Chronology - Volume 2-9

Volume summary: The Chronometric Lantern Expedition

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Chronology Overview         Internal Chronology
Key	= First page of volume                 = chronology                 = cast
Act 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Act 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

One or more of the following symbols may be attached to a name to indicate the type of appearance. For more explanation, see Chronology Sigils Key.

     (!) Sparking             (!!) God-sparking            (*) Heterodyning
      <  Flashback             >   Flashforward             =  Flash-concurrent
      ~  Imagined              \   Hidden                   ?  Uncertain
      %  Recorded image        @   Transmitted image        #  Controlled body

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---First Page of VOLUME 22 (Act 2: BOOK NINE)

AKA Preparing to Land!

Location: Albia's airship approaching Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-07 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (001) Forum:2021-05-07 (Friday)	Unidentified voice, Rakethorn (voice only), Agatha (voice only), Neena (voice only)
	The airship with Agatha and company aboard reaches its destination, a fairly small island, and begins its final descent, as someone announces they are preparing to land. The island's shoreline seems to be entirely made up of steep rocky cliffs and the top is flat and heavily forested, with a small lake (feeding a waterfall down to the ocean) and a few structures appearing among the trees. Some of the structures seem ruinous, but any ruins of the ancient temple complex they are looking for should be so old that they would have disappeared entirely by the present time. And, anyway, the ruins aren't on any of the maps!
	(Shouted) "Hey everybody, we're preparing to land!"
	Ancient Temple Complex (Great Ancient Civilization)	The next morning— Caption, upper left corner of full-panel page.
2021-05-10 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (002) Forum:2021-05-10 (Monday)	Agatha, Neena, Rakethorn, Bang, Krosp, Captain (HMA Crisp), Helmswoman, Lieutenant, Communications Officer, Soldier
	Agatha observes that the ruins don't look recent and Rakethorn surmises that survey records may have been falsified with Neena agreeing. Bang wonders if the ruins could actually be recently built but look old due to time trickery. Krosp, hearing this, runs to the airship's bridge in a panic and yells at the officers and crew not to land.
	Agatha: "Huh…even so—those ruins sure don't look like they were built yesterday."      ⋮ Bang: "Well, so, maybe all that was built yesterday, sort of. I mean, these guys have some kind of time thingie, right? Who knows what they could be getting up to?"
	Gil, Paris, Some Kind of Time Thingie (Prende's Chronometric Lantern)	FUSES 51 On panel screwed onto bulkhead, panel 6 HMA CRISP On book (possibly ship's log), panel 6

Mutiny on the Crisp

Location: Albia's airship approaching Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-12 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (003) Forum:2021-05-12 (Wednesday)	Captain (HMA Crisp), Krosp, Soldier, Lieutenant, Communications Officer, Chief Officer
	Krosp explains that there is a device on the island that can stop time, which gives the people who hold it an insurmountable advantage. But the Captain dismisses Krosp's warning (and Krosp himself) contemptuously, insisting that the airship will still land. A lieutenant(?) on the bridge is swayed by Krosp's warning, but is dismissed in turn. The airship's Chief Officer appears and the lieutenant turns to him for support. The Chief Officer is angry at being locked in his cabin and the fact that the ship is landing. But, before he can say or do anything to stop it, he is shot in the chest by the Captain.
	Krosp: "Listen! The people we're looking for have a device that can stop time! We have to be careful! If we land normally, they can just stroll on board and kill everyone!"
	Construct, People We're Looking For (Madwa Korel, Ariadne Steelgarter), A Device that Can Stop Time (Prende's Chronometric Lantern), HMS Audacious	FUSES 51 On panel screwed onto bulkhead, panels 1, 4, 5 HMA CRISP On book (possibly ship's log), panel 3 POW! SFX, panel 6
2021-05-14 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (004) Forum:2021-05-14 (Friday)	Krosp, Captain (HMA Crisp), Bang, Helmswoman, Lieutenant
	Krosp accuses the Captain of being a minion of the Other. The Captain seemingly confirms this by trying to shoot Krosp, who dodges. While the shooting and dodging continue, Krosp calls for help. Bang comes to the rescue, literally swinging into action. Seeing his attempts to keep control with a handgun thwarted, the Captain remotely sets off a bomb that destroys two of the airship's gas chambers, making sure the ship will land.
	Krosp: "You! You're with them, aren't you? With Madwa…and the Other's minions!"
	Madwa (Madwa Korel), The Other, Agatha	POW! (×3) SFX, panel 2 FUSES 51 On panel screwed onto bulkhead, panel 3. SMASH! SFX, panel 3 SLAM SFX, panel 4 BOOOM! SFX, panel 5
2021-05-17 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (005) Forum:2021-05-17 (Monday)	Bang, Captain (HMA Crisp), Chief Officer, Medical Staff Member, Crew Member, Lieutenant, Krosp
	Bang: "Hee! And I thought today would be dull!" Krosp: "How many dull days do you have?" Bang: "As few as possible!"
	'Jacks (Balloonjacks), The Island (Big Rat Island), Sparks, Weasel (Honker)	70A On bulkhead, panel 5

After the Mutiny

Location: Albia's airship approaching Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-19 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (006) Forum:2021-05-19 (Wednesday)	Bang, Rakethorn, Violetta, Agatha, Krosp, Neena, Zeetha
	Agatha: "Well… Master Payne used to say: If you want people to believe what they see—show them what they want to believe."
	The Americas, Smoke Knights, Master Payne	Soon— Caption, upper left corner of panel 1 MIND THE DROP On panel attached to bulkhead, panel 3 DO NOT SNOR[T] On gas cylinder, panel 5

BOOOOM!

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-21 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (007) Forum:2021-05-21 (Friday)	Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Madwa Korel
	Your Agent (Captain (HMA Crisp)), The Lantern (Prende's Chronometric Lantern)
2021-05-24 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (008) Forum:2021-05-24 (Monday)	HMA Crisp (destruction), Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Madwa Korel
	As Steelgarter, Korel, and Monahan watch the airship from Albia's fleet carrying Agatha and company approach the island, it seemingly explodes.
	Monahan: "Oh. How disappointing."
		BOOOOM! SFX on single panel page

Landing Party

Location: Descending towards Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-26 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (009) Forum:2021-05-26 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Violetta, Many members of the staff and crew of the HMA Crisp, Krosp, Swartzwalder: Necklace Bear
	The explosion was real. The airship was deliberately scuttled, in spectacular fashion, as a distraction. With it still burning in the background, Agatha and company, along with the staff and crew of the HMA Crisp, descend to land or sea dangling from one-man emergency copters. Despite the fact that they are required to keep a very tight grip and hang from one arm, everyone seems to be taking things in stride. Everyone except for Krosp, that is! He is not at all happy, despite the fact that he gets to ride on the shoulders of one of his bears, who is hanging from two copters.
	Violetta: "A nice big 'boom' and a blinding flash always does the trick!"
	Zeetha, The Island (Big Rat Island)
2021-05-28 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (010) Forum:2021-05-28 (Friday)	Violetta, Rakethorn, Neena, A member of the staff or crew of the HMA Crisp, Zeetha, Swartzwalders: (Necklace Bear, Gark, Mogg), Krosp, Agatha, Honker
	The members of the expedition who were heading towards the island dangling from emergency copters, have landed or are still landing, including Krosp and at least three of his bears. Violetta and Rakethorn survey their surroundings, spotting some apparent ruins (along with a single lighted building), in the distance, which Rakethorn assumes is their target. As they discuss their next move, Agatha appears with an odd-looking, spidery clank she has just constructed.
	Violetta: "I think we made it down unseen." Rakethorn: "I assume if we'd been seen, we'd be dead." Violetta: "Yeah. No pressure, eh?"

Monahan's Little Friends

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-05-31 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (011) Forum:2021-05-31 (Monday)	Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Madwa Korel
	Monahan spots something dropping into the sea, alerting the group to the fact that there may be survivors from the airship explosion. Korel says she will patrol while the others go back to work. Only the cliffs will be patrolled; anyone landing directly on the island isn't expected to survive long. Monahan heads indoors, while Steelgarter stays behind for a moment to freak out about the rats.
	Steelgarter (shouted): "Ugh, how I hate those horrible rats!"
	They (Members of the staff and crew and passengers of the HMA Crisp), Your Little Friends (Horrible Rats)

We're Not Alone

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-06-02 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (012) Forum:2021-06-02 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Spidery Clank, Krosp, Violetta, Rakethorn, Neena
	Agatha's newly constructed spidery clank attacks Rakethorn, who fends it off quite easily, while Agatha tries to make it behave. Violetta notices Krosp is uneasy and asks why. It turns out that Krosp smells something rotten in the state of Denmark on the island. Violetta thinks it smells like wet rotting socks, but Krosp says he smells rats…lots and lots of rats with something really wrong with them.
	Violetta: "Something up?" Krosp: "What do you smell?" Violetta: "Smell? Hmm. Salt…ocean…heather…bit of ozone…rain, uh—rotting wet socks?" Krosp: "Yeah. There must be millions of them." Violetta: "Wet socks?" Krosp: "Rats! But there's something…something really really wrong with them."
	Rats (Horrible Rats)	Beep! Boop! Screee! SFX, panel 1
2021-06-04 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (013) Forum:2021-06-04 (Friday)	Rakethorn, Spidery Clank, Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Zeetha
	Rakethorn releases the new clank, which immediately flushes out someone hiding nearby, a charming fellow dressed in ragged clothes and a Horrible Rat pelt. His panicked flight is cut short by Zeetha's calming and muscular right arm.
	Rakethorn: "Oh, well. Quickest to just turn it loose and see what it wants."      ⋮ Zeetha: "Whoof! This guy smells like all the wet socks!"
		Beep! (×2) SFX, panel 1 Fwee! SFX, panel 3 Click— (×2) Bzort! TINK (×2) SFX, panel 4 Ding! SFX, panel 5 BAF! SFX, panel 7

The Airman's Story

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-06-07 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (014) Forum:2021-06-07 (Monday)	Thomas Crothers, Agatha, Violetta, <Mysterious Gigantic Entity
	A frantic Crothers says he is a castaway and begs Agatha to leave him alone. Then, finding out she's not one of the bad guys, he begs her to take him off the island. When Agatha tells him she can't, he grows even more upset, saying they will all be killed. Violetta quizzes him about how long he has been there. Crothers isn't sure; it's been years! He was on an expedition to the Americas in a British airship. The attempt failed and the airship was wrecked. He and ten others survived, drifting for days until encountering the island. As they climbed the cliffs, one airman fell. While the others made it to the top, Crothers climbed down to help the fallen man, but found he was dead. Just as he was about to start climbing up a rope thrown to him by his remaining comrades, they all started screaming. He hid and remained in hiding, even long after the screaming stopped.
	Crothers (shouted): "I—I'm just a humble castaway! I swear! I'm not here to disturb your nefarious plans!" Agatha: "We just got here. We're not with them." Crothers: "You're not? Then you've got to leave! Quickly! And take me with you!" Agatha: "Ah. Leaving isn't really an option…" Crothers: "Nooo! You've got to! I've been able to hide, but there's too many of you! They'll kill us all!"
	We (Agatha and company), Them (Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Madwa Korel), HMA Esther de Groot, The Americas, Here (Big Rat Island), Young Eddie	[ESTHE]R DE GROO[T] ESTHER D[E GROOT] Different views of ribbon on sailor's cap, panels 5 and 6
2021-06-09 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (015) Forum:2021-06-09 (Wednesday)	<Thomas Crothers, Huge Creatures (Horrible Rats), Agatha
	Crothers continues his story: After hiding nearly two days, he decided he would rather risk what's at the top of the cliffs than die of thirst and hunger. He was still cautious enough to climb up without using the rope and discovered it was booby trapped. In the darkness, which smelled of blood and death, he spied some lights among the distant ruins, which were guarded by huge shrieking creatures. With no food, water, companions, or safe place to stay, he began to despair. As he pauses in his story, Agatha congratulates Crothers on his survival, but he admits he had help.
	Crothers: "There were lights in the distance, amid the ruins—shouting—and strange noises. Spark stuff. —And it was guarded. Huge creatures roamed the darkness outside. They shrieked and fought each other for scraps of what looked like—well—well. I knew not to go there."
		ESTHER DE[ GROOT] Ribbon on sailor's cap, panel 1
2021-06-11 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (016) Forum:2021-06-11 (Friday)	<Thomas Crothers, <A Wild Rat, Violetta, Many Wild Rats
	Crothers recounts how after he gave a Wild Rat his last scrap of biscuit, it led him to a hidden cave with water and shelter. Crothers introduces his Wild Rat friends.
	Violetta: "Yeah—this is quite a story. You're really telling us you survived here because you made friends with a rat?" Crothers: "Nah. I'm telling ye I survived here—because I made friends with a whole mess of rats."

