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Hallmates

by David M Willis on February 5, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - To Remind You of My Love
└ Tags: jennifer, lucy, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 5, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    PANTS ARE FOR THE WEAK

    and for the strong

    and for everybody

    pants cover legs

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      February 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      No, I say!
      Down with pants! Vile leg prisons!
      ….
      But yeah, in all seriousness, I kinda hate wearing pants.

      • LeslieBean4shizzle
        LeslieBean4shizzle
        February 5, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

        … as in I prefer how dresses and skirts feel. Pants always feel too restrictive and uncomfortable – and overly warm – to me.
        Crap. Should have explained that in the first place.

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          February 5, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

          I wish it was socially acceptable for men to wear skirts.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            February 5, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

            Try it! I think you will find afterwards that it hasn’t kilt you …

            • clif
              clif
              February 5, 2020 at 1:09 am | #

              Mike was kilt. See how it all connects?

              • tyersome
                tyersome
                February 5, 2020 at 1:25 am | #

                I’m sure Mike will be addressed eventually.

                • clif
                  clif
                  February 5, 2020 at 4:15 pm | #

                  But can you be sure that Ruth will be uh-dressed eventually?

            • Justin P Yates
              Justin P Yates
              February 5, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

              As a dude, I love my kilt!

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          February 5, 2020 at 6:48 am | #

          @LeslieBean4shizzle – my fiancee has that same approach to fashion choices. Though she has several pairs of overalls for when she wants pockets, so I think it’s *just* pants that bother here.

          • LeslieBean4shizzle
            LeslieBean4shizzle
            February 5, 2020 at 3:20 pm | #

            **nods**
            One of the many reasons I dislike Winter here in Ohio is that dresses/skirts basically become nonviable, and I am forced into pants.

            • TheCerpent
              TheCerpent
              February 5, 2020 at 9:28 pm | #

              I understand it might still be overly warm and grrarghlegprisons, but when I still lived in an area where winter actually happened with frozen water and stuff, I had a pair of fleece-lined jeans that were basically my favorite thing ever.

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              February 5, 2020 at 11:24 pm | #

              Are tights or leggings able to help with the cold, or no?

              Also, found a typo in my other post. “Her”, not “here”, you big dummy.

      • Booyahman
        Booyahman
        February 5, 2020 at 12:36 pm | #

        “Ah, thank God, I don’t need pants now.”

        -WoWCrendor

    • Tan
      Tan
      February 5, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      So it’s all finally out in the open.

      Ana’s been taking the top spot this whole time only to sell out to Big Pants.

      Have you no shame?

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        February 5, 2020 at 10:06 am | #

        I was inclined to sell out to Big Pantsu but Billie’s outburst contradicts that

    • foamy
      foamy
      February 5, 2020 at 3:31 am | #

      Pants are an *illusion*.

      (and so is death)

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        February 5, 2020 at 2:36 pm | #

        Eat Arby’s

    • Mr. Anderson
      Mr. Anderson
      February 5, 2020 at 4:52 pm | #

      “Silly Billy, pants are for Femurs.”

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      February 7, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      Pants!
      Sing the praises of pants!
      Nothing better shows my taste
      Than what I wear below my waist!
      Pants!
      Sing the praises of pants!
      They help me suck in my gut
      They always cover up my butt!
      Huh, Pants!
      Pants!
      Sing the praises of pants!
      Wear them and you’re a cool guy
      As long as you zip up your fly!
      Zip! Pants!
      Pants!
      Sing the praises of pants!

      That’s right ladies and gentlemen! Consider the PANT! You know, the Pants Association urges you to wear your pants at least three times a day!

      The great men of our time have all worn pants! Roosevelt! Churchill! DeGualle! Ghandi—Well, almost all of them!

      Dolphins! One of the smartest mammals on earth. Do they wear pants? NO! But they wish they did! That’s how smart they are!

      What keeps our legs all warm and hot?
      Pants!
      What prevents a buffalo shot?
      Pants!
      What do they got that I ain’t got?
      Pants!

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        February 8, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

        Pants!
        Sing the praises of pants!
        …
        Shit.
        Shit! Shit shit shit…

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 5, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Billie just needs to walk out there without pants and within ten seconds Pantsless will be in at Forest Quad.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 5, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      I mean, it isn’t outside the realm of possibilities, Billie did unclog the trash chute once in tanktop and underwear, Billie’s not very shy.

