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[[Note from Jeff: Needs descriptions of the scene and expressions]]
Nega-Nick: So where did we leave off?
Trudy: You were mad at me, there was a gym converted to a cold warehouse, and a man and a woman.

Nega-Nick: Ah, yes. And I remember Zilch. A fine contributor to this endeavor I've been...
Trudy: It's ok, Nick. Really. As I told Ki, you fared worse in that wreck than I did.

Trudy: In my dreams, we're chasing the dark haired woman when these soldiers appear and take us to the "smoking man". He's about to do something to us... something terrible, but that's when I wake up.

Nega-Nick: Something terrible, huh? I suppose he made us make out at gunpoint...
Trudy: That... was a different dream]]> GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:37:48 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html">GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998</a> Fooker: As sys admin here at GPF, I run the network and maintain the company web site. Nick: Why does everyone call you "Fooker"? Fooker: Oh, that? It's simple really... [[Fooker stops to think]]... Fooker: Come to think of it... GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998

Fooker: As sys admin here at GPF, I run the network and maintain the company web site.
Nick: Why does everyone call you "Fooker"?

Fooker: Oh, that? It's simple really...

[[Fooker stops to think]]...

Fooker: Come to think of it...]]> GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:37:48 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19981110.html">GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998</a> Fooker: As sys admin here at GPF, I run the network and maintain the company web site. Nick: Why does everyone call you "Fooker"? Fooker: Oh, that? It's simple really... [[Fooker stops to think]]... Fooker: Come to think of it... GPF Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 1998

Fooker: As sys admin here at GPF, I run the network and maintain the company web site.
Nick: Why does everyone call you "Fooker"?

Fooker: Oh, that? It's simple really...

[[Fooker stops to think]]...

Fooker: Come to think of it...]]> General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20130109.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20130109.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:53:19 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20130109.html">General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip</a> [[Emperor Nicholas, aka Nega-Nick, masquerading as our Nick, discusses with Ki her revelation from the previous strip. The two stand in their apartment, presumably their living room. Ki is dressed for work having just returned home, while Nega-Nick is disheveled from calling in "sick" all day.]] Nick-Nick: A business trip? For a whole month? Ki: It's the Grayson Foods account. They're in-sourcing that shipping app we built for them. [[We see Ki close up.]] Ki: The front end transition will be pretty easy but they're really worried about the database. And since I built the DB, they want me on site to help. Their network is locked tight and they don't allow telework of any sort. [[Ki continues while we visually focus on Nega-Nick, who appears disappointed.]] Ki: Meanwhile, you have a whole new set of requirements from Goodman Rubber. Dwayne wanted to send Trish at first, but that's not a good idea for obvious reasons. [[We pull back to see both of them again. Ki looks apologetic, while Nega-Nick appears annoyed.]] Ki: It's a lot of face-to-face meetings, so... Nick-Nick: I can't come with you. Alien: [[In a disembodied voice that only Nega-Nick can here]] This just keeps getting better and better! General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip

[[Emperor Nicholas, aka Nega-Nick, masquerading as our Nick, discusses with Ki her revelation from the previous strip. The two stand in their apartment, presumably their living room. Ki is dressed for work having just returned home, while Nega-Nick is disheveled from calling in "sick" all day.]]
Nick-Nick: A business trip? For a whole month?
Ki: It's the Grayson Foods account. They're in-sourcing that shipping app we built for them.

[[We see Ki close up.]]
Ki: The front end transition will be pretty easy but they're really worried about the database. And since I built the DB, they want me on site to help. Their network is locked tight and they don't allow telework of any sort.

[[Ki continues while we visually focus on Nega-Nick, who appears disappointed.]]
Ki: Meanwhile, you have a whole new set of requirements from Goodman Rubber. Dwayne wanted to send Trish at first, but that's not a good idea for obvious reasons.

[[We pull back to see both of them again. Ki looks apologetic, while Nega-Nick appears annoyed.]]
Ki: It's a lot of face-to-face meetings, so...
Nick-Nick: I can't come with you.
Alien: [[In a disembodied voice that only Nega-Nick can here]] This just keeps getting better and better!]]> GPF Archive: Monday, December 10, 2012 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20121210.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20121210.html Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:05:31 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20121210.html">GPF Archive: Monday, December 10, 2012</a> [[Nick brushes his teeth while wearing disheveled clothing. His hair is a mess, and his glasses are not on his face. Ki leans against the door frame wearing nothing but a bathrobe, which is help only partially closed and has slid off one shoulder.]] Ki: I'm so glad those casts are finally off, and that your pain is mostly gone. [[Ki approaches Nick from behind, placing her hands on his waist, as he continues to brush. She smiles warmly]] Ki: I've been pretty patient? I want to help you heal in any way I can, but seeing as you're feeling better? [[She slowly turns him around, pressing herself up against him. Her robe opens just enough to make it obvious she's not wearing anything underneath. She cocks one eye seductively.]] Ki: I don't think Dwayne would say anything if we came into the office just a little late this morning? [[Nick sneezes abruptly onto Ki's chest, spraying snot and toothpaste everywhere. Ki is understandably startled.]] Nick: <<AACHOO>> GPF Archive: Monday, December 10, 2012

[[Nick brushes his teeth while wearing disheveled clothing. His hair is a mess, and his glasses are not on his face. Ki leans against the door frame wearing nothing but a bathrobe, which is help only partially closed and has slid off one shoulder.]]
Ki: I'm so glad those casts are finally off, and that your pain is mostly gone.

