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by David M Willis on May 11, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: amber, becky, ethan, jacob

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 11, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Jacob: “Hey, cool party!”

    *two seconds pass*

    “ok, time to get shit done”

    *leaves*

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      May 11, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

      [also my M.O.]

    • Doc
      Doc
      May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      C’mon, give Jacob credit.

      He’d be there for AT LEAST, three seconds.

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      May 11, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      Jacob: “Hey, cool party!”

      *doesn’t see any Doritos*

      “OK, time to get shit done”

      *leaves*

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        May 11, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

        You misspelled “Walky.”

        • No Name
          No Name
          May 11, 2015 at 3:11 am | #

          And “Nachitos”

          • Rich
            Rich
            May 11, 2015 at 6:32 am | #

            Pretty sure we’ve seen a preview of Walky with his own bag of chips, so he’s coming prepared.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        May 11, 2015 at 7:17 am | #

        Eh, he can just bring some.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          May 12, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

          that prolly requires leaving the dorm

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      May 11, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

      Jacob: “Hey, cool party!”

      *Jacob sees Sarah* “meep I’m out”

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 11, 2015 at 6:31 am | #

        Doubtful. He has to know she’s likely to be there, most of his conversations with Sarah revolved around Joyce, after all. She’s not the surprise roommate.

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    May 11, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Amber… Yes it will.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 11, 2015 at 8:22 am | #

      Future Amber: That reasoning won’t work on me… an eleventh time!

      (Dammit where’s that puzzle piece)

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        May 11, 2015 at 7:04 pm | #

        Amber: Dammit Ethan, that reasoning won’t work on me a fourth time!
        *whip-cut to first panel of next day showing Amber attending said party*

    • Karatesaul
      Karatesaul
      May 11, 2015 at 10:58 pm | #

      I totally understand the streetpass puzzle piece feelings. I NEED those pieces.

  3. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    May 11, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Ah, the old StreetPass gambit. Works every time…for the first three times.

  4. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    May 11, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    oh god streetpass puzzles

    • Flipz
      Flipz
      May 11, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      I feel the same pain. >_<

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 11, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I have to ask, what is a Street-Pass?

    • Doc
      Doc
      May 11, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      It’s the thing that 3ds’ have when they pass each other.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 11, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Oh! So it’s for people who seek to play multiplayer mode then? Cool!

        • Hoboturtle
          Hoboturtle
          May 11, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

          Yes its like multiplayer except you dont have to play with those “other people” that some people love so much.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        May 11, 2015 at 7:07 pm | #

        3DS? Blecch. Sorry, but I prefer an optical projection system that doesn’t give me headaches and mild nausea. (Is stereoblind)

        *Proceeds to play Super Mario Land on original style 80s Game Boy* 😀

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s means by which Nintendo’s handled devices communicate with each other, in order to co-ordinate their inevitable overthrow of mankind.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 11, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Danke! ^_^

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        May 11, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Nintendo delenda est.

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 11, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      not sure how to explain it, so heres the wikipeadia page:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpotPass_and_StreetPass

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 11, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Kiitti! ^_^

    • airyu
      airyu
      May 11, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      If you have a 3ds with streetpass on, and you walk by someone else with a 3ds with streetpass on, you automatically trade certain information based on games you have in common. For example, if you both have the game “Animal Crossing: New Leaf”, you’ll be able to see the in-game house of the person you streetpassed.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 11, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        Sounds more like match-making…

    • Dedlok
      Dedlok
      May 11, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Nintendo 3DS thing. If 2 3ds systems that are on and have their wireless on pass by each other they will exchange data and unlock things for certain games and/or 3DS apps on both systems.

      The puzzle piece thing Ethan is talking about is from a mini-game in the Mii Plaza app. Every now and then Nintendo releases a new panel of an image for a game and will give each person 1 random piece (out of 16-40 pieces) from that panel. When you street pass someone else you can pick what panel piece you get from them. Once you get all the pieces from 1 panel you unlock a (sometimes) animated 3d and rotatable image/diorama of that image.

      • ScumlordAzazel
        ScumlordAzazel
        May 11, 2015 at 9:03 am | #

        AKA the reason I always carry my 3DS with me and why I seriously consider carrying my second around with me, too. One day I will complete all the puzzles. One day…

    • nothri
      nothri
      May 11, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

      Its a form of certification in certain totalitarian states like Russia and Arizona that the masses are required to display in order to enter or leave certain blocks within cities.

      Warning: Some or all of the above statement may not not not be a counterfactual truth.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        May 11, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

        …for now.

