Hey, Your Nose is on Fire!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Let's see: Ochre encountered the Lady Psychopomp near the end of our 94th storyline, " Gang Aft A-gley ," and he apparently didn't attend Doc's and Alice's wedding during our 122nd storyline, " Nuptials ." There's always so much going on around here!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Labor Day's next week, the unofficial end of summer, so let's have one last little tropical vacation before we start sliding into autumn, shall we? Or, y'know, whatever's happening here...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      We've visited Cloud Forest a couple times during the comic here: our 52nd storyline, " Scherzando ," for instance, and our 60th storyline, " Waxing and Waning ." If anyone would like to get a visual of the place...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Let's see: Plum came into the comic during our 119th storyline, " A Dose of Perspective ," and Ochre was involved in bringing her to justice. I'm sure it'll be an emotion-filled reunion coming up here.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Sounds like we might be heading toward a road trip here, and our 121st storyline, " The Transitive Property ," might give the discerning reader a couple clues as to the destination of said road trip...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Yeah, I dunno, but I think something might be wrong with Ochre...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      That hat's very important to Ochre. I'll point interested readers back to these pages from near the end of our 105th storyline, " Leech " for some of the particulars. But we'll be hearing over the next few pages here how the meaning of the hat's come to change in Ochre's mind...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      I hafta agree with Ochre here, I think. That does pretty much sum things up.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Yes, I'm sure Princess Lily will get this all sorted out.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      But I'm sure Ochre'll be fine...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Yeah, hospitals always knock me over sideways, too...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Apparently, they don't make house calls...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Now that we're bumping up against something that might be a plot, lemme provide some links. Ochre and Malvolio's semi-contentious relationship shows up here and there: this page and the following few from near the end of our 107th storyline, " Warts and Bunions ," will give the interested reader a taste of it. As for Russalka and Princess Lily, they were last seen at the centers of our 128th storyline, " Succor ," and our 129th storyline, " Triage ." I'm guessing we'll soon learn what they've been up to since.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Could this be a paying case? We don't see Daily Grind take too many of those, though I always assume that they're carrying on with the business while I'm busy diverting everyone's attentions elsewhere..

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      That's always my first recourse, too, popping over to see Howlett.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      The Vapors came together as a group during our 104th storyline entitled " The Vapors ," oddly enough.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Is Juliette quoting Caddyshack there? How is it that my characters have seen movies that I never have?      Is a puzzlement. Which is from another movie I've never seen!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      After all, breakfast, as they say, is the most important meal of the day. As for the Emporium, Jolene first stepped inside the place near the end of our 73rd storyline, " Fits and Starts ," and it's remained a pretty big subplot around here ever since.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Their separate little worlds came crashing down around Ochre and Ariadne during What Remains , the 15th book of Daily Grind adventures. They ran into each other at the end of that book and proceeded to create a great deal of mayhem together after colliding with Ann during our 16th book, Boundless . That was about eight months ago for our characters, but it was more like eight years ago for us reading in case anyone would like to review...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      So, while I was reading the old stories I recommended on the previous page to prepare for this story, I was reminded of the weird font I used for Ochre's dialogue, a thing called "1942 Report," back when this was an actual webcomic. A good thing, I thought to myself, that Ochre's not our next POV character, or I'd hafta use that font for the whole thing.      And then, well, then I thought again. And here we are with Ochre as our POV character and "1942 Report" as the font for the story.      Still, if you did read the stories I recommended last week, then you have a basic idea of who Ochre, Ann, and Ariadne are. And we'll all move on from there.