Chapter 8 – Page 028
As adorable as plushies of these folk would be, I suspect they’d just end up on a pallet somewhere awaiting incineration alongside flegs scrawled with insults.
↓ Transcript
Panel 1:
Closeup of a Green leprechaun and an Orange leprechaun going at it hammer and tongs.
NANCY (off-panel): How long have they been at it?
RAB Q (off-panel): 1690.
NANCY (off-panel): How long have these things been at it?
RAB Q (off-panel): Having a go three days, says the granma.
Panel 2:
The three lean over, conferring. Si reacts with alarm to Rab Q’s suggestion.
NANCY: I’ll defer to the local expert. What’s your suggestion?
RAB Q: Open the sluices, drown them in the Clyde.
SI: Kh…khy…y’can’t do that!
Panel 3:
Nancy takes out her instrument while Si pleads for the lives of these creatures.
RAB Q: Why naw?
SI: Because they’re…! They’re so small and…and marketable! Can’t we just leave ‘em?
RAB Q: These things are an expression of mass enmity, pilgrim! They could set the city on fire if they get inty the pipes!
NANCY: Mass enmity…
Panel 4:
Nancy hovers her instrument over the mass of fighting leprechauns.
NANCY: If we were to resolve their enmity, then they should dissipate back into the String.
RAB Q: “Resolve the enmity?” Between Rangers an Celtic? Just like tha?
RAB Q: Do ah look like Mo Mowlam?
SI: Wait, I gots an idea!
Panel 5:
A lightbulb pops above Si’s head. The others are slightly wary.
SI: Wanna get enemies ta make up? Give ‘em a bigger enemy!
SI: Seen it on cartoons.
NANCY: And how do we do that?
SI: Easy. Watch.
Panel 6:
Si leans over the railing flailing her arms, to the others’ surprise.
SI: Oi!
SI: Muslim!
SI: Ooga booga booga!
Closeup of a Green leprechaun and an Orange leprechaun going at it hammer and tongs.
NANCY (off-panel): How long have they been at it?
RAB Q (off-panel): 1690.
NANCY (off-panel): How long have these things been at it?
RAB Q (off-panel): Having a go three days, says the granma.
Panel 2:
The three lean over, conferring. Si reacts with alarm to Rab Q’s suggestion.
NANCY: I’ll defer to the local expert. What’s your suggestion?
RAB Q: Open the sluices, drown them in the Clyde.
SI: Kh…khy…y’can’t do that!
Panel 3:
Nancy takes out her instrument while Si pleads for the lives of these creatures.
RAB Q: Why naw?
SI: Because they’re…! They’re so small and…and marketable! Can’t we just leave ‘em?
RAB Q: These things are an expression of mass enmity, pilgrim! They could set the city on fire if they get inty the pipes!
NANCY: Mass enmity…
Panel 4:
Nancy hovers her instrument over the mass of fighting leprechauns.
NANCY: If we were to resolve their enmity, then they should dissipate back into the String.
RAB Q: “Resolve the enmity?” Between Rangers an Celtic? Just like tha?
RAB Q: Do ah look like Mo Mowlam?
SI: Wait, I gots an idea!
Panel 5:
A lightbulb pops above Si’s head. The others are slightly wary.
SI: Wanna get enemies ta make up? Give ‘em a bigger enemy!
SI: Seen it on cartoons.
NANCY: And how do we do that?
SI: Easy. Watch.
Panel 6:
Si leans over the railing flailing her arms, to the others’ surprise.
SI: Oi!
SI: Muslim!
SI: Ooga booga booga!