  6. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    May 11, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    -shakes fist- Dang you Street-Pass puzzle pieces and my lack of similar-aged peers that blame games.

    • airyu
      airyu
      May 11, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Blame games?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        May 11, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        You haven’t played the blame game before? It’s loads of fun…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          May 11, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

          Probably should include a link… http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blame_game

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          May 12, 2015 at 3:48 pm | #

          The blame game, I know that one:
          Seanie!
          Seanie, Seanie, bo-ba-nee
          Bo-na-na fan-na, fo-fa-nee
          Fee fi mo-ma-nee
          Seanie!

          Opus!
          . . .

          wait, BLAME game. Sorry, never mind.

  7. TSB
    TSB
    May 11, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    This isn’t related to the events of the comic right now, but it randomly occurs to me that the title of this arc may be referring to Becky’s inability to get over Joyce. As in, the metaphorical butterflies in her stomach won’t leave.

    • Blue
      Blue
      May 11, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Hmmmm. Possibly both Becky for Joyce and Danny for Ethan?

      • Aubri
        Aubri
        May 11, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        And Ethan for Jacob.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          May 11, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          And Jacob for Other Jacob.

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            May 11, 2015 at 5:29 pm | #

            …Wait, what?

      • TSB
        TSB
        May 11, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Great point about Danny. Yeah, it’s probably both of them.

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 11, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Someone brings butterflies to the party and they gain a taste for human blood.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        May 11, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        I think that only applies to certain butterflies.

    • Flipz
      Flipz
      May 11, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Really? I figured it was just a reference to “Party in the U.S.A”.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        May 11, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        it can be both

        • DapperAnarchist
          DapperAnarchist
          May 11, 2015 at 5:27 am | #

          Bimetaphor?

          (There’s a joke about “you’d think there was a word for that” in here, but hell if I can figure it out. I’m not very good at coming up with jokes…)

          • nothri
            nothri
            May 11, 2015 at 8:39 am | #

            Its okay. That happens to some guys.

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f1/bc/a6/f1bca672737f9abe82b7d9f946881b93.jpg
    I guess Amber doesn’t want to be mistaken for one of these.

  9. Dean
    Dean
    May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Am I the only one who had to Google ‘Streetpass’?

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 11, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      I knew what it was but not enough of the specifics to get the joke.

      • StClair
        StClair
        May 11, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        ^ this.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      May 11, 2015 at 2:01 am | #

      Nintendogs had a similar concept (you can put the game in “searching for puppies to play with” mode) so I deduced StreetPass = timesink and social interaction gotcha.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      May 11, 2015 at 7:18 am | #

      I didn’t, I read the comments instead XD

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 11, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

      Nope. Although I didn’t know what it was, I just read through the comments. Eventually, someone asked what it was, and got an explanation.

      Actually, seven of them, but, yeah.

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    *PSST* Amber…the secret is conventions.

    Every time I go to a con, I just leave my 3DS in my pocket. Any place with a concentration of nerds that dense is a goldmine.

    Now get back to work rebuilding my Bravely Default village, slaves! BWAHAHAHA!

    • airyu
      airyu
      May 11, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      At first I seriously built like 3/4 of my Norende with my 1 villager by leaving my ds on overnight for weeks. And then I went to a con and got the rest of my village built in a day. @-@

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        May 11, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

        And all it cost you is the mandatory convention flu

  11. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Don’t get Amber angry, Ethan. You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.

  12. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    May 11, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Amber isn’t so easily swayed by Street-Passes anymore. Also, that slinking away seems like it might be happening. Just don’t let Ruth find out about this party.

    • Warfoki
      Warfoki
      May 11, 2015 at 9:00 am | #

      But Billy is invited, no? I kind of doubt that Billy goes without Ruth even knowing about the party.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        May 11, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

        I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an appearance by Ruth, sober or drunk, that puts her relationship with Billie and position as RA at risk.

        (Because of my bad typing I almost wrote Billie as Villie, and RA as RAT.)

  13. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    May 11, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Will we, perhaps, need to change the excuse to another game next time? Only time will tell.

  14. Kris
    Kris
    May 11, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    There’s only really one other person in her social group that owns a 3ds anyway and he’s not invited

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      May 11, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Sal ? I know she doesn’t Really own a 3ds but That’s the only one I can think of and I don’t know why she wouldn’t be invited.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        May 11, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        Danny.

        • Kris
          Kris
          May 11, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

          I guess Willis could be implying that they all have 3ds’ in secret.

