Breakfast at Whateley's
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Breakfast at Whateley's
5th May 2016, 11:01 PM in Season One - Part 4: Havenport Hardcore
Average Rating: 5 (12 votes)
Author Notes:
Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
There are some interestingly named gangs in the greater Autumn Bay area. Havenport, for some reason, has attracted a few gangs with Lovecraftian names.

It's also interesting how often food comes up in Autumn Bay.

And for the record, yes, Mercy stopped and got donuts and Spiffee Burger breakfast, only to find that Ghoul was eating a cinnamon roll prepared by Vincent's staff...

Next: Mercy's back on the trail...

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User comments:
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Is that a cinnamon roll? Looks delicious :D
"Fucking red alert"... Woo boy. That does sound bad. I can't wait to see them in action! >D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
It IS a cinnamon roll! The second one shown in the comic! (I like cinnamon rolls...)

You want to see the Shoggoths in action, eh? That just might happen...
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Lord Myk
Lord Myk
Hopefully one of the gangs is the Macs, based on a horrible television show... I'm just kidding. They'd get their butts kicked on the regular.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Their names shall be revealed as necessary... but I'm not saying one COULDN'T be these "Macs"... or their allies "The Roni's"...
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anonymous coward (Guest)
If old H.P. wasn't a publisher of fiction in this world then even knowing the name 'shoggoth' ought to be a damn warning.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Ah, now there's the rub. HPL did live and publish in this world, and much of what he published was accurate. Most of the "straight" world does NOT know this, however...

(For a further idea on how this sort of thing might work, see "The Shadow From the Steeple" or The Illuminatus Trilogy.
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Delta-v
Vincent has a STAFF? Are they ...... human?

And they prepared Ghoul "A" cinnamon roll? Now THAT'S special treatment. ^^

I'm imagining the Shoggoth members as ranging in attitude from "Yeah, Servants of the Elder Gods!" to, "Well, the name has 'Goth' in it--that's good, right?" to "Who cares? Let's go bust some heads!". ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Yes, he has staff. Yes, they are human. Yes, it was A cinnamon roll... and some bacon, and eggs, and toast... We're seeing the tail end of his meal here.

You are not wrong about the attitudes of the Shoggoths... or just about any gang in the greater Autumn Bay area (adjusted to theme and general temperament). The Unwanted are a bit different, which is part of the reason they get to be featured. :)
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Delta-v
Actually I was amused at the concept of the staff baking a single cinnamon roll just for Ghoul, but it's nice to know that he had a nourishing breakfast. :)

In fact, it sounds SO good that Mercy may have to PRY him out of Vincent's house, in spite of all the weird stuff there. ^^
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HeSerpenty
HeSerpenty
Something tells me it will be red alert time in the nearish future D:

Also. .. LOVE the breakfast of Champions!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Well, it may be a bit irresponsible of me to talk up the Shoggoths and then never, ever show them...

And YEAH! BREAKFAST!
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Nef
Nef
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Sorry to veer off topic, but nice character design. Maybe I can learn a thing or two from your art.

To get back on topic: cinnamon roll something something ;)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thanks! I really appreciate that. And, to be fair, the feeling is mutual. I could learn a thing or two from you.

And something something fast food something...
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sigpig
sigpig
I wonder if Whateley's staff simply took a quick trip to the nearest Ikea to pick up the cinnamon buns (and a flat-pack TV console)...
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
...okay, that's funny. :P
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Microraptor
Microraptor
To the melody of the chorus of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ;-)

And she said what about Breakfast at Whateley's?
Ghoul said I think I remember that gang
And as I recall I think they 're really frightening
And she said what's up with that symbol of shoggoth?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I actually had that song in my head while I was preparing this page to load! XD
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joeyballast
joeyballast
I would be incredibly scared of this gang, and stoked that there were Lovecraftian geeks roaming the street.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Well they ARE scary. And this Season kind of brings up a lot of the Lovecraftian side of things in Autumn Bay.
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azureXtwilight
azureXtwilight
I would like to see what they are up to and what their deal are, they look like a buncha cool villains!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
All will be revealed... in time. :)
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lirvilas
lirvilas
And of course I get down with the gawddamn fan art before I realize there's a Spiffy logo on this page.

Maybe I'll get it right next time, Prof.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
"Next time, Gadget... Next time!"

Perhaps it is the curse of the artist to find oneself going ahead and then find such a thing...
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melaredblu
melaredblu
mainly I'm just surprised that he knows something she doesn't.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
The gang situation in Autumn Bay is as much Ghoul's daily life as running around the world, looking into esoteric, occult, paranormal, and magickal matters is Mercy's.

Plus, she ca't get ALL the glory... :P
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junoro
junoro
Hahah, a fresh baked cinnamon bun, huh? It's hard to beat those, even with fast food breakfast!
Also, the names of these gangs are kind of worrisome to me..
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Cinnamon bun/cinnamon roll is the ultimate in breakfast foods!

Perhaps one day, we can see some of the more friendly-ish gangs. The Shoggoths, though, have taken that name specifically to be scary. :)
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junoro
junoro
Please tell me there's a teddy bear gang out there somewhere...
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I'm not saying there's NOT a teddy bear gang... :P
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Fig
Fig
nice to see the kid's able to be useful right off the bat. sometimes it helps to know some bad things lol.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
While we really didn't want to go with the "new guy is the chosen one" trope, he couldn't be useless, either...
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AmeliaP
AmeliaP
They have attracted Valkyries already XD
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
At this point in time, Valkyries was a distant thing. The going Ride at the time was Winners and Losers (and it's companion comic, MSV.

The cross-continuuty between LIR and AB all began when one of our characters (Felicia Kingsley, seen here later in the Prologue to Season 2) was "borrowed" for a scene in LIR Vol. 3: Holding Pattern. A bunch of back-and-forth between creators, and a long-standing shared universe was born.

There are other comics that have crossed over with one or both of ours, as well.
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