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| GPF Archive: Thursday, March 7, 2002 | [[Sedgewikki cross-examines Nick.]]
/ Sedgewikki: Mr. Wellington... The police report states you were present at the mall during the attacks.
/ Nick: Uh, yes. / Sedgewikki: In fact, witnesses claim you confronted the attacker when he singled out an unidentified victim, correct?
/ Nick: Er, yeah... / Sedgewikki: You claim to KNOW the Defendant is NOT the attacker. If that's so, can you offer a BETTER explanation of who the attacker was?
/ Nick (thinks): Uh, oh...
/ [[Nick starts sweating]] / Sedgewikki: May I remind you that you're under oath...
/ Nick: It's, uh, a little hard to explain... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020307.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, March 8, 2002 | [[Nick states his case.]]
/ Sedgewikki: So it's this CYBORG... From the FUTURE... That appeared in all those S'mores packages?
/ Nick: Y-yes.
/ Ki: < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020308.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, March 9, 2002 | [[Trudy is on the witness stand.]]
/ Maddie: Miss Trueheart, you are also a friend and co-worker of the Defendant?
/ Trudy: Yes, in a way... / Trudy: Mr. Barker and I have had our differences, but I have seen nothing that would suggest he is a killer.
/ Maddie: "Differences?" / Trudy: Friendly adversarialism, which he occasionally misinterprets as hostility. We "pick at" each other.
/ Maddie: I see. / Trudy: You know, putting crazy glue on his wrist rest, head lice on his phone handset, Bengay in his jockstrap...
/ Maddie: Your witness! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020309.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, March 10, 2002 | [[Trudy is stepping down from the witness stand.]]
/ Ki (whispers): Wow... Trudy actually gave Fooker some excellent testimony...
/ Nick (whispers): I TOLD you she wasn't evil and out to get him. / [[Trudy returns to her seat, behind Nick & Ki.]]
/ Trudy (whispers): I only hope I could be of some help to poor Fooker...
/ Maddie: The Defense calls Charles Walker to the stand. / Ki (whispers): Charles Walker? Who's that?
/ Nick (whispers): I think that's Fooker's neighbor, Chuck. We've never met him... / [[Chuck walks in, head down and eyes closed.]] / [[Chuck looks at Fooker, who smiles and gives him the thumbs-up.]] / [[Chuck looks away, closing his eyes tightly.]]
/ Fooker: ?
/ Chuck (thinks): Sorry, F-Man... Forgive me some day... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020310.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, March 11, 2002 | [[Chuck takes the witness stand.]]
/ Maddie: Mr. Walker, you are Mr. Barker's friend and neighbor, correct?
/ Chuck: Y-yeah. I mean, yes. / Maddie: How long have you--
/ Chuck: Look, let's cut to the chase, okay? I hate all this beating around the bush... / Judge: Mr. Walker, the counsel for the Defense is asking you a question.
/ Chuck: And I'm saying I can't LIE for this man any longer. / Chuck: I can't live with knowing the guilt of knowing... Knowing he MURDERED all those innocent people...
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020311.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 | [[Chuck is still on the stand.]]
/ Judge: ORDER! Order in the court! Mr. Walker, you ARE aware that you've been called as a witness for the Defense...?
/ Chuck: Y-yes. / Chuck: But I can't lie and protect him as these others have. I've seen the REAL Jason Barker, and I can't force my conscience to be quiet any longer. / [[Shot of Fooker and the corner of Chuck's face.]]
/ Chuck: He's been planning this for months. Hinting about it to me. He even took me out to the shed where he hid the weapons beforehand. I can tell you how to find it. / [[Sedgewikki is grinning between the Judge and Maddie.]]
/ Maddie: You Honor, I object!
/ Judge: To your own witness, Counselor? Overruled. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020312.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | [[Chuck is on the witness stand.]]
/ Judge: You knew about the attack beforehand?