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          August 5, 2015 at 2:59 am | #

          Fuck I’m an idiot.

      • brumagem
        brumagem
        May 11, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

        Also Sal is totally invite on account of how cool she is.
        She prolly won’t show up though on account of how cool she is.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          May 11, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

          Silly Joyce, she should have had her party at a Walmart parking lot.

  15. boomwolf
    boomwolf
    May 11, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Friggin streetpass… once I start on a puzzle, I just get sucked into it and I’ll drop mad coins tryin to get that one puzzle piece I need. Either that or I’m dropp8n coins tryin to get that one Mii with that once white shirt so that they can use light magic on the room and I can leave… WHY DO I GET SUCKED INTO THESE THINGS SO EASILY??!?!?!?!?

    • spriteless
      spriteless
      May 11, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Wow she would be the sort to get every piece except that one pink piece gaaah.

    • Flipz
      Flipz
      May 11, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Yeah, I’m super happy they added the Helper Rabbit so I can just keep my existing 7-7 same color combo team. 🙂

  16. Gangler
    Gangler
    May 11, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Ooh. Sounds like Joyce is still trying to set Sarah up with Jacob. Probably wishing she could put the kibosh on that invite after recent developments though.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 11, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      On the plus side, the invite list was made before the fight, so it won’t look like Joyce wanted Jacob to show up just to appease Sarah. And who knows, maybe he will cheer her up some…poor gal could use it after the beating Joyce gave her.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        May 11, 2015 at 1:43 pm | #

        Maybe, but I highly suspect Sarah will be in her shell for the rest of the day, so to speak.

  17. JustCheetoDust
    JustCheetoDust
    May 11, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    I don’t know why Amber hasn’t set up a home StreetPass relay by now.

    • spriteless
      spriteless
      May 11, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Because that’s cheating, that’s why.

  18. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    May 11, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    But we love Amber and we don’t get to see a lot of you anymore.

    Where you go, I missed you so ,seems like it been forever since you’ve been gone please come back home~

  19. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    May 11, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    I read the Alt Text.

    FUCK YOU, WILLIS. BRAGGING ABOUT YOUR FANCY BOAT RIDES AND FLAUNTING YOUR WEBCOMIC MILLIONS.

    SOME OF US HAVE TO WRITE IN CANOES LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE. JERK.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      May 11, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

      Okay, but did he do flips n shit?

      (I am NOT linking that video!)

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 11, 2015 at 8:30 am | #

      He did not say what KIND of boat… could be a cruise ship, could be a rowboat.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        May 11, 2015 at 1:46 pm | #

        Writing a webcomic on a rowboat sounds like a frustrating task, unless you’re on a very calm lake.

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      May 11, 2015 at 5:37 pm | #

      Canoes? Luxury! I have to write while treading water, wearing boots filled with lead pellets!

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      May 12, 2015 at 4:02 pm | #

      So, Willis, are you on a boat, or on a motherf . . . ing boat?

  20. Someone
    Someone
    May 11, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    the ultimate battle: Sarah vs Amber who can be the ultimate introvert.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      May 11, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

      WHOEVER WINS, I… also win.

      #TeamIntrovert

  21. Jason
    Jason
    May 11, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    That face!!!

  22. Rich
    Rich
    May 11, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    Amber’s face in the first panel is precious.

    “I HAVE NO TWIN!!!”

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      May 11, 2015 at 5:44 pm | #

      I think it’s more like “HOLY SHIT DOES SHE KNOW MY SECRET no wait, she just met me a moment ago in my own room, duh.”

  23. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    May 11, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

    Amber, I can relate. On multiple levels.

  24. Jason
    Jason
    May 11, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

    Man, I just go into town for my StreetPass hits. I get a lot of ’em as well- although recently there’s been a LOT of Americans. I don’t know why. Tourists I would assume, but my town (while near-ish to London) isn’t a huge tourist destination; nor would I assume it’s a popular time of year for travel.
    A month or two ago there were a couple of weeks when we passed loads of Germans, so it’s not the first time… but it’s still odd!

    (I totally have never ever gone out for the purpose of getting hits nope nosiree)

  25. Ashley
    Ashley
    May 11, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

    My eyes instantly zeroed in on Jacob’s pec cleavage as soon as I hit panel 2.
    Ethan, you lucky idiot.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 11, 2015 at 8:34 am | #

      Oh, Ethan knows what he’s got. But living with someone you’re REALLY attracted to, but who probably isn’t attracted to you, can be a seriously mixed bag.

