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Ready to go? Everyone got their swimsuits?

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I don't have a swimsuit. You can borrow one of mine!

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Well? I-I can't wear this! Here, lemme see.

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No good? TOO good. She looks better in it than I do.

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Daaaaaaaaang (STOP DANGING AT ME)

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Four hipsters and a robot in a Ford Fiesta.

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Where the #### are we? No idea. Momo?

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My GPS indicates that we should turn here. You mean THERE?

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NO OUTLET. This is a trap, isn't it. Emily's luring us into the woods to hunt us for sport.

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I'm prepared. (KNIFE OF DOOM!)

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The lake house. Good thing I didn't invite a thousand people (you don't KNOW 1,000)

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Hello? Emily? Anybody home?

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Emily - In hockey mask and hatchet! Angus: "Called it."

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("The big plot twist at the end of QC is that Emily murders everybody, not Hannelore.")

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JUMP FOR IT, PRIMATE! (Jeph's quitting smoking)

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Are we the first people here? Gabby's out on the dock (no explanation?)

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IS THAT A SUPER NINTENDO? (CRASH)

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You've met Faye - this is her boyfriend Angus.

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...And that's Marigold.

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I LIKE VIDEO GAMES

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Total Members Voted: 31

[pwhodges]

Oh dear, Hannelore has murdered Emily and is wearing her hair as a wig.

That's not consonant with Jeph's note below, though.

[Border Reiver]

Even with a mask and hatchet, Emily looks adorable. 

Besides, I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation ridiculous explanation that only makes sense to Emily.

That's easy - she's going to split some kindling (you use the full size axe for the bigger pieces, but want the handiness of a hachet for kindling), and in the interests of safety has put on a mask.

The other explanation is that its funny.

I on the other hand would like to know where Marigold has gotten off to.

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

Emily, what the fuck. Your place is way too upscale for Crystal Lake. You need to be channeling "American Psycho" instead. They're supposed to be walking in to find the place covered in plastic wrap and "It's Hip To Be Square" blasting.

Oh well, at least we know why there's the thousand-person limit (waaaaayyy too much blood, even given the Deep One progenitor that probably dwells in the lake).

[DSL]

Oh dear, Hannelore has murdered Emily and is wearing her hair as a wig.

That's not consonant with Jeph's note below, though.

What did you think Jeph was going to write, with Hannelore standing right there with a hatchet?

[Throg]

Okay, a hammer I could understand, for banana smoothies. But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

And where the heck *is* Faye keeping that knife?

[pwhodges]

You can use the back of an axe head as a hammer; my mother used to jump out of her car when it stalled at the lights and hit the corroded battery terminals with the back of an axe like that so that she could start it again - it alarmed the drivers around to see her apparently swinging an axe at the engine!

(Memories from the distant past R Us!)

[Mr_Rose]

See, I wouldn't react overmuch to someone swinging an axe at an engine. I figure its their car, if they want to hack it to bits that's their problem. Bit rude to do it at the lights with a queue behind you, but then some people just are.

If they swung an axe at the engine, looked startled, and started running away, on the other hand.…

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

Okay, a hammer I could understand, for banana smoothies. But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

And where the heck *is* Faye keeping that knife?

Faye never put the knife down! Unlike SOME people, she's prepared.

Also, Emily needs the axe for the murders, duh. Why isn't Marigold on panel? Emily already killed her. Marten is about to run outside to discover her body to a terrible crescendo in the soundtrack!

(No he isn't, this is stupid, Emily is joking.

See, I wouldn't react overmuch to someone swinging an axe at an engine. I figure its their car, if they want to hack it to bits that's their problem. Bit rude to do it at the lights with a queue behind you, but then some people just are.

If they swung an axe at the engine, looked startled, and started running away, on the other hand.…

Eh, still not too much of a big deal unless the car gives chase.

[Akima]

But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

To cut down cherry trees of course!

Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.

[VonKleist]

Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.

I doubt our friends are freddie for this!

[jwhouk]

Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.

Folks from Rhode Island and Connecticut might disagree with your list.

Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.

[JRDelirio]

"You don't even know a thousand people"

Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice?  (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)

[Razor Scion]

The comic will end with an epic duel between Emily and Hannelore for the right to kill and butcher Marten and company.

Hannelore will favour a neat and ordered approach in contrast with Emily's hack'n'slash method. The duel is as much to settle on how they should be murdered as it is about who does the murdering.

Raven then randomly interrupts their duel after having flown in on her submacopter wielding a zweihander shouting THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

Then stuff starts getting really interesting.

"You don't even know a thousand people"

Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice?  (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)

In terms of being able to recognise, name, and perhaps remember, the number is around 150 or so people, it's called Dunbar's Number and you can read more about it on the link.

[Border Reiver]

[Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.

This is all about the incident with those people right?

When are you guys gonna forget about that?  The property damage wasn't that severe.

Or is the other thing?

[cesium133]

Never bring a knife to a gunfight. Always bring a knife to a costume party.

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

[Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.

This is all about the incident with those people right?

When are you guys gonna forget about that?  The property damage wasn't that severe.

Or is the other thing?

Were you even there?      Then stay out of it.      When the entire state apologizes and buys me a pony then we can move on.   

[DSL]

I would like to report that the State of Rhode Island (AND Providence Plantations ... ) has stolen my pony.

[slydon]

Jeph's Azumanga addiction is showing.

[Redball]

That road does look dubious to me, but having driven down similarly-dubious roads to reach Redball's lake house I would simply assume that that's how American roads are!

Yeah, but you and Eed left the knives at home the second time you came out, right?

And the deck isn't built out over the lake, but over a steep slope down toward the lake, with out-of-view steps leading down to a dock.
I've been there.

