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  Anne Tai 9:04 pm on July 26, 2009 | 6 | # |
  Tags: humor, narratives, squires of dimness, stories

  Squire C was seen running past the cafe.

  “Was that C?” Whyte tilted his head, thinking he recognized the Italian squire scurrying by.

  “Huh? Dunno.” Thorn shrugged. He was much too too busy digging into his strawberry-topped waffles. “Pass me the ketchup, will ya?”

  “Maybe we should, ya know, help him.” the other squire muttered as he absentmindedly pushed his scrambled eggs around with his fork.

  “What makes you think that guy’s in trouble?” Thorn grumbled. “’sides, he’ll just get all angry n’ stuff cuz we’re getting in his way.”

  “I guess so…” Whyte sighed.

  But little do the other squires know – or care – was that the Italian squire just purchased the LAST of the newest iPear phone in town. C was always in the know of the newest Pear products, but he wasn’t about to start camping outside the store just so he could be one of the first to get his hands on one. How he was able to snag one without living in a sleeping bag and living off of the land (aka whatever fast food restaurants were in the immediate area) was beyond the angry mob that was now hot on his tail.

  “Ah! It is not being my fault that I am too lucky!” C exclaimed between breaths. Even when the hard-core Pear fans chasing him were aware that there would be a new shipment of phones next week, they needed their shiny new Pear fix now. They cursed him, threw their empty paper coffee cups at him, and chased him with whatever makeshift weapon they could grab.

  “IT IS MINE! *ANGRY ITALIAN*” C growled as he turned a corner. If only there was an app to deter the angry mob. While stopping for a moment to catch his breath…

  a. He decides to return the phone. It wasn’t worth the trouble anyway. He really wanted to get a GooseBerry phone instead.
  b. A mysterious black car pulls up and he gets pulled in.
  c.The angry mob disperses in fear after hearing Squire Whyte sing karaoke in a nearby record store.
  d. Squire Whyte and Squire Thorn pull up next to him on a tandem bike. “Hop on!” Whyte says.

   

• Anne Tai 3:25 am on June 15, 2009 | 5 | # |
  Tags: humor, narratives, squires of dimness, stories

  “Oh boy! Oh boy! It’s here!” Squire Whyte cheered after receiving a new collection of karaoke songs from the mail man. “I can’t wait to fire this up!”

  Whyte hurried over to his beloved karaoke machine, popped in the disc, turned on the display and before he could pick out a song – his phone rang. Grumbling, slightly, Whyte put down the microphone and looked at the number ringing in. “Oh…it’s Thorn.” he muttered. “Maybe he wants to come over!” He humored himself – as he always does, but knew Thorn just wanted to use him for his wallet.

  “WHYTE!” screeched the voice from the other end. “So what’s going on?”

  “Oh! I just got me a new karaoke disc full of NEW songs! You want to come over? This one’s got a lot of duets.” Whyte chimed, hoping he could steer Thorn away from asking him to buy breakfast.

  “Uh, nah man. Hey, you know…I just happen to be at the cafe. The song that’s playing kinda sounds like something you’ve squeal- er…sung before on that karaoke thing of yours. I can’t put my finger on the title. If you come down here, maybe you can tell me what it is!”

  Whyte’s eyes widened. Thorn needed his expertise? How often does that happen? “Oh! I bet I can name it! I’ll be right there!” he said as he ran to the door. Ten minutes later, Whyte ran over to the corner cafe to see Thorn sitting at the usual booth. After slipping into the other seat, he heard the last minute of the song playing.

  “So, you know the name of that song?” Thorn asked. “If you can name it, I’ll buy ya breakfast!”

  “Oh that’s so easy, it’s Knock Three Times.” Whyte proudly said. He looked over at Thorn who shrugged and shifted in his seat as if reaching for his wallet.

  “You win.” the littlest squire sighed while digging through his pockets. “Oh, man.” he groaned. “Whyte, I forgot my money. I guess no breakfast.” Thorn’s eyes sadly cast downward – looking much like a kid who dropped his ice cream.