/ Chuck: N-not exactly, Sir. He hinted at them, and in hindsight, well... / Chuck: He always told me how he hated dealing with "stupid lusers," and how he kept wishing he could "raise the average I.Q. of the planet by blowing them all away..." / Chuck: He took me out to the shed in the woods and showed me weapons like those on TV. He changed so radically over the past few months... / [[Shot of Fooker looking hopelessly disappointed, across the courtroom from Chuck.]]
/ Chuck: I only wish... wish I had noticed sooner... Wish I could have done something before it was TOO LATE... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020313.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, March 14, 2002 | [[Maddie is stunned, standing next to Sedgewikki.]]
/ Judge: Counselor?
/ Maddie: N-no further questions.
/ Judge: Prosecution?
/ Sedgewikki: No questions, your Honor. / Judge: You may step down.
/ [[Chuck steps off of the witness stand, visibly in pain.]]
/ Bailiff: Are you okay?
/ Chuck (weakly): J-just a little... headache... / [[Chuck walks out, in pain; Fooker looks hopeless.]] / [[Close up of Trudy, with an evil grin, touching her earring; Chuck is wincing in the background.]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020314.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, March 15, 2002 | [[News report about the trial.]]
/ Reporter: Condemning testimony today in the trial of Jason Barker as neighbor Charles Walker revealed he knew of the attacks beforehand. / [[Footage of a shack in the woods, surrounded by police.]]
/ Reporter: Following Walker's instructions, police have found the shed where Barker supposedly planned the mall attacks. They have confirmed his fingerprints are on the scene. / [[Fooker's mugshot.]]
/ Reporter: While it is uncertain whether the judge will allow this new evidence in the case, experts doubt it will be necessary to prove Barker's guilt. / Reporter: And now, tonight's 12 News poll: What sentence should Barker receive if convicted? Here's your answers:
/ [[Chart shows BARKER SENTENCE: Life in prison -- 42%, Death Penalty -- 13%, Castration -- 12%, Wet Willies -- 5%, Purple Nurple -- 3%.]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020315.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, March 16, 2002 | [[Deliberation begins...]]
/ Judge: The court will adjourn while the jury deliberates... / [[Jury members shuffle into the back room.]] / [[The judge shuffles papers at the bench.]] / [[The jury files out of the room.]]
/ Judge: You were only back there for five minutes.
/ Juror #1: Oh, we decided yesterday. Juror #8 has a squash game in two hours. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020316.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, March 17, 2002 | [[The GPF crew, Sharon, Nicole and Sidney, seated behind the lawyers and Fooker, look shocked. Alan Sedgewikki has a look of grim satisfaction on his face, while Fooker looks shocked, Maddie looks upset, and the judge is stern as the head jury member holds two sheets of paper and reads the verdict]] / Head Jury Member: We, the jury, after careful deliberation and with unanimous consent, do hereby find the defendant Jason Barker GUILTY on all counts... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020317.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, March 18, 2002 | [[The Judge bangs his gavel]]
/ Judge: Sentencing will be held tomorrow at 10 am. Court adjourned. / [[A guard brings Fooker to his feet as Maddie looks sad]] / [[Fooker turns to a sad Sharon]] / [[Fooker is led away]]
/ Fooker: Since I'll never see you again... I'm... I'm sorry... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020318.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | [[Sharon tears up as Fooker is led through a back door]] / [[Sharon starts crying as Ki looks shocked]] / [[Sharon bolts through the Women's restroom door. Ki follows her]] / [[Sharon sobs on the floor as Ki arrives]]
/ Ki: S-Sharon...?
/ Sharon[[faintly]]: Th-that's all I ever wanted... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020319.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | [[Dwayne puts on his coat while Nicole is holding Sydney and Nick is standing by]]
/ Dwaye[[looking sad]]: Nick, can you take Nicole and Sydney home? I have to run by the police station.
/ Nick[[also sad]]: Sure. / [[pause as Nicole, Ki, Nick, and Trudy look on sadly, Sharon wiping away a tear.]] / Sydney: Fooker!
