Today’s page takes us back to Ralph’s Diner, where Captain Heroic proves—once again—that nothing rattles him… not even a surprise soup bath.
Hailey is mortified, Captain Heroic is dripping, and somewhere across the diner, Yazmine Velour is livestreaming the whole thing as heart emojis rain from the internet. It’s a small moment, but one that says a lot about who Cap really is—and why people can’t help falling for him.
Transcript
Panel 1
Hailey (distraught that she has dumped hot soup on Captain Heroic): Omigod Omigod Omigod…
Captain Heroic (turning to another person eating at the diner): Excuse me. Would you hand me a napkin, please? (The person hands him a napkin)
Panel 2
Hailey: I’m so sorry Captain Heroic, sir. I didn’t mean to — {sob}
Panel 3
Captain Heroic (handing her the napkin): Here. Please don’t cry.
Panel 4
Captain Heroic (continues): Most of my first impressions involve disintegration rays. And actual impressions. In concrete.
Panel 5
Captain Heroic: This was far more pleasant — not counting the bay leaf in my shirt.Yazmine Velour (as she livestreams the interaction from the other side of the diner, a torrent of heart emojis flow from her phone as the audience reacts): Omigod Omigod Omigod
After Dark
This week's commissioned MicroFic delivers exactly what you’d want from a pairing between Dynasty and Father Christmas.
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Yes, he lives up to his name.
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Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.
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No, the North Pole will never be the same.
I also posted the Goblin Girl MicroFic from the Monster Girl poll — and the response was so good, I might need to make these poll-powered MicroFics a recurring thing!
Evil Inc is not delivering a virus
This week, I have received a couple of e-mails telling me that some anti-virus software is flagging the Evil Inc site on every load.
First off, thanks to those people who alerted me. I really appreciate it!
Secondly, I have determined that the culprit is, in fact, the Shoutbox to the lower right of this blog. To the best of my ability to discrn — which is not
my ability at all, rather the ability of the very intelligent people I rely upon for support — this is not a virus.
“It sounds like F-secure has an invalid signature that is throwing off false positives. This happens sometimes,” said my esteemed colleauge.
“Ahhhhhh,” I said, realizing that I wouldn’t know an invalid signature if it bit me in the nose.
Anyway, if you are using F-Secure Antivirus software, and if it is registering a similar warning when you visit my site, you can help expedite a fix to this problem.
Go
here and fill out the form to explain what is happening.
You can list my Web site’s URL, plus the virus the software claims that Evil Inc has — Exploit.JS.ADODB.Stream.v — , for them to verify. Hopefully they can update their signatures to fix the issue.
