Nerd Boy, episodes 172-177

           / Let's fire up the games! Nah.  \
          O\ I should be doing my homework. /
        .o   __
      OO    |_))
    |((o.   [_|]
    ||bb `-'| ||


                 / I can do it later. I  \
               .o\ should clean my room. /
             OO
           |((_____
           ||b|| ||


                               /  Reasonably non-dusty.   \
                      _ , '  .o\ I should get some sleep. /
                     |_),` OO
               |_  _[__]>>-||.
               | | |   |   dd




                                  / Weird how time passes even though \
                    ___   _____ .o\ you're not really doing anything. /
                   |\__\ |\_OO_\
                   \|__|   \    \
                            \____\
      jg                    |    |

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I hate it when that happens.
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 What're you       Yep, found a cool
doing? Reading?     on-line manga.
      `,,,     _    ,
       '..    (_|  O
       .||.   [__]_.)_|
        ||    |   |d| |





              *bloooop*
                   __     What the..
       ,,,     _ .'  \    ,                               featuring
       '..    (_|__   )  O                              Unicorn Jelly
       .||.   [__]_`.'   /_|
        || __ |   | ___ d| | ___________________________



                                            _ _
                                           ( ' )
                                            \_/
 I think it                   _                  _ _
  likes you!                 ( )          /|    ( ' )           AAAUGH!
      `,,,     _              \\  _.----./ |     \_/              ,
       '..    (_|    *jiri*    \`'          \                  \OO
       .||'   [__]_    *jiri*  /         | | \                q//-
jg_____ || __ |   | _________ |              | ________________ b ___
                               `--.______.--'
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Unicorn Jelly is way cool. Very weird too. (http://www.unicornjelly.com)
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 What's this heap of stuff?        You, my friend, are looking at my
Your computer exploded again?      newest invention. It's USB LEGO!
         `,,,                      ,
          '..                    OO
           ||          _.`,     -||.
        __ |\ ______ .`'-;'`. __ dd ____


      OK... What's            Computer components from which you can
     that, exactly?           build a computer as easily as putting
             `,,,             ,  two blocks of LEGO together. Here,
              '..           OO    let me show you what I mean...
              .||.     _.`, .\\
        ______ || __ .`'-;'`.dd ________


                             Here we go.. I'm connecting a processor,
              ,,,            ,  a small screen, and this block that's
              '..          OO     hardwired to print "Hello World"
              .||.     _.`,o\\      on any available display...
        ______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __



  OK, cool... But..             Aw crap. One of these must be one of
  It's not working.           the regular LEGO blocks I added to make
              `,,,             ,  the heap look more impressive.
               '..           OO
               .||.     _.`,o||
       jg______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __

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I got the idea for this strip when I discovered that the plastic cover for
the USB connector (metal thing at the end of the USB cable) of my rumble pad
was more or less the size of a 1x2 LEGO brick. It fits perfectly on two
"pegs" or whatever those things are called. Weird.
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     I'm bored. Let's          Like playing a
        do something.        role-playing game?
                  `,,,       ,
                   '..     OO
                   .||.   .||.
                ___ || ___ dd ____


         Live action?        Eh, OK.
         I like LARP.       Whatever.
                  `,,,       ,
                   '..     OO
                   .||.   .||.
                ___ || ___ dd ____


              I have some cloaks
               and props and stuff.
                                 `,,,
                           OO     '..
                          .||.    .||.
                __________ bb ____ |\ ___



                  Now what?           -I- don't know!
                          `__       __,
                          (OO Y     ..)
                          /||-|    ?||\
                    jg__ /_|b | ___ ||_\ __

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I have played a LARP (live action role-playing game) actually. I had no idea
what I should be doing, even though it was a very small LARP.
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Thou art presumptuous          This is not a mere accusation,
in thine accusations,         arch-mage. Mother nature herself
   -druid-.       `__       __,      has spoken to me.
                  (OO Y     ..)
                  /||-|    ?||\
                 /_|b |     ||_\


        -Hast- spoken.        No. That's -second-
                  `__       __,  person singular.
                  (OO Y     ..)
                  /||-|    ?||\
        ________ /_|b | ___ ||_\ _________



                Oh.
                  `__       __
                  (OO Y     ..)
                  /||-|    ?||\
                 /_|b |     ||_\



Crap, now I'm totally      As if you were ever
 out of character...        -in- character...
                  `                   `,,,
                 __OO  y              _'..
                 \/||./               \/||
    jg _________ /_|b/ ______________ /_|\ _____________

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I'm not entirely satisfied with this one. :\
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Hmm.. Fan Boy, you know The       It's "ExecuTOR". And
Executive pretty well, right?      fine, I'll call   `,,,
 Could you get him for me,  `OO    him or whatever.   '..
or is it too much trouble?  .||.                       ||
                         ___ bb ______________________ |\ __


                        Enter... The
                         Executor! `__      _______  __
            Great, stay right       oo|____     ----  __
            there.. Wait... `OO    -\/.      --- __  -- -_
            OH, FAN BOOOY!  .||'    <\     ________ --
jg__________________________ bb _____________________________

                                     __
                             OO      oo|___
                            .||.    .\/.
                         ___ bb ____ /\ ___

    Hmm. -That's- funny... Now          Oh ha ha, you figured out my
     -where- could -he- have         __ ,  secret identity, yay you.
      gone to? Oh -deary-.  `OO      oo|___   Are you happy now?
                            -||-    .\/.
                    ________ bb ____ /\ ________


I -so- don't know what you're             __
talking about. Could you go `OO       ___|--  *sigh*
see what's keeping Fan Boy? .||.         .\/.
                             bb _________ |\

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This is the first strip in which I've tried to make sarcasm come across by
using emphasis on certain words. It's almost like acting or something.

-jg