  3. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    February 5, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 10: You Still Don’t Have PANTS!

  4. deathjavu
    deathjavu
    February 5, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    “Last night, you said no pants, and now you’re saying pants! Make up your mind!”

    • AGV
      AGV
      February 5, 2020 at 3:09 am | #

      Those mixed messages

  5. CMasta
    CMasta
    February 5, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    I can’t cheer any of this. The relationship still feels toxic to me.

    • clif
      clif
      February 5, 2020 at 4:17 pm | #

      How long have you been reading Willis comics?

  6. Suet
    Suet
    February 5, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Once again, like Billie horfing, Ruth forgot the situation.

    Did Billie get to smother in Ruth’s nethers, tho?

  7. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    February 5, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Largo would approve.

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    February 5, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays a jingle for designer jeans from circa 1980 on the hacked Muzak*

  9. AntJ
    AntJ
    February 5, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Wow, they’ve come a long way in the past year. Here’s the strip from a year ago today: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/02-but-the-sun-still-shines/bones/

    • mrnoidea
      mrnoidea
      February 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      Feels like yesterweek.

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      February 5, 2020 at 1:47 am | #

      Holy crap! I am in shock that this happened a year ago. It feels like it just happened. I mean it did in comic time but still – a year!

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        February 5, 2020 at 4:30 am | #

        The older you get the shorter the years.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          February 5, 2020 at 7:29 am | #

          Requests Bierce play “The Circle Game,” on his hacked Muzak.

  10. Architex
    Architex
    February 5, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    “Honey, where are my paaaaaaants?”

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      February 5, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

      I thought the line was, “Where’s my super-suit?”

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 5, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

        One’s from The Lego Movie, the other’s from The Incredibles.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          February 5, 2020 at 2:24 am | #

          Well, there you go then.  One was a good movie, and the other was an advertisement for a line of toys.

          • Sunny
            Sunny
            February 5, 2020 at 3:48 am | #

            Oh! I get it! It’s funny because you can interpret that as either movie being good, and the other being an advertisement for a line of toys.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              February 5, 2020 at 8:11 am | #

              Disney DID make Incredibles action figures…

              And games.
              And clothing.
              And just about everything you can slap an ‘I’ on.

  11. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 5, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Ah, that’d do it. Underpants.

  12. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    February 5, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean…. you’re not WRONG, Ruth…

  13. LeslieBean4shizzle
    LeslieBean4shizzle
    February 5, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    **beams**
    Beautiful Billie moment is Beautiful.
    Hm
    If I wasn’t so tired/busy, I’d consider turning that smiling Billie into my new Gravatrar.

  14. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    February 5, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    Bed sheet toga?

    (Huh, my name and email weren’t already filled in, they were over on Joyce & Walky)

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      February 5, 2020 at 2:28 am | #

      I’ve noticed that happen from time to time. I’m pretty sure it’s typically related to a cookie expiring as such things oft are online, though server reboots and other such things can also cause them depending on the back end software involved.

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 5, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Ah, yes, the one sure fire way to get Billie to do something – spite.

    And Ruth maybe catching on. Oh well, at least she’ll finally have to show her floor mates Ruth’s not just a conquest.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      February 5, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      It is for the best, trying to pretend she is something she isn’t can’t last forever. And hopefully along with finally detoxing and giving up booze for good, she’ll feel better after she does.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 5, 2020 at 8:19 am | #

      Yeah, this is good. Not hiding Ruth from her new floor is a really good step.

      Though the whole rest of the floor is still looming outside the door waiting aren’t they?

  16. Tacos
    Tacos
    February 5, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Nah just go out their without pants. That’ll intimidate them. Assert your dominance.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      February 5, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

      Yes, this. And if they ask Ruth why she’s not wearing pants, she can just asking them why they are wearing pants.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 5, 2020 at 2:38 pm | #

      Then pee on them.

  17. Kravis
    Kravis
    February 5, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Ah, yes.

    My favorite flavor of Ruth.
    The pantless kind.

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    NO SHAME, NO FUCKS TO GIVE, NO PANTS!

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      February 5, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

      When I worked at Jimmy Johns we had a shirt that said, “No shoes, no shirt, no pants, no problem, we deliver.” I like to take that attitude when it comes to pants.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      February 5, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

      Act with integrity, no repants!

