Line #262 Haiku/GunnerkriggCourt


1	A red-haired cypher,\
2	young scientist, fox demon:\
3	Our protagonists.
4	->-- [[Tropers/MetaFour Meta Four]]
5
6	New friends, psychopomps,\
7	demons, robots, trickster gods:\
8	Coolest school ever.
9	->-- [[Tropers/MetaFour Meta Four]]
10
11	Ask around the court,\
12	Everyone will agree.\
13	Boxbot: Terrible.
14	->-- [[Webcomic/InternationalComicContinuity Janaro]]
15
16	Chapter One begins:\
17	Robot 13, Shadow 2\
18	TakeItToTheBridge.
19
20	Two: We meet [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent a myth]]\
21	Living in a labyrinth.\
22	(He has a [[MundaneFantastic time share]].)
23
24	Three: A strange meeting.\
25	[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rogat Orjak]] hits the roof;\
26	Annie hits her head.
27
28	Four: [[ISeeDeadPeople A timid ghost]]\
29	Haunts the halls of Gunnerkrigg,\
30	Not very scary.
31
32	Five: Zeta, Gamma,\
33	Enter in the science fair.\
34	Kat makes zero-G.
35
36	Six: Girls find cherries\
37	Growing in a hidden room;\
38	[[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest Memories bring tears.]]
39
40	Seven: On the bridge,\
41	Robot 13 acting strange;\
42	A disastrous fall.
43
44	Treatise Number One\
45	Tells us, [[PretentiousLatinMotto "Pray, read, read again,\
46	Work, and you shall find."]]
47
48	Eight: A blinker stone,\
49	[[EtherealWhiteDress Ghosts]] and suicide fairies.\
50	Kat to the rescue!
51
52	Nine: Questions are asked;\
53	Answers just bring more questions.\
54	Reynardine may speak.
55
56	Ten: [[RetroRocket Go, Spacemonauts!]]\
57	[[RaygunGothic Aliens from outer space!]]\
58	Earth is saved! (For now...)
59
60	Eleven: We see\
61	What goes on in Zimmy's mind\
62	While she waits for rain.
63
64	Twelve: Some robots have\
65	[[PaperThinDisguise Antennae]], and [[BlatantLies they don't lie]].\
66	Annie's skills amaze.
67
68	Thirteen: Kat's first crush;\
69	She likes him, and he likes her,\
70	'Til he flies away.
71
72	Fourteen: Gods visit.\
73	Coyote has a rude nose ...\
74	Beware the spankies!
75
76	Treatise Number Two:\
77	[[LesYay Kat is dressed as Eglamore]];\
78	[[PseudoRomanticFriendship Annie, as Surma]].
79
80	Fifteen: Red returns.\
81	Blue will be her BFF\
82	'Cause her hair goes up.
83
84	Sixteen: Young Annie\
85	[[TookALevelInBadass Can face danger]], because of\
86	[[SurvivalMantra What her mother said]].
87
88	Seventeen: Parley,\
89	Medium is a LargeHam\
90	When she [[PstandardPsychicPstance talks like that]].
91
92	Eighteen: More robots,\
93	Secret shrine to Jeanne. [[MeaningfulEcho "She died\
94	And we did nothing."]]
95
96	Nineteen: Late one night,\
97	Annie and Jack find themselves\
98	Inside Zimmy's head.
99
100	Twenty: In the woods,\
101	Visiting with Coyote,\
102	Annie pokes the Moon.
103
104	Twenty-One: A note,\
105	Blinker stone and psychopomp,\
106	Magic computer.
107
108	Twenty-Two: We learn\
109	Who's that girl in the photo.\
110	Jimmy punches jerk.
111
112	Treatise Number Three:\
113	Annie has Coyote's eye.\
114	Kat's mind on machines.
115
116	Break Time: "City Face"\
117	Fairy must teach bird to dance,\
118	Or the world will end!
119
120	Twenty-Three: Action!\
121	We travel to Ganymede!\
122	(Then to Parley's bed.)
123
124	Twenty-Four: Camping\
125	In the misty countryside.\
126	[[EnergyWeapon Laser cows are cool.]]
127
128	Twenty-Five: "Oh no!\
129	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A sad face! The saddest face!]]"\
130	Count of angels: one.
131
132	Twenty-Six: New tricks\
133	Taught by old dog; true faces\
134	Seen in the ether.
135
136	Twenty-Seven: Jack\
137	Asks Annie where Zimmy is;\
138	Reynardine is trapped.
139	->-- [[{{Tropers/Eddurd}} Eddurd]]
140
141	Alas! Kat can't sleep.\
142	She'll do work to pass the time.\
143	[[HeavySleeper Then drools on the desk.]]
