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Triangle and Robert #1051 The gaps between the Races are only a handful of millenia long. There's not enough time for evolution to start over from scratch. / I know. / Keep on translating. There's bound to be a good explanation eventually. / Cartoonist! Hint! / Call Robert. The three of you together can decipher the comic book. / You actually got a hint out of him? / It's always worth a try.
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Triangle and Robert #1052 Finally? / Yes. We are ready to attack. / It's an ambitious plan. / Conquest one nation at a time is too uncertain. I have at my disposal means to ensure that for at least one full day there will be effectively zero resistance. We must take the world then. / I believe I know of what secret weapon you speak. If it slows the polygons for even an hour, my command of the world's sheep will bring victory.
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Triangle and Robert #1053 Defense! / What? / As Mr. Disease and many others stared in shock, a dull white dome sprang up around the city. / Necessary. / What? / The developing mind of the world's monosodium glutamate has exerted itself to defend the Sentries and the Chosen One from the effects of the Oval's plan. / Must this become so complicated?
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Triangle and Robert #1054 There are no souls to harvest in the aftermath of the ovine conquest. The Oval's assault on the wills of polygonkind has left the minions of the Cornersheep in unquestioned command. / Except the dome. / Yes. Beneath the glutamic dome I can perceive nothing. No telepathy or cuisine can pass into the city. Presumably then, the city is safe for the moment, as is the Chosen One. / When the dome dissolves in the next rain, the protagonists are likely to find the world much changed. / They can do nothing. The time for the Seventh Race on this world has ended.
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Triangle and Robert #1055: The Beforings ... beyond space, and not particularly in the vicinity of time, either... / Phase Three may be complete. / May? / Either it is complete or it can never occur. The uncertainty is deafening. / All this was to be expected. / All outcomes are possible. Everything changes. Everything flows. / That is a quality of pudding.
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Triangle and Robert #1056 Hold on... the Cornersheep just took over the world? / Apparently. / So we're spending our birthday under a city-covering dome of MSG cut off from the world. / Also my mouse is acting up. / Happy birthday, Triangle. / Uh, yeah. Happy birthday, Robert.
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Triangle and Robert #1057 We still need to solve the mystery of the Oval, maybe more so now than before if we need to fight against it. / I agree. / Until the dome dissolves we can do little but study. / So let's call Robert. / I'll be right there. / The phone hasn't rung yet. Have you been peeking at the other panels?
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Triangle and Robert #1058 Oh, good. All three of you can fit in one panel. / Barely. / Robert, how much have you gotten from the comic book so far? / I'm not positive. I need some of the words to be sure. / Stop shuffling us around, this is the best we'll fit.
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Triangle and Robert #1059 Is this what changing resolutions feels like? / Could the caption be something like "Don't try this at home!"? / I'll never be cruel to a graphics card again. / So that'd be an H, and that's punctuation... yes! That'd make this panel... / When do I stop feeling misproportioned? / Take deep breaths and look at the horizon. / and then if...
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Triangle and Robert #1060 This is even worse! At least antialias me! / This is a semi-technical explanation of the Oval, this is a description of its course, and this is just a printing error! / Okay, you're not listening. / Is that good? / It's making sense. From here I can come up with a list of the Oval's intended capabilities. / Single pilot. Not intended to return to Earth. Capable of instantaneously transmitting data to Earth, but limited to the speed of sound in pudding for reception. Equipped with automated geometric tools for general-purpose defense and troubleshooting. Stasis armor prevents all damage.
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Triangle and Robert #1061 Is the Oval intelligent, or just its pilot? / It wasn't intelligent when it was built. Who can say now? / The Cartoonist could. / It's not important. / You don't know. / I haven't decided yet. I don't think it'll matter. / How can we know what we're up against if you haven't even decided? / So I'm fuzzy on a few details. Most of it makes sense anyway. / What's the point of archaeology when you're not done writing the past yet?
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Triangle and Robert #1062 Okay, the Oval itself is of approximately the same intelligence as a Tetrean philosopher automaton, but without the more critical flaws and entirely subservient to the Ovalnaut. / Okay, in that case who's / The Oval has acted as a translator, but everything said was initiated by the pilot. / Humans are mortal. How is the pilot still alive? / I already explained the whole time distortion thing! If you don't get it, reread those strips. I'm not going through it with you again. / Oh, that stuff.
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Triangle and Robert #1063 None of this explains how it could have conquered the Earth. What's the secret weapon? / That I haven't figured out yet. / So have we learnt anything directly useful? / Well, not for the current situation, no. / Right. It's all been a complete waste of time. / I wouldn't go that far.... / Quiet, I'm on a roll here.
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Triangle and Robert #1064 What do you mean you're on a roll? / I mean, I mean... uh... I mean... / What do you mean? Bread? / What did you say? / Bread? / Bread... as in sandwich... as in ham sandwich! Ensign, bring up the strip archive! / Ensign?
