Endtown by Aaron Neathery for January 13, 2016

Should be the first time for chick to see a human in the “original shape”

Had enough eggs from the colony days, eh?

That’s it, get down to the point at hand. Hungry is hungry in all languages.

And how are you gonna pay for it?

Okay, I was wrong again. Whether our waitress and this restaurant is a ditto illusion or not, she reacts to our trio the same way any normal person would react to a trio of anthropomorphic animals sitting at a restaurant table. “A carafe of country gravy”? Is it my imagination or is Kirbee REALLY hungry?

And should they order something for Holly in case she shows up?

Waitress: “And how would you like your eggs?”Kirbee: death glare “Them’s fightin’ words missy.”

So are they ordering breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Or is it one of those places that serves everything twenty-four hours a day?

Kirbee could eat no egg,The cat could eat no bean,And so between them both, you see,They licked the platter clean.

Let’s just hope actual food actually arrives and not more illusion food. These people are HUNGRY!

Waiting for Aaron Marx… and where’s Chick’s little buddy?

But does it contain REAL Husky?

Don’t you just hate when others don’t judge you by your mutations? Now, bring a bowl of mice, a box of crickets, and a bag of bird seed!

You can take the girl out of the country…. ;-)

Irving is probably safely tucked under Chic’s shirt. The waitress seems to regard the trio as human, though she’s definitely responding to what they’re saying. “Carafe of country gravy? Oooookay.” If Irving showed up, that might be a different matter. He’s a bug in both realities, and the waitress probably wouldn’t be too keen on having a bug in the restaurant. Health codes and all that.

Ditto illusions with full stereo sound. Either the ship has a great speaker system, or the dittos here are much more sophisticated after the upgrades. Keep in mind that the original trap was an illusion of a table of food in an otherwise empty room with controllable gravity, hiding a portal entrance. Conclusion, someone or something saw them coming and is just messing with them. And, it’s actively working to keep them isolated from Holly. With luck, Holly is currently in the medical bay undergoing a full once-over by a trained whatever.I do have to ask whether the glasses of water at the deck house entrance was a calculated move to provoke Holly into getting separated from the rest of the group.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say we’ll be seeing Holly — in one form or another — pretty soon. After all, that is her element.

Is that going to be a carafe of Ditto Country gravy???

Actually they don’t look much different. Wally has folded his ears back and Chic’s beak doesn’t show and Kirbee looks kinda like a long faced woman.Looks like A snapshot of a family traveling, Which they are.

So, they must look normal to the waitress.

Hey, has Chic ever seen a human before? He looks kinda scared here.

I wonder if the waitress sees them in their human forms?

Chic’s not staring at the waitress. He’s staring at the menu. Maybe he’s not used to seeing more than one item on one.Irving should probably stay hidden so no one calls for a health inspector.

You’ll see a lot odder things in the cafe this weekend in San Jose! Gotta remember, too, that Kirbee’s been working hard, and has a tail to grow back. Must be practically starving. Wonder if she’s planning to guzzle that gravy…

Could that possibly be Holly? At least the way she used to look?

I love Kirbee’s sang-froid. In a world that is mostly baffling to her, nothing beyond that is strange and the small things are comfortably within her grasp. It reminds me of a scene in Asterix, where Asterix planted a magic acorn. A fully-grown oak tree erupted within seconds. Obelix was completely unfazed. Asterix asked: “D-didn’t you see how fast it grew?” Obelisk replied: “Well, I’ve never seen an oak tree grow before, so I wouldn’t know.”

Is a “husky farmhand special” something that appears in our own world, or is it a menu item Aaron Neathery invented. It sounds like a strange name. At first I thought it was a typo, and it should have been “hungry farmhand special”. I’ve never seen it in Australia. Is it an American thing?

Just say you’re fursuiters. Problem solved. ; )

“Sir, there’s a Furry Convention going on down the street. You look like every one over there.”

“What’s wrong, Chic?”“There are people on this menu…”“What…?”“Hot dogs. Chickens. Husky farmhands…”“Those are just cute names. They’re not really people.”“Oh. What’s ‘soylent green’?”“… Check, please!”

The characters wouldn’t seem strange if it was in Pittsburgh during Anthrocon.

For what its worth, I found three different definitions of Husky.A breed of sled dog that was used in the north.(of a voice or utterance) sounding low-pitched and slightly hoarse.strong; hefty. To me this suggests more of a stocky burly farmhand than a bodybuilder. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=husky+definition