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        February 5, 2020 at 12:42 am | #

        I can’t pick a single repants joke, so here’s all of ’em.

        Kingdom Hearts III: RePants
        Repants my post if you agree
        Reduce, repants, recycle
        Don’t Fear the Repants
        Repants McEntire
        “Repants!” “That’s one vote for each of us.”
        My Little Pony: Repants is Magic
        Quinton Repants

        • Dana
          Dana
          February 5, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

          Star Trek II: The Repants of Kahn

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        February 5, 2020 at 8:13 am | #

        Repant! Repant your sins before the end times! Repant!

  19. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    February 5, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    Admit it Billie, you don’t want her to put on pants any more than she does.

    To be fair, who likes wearing pants?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      February 5, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

      My pants have my pockets in them.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      February 5, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

      My pants keep me warm during near-freezing winter conditions.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        February 5, 2020 at 2:39 pm | #

        Pants are just someplace to attach the pockets.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      February 5, 2020 at 6:43 am | #

      I’m a guy. My options are limited.

    • Vangeln
      Vangeln
      February 5, 2020 at 1:52 pm | #

      My pants keep my legs free from mosquitoes.

  20. Regalli
    Regalli
    February 5, 2020 at 12:38 am | #

    Pants are a useful thing for first impressions.

    Also while yeah, Ruth can leave Forest Quad a smoldering crater, it would be nice if anyone in it could learn a boundary or two. Cheerleaders aren’t that fascinating. Stop being creepily obsessed. (One year I shared a bathroom with a girl who taught sailing at a country club so WASPy the Kennedys had membership. I was boggled, but SHE did not inspire the vaguely stalky wonder Forest Quad has for Billie.)

  21. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    February 5, 2020 at 12:42 am | #

    Pants are overrated. Long skirts for men! Seriously skirts or kilts are much more practical especially if you have impaired mobility

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      February 5, 2020 at 2:13 pm | #

      Not if you live in Canada during winter they aren’t!

  22. Catman
    Catman
    February 5, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

    Those thighs are the thighs of someone who hasn’t lost their femurs

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 5, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

      How does one steal their own femurs?

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        February 5, 2020 at 6:03 am | #

        With determination and patience.

        • clif
          clif
          February 5, 2020 at 4:22 pm | #

          And pain.

          • Catman
            Catman
            February 6, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

            Paintience

  23. brionl
    brionl
    February 5, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

    “You have a large collection of femurs, and no pants!”

  24. Wizard
    Wizard
    February 5, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

    After reading the alt text, I can only assume that the femurs Ruth takes somehow enhance her own.

    • Dana
      Dana
      February 5, 2020 at 1:42 am | #

      Knockin’ me out with those Canadian thighs.

  25. Lingo
    Lingo
    February 5, 2020 at 1:13 am | #

    I will consent to slacks, but not to jeans!

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      February 5, 2020 at 1:14 am | #

      Whoops, try again…

  26. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    February 5, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

    I was re-reading some of yesterday’s comment thread, where people were discussing whether Dina was ace. Some people took her wearing a shirt with ace-flag colors as evidence for her identifying as ace, or being ace (a message from Willis).

    And then I remembered her wearing an Anderson University shirt, and saying it was a funny joke because Anderson U thought people like her shouldn’t exist. That makes it very likely that the ace-colored shirt is a message from either Dina or WIllis: “I have full sexual feelings thank-you-very-much! (And also full sexual agency!)”

    And let’s remember that in other universes she dated Walky and pursued (and slept with) Mike.

    I ask again, is there ANY evidence that Dina is ace? …Other than some people in the comment thread assuming and/or wishing and/or taking offense that she might be? Where did the idea even originate? Why is it getting so much press time?

    • Sam
      Sam
      February 5, 2020 at 2:51 am | #

      Being asexual and dating/sleeping with people are not mutually exclusive. I don’t think Dina is ace because of the way that she reacted to Becky dressed in a dinosaur outfit which did imply she found it sexually attractive but people like to theorise and debate about this type of thing when the sexuality isn’t concretely specified. Like, this isn’t uncommon, people have theorised the same thing for Mike because his sexuality is also unspecified/unclear and he is 100% the type of person who would have sex with people he isn’t attracted to remotely just to mess with other people.

