X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,85736fee37960927,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-11 12:11:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 183-188 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:11:23 +0100 Lines: 225 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1013458298 47601990 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14582 w00t, a new story arc --- ______ Here it is! My very / .--. \ own time machine! ( ( `- ) ) Beauty, ain't she? ) `--' ( ,,, ` | .--. | '.. OO || || || ((- )| |( |\ b b /_|____|_\ ______ / .--. \ I dunno. Does ( ( `- ) ) It tended to send things way it even work? ) `--' ( back in time at first, but it `,,, | .--. | , should be working great '.. || || OO now. Now all I need is .||. )| |( .||. a volunteer to test it! || __ /_|____|_\ __ dd ______ / .--. \ ( ( `- ) ) Aw, you're always ) `--' ( so darn negative! | .--. | , _ - -- || || OO - -- *zip* -- )| |( -||- jg - - - /_|____|_\ dd --- Yes, it's a reiteration of NB178. In this story arc, the first strip sucks instead of the last one. --- Have you seen my Yeah, it's in Busta Rhymes CD? the closet. `,,, , _ '.. O |_) || |_(._[__] |\ | |b| | | | | Where? .--. .--. , | OO| | '.| | //-|o | // | | b b |____|/| |__| | | | .--. / | OO | -| - | -| *slam!* .||- |- | _ o|\ | bb |__|____|__| MOMENTS LATER... ______ Nerd Boy? Did you just / .--. \ Great plan! He lock me in that wacky time ( ( `- ) ) totally fell for it. machine of yours? ` ) `--' ( | But of course. | .--. | , , || || OO ..~ )| o|( .||. << jg /_|____|_\ bb /| --- Still a bit weak. What sets this story arc apart from the others is that I actually wrote the whole story before putting pencil to paper, or whatever. --- We've locked Fan Boy ______ in your time machine. / .--. \ Are you gonna test ( ( `- ) ) it or will I die OK, here ) `--' ( Hey! What's going of boredom first? goes.. | .--. | , on out there!? `~.. `OO || || .>>. //-,)| o|( ______ || _________bb /_|____|_\ ____________ ______ *bzzschweeeeee* *gzoiii* ` / .--. \ ' - ( ( `- ) ) - < ) `--' ( > Cool. > | .--. | < *wywywy...* `~.. OO < || || > .>>. .||. - )| o|( - || bb , /_|____|_\ . _______________________________________________________________________ 3002 A.D. ___ _ | 2002 A.D. __ /_||) - | \ \__ *zweee*| I.. -think- I \/ / ______ | ______ made a mistake. / /\ |[][][]| | / .--. \ ~.. `OO / /\ \___|[][][]| | ( ( `- ) ) .>>. .||. \ \/ .---|[][][]| | ) `--' ( Hello? ____ || _ bb _ \/ / |[][][]| | | .--. | , | / /\____|[][][]| | || || | / /\| |[][][]| | )| o|( | \ \/| |[][][]| | jg /_|____|_\ --- This strip and the last are the ones upon which the whole story arc hinges. Everything else is just there to bind those two together. --- 3002 a.d. _| I think it's safe to assume that __ \ \ my time machine sent -us- into \ \__ /_/ the future instead of Fan Boy. \/ / ______ | `OO ..~ / /\ |[][][]| | .||. .<<. / /\ \_ |[][][]| | _ bb ___ || _ \ \/ .===|[][][]| | \/ / |[][][]| | / /\____|[][][]| | -I- think it's safe to / /\| |[][][]| | ? assume that you're an idiot. \ \/| _ |[][][]| | __ , \ \||_| |[][][]| | '.. OO ..~ \ \```/|[][][]| | || .||. .<<. Well, \ \ | |[][][]| | _ |\ ___________ bb ___ || _ crap. \ \| |[][][]| | ~.. `OO |\ \ |[][][]| | .>>. .||. | \ \|[][][]| | Nani o Ah, Japanese; the future _|| _ bb_ | \ |[][][]| | simasu ka? tongue. Lucky I took that | | |\ [][][]| | `__ , course, huh? |....| | |[][][]| | '.. OO ..~ |: :| | |[][][]| | || .||. .<<. |: :| | |[][][]| | ___ || _________ dd __ || _ |: :| | |[][][]| | |: :| | |[][][]| | |. .| | |[][][]| | | | : |[][][]| | __ , | : . : [][]: | '.. OO ..~ | . . []: | || .||. .<<. jg | . | ___ || _________ dd __ || _ --- OK, so I kind of stole it off some web page I don't even know the URL to... --- Well, apparently people speak -You're- the one who Japanese here in the future, built the stupid time so we can't communicate with , machine, remember? anyone. How do we get `OO ..~ back to our own time? __ .||. .<<. | | bb || Hmm.. We'll need something like a remote, to activate my time machine `OO ..~ back home... __ ))_ .<<. | dd | || It has to operate at a OK. subchronic frequency , to interact with `OO ..~ something in the __ ))_ .<<. past though... | dd | ______ || ____ _______________ |USED SUBCHRONIC| ____|REMOTE EMPORIUM| This is hopeless. I'll be | |`---------------' We're stuck here. right back. __| | __________ `OO `~.. /\\\\\ | | 50% OFF! | __ ))_ .>>. | ||| | |__________| jg_____ | dd | ________ |\ ____________ | ||| | --- Kind of funny for something I basically just improvised while drawing and trying to make it fit into the plot... --- 3002 a.d. | 2002 a.d. ______ | / .--. \ With this, I can control my | ( ( `- ) ) time machine back in 2002 | ) `--' ( Let me out of and send us back there! | | .--. | , here! Hello? `OO / ..~ | || || .. Hmm... .||o .<<. | )| o|( A switch? bb || | /_|____|_\ | | ______ Then I can fix the time machine |It opened the .--. \ so that it sends the stuff | door! I'm ( `- ) ) -in- it instead of the stuff | finally free!`--' ( -around- it through time. | . ` ,,, . | Here goes... `OO / --~ *yawn*| | ..' || .||o '<<. | |o -\\ |( bb || | |____|/| |_\ | `- *bzzschweeeeee* *gzoiii* *wywywy...* -. | It worked! ______ | I wonder / .--. \ Who cares? | where Fan ( ( `- ) ) Let's have Huh? | Boy is? ) `--' ( ice cream. `,,, | , .--. .--. | ` oo' | OO / | | || ~.. -\\ | .||o |o | |( >> jg /| | bb |____| |_\ |\ --- Best story arc ending -ever-. -jg