Transcripts 2005-01

Transcripts from January 2005 strips.
==January 3==
Panel 1A technician looks up from operating a chronosphere.Caption: MEANWHILE ABROAD THE INGLORIOUS...Tech: It's no good captain, frame-dragger 4 is out of alignment! Should I inform the First Advisor that we need at least a week's downtime to recalibrate?Panel 2The captain grasps the brim of his hat, partially obscuring his face with his arm.Captain: Not unless you want him to throw you out of an airlock you won't! I'll go tell him!Panel 3The captain removes his hat, giving an over-the-shoulder smile (with sparkle in his teeth) as he straightens his hair so to greatly resemble Gary Heart.Captain: The advantage of him being my godfather is that he won't stuff me into a torpedo tube for telling him bad news!
==January 7==
Panel 1Close-up of the screen where Smith has drawn over an image on a projector screen, adding a captain's hat and pointier cheek fur. Cook's and Smith's heads appear in their respective (off-panel) dialogue boxes.Cook: Okay, he looks a bit like Jack Heart but it's not him!Smith: I know that but it's far too much a coincidence!Panel 2Tessa and Michael are both leaning against the meeting room table on one elbow, speaking aside to each other.Michael: Hey Tessa, can I ask a question? Who the hell is Jack Heart?Tessa: He's before my time but Captain Jack Heart was one of the anarchist's volunteer force's top men.Panel 3Statue of Jack Heart holding a fist to his heart and looking toward the sky. The statue has a "COO!"ing pigeon and splotches of bird poop on it.Tessa (off-panel): I know he must be famous! He got a big brass statue and everything in Trafalgar Square! I know you have to be really important to have pigeons crap on your head for centuries!
==January 10==
Panel 1Smith is clutching in one hand the marker he used to draw on the screen, glaring over his shoulder.Smith: "Must be famous?" Jack Heart was an evil little bastard that had no problem spacing a crew of a downed ship! What's worse he was smart too! He never lost ONE battle as captain!Panel 2Cook stands next to Smith, examining his knuckles dismissively as Smith glares at him.Cook: Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves here? Sure the lawyer looks like Captain Jack Heart, but that's all. What makes you think he's connected to the captain?Panel 3The camera rotates slightly from panel 2, to view Smith and Cook face on. Cook looks away as Smith speaks.Smith: The fact the lawyer's name is Gary Heart!Cook: So they look almost identical, have the same name and both have links to the anarchists! That doesn't prove a thing!
==January 14==
Panel 1Close-up of Michael holding a fist to his chest.Michael: Can I point out that even if there's a direct family connection between the two, they are still both separated my a few hundred years! Even considering time travel it seems unlikely.Panel 2Michael looks toward the camera (at Tessa).Tessa (off-panel): Good point! Why would they bother carting a relation of a LAWYER across time?Panel 3Tessa leans back in her seat with her arms behind her head, grinning evilly.Tessa: On the other hand it would be stupid to just ignore it! Besides, it's been a while since one of Norman's future friends has had an "accident" hasn't it?
==January 17==
The Church of Poisoned Minds
Panel 1Black-and-white monochrome comic. Al is looking into the camera with a grin and a finger pointed in the air.Panel 2Al has withdrawn his finger and has a confused expression on his face, clutching his fist in front of himself.Panel 3Al looks into the camera again with hands by his side.Al: You know I've completely forgotten what I was going to say! It was a really funny idea for a strip as well!Al (aside): At least I THINK it was!
==January 21==
Panel 1Gary is walking down a shady street, with Tessa silhouetted in the background behind him, a malicious grin nevertheless visible on her face.Caption: WEEKS LATERTessa (thinking): Just go up to him, shout "gimmie ya money" and stab the fucker! Way better then those damn hit and runs we used to do!Panel 2Close-up of Tessa following Gary (off-panel), with a giggler silhouetted in the background behind her. Tessa is wearing a long black trench coat over her catsuit.Tessa (thinking): I like simple, overly violent plans. there's a lot less to go wrong!
==January 24==
Panel 1Close-up of a suddenly worried Tessa, the giggler silhouetted behind her.Panel 2Tessa barely dodges the giggler's claw as it slashes at her back with a "SHINK!"Tessa: !Panel 3Tessa whirls around and stabs the giggler in the temple with a "SLATCH!"
==January 28==
Panel 1Gary glares over his shoulder at Tessa, who returns the favour. Tessa (maybe not intentionally) hides her bloody hand from him.Gary: HEY! Watch it!Panel 2Tessa snarls at Gary (off-panel).Tessa: Just count yourself lucky I don't have time to throttle you now! If I were you I'd beat it before he gets up!Panel 3Gary's eyes bulge out as he observes the silhouetted giggler standing up, Tessa's knife protruding from its head.
==January 31==
Panel 1Gary looks concerned as he stands in front of the giggler (still silhouetted).Gary: Um...
Are you okay?Panel 2The giggler rises up, facing to the right but looking toward Gary. A single drop of blood falls below its chin.Panel 3The giggler turns to reveal Tessa's knife protruding from its left eye, the handle sticking out of the back of its head, and its left side covered in blood. It raises a bloody hand in a "thumbs-up" gesture.
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