    • StClair
      StClair
      February 5, 2020 at 3:00 am | #

      Fandom (any fandom, in my experience) is full of marginalized people desperately seeking representation, to the point that they’re perfectly capable of seeing it in inkblots. At least here, we often have access to Word of Author to confirm one way or another (or that they’re leaving it deliberately unclear, so people can believe whatever they want to).

      • Jay
        Jay
        February 5, 2020 at 2:37 pm | #

        This comment just reminded me of the recent RWBY fandom debacle with Clover.

    • Ivy
      Ivy
      February 5, 2020 at 8:37 am | #

      Listen…as an ace person, putting a shirt that is very clearly the ace flag on a character just to give people false hopes (ace characters are VERY rare and every one I find is like a diamond), would be very very shitty and I don’t want to think that Willis would make that kind of misstep. Leaving the kind of ace open for interpretation is one thing, deliberately trolling people longing for good rep is another.

      • Sam
        Sam
        February 5, 2020 at 11:49 am | #

        A good point. Dina could still be grey-ace easily regardless.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        February 5, 2020 at 2:16 pm | #

        Since you’re looking for ace characters, Carla is also ace!

        • Ivy
          Ivy
          February 5, 2020 at 2:24 pm | #

          Yep and I was super happy about that!!!

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 5, 2020 at 4:48 pm | #

            Okay, wasn’t sure if you knew that or not.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        February 6, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

        Also, he posted a picture of the shirt he based the character model off of on Twitter around that time, and its stripe colors were NOT purple, black, and white, meaning that was a deliberate choice.

        Personally, I’m an autistic ace gay. (Hell, I’m an aro-ace gay. Want a relationship someday, aesthetically attracted to women, don’t really get either crushes or pants feelings for people.) Dina reads VERY familiar to me, including her irritation at not being seen as someone who can have sexual and romantic feelings for others. That doesn’t mean she experiences sexual attraction all that often or outside certain circumstances (Say, her cute girlfriend looking cute and wearing her nerdy PJs,) because I don’t either. Hell, I have a libido, I’m perfectly willing to have sex someday in a relationship, I just don’t get spontaneous feelings like that for others. But I’d be pissed the hell off if someone told me I seemed ‘too young’ to date in a way that’s clearly linked to the way I know I’m different.

        (Also, about Anderson: as my ‘ace gay’ bit indicated, ace people can still consider themselves gay or bi based off their romantic attraction – a lot of us do. The other thing is that even aro-aces or heteroromantic aces don’t get off that easily from that particular strain of the religious community. Oh, premarital sex is a sin, sure, but once you ARE married you’re supposed to be happy to do your duty and make babies, so they get upset if you’re not prioritizing those things. Sex being enjoyable and also thing it takes great sacrifice and willpower to avoid BUT THEY MUST is actually part of their doctrine. If you don’t struggle with it, well, you must not have met the right person yet, or something’s wrong with you. Heteronormativity comes in many insidious forms, and all aspec folks are inherently LGBT because we’re stuck in a culture that expects us to be into this thing we by and large aren’t.)

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    February 5, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

    “Lucy! Why didn’t you tell me that Ruth hadn’t put on her pants?”

    “It didn’t seem like something that I should be the one to say. Besides, I don’t know Ruth well enough; she might always dress like that!”

  28. Miri
    Miri
    February 5, 2020 at 2:14 am | #

    Aaaw this feels like a big progress moment from Billie to me ❤️

  29. AGV
    AGV
    February 5, 2020 at 3:05 am | #

    Those thighs hide some very powerful femurs, mind you

  30. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    February 5, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

    Those stepford smilers should fear Pantless-I mean Ruthless!

  31. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    February 5, 2020 at 5:06 am | #

    Pants?
    Gondor has no pants.
    Gondor NEEDS no pants!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      February 5, 2020 at 8:23 am | #

      Or why we all prefer Sean Bean as Boromir.

  32. Koms
    Koms
    February 5, 2020 at 6:55 am | #

    Femurs

  33. Kitsune
    Kitsune
    February 5, 2020 at 7:20 am | #

    Grundy want pants too

    • John
      John
      February 5, 2020 at 9:31 am | #

      Oh lord, what does it say about me that I know EXACTLY what you are referencing?

