page 1197 – Side Effects May Vary
To be fair, I feel like there’s probably a pretty sizable chunk of the Galactic Nitpicker’s Guild who either aren’t allowed to use this kind of stuff or opt out due to their various personal eccentricities.
But enough about that, I GOT A PAGE DONE ON TIME! In fact, this one was actually totally completed and ready AHEAD of schedule for once. Man, taking even just one extra day’s break can really work wonders sometimes, can’t it? And speaking of which, I’ve even managed to already get the next TWC Voting Incentive written and penciled, so that should be up on Thursday as scheduled too. YAY!
10/14 EDIT: OKAY! Remember how I said I finally had all the piled up side projects taken care of and there weren’t any more distractions? Well GUESS WHAT? Another surprise side project landed in my lap and I got distracted. BUT FEAR NOT! The promised new Voting Incentive is up! It’s just a few hours later than intended and I had to scramble a bit more than I would have liked to get it done.
I was waiting for the explanation on why Ichabod and Mariska couldn’t use it.
(I just assumed that Mariska also couldn’t, since it’s obvious Ichabod wasn’t using one)
Like I said before: the fist thing we do in science fiction AFTER inventing a great new toy is come up with lots of of excuses for it not to work so that it doesn’t break the story. 😀
Honestly, if Ichabod did have one, he would use it in a dozen “inappropriate” ways a typical task, resulting in it being taken from him before the month is out.
…or he’d just jump in and hide any time anyone was coming to ask him to do anything.
That wouldn’t work after the first time, if it even worked then. They would KNOW where his portal opens to, so it would be an easy way to catch him. If anything, them NOT being able to utilise the technology in reverse, so to ensure that they can ask him to do things he doesn’t want to do in person, could be his primary reasoning for not wanting one. All the hoha about the “dangers” of the technology are merely a front to hide the fact that he doesn’t want visitors giving him work he doesn’t want to do.
Also, I meant to include some fog in front of Von Cannon’s mouth in the last page to suggest that this place is really cold and foreboding. Like, the only reason the Nitpicker’s Guild gets to use it for storage is because nobody else wants to be there, and even they don’t want to stay for long. (Another detail to keep plots from getting broken)
It’s enough to make you wonder if the galaxy’s insurance companies all have an “Act of Nitpicker” clause in their policies. Probably right next to acts of Nature, God, Those meddling in God’s Domain, and acts of Stilez.
Nah, “Act of Nitpicker” isn’t covered, because they can’t be legally held responsible for the results. Specifically, anything they are directly responsible for, like throwing the meat underwear onto Stilez’s face, are too small in damage output or can be argued easily enough that someone else is sufficiently “in the wrong” to clear the Nitpickers of all culpability. Anything that they aren’t directly responsible for, they aren’t directly responsible for, and thus their culpability is questionable.
Honestly, if any insurance company did try to add an “Act of Nitpicker” clause to their policies, they would be bombarded by Nitpicker’s who demolish their company’s reputation and ability to operate by nitpicking every act it attempts and avoided pay-out, to the point of messing with the Nitpickers being too big a problem to actually attempt.
This sort of thing is basically the whole reason the Nitpicker’s Guild exists, because there’s NO WAY any of these people would be able to survive without an organization backing them up and cleaning up their messes.