/ [[everyone looks surprised]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020320.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, March 21, 2002 | [[Dwayne walks into the police station. Detective Carl Club and another officer are waiting]]
/ Detective Club: Ah, Mr. Duncan... glad you could make it.
/ Dwayne: Sorry I'm late... / Detective Club: Right. Barker's trial. Saw it on the news. Sorry.
/ Dwayne: So...you say you've got a lead in the arson case? / Detective Club: As a matter of fact, we do. And a perfect motive, too. We plan to make the arrest tonight.
/ Dwayne: Great! / [[Dwayne looks relieved. Detective Club is grinning
/ Dwayne: What a relief! Will it hurt your investigation to tell me who you think it is?
/ Carl Club: Not at all. You know this person _very_ well... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020321.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, March 22, 2002 | [[Dwayne looks shocked]]
/ Dwayne: I _know_ who burned down my building?
/ Officer: Yes, but before we spill the beans, we need to ask you a few more questions. / [[Dwayne sits down and looks reluctant]]
/ Dwayne: Oh, all right...
/ Officer: Now, you say your business has been in some financial trouble lately?
/ Dwayne: Yeah... but we're handling it. / [[Dwayne, possibly aware of what is going on, looks shocked]]
/ Carl Club: You lost some personal finances in last summer's flood, rihgt?
/ Officer: What kind of insurance did you have on that building? I'll bet it's upwards of half a million... / [[Dwayne looks stern as Detective Club gets out a pair of handcuffs]]
/ Dwayne: I don't think I should answer those questions without my lawyer present...
/ Carl Club: Well, then you get one phone call to reach him. / {{Dwayne is arrested. The Officer wtih Club may be the bus driver from "Random Threads"}} http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020322.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, March 23, 2002 | [[Meanwhile]]
/ (Nick enters room)
/ Nick: Hi, Persephone....
/ Persephone: Hi, Nick. Ki called a bit ago. She told me about Fooker... / Nick: I'm sorry...
/ Persephone: That's okay. She said she might call you back...
/ (Phone Rings)
/ Persephone: That's probably her...
/ (Phone Rings) / Nick: Hello?
/ Phone: Mr. Wellington?
/ Nick: This is he...
/ Phone: Ah, excellent! I'm sorry to call you this late, but you weren't home earlier... / Phone: You were referred to us by a Mr. Dwayne Duncan... I understand you recently lost your job, and are seeking employment...
/ [[End Chapter Three]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020323.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, March 24, 2002 | [[Nick, dazed, is walking past the 12 News reporter to Fooker's sentencing trial.]]
/ Reporter: ...Sentencing today in the trial of convicted murderer Jason Barker... / [[Sharon, Ki, and Nicole are taking their seats. Nick is walking in behind them.]]
/ Sharon: Mrs. Duncan, where's your husband? Is he late?
/ Nicole: I-I'm sorry... It's just... I... Oh, Dwayne was arrested last night for insurance fraud. / Sharon (shocked): WHAT?! Oh, no...
/ Nicole: They think that with all GPF's financial issues, he burned down the building to collect the insurance money. I don't know what to do... / Ki: I'm sure it's all just a mistake...
/ Nicole: No, they had "hard evidence" he did it. He's supposed to be arraigned in a few days, and we can't even make bail... / [[Nick is seated next to Sharon, looking dazed.]]
/ Sharon: Nick, what have you heard about... Nick?
/ Nicole: What's wrong with him?
/ Ki: I don't know, but he's starting to drool. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020324.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, March 25, 2002 | [[Sharon and Ki are walking to the restroom.]]
/ Sharon: That's so unfortunate about Mr. Duncan...
/ Ki: Something's not right... I KNOW he wouldn't do that. He COULDN'T. / Sharon (shocked): You think he was framed?
/ Ki: Yes, just like Fooker. I don't know how, but I bet I know WHO... / Sharon: Who could do such horrible things?
/ Ki: Trudy Trueheart.
/ Sharon: Your marketing person? But she seemed so nice when we first met... / Ki: If there's anything wrong with this world, I'd lay odds she's behind it...
