctly!

[Fyraltari]

Congrats, Fyraltari, you called it correctly!

Here's another prediction for you: tomorrow morning the sun will rise over the horizon.

[Shining Wrath]

Here in Colorado, the rotation of the earth brought the sun into view this morning. Fyraltari missed one.

Monahan is doing this correctly; she is ranting about her resentments and pummeling Clankrezia at the same time. Future super-villains of GGverse, take note.

By my reading, Monahan had already tackled Clankrezia prior to Friday's strip, and Clankrezia thought that grabbing the airship was important enough to make the attempt even while being pummeled. Perhaps she thought that grabbing the airship would allow her to transfer to Agatha's body?

Now, what plot complications will ensue from using the "Get Out Of Fist, Free" card? That may have damaged the airship.

[Fyraltari]

Here in Colorado, the rotation of the earth brought the sun into view this morning. Fyraltari missed one.

Believe you me, it will happen again tomorrow.

[Manga Shoggoth]

I think we're working towards a scene where two shrunk-down ex-queens are watching an airship disappear of over the horizon, with a shared speech bubble of "That was your fault!"

[geoduck]

I think we're working towards a scene where two shrunk-down ex-queens are watching an airship disappear of over the horizon, with a shared speech bubble of "That was your fault!"

Possible, though I wouldn't be surprised if we and Our Heroes leave the island without seeing the final outcome of the Queen-fight.