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| Triangle and Robert #901 | I did it! We're home!
/ I'd like some proof of that. / There's no wallpaper.
/ That's right! So... how did you do it? / Do what?
/ Get us home.
/ Oh, right. That.
/ Well?
/ Let's turn on the TV. http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?901 |
| Triangle and Robert #902 | ...however, not by the dark forces analysts had predicted. Preliminary reports suggest that the / long-sleeping ferret-god Bahk-Scraalye was the instrument of the kingdom's demise. It seems, although conjecture is of course risky / at this early point, that popular children's show pharmaceutical Prozac... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?902 |
| Triangle and Robert #903 | It's over? The whole Prozac/ferret plotline is over without involving us in any way? / It was sort of a dramatic counterpoint. Themes from each plot thread appeared in the other in modified form to richen the total narrative statement.
/ Are you expecting us to believe that? / [[Cartoonist speaks in... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?903 |
| Triangle and Robert #904 | Now, what's the plan?
/ What plan?
/ Plan for what? / The next assault on the Factory. You must have one in mind, Triangle.
/ Actually, I'm not entirely clear on... well... much. / The Sentries are opposed to Orpuddex, I understand that. But why are you striking against him? Your presence is a sufficient... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?904 |
| Triangle and Robert #905 | The Pudding-Watcher enslaves the souls of the dead to revert the non-pudding mass of the Earth to pudding! If the Factory is not destroyed, all life but his own will cease! / You are correct, Miss Concarne. I had not realised the gravity of the situation. How much time do we have?
/ Time?
/ Before the... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?905 |
| Triangle and Robert #906 | Orpuddex's plan won't come to fruition
/ Puddingion.
/ What?
/ Not fruit. Pudding. / The word's still "fruition", and Orpuddex's plan won't come to it for thousands of years, if even that soon. Meanwhile, the souls enslaved in his Pudding Factory of the Dead are no worse off than they would be released.... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?906 |
| Triangle and Robert #907 | Maybe it was presumptuous of me, but I was somehow under the impression the Sentries actually had something to do with something relevant, like the Time of the Oval or something. / You do not consider the Pudding-Watcher to be relevant?
/ Yes, that's it exactly. Orpuddex relates to... all this. The Factory... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?907 |
| Triangle and Robert #908 | The Cartoonist came suddenly, but his appearance distorted time, and so some consequences took place before the strip began. / We could get this over with sooner if you switched to a smaller font size and stayed there.
/ I like this big lettering. Less work.
/ But we'll be here forever! / Fine.
/ Can... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?908 |
| Triangle and Robert #909 | The Cartoonist's presence sent a four-dimensional ripple back in time, and the Pudding Factory of the Dead suddenly became reachable. For some very very long period of time, the Factory had been unreachable from normal space, hidden in a self-contained fold of space-time accessible only to the Watcher,... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?909 |
| Triangle and Robert #910 | So did the Cartoonist's presence trigger the Time of the Oval, or did the Time of the Oval cause the Cartoonist to begin the strip?
/ I don't know. That might be a false dichotomy. / In any event, the emergence of the Pudding-Watcher from his hiding led us to attack. We lost, and he devoured our memories.
/ And... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?910 |
| Triangle and Robert #911 | So then, once your memories were restored, you all went for the Factory again.
/ The first time we attacked, the Vegetable Sentry was absent. We thought that with all four of us combined, we would have no trouble. / Why wasn't the Vegetable Sentry with you the first time?
/ He had suffered a defeat and... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?911 |
| Triangle and Robert #912 | So, to put it in a less flattering light, the excitement of discovering that the Pudding-Watcher was real distracted you from realizing how pathetic he is now.
/ I suppose that might be the case. / Don't go chasing after him unless he starts to do something both evil and competent. You're no use unconscious.
/ I... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?912 |
| Triangle and Robert #913 | If the can-can zebras exploded, what are we going to do about the next plotline?
/ I think it's Cube's turn. / And so it is.
/ Another refill?
/ No. I'm done. / You have... completed the paper?
/ Yup. All I have to do now is fax it to a few journals and maybe put it on USENET and then I won't be worth... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?913 |
| Triangle and Robert #914 | It's sent. I am no longer in need of your protection. Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Disease.
/ It is not in the way of a warrior-chef to deny hospitality to a customer. / You kept refilling everything for me, even after days. Nothing in your code requires free seconds on main courses or hot beverages.... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?914 |
| Triangle and Robert #915 | Cartoonist! I've held up my end.
/ So you have. By your actions, much knowledge formerly lost is now within the domain of polygons. / And as for your end?
/ You will be beyond my ability to be harmed. It is a simple process. Remember that though you have eight vertices, I draw but seven.