/ Sharon: Um...
/ Ki: And behind ME, apparently.
/ [[Trudy is standing behind Ki, arms crossed, VERY angry.]] http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020325.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 | [[Trudy is angry that Ki has accused her.]]
/ Trudy: So NOW I'm the insidious mastermind who somehow framed Dwayne and Fooker...
/ Ki: I wouldn't be surprised... / Trudy: Honestly, Ki, if I had known my practical jokes would drive you THIS insane...
/ Ki: Oh, can it, Trudy. I can't prove it NOW, but someday... / [[Trudy begins to walk away.]]
/ Trudy: Well, you best make it fast, because I'm moving Friday.
/ Sharon: Moving?
/ Ki: To her new job, I bet. / [[Trudy shoots a glance over her shoulder.]]
/ Trudy: I'll be out of your life forever, and you'll be out of mine. Accuse me of whatever you wish, but don't be surprised if you're proven WRONG. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020326.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 | [[Trudy walks away from Ki & Sharon.]]
/ Sharon: Wow... She's already got another job?
/ Ki: Some big firm half-way across the country. I overheard her and Dwayne yesterday. / [[Ki & Sharon return to the courtroom.]]
/ Ki: Figures she'd be the first to jump ship...
/ Sharon: Um, I hate to remind you, Ki, but without Dwayne, I don't think you have a job, either. / Ki: Oh, yeah... I think I forgot about that.
/ Sharon: I'll put in a good word with my boss, but I don't think Quantum Net is hiring... / [[Ki & Sharon are returning to their seats.]]
/ Ki: Thanks, Sharon, but I'm sure I'll be able to find a job somewhere...
/ Nick: JOB?! WHAT JOB?! I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A JOB! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020327.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, March 28, 2002 | [[Nick is sweating profusely, as Ki & Sharon are returning to their seats in the courtroom.]]
/ Ki: Nick, what's wrong? Why are you so jittery?
/ Nick (fast): Jittery? Who's jittery? I'm not jittery. / Ki: You've been nervous ever since you walked in here. Something's not right...
/ Nick (fast): No, everything's fine, just fine. No problems here. Nope... / Ki: It's not caffeine, not sugar... Not time for "Star Wars: Episode II" yet... Doesn't look like "Mr. Colon" is acting up again... Could be job anxiety... / Nick (VERY fast): NOPE. NO JOB ANXIETY HERE! DIDN'T GET AN IMPOSSIBLE-TO-TURN-DOWN DREAM JOB. NOSIREE! NOT ME!
/ Ki: Bingo. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020328.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, March 29, 2002 | Sharon: So you got a job offer? With whom?
/ Nick: Look, the court will be in session soon. I'll tell you later... / Ki: No. We've got a few minutes yet. Who made the offer?
/ Nick: Um... JCN.
/ Sharon: *JCN?!?* They're huge! / Ki: Wow... When did they call? When would you star?
/ Nick: They called last night, but I haven't agreed yet. I don't want to abandon Dwayne... / Sharon: I'm sure Dwayne will understand. I hear they have great benefits. Are they paying much higher than GPF?
/ Nick: Try *obscenely* higher... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020329.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, March 30, 2002 | Ki: This is great news, Nick. With Dwayne in jail, GPF is not going to rebuild. At least *you* have a job...
/ Nick: I haven't accepted it yet, Ki. / Nick: In fact, I'm not sure if I *should*. Dwayne needs us now more than ever. I don't want to walk away when GPF still has a fighting chance... / Ki: I know you're fiercely loyal, Nick, but you shouldn't hurt your career on what might be a lost cause. GPF's gone. Dwayne knows that. He'll understand. / Ki: Here comes Fooker, so we'll talk later. It's not like you're moving thousands of miles away...
/ Nick: Well, actually... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020330.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, March 31, 2002 | {{Ki narrates this whole strip.}}
/ [[View of Ki]]
/ Ki: I will always remember that day...