[[Ki approaches Nick from behind, placing her hands on his waist, as he continues to brush. She smiles warmly]]
Ki: I've been pretty patient? I want to help you heal in any way I can, but seeing as you're feeling better?

[[She slowly turns him around, pressing herself up against him. Her robe opens just enough to make it obvious she's not wearing anything underneath. She cocks one eye seductively.]]
Ki: I don't think Dwayne would say anything if we came into the office just a little late this morning?

[[Nick sneezes abruptly onto Ki's chest, spraying snot and toothpaste everywhere. Ki is understandably startled.]]
Nick: <>]]> GPF Archive: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110727.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110727.html Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:45:07 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110727.html">GPF Archive: Wednesday, July 27, 2011</a> [[Trudy and Nick are sneaking down the service hallway within the Lakatos resort, whispering to each other. They peek into doorways as they walk past them.]] Nick: Are you *sure* she went this way? Trudy: No, but I doubt she made it down the other way so quickly. [[They disappear around a corner, still whispering]] Trudy: She couldn't have gone far. Nick: What makes you say that? Trudy: She's wearing higher heels than I am. [[Anna sneaks out of a doorway into the hall]] [[She talks into a device -- could be a cell phone, could be a walkie-talkie]] Anna: I don't know how, but I lost them. Voice on phone (presumably Esther Matusevitch, Trudy's mother): Then *find* them, before the Colonel's men do. GPF Archive: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

[[Trudy and Nick are sneaking down the service hallway within the Lakatos resort, whispering to each other. They peek into doorways as they walk past them.]]
Nick: Are you *sure* she went this way?
Trudy: No, but I doubt she made it down the other way so quickly.

[[They disappear around a corner, still whispering]]
Trudy: She couldn't have gone far.
Nick: What makes you say that?
Trudy: She's wearing higher heels than I am.

[[Anna sneaks out of a doorway into the hall]]

[[She talks into a device -- could be a cell phone, could be a walkie-talkie]]
Anna: I don't know how, but I lost them.
Voice on phone (presumably Esther Matusevitch, Trudy's mother): Then *find* them, before the Colonel's men do.]]> General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:43:00 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html">General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011</a> [[Trudy and Nick are sneaking around the Lakatos resort, following Anna. They pass through a door, leaving the ballroom and entering a service hallway.]] Nick (whispering): Trudy, what are you doing? I don't think we're supposed to be in here. Trudy (whispering): It's "Adrienn". Trudy (whispering): I saw here come in here. She's around here somewhere. Nick (whispering and slightly annoyed): Could that be because, oh, she *owns* the place? I think she can come and go as she pleases. Trudy (whispering): Nick, *trust* me. When she came in here, she made eye contact. She *wants* me to follow her. I don't know why. [[They walk off down the hall. In the foreground, Nikki Ronat, the woman from their table that was suspicious of Lakatos, eavesdrops on their conversation.]] Nick (whispering): OK, OK. But I object to any insinuations concerning the state of my bladder. Next time, pick a better excuse. General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011

[[Trudy and Nick are sneaking around the Lakatos resort, following Anna. They pass through a door, leaving the ballroom and entering a service hallway.]]
Nick (whispering): Trudy, what are you doing? I don't think we're supposed to be in here.
Trudy (whispering): It's "Adrienn".

Trudy (whispering): I saw here come in here. She's around here somewhere.
Nick (whispering and slightly annoyed): Could that be because, oh, she *owns* the place? I think she can come and go as she pleases.

Trudy (whispering): Nick, *trust* me. When she came in here, she made eye contact. She *wants* me to follow her. I don't know why.

[[They walk off down the hall. In the foreground, Nikki Ronat, the woman from their table that was suspicious of Lakatos, eavesdrops on their conversation.]]
Nick (whispering): OK, OK. But I object to any insinuations concerning the state of my bladder. Next time, pick a better excuse.]]> General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:43:00 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20110725.html">General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011</a> [[Trudy and Nick are sneaking around the Lakatos resort, following Anna. They pass through a door, leaving the ballroom and entering a service hallway.]] Nick (whispering): Trudy, what are you doing? I don't think we're supposed to be in here. Trudy (whispering): It's "Adrienn". Trudy (whispering): I saw here come in here. She's around here somewhere. Nick (whispering and slightly annoyed): Could that be because, oh, she *owns* the place? I think she can come and go as she pleases. Trudy (whispering): Nick, *trust* me. When she came in here, she made eye contact. She *wants* me to follow her. I don't know why. [[They walk off down the hall. In the foreground, Nikki Ronat, the woman from their table that was suspicious of Lakatos, eavesdrops on their conversation.]] Nick (whispering): OK, OK. But I object to any insinuations concerning the state of my bladder. Next time, pick a better excuse. General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip - 7-25-2011

[[Trudy and Nick are sneaking around the Lakatos resort, following Anna. They pass through a door, leaving the ballroom and entering a service hallway.]]
Nick (whispering): Trudy, what are you doing? I don't think we're supposed to be in here.
Trudy (whispering): It's "Adrienn".