/ So? / Make... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?915 |
| Triangle and Robert #916 | I draw you from the other side in the afterlife. Look at the archive if you don't believe me.
/ This sounds very tenuous. / It is. If I really wanted to kill you, I still could. The point is that, since we've spent strips negotiating this deal, the readers would know if I deliberately broke it. If I... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?916 |
| Triangle and Robert #917 | Cube, your conclusions, though they contradict much of what I believed myself to learn, are inescapable. / If I'd been thinking on the right track the peppermill would have been the only clue I needed.
/ How were you to know?
/ That's true. / Hey, if you're gonna keep alluding to Cube's findings instead... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?917 |
| Triangle and Robert #918 | The peppermill was powered by nothing more or less than geometry itself. The Fourth Race harnessed geometry as a tool, and constructed great wonders by using it. / I know. I read your paper already.
/ This is for the benefit of the readers.
/ Oh, of course. I apologize. / When the Fourth Race died out,... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?918 |
| Triangle and Robert #919 | The saying that the meek would inherit the earth dates back to the Fourth Race, and so it came to pass that the Fifth Race evolved from the Fourth Race's very symbol of humility.
/ ...Baa. / Yes. I do not understand the lack of an ovine archaeological stratum, but the Fifth Race was undoubtedly of sheep,... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?919 |
| Triangle and Robert #920 | ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCORECARD
/ First Race: unknown*
/ Second Race: unknown
/ Third Race: unknown
/ Fourth Race: Man
/ Fifth Race: intelligent sheep
/ Sixth Race: unknown
/ Seventh Race: polygons
/ Eighth Race: unknown
/ * (Puddans?) / I could tell you who the Sixth Race was without affecting the plot, but you either... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?920 |
| Triangle and Robert #921 | You listed the Eighth Race on that archaeological scorecard thing.
/ You know why. It's the Time of the Oval. / How much time do we have?
/ I can't answer that. It's not set in scone. / But the time for polygons on this world is nearing its end.
/ All things are nearing their ends, at different rates.
/ Can't... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?921 |
| Triangle and Robert #922 | So what exactly is the significance of the Oval?
/ You haven't been paying attention? / I've been paying attention... you explains what it means that the Oval is here, but what is the Oval itself?
/ Well, you see, the archaeological record of the Fourth Race is in some points very
/ Ah. / What do you... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?922 |
| Triangle and Robert #923 | Well?
/ Well what? / What was in the envelope?
/ The... hey, yeah. Where'd it go? / I'm saving it for a later plotline.
/ I was holding it! You can't just... I mean, you can, but you... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?923 |
| Triangle and Robert #924 | The Cornersheep reads of Cube's findings.
/ Sheep controlled the Earth once before. / My flock rebelled against me, but with this document as inspiration I can gather a new flock, a flock untied not only by my power but also by an awareness of manifest ovine destiny! / The Fifth Race shall rise again.... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?924 |
| Triangle and Robert #925 | Within the Oval, a decision is made. Preparations are begun for a landing. / A recap of past events concerning the Oval is probably in order. / I'll start one next strip. Don't try too hard to figure out who's narrating it. http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?925 |
| Triangle and Robert #926 | Day {{sym: Libra/sublimation}} Finally reached planet. Descended. Sighted two local lifeforms, polygons both. Each was larger than the Oval. / Taller of two lifeforms took hold of the Oval and sat on it for some time. They argued. Took language samples, fed to translator. / Conclusion: Language is... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?926 |
| Triangle and Robert #927 | Day {{sym:Libra/sublimation + Sol}} Attempted communication with lifeforms. Was briefly successful. Additional lifeforms arrived on the scene. Argument broke out between natives. / Sudden teleportation occured. Oval relocated to high-pressure pudding. Core of planet? / Natives unable to survive in... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?927 |
| Triangle and Robert #928 | Day {{sym: Libra + square snowflake}} The pudding-based lifeform having previously departed, the Oval was alone when the sheep mining operation appeared. / This world's sheep [this time's sheep, if this is indeed Earth] are polygon-based and distinctly quadrilateral. One, apparently a leader, exhibited... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?928 |
| Triangle and Robert #929 | Day {{sym: Libra + frown ampersand}} Taking readings of the interior of a vast building referred to by locals as the International Culinary Institute, the Oval encountered a polygon warning it to flee. Uncertain of the local political situation, I took this advice at face value. / After a head start... http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?929 |
| Triangle and Robert #930 | Day {{sym: Libra + diamond scissor}} Observations complete. This is, undoubtedly, a world where simple polygons evolved from man. / It's stupid. It's just... plain... stupid. / These shapes are unfit to rule a planet. I know what I must do in order to save the Earth. http://tr.froup.com/tr.pl?930 |
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