Introductions All Around

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-06-14 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (017) Forum:2021-06-14 (Monday)	Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Honker, Wild Rats, Rakethorn, Violetta, Horrible Rat
	Agatha, fascinated by Crothers' Wild Rat friends, introduces herself. Crothers is initially suspicious of an alleged Heterodyne, but is convinced by Rakethorn presenting his credentials as a commander of the English Navy. We finally learn Crothers' name and rank. Violetta's rant about the creepiness of little rats is… overshadowed by the appearance of a very large Horrible Rat, right behind her.
	Crothers: She's really a Heterodyne? Rakethorn: She really is. Crothers: … Yikes.
	Her Majesty (Albia), HMA Esther de Groot
2021-06-16 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (018) Forum:2021-06-16 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Violetta, Rakethorn, Horrible Rats
	Agatha is even more fascinated by the Horrible Rat, and asks Crothers how he was able to tame the creatures. As the Rats surround them, Crothers reveals that he only tries to stay away from the Rats, and that he hopes his new acquaintances know how to fight.
	Agatha: "Incredible! Are these what killed your crew? How did you tame them?" Crothers: "Tame them? I didn't tame them! I just try to smell like them and stay out of their way!"
	Your crew (HMA Esther de Groot)	Screeee! SFX, panel 4
2021-06-18 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (019) Forum:2021-06-18 (Friday)	Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Zeetha, Higgs, Violetta, Rakethorn, Swartzwalders: (Necklace Bear, Gark, Mogg)
	As the group dramatically prepares to confront the Horrible Rats, Agatha gives Crothers some understated reassurance.
	Agatha: "Well, I'm not much of a fighter. But I think we'll be okay."

Giant Rat Fight!

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-06-21 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (020) Forum:2021-06-21 (Monday)	Swartzwalder: Gark, Horrible Rat, Other Horrible Rats, Rakethorn, Violetta
	As the rat onslaught begins, the bears discover that the rats move fast, bite hard, and can take a lot of punishment. Rakethorn discovers they can be killed by a bullet to the brain. And Violetta discovers they are resistant to poison.
	Rakethorn: "Heh. A bullet to the brain stops them!" Violetta (shouted): "—But poison doesn't!"
		CHOMP! SFX, panel 2 POW! THUNK SFX, panel 3 THUD SFX, panel 5
2021-06-23 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (021) Forum:2021-06-23 (Wednesday)	Zeetha, Horrible Rats, Higgs, Swartzwalders: (Mogg, Gark)
	The rat onslaught continues. Zeetha comes to Higgs' assistance, announcing to the group that the only way to stop the Horrible Rats is to kill them outright. The bears seem pessimistic about their chances.
	Zeetha: "Hey! No-one chews on him but me!"
		CHOMP! SFX, panel 2 THUNK SFX, panel 3
2021-06-25 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (022) Forum:2021-06-25 (Friday)	Higgs, Zeetha, Swartzwalders: (Gark, Mogg), Horrible Rats
	Higgs proposes to act as Horrible Rat bait. Zeetha is unimpressed with this plan, a feeling reinforced by the Swartzwalders' discovery that the rats are venomous. Very venomous: the previously bitten Gark ("earring bear") is incapacitated, and Higgs looks decidedly worse for wear. A loud cat-like yowl interrupts the battle, causing the Horrible Rats to change demeanor.
		MRRRAOOWRR SFX, panel 7
2021-06-28 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (023) Forum:2021-06-28 (Monday)	Horrible Rats, Zeetha, Higgs, Swartzwalders: (Mogg, Gark, Necklace Bear), Violetta, Rakethorn
	Hearing the caterwauling, the remaining Horrible Rats envision various terrifying feline enemies and flee for the hills.
		Nwarraoorrr! Wowrragraarrg! SFX, panels 1-2
2021-06-30 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (024) Forum:2021-06-30 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Krosp, Rakethorn, Swartzwalders: Gark (deceased), Higgs, Violetta, Zeetha, Thomas Crothers
	An amplified Krosp is the source of the caterwauling. As the Horrible Rats retreat, the group takes stock: Gark is dead, and a prideful Higgs is badgered into accepting treatment. With the element of surprise lost, they resolve to move quickly.
	Krosp: "They hurt my bears! MRWRAAAR!" Zeetha: "Ooh– I do like a man who's still alive."
	Oggie

Arriving In Collette's Paris

Location: An airship port in Paris, the streets of Paris, then the new Awful Tower

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-07-02 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (025) Forum:2021-07-02 (Friday)	Gil, Tarvek, Seffie, Trelawney, Airport Ground Crew, Soldiers
	Gil, Tarvek, Seffie, and Trelawney arrive by airship on the outskirts of Paris. Accompanied by an escort of Parisian gargoyle clanks, they are whisked by car towards the city to meet Colette, and see something… impressive.
	Colette Voltaire, her father	Meanwhile– Narration, panel 1
2021-07-05 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (026) Forum:2021-07-05 (Monday)	Gil, Tarvek, Trelawney, Seffie, Parisian clanks
	The car is traveling through the impressive Flying Gate of Paris, restored to function by the new Master of Paris. The route of travel is flanked by more clanks.
2021-07-07 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (027) Forum:2021-07-07 (Wednesday)	Tarvek, Gil, Seffie, Trelawney
	The car arrives at Colette's new and improved Awful Tower, levitating in the sky above Paris, surrounded by a nimbus of green light. The car and passengers are drawn upwards into the Tower.
	Tarvek: "All right, Colette, we're impressed."
	Colette
2021-07-09 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (028) Forum:2021-07-09 (Friday)	\Colette, Gil, Tarvek, Trelawney, Seffie
	The car lands inside the tower, in a room ringed by clanks and machines.
2021-07-12 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (029) Forum:2021-07-12 (Monday)	Colette
	A giant-sized Colette awaits her guests.
			Note above comic: "Monday and Wednesday's pages are two halves of what will be a double-page spread in the published book. As always, you can view a smaller version of the whole thing all stuck together by following this elegant and finely-crafted link!"
2021-07-14 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (030) Forum:2021-07-14 (Wednesday)	Tarvek, Gil, Trelawney, Colette, Seffie
	Only Trelawney is not taken in by Colette's illusory Queen-like aspect. An amused regular size Master of Paris greets her friends.
	Tarvek: "Colette has just come to power. A conspicuous show of strength will help her keep it." Gil: "Yes. yes. You don't need to be a devious snake to see that!" Tarvek: "–but it helps!"
	A Queen
2021-07-16 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (031) Forum:2021-07-16 (Friday)	Gil, Colette, Tarvek, Seffie, Trelawney, Orotine, Kjarl, Norville, Dimo, Boris
	Colette shows off the Queen-sized Colette Clank she used for the subterfuge. Tarvek and Seffie guardedly discuss Martellus' departure from England. Gil introduces the rest of their group. Colette ushers in Boris, who is keen to consult with Gil about the war.
	Gil: "Boris! – but what are you doing in Paris?" Boris: "Preparing to fight a war, Herr Baron. Might it be too much to hope that you now intend to reclaim your empire?"
	The City, Martellus, England, Master Van Rijn, Your Empire
2021-07-19 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (032) Forum:2021-07-19 (Monday)	Gil, Boris, Dimo, Tarvek
	Gil tells Boris he's back. Dimo introduces himself as a Jäger General.
	"The Lady Heterodyne" (Agatha), "The Generals" (General Zog, General Khrizhan, General Goomblast, Mamma Gkika, General Koppelslav), "Your family" (House Sturmvoraus)

Checking In With Team Evil

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-07-21 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (033) Forum:2021-07-21 (Wednesday)	Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan, \Krosp I, Lucrezia#Anevka
	Steelgarter and Monahan are working on a Queen's Mirror when they hear Krosp's amplified caterwauling. While they hope Madwa can deal with it, Monahan contemplates contingency plans.
	Madwa

A Steep Downward Climb

Location: Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-07-23 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (034) Forum:2021-07-23 (Friday)	Thomas Crothers, Zeetha, Rakethorn, Agatha, Swartzwalders (Necklace Bear), Higgs
	Concerned that Krosp's amplified yowling has attracted attention, Crothers leads the group to take cover in the caves beneath the island. The 'caves' turn out to be more impressive than one would expect.

Finding A "Safe" Place Underground

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-07-26 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (035) Forum:2021-07-26 (Monday)	Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Neena, Hadrian Rakethorn, Zeetha, Higgs
	The 'cave' is revealed to be a Great Ancient Civilization complex, complete with Giant Mysterious Statue. Crothers is apparently a little vague on what mines typically look like.
	Crothers: "My family's all airmen! What do I know about mines?"
2021-07-28 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (036) Forum:2021-07-28 (Wednesday)	Neena, Zeetha, Swartzwalder (Necklace Bear), Agatha, Higgs
	Neena is thrilled by the discovery of the complex, which she suspects is relatively undisturbed. Higgs makes some tea.
		Ship's Tea Tin, panel 3
2021-07-30 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (037) Forum:2021-07-30 (Friday)	Rakethorn, Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Swartzwalder (?Necklace Bear), Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast, Neena
	Agatha retrieves the Portable Castle and The Beast from storage, and sends them off as scouts. Rakethorn likewise departs on an errand.
	Agatha: "Well, you go to war with the army you built."
2021-08-02 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (038) Forum:2021-08-02 (Monday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast, Queen Skeleton, Old Masters (House Heterodyne), <Giles Heterodyne, <clergy
	The Castle and the Beast are quickly lost. They pass what appears to be a deceased Ancient God-Queen. The Beast confesses to doubts that Agatha is truly evil, but the Castle reassures them that Agatha is merely playing the long game.
	Castle: "He grafted wings onto the College of Cardinals and looted the Papal Library!"
	The Mistress (Agatha)
2021-08-04 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (039) Forum:2021-08-04 (Wednesday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast, Spider, "Captain Pierre"
	The exploring clanks encounter ✣ "Captain Pierre", who unsurprisingly… doesn't care.
	Master Bludtharst (Bludtharst Heterodyne)

Villainy Found!

