Endtown by Aaron Neathery for June 06, 2012

Clock is ticking, guys!! Good luck convincing Flask to change her orders in 11 minutes!

flask being convinced to change her orders would be a better ending to this than the other stopping her somehow..

I’m reminded of alien ships By the size chair that she sits in On the scales, a Lucranian tips Quite a lot, seeing how Blackie fits in Are Lucranians three meters tall? Do they run two or three hundred kilo? Doesn’t matter, I guess. When they fall The new crew would do big damage below But Flask is the new captain by chance The ship bought it, because she was there If the separate big chair from pants The ship might say “New captain? That’s fair.” =|====/ Level Head Vote for Endtown 2.0 And for Doc Rat, too The Endtown Forum Charter member of the Consortium to get Aaron a Tablet

From what little we know of Flask, she only had two important things in her life as a Topsider – her job and Petey. Both of those are gone. Typically, the joker in the deck would be for Flask to learn that her child is trapped in this particular outpost, forcing her to agonize over whether to continue with the attack. But, that particular wildcard apparently was never included in the pack. If the Topsider who created the fake rocket for her is in that outpost, there’s nothing that would convince Flask to change her mind on her own.Also, remember that “11 minutes” is just a rough estimate. Flask wants the ensuing fireball to engulf the outpost, which will happen easily if the Topsiders wait long enough. But, there’s nothing that says that they can’t try shooting the ship down right now. So, you may only have 20 seconds left to get out…

Sorry I’m late gang. Electricity been off for 2 hours. Got a lot of reading done by flashlight and candle. I had to pass to my emergency O2, a tank as big as a bomb and just as hard to hassle around. She is really sweating. I don’t think they are going to be able to “hassle” her in person (s) . AM could encourage the dittos to imprison her?? NO, we have to rely on Linda. Come on kid, sober up and get your little koala ass in motion. Surely you should have noticed that there was something wrong besides your no longer being human??? Wasn’t there only one bottle of wine? I only saw one. Even my home made wine doesn’t hit that hard. I get the feeling that 11 minutes is the time before discovery.Just where the heck is our crew going to go?Yawning……. better get to bed.Blessed Be.

Well, Topsiders seem paranoid amongst other vices and there’s a rule of paranoia that says there’s always a missile coming for you…

It’s a good thing she’s not really the captain.

I wonder why Flask is still so conflicted. If she is distraught over her decision, then she has not quite convinced herself it is the right thing to do.

Unless she’s decided it is the only thing to do, in which case she must know it’s wrong on some level…

Face it, she’s beyond any (and all) means of reasoning. Prepare for all hands (except the captain) to abandon ship.

Following that idea, the only sure way for the mutants to survive is to kill every human on the planet.Surely… SURELY, there can be some other end game.

OK… so if it’s not gas keeping the ship in the air, what is it? And why is it bye bye outpost if the balloon goes POP? Stop beating around the bush Captain, and say what you mean. ;-)

so if it’s not gas keeping the ship in the air, what is it?

Thank you! I have been wondering about that myself.

…and if it is enough to destroy the outpost, how far away would our heroes have to go in order to not get hit with the repercussions???? I think AM needs to step up and take some control here…….

@DADOF3 says:“OK… so if it’s not gas keeping the ship in the air, what is it?”

Josh: Hope it’s not Amesworth Radiation. If so, the entire Topsiders’ post (along with Flask sans the others) will be vaporized! You seen what it did to the world they’re living in now?

Looks like Kitty is about to have a nervous brakedown before anything will happen.

Funny thing, some people sometimes believe that if someone has refers to them as “Captain, Chief”, or any form of authority as in jest, they truely believe it, (ie: Ships 3D Face) calling Kitty… “Captain”. Kitty is so delusional and very insecure. Is there a Phyciatrist in the house?

Flask needs a nervous flinch and to randomly shout “TOC!” every now and then. I would just complete the picture. Oh yeah, this kitty is right off the deep end. . .no diving board required.

“the art in this strip is good.”No, it’s not just good… It’s FANTISTIC, SUPERB, EXCELLENT….and the writing is WONDERFUL!!!! :O)

Maybe AM will throw in a ditto ball to create a story around her – or make her believe she’s in a place that she’s not. Ooooo… glad it’s only Wednesday! :)

I still think Mr. Scribbley Face is just playing along with Flask. “Oh, right, you’re a Captain are you? So Captain Cat, what is your wish? Let me show you a little ditto art while you wait.”

I personal believe AM has a BIG suprise for Blackie…and it ain’t a birthday cake. So, we all better be tightening up our seatbelts for this one.

She looks like one conflicted kitty.

This scenario reminds me of a comic book story with Will Eisner’s character The Spirit. The story revolves around the time it took for a character to commit a robbery, murder, and in the end get killed, which was ten minutes. A lot can happen in that short amount of time. From the look on Flask’s face, she’s resigned herself to her madness.

Why does everyone insist on calling Flask crazy? If that outpost is the one that has the communications gear for the satellite, then this may be the one and only way they ever had for completing the mission to save Endtown.

Well said 3SOJ, again because we live in a fat and dumb, as in well off, nation most people live in ivory towers and can’t imagine taking out their enemies.

so, is she constantly crying, or just constantly having droopy mascara?