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Ah ha ha, it was all a dream! Gotcha! How much do you hate me?
I always wanted to write a story that ended up as just a dream… as cliche and over-done as it is. I could bring back the pactin/catnip tie-in later on, who knows. But the farmhouse hippie-chick was all a figment of Nettika’s imagination. And seeing how THAT ended up, it’s a good thing!
If you want to read from the beginning, you can start HERE.
And I thought the hippie chick would be an alien in disguise!
well she IS, kinda! Just not the same species as Z&F. (but that’s all in a dream, anyway… right?)
Love how you drew the mask coming off. Nice.
Thank you! I redrew it a couple times, wanted to be sure you knew what it was!
THIS IS AWESOME!!! You wrapped this story arc up perfectly dawn. Very nice approach on the full circle. But what if it wasn’t really just her imagination, the story did start with her fall to the bushes, so that would mean that if it was her imagination then she has a bit of a precognitive part to her, or was it a ploy by the Nepita’s to stay in hiding and they reversed time and Netika was the only one to remember.
Gheesh, I must be getting older, my “Everything’s a conspiracy” flag is starting to wave a bit more. 🙂
If what you’re saying is correct, I can see an endless time travel loop in this story. Unfortunately, this would make “Zorphbert and Fred” a very boring strip from here on out.
Time Travel has crossed my mind as an option in the future, but right now, no plans for endless time travel loops. Lets keep this comic lighthearted and not taking itself too seriously. That’s what I intended for it, anyway.
ahahaha! Yeah, you MAY be thinking about this a tad too hard there, Todd. You’re going all “Doc Brown” on us, here! This is getting HEAVY! :0)
That was a great ending!
glad you liked it Roberto!!
I agree that dream sequences are cliche. However, they’re only cheesy if they are used to get out of a “corner” that a writer got themselves into. I get the impression that this was going to be a dream sequence from the very start. Also, I wonder if other forces are at work here. After all, we can be fooled by our imagination or information implantation in a number of ways.
I definitely wanted to answer the questions and tie up loose ends before “ending” the dream. I wondered if anyone guessed it may be a dream, you were one of them Rainey!
and with alien technology, one can never be sure. That’s another way us sci-fi writers can get themselves out of a writer’s jam– just blame it on alien technology!
Very fun ending! I like the way you played with the design of the “AUUGHH” moving through the panel.
Thanks! everyone once in a while I dabble in typography. Or whatever that is.
Now for the real fun. Nettika, would you like a cookie?
maybe after she regains consciousness. ;0)