Location: Beneath and on Big Rat Island / Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities (simultaneously)

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-08-06 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (040) Forum:2021-08-06 (Friday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Ariadne Steelgarter, Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, Hippocrates Brunel
	The Castle spots the villains they were looking for: Lucrezia, Steelgarter and Monahan, who are using material harmonics ✣ to connect the island's Queen's Mirror to the one in the Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities. Their successful connection of the Mirrors is hailed by Hippocrates Brunel.
	Londinium's bedrock, Material Harmonics Analyzer
2021-08-09 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (041) Forum:2021-08-09 (Monday)	Hippocrates Brunel, Ariadne Steelgarter, Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan
	Brunel attempts to enter the Mirror, but is violently rebuffed. Steeelgarter tells him off for attempting to use the Mirror before it is calibrated for matter transmission.
		Frzakkkkt! SFX, panel 2

Extra Art: Fix Your World

Occasion: Kaja isn't feeling well after her sugery and didn't get her work done on the comic.

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	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-08-11 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p.  Forum:2021-08-11 (Wednesday)	Agatha
	Pencil illustration, Agatha working on an engine.
		Heterodyne, No Step Engine, panel 1	Filler page while Kaja recovers from surgery.

The Mistress Can Do Anything!

Location: Beneath and on Big Rat Island

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	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-08-13 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (042) Forum:2021-08-13 (Friday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Neena, Agatha, Krosp
	The Rude Mechanicals have located their quarry, but haven't found a suitably large path for Agatha to follow them… unless she shrinks. The Castle explains that Heterodynes can do anything, given sufficient resources. Back beneath the ruins, Agatha contemplates doing exactly that, but spots a flaw in the plan.
	Agatha: "No, scratch that, we'd just be eaten by rats." Krosp: "… Yeah. Rats."
	the Masters/Heterodyne

The Situation In Europa

Location: Paris

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	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-08-16 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (043) Forum:2021-08-16 (Monday)	Kleegon the Battlemaster, Gil, Boris, Tarvek, Colette, <Queen of the Dawn (Zola), Parisian
	Kleegon, Colette and Boris explain the current tactical situation. The Queen of the Dawn has been uniting kingdoms with Slaver wasp technology from her base of Holfung-Borzoi, but there has been subsequent "interesting developments".
	Holfung-Borzoi
2021-08-18 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (044) Forum:2021-08-18 (Wednesday)	\Boris, <The Shrike, <Holzoi troops, <Geisterdamen, Gil, Tarvek, Colette, \Othar
	Boris relates the developments in Holfung-Borzoi. When their new King attempted to surrender to the Polar Lords, a mysterious rebel leader named The Shrike deposed him and seized control, aided by the Corbettites and rebel Geisterdamen. The Shrike went on to destroy a Slaver Engine laboratory in a neighboring province. The Corbettites have brought the person responsible to Paris, to the dismay of Gil and Tarvek.
	Holzoi, New Holzoi King, Corbettite Railway, Polar Lords, The Other, Orcznik, Lucrezia

Othar Returns!

Location: Paris

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-08-20 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (045) Forum:2021-08-20 (Friday)	Othar, Geisterdamen (including Eotain) Tarvek, Colette, Gil
	The "person responsible" turns out to be Othar who appears with a self-aggrandizing declamation and a posse of Geisterdamen. Tarvek and Gil are not at all happy to see him. Colette, however, is happy… that Othar will have someone else to talk to.
	Othar (shouted): "Weep tears of joy! For Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer, is again at your side!"
			Kaja posted a "small public service message" below the comic: The Studio Foglio email and social media helper, Chris Sorensen is unwell and responses to communications sent to the Foglios may be delayed. The note is accompanied by a portrait of Chris as a Victorian ship captain by Denver Balbaboco.
2021-08-23 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (046) Forum:2021-08-23 (Monday)	Gil, Othar, Kjarl Thotep, Eotain, Other Geisterdamen
	Gil wonders how Othar got out of Mechanicsburg. (He had help.) Othar wonders if his sister is still trapped in Mechanicsburg. (Probably, but she hasn't been found.) The Geisterdamen are curious about Kjarl and, especially, Gil. Othar explains who Gil is, in Geisterspeak. Apparently, whatever he said wasn't complimentary; the Geisters all hiss at Gil with nasty looks on their faces.
	Gil: "Tryggvassen, I left you safely locked up in Mechanicsburg. How on earth did you wind up in Holfung-Borzoi?" Othar: "Why, I was assisted by the good people of Europa, of course." Gil: "That certainly narrows it down." Geisterspeak: "Za zoon?" "Ah! Malazoon! Met folp Gilgamesh Wulfenbach! Molla!" "Zo vedik Gilgamesh Wulfen-bok?" "Zo!"
	Mechanicsburg, Holfung-Borzoi, Europa, Your Sister	SSSSSSSSSSS SFX, panel 5
2021-08-25 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (047) Forum:2021-08-25 (Wednesday)	Tarvek, Othar, Eotain, Other Geisterdamen, Dimo, Gil
	Tarvek is incredulous that Othar could have convinced the Geisterdamen to turn against Lucrezia. Othar, addressing Tarvek as his apprentice, admits most of the credit should go to Eotain. Tarvek denies being Othar's apprentice and Eotain asks Othar what an apprentice is. Othar explains, in Geisterspeak. All of the Geisters seem to find the idea of Tarvek as Othar's apprentice to be hysterically funny and burst into long, loud laughter. Gil is also amused by the situation.
	Tarvek: "Well…I could be his apprentice! I…I'm just not!" Gil: "Oh, but it would be so good for you!" Geisterspeak: "Hegga ja?" "O-tar, feeza smet 'apprentice?'" "Oh—vola shee shakka nezimo bozaklee!" "Zoon?" "Zoon?!"
	Lucrezia	AHA HA (×8) Laughter as SFX, panel 5 HA (×16) Laughter as SFX, panel 6
2021-08-27 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (048) Forum:2021-08-27 (Friday)	Gil, Othar, Boris, <Revenant Master, <Hapless Victim, Slaver wasps, <Geisterdamen, <Eotain, Tarvek, ~Agatha
	Othar explains how the tide has turned in the North, and the origin of the rebel Geisterdamen. The Polar Lords have brought Winter with them, to their troops' advantage, and that while she uses The Other's tools, the Queen of the Dawn is but an impersonator. Eotain's faith was shaken by the Queen leading the Geisters to utter defeat in Paris, even shooting the last Geister standing ✣ . Eotain convinced a small group of Geisters to rebel, shifting their loyalty to Agatha, their Holy Child.
	Othar: "This new invasion - it is not actually the work of The Other. At least, not directly." Othar: "A loophole in their geas, if you like."
	Polar Lords, The Other, Queen of the Dawn, Revenants, Lucrezia
2021-08-30 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (049) Forum:2021-08-30 (Monday)	Gil, Tarvek, <?Barry, <Infant Agatha, <Geisterdamen, ~<Agatha, ~<Lucrezia
	Tarvek explains Agatha's position in the Geisterdamen religion, and why the Geisters are in Europa- they're on a glorious quest to find her.
	Holy Child, Lucrezia, Citadel of Silver Light
2021-09-01 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (050) Forum:2021-09-01 (Wednesday)	Eotain, Tarvek, <Geisterdamen, Othar, <Lucrezia#Crystal
	With Tarvek translating, Eotain explains in turn that the 'glorious quest' was a lie told to the Sturmvoraus family - they were sent to Europa in disgrace after the Holy Child was stolen and their Goddess returned in her "cruel aspect".
	Tarvek: "She calls her something like: The Lady of Sharp Crystal– and… Bringer of Vengeance." Geisterspeak "Hif ni!" "Hokka pok?" "Pok skegga ska!" "Sokka ma treefa hok fenna! Nava bek solink ma haff!" "Vez torfanik sov–" "Skekka ma flangi fi nokk–" "Crakka shing. Mok tekkak."
	"My family" (House Sturmvoraus), "My father" (Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus), "The Lady of Sharp Crystal", "Bringer of Vengeance"
2021-09-03 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (051) Forum:2021-09-03 (Friday)	Tarvek (translating for \Eotain), <Lucrezia#Crystal, <Geisterdamen, <Geisterbeast, <Ghost Spider, <?Loremistress Milvistle, Gil
	Tarvek continues Eotain's story - the returned Lady of Sharp Crystal killed the priestesses she felt had failed her. The survivors helped her rebuild the damaged Gate (and, interestingly, herself), so an army of Geisters could be exiled to Europa to search for the stolen Holy Child. Their assault on Europa was disrupted by a group of priestesses who doubted the divinity of this particular incarnation of the Lady.
	Tarvek, translating for Eotain: "They believed that the Lady who had returned to them was actually some kind of devil that wanted to find the Holy Child only to kill her and steal her power-" Gil: "Huh- well, that's not wrong." Tarvek: "And as soon as they had their chance, those rebellious priestesses destroyed the Gate."
	"The Child" (Agatha), "The Baron" (Klaus), Revenants
2021-09-06 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (052) Forum:2021-09-06 (Monday)	<Geisterdamen, <Ghost Spider, <~Agatha, <Kidnapped Sparks, Tarvek, <Summoning Engine victims, Othar
	Tarvek continues translating for Eotain - the hunt for the Holy Child involved kidnapping hundreds of girls with the Spark, all of whom died in the Sturmhalten Summoning Engine. Tarvek offers to work together with Othar to prevent it from happening again.
	Tarvek: "…it's not that girls never broke through, it's that when they did, they were hunted." Tarvek: "My father ran the Summoning Engine- and your Geister friends supplied the women who went into it. We can't undo that, but we can work together to make sure it doesn't happen again."
	Lucrezia, "My father" (Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus)
2021-09-08 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (053) Forum:2021-09-08 (Wednesday)	Othar, Tarvek, Eotain, Trelawney, Boris, Gil, Seffie, Colette
	Othar exults in the heroic plans of his reluctant 'apprentice' Tarvek, but his audience is unconvinced by him (literally) holding up Tarvek as a role model. Othar reminds Tarvek that his agenda to kill all Sparks is still active, and the Summoning victims would still have had to die… eventually.
	Othar: "Why, even apprenticed to someone like me, for a villain of his magnitude to so quickly and nobly turn to the side of good- it shows a purity of thought that you should all take as a model for your own self improvement!"

Dance of the 7 Snails Line Art

Occasion: Phil's shoulder is bothering him and he needs a rest.

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	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-09-10 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. Dance of the Seven Snails Forum:2021-09-10 (Friday)	"Appassionata von Mollusk"
	A black and white poster in outline form, showing the artiste Appassionata von Mollusk in the rather abbreviated (and perhaps not-entirely-safe-for-work) costume for her performance of the Dance of the Seven Snails. She wears a hat made from a very large snail shell and holds up a tray containing her seven gastropodous co-performers.
	Dance of the Seven Snails, Mamma Gkika's, Mechanicsburg	EXOTIC SENSUOUS APPASSIONATA VON MOLLUSK DANCE of the SEVEN SNAILS Large text on poster SPINOZA BIG RED HORCHER WAYEB VERNE MYCROFT NAUGHTY UDOLPHO Names of snails, with accompanying spot portraits NIGHTLY AT MAMMA G'KIKA'S ONLY IN MECHANICSBURG More large text on poster	Studio News: Kaja apologizes for not posting a new page of the comic and says the reason is that Phil's shoulder hurts and he is resting. She also says that Cheyenne Wright has colored page 37 ✣ and the color version has been posted to the comic website.

Look at All This Stuff!

