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| "In which octopuses have distinct tactical advantages over people in the rain." | [Nillan] *Ahem* You've DECIDED to be famous.
/ [Zoe] Yep! / [Zoe] And! Call me an optimistic octopus, but I really think that my dream will become a reality.
/ [Smiling Octopus] Moo! / [Nillan] What are you going to do if life RAINS on your little parade?
/ [Zoe, appearing as the Smiling Octopus] Eigh... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=322 |
| "In which it is proposed that being a loved leads to lack of amazingitude." | [Zoe] So, what are you planning on doing this summer? Hangin' out with Leyla?
/ [Nillan] NO. She's going to Montreal. / [Zoe] oh no! My poor big brother!! Maybe your solitude will inspire your artistic output. Turn you into a musical genius! / [Zoe] The world's best composers have all been crazy lonely... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=323 |
| "In which pigs fly." | [Nillan] Anyways, I'm going to bed now.
/ [Zoe] Okay. See ya.
/ [Sleep sheep!!] Moo! / [Nillan] Good night.
/ [Zoe] Great night!! ...And don't worry so much big brother! Things will work out! / [Nillan] I wish I shared your optimism.
/ [Zoe] Optimism is ONE THING I don't share. / [Zoe] If I gave you... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=324 |
| "In which daffodils predict the coming spring." | [Nillan] I used to love it when the daffordils poked their noses through the soil and breathed the spring sunshine in. / [Nillan] But this year I want the flowers to go away. I want them to curl back up inside their seeds and go to sleep. Spring coming means you're leaving. / [Nillan] I want nothing... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=325 |
| "In which exams interrupt fun." | [Leyla] Are you going to spend the next three weeks upset, Nillan? Or can we have some FUN before I leave town for FOUR months?
/ [Nillan] I'm sorry. You're right. Let's have FUN! / [Leyla] Alright, awesome! *star star* As soon as I finish studying for exams, 'kay? http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=326 |
| "In which the happy pigeons smile on our heroes." | [Nillan] Grab your coat! Grab your hat! It's a new day!
/ [Leyla] Where are we going?
/ [Nillan] Into nature! / [Leyla] It's raining out!
/ [Nillan] A little rain never hurt anyone! / [Leyla] Actually, poor visibility caused by rain has been blamed for many driver deaths every year.
/ [Nillan] I'm trying... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=327 |
| "In which pigeons are futile in their attempts to cook dinner the American way." | [Leyla] I wonder if the pigeons realize that this concrete jungle is not their natural environment.
/ [Nillan] What IS their natural environment?
/ [Leyla] I don't know. But, I mean, at some point, pigeons DID build nests in trees and forage for food.
/ [Nillan] I wonder about that. / [Nillan] Pigeons... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=328 |
| http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=329 | [Leyla] If pigeons had fingers, they'd be unstoppable.
/ [Nillan] Hm?
/ [Leyla] I think that any creature with a combination of WINGS and FINGERS would take over the world. / [Nillan] Although I do agree that wings + fingers = potential, -- I must add that pigeons are incredibly UNintelligent. Maybe... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=329 |
| "In which octopuses are mopey." | [Leyla] Do you mind if I ask?-- You seem to be more happy recently.
/ [Nillan] My sister, ever the optimistic octopus, talked me into it.
/ [Leyla] Optimistic Octopus? / [Nillan] That's one of her sayings. "Optimistic Octopus." / [Nillan] I've never found octopuses very happy though. They seem sorta... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=330 |
| "In which Nillan is smooooooooooooooooooooooooo...ched" | [Leyla] Your sister seems like a neat girl, from the bunch of times I've met her.
/ [Nillan] She's very... happy. / [Leyla] There's nothing wrong with being happy...
/ [Nillan] I was happy TOO, when I was her age...
/ [Leyla] Aren't you happy now? / [Nillan] Oh oh, I am. I guess that now it's a bit more... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=331 |
| "In which two years is not a lot of time." | [Leyla] I supposes that octopuses sort of have to be optimistic, though. They only live two years, you know.
/ [Nillan] I realized the other day that I've known you now for that long... two years. What if that's all the time I had to spend on this earth? / [Nillan] I'm tempted, of course, to say that... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=332 |
| "In which one is left wondering if tricycleness is, in fact, a career at all." | [Nillan] So, what are you doing this summer? In Montréal, I mean.
/ [Leyla] Well / [Leyla] My parents wanted to see me, of course. It's been a long time. And I might go over to Hull and visit my aunt for a bit. My family hasn't spent a summer with me for a while now. You? / [Nillan] Well, I was hoping... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=333 |
| "In which night gnomes are sneakier than the gingerbread man's cousin, Al." | [Leyla] Bye Nillan.
/ [Nillan] Bye Leyla. / [Leyla] I can't believe that month went by so QUICKLY.
/ [Nillan] I can't either. / [Leyla] I guess time can sneak up on a person.
/ [Nillan] The thought of time sneaking up to me, like a Gnome In The Night, gives me the Heebie Jeebies. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=334 |
| "In which goodbyes have been said, and the summer begins in earnest." | [Nillan] (I can't believe that I'm standing here in an airplane terminal. I can't believe that I just said goodbye to Leyla. The GOODBYE MOMENT seems like it should last longer than all the other moments, but it's actually quite the opposite. In reality, goodbyes are so very QUICK. A quick intake of... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=335 |
| "In which Nillan urges Leyla to go for the Boston Cream." | [Nillan] (It doesn't even feel like she's ON that plane. It feels like she's here. Except like maybe she stepped out of the room... --Went to get a doughnut or something). / [Nillan] (It feels like she'll be back any minute). / [Nillan] (Maybe she's having trouble picking a flavour). / [Nillan] (Go... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=336 |
| "In which toilets and prunes are equated." | [Nillan] I keep complaining. I feel like all I've been doing for the past three weeks is complain.