      • StClair
        StClair
        May 11, 2015 at 9:03 pm | #

        As Becky has been discovering.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        May 12, 2015 at 3:51 pm | #

        I know, maybe Willis should do a story arc using that theme!

  26. Zane
    Zane
    May 11, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

    Why is Jacob invited? Joyce barely knows anything about him other than that he’s Ethan’s roommate.

    • neeks
      neeks
      May 11, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

      she’s spent enough time in ethan’s room to provide jacob with zany joyce stories to bond with sarah over, so she knows him well enough to know she can be comfortable with him around.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        May 11, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

        She still wants to get him together with Sarah.

      • segnosaur
        segnosaur
        May 11, 2015 at 1:26 pm | #

        Plus, didn’t Jacob join Joyce, Ethan and Dorothy at lunch?

        • Zane
          Zane
          May 12, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

          Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

  27. ZKT
    ZKT
    May 11, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

    Willis, Amber should know how to HomePass and avoid human interaction.

  28. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    May 11, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

    Ouch, you know what the worst part of this scene is? It’s the beginning where Jacob is on the invited list. It’s a party of only those Joyce knows well, so that she feels safe, but she invites a man she doesn’t know well. Why? Because she thinks he means a lot to Sarah. Joyce took this risk for her mental well-being in order to do right by her “big sister”, but she’s already poisoned this gesture with her careless words earlier.

    That’s right in the feels there.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 11, 2015 at 6:26 am | #

      The fact that he’s Ethan’s roomie probably plays into it as well. Pointedly inviting one person in double but not the other was Not Good Form when I lived in the dorms, and Joyce is usually pretty polite. I suspect Sierra would have been invited if she’d been in the room when Becky spoke to Dorothy.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        May 11, 2015 at 7:06 am | #

        This is a party about people Joyce feels safe being around, politeness has nothing to do with it./ She’s spent enough time around Jacob to know he’s an okay guy.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 11, 2015 at 8:37 am | #

          Yeah, but that’s Becky’s intention. She doesn’t know all of Joyce’s social connections here, so she had Joyce make the guest list. And Joyce is the type to put politeness ahead of her own social comfort. Believe me, I know the type.

          • Rich
            Rich
            May 11, 2015 at 9:33 am | #

            And note that Walky’s invite was delivered by proxy through Dorothy. Conveniently leaves Mike out of the loop – and he and Joe are probably the two guys Joyce would least like to see at a party, aren’t they?

            • fogel
              fogel
              May 11, 2015 at 5:22 pm | #

              Ryan…

              • Rich
                Rich
                May 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm | #

                Doesn’t live in the dorm, and I decline to claim him as a member of our gender anyway.

            • fogel
              fogel
              May 11, 2015 at 5:24 pm | #

              Besides, i liked Joyce and Mike together waliking to Gendrr Studies the day when mike crashed it.

              • Rich
                Rich
                May 11, 2015 at 6:31 pm | #

                The “Hail Satan” phonejacking incident probably shifted Mike down a few notches for her.

  29. CapedLuigisYoshi
    CapedLuigisYoshi
    May 11, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

    I am currently on my last week of campus housing ever, and I only managed to get around to StreetPassing in the past two semesters. I won’t really be able to do that afterwards.

    What I’m saying is, take advantage of StreetPassing when you can. And go for the pink puzzle pieces first, those can’t be gotten with Play Coins.

  30. Megatron
    Megatron
    May 11, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

    Jacob is preventing the confrontation I thought was coming. Dumb fleshling.

  31. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    May 11, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

    OMG I NEED THAT PIECE SOOO BAD

  32. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    May 11, 2015 at 2:28 am | #

    “Soak up some facetime” ? Damn, that’s probably the first time I ever see that expression XD

    • Koms
      Koms
      May 11, 2015 at 4:19 am | #

      Well, he and Sarah could have soaked up major face time but…. Is Sarah the reason Jacob wants to go to the party?

  33. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 11, 2015 at 2:45 am | #

    Nooooo, there is no twin to Amber on this campus.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 11, 2015 at 7:41 am | #

      Twins? Next thing Becky will be suggesting alternate dimensions. Crazy talk I say!

  34. Architex
    Architex
    May 11, 2015 at 3:35 am | #

    Amber really mirrors my girlfriend sometimes, or the other way around maybe?

    • Khrene
      Khrene
      May 11, 2015 at 4:43 am | #

      Gosh Darnit! You lucky sumthin or other!!! I’m sooooooo jelly!

