After several hours of applied mad sciences, Dr. Muskiday finally has a plan.
The macronanos have been feeding on Fairmount City’s emotions, growing stronger with every burst of anger, embarrassment, infatuation, and fear. Muskiday’s new device is designed to reverse the process — converting a macronano back into harmless micronanos while safely discharging all that stolen emotional energy.
There’s just one problem.
To test the thing, they need a macronano.
Fortunately, HoloClone Miss Match knows exactly how to bait the hook. A little romance. A little melodrama. And perhaps just a touch more enthusiasm than Dr. Muskiday was expecting.
Science demands sacrifice. Apparently, dignity is first on the list.
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Transcript
Panel 1
Dr. Muskiday finishes tinkering on his device in front of a whiteboard that shows how the device works.
Macronano —> containment unit —> compression field emitter —> emotion output emitter
Muskiday: OK… I think we’re ready to test it out. Can you attract one of the macronanos?
Panel 2
HoloClone Miss Match: Musky, darling, this may be our last chance to consummate our love before the macronanos take over!
Panel 3
A macronano reacts as Holoclone Miss Match (continues off-panel): Take me, my love. I’m yours, body and soul!
Panel 4
The macronano enters the lab, and HoloClone Miss Match slams the door behind it.
HoloClone Miss Match: Ha-HA! You sure are gullible! I can’t believe you fell for that. GET ’IM MUSKY!
Panel 5
Dr. Muskiday is in the act of taking off his pants: …Huh??
Courting Disaster, my weekly comic about sex, love, and relationships updates every Friday. You’ll laugh your pants off.
This week: An extra question…
A reader writes… Q. At a weekly get-together my husband and I host, we have an odd issue occurring with three of our friends. One pal, “Mike”, seems to have his eye on “Valerie”, even though “Valerie” is dating “Tony” and everyone is aware of this. This situation has been going on outside of the get-together, but “Valerie” has been feeling bad about it and told us, even though she doesn’t want “Mike” to know that we know. I’m concerned that this situation might hurt everyone around, even those not involved should it bubble to the surface. “Valerie” seems meek about it, but has stressed that she prefers “Tony” over “Mike”, and “Mike” has his own issues that he’s been trying to straighten out. On my take, “Mike” is too self-centered and blind to be in a relationship, especially if he’s trying to show up “Tony” in front of “Valerie”. Is there any point where I should feel responsible to do something about this?
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