Returns the man on fire

[Keleth]

Hey.

Hey.

I see you're back.

This is good, as there has been a certain lack of HOT BLOOD and TROMBE while you were gone.


TROMBE~

[Ren Gaulen]

To all whom it concerns (and whom I haven't warned personally), I am leaving for yet another week of The Village. I'd really loved to stay, but a spetsnaz got to do what a spetsnaz has to do. *proceeds to dramatically put on combat uniform and load up with weapons and ammo until he is looking like a walking arsenal* And thus, I am away! *rocker jumps out of sight*

[techmaster-glitch]

I simply must ask; what is "The Village", anyway?

[ShadesFox]

It is the village where all spetsnaz go.

[VAE]

It is the village where all spetsnaz go.

Going under
Going under
Down under where the lights are low.. To the village where the spetznatz go
doing things i never did before inside out and coming back for more...

[techmaster-glitch]

*google*

Whoa, Ren Gaulen is special forces military? 

Very impressive, kudos to him.

[Tapewolf]

I simply must ask; what is "The Village", anyway?

Figuratively or literally?

What Ren is actually doing can be explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacha

...however, since the place has no internet and seems to be in a mobile dead spot to boot, and Ren doesn't have any friends there he's not particularly pleased about it when his family drag him out there.  He usually finds out the day before they leave, which can result in some rushed comics.
On the other hand I can kind of see where his family are coming from... gods know I very rarely go on holiday with my folks these days (not least because AC tends to interfere with that).

Figuratively, 'The Village' is a reference to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

...partly because Ren keeps getting dragged back there, but also because the actual village where he goes doesn't actually have a name.  IIRC it has a designation left over from its use in Soviet times, "Research Area 6" or something of that ilk, I forget quite what.

[Turnsky]

...partly because Ren keeps getting dragged back there, but also because the actual village where he goes doesn't actually have a name.  IIRC it has a designation left over from its use in Soviet times, "Research Area 6" or something of that ilk, I forget quite what.

so you're saying that Ren's actually an old soviet-era experiment that sneaks out of his lab now and again? 

[Paladin Sheppard]

I'd say that's entirely plausible Turnsky

[Drayco84]

...partly because Ren keeps getting dragged back there, but also because the actual village where he goes doesn't actually have a name.  IIRC it has a designation left over from its use in Soviet times, "Research Area 6" or something of that ilk, I forget quite what.

Sounds like the setting for a horror movie... I'd bring several firearms with 200 rounds of ammunition each. Maybe some grenades if I could get my hands on 'em...

Figuratively, 'The Village' is a reference to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

Oh, cool! The Simpsons did a spoof on this!

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Sounds like the setting for a horror movie... I'd bring several firearms with 200 rounds of ammunition each. Maybe some grenades if I could get my hands on 'em...

... One spare clip? That seems silly...

[Drayco84]

... One spare clip? That seems silly...

DAMMIT! Now that that I'm surrounded by all these freaking zombies/horror movie monsters, I KNEW I was forgetting something!

[Tapewolf]

I have received an update from Ren, apparently he managed to get away just long enough to email me.
Basically, he's going to be there for another week, hoping to be back on the 25th.

[Jairus]

Curses. It seems his handlers have gotten their hands on him again.

[Brunhidden]

i miss my borsct and caviar eatin fuzzbutt buddy

just yesterday at the laundromat i met a trio of russians (why a russian is in wisconsin ill never know) and was tempted to ask them if they knew anyone by his name

[Ren Gaulen]

..So, I am back from fighting an alien invasion. Sadly, it is not driven back yet, so I'll have to go back there eventually. But for now I am here.

Hi, everyone!

[Tapewolf]

http://www.project-future.org/strips/comic/strip126.png

[Suwako]

Stop being a bouncy ball! D:

Kidding, welcome back for now.

[Ren Gaulen]

Yep, you guessed right - I'm leaving again. See you all in a week!

[Jairus]

"Call of the Village" sounds like a made-for-TV sequel to Shyamalan's or however you spell it right movie.

[Keleth]

This isn't a summer home.

This is his real home. Considering how much he's -not- here Xp

[Zedd]

Oh gods why must the village steal you away againnnnnnn?? D:


Can I have your stuff if you die? 

[Jairus]

This isn't a summer home.

This is his real home. Considering how much he's -not- here Xp

Well, they don't go there during fall through spring. So there is that.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

"Call of the Village" sounds like a made-for-TV sequel to Shyamalan's or however you spell it right movie.

Apparently, "Shamaladingdong" is the correct spelling.

[Jairus]

"Call of the Village" sounds like a made-for-TV sequel to Shyamalan's or however you spell it right movie.

Apparently, "Shamaladingdong" is the correct spelling.

That sounds like a line from "We got together" from Grease, for some reason.

[Turnsky]

"Call of the Village" sounds like a made-for-TV sequel to Shyamalan's or however you spell it right movie.

Apparently, "Shamaladingdong" is  the correct spelling.

alternatively :M. Night Shamwow 

[Jairus]

"Call of the Village" sounds like a made-for-TV sequel to Shyamalan's or however you spell it right movie.

Apparently, "Shamaladingdong" is  the correct spelling.

alternatively :M. Night Shamwow 

"Hey! Vince Offer here, with an Offer you can't refuse! A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-I hate my life. Do your old horror movies just not suck enough? Try the new M. Night Shamwow, guaranteed to suck anything up! Ghosts, aliens, hidden villages, water, reincarnations of ancient spirits of the planet, and evil killer trees... anything! Nothing sucks harder than the M. Night Shamwow! Call now, and we'll toss in a package of M. Night's Nuts, the perfect snack food while you enjoy how much the M. Night Shamwow sucks! You're gonna love his nuts!"

Sorry. That may have crossed a line or three somewhere in there.

[Ren Gaulen]

..I leave the city for a bloody week and all hell breaks loose. Before it was just very, very hot. Now, everything is on fire.

Well, not really on fire, but there is smoke everywhere. And it does not leave. Chances are, whereever you live you might have heard in the news that the central part of Russia is roasting in forest fires. And I am in the middle of it.

[Jairus]

"Now here we stand with their blood on our hands..."

Yeah, I was worried about it. Russia's temporarily cut off export of grain do to the hit they're taking from this, dozens are dead and thousands evacuated, carbon monoxide levels in Moscow are seven times their regular amount, and smog is everywhere. There is some good news, though.


I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico!

[Turnsky]

..I leave the city for a bloody week and all hell breaks loose. Before it was just very, very hot. Now, everything is on fire.

Well, not really on fire, but there is smoke everywhere. And it does not leave. Chances are, whereever you live you might have heard in the news that the central part of Russia is roasting in forest fires. And I am in the middle of it.

and you're out of marshmallows?