Location: Caverns beneath Big Rat Island

Identifier Page	Characters
	Actions
	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-09-13 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (054) Forum:2021-09-13 (Monday)	Higgs, Thomas Crothers, Neena, Agatha, Zeetha
	Higgs, Crothers and Neena discuss cave cuisine options. Higgs opens a door for Agatha. Neena and Agatha are very interested by what they find inside the previously bricked up doorway.
	Blind cave fish, Cave crickets
2021-09-15 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (055) Forum:2021-09-15 (Wednesday)	Zeetha, Neena, Agatha, Higgs
	The doorway leads to a library of tablets inscribed with late fourth cycle punch glyphs. Neena is able to read the ancient text, a tale of torrid romance that Zeetha finds particularly compelling. Agatha notices, and has Higgs uncover, a marker above the doorway they just entered.
	Forlak
2021-09-17 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (056) Forum:2021-09-17 (Friday)	Neena, Zeetha, Agatha, Higgs, Swartzwalders (Necklace Bear, Mogg), Krosp
	Agatha interrupts Neena and Zeetha's reading to reveal that the complex is filled with more sealed doorways to explore.
	Agatha: "I thought you might want to see what else we've found!"
2021-09-20 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (057) Forum:2021-09-20 (Monday)	Neena, Swartzwalder (Mogg), Agatha, Zeetha
	The uncovered door markers are labelled in various ancient scripts. Neena and Agatha discuss which room to open next, a debate resolved by Zeetha identifying one of the markers as Old Skifandrian. Mogg the Swartzwalder unseals the room, and Zeetha is shocked by its contents.
	Blue Clay Hyperorean, Tetra Zealandia, Deep Ogham, Old Skifandrian, Higgs, Ashtara
2021-09-22 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (058) Forum:2021-09-22 (Wednesday)	Neena, Zeetha, Agatha
	The mural covered room contains various Skifandrian artifacts, notably two (inanimate) sword-bearing mummies guarding the Brek'kah Stone, a Skifandrian object of great power that, until now, was lost to the ages. Zeetha notes that the stone's twin is mounted above her mother's throne.
	Sacred Guardians, Brek'kah Stone, Luheia, My mother (Zantabraxus)
2021-09-24 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (059) Forum:2021-09-24 (Friday)	Neena, Zeetha, Agatha, Swartzwalder (Mogg)
	Neena notices that the Brek'kah Stone keeps changing shape. Agatha is extremely eager to investigate the stone and its powers. After noting that it is a sacred artefact of her people, Zeetha hands it over. Neena asks Zeetha about the carvings that cover the walls of the chamber. Zeetha replies that they depict a ritual temple dance. But Neena thinks they look more like… instructions.
	Neena: "Tell me about these wall reliefs." Zeetha: "Oh. Yeah, in Skifander, our temple rituals are all about dance." Neena: "Dance?" Zeetha: "Sure. This depicts the choreography for the dance of the Sacred Mysteries of Tekvari." Neena: "Interesting. Because to me, this looks like instructions for building something. Something really complicated."
	It (Brek'kah Stone), My Family (Zantabraxus), Skifander, The Sacred Mysteries of Tekvari

We stall a bit after Phil has Surgery

Occasion: Phil's recovering from shoulder surgery.

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	Actions
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	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-09-27 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. Phil had surgery… Forum:2021-09-27 (Monday)	Agatha
	Filler drawing after Phil's surgery, done with his non-dominant hand.
		"Science"	"For some time Phil's shoulder has been hurting him, and he's finally had surgery to repair it. He's recovering nicely now, but he has to keep his shoulder iced and in a sling. He tried drawing something for you with his left hand, here's the result: Did I mention he's also taking some fierce painkillers? Anyhow, here it is, we'll probably be stalling for a little while until he's feeling more up to snuff. I hope we'll be able to come up with something to amuse you all. We'll do our best! Thanks, everyone! -Kaja"
2021-09-29 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. Dance of the Seven Snails Forum:2021-09-29 (Wednesday)	"Appassionata von Mollusk"
	A colorized version of the previous line drawing ✣ , showing the artiste Appassionata von Mollusk in the rather abbreviated (and perhaps not-entirely-safe-for-work) costume for her performance of the Dance of the Seven Snails. She wears a hat made from a very large snail shelland holds up a tray containing her seven gastropodous co-performers.
	Dance of the Seven Snails, Mamma Gkika's, Mechanicsburg	EXOTIC SENSUOUS APPASSIONATA VON MOLLUSK DANCE of the SEVEN SNAILS Large text on poster SPINOZA BIG RED HORCHER WAYEB VERNE MYCROFT NAUGHTY UDOLPHO Names of snails, with accompanying spot portraits NIGHTLY AT MAMMA G'KIKA'S ONLY IN MECHANICSBURG More large text on poster	Phil is still recovering.
2021-10-01 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. Nuts and Bolts Cover Forum:2021-10-01 (Friday)	Agatha, Krosp, Big Dragon Clank
	The cover art for the print edition of Girl Genius: Nuts and Bolts, featuring Agatha aiming a deathray into the maw of a Big Dragon Clank. Krosp seems concerned about this turn of events.
			More non-story art during Phil's recovery. Kaja mentions they have something nifty in mind for the coming Monday.

The Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters

Location: An office in Mechanicsburg (in the future)

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	Quotes
	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-10-04 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-001 Forum:2021-10-04 (Monday)	Agatha, Van, young office helper
	Agatha objects to paperwork, but Van cajoles her into continuing and has her sign the renewal of the guild charter for the Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters.
	Agatha: "Begone, churl, or I shall transfer your brain into a spaniel!"
	"my ancestors" (Heterodynes), The Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters		Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-06 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-002 Forum:2021-10-06 (Wednesday)	Doctor Hembelbrogg, Snakkerjape
	Doctor Hembelbrogg returns to the current headquarters of the Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters in a state of high excitement. He gleefully tell Snakkerjape, who is already there, sitting at a desk much too small for him(?), that Agatha has signed the Guild's charter.
	Hembelbrogg: "It's official, my boy! The Guild is back!" Snakkerjape: "Why, how very delightful, Doctor Hembelbrogg! —And could this possibly mean that I shall soon have a larger desk?"
	She (Agatha)	And so— Caption, top left corner of panel 1 M.G. 3R Letters and numbers arranged in two lines in an arrow shaped sign on the wall of a stairwell, panel 2. 3R Sign on door, panel 3. Mechanics[burg] Guild [o]f Monsters Lettering carved into side of desk, panel 4.	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-08 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-003 Forum:2021-10-08 (Friday)	Snakkerjape, Doctor Hembelbrogg, Reptilian Humanoid Customer, Butcher
	Snakkerjape and Doctor Hembelbrogg walk along the streets of Mechanicsburg while Hembelbrogg frets about how soon the new Monsters' Guild Hall could be built and recounts the history of the original Guild Hall building to his companion.
	Hembelbrogg: "For four hundred years, our Guildhall stood as a beacon that said, 'Here-yes-here! is a town where a monster can live well!' Standing proudly in the center of the Fleshyards! Designed by Paracleezious the Mad, you know! It was bigger on the outside than the inside!"
	Europa, Mechanicsburg, The Heterodynes, The Fleshyards, Paracleezious the Mad, Old Master Jorbelox, The Boys (The Heterodyne Boys)	USED MEATS Sign over storefront, panel 1 O[N] THIS SPO[T] Painted on hoarding around building under construction.	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-11 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-004 Forum:2021-10-11 (Monday)	Snakkerjape, Doctor Hembelbrogg, ?Ivo Sharktooth, Cloaked Woman Carrying Basket, <Monsters, <Giant Heterodyne Clank, <?Carson von Mekkhan, <More Monsters, <?Carson's Wife, <Old Guildmaster Jorbelox, <William Heterodyne, Still More Mechanicsburgers, ?Franz Scortchmaw
	Hembelbrogg tells Snakkerjape of the Heterodyne brothers' razing of the Fleshyards, the destruction of the Monsters' Guild Hall and the defiance of Old Guildmaster Jorbelox. The new Heterodynes were surprised when the townsfolk took in the monsters. The two monsters go to see Key Park.
	The Old Fleshyards, The Heterodynes of Yore, The Old Guildhall, Jägers, Master Bill (William Heterodyne), Rome, The Pope (of Rome), Key Park	The Dance of the Seven Snails Poster, Panel 1	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-13 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-005 Forum:2021-10-13 (Wednesday)	Doctor Hembelbrogg, Snakkerjape, Mechanicsburgers
	The monsters visit Key Park, former site of the Monsters' Guild Hall. The park is named for the key that sits in a dish in the park. Hembelbrogg identifies it as the front door key to the Guild Hall - it mysteriously returns to the dish, no matter how many times someone takes it.
	Hembelbrogg: "Here! This is where the Guild Hall stood!" Snakkerjape: "They made it a park?" Hembelbrogg: "They didn't plan to, I think, but everything else they've tried to put up… fell down!"
		Site of the Monster Guild Hall Plinth, panel 2
2021-10-15 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-006 Forum:2021-10-15 (Friday)	Doctor Hembelbrogg, Snakkerjape, Egon
	Hembelbrogg leaves to notify the 'subterranean community ✣ ' of monsters about the news. Snakkerjape has lunch in a nearby cafe. The waiter, a monster named Egon (according to his nametag) inquires about the key, which Snakkerjape has put in his jacket pocket. He offers a theory about how it always returns: Key Park is haunted! Egon then asks why Snakkerjape came from abroad to sign up with the moribund Guild of Monsters. Snakkerjape is in the process of responding when he reaches for the key, and is surprised by what he finds.
	Egon: "It's always nice to have some new blood!" Snakkerjape: "Yes, I've seen the menu…"
		Cafe Sign, panel 2 Hi, I'm Egon Nametag, panel 4	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-18 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-007 Forum:2021-10-18 (Monday)	Snakkerjape, Egon, Snake Waiter, Cafe customer, Monster Child
	Discovering the key has vanished from his pocket, Snakkerjape tells Egon about his travels, and his hopes for reviving the Guild Hall. Egon mentions the Mechanicsburg Souvenir Shop. The key reappears in the center of Key Park. Egon reiterates that the park is haunted.
	Snakkerjape: "After a while, it all starts to feel a bit… empty." Egon: "Ooh! For the howling vacuum of existential isolation, I recommend the snailberry trifle à la mode!"
	Souvenir Shop, Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, London, Samarkand, Snailberry		Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-20 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-008 Forum:2021-10-20 (Wednesday)	Snakkerjape, Brain Monkey, <Red Cathedral Priest, <Guildhall Capstone Figure, Yglyn, Guildhall Capstone Figure, Mechanicsburgers and Tourists
	Snakkerjape visits the Souvenir shop, and buys a booklet on the Secrets of the Monster Guild and a souvenir replica Guild Hall key. The booklet mentions that following the destruction of the Fleshyards, the capstone figure of the Guildhall, a big iron statue, sought sanctuary at the Red Cathedral. Snakkerjape visits the Cathedral, where Yglyn shows him the prone statue.
	Yglyn: "My son, this is Mechanicsburg! If a big iron statue comes banging at the door, asking for sanctuary- sanctuary it gets! And no questions asked!"
	Master Jorbelox, Lady Heterodyne, Wyrm Door	And so— Caption, upper left corner of page, above panel 1 Minor Heroes, Six of One, [Ha]lf [a Doz]en [of The Otha]r, Race to the West Pole, Secrets of the Monster Guild Booklets, panel 2 Souven[irs] Sign, panel 2 Giant Lady Lam[p] Sign, panel 2 Before the lady Heterod[yne] we lay prostate [in] fear - all other[s] PAY CASH! Sign, panel 2	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.