      Has Joyce said jelly? Would she be prone to such language?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      May 11, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

      It depend whether she sometimes run out at night, in costume, to fight crime and ding dong bandits.

      • Architex
        Architex
        May 12, 2015 at 11:34 pm | #

        No no no, I meant Amber specifically, not the alter-ego. My girlfriend is amazing, but unfortunately she doesn’t have a touch of Amazi-Girl in her.

  35. Lykas
    Lykas
    May 11, 2015 at 4:47 am | #

    Ah…floating timelines, wonderful things, aren’t they?

  36. Calemor
    Calemor
    May 11, 2015 at 5:32 am | #

    I’m sorry, Amber, I just need to say…socialable isn’t a word, it’s sociable. Otherwise carry on, wonderful job, quite so!

  37. Trolldrool
    Trolldrool
    May 11, 2015 at 5:47 am | #

    I know it’s nitpicking, but isn’t ‘gotta’ an abbreviation for ‘got to’, as in “I got to go see the dentist.” or enslaving tiny superpowered animals to fight for our amusement?

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      May 11, 2015 at 12:44 pm | #

      Sure, but remember ‘twin’ is an intransitive verb meaning to grow as a composite crystal. “Holy butts, Amber. Do you have need to form two crystals at once, or do you permeate the entire universe?” Becky asks, her words rich in evocative metaphor.

      It could also just be a dialect, I dunno.

    • Legasher
      Legasher
      May 11, 2015 at 2:34 pm | #

      In this case, it’s an evolution of bad grammar. “Do you have a twin,” becomes “Do you got a twin,” becomes “Do you gotta twin.”

    • chisci
      chisci
      May 11, 2015 at 8:02 pm | #

      I imagine it’s a pronunciation thing, like got to and got a would have a hard/real t, while gotta would have a soft t

  38. Micki
    Micki
    May 11, 2015 at 5:55 am | #

    Yay for Jacob! His is exactly my way of thinking when it comes to parties. I can, and have, done that same thing. haha

  39. saki
    saki
    May 11, 2015 at 6:22 am | #

    Hm, I really like where this storyline is headed. I have like this feeling of under-the-radar tension that will just build up and up and then blow up in a huge firework… I’m getting giddy!

  40. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    May 11, 2015 at 6:58 am | #

    Have I mentioned how gorgeous Jacob is? Gorgeous Jacob is gorgeous. If I were Sarah, I would also be a little nervous about dating him for just that reason. He looks like a heartbreak waiting to happen.

    • No Name
      No Name
      May 11, 2015 at 10:02 am | #

      Why do you think she ran away?

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        May 11, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

        Well, Sarah’s fear of rejection is usually an overreaction. But in this case, I’m saying, I’d have the same feeling.

    • segnosaur
      segnosaur
      May 11, 2015 at 1:30 pm | #

      Keep in mind that, according to Jacob, he is looking for a committed relationship. (This was after he and Sarah ran into Roz and Roz invited him to a party.)

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        May 11, 2015 at 3:42 pm | #

        That’s true (and I had forgotten it). But the description of his looks still holds! 😀

  41. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    May 11, 2015 at 8:41 am | #

    What Amber isn’t telling anyone is – this is only the third time Ethan’s used this logic on her. 🙂

  42. Bill
    Bill
    May 11, 2015 at 2:35 pm | #

    What day is this supposed to be in the Dumbiverse?  I hope it’s a Friday because 9 PM is kinda late for a party to just be getting started if some people (like Sarah) are going to have be up-and-at-’em for classes the next morning.

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      May 11, 2015 at 3:02 pm | #

      It’s Saturday.

  43. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    May 11, 2015 at 3:49 pm | #

    I’ve always had trouble understanding how Ethan and Amber were a couple so long without his sexuality becoming an issue earlier . . . but the last panel in this strip just made it so much easier to imagine!

  44. JBento
    JBento
    May 11, 2015 at 5:56 pm | #

    Oh, no. Becky is starting to show signs of Butts Disease! Quick, someone isolate her and call the CDC before it becomes more serious or it spre – BUTTS!

  45. JA
    JA
    May 11, 2015 at 7:34 pm | #

    I’m with Amber. I hate when people try to make me sociable.

  46. Alexx
    Alexx
    May 11, 2015 at 11:35 pm | #

    Streetpass is pretty much how I get my wife to go to cons.

  47. Adork
    Adork
    May 12, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

    I just need that image of Amber of the last panel. It woudl be my keychain, a badge, my cellphone case and more.

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