Girl Genius

She's a Heterodyne. It's in the blood!

I'm hearing Hermione after Harry made the team...

I think part of the shirt deal is it's easy to find a cloak or blanket to keep the top warm in winter. But leg coverings are absolutely required.

If she expects entrance into a costume party being attended by the best society of Paris, her outfit needs to match. She would be better off going full harem, frankly.

There's a certain something to be said for turning up as the Heterodyne à la Jägerkin for your coming out. Nails your political colours to the mast and yells "quit thinking I'm a pawn, dammit!".

As a Jager, maybe. But going in the uniform of the Master of Paris' foot soldiers sends a somewhat confusing political message, to say the least.

She's probably been feeling like that for ages!

Besides, it's a masked ball. The Jaeger will probably be the inspiration for a couple costumes.

So the Master's troops are out and about fighting revenants, then Team Agatha mugs them and leaves them tied up and helpless because they want their victims' stuff? It's kind of funny, but it's also pretty much straight up crime.

Well, someone in the command chain wants to steal Agatha's weasel. A thin excuse, but the one they have.

They don't have the luxury of screening them all for wasps pre-stomping -so they go by the default that the soldiers are all wasped/under the command of the wasped.

Autocorrect wanted to makes wasped "wasted". And now I have "These Boots are Made for Walking" stuck in my head.

Wasted Weasel: sounds like a really strong pale ale.

Or a very cool band name.

"Drink Agatha Heterodyne's Wasted Weasel Pale Ale."

If Phil reads these, he has to put in a tavern called the "Wasted Weasel" now!

Don't know it might have to include the Ginger Weasel Beer as well.

Wasted Weasel pale ale... when you surely want to knock yourself out.

A range: Ginger Weasel Beer to a traditional recipe not entirely suited for small children, Really Real Weasel as the solid bitter backbone, Too Crafty Weasel as a nice ruby or porter, Rafter Hopping Weasel as the summer pale (light, citrusy, fairly hoppy with a little kick) and the punch of the surprise Wasted Weasel (what summer is when it goes overboard into autumn).

The print novels actually get into this sort of joke at one point, except with varieties of eatable snails rather than weasels.

Comic for Friday, October 7, 2016: sneaky gate permalink

Well, look who's turned up again.

Oh, weasel droppings. That's bad.

Geoduck: Funny you should mention edible snails... Not the first time we've seen snail-based cuisine advertised in the comic.

Hey look, it's Eotain and Shurdlu! Calling Agatha an actor! Also, it looks like the Geister language doesn't have an unvoiced "th" sound: I'm assuming that "Ag-atta" is how they pronounce her name.

Hmm, those geisters have hips...

edited 7th Oct '16 7:30:47 AM by Michael

There are also some women in the crowd.

Considering this, it now seems pretty clear that Eotain and Shurdlu are their names.