At the Diner
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At the Diner
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Look who it is!

We're checking back in with the kids for a little bit. They have a few things to talk about.

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The blog
The discrepancy
Benny

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SarahSophia
SarahSophia
The 5th Street Diner; talk about "up all night for no good reason".
The diner is a place where the passage of time seems random. You look at your watch, and 5 minutes have passed, the next time, 5 hours.
I will say this though, the "everything fried" platter is to die for... if it doesn't kill you.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
You DO know that [REDACTED] found [REDACTED] 5th Street Diner. That's why you [REDACTED] time, and it's really [REDACTED].

...some MiBs may have gotten to my report here...
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Lord Myk
Lord Myk
Aw, I'd read his blog.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
It's one of those things. If/when it takes off, it'll be huge. Until then, though...
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SarahSophia
SarahSophia
If/then someone is going to have to keep the shroud from carting him off to who-knows-where.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Soph! Ix-nay on the oud-Shray!!!!!

(You see what they did to my post up there...)
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Awww...I'd read it, too! I bet it'd be interesting.:D I wonder if anyone actually would go hunt down Benny. Maybe if it went viral...Heh~
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
"LEAVE BENNY ALONE!"

Heh...

Well, there's TWO readers. He just doubled his readership!
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lirvilas
lirvilas
I'll bet Benny is a lot harder to hunt down than anyone would assume... I wouldn't want to do it, not even with a bag full of flashbangs.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Aw, what's to be nervous about, lirv? It's not like there's a tell-tale sparkly glow in his vicinity... :P
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lirvilas
lirvilas
He's a Vietnam combat vet? Maybe a former tunnel rat? Yeah, the sparklies are frosting on that cake-o-pain.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I cant believe I never responded to this one. Confirmed on the tunnel rat. That may or may not have been responsible for his current condition (finding the wrong thing in a tunnel Over There - or was it the right thing?)
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lirvilas
lirvilas
Looks like I wasn't the only one digging through archives last night.

Tunnel fighting--that's probably the most nightmarish duty I could imagine, BTW.
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melaredblu
melaredblu
Ah, the ambition of a blogger who wants to make the best work he can, yet has a woefully small readership. Soldier on, fella!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
We creators, I think, feel his pain... :)
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Call Me Tom
Call Me Tom
I feel the need to draw something to answer that last question....
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Oooohhhhh... I'd like to see what you draw!
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Matt Knab
Matt Knab
Do the people sitting at this table count? ;)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Well, they ARE readers...
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ZeroGee
ZeroGee
A few are reading. :3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
You know how it is. When you're getting something like that going (a blog or, I don't know, a webcomic), you know acutely the sting of "I want/need/crave more readers. Why isn't EVERYONE reading?"
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Stever
Stever
Mmmm. Onion Rings. or small doughnuts. Either way. Mmmm.

I think leaving Benny out is a good idea. There'd be somebody investigating if they knew there were people living down there.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
They're onion rings. But now I want small donuts...

Leaving Benny out really IS the smart thing... there are multiple reasons why.
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DoryH
DoryH
I have the feeling his blog may have more readers than he thinks. Well... at least one more.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
What do you mean? He has Google analytics!

:)

It sounds like a lot of you would read his blog...
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Delta-v
Read it? Heck, I'd COMMENT on it! ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
He'd appreciate it, too!
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Audacity
Audacity
I can only imagine what sort of random things he's found to blog about in Autumn Bay when we're not looking. After all, the city is deeply layered.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Aint it just? :)
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Audacity
Audacity
Like a parfait with graffiti! XD
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Taily
Taily
Ooh yes, a retro-esque diner! NOW we're talking! This is my natural environment!

(also I hate to be the one to point this out, but there's "definiftely" a typo in the first panel)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Wow... I'm kind surprised it got this far. Good catch!

And I have mentioned this in other comments, but Autumn Bay has a strong sense of nostalgia. There are a lot of trends that never really died there, if you know where to look.
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Fig
Fig
lol that's my response when people find out i make webcomics. "i mean... SOME people read it xD" nice job, prof! sorry it's taken so long for me to get back to this, but given the structure of your story i wanted to wait until there was a bit more to read at once. take it all in as it were. i'll be finishing it tomorrow xD i rather like it so far, man. good job :3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it, Fig. That means a lot, given the level you've been operating at.

Take your time, man. We'll be here!
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Fig
Fig
wow, prof. thanks; i needed that. and i really do mean it - autumn bay is good fun to read.

hopefully i don't take too long - i'll forget things xD
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AmeliaP
AmeliaP
No! They forgot to record the urban exploration and upload it on YouTube!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
They really should start doing that... :)
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