144	->-- [[Tropers/NatTheWriter Nat The Writer]]
145
146	Twenty-Eight: Who's who?\
147	Zimmingham full of spiders\
148	Zimmy saves tired Jack
149	->-- [[{{Tropers/Forthur}} Forthur]]
150
151	Twenty-Nine: Kat finds\
152	An abandoned baby bird\
153	It's very ugly.
154	->-- Pencilsoot
155
156	Thirty: Vengeful ghost\
157	Forces Parley to confront\
158	What is in her heart.
159
160	Thirty-One: Annie\
161	Has her mother's fire [[LiteralMetaphor (in the\
162	Most literal sense).]]
163
164	Treatise Number Four:\
165	Girls separate, yet are bound;\
166	Jeanne's heart is wounded.
167
168	Now: City Face 2!\
169	Birds eat bagels, and become\
170	Human businessmen!
171
172	Thirty-two: New year;\
173	Girls fight, then are friends again\
174	(Once Annie showers).
175
176	Thirty-three: Angel\
177	Gives life to the Court robots;\
178	Takes it back, as well.
179
180	Thirty-four: Night out ...\
181	[[ShipSinking Jack and Annie aren't in love]];\
182	Will and Janet, yes.
183
184	Thirty-five: Training,\
185	[[AbsurdlySharpBlade Parley cuts Robot with tooth]];\
186	Shadow is 3-D.
187
188	Thirty-six: In class,\
189	[[AstralProjection Brains and bodies disconnect]];\
190	Red now has a name.
191
192	Thirty-seven: [[DisappearedDad Dad]]\
193	Rendezvoused with Microsat\
194	Five, then flew away.
195
196	Thirty-eight: Zimmy\
197	Finds [[AllJustADream Annie trapped in a dream]],\
198	[[OrWasItADream Punches Dad in face]].
199
200	Thirty-nine: Secrets\
201	Explain Coyote's power ...\
202	Memories eaten.
203
204	Forty: What is Jones?\
205	She is like a stone, except\
206	[[MadeOfDiamond She can't be broken.]]
207
208	Forty-one: Changes;\
209	Annie's not the medium ...\
210	Oh, wait, yes she is.
211
212	Treatise Number Five:\
213	Shadow, Robot, Annie, Kat\
214	Join what has been split.
215
216	Silly bird drawings!\
217	(Regular artist is on\
218	Two-week vacation.)
219
220	Forty-two: Smitty\
221	Helping out (a bit too much) ...\
222	Paz writes Kat a note.
223
224	->-- [[{{Tropers/Eddurd}} Eddurd]]
225
226	Two schoolgirls in love?\
227	[[AscendedFanon The Paz/Kat ship is canon?:]]\
228	Comments board explodes.
229
230	->-- [[{{Tropers/MorttheGhost}} Mort the Ghost]]
231
232	Forty-three: [[PerversePuppet Hetty]],\
233	[[LiteralMetaphor Burning mad]] at her owner ...\
234	Renard [[TheAtoner knows his shame]].
235
236	Forty-four: Crash course\
237	In learning to fight with fire ...\
238	[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Old foe is now friend.]]
239
240	Forty-five: Does Kat\
241	Have to chose between new love\
242	And her [[HeterosexualLifePartners old friendship]]?
243
244	Forty-six: Spirits\
245	Leave [[FinalSpeech last words]]. Surma did not;\
246	Annie did not know.
247
248	Forty-seven: Mort\
249	Died before his time was up;\
250	[[GoIntoTheLight Annie takes him home.]]
251
252	Forty-eight: Tall tales!\
253	Annie's done amazing things!\
254	Hare wants human life.
255
256	Forty-nine: Robots\
257	Tell Kat, "Make us flesh." Kat: "No."\
258	They say, "Still worth it."
259
260	Treatise Number Six:\
261	Kat, the Builder, balances\
262	Annie and Nature.
263
264	See the Book of Birds!\
265	Some are tough, some are tougher,\
266	Some are super tough.
267
268	Fifty: Totem takes\
269	Forest soul to new body\
270	Grown in vat. (Creepy.)
271
272	Fifty-One: Annie\
273	Is surprised to see her Dad ...\
274	Scarred, cold, and quite harsh.
275
276	Fifty-Two: Young friends\
277	Sneak and search while Carver's out ...\
278	Both sides keep secrets.
279
280	Fifty-Three: Dinner,\
281	Drinks; Annie's Dad explains why\
282	He did what he did.
283
284	Fifty-Four: Her fire\
285	And her anger are one; she\
286	Must get old friend back.
287	->-- [[{{Tropers/Eddurd}} Eddurd]]