  Whyte felt terrible. Here he was, thinking Thorn was going to con him into buying breakfast when he had his heart set on treating both of them! He couldn’t stand the sight of a sad squire. “Don’t be silly!” he piped. “Go ahead and order. I’ll pay for it!”

  Their usual waitress took their order that arrived shortly, but before they could dive into their breakfast…
  
  a. they spotted Squire D and an equally tall man arguing at another table.
  b. they spotted Squire C running past the cafe, constantly looking in all directions.
  c. Thorn wanted to order another side of hashbrowns.
  d. the next song playing through the speakers had Whyte sing out loud.

  What will happen? Vote in the comments!

   

• Anne Tai 9:00 pm on June 13, 2009 | 2 | # |
  

  Sunday morning. Squire Thorn, the littlest squire wakes up with his upper half of his body dangling over his bed. He’s hardly up at this hour of the day – 8:00am, but nature called. After rolling out – rather, tumbling out of bed, going about his business and forcing himself to get dressed he…

  a. tries his hand at cooking breakfast – aka cereal
  b. calls Squire Whyte and cons him into buying him breakfast at a cafe
  c. hears his phone ring and hears angry Italian
  d. hears his phone beep and sees a text message from D reminding him to try to wake up before noon.

   

• Anne Tai 8:09 pm on June 13, 2009 | 0 | # |
  

  Ok, everyone, I’m stuck at home on Saturday a (for once!) and I haven’t even posted a new Squires comic in ages.

  While I love drawing, I love writing silly stories too. I’ve come up with some stories that involve a bit of drawing beyond my skills so I’ve just jotted them down, put them aside, and doodle some sort of work-around.

  But anyway, partly inspired by Twitter accounts that tweet stories in little bits and invite followers to tweet the direction of the stories, I thought I’d give it a go with multiple choice paths.

  Yeah, like those, choose your own adventures kinda thing! Except, most votes wins! Or something. Anyhoo…let’s see how this goes. Invite others if you will to my Twitter page.

  Don’t worry, you don’t have to follow me. No obligations!

   

• Anne Tai 6:52 am on May 3, 2009 | 0 | # |
  

  Thanks so much, SoD Twitter followers for following them! As if it couldn’t get any worse, the karaoke-loving, ice cream-deprived Squire Whyte now has his own Blip.fm page.

   

• Anne Tai 1:03 am on March 23, 2009 | 1 | # |
  

  Follow the Squires of Dimness on Twitter! Their links are listed on the right.

   

• Anne Tai 12:09 am on March 8, 2009 | 0 | # |
  

  As I sort of promised, the March 2009 calendar is now posted on Wrath of Bom.

  Whew! That didn’t take long, did it? As always, if you’ve got any problems downloading it or opening it, let me know!

  Enjoy!

   

• Anne Tai 4:59 am on March 5, 2009 | 0 | # |
  

  WOW! I totally suck. But I didn’t have to tell you that. March is already here and…no calendar yet. Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably seen me tweet about working on a calendar last weekend. I originally had one drawing all sketched out ready to be inked.

  Then I changed my mind.

  This month’s calendar will be late – again. I’ll try to get it out this coming weekend . Maybe, after that, I’ll try to post the other calenders BEFORE the months start! Emphasis on maybe.

   

• Anne Tai 11:01 pm on February 7, 2009 | 3 | # |
  

  Just sent out stickers . Thanks for emailing me, folks!
  At the moment, I’m trying to just bust my ass and draw some sort of comic. Doesn’t matter if it’s great or not…or if it’s remotely funny. I just haven’t put pencil to Moleskine in a while.

   

• Anne Tai 6:31 am on January 31, 2009 | 0 | # |
  

  I still have a few Squires of Dimness/North-Side.net stickers. Keep an eye out for a sticker giveaway this weekend on Wrath of Bom. There won’t be anything challenging!

   

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