GURPS GG downloadable wallpapers

Occasion: Steve Jackson Games' Kickstarter for the Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game

Identifier Page	Characters
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	Names Used	Text	Extras
2021-10-22 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. n/a Forum:2021-10-22 (Friday)	Agatha, Gil, Tarvek, Zeetha, Krosp, The Beast#Mini-Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Geisterdamen, Wulfenbach Soldier Clank, Dreen, Mr. Tock
			"Steve Jackson Games' Kickstarter is running right now! Please visit, be entertained, and possibly order a lovely hardcover Girl Genius roleplaying sourcebook with a lot of stuff you know and some you don't! In honor of the campaign, and because Cheyenne's computer died and he couldn't work on tonight's page, here are some GURPS Girl Genius cover art wallpapers for you to download."

The Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters (continued)

Location: The Red Cathedral and Streets of Mechanicsburg (in the future)

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2021-10-25 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-009 Forum:2021-10-25 (Monday)	Snakkerjape, Yglyn, Guildhall Capstone Figure
	Snakkerjape and Yglyn discuss the difference between minions and monsters. Snakkerjape breaks the clay Heterodyne sigil on the Guild Hall Capstone Figure's back, revealing a keyhole. He produces the Guildhall Key, inserts it in the keyhole, and proceeds to wind the statue like a clock.
	Yglyn: "What have you done?!" Snakkerjape: "I have no idea! Isn't it exciting?'"
	Old Master Jorbelox, The Heterodyne, Heterodyne Sigil (Trilobite)	CHOK! SFX, panel 7 clik! WIND (×3) HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SFX, panel 11	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-27 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-010 Forum:2021-10-27 (Wednesday)	Castle Heterodyne#Guildhall Capstone Figure, Snakkerjape, Mechanicsburgers (including ?Herr Mitrant, ?Rinja and Nadja)
	The Figure comes to life, and is surprised to discover that it has been awoken not by a righteous army of monsters bearing the Guild Hall Key, but Snakkerjape with a counterfeit key purchased from the Souvenir shop. They leave the Cathedral together, Snakkerjape updating the Figure on events subsequent to the Fleshyards' destruction. The Figure is revealed to be a 'memory' of Castle Heterodyne.
	Figure: "…Old Jorbelox knew that, in time, the family would return to its traditions. I expect this new Lady Heterodyne is a veritable paragon of evil!" Snakkerjape: "Ah- I did mention that things have changed, yes?"
	The Park (Key Park), Master William, The Boys (William and Barry), New Heterodyne, Jorbelox, The Yards	F? Beginning of sign on building, panel 8	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-10-29 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-011 Forum:2021-10-29 (Friday)	Snakkerjape, Castle Heterodyne#Guildhall Capstone Figure, Mechanicsburgers (including ?Herr Mitrant, ?Rinja and Nadja)
	Arriving at Key Park, the Figure explains that it is a fragment of Castle Heterodyne, created to isolate memories of an act that the Castle expected would be contrary to the Heterodyne Boys' orders. While the Castle manipulates something on the basin that holds the Key, Snakkerjape asks if the act was related to the destruction of the Guildhall. With a maniacal laugh, the Castle reveals that the Guildhall was never destroyed. The crowd that had been following the duo flee as the Guildhall erupts from the ground below.
	Castle: "I serve the Heterodyne Family. The new Masters, goody-two shoes heroes that they were, did not always understand that. So, before I could be commanded not to, I acted." Castle: "Muhahahahaha! Who said it was destroyed?!" Snakkerjape: "…CLEAR THE PARK!"
	Heterodyne Family, The New Masters (Bill and Barry), The Cathedral	RRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMM SFX, panel 4 RRRUMBLE! SFX, panel 5	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story.
2021-11-01 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-012 Forum:2021-11-01 (Monday)	Snakkerjape, Castle Heterodyne#Guildhall Capstone Figure, Mechanicsburgers
	Snakkerjape finds himself on top of the Monsters' Guildhall dome, which has rapidly emerged from its subterranean hiding place. With the Guildhall restored, the Castle fragment rejoins the Castle proper, leaving the Capstone Figure in place on top of the hall. Snakkerjape starts wondering how he's going to get down.
	Snakkerjape: "The Guildhall was buried?!" Castle: "Of course! Just like all good secrets in Mechanicsburg!"
	Mechanicsburg, The Mistress (Agatha), Jägers	RRRUMBLE BOOM! SFX, panel 2 (large background panel, top of page) FOOM! SFX, panel 6	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story
2021-11-03 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. MGoM-013 Forum:2021-11-03 (Wednesday)	Vanamonde von Mekkhan, Snakkerjape, Mechanicsburgers, Doctor Hembelbrogg, Egon
	Van accepts Snakkerjape's explanation of events, and leaves him to get on with Guild business. Hembelbrogg returns, excited that the Hall is back. He promotes Snakkerjape to Guild Journeyman, lets him in on the secret that the Castle is a Guild member, and assigns him a new task- collecting the Castle's unpaid dues.
	Hembelbrogg: "I can't believe it! It's true! You've restored the Guildhall!" Snakkerjape: "Oh… well, I…" Hembelbrogg: "On your lunch break!"
	The Castle	10% off lunch with your Monster Guild Card Sign, panel 9	Cheyenne Wright is drawing and coloring this story

Train & Castle's Halloween Costumes

Art Interruption: Halloween 2021

Occasion: Filler page for the Friday after Halloween.

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2021-11-05 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p.  Forum:2021-11-05 (Friday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast
	Halloween pencil sketch of the Portable Castle and Mini-Beast costumed as Milk and Cheese from the Evan Dorkin comic of the same name.
			Note from Kaja that this was intended for next year, but is being used today as filler, thanks to a 'truly impressive array of technical difficulties.'

A Brief Recap After All Those Monsters

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

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2021-11-08 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (060) Forum:2021-11-08 (Monday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	The Rude Mechanicals continue ✣ their exploration, encountering an area that the Castle recognizes as unstable. The Castle breaks off a section of wall, and the floor collapses, plunging them into a chasm.
	Beast: "We are lost." Castle: "Nonsense! we are exploring! We're not supposed to know where we are!" Beast: "Well then- we are doing a fantastic job."
			As the first page after the interlude for Phil's surgery, the page is preceded by 'Another Catch-up', summarizing the events that led our protagonists to the island, and what happened once they got there. Includes art from 2016-05-27 (Friday) ✣ (The lantern), 2021-05-31 (Monday) ✣ (Monahan's cultists), 2021-08-06 (Friday) ✣ (Lunevka and the Gate), 2021-06-14 (Monday) ✣ (Violetta and Rat), 2021-07-26 (Monday) ✣ (first view of the GAC Statue), 2021-07-30 (Friday) ✣ (Beast and Castle leaving), 2021-08-04 (Wednesday) ✣ (Beast and Castle exploring).

Into The Depths

Location: Deeper beneath Big Rat Island

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2021-11-10 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (061) Forum:2021-11-10 (Wednesday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Various monsters
	A single panel of the Rude Mechanicals plummeting into a new location. The area they are falling into is reminiscent of the room with the statue ✣ , with multiple levels and doorways, but significantly more monsters.
		AAAAAAAAAAAAAA SFX, panel 1
2021-11-12 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (062) Forum:2021-11-12 (Friday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Aquatic monsters
	The Rude Mechanicals fall through another hole into a water-filled cave occupied by sea monsters, who look somewhat like Deepdwellers. One of the monsters breaks their fall with its head. The duo is pleased with the prospect of having monsters to fight.
2021-11-15 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (063) Forum:2021-11-15 (Monday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast
	At the bottom of the chasm, the Rude Mechanicals find a steaming river of corrosive blue goo. It reminds the Portable Castle of something, but it can't quite put its glove on it…
	Castle: "Oh, it is so frustrating! I only have so many memories stored in this tiny mobile unit, you know! Nowhere near everything!" Beast: "Perhaps, if you were to delete just a few of the times you killed the Masters' unwanted guests-" Castle: "Ut! Hands off my collection!"
	The Masters (House Heterodyne)
2021-11-17 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (064) Forum:2021-11-17 (Wednesday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	The Rude Mechanicals follow the river upstream. They find its source behind a locked and barred door: a glowing blue waterfall wreathed in sparkling flames.
	Castle: "The Mistress must see this immediately!" Beast: "We did fall hundreds of meters, you know…" Castle: "…The Mistress must see this eventually!"
	The Mistress (Agatha Heterodyne)

Reading Schematics

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

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2021-11-19 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (065) Forum:2021-11-19 (Friday)	Zeetha, Neena, Agatha, Swartzwalder (Mogg), Sacred Guardian Mummies
	Neena and Zeetha interpret the mural schematics lining the walls, while Agatha dissuades Mogg from touching the Sacred Guardian Mummies With Swords. The inclusion of four-armed dancers in the mural draws Agatha's attention.
		Meanwhile, high above, but still far below- Narration, panel 1
2021-11-22 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (066) Forum:2021-11-22 (Monday)	Agatha, Zeetha, <Skifandrian Yajeena, <Eshkigax High Priestess, <Zeetha's Grandmother, <Eshkigax Loyalists, <Zantabraxus
	Agatha points out that Lady Steelgarter has four arms, and seems very interested in finding Skifander. Zeetha suggests she may be one of the Yajeena, Skifandrian high priestesses who, before Zeetha was born, traditionally had four arms. One of the Yajeenas, a high priestess of Eshkigax, engaged in a power struggle with Zeetha's grandmother. In the ensuing court intrigue, Zeetha's mother was exiled. While in exile, she met Zeetha's father, who later helped her win back the Skifandrian throne. Queen Zantabraxus' declaration of Ashtara as her patron goddess infuriated the Eshkigax loyalists.
	Zeetha: "Back then, there was a high priestess who was really into Eshkigax. She's one of the goddesses that's sort of… well… Well… she's not very nice, okay?"
	Lady Steelgarter (Ariadne Steelgarter), Skifander, Yajeena, Eshkigax, My Mother (Zantabraxus), My Father (Chump/Baron Klaus Wulfenbach), Ashtara
2021-11-24 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (067) Forum:2021-11-24 (Wednesday)	<Zantabraxus, <Eshkigax Yajeena, <Yajeena and other Skifandrians (deceased), <Skifandrian Priestesses, <Ariadne Steelgarter, ~<Constructs, Zeetha, Agatha, Neena
	Zeetha's story continues: all the four armed Yajeena, including those who sided with Zantabraxus, died when the power struggle devolved into open conflict, and the rituals that bestowed the extra arms died with them. By the time Zeetha met Steelgarter, she was used to constructs with extra limbs and appendages, and hadn't thought it any more unusual than normal. Agatha asks Neena about Steelgarter.
	Zeetha: "So, finding one here? That would be really weird." Agatha: "Okay, but 'really weird' does seem to be our thing."
		Lab (B)uddi(es) Shirt, panel 6
2021-11-26 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (068) Forum:2021-11-26 (Friday)	Neena, ~<Ariadne Steelgarter, ~<The Steelgarters, ~<Explorers, Agatha Heterodyne, Agatha's Wasp eater, Zeetha, Daughter of Chump, ~Professor Wilburforce
	Neena provides exposition on Steelgarter: brilliant, but apparently not a spark, attached to the Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities. She is in charge of the Library of Lost Libraries Library, and expert in numerous ancient languages. She is the sole heir of an established English family, and is known for funding research, particularly expeditions to lost cities.
	Agatha: "But- what about the four arms?" Neena: "I don't know! People just do stuff like that! Professor Wilburforce at the Museum has a seahorse head! - I've never asked!"
	Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities, Library of Lost Libraries Library, Sussex, Araucaria Araucana Acrostica		Initially posted uncolored due to the Thanksgiving holiday, in color by Nov 28.

