I’m thinking Superman 3 where the woman gets all cyber’d up by the computer. HR will look like that as he’s taken the next step and merged with his game.
Oh Carol
I am but a fool
Darling I love you
though you treat me cruel
You hurt me
and you made me cry
but if you leave me
I will surely die
Darling there will never be another
’cause I love you so
Don’t ever leave me
say you’ll never go
I will always want you for my sweetheart
no matter what you do
Oh carol
I’m so in love with you
the last panel with carol’s face and the title of the chapter in conjunction with phil’s love of puns and carol’s birth control concerns produced the following head canon outline:
HR all wired and ready to be tubed in is standing in front of the elevator when the door opens.
“carol, i dont know if this is going to work. i need an heir to the company if i cant come back either.”
carol mothers fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, by HR and names them “luke” and “Leia” because, duh.
HR gets stuck in Arkera. carol is a super woman but she is still human and is unable to keep the project hidden all by herself. the feds take notice of the missing persons and investigate. late in carols 8th month, the feds raid the company, find the tubes and are like, “yo, this is some fucked up x-files shit. get brent spiner down here to study these things.”
for 5 long years federal scientists study the series of tubes and learn a great deal about what the system is (kind of), but not how it works. (side note: with the tube tech the government stole, decriminalized stem cell research and a healthy research budget, a few very unlucky wounded vets had their misfortunes reversed and regrew entire limbs) unable to disconnect the players either, the government declares them brain dead and sends urns to their families. its not what happened, but “sorry your family member got murdered by a serial killer” is a lot easier to explain than “your family member is still alive in a life support tube. we dont know how to disconnect them from the internet.”
another 15 years pass. luke and leia start getting /tells from a GM trying to convince them to visit the old company campus.
HR broke the server, caused a permanent link; the system is self sustaining now. HR found everyone and is trying to come back with the help of the cult.
It’s…
clobberin’ time?
Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
*starts playing the Liberty Bell March by John Phillips Sousa*
*Interrupts with giant foot*
… the spanish inquisition?
You can’t say that!
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Well, his name has an X in it, so for all we know he’s Nobody.
I get it!
Actually… everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. They kinda called ahead – so to speak.
Ninjas…ALWAYS expect ninjas!
How about the regular plain Inquisition for once?
Yes, at last this heresy will be stamped out in the name of the Emperor!
Payet Best of course!
possibly, but I’m betting HR is all wired up and ready to tube
Friday.
Friday, gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s looking forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday’s cliffhanger. Dun Dun DUUUN.
Time for a cut back to Guilded World? D: and then we find out what’s going on here in like a week.
Dude, c’mon. Spoilers.
HR coming out of his basement
Nah, he’s still in the basement. Let’s go crazy : H.R actually got a shower and even *gasp* put clean clothes back on.
…Naaah, not a chance.
Laser time, boys!
“None of your damn business!”
Morphing Time!
…Norio Wakamoto!
A CLIFFHANGER
Cliffhangars! also found at cliffside airports!
Accounting & Auditors?
Well, I guess the gang could be playtesting the new edition for those wizards by the coast.
That one guy!
(Watch out!)
Gentlemen, behold!
You, sir, deserve a cookie for that. :-)
CORN!
Ferris: One line of shock. Thomas: Two lines. Laura: Three lines.
ping, Ping, PING!
Little details like that are awesome.
Thank you, Mordecai. Glad you noticed.
WHO’S THAT POKÉMON?
IT’S… MOKUBA!
*Buneary!*
all that talk about HR turning into a fungus.. that was a joke.. right?
HR was already a fungus! A second fungus turned into another HR.
I’m thinking Superman 3 where the woman gets all cyber’d up by the computer. HR will look like that as he’s taken the next step and merged with his game.
Or maybe he’s not wearing pants.
Or, even more shocking, maybe he IS wearing pants! And has shaved!
Now little Caroline is in here too.
Oh Carol
I am but a fool
Darling I love you
though you treat me cruel
You hurt me
and you made me cry
but if you leave me
I will surely die
Darling there will never be another
’cause I love you so
Don’t ever leave me
say you’ll never go
I will always want you for my sweetheart
no matter what you do
Oh carol
I’m so in love with you
And Ferris is getting an attendance prize? Things have changed since his High School. He should get a day off once in a while.
HA!
Okay, who did NOT just hear the last panel in the voice of Hannibal Lector?
Now that you mention it…
when i read this comic (and pretty much anything for that matter) i try to put the different characters in their own voice.
i accidentally read “hello, clarice” the first time.
The face in that elevator door looks just like Carol!
I’ve just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It’s going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.
the last panel with carol’s face and the title of the chapter in conjunction with phil’s love of puns and carol’s birth control concerns produced the following head canon outline:
HR all wired and ready to be tubed in is standing in front of the elevator when the door opens.
“carol, i dont know if this is going to work. i need an heir to the company if i cant come back either.”
carol mothers fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, by HR and names them “luke” and “Leia” because, duh.
HR gets stuck in Arkera. carol is a super woman but she is still human and is unable to keep the project hidden all by herself. the feds take notice of the missing persons and investigate. late in carols 8th month, the feds raid the company, find the tubes and are like, “yo, this is some fucked up x-files shit. get brent spiner down here to study these things.”
for 5 long years federal scientists study the series of tubes and learn a great deal about what the system is (kind of), but not how it works. (side note: with the tube tech the government stole, decriminalized stem cell research and a healthy research budget, a few very unlucky wounded vets had their misfortunes reversed and regrew entire limbs) unable to disconnect the players either, the government declares them brain dead and sends urns to their families. its not what happened, but “sorry your family member got murdered by a serial killer” is a lot easier to explain than “your family member is still alive in a life support tube. we dont know how to disconnect them from the internet.”
another 15 years pass. luke and leia start getting /tells from a GM trying to convince them to visit the old company campus.
HR broke the server, caused a permanent link; the system is self sustaining now. HR found everyone and is trying to come back with the help of the cult.
Best. It’s Best. Calling it.
As much as I’d like that Payet doesn’t strike me as someone who’d say “Hello Carol” unless it was some kind of foreplay.
Payet Best does not strike me as one to bother much with foreplay; it would require his ego to care about another person’s pleasure.
His ego is based on his ability to perform, too. I figure he’d be adamant about being a good lover.
Behold the power of cheese! (Or Payet, but I repeat myself)
Next up: A double-page spread of a tastefully nude H.R. recumbent on a sofa, holding a rose in his teeth.
Well, maybe he set up a roses’ petals path leading to Carol’s tube, to make it look more sexy. You know, everything look sexier with roses’ petals.
I was going to suggest some mind-crushing Lovecraftian horror, but your idea fits the bill just as well.
IT’S SHANA! (or however she spells her name.)
I’m guessing it’s Bobby Ewing.