October 31 – aliens land in New Babbage and rampage through the city, leaving a path of fiery destruction in their wake.
Aliens land just outside the
city’s north wall! Here they are being exhorted by their leader who stands atop the saucer.
Investigating a pub.
Mr. Paperclip’s Halloween surprise. Happily he escaped unharmed. (( so cuuuuute! ))
This, of course, was inevitable. The little pyromaniacs!
“Noooooo! Not Zaidaville!
Stormy meets the Martians.
Even respectable pubs are not spared.
They even planted their flag at City Hall!
“Ack kak kak, ak yak kak!”: (( My warmest thanks to Jed and Scottie [the two-gunned alien] for joining me in this madness. ))
Upon reading the report, the evil, Martian-microfox overlord looked pleased. She tilted her head back and let out a loud, squeaky maniacal laugh. After clearing her throat, she spoke in a tiny, adorable tone:
“Ahem. My dear minions, our initial attack upon the city-state of New Babbage was an unprecedented success.”
The minion crowd roared with applause and cheering until the overlord’s tiny paw rose into the air for silence, which she immediately received.
“Now believe me when I tell you, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!”
In response the minions erupted into a riot of excitement. Contented, the mini-overlord stepped from atop the saucer once again to walk to her planning room to prepare for the next attack.
((Hehehe, great pictures, Kimika! You guys looked great before you unleashed your terror! Hope to actually participate with you all again soon…))
The only known photo of the mysterious mini-overlord:
*ponders how many sorts of Martians there are!*
Ah would imagine dat Martians come in all kinds of sizes an’ colors sort of laike earthlings do.
Dem Martians better be careful goin’ around Zaidaville. If Kitty home, him gonna eat dem all up.
*Runs down the secret road to Steelhead to go to Shanghai and get some more cherry bombs for her sling shot*
I want one!
A martian, a kitty, or a cherry bomb?
-Feels it is safe to remove the aluminum hat and does so-
Ack!
Crank up the Slim Whitman! oh, he isn’t born yet…we’re screwed. (maybe Sky will sing a few bars…that should scare them off)
*glares* Watch it, you. Don’t push me too far or I’ll COOK for you!
think martians vary with region, just because Babbage has mostly seen the tripoded warmachine variety (or even know if those are martians or just their vehicles) doesn’t mean there aren’t other kinds
I once met a man in Mongolia who had also encountered the tripods. He claimed they originally came from a planet named Zeta Reticuli, and merely came to Mars to do the same as they tried to do here. Intergalactic vampires, if you will.
Also, it is good to know where those scorch marks came from… I will have to stop flogging Miss Dizelle over it now.
D8 Poor Miss Dizelle! You wouldn’t really, would you, Mr. Underby? ((Sent from a painfully slow to type 3g connected phone. I go and miss all the fun!))
*shoots a dark look at underby and guides miss dizelle safely back down into the cellar…*
i think stormy is awfully brave to confront them like that… if only we may all have such courage, i am sure we shall reclaim our city!.. i hope…
Ah remember the martians… they didn’t look like that before.
Then again back then ah had my trauma enduced amniesa…. Ah still think ah’m Anne Shirley sometimes…
Ah think Kitty did eat up one of de martians because him real sick now.
Martians?
Bah. Swamp gas, no doubt, or perhaps a bad batch of wiggyfish.
yah…different martians than I saw!
Earth has Humans, Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Giraffes, Seals, Fish, Squids… why would all martians look alike?
But would all such Martians have advanced to the point of being able to travel between planets? Earth, after all, has only one such species even able to conceive of such a feat.
Using Earth as your high water mark will frequently lead to disappointment.
(We need a like option like they have on Facebook)
Considering the Penguin and the Puffin, things can evolve at the same time. Or the space faring species could share with others. Do we not one merchant, after all, provide versions of the same product to the tastes and dimensions of all the citizens in the Steamlands?
I think it was implied once, that the tripod varety may have been foreign arrivals to Mars and only took it over, much as they appear to try with Earth
That’s right, Velociraptors made it to space!