Albia Is A Child

Location: Big Rat Island and Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities

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2021-11-29 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (O69) Forum:2021-11-29 (Monday)	Hippocrates Brunel, Ariadne Steelgarter, Lucrezia Mongfish#Anevka, Francisia Monahan
	After another unsuccessful attempt at matter transmission between the two Mirrors, Lunevka monologues on the ancient nature of the technology, the shattering of the Gates, and the shortcomings of Albia.
	Lunevka: "Considering all the time she has had, dear Albia really does have a very small capacity for true patience. If she had looked more closely, and more recently- she may have seen the truth."
	Albia, Queens (Ancient God-Queens), Mirrors (Queen's Mirrors)	Meanwhile- Caption, panel 1
2021-12-01 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (070) Forum:2021-12-01 (Wednesday)	Lucrezia Mongfish#Anevka, Hippocrates Brunel, Francisia Monahan, <House Mongfish members, <Lucrezia Mongfish, <Lucifer Mongfish, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Lunevka gloats about her work to revive the Mirror network, carried out slowly over thousands of years. She mentions a Mirror found by House Mongfish when she was a child, which gave her a starting point for understanding them. Her prediction that the network will be restored to full functionality in about six hundred years shocks Moonbark and Steelgarter, but she reassures them that the current Mirror will serve her immediate purposes.
	The Mirrors (Queen's Mirrors), the Museum (Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities), The Mirrors' Creators (?Great Ancient Civilization)
2021-12-03 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (070) Forum:2021-12-03 (Friday)	Lucrezia Mongfish#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan, Hippocrates Brunel
	Lunevka details her plans to activate the Mirror and connect it to other locations, setting in motion something that will make the current continental conflict unnecessary. Pausing to receive the adoration of her minions, she turns to the subject of the Mirrors' power source.
	Polar Lords
2021-12-06 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (072) Forum:2021-12-06 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Hippocrates Brunel, Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan
	Lunevka explains that while Mirrors can draw power from multiple sources, this one draws power from the Flame below the island. The Flame once provided power to a God-Queen, who Lunevka implies she killed. The amount of exposition makes the cultists suspicious. Monahan deduces they must be close to success, after which Lunevka will kill them.
	The Mirrors (Queen's Mirrors), Queen/The others (Ancient God-Queen), Those who came before (Great Ancient Civilization), Her Flame (Queen's Flame)

The Fish Appear To Be Biting

Location: The surface of Big Rat Island

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2021-12-08 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (073) Forum:2021-12-08 (Wednesday)	Hadrian Rakethorn, Violetta Mondarev, \Bangladesh DuPree (off-panel)
	Rakethorn surreptitiously peeks out from a crag, and is surprised to discover Violetta waiting for him. Violetta has been busy keeping an eye on Madwa, and trying to keep the rats at bay through chemical means. Rakethorn is filling in Violetta in on developments below ground when their conversation is interrupted by someone shouting commands.
	Rakethorn: "She didn't see you?" Violetta: "I'm still alive, aren't I?"
	Madwa, Rats, Monahan (Francisia Monahan), Neena
2021-12-10 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (074) Forum:2021-12-10 (Friday)	Bang, staff and crew of the HMA Crisp, Violetta, Hadrian Rakethorn, Lieutenant Stross
	The shouting is revealed to be Bang, leading the crew of the HMA Crisp. While Bang shouts orders for her crew to head inland, a Lieutenant Stross explains to Rakethorn that the crew were forced to abandon the initial plan of waiting for Rakethorn's signal before landing.
	Stross: "We were all settled in on the rafts, nice and camouflaged- awaiting your signal- … Whoa! But we had to move! You'd better move, too! Quickly!"
2021-12-13 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (075) Forum:2021-12-13 (Monday)	Hadrian Rakethorn, Corrupted sea monsters
	Enormous sea monsters climb up over the edge of the cliffs. At least one of them is bellowing loudly. They appear misshapen and diseased, presumably corrupted and twisted by the effects of the Cursed Waters. Rakethorn sensibly flees as fast as he can.
		GRAAAAAH! SFX, panel 1
2021-12-15 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (076) Forum:2021-12-15 (Wednesday)	Corrupted Deepdwellers, Corrupted sea monsters
	Corrupted Deepdwellers appear in the maw of one of the monsters.
	Deepdwellers: "Graaaaah!"
			Note from Kaja: "Since this is a double-page spread, you can see the whole thing here by following this elegant and finely-crafted link."
2021-12-17 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (077) Forum:2021-12-17 (Friday)	Corrupted Deepdwellers, Corrupted sea monster, Hadrian Rakethorn, Madwa Korel
	The attacking Deepdwellers and the fleeing Rakethorn are frozen in their tracks by Madwa, who is wielding Prende's Chronometric Lantern.
	Madwa: "Well, now. Isn't this interesting."
2021-12-20 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (078) Forum:2021-12-20 (Monday)	Madwa Korel, Hadrian Rakethorn, Corrupt Deepdwellers, Corrupt sea monsters, Violetta
	Having frozen Rakethorn and the landing Deepdwellers with Prende's Chronometric Lantern, Madwa contemplates what to do next. Having observed the tracks of Bang and the rest of the crew, she is considering how to kill Rakethorn in a way that is most troublesome for her enemies, when she spots Violetta behind her. Violetta appears to have also been frozen by the Lantern's light.
2021-12-22 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (079) Forum:2021-12-22 (Wednesday)	Madwa Korel, Violetta Mondarev, Hadrian Rakethorn, Corrupt Deepdwellers, Corrupt sea monsters
	Madwa deduces that Violetta's presence means Agatha is also on the island, and wonders about her agenda. Dismissing the Deepdwellers as inconsequential, she decides to use the Lantern to pick off Agatha's group one by one, leaving Agatha alive for Lucrezia. She comes to the belated realization that Violetta is not standing in the light of the Lantern, and has only been feigning being frozen. Before Madwa can act on that realization, Violetta stabs her, takes the Lantern, closes the shutter and ends the frozen time effect.
	Madwa: Still, with the Lantern, it should be simplicity itself to creep around and pick off your little friends, one by one. And then- Wait… you're not-" Violetta: "-In the light?" (Stabs Madwa.) Madwa: "Ak-" Violetta: "Well spotted." Rakethorn: "Wha- where did she come from?" Violetta: "The Smoke. Let's go."
	Heterodyne Girl (Agatha), The Lady (Lucrezia Mongfish)

Agatha And Her Magic Lamp

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

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2021-12-24 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (080) Forum:2021-12-24 (Friday)	Zeetha, Violetta, Agatha, Higgs
	Zeetha congratulates Violetta on getting the drop on Madwa. Agatha is excited to examine Prende's Chronometric Lantern, although Higgs is unsure how a device that stops time will be useful in unfreezing Mechanicburg. Agatha tests the device on Higgs, and spends some time expounding on plans for figuring out how to use the Lantern, and how to deal with Klaus once he is unfrozen… and finally realizes she is talking to herself, and shuts off the Lantern.
	Zeetha: "You sneaky thing! That was so clever!" Violetta: "Nah, it was really dumb. It only worked because she was so tired." Zeetha: "Yeah, and which one of you is still alive? Because that's what counts." Violetta: "…Can't argue with that."
	Mechanicsburg, The Baron (Klaus)	And so- Narration, panel 1 Clik SFX, panel 7

Art Interruption: Scenes from Mechanicsburg

Occasion: December holiday filler

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2021-12-27 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p.  Forum:2021-12-27 (Monday)	The Snowplow Brothers, Doctor Hembelbrogg, Snakkerjape, Mechanicsburgers
	Carolers and children follow the Snowplow Brothers, two constructs wielding shovels, as they clear snow from the streets of Mechanicsburg.
		Scenes from Mechanicsburg #1: Following The Snowplow Brothers Caption Bakery - Coffee & Tea Storefront	Per the Patreon, part of a series illustrating life in Mechanicsburg throughout the year.

Bang Would Rather Be Killing Guys

Location: Surface of Big Rat Island

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2021-12-29 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (081) Forum:2021-12-29 (Wednesday)	Bang, HMA Crisp crew, Horrible Rats, Corrupted sea monsters, Corrupted Deepdwellers, Hadrian Rakethorn
	Bang and the crew are fighting a rearguard battle with Horrible Rats. The troops force entry into one of the structures on Big Rat Island- Bang orders it be secured and fortified. The corrupted Deepdwellers are also approaching, behaving like the unintelligent variety of Revenant. With the structure cleared, Bang orders the crew to take cover inside.
	Bang: "Eh. Command is fine, but I'd rather be killin' guys, you know?" HMA Crisp crewmember: "Well… the day's not done, Captain."
	Revenants	Boom! SFX, panel 1 Click SFX, panel 7
2021-12-31 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (082) Forum:2021-12-31 (Friday)	HMA Crisp crewmember, Bang, Rakethorn, HMA Crisp Crew
	Bang and Rakethorn enter the Temple, which has been secured by the HMA Crisp crew. They discover the throne room (previously occupied by Lucrezia and the cultists) is now apparently empty. The Mirror's connection to the Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities is still active, and a new cable has been strung down into the pit that leads towards the Queen's Flame.
	HMA Crisp crewmember: "What do you think they're working on, with all of this? And- well- where are they?"

Sure Glad I Didn't Step In It

Location: Below Big Rat Island

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2022-01-03 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (083) Forum:2022-01-03 (Monday)	Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Horrible Rat packrats
	Steelgarter, Monahan and Lunevka are descending into the depths of the Big Rat Island temple when they hear an explosion ✣ . Monahan dismisses it as part of the ruin collapsing, and Lunevka is confident that Madwa has the situation under control. Monahan leads them to a glowing blue river ✣ that she had previously discovered, and they head towards its source. The river ends at a cracked wall which is leaking the mysterious fluid. In a spirit of exploration, Lunevka prepares to blast the wall apart.
	Madwa	Where indeed- Caption, panel 1 Boom! SFX, panel 1
2022-01-05 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (084) Forum:2022-01-05 (Wednesday)	Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Horrible Rats in Vats, Horrible Rat packrat
	Monahan persuades Lunevka not to destroy the wall, which is holding back a significant reservoir of the blue river. Monahan shows them her nearby secondary laboratory, full of vats of Horrible Rat experiments. Monahan is careful to make clear that Lucrezia's projects take priority.
	Monahan: "-Isn't it amazing?" Lunevka: "Well, yesss- if you want giant rats. I confess, it all seems quite useless to me, dear." Monahan: "Well… of course, you know best."
2022-01-07 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (085) Forum:2022-01-07 (Friday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Horrible Rats
	Lunevka and Monahan discuss the blue river. Lunevka explains that a Queen's Flame typically arises from a geological fault, and when a spring arises from the same fault, the water has interesting effects ✣ . Lunevka examines the Flame's effluvia more closely. She concludes that the fluid has been corrupted since she was last on the island (thousands of years ago), by someone other than her. They resume trying to find the effluvia's source.
	Lunevka: "Oh, it would be thousands of years ago for you, of course. For me, too, actually, just… you know, different thousands."
	Queen's Flame
2022-01-10 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (086) Forum:2022-01-10 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter, Horrible Rat pack rat, Horrible Rat lab rats
	Monahan shows Lunevka around her lab, which prominently features a large transparent pipeline filled with Flame effluvia. Lu is still suspicious that Monahan has not been focusing on "our primary work", but Monahan assures her that it was primarily a project to occupy her minions. Monahan has discovered that the effluvia has interesting effects, partially by human experimentation.
	Monahan: "Well, before I exposed any of my beautiful rats- I had to test the effluvia on something." Lunevka: "Oooh! Just like our sorority initiation!"
	Minions, The Society (Queen's Society?, The Shining Brotherhood?)