/ [Sam] It's okay. / [Sam] Complaining is a good way to flush the system, sometimes. / [Nillan] So are prunes. But that doesn't make them taste any better.
/ [Sam] I've always wondered why people destroy... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=337 |
| "In which a Leap of Joy is performed." | [Nillan] I'm officially finished school.
/ [Zoe] Yay! / [Zoe] That means that your summer break has officially started, right?
/ [Nillan] I suppose. / [Zoe] Wow! How exciting! I'm so jealous.
/ [Nillan] I'm unemployed. / [Zoe] Summer is here! A fresh new start.
/ [Nillan] Three cheers for resume-writ... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=338 |
| "In which Nillan's sister sneaks up on him." | [Nillan] Hello the endless thrill of resume-writing.
/ [MS Word Paperclip on the computer] Hello! It looks like you're writing a resume. Would you like help?
/ [Nillan] Help to clobber a paperclip? / [Nillan] What a way to spend the first bouts of summer.
/ [MS Word Paperclip on the computer] Torture! / [Nillan]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=339 |
| "In which Nillan visits the library, in a disordered state of mind." | [Nillan] Hello library, my familiar friend.
/ ...Oh my. When one starts talking to buildings one should be worried. / [Nillan] That worry should increase if one finds oneself saying "one" every third word for no particular reason. / [Nillan, thinking] Boredom is overtaking your sanity, Nillan! Don't... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=340 |
| "In which Nillan confesses a conversation with a building." | [Sam] So Nillan, how are you handling Leyla being out of town.
/ [Nillan] Not very well, I think. / [Nillan] In fact, I'm almost entirely sure that I carried on a short conversation with a BUILDING yesterday.
/ [Sam] A building?
/ [Nillan] Quite right. A library, specifically. / [Sam] Why would you talk... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=341 |
| "In which Nillan ruins a metaphorical river with verbal pollution." | [Zoe] You are READING?
/ [Nillan] It is hot. Going outside could lead to melting. / [Zoe] Going outside could also lead to happiness! Think about what is happier... the frozen, boring old ice cube, or the FREE liquidy river? / [Nillan] The ice cube has a stable, loving home and a secure future with... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=342 |
| "In which Leyla's world may revolve too heavily around non-Nillan-type-people." | [Zoe] You are NOT being realistic. You are being UNHEALTHY! You think that just because Leyla is out of town you have a good excuse to sit here and mope?
/ [Nillan] Occassionally I mope while sitting over THERE! / [Zoe] Basing your life around ONE person is SO not healthful! Do you think that Leyla's... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=343 |
| lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=344 | [Nillan] YOU! You swiped my book from my fingers! / [Zoe] Good! Books are winter things like earmuffs and yetis and snowmobiles and prizzlybears! You need summer things like balconies and BBQs and sunglasses! / [Nillan] Two of those four things aren't even real! / [Zoe, putting sunglasses on Nillan]... |
| "In which chicks just ain't got the right stuff, baby." | [Nillan] I'm taking these off now. People who wear sunglasses around when they are indoors always strike me as a bit odd.
/ [Zoe] Really? Wearing things for style and ignoring function can be fun!
/ [Nillan] It's not natural. / [Zoe] Must everything have meaning? Even nature has fun sometimes. I mean,... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=345 |
| "In which zoos can be improved upon." | [Zoe] I thought you took the sunglasses off.
/ [Nillan] I did. But then I felt compelled to put them back on. They make me feel cool.
/ [Zoe] I see. / [Nillan] Z)). 36!
/ [Zoe] So now you're playing online Scrabble?
/ [Nillan] Yes. Even us cool people will mingle with the nerds at times. / [Zoe] Hmph.
/ [Nillan]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=346 |
| "In which those who are married are never phoned again." | [Leyla, thinking] Instead of sitting here feeling sorry for myself all month, I should probably call a friend and do something. Let's see... Carolina is in Britain, Alfonse is in Germany. Patrice got married... Hmm... Daniel. / [Telephone Robot] < |
| "In which Leyla receives instant gratification." | [Leyla] Communication never ceases to amaze me in its ability to NOT cooperate. / [Leyla] Especially in today's world, where things move at breakneck speed, it can be frustrating when you can't get ahold of someone... After all, communication is supposed to be easy, instant and immediate. / [Leyla]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=348 |
| "In which it is not, but it should be." | [Leyla] Daniel! How are you?!
/ [Daniel] Leyla! You are in town?
/ [Leyla] Just for the summer! I tried to call you last week but your number didn't work. / [Daniel] Yes, well... my parents got divorced this year, and so I've moved in with Brian, Lisa and Anthony.
/ [Leyla] No wonder I couldn't reach... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=349 |
| "In which it is slightly cold inside." | [Leyla] I wonder why they call it PRODUCE, anyways.
/ [Daniel] Because it is PRODUCED, I suppose. / [Leyla] So are vacuum cleaners. And automobiles! And pencil-sharpeners!
/ *LOGIC!*
/ [Daniel] No no! Those are MANUFACTURED! / [Leyla] Oh. I guess so. / [Leyla] I wonder how the robot feels with the... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=350 |
| "In which Ninjas have deadly slices." | [Daniel] Come over to my place. I have tea. The good kind!
/ [Leyla] Will it be alright with the roommates? / [Daniel] Considering no one is home, I'm sure that it's no big deal. Plus, I need someone to help put away the groceries.
/ [Leyla] My organizing skills excite you inside! / [Daniel, mumbling]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=351 |
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