Trudy (whispering): I saw here come in here. She's around here somewhere.
Nick (whispering and slightly annoyed): Could that be because, oh, she *owns* the place? I think she can come and go as she pleases.

Trudy (whispering): Nick, *trust* me. When she came in here, she made eye contact. She *wants* me to follow her. I don't know why.

[[They walk off down the hall. In the foreground, Nikki Ronat, the woman from their table that was suspicious of Lakatos, eavesdrops on their conversation.]]
Nick (whispering): OK, OK. But I object to any insinuations concerning the state of my bladder. Next time, pick a better excuse.]]> General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120716.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120716.html Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:56:44 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120716.html">General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip</a> [[There is a single, vertical panel (i.e. taller than it is wide, as if the normal strip were rotated 90 degrees). Nega-Nick (i.e. Emperor Nicholas the Puissant, Nick's double from the "Negaverse"), floats underwater, unconscious, naked, and bound by chains with a weight tied to his legs. An unknown voice speaks, first very faintly and almost impossible to see/hear, then gradually increasing until reaching full volume. The dialog boxes are slanted in a fashion we haven't seen before.]] <<Very very faintly>> Nicholas... <<Very faintly>> "Your Highness" ... <<Faintly>> I hate to disturb your slumber, "My Lord"... But it is time to WAKE UP. General Protection Fault--The Comic Strip

[[There is a single, vertical panel (i.e. taller than it is wide, as if the normal strip were rotated 90 degrees). Nega-Nick (i.e. Emperor Nicholas the Puissant, Nick's double from the "Negaverse"), floats underwater, unconscious, naked, and bound by chains with a weight tied to his legs. An unknown voice speaks, first very faintly and almost impossible to see/hear, then gradually increasing until reaching full volume. The dialog boxes are slanted in a fashion we haven't seen before.]]
<> Nicholas...
<> "Your Highness" ...
<> I hate to disturb your slumber, "My Lord"...
But it is time to WAKE UP.]]> GPF Archive: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120620.html http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120620.html Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:35:19 -0000 <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20120620.html">GPF Archive: Wednesday, June 20, 2012</a> [[Ki bows her head over the copy machine, clutching her hard copy to the point of crushing it.]] Ki {{thinking and grimacing}}: I can't do this. I can't keep up with this lie. That's _our_ Trudy, and Sharon _has_ to know about it. [[Ki has a flashback to a previous story, where she and Fooker were on their way to the hospital where Nick and Trudy were treated. Fooker walks away from Ki and toward the reader, speaking over his shoulder.]] Fooker: Now tell me, _friend_, will _you_ tell Sharon the truth? Will _you_ shatter her dreams? Or will _you_ lie to her to protect what little hope she has in finding peace with her estranged family? [[The flashback ends]] [[Ki lifts her head, looking toward the reader.]] Ki {{thinking}}: But I _have_ to keep it up. No matter how much I despise Trudy, I _can't_ let the truth destroy Sharon's hopes. [[The view shifts. Outside the copier room, Sharon walks by with a mug of coffee. In the background, Ki covers her face with her hands.]] Sharon: Here ya go, sis! Sip on this while you boot up, and I'll go check your mail slot! Ki {{thinking}}: This is _not_ going to be easy... GPF Archive: Wednesday, June 20, 2012

[[Ki bows her head over the copy machine, clutching her hard copy to the point of crushing it.]]
Ki {{thinking and grimacing}}: I can't do this. I can't keep up with this lie. That's _our_ Trudy, and Sharon _has_ to know about it.

[[Ki has a flashback to a previous story, where she and Fooker were on their way to the hospital where Nick and Trudy were treated. Fooker walks away from Ki and toward the reader, speaking over his shoulder.]]
Fooker: Now tell me, _friend_, will _you_ tell Sharon the truth? Will _you_ shatter her dreams? Or will _you_ lie to her to protect what little hope she has in finding peace with her estranged family?
[[The flashback ends]]

[[Ki lifts her head, looking toward the reader.]]
Ki {{thinking}}: But I _have_ to keep it up. No matter how much I despise Trudy, I _can't_ let the truth destroy Sharon's hopes.

[[The view shifts. Outside the copier room, Sharon walks by with a mug of coffee. In the background, Ki covers her face with her hands.]]
Sharon: Here ya go, sis! Sip on this while you boot up, and I'll go check your mail slot!
Ki {{thinking}}: This is _not_ going to be easy...]]>