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Triangle and Robert #1065 We've seen indications that the Ovalnaut ate the starham. What powers would this have granted? / How should I know? I'm not a nutritionist. / The Sentries don't know either. Who can we ask? / Not me. You've used up all your magical cheat juice. / Where can we get more magical cheat juice? / I wasn't being literal. / There's some way I can use that fact to trap you, right?
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Triangle and Robert #1066 Bacopocalypse! / Hibachi! / Juicex! / It's not working. Our magic can't break through the MSG dome. We can only wait for rain. / No... I have it. Think, all of you! What is the first nutrient? / Pudding? / Marshmallows? / Pork?
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Triangle and Robert #1067 Are you fools? What are the byproducts of puddic decomposition? / Lumps? / Solid. / Methane. / Gaseous. / ...Energy? / Water! Water is a nutrient, the most basic nutrient of all! / We need not wait for the rain if we can command it using the cuisine-magic! / Rain falls down from the sky! The sky's on the other side of the dome!
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Triangle and Robert #1068 What is there to prevent us from creating a rain on the inside of the dome, directed outwards? / I'll get a firehose. / I was thinking we could use cuisine-magic.... / But I know we can use a firehose. / Um, no, that won't work because, uh... the dome's too thick! Right! There isn't enough water available! You have to wait until it rains!
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Triangle and Robert #1069 I know, we tunnel under the dome! / Just wait for it to dissolve! What's so hard about that? / Cube must know where we can get some excavation equipment. / Or you could wait a few days and let the problem solve itself. / The Chosen One is impulsive. / And that's a bad thing? / No.
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Triangle and Robert #1070 Is Cube here? / Yes, he is. You know, those protestors sort of have a point. / I know. / Where can I get excavation equipment? / What powers are granted by the Starham? / Sorry, you first. / Excavation equipment. I want to tunnel out from under this dome.
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Triangle and Robert #1071 I haven't done any digs around these parts in a long while, but when I did the RDCLBA provided most of the heavy machinery. / Can I borrow your keys? They probably haven't changed the locks since you were an agent. / It still might be dangerous. Try not to flip out and kill anyone. / Am I really that tense? / Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but then I was, and then I did.
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Triangle and Robert #1072 Stealth, Triangle, stealth. A few minutes of patience won't hurt anything. / Did you hear a noise? / Probably. Does it matter? / The RDCLBA's really lost its edge under the new leadership. / This door looks garagey, let's see what they have for digging equipment.
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Triangle and Robert #1073 And so, having circumvented the Cartoonist's efforts, Triangle leads Robert, Cube, and the five Food Sentries out from beneath the dome of MSG. / What new adventures await them in the changed world beyond? Good question. For the answer, let's turn to noted adventurologist Prozac the Bear. / Hi! I'm Prozac the Bear! / Come to think of it, let's not.
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Triangle and Robert #1074 Nothing seems different so far. / The nearest town is seventeen to the south. We should head there. / Seventeen what? / Seventeen spaces, I guess. / Spaces? / Seventeen turns later... / Turns? / No thanks, my stomach's fine. / No, I didn't say "Tums?", I said "Turns?". / You sure?
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Triangle and Robert #1075 The town is intact. There are no signs of struggle. Sheep patrol its streets. / That's not technically a haiku. / Everyone seems to be going about their normal business, just with sheep as law enforcement. / It is Sheep Law! / Excuse me, sir, can you tell me what's been happening? / Baa.
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Triangle and Robert #1076 Excuse me, could you... / Baa! / They're not talking ot us. / They're saying "baa". / Because they don't want to talk. / They're speaking to each other properly, it's not a matter of ability. / I guess that means we eavesdrop.
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Triangle and Robert #1077 [insert appropriate lyrics from any of several They Might Be Giants songs] / You'll have to be more specific. / Well, everyone's going about more or less their normal business, but slowly and quietly, as if they're in a trance. / Also, I suddenly have a craving for a piece of string and a rock to wind the string around. / Just shut up.
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Triangle and Robert #1078 Wait here. / What? / Excuse me, do you sell string? / Aisle 3. / You know, you're the first person I've talked to today who hasn't baaed at me. / Wait, you're... are you Robert?
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Triangle and Robert #1079 I read your strip right up to the end, you know. / What end? This is the strip now. / I suppose the sheep must be blocking it then. / What's going on with the sheep? How did they take over? / Where have you been? / In the MSG dome. / Oh yeah, the strip ended with that dome thing.... / It didn't end!
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Triangle and Robert #1080 I'm sorry. I can't tell you anything about what's going on. / Why not? / Buy your string and leave. / Um... has the currency changed under sheep rule, or can I use my old money? / Still being phased out. You should change it in the next couple days.
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