Oh, come On, it Said Do Not Open

Location: The Big Rat Island temple complex

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2022-01-12 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (087) Forum:2022-01-12 (Wednesday)	Francisia Monahan, Monstrous Monahan Minions, Bang, HMA Crisp crew members, Lucrezia#Anevka
	Monahan tells Lu that the surviving test subjects are locked away upstairs. The scene briefly cuts to Bang and the troops, who have discovered the monstrously transformed minions are both large, and at large.
		41, 0[3] Minion ID numbers

Looking for the Source of Defile(d Waters)

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

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2022-01-14 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (088) Forum:2022-01-14 (Friday)	The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	The Rude Mechanicals continue following the effluvia to its source. The Castle has recognized that the flow is similar to The Dyne back in Mechanicsburg, although The Beast recognizes that it is tainted. They hope to find a clean wellspring upstream, although the Castle has (mistaken) hopes of following it all the way back to Transylvania.
	Beast: "You know nothing of travel!" Castle: "Why would I? I am a Castle! My travels are usually accomplished by the rotation of the Earth!"
	The River Dyne, Mechanicsburg, The Mistress (Agatha), Transylvania, The British Isles,	Meanwhile- Caption, panel 1

Bang Tries Diplomacy

Location: Big Rat Island

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2022-01-17 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (089) Forum:2022-01-17 (Monday)	Corrupted Deepdwellers, Monstrous Monahan Minion, HMA Crisp crew, Bang
	An explosion draws the Creepdwellers to the Temple, where they are ambushed by the Monstrous Monahan Minions. Somewhere safely out of the way, one of the HMA Crisp crew compliments Bang.
	HMA Crisp crew: "That was some very quick thinking, Captain." Bang: "Ugh- and I told Gil studying diplomacy was a waste of time…"
	Gil	Boom! SFX, panel 2 Snap! x2, Rip, Bite x3, Crunch! SFX, panel 7 Eyaaaarg, Eeeyaaa!, Rhaaar, Graaag! Vocalizations, panel 7

A Priceless Archeological Site

Location: Big Rat Island

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2022-01-19 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (090) Forum:2022-01-19 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Thomas Crothers, Zeetha, Violetta, Neena, Krosp, Swartzwalder (Necklace Bear)
	Agatha's group hears the explosion from the previous page, but also dismiss it as a structure collapse. Zeetha proposes using the Lantern to deal with the Creepdwellers, but Violetta is more cautious, given the large number of enemies, preferring to wait for help to arrive in response to their SOS. Neena and Agatha discuss looking for the source of corruption, and the evil Sparks' lab. Krosp announces that he and the bears have discovered a passage towards the bad guy's lair.
	Krosp: "So I had the bears start knocking in every weak wall they could find." Neena: "This is a priceless archaeological site!" Krosp: "Sure is! And we found a passage heading farther in!" Neena: "That's-" Krosp: "Towards the bad guys' lair-" Neena: "But-" Krosp: "With some reeeeally fancy wall paintings-" Neena: "Um…" Krosp: "And some pretty impressive vases, too." Neena: "…Let's go!"
	The Lantern (Prende's Chronometric Lantern), The Airship (HMA Crisp), Those Fish Guys (Corrupted Deepdwellers), Evil Sparks (Francisia Monahan), Giant Rats (Horrible Rats)	Boom! SFX, Panel 1
2022-01-21 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (091) Forum:2022-01-21 (Friday)	Agatha, Neena, Violetta, Higgs, Krosp, Zeetha, Swartzwalder (Necklace Bear)
	As they travel through the passage, Neena is thrilled to discover the vases Krosp mentioned are the Amphorae of the Progenitors, giant vessels that are older than the Queens.
	Neena: "Mamma saw one! Before she ascended! -But the villagers smashed it- to keep the Moon from stealing all the rabbits and hedgehogs!" Agatha: "-The what?" Neena: "It was probably a metaphor." Agatha: "'Probably?'" Neena: "Well, everybody loves hedgehogs!"
	Mom/Mamma (Albia), Progenitors, Queens

Repair it and find out!

Location: Way beneath Big Rat Island

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2022-01-24 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (092) Forum:2022-01-24 (Monday)	Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast
	In the depths of the temple on Rat Island, The Rude Mechanicals find an apparatus for harnessing the Queen's Flame. The apparatus is broken, but they resolve to repair it.
	Castle: "We must inform the mistress!" Beast: "Inform her of what? Our discovery of a broken useless mystery device? We don't even know what it does!" Castle: "Hmm… good point. What would she do?" Both: "Repair it and find out!"
	The Mistress (Agatha)

A Working Mirror!

Location: Big Rat Island, Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities (via Gate)

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2022-01-26 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (093) Forum:2022-01-26 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Krosp, Swartzwalder (Mogg), Violetta, Rakethorn, Zeetha, Bang, Monstrous Monahan Minion (deceased), HMA Crisp crew, Neena, Hippocrates Brunel
	Krosp hears the sound of familiar voices. At Agatha's request, Mogg removes a stone block from a wall, allowing Violetta to confirm they've found friends. Mogg makes the hole a little larger, and they emerge into the Temple throne room to reunite with Rakethorn, Bang and the surviving HMA Crisp crew. Bang updates Zeetha on the tactical situation. Neena recognizes the active Mirror is connected to the Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities, much to the annoyance of Brunel, who is hiding out of sight on the other side of the portal.
	Agatha: "Er… can you bust through, but, you know, quietly?" Mogg: "This bear is a master of demolitions."
	Museum of Inconvenient Oddities, Londinium
2022-01-28 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (094) Forum:2022-01-28 (Friday)	Neena, Rakethorn, Agatha, Krosp, Agatha's Wasp eater, HMA Crisp crew
	Neena is amazed that the Mirror is active. Agatha and Neena enthuse about being able to analyze a working portal. The conversation touches on Lady Steelgarter's involvement with the Collection and the likelihood of Moonbark's involvement, before Agatha and Neena begin to investigate. They examine the harmonic wave analyzer that was used to target the Mirror at Londinium ✣ . When Neena removes the sample of Londinium bedrock, the portal abruptly closes.
	Lady Steelgarter, Lord Moonbark, Snackleford, Harmonic Wave Analyzer, Londinium's bedrock, Professor Allanach	Voip! SFX, panel 9
2022-01-31 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (095) Forum:2022-01-31 (Monday)	Agatha, Neena, Violetta
	Neena hurriedly replaces the Londinium bedrock sample in the Harmonic Analyzer, and the Mirror's connection to the Royal Collection of Inconvenient Oddities is restored. Violetta retrieves the Brek'kah Stone from a knapsack and exchanges it with the Londinium sample. The portal reopens, revealing a large city filled with red buildings topped with golden domes and statues. The most prominent statue resembles Ashtara.
	Brekkie Stone (Brek'kah Stone)	Vwhumm! SFX, panel 2 Clunk SFX, panel 7 Vwhuum! SFX, panel 8
2022-02-02 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (096) Forum:2022-02-02 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Zeetha, Violetta, Neena, Bang, HMA Crisp crew
	Zeetha attempts to run through the portal, but experiences the same violent rejection as previous attempts ✣ . Bang and Agatha peer through the portal, noticing that Skifander is subterranean. A HMA Crisp crewmember calls Agatha away to look at something Rakethorn has found. Having recovered from attempting to cross the portal, Zeetha points out Skifandrian landmarks to Violetta, and explains the Mirror Terrace is only frequented during Festivals.
	Skifander, Rakethorn, Mirror Terrace, High Temple Gardens, Scented Palace, Fafflenarg	Frzakkkkt! SFX, panel 2
2022-02-04 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (097) Forum:2022-02-04 (Friday)	Higgs, Zeetha, Violetta
	Higgs comes over to look at the portal. Zeetha is excited about having found Skifander, and the prospect of introducing Higgs to her family.
	Zeetha: "Still- I do want you to meet my mother." Higgs: "Yeah…" (pause) Higgs: "…Do I really have to fight her?" Zeetha: "Hee hee! It's going to be so amazing!"
	Agatha, My mother (Zantabraxus)

Monahan's 'Little Side Project'

Location: Monahan's Lab under Big Rat Island

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2022-02-07 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (098) Forum:2022-02-07 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan
	Lucrezia, Monahan and Steelgarter arrive at an interesting device that resembles a pipe organ topped with a cauldron. An intricate network of transparent pipes convey bright glowing blue liquid into the top of the device, which then emerges from the side in a torrent of viscous effluvia. Lu asks Monahan if this device is also part of her side project.
		Meanwhile- Caption, Panel 1
2022-02-09 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (099) Forum:2022-02-09 (Wednesday)	Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, <Horrible Rats, Ariadne Steelgarter, <Monstrous Monahan Minion
	Monahan explains that her pipe organ device modifies the blue fluid to improve its mutagenic affects on rats, but the effect on human subjects is still uncontrollable. She asks Lu for suggestions, who coldly replies that the best course of action is to destroy the entire system.
	Lu: "You play music for your rats, now?" Flashback panel of Monahan playing the organ for a chorus of Horrible Rats Monahan: "Uhhhhh- …no?"
2022-02-11 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (100) Forum:2022-02-11 (Friday)	Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Lu berates Monahan, explaining that the water contains pure primordial energy, and her meddling has contaminated it. Monahan protests that it mostly works on her rats and minions, but Lu is insistent that the fluid has a higher purpose, although she stops short of providing full details. Lu excoriates Monahan over her rat obsession, and orders Monahan to show her the interface to the pipe organ device, intending to refine the fluid for later use after they have found the Flame.
	Monahan: "Oh, but Luci- My rats-" Lu: "What about your rats? Nobody cares about your disgusting rats!"
	Queens, Rats, People (Monstrous Monahan Minions), Flame (Queen's Flame)
2022-02-14 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (101) Forum:2022-02-14 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, Krosp
	Lu compliments Monahan on the quality of the pipe organ's interface, and quickly determines that the waters were already contaminated before it reached Monahan's systems. With some pointers from Lu, Monahan is able to take corrective measures. Upstairs, Krosp perks up an ear by a vent.