/ Ki: ...As one of the worst days of my life. / [[Fooker is sentenced before the judge.]]
/ Ki: Fooker's hearing was short. Three consecutive life sentences, without the possibility of parole. They say the death penalty was mentioned... Thank God it didn't happen. / [[Shot of Ki and Nick.]]
/ Ki: It was really hard on Nick. He was really close to him. The whole JCN job thing also shook him up. If only we had known... / [[Shot of Ki & Sharon.]]
/ Ki: And Sharon... She still cared for him. I could tell. I think they had forgiven and forgotten, but never had the chance to say it. None of us had a chance. / [[Ki, silouhetted, showing Fooker being led away by the bailiff in the background.]]
/ Ki: I only wish... wish we all could have at least said goodbye... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020331.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, April 1, 2002 | {{Ki narrates the strip.}}
/ [[Nick and Ki visiting Dwayne in jail.]]
/ Ki: After the sentencing, we went downstairs to see Dwayne. He was really glad to see us, and we were glad to see him. / Ki: I always admired him. Dwayne was our rock, our foundation. He drew us together, gave us purpose. Even in jail, he could hide his pain well. What a trooper. / [[Ki is laughing, Dwayne is smiling.]]
/ Ki: We told him about Fooker, then assured him Nicole and Sydney were fine. We joked some, and it was good to laugh again. I'd miss laughing. / Ki: I knew he was going to ask, but I hoped he wouldn't. It told me that, deep down, he'd given up, even when he feigned a smile...
/ Dwayne: So... Any luck finding jobs? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020401.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, April 2, 2002 | {{Ki narrates this strip.}}
/ Ki: Nick told him of the JCN job. Higher pay, great benefits, high geek factor. It really WAS a dream job. Part of me was actually jealous. / Ki: Dwayne said he didn't remember recommending Nick there (why couldn't I remember that detail sooner?), but said he was happy. I know he wasn't. / Ki: Nick said he was going to turn it down, to stay loyal to GPF. But Dwayne talked him out of it. Said the same thing I said. It would hurt his career. / Ki: I know I said it too, but deep down I hoped it wasn't true. But hearing Dwayne say it... It actually stung...
/ Dwayne: GPF isn't coming back, Nick... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020402.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 | {{Ki narrates this strip.}}
/ [[Nick & Ki talking to Dwayne.]]
/ Ki: That was when I learned WHERE the job was... hundreds of miles away. No wonder Nick didn't want to tell me... / [[Nick & Ki walking outside of the jail.]]
/ Ki: After we left Dwayne, we talked for a long time. He didn't want to leave me, or try a long-distance relationship. He said he'd turn it down to stay here with me. / Ki: Don't be stupid, I said. This was a chance of a lifetime. He COULDN'T turn it down. It would be selfish of me to ask him to stay. / Ki: So I'd come with him. I'd find a job near him, and we'd be fine. With GPF gone, there was nothing holding me here. Sounded like the perfect plan...
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020403.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, April 4, 2002 | [[Ki reaches into her purse.]]
/ Ki (Narrates): When will I learn there's no such thing as a perfect plan...?
/ Ki: Just a sec...
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020404.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, April 5, 2002 | {{Ki narrates this strip.}}
/ [[Ki's phone, on the ground.]]
/ Ki: First of all, Dad WASN'T dead. Yet. but that was Mom... So far in hysterics she was mixing English, Chinese, and Japanese in an incoherent mess.
/ Ki's Mom, on the phone: *@#&! / [[Nick consoling Ki.]]
/ Ki: The accident was horrible, and they didn't expect him to live much longer. Still no word on who the driver was, though now I have my suspicions... / [[Ki crying, looking up at Nick.]]
/ He knew I had to go. I HAD to be there. I couldn't afford it, but he gave me cash for plane tickets. After all, he now had a job, and I didn't. / [[Ki & Nick walking off.]]
/ Ki: The rest of the night was a blur... Nick helped me pack, and drove me to the airport. Then came the hardest moment of all... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20020405.html |
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