288
289	Fifty-Five: Ding dong.\
290	She asks her dad for Renard.\
291	He gives him back. Click.
292	->--[[{{Tropers/pisoprano}} pisoprano]]
293
294	Fifty-Six: Robot\
295	Shows his new arm to Shadow;\
296	Someone's watching them.
297
298	Fifty-Seven: Kat\
299	Plays Cupid (it doesn't work) ...\
300	Annie's less angry.
301
302	Fifty-Eight: Fairy\
303	Visits the court; Parley's back ...\
304	Annie says, "It's time."
305
306	Fifty-Nine: Battles\
307	In the ether and on land ...\
308	Friends use all their skills.
309
310	Treatise Seven looks\
311	Like a scene from ancient times;\
312	Science meets magic.
313
314	Bonus pages have \
315	Puzzles, starring City Face!\
316	(Birds, birds, and more birds.)
317
318	Sixty: Kat unlocks\
319	Trapped souls; to save all of them,\
320	Annie pays the price.
321
322	Sixty-One: Red's friend \
323	Gets a name too, then they tell \
324	Annie, "Leave us now."
325
326	Sixty-Two: Annie \
327	Asks, "Did I do the right thing?" \
328	Kat says, "We all did."
329
330	Sixty-Three: Robot \
331	And human in love, need help \
332	From Kat (and Carver).
333
334	Sixty-Four: How did \
335	Annie's parents fall in love? \
336	Better question: Why?
337
338	Sixty-Five: Kat works \
339	On new bodies for robots \
340	(Including "boy stuff").
341
342	Sixty-Six: A gift \
343	Of strength drives Ysengrim mad, \
344	Tries to wreck Court; can't.
345
346	Sixty-Seven: Who \
347	Will go to forest? Annie \
348	Goes (but Jones gets tossed).
349
350	Sixty-Eight: Annie \
351	Deals with Loup to save the court ... \
352	She's been gone HOW long?!
353
354	Treatise Number Eight:\
355	Kat is princess of science,\
356	Annie is a flame.
357
358	Time for Q and A:\
359	Cosplay, dancing, wiki, luck,\
360	Movies, orbits, yachts!
361
362	Sixty-Nine: She's back,\
363	But finds she's already there ...\
364	She's beside herself!
365
366	Seventy: The two\
367	Annies have to work as one;\
368	Things are heating up.
369
370	Seventy-one: Kat's \
371	Techno-magic runs afoul \
372	Of etheric law.
373
374	Seventy-two: Team \
375	Gets separated; wisps are \
376	Messing with their minds.
377
378	Seventy-three: Loup \
379	Cannot control the forest; \
380	Kicks out residents.
381
382	Seventy-four: Paz \
383	Is upset with both Annies; \
384	Kat's up to something.
385
386	Seventy-five: You \
387	Are given the gift of Life; \
388	You are the ocean.
389
390	Extra story tells \
391	All about Coyote and \
392	How he made himself.
393
394	Seventy-six: How \
395	Did Kat make the birds that saved \
396	Annie in the past?
397
398	Seventy-seven: \
399	Anya's old friend helps Kat dive \
400	Into Time itself.
401
402	Treatise Number Nine: \
403	Court Annie, forest Annie, \
404	And Kat share their gifts.
405
406	Popularity \
407	Poll taken of the readers: \
408	Here's Top Ten Countdown!
409
410	Seventy-eight: Talks; \
411	Kat with Paz, Annie with dad ... \
412	Zimmy senses Loup.
413
414	Seventy-nine: Does \
415	Zimmy deserve happiness? \
416	Two Annies, now one.
417
418	Eighty: Annie's dad, \
419	Prisoner of his own mind; \
420	Annie still loves him.
421
422	Eighty-one: a gift \
423	Causes Loup to send forest \
424	Invading the Court.
425
426	Eighty-two: the Court \
427	Has to dig out; Shadow Men \
428	Have a plan to leave.
429
430	Eighty-three: Miss Shell \
431	Tells the group all that she knows; \
432	Loup is in hiding.
433
434	Eighty-four: Jerrek \
435	Talks to Annie about stuff; \
436	Is Lana jealous?
437
438	Two-page side story; \
439	Annie plays video game -- \
440	How is she so good??
441
442	Eighty-five: snare fails; \
443	Loup destroys Renard's body. \
444	(Eh. It's not so bad.)
445
446	Eighty-six: Loup tries \
447	To see etheric ocean. \
448	He finds out: love hurts.
449
450	Treatise Number Ten: \
451	Looks like the Art/SistineChapel \
452	With our characters.
453
454	'Nother two-week break; \
455	It's "Gunnerkrigg Gamerz Timez"! \
456	(Silly comic strips.)
457	->-- [[{{Tropers/Eddurd}} Eddurd]]

Context Haiku / GunnerkriggCourt