# The Curse **URL:** \ **Category:** Summer Time\ **Tags:** comic\ **Created:** [June 19, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698 "2019-06-19T03:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/61 "2019-06-26T17:18:29Z")
![MindSwap_030](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/c/c7963a8a08f06ddeec7ad6512ddfdf8a99e4c3cc.jpeg) Summer faces a different dilemma. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/62 "2019-06-26T17:31:57Z")
![MindSwap_031](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/d/d193d598ac2f28cc8961ac30cc129fd1b0bd48a5.jpeg) While super-spy Alycia gets to tangle with a thorny ethical dilemma, our emotionally aware Summer gets to deal with a people problem. Hopefully folks are still with it. We’ll see where this goes in the next couple of days, I’m not going to string this out forever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/63 "2019-06-26T19:57:53Z")
![MindSwap_032](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/6/6aacf33ce38a2568e49989f8c4840a5b787dee93.jpeg) Difficult times ahead. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/64 "2019-06-26T22:26:58Z")
![MindSwap_033](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/3/3a48852025d8bb61a6a8bebfe52b59f5471c26b6.jpeg) Revelations. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/65 "2019-06-26T22:27:34Z")
![MindSwap_034](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/9/9390b1f540d68abf66420791512829958feb92cc.jpeg) Well it’s not a kitten video. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/66 "2019-06-26T22:28:46Z")
![MindSwap_035](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/d/dc5fa1bc5741a5d74c009a4d38b64c07e181e689.jpeg) Is that good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/67 "2019-06-26T23:33:24Z")
![MindSwap_036](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/b/bdf3e1923dfae4a25028f391f2fc7d6beb52c2c6.jpeg) Decision time! ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/68 "2019-06-26T23:45:24Z")
![MindSwap_037](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/d/d967e899d8b51aa2cbc4681592fad4cabbadd41d.jpeg) Wait, they called Parker? ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/69 "2019-06-26T23:56:16Z")
![MindSwap_038](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/3/3694969c3f7106afaa476a36bec9c8150e6db8db.jpeg) It’s the big guy! ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/70 "2019-06-27T00:12:53Z")
![MindSwap_039](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/b/b08c5f427cf99067d746476b70328a1c7235bca5.jpeg) More to come, but I’m happy with how this is going. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/71 "2019-06-27T00:20:51Z")
![MindSwap_040](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/7/7e8bf5c436c13461e67266885a356d9fd323f463.jpeg) Craig Costigan turns on the charm. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/72 "2019-06-27T00:30:08Z")
![MindSwap_041](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/e/e6b223ff28731f7f2db99335e62f9198343aaaef.jpeg) Is this the moral of the story? ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/73 "2019-06-27T01:17:05Z")
![MindSwap_042](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/6/61ac12fb753355a386fa5d5e746454619bf6b976.jpeg) Spending a week as a barista paid off. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/74 "2019-06-27T01:18:53Z")
![MindSwap_043](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/1/1f1a809aaf8eb2498dacb0591123efa91e8ae3e1.jpeg) Summer gets an upgrade. * * * And that’s the end of “The Curse”! Thanks for coming on this ride with me! As usual, I welcome all feedback and comments. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/75 "2019-06-27T05:42:11Z")
Assorted odds and ends, like usual. - How high did the order to hand over Summer’s shell to AEGIS really go? I’ll take Costigan at his word - I consider the real victory in that scene to be Alycia trying to work with the system, not just manipulate or defy it. - Just what is Alycia’s relationship to the Quill Foundation? As written here, she’s striking a balance - not working for Jason as a subordinate, to avoid complicating the relationship, but willing to take on specific tasks as an independent contractor. Practically speaking she’s a floating troubleshooter and does what she wants, but uses her contracts to stay safe from meddling. - A woman who read through this for me commented it handled subject matter well, only observing that messed-up sleep schedules might be part of Summer’s new experience. I didn’t find a good chance to work that into the comic. - I liked playing with plot complications where the problem with Freaky Friday came from people knowing about the switch, rather than being ignorant of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/76 "2019-06-28T03:27:29Z")
> [@garrett](#): > > We’ll see where this ends up soon Wow. Fantastic line from Agent 1337. Nicely done! ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/77 "2019-07-02T02:54:28Z")
> [@garrett](#): > > How high did the order to hand over Summer’s shell to AEGIS really go? I’ll take Costigan at his word - I consider the real victory in that scene to be Alycia trying to work with the system, not just manipulate or defy it. My initial impulse was that Alycia would deny the order, screw the consequences. Which would have been fine for longer form, but the results here (esp. 1337’s comment) were even better. > [@garrett](#): > > Just what is Alycia’s relationship to the Quill Foundation? As written here, she’s striking a balance - not working for Jason as a subordinate, to avoid complicating the relationship, but willing to take on specific tasks as an independent contractor. Practically speaking she’s a floating troubleshooter and does what she wants, but uses her contracts to stay safe from meddling. I think that’s a pretty good summary. I may write the scene where she lays down the law on this. She doesn’t want to complicate the relationship _and_ she’d be really sensitive to any appearance of nepotism. > [@garrett](#): > > A woman who read through this for me commented it handled subject matter well, only observing that messed-up sleep schedules might be part of Summer’s new experience. I didn’t find a good chance to work that into the comic. And Alycia’s variation on that theme for that matter. “I’m in a robot body. I can keep working on stuff all night long!” ![](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/2/2e8872a3176628a21c2e250448edbf03cbde75d9.gif) > [@garrett](#): > > I liked playing with plot complications where the problem with Freaky Friday came from people knowing about the switch, rather than being ignorant of it. Very nice twist. Again, overall, fun stuff. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698/78 "2019-07-02T03:44:58Z")
> [@Dave](#): > > My initial impulse was that Alycia would deny the order, screw the consequences. That’s how she was presented as thinking here too, glad I read her personality correctly. 🙂 And I’m certain the _possibility_ of cooperation occurred to her, but hearing 1337 actually say that thing might have just signaled that it might have a good chance of working out. > [@Dave](#): > > I’m in a robot body. I can keep working on stuff all night long! ![MindSwap_044](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/c/ca2212d4b80a87ac09c197f8cf8483df7d3eb3fd.jpeg) (She wouldn’t actually, but the possibility of teasing Alycia with it is golden) [Previous page](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-curse/698.md?page=3)