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WCDT 2942-2946 (20-24 April 2015)

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tywren:

--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 22 Apr 2015, 00:19 ---Either a real evaluation has been submitted to the proper people, or Claire's going to take Tai to task. I think I consider the latter to be more likely, as most relevant plot in this strip evaporates if Tai was just pulling Claire's leg.

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I'm hoping that it is a joke on Tai's part, as we've had quite a bit of long, plot driven strips lately. Personally i think a week of one off, gag strips with no big plot-line, is just what the doctor ordered.

Khazgar:
I also think that it is a joke (although you never quite know with Tai). But what interests me is what Claire wants to do next. How long is she studying for? What are her plans? Does she want to stay in Northampton? Finishing her internship is one more step along a road that most of the other characters (Marten included) don't seem to be terribly bothered about taking.

It might take a while but there will be interesting times ahead and possibly stormy seas for Marten and Claire.

BenRG:
I suspect that tomorrow will be four panels of Claire ranting before, in panel 5, she flees Tai's office in tears with a parting cry of: "Thanks for fucking up my life, Boss!". Panel six will be a close up of a horrified Tai's face and her whispering: "Oh fuck...! She's serious!"

Friday will see Marten storming into Tai's office to tear her a new one to find her slaving over her PC and clearly under a lot of stress. It turns out that Tai has never written a report or done anything seriously work-related before (having copied and pasted her way through her Liberal Arts degree for a bare-minimum graduation, mostly thanks to a professor who is as much as a stoner as she is). She's in a panic; she doesn't know what to do but she can't let Claire down like that!

Marten will spend two panels gently explaining to her that, really, all she has to do is write down her impressions of Claire the Librarian and Claire the person, good and bad. Momo has already found a blank template, so there's no need to worry about formatting. "I'm sure you'll manage," he'll conclude in panel 5. "In fact, I wonder if you'll surprise yourself!" Panel six will be Tai sitting at the keyboard with an insert of the start of a Word document - "Internship Report for Claire Augustus".

I think that next week will be entirely Tai's report on Claire as a narration whilst the art will be dialogue-free panels illustrating what Tai is writing.

rfrank dodelijk:
is marten an intern or does he just work as some sort of general library slave?

BenRG:

--- Quote from: rfrank dodelijk on 22 Apr 2015, 01:27 ---is marten an intern or does he just work as some sort of general library slave?
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I'm not sure of Marten's specific job title, but I think he's Tai's assistant and a full employee of the college rather than an intern. He's probably got a fancy job title like 'Office Administrator' or 'Head Librarian's Administrative Assistant' or something like that.

Functionally, the experience he has gained over the last year or so would likely qualify him to stay on in a purely admin role (at least officially) if Tai were to suddenly quit or be fired for dropping the ball with the interns. Officially, he'd have no 'librarian' role but, given how he inducted the three interns, I think he knows enough about that end of the operation too.

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