[Schmorgluck]

But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

Well duh, to make mayonnaise, of course!

[Method of Madness]

Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.

[ChaosWolf]

Momo in panel 3: "If I was capable of doing so, I would be pissing myself in terror right now."

[0kamisama]

While Emily is adorable enough in her mask and wielding a hatchet, I did find myself fawning over her cute picture on the wall behind Faye.

Also, it seems that she has a cat. This just gets more pleasurable by the second. Emily has now retroactively always been my favorite QC character.

[Is it cold in here?]

I seem to remember Raven talking about using Marten as a human shield.

Why is Momo hiding?! She's the best equipped of all of them to handle a violent situation. Maybe her social protocol database says you're supposed to honor the intentions of someone acting scary by acting scared?

[Carl-E]

"You don't even know a thousand people"

Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice?  (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)

A good friend of mine passed away several years ago - the symptoms were misread, and by the time they found the lymphoma, he only had two days left.  He was 46. 

His memorial service was held in a local theatre a week later.  It seats 950, and it was SRO.  He was active not only in the community theatre, and in the human services community where he worked, but in every neighborhood he lived in, and kept in touch with everyone.  Even when he didn't keep in touch, he'd get hold of you one in a great while and catch up. 

There are not enough people like that in the world. 

[Carl-E]

Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.

Oh no, it's real.  RI was founded on the basis of separation from existing groups.  It was originally a haven for those that had offended someone enough that they needed to leave wherever they used to live.  They even "seceded" from Britain two months before independence was declared! 

And, if you meet someone currently from RI, you'll find that not much has changed over the last 250 years.   

[Doc]

But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

To cut down cherry trees of course!

Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.

Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?

[Schmorgluck]

This is a trap, isn't it. Emily's luring us into the wood so she can hunt us for sport.

[Thrudd]

When I first saw the house I did a double take - it really looks like one of those kit houses from the SEARS catalog circa 1900.
I play a certain horror RPG set in the early 1900's (Fellowship of The White Star - a mini con is this weekend) where these things crop up in stories and bad things happened.

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.

Actually Rhode Island and I have a short history together.   I was there during a difficult period of my life and have come to associate the entire state with FAILURE and DOOOOOOOM.

Not healthy I know, but... they know what they did and when they apologize then we can move on.    Until then,  they are my least-favorite state.

[Near Lurker]

...I'm kind of hoping this is exactly what it looks like.

[Method of Madness]

So Rhode Island is the Australia of America?

[Yarin]

wait these guys are hipsters but i dont hate them

[Yarin]

What did you think Jeph was going to write, with Hannelore standing right there with a hatchet?

The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You

[Edith]

Yeah, but you and Eed left the knives at home the second time you came out, right?

I don't think May had a knife either time. I think I left mine in the car the second time.

[ink slinger]

Prediction: Emily is making kindling for the evening's bonfire with a very tiny hatchet. She's wearing the hockey mask to...protect her face from flying wood chips?

[Yarin]

No it's much simpler she wants to show them her new knife and hockey mask Gotta say she looks cute even wearing that

[jacjyd]

maybe Emily thinks that this is what a normal lakehouse party host does from the movies! or maybe Tai and Dora are already there and they're doing some role playing...or doing some gladiator fights...or something...

also as often happens when I don't visit this forum for a while, I clicked a link to take me to the previous thread (on the right) and not the previous page (on the left) and it was the one on conduct and everyone was mad and I was confused for entire minutes of reading since I didn't check notice the timestamps and was wondering what the heck went on in this week's WCDT yesterday...

[Throg]

But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.

To cut down cherry trees of course!

Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.

*golf clap* well played.

[Rimwolf]

Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?

Yes, it means "I predicted this (out loud)".

[ChaosWolf]

Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?

Yes, it means "I predicted this (out loud)".

To quote Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged:

Cooler: "Oh, and will someone answer that phone?  Because I FUCKING CALLED IT!!"

[Ph2]

Never bring a knife to a gunfight. Always bring a knife to a costume party.

Depends on how close you are.

Not a perfect experiment, but pretty decent.

Also, I'm going to go ahead and guess that the hatchet is for fish killing.

[mustang6172]

Where did Marigold go?  She was sitting behind Angus in the car and now she's dissapeared.

[DSL]

Where did Marigold go?  She was sitting behind Angus in the car and now she's dissapeared.

Standing behind Emily with a fry pan, I'll bet.

[Tova]

She's still in the car glued to the DS. She hasn't noticed they've arrived yet.

[Precipice]

Prediction: Emily is making kindling for the evening's bonfire with a very tiny hatchet. She's wearing the hockey mask to...protect her face from flying wood chips?

Nah, I don't think it's anything that obvious. I bet she's been inspired by Faye's banana smoothie recipe, and has devised an unconventional use for the axe.  Maybe banana splits: use the axe to (messily) split the banana, and to chop up some fresh pineapple and nuts for toppings. Or hotdogs: flatten the weiners with the side of the axe before tossing them on the BBQ.

[Is it cold in here?]

She's wearing the mask because a zit just appeared and she's self-conscious about it.

[Kugai]

Depends on how close you are.

And how good you are

[pwhodges]

Jeph is finding that his nicotine withdrawal is making it hard to work, so there may be is a filler today (OTOH, at least once when he's done that before he's found that it motivated him to carry on to produce a real comic after all - we shall see).

It can only be good that he gives up smoking though, so I send him my best wishes and encouragement for keeping that up.

[idontunderstand]

To give up smoking sucks! He's got to find something else to keep him occupied, preferably some kind of mindless work like... digging holes or punching stuff. Helped me. Good luck to him.