20-05-17 Better you maul him than maul me

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Re: 20-05-17 Better you maul him than maul me

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Well. Nice of Jung to offer up the practice space for the girls, and while I don't think Zii will be more rational now, hopefully some stress relief means we're not in for more water works.

While the girls may well take Zii's side, and Yuki may well be distracted by wanting to go get a shotgun and some bear slugs and go Amazon hunting, Sonya might be the wild card factor here. She's... Sonya, but she's surprisingly savvy at times, and would absolutely be someone I'd expect to call out Zii on seeming more upset about Gary than anything to do with Didi specifically as did our friend Jung.

Wonder when it's going to filter back to Zii that Gary's looking for her, and if that's going to have some impact or another on proceedings.
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The fact that Zii swore Jung to silence shows that she knows that Gary will be looking. After all, when a flatmate suddenly disappears, that's what one does.
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So what are the odds this is going to lead back to Sonya and / or Yuki pursuing Zii again? And in her current state would Zii still be rational enough to resist them?

And how much time is supposed to have passed? I can't help feeling like this can't be the same day as the previous comic, unless the practise location had already been switched to Zii's new accommodation prior to her moving in there.

Also depending on when they are practising it seems like this would be a hard thing to keep secret unless the room is pretty soundproof, and would make it easier for Gary to locate Zii.

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edisnooM wrote:So what are the odds this is going to lead back to Sonya and / or Yuki pursuing Zii again? And in her current state would Zii still be rational enough to resist them?
As she says in this strip, Sonya has never really given up, though she's been increasingly often distracted by the shiny drama, which might hint that she'll eventually lay off Zii - before either of them is collecting a pension, even. Yuki genuinely seems to have transferred her interest to Gary, though she's probably still capable of weird Zii-related behaviour. But I think that the pair of them will be too busy being weirded out by Zii's story to think of trying a seduction run straight away.
edisnooM wrote:And how much time is supposed to have passed? I can't help feeling like this can't be the same day as the previous comic, unless the practise location had already been switched to Zii's new accommodation prior to her moving in there.
Time in this comic is frequently a bit wobbly in all sorts of ways. But I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be the evening of the same day.
edisnooM wrote:Also depending on when they are practising it seems like this would be a hard thing to keep secret unless the room is pretty soundproof, and would make it easier for Gary to locate Zii.
They're clearly doing the practicing outside of work hours, so Gary or anyone else is unlikely to get into earshot.
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Spidrift wrote: Time in this comic is frequently a bit wobbly in all sorts of ways. But I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be the evening of the same day.
I was guessing from Zii's blanket that it was morning, but I guess it could be evening and she either was still in bed or just had quickly available. It still seems kind of rushed for Zii to have arranged a new practise location in the mental state she has been in lately though, but as I said it may already have been changed previously (was Sonya missing rent in a previous strip?).
Spidrift wrote:They're clearly doing the practicing outside of work hours, so Gary or anyone else is unlikely to get into earshot.
I dunno, judging from their music style that we've seen I think the sound would carry pretty good, especially since they seem to be just one door off the main shop. I could easily see convenient happenstance bringing Gary within listening distance, though probably not this early in the Search for Zii arc I grant you.

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I think Zii would ask not to be scheduled for work during "usual time" Gary comes to the comics place
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edisnooM wrote:I was guessing from Zii's blanket that it was morning, but I guess it could be evening and she either was still in bed or just had quickly available.
I assumed that she'd jumped into bed for some quick stress relief. Possibly while changing for the evening. Band practicing first thing in the morning seems fairly unlikely.
It still seems kind of rushed for Zii to have arranged a new practise location in the mental state she has been in lately though, but as I said it may already have been changed previously (was Sonya missing rent in a previous strip?).
The missed rent hadn't been mentioned before, but if they've lost the studio for a full month, this arrangement may have been running for a few days already.
I dunno, judging from their music style that we've seen I think the sound would carry pretty good, especially since they seem to be just one door off the main shop. I could easily see convenient happenstance bringing Gary within listening distance, though probably not this early in the Search for Zii arc I grant you.
Gary could bump into Zii in an infinite number of arbitrary ways, if the plot needs it.
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So where are we on the whole bookend? Anyone know? Ever since the server move, everything is broken. Not sure where the last volume ended.
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The image alt-text says this is strip (exactly) 1300. So the volume end is still 50 strips away.
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