Krosp Hears an Organ

Location: Big Rat Island Temple Complex: Throne Room

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2022-02-16 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (102) Forum:2022-02-16 (Wednesday)	Agatha, Violetta, Krosp, Bang, Rakethorn, Zeetha, Higgs, Neena, The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	Krosp hears organ music emanating from below. Fearing Monahan is up to something, they resolve to send a small group below with the Lantern, while the rest fortify the upper temple complex. The Rude Mechanicals return from their expedition.
	Doctor Monahan, Lots of Rats (Horrible Rats), The Lantern (Prende's Chronometric Lantern), Troops (HMA Crisp crew), Brek'kah Stone, Zumil (Kolee-dok-Zumil), Mechanicsburg

A Family Reunion

Location: Big Rat Island Temple Complex: Throne Room

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2022-02-18 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (103) Forum:2022-02-18 (Friday)	Agatha, The Beast, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, HMA Crisp crew, Bang, "Captain Pierre"
	The Castle and The Beast unsuccesfully attempt to explain their map of the Temple Complex to Agatha, who regretfully concludes they'll have to accompany the expedition. The troops bring in "Captain Pierre" as a captive, who is revealed to be Bang's missing father.
	Mother (Bang's Mother)	Eventually- Caption, panel 1

The Source of the "Cursed Waters"

Location: Beneath Big Rat Island

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2022-02-21 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (104) Forum:2022-02-21 (Monday)	Agatha, Rakethorn, The Beast, Zeetha, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Krosp, Agatha's Wasp eater, Violetta
	Agatha and Rakethorn examine the blue fluid. Agatha believes she's seen something like it before, and identifies it as the source of the Cursed Waters. The Castle theorizes that the spring's reservoir has only recently started leaking, which Agatha thinks is the cause of the unusual local wildlife. Violetta is not enthused about the Castle's suggestion to acquire some Horrible Rats.
	Cursed Waters, Deepdwellers, Ancient Dwellers (Great Ancient Civilization), Enormous Rats	Soon- Caption, panel 1

God Queen Rats or Jaeger Rats?

Location: Big Rat Island Monahan's Lab: Rat Room

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2022-02-23 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (105) Forum:2022-02-23 (Wednesday)	Rakethorn, Zeetha, Agatha, Krosp, Violetta, Horrible Rat lab rats, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	The group finds Monahan's rat laboratory ✣ , identifying it as the source of the Horrible Rats and the giants. When Rakethorn is out of eavesdropping distance, Agatha quietly explains to Violetta that the blue fluid is similar to the waters of The Dyne, and that Monahan is not using it to become a God-Queen, but to power her experiments.
	Monahan, Giants (Monstrous Monahan Minions), The Dyne, God Queen, Deepdwellers
2022-02-25 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (106) Forum:2022-02-25 (Friday)	Agatha, Violetta, Horrible Rat lab rat, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle
	Agatha wonders if Monahan is using a similar procedure to the Heterodyne's Jägerdraught ritual, and is pleased to see that Monahan has an array of labelled samples of the fluid that she could use to learn more about the water's properties. While the Castle is initially perturbed to hear that Agatha drank ✣ from The Dyne ✣ back in Mechanicsburg, it is very enthusiastic about the possibility of her becoming a Queen, or something even better.
	The Old Heterodynes (House Heterodyne), The Dyne, Jägerdraught, Doctor Monahan, Jäger, Mechanicsburg, Queen, Albia, Doctor Rakethorn

Remembering Music

Location: Big Rat Island Monahan's Lab: Organ Room

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2022-02-28 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (107) Forum:2022-02-28 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan
	As Monahan plays the control organ, Lunevka slips into a reverie. Lu had apparently forgotten about enjoying beautiful music, which she partially blames on her mechanical form, and adds it to her list of things she's looking forward to. Monahan asks her about it, surprised that Lu would forget about music. Monahan brings up chocolate as one of Lu's other great passions, causing further distress, and swiftly changes the subject.
	Monahan: "Luci, what has happened to you? To forget music? I'd as soon believe you'd forgotten how much you love chocolate." Lu: "Choco… AAAAAAAHH!" Monahan: "-Let's just have a look at the readings, shall we?"
2022-03-02 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (108) Forum:2022-03-02 (Wednesday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan
	Lu consoles herself that her approaching victory will restore her lost senses. Monahan shows Lu the result of their work, which Lu judges to be perfect, despite Monahan's concerns about the purified fluid's lethality. Lu launches into a monomaniacal rant about her possession of the deep secrets of God-Queenhood.
	Lu: "Of course, it is essential to have also learned the precise methods to sustain such a rarefied state. … To keep from exploding, you know."
	My Rats (Horrible Rats), Queens of the Spheres (Ancient God-Queens)
2022-03-04 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (109) Forum:2022-03-04 (Friday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, <Lucrezia#Agatha(!!), <Tarvek, <Martellus, <Gil, Ariadne Steelgarter,
	Monahan asks why Snackleford's ascension differed, but Lu dismisses Snacky and the Shining Brotherhood as fools, and gloats about Lu-in-Agatha's previous ascension ✣ . Steelgarter is shocked that Albia would not recognize Agatha as a Queen, but Lu insists that she saw the ascension first hand, and that Lu-in-Agatha must be well hidden. Lu makes plans to bring Lu-in-Agatha to Monahan's lab to complete the process of ascending, via a process of "annealing" with the Queen's Flame.
	Lord Snackleford, Ridiculous Society (The Shining Brotherhood), Queens, Priestesses (Geisterdamen), Lost Daughter/Lady Heterodyne, Albia, Londinium, Flame
2022-03-07 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (110) Forum:2022-03-07 (Monday)	Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Monahan asks about Lu's prior plans for the Flame ✣ . Lu confirms she intends to use the Flame to power the Mirror in order to retrieve her other hosts, and then proceed with the Ascension procedures. Monahan also asks why they haven't found the flame yet. Lu confirms there was a Flame that was piped to the Throne room, but the connection has been disrupted. Monahan finds the destruction reminiscent of Lu's old college antics. Meanwhile, Steelgarter tries out new outfits from Monahan's costume collection.
	Flame, Mirror, Organic vessels (Agatha, Zola), Queen, Muon Omicron Tau, Verona

What DID You Do?

Location: Under Big Rat Island

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2022-03-09 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (111) Forum:2022-03-09 (Wednesday)	Rakethorn, Violetta, Zeetha, Agatha, Krosp, Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, The Beast
	With Prende's Lantern at the ready, Agatha's party prepares to head towards the music. Agatha has taken Monahan's effluvia samples. Krosp notices the stale air is clearing up. The Rude Mechanicals start detailing the Temple Complex's systems they repaired.
	Castle: "Odd- I don't think anything we did can be responsible." Beast: "No, indeed! Possibly quite the opposite!"
		Meanwhile- Caption, panel 1

The Most Interesting Thing

Location: Under Big Rat Island

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2022-03-11 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (112) Forum:2022-03-11 (Friday)	\Castle Heterodyne#Portable Castle, Dingbots
	An army of Dingbots has nearly completed repairs on the cauldron system. One of them prepares to throw a switch.
	Castle: "Oh, but you see, this is the interesting thing!"

Luci, Is This Your Flame?

Location: Big Rat Island

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2022-03-14 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (013) Forum:2022-03-14 (Monday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan
	The building shakes, which concerns Lunevka and the gang. They are surprised by a pillar of Flame suddenly erupting next to the pipe organ.
		FOOM! SFX, panel 2

It's Not Doing Anything

Location: Big Rat Island Temple Complex: Throne Room

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2022-03-16 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (114) Forum:2022-03-16 (Wednesday)	HMA Crisp crewmember, Higgs, <Deep Marines, <Corrupted Deepdwellers
	Back in the throneroom, a crewmember brings Higgs tea, and gives him an update on events on the surface. Conveniently, the corrupt Deepdwellers, Horrible Rats and a group of turncoat Deep Marines are too busy fighting each other to do anything else. As they talk, the duct in the middle of the room suddenly erupts into Flame, while behind them, the Mirror establishes a full connection to Skifander.
	Dome, Creepy Giant Rats (Horrible Rats)	Far above- Caption, panel 1 FOOM! SFX, panel 5 Fzip! SFX, panel 6

Monahan Plays Hard to Get

Location: Big Rat Island Monahan's Lab: Organ Room

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2022-03-18 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (115) Forum:2022-03-18 (Friday)	Lucrezia#Anevka, Francisia Monahan, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Lunevka is thrilled by the possibilities of the Queen's Flame, and plans her immediate Ascension. Steelgarter asks about the lack of the most obvious organic vessel ✣ . Looming behind Monahan, Lunevka implies she has plans to capitalize on immediately available assets.
	Lu: "Europa is as good as mine! I shall step through the mirror a fully fledged Queen! Why, I won't even need my lovely Wasps to make everyone adore me! -And there will be so much chocolate…"
	Europa, Queen, Wasps, Mirror, Lady Heterodyne
2022-03-21 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (116) Forum:2022-03-21 (Monday)	Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Monahan kicks Lunevka, and pleads with Steelgarter to side with her against Lu. When Monahan is noncommittal about her ability to get the Mirror working quickly, Steelgarter pinions her and asks Lu to exterminate the Horrible Rats, a request that Lu is happy to grant. Lu places her hand against Monahan's head, and blue energy coruscates from her forearm.
	Flame, Those Filthy Rats (Horrible Rats)	Crak! SFX, Panel 1 BZZOWNT SNAP zzAP zwee[ng!] SFX, Panel 6
2022-03-23 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (117) Forum:2022-03-23 (Wednesday)	Francisia Monahan, Lucrezia#Anevka, Ariadne Steelgarter
	Lunevka is shocked to discover that her attempt to implant Lucrezia's essentia in Monahan's mind has failed. Monahan explains that using knowledge gained from Loremistress Milvistle, she was able to block the transfer. Although still pinioned by Steelgarter, Monahan kicks Lu into the river of effluvia.
	Monahan: "Did you really think I would tamely let you use me the way you use everyone and everything? Tch- you honestly did believe it was all about you, didn't you?"
	Lucrezia, Loremistress Milvistle, That Little "Upgrade" (Summoning Engine), Europa	ZOWNPF SFX, panel 1 BOOT! SFX, panel 5
2022-03-25 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (118) Forum:2022-03-25 (Friday)	Ariadne Steelgarter, Francisia Monahan
	Steelgarter and Monahan pause for a moment, looking at the river, then Monahan escapes Steelgarter's grasp and elbows her. While Steelgarter attempts to catch her breath, Monahan removes her mask and begins preparations for Ascension.
	Monahan: "So- I had misjudged the base composition of the effluvia! No wonder… and using the Flame to seal the change? Ingenious! I'm not too proud to admit I had no idea about that part- I believe I can now manage the last stages of the metamorphosis on my own! Oh- You might want to run. Now."
	Luci (Lucrezia), The Flame	Bloop bloop SFX, panel 1 Gunch! SFX, panel 2 SSSSSSSS SFX, panel 3 FOOSHHH SFX, panel 5

Finally!

Location: Big Rat Island Monahan's Lab: Organ Room

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2022-03-28 (Monday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (119) Forum:2022-03-28 (Monday)	Francisia Monahan(!!)
	Monahan hovers in the air, surrounded by a column of scintillating effluvia.
	Monahan: "This is it! The power- in its purest form! Finally!"
2022-03-30 (Wednesday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (120) Forum:2022-03-30 (Wednesday)	Francisia Monahan(!!)
	Monahan glories in the power of the Ascension, and prepares to enter the Queen's Flame.
	Monahan: "And now- the Flame- to burn this power into my being- forever!"
	The Flame
2022-04-01 (Friday) ✣ Vol.2-9 p. (121) Forum:2022-04-01 (Friday)	Francisia Monahan(!!), Ariadne Steelgarter, Lucrezia#Anevka
	Monahan toys with Steelgarter, but is interrupted by the appearance of Lunevka, who shoulder checks her out of the Flame. Lu steps into the Flame, mocking Monahan's claim to being an expert on her work. As she stands in the flame, her appearance dramatically transforms.
	Lunevka: "All of my work on the transfer of consciousness from the organic to the mechanical, and back again- that has been the work of millennia!"
		Slam! SFX, panel 2

Index

Chronology Overview         Internal Chronology
Key	= First page of volume                 = chronology                 = cast
Act 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Act 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12