  34. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    February 5, 2020 at 7:28 am | #

    Know(ing) me…knowing you…Aha!

    I can’t be the only not-young to pick up on that: Willis is a big Alan Partridge fan.

  35. Geneseepaws
    Geneseepaws
    February 5, 2020 at 7:43 am | #

    If she goes out in “chaps”, it will just fuel the rumour mill…

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      February 5, 2020 at 7:53 am | #

      Ruthless could use Crisper to edit herself some jeans, no?

  36. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    February 5, 2020 at 8:19 am | #

    Just let her go like that. Everybody in that building will believe that’s a power move.

  37. Zee
    Zee
    February 5, 2020 at 8:56 am | #

    My pants look good on me

    • Zee
      Zee
      February 5, 2020 at 8:57 am | #

      Fuck. That was supposed to be a reply to @Kyrik Michalowski

  38. MutantSentry
    MutantSentry
    February 5, 2020 at 9:39 am | #

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpWOvK-mz7U
    Crow: Joel, I hate movies where the men wear shorter skirts than the women.

    Tom: Yeah, I can just imagine a scene from Ancient Greece: “Oh, hi, Hercules, have a seat!! Noooo!!!”

    Joel: You are so right my little itty buddies. That’s why we’ve put together a presentation. It’s a little thing we like to call: PANTS!

    Tom: (singing) Pants!

    Crow: Pants!

    Bots: Sing the praises of pants!

    Joel: Nothing better shows my taste, than what I wear below my waist!

    Tom: Say! Pants! Hoo hoo!

    Crow: Pants!

    Bots: Sing the praises of pants!

    Tom: They help me suck in my gut They always cover up my butt! Huh? Pants!

    Crow: Pants!

    All: Sing the praises of pants!

    Crow: Wear them and you’re a cool guy, as long as you zip up your fly!

    Tom: Zip! Pants!

    Crow: Pants!

    Bots: Sing the praises of pants!

    Joel: (spoken) That’s right ladies and gentlemen! Consider the PANT! You know, the Pants Association urges you to wear your pants at least three times a day!

    Crow: The great men of our time have all worn pants! Roosevelt! Churchill! DeGualle! Ghandi!–Well, almost all of them!

    Tom: Dolphins! One of the smartest mammals on earth. Do they wear pants? NO! But they wish they did! That’s how smart they are!

    Joel: What keeps our legs all warm and hot?

    All: Pants!

    Crow: What prevents a buffalo shot?

    All: Pants!

    Tom: What do they got that I ain’t got?

    All: Pants!

    Tom: Well, you can say that again Huh?

  39. Wraith_Ferron
    Wraith_Ferron
    February 5, 2020 at 9:48 am | #

    I’m so angry that there’s no “decent pair of pants” jokes in all the comments

  40. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 5, 2020 at 9:52 am | #

    Lucky know how brings out Billie best side. I start to like how them cohabit is slowly become more equal. And I definitely love Billie’s declaration of unconditional love for Ruth.

  41. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    February 5, 2020 at 9:53 am | #

    I am totally okay with, “no pants Ruth”.

  42. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    February 5, 2020 at 10:15 am | #

    Billie you should be sweet more often.

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      February 6, 2020 at 12:00 am | #

      If this is representative of the new, alcohol-free Billie, that may well happen

  43. Lunarius Haberdash
    Lunarius Haberdash
    February 5, 2020 at 12:53 pm | #

    It fucking is. People who think otherwise aren’t socially acceptable, however, and should hide their heads in shame.

  44. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 5, 2020 at 1:04 pm | #

    It’s ok, they’ll so scared they’ll look do—WAIT

  45. nightshade
    nightshade
    February 5, 2020 at 2:59 pm | #

    this one was funny and cute

  46. Shmidny
    Shmidny
    February 5, 2020 at 3:26 pm | #

    I’m honestly surprised Billie didn’t tell her to shut up or call her a nerd.

  47. brian
    brian
    February 5, 2020 at 5:49 pm | #

    HEy remember when Mike was probably dead? Yea, me either.

    • MutantSentry
      MutantSentry
      February 6, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

      Meanwhile- down a seemingly deserted ally

      Mike: *goans*

      Mike: *drools*

      Mike: *Bleeds*

      A scrap of paper blows down the ally and sticks on his face. It is advertising a trivia night at the student union.

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