Quotes from the Black Alley

The Ancient Prophecy: "The Watcher stands in the center of it all, Seeing clearly where there is no light. And if that one, the eternal Watcher, should fall, The worlds will be plunged into an unending night. My final charge to the world: guard the Watcher."
Estraven: "That last line doesn't rhyme."

Lady Wil: “So I’m to watch the Watcher’s watcher?”
Ahniimus: "Indeed. And I’ll watch you watch the Watcher’s watcher. So be alert. We need more lerts in this world.”

Ari: "One of Stan's henchmen became a tree?"
FirNymph: "Well, I helped. A little."

Amata: "We will not get kicked out of our restaurant. The last time you did that in the other place..."
Snowflake: "That was the epic battle between the gravy-blob-men and the mashed-potato people, not the epic battle between the bread-basket dwellers and the spaghetti-sauce-lump monsters. There’s a difference."

Kit: "I didn't know it was possible to fit a gun there.
Zahnnie: "That's because you're a boy."

Amata: "What have I told you about vegetation?"
FirNymph: "Only one form per person per secret lair?"
Amata: "And what do you call the aloe vera plant in your room?"
FirNymph: *squeek* *whine*
Amata: "Yes, it is a particularly lovely redwood, bit it's in the middle of the living room!"

Alia: "How do you misplace a roc?"
FirNymph: "It's not like we misplaced it! It was here last night, and it's not now."
Snowflake: "Maybe Q wanted to go outside for breakfast?"
Alia: But it's a bird with a twenty five foot wingspan! That's not something that just wanders off, or decides to take a cigarette break early in the morning!"

Snowflake: “Look look, I brought you some more cheese!”
Evil the Mouse: “You ignorant mortal! You know I don’t like cheddar! Where is the Swiss cheese I demanded?”
Snowflake: “You know, you can’t get your way all the time, Mr. Mouse. Besides, Lady Wil and Steve both said that the good cheese is for the people, not the pets. And don’t be so bossy. No one likes a bossy mouse.”

FirNymph: "The gangs have kind of died down. Everyone's on their best behavior. It's like... it's like they're waiting for something. Or planning something."
Ari: "Have you told Amata?"
FirNymph: "Would you mention it for me? She's still mad at me about the maple syrup... incident."

*THUMP*
Alia: "Heeeeyy! Whose flying shoe is this?"
FirNymph: "A flying shoe? Cool! I want one too!"

Vampire: "Yo. When is the new lair going to be secure? I get absolutely no reception for my cell phone in that miserable hole you’ve stuck me in! There are trees and crap everywhere and the worst bugs!”

Neko: “Planning the Christmas decorations already? It’s only September.”
Snowflake: . “It’s gonna be worth it. Last year’s indoor ice-sculpture garden was nothing compared to this year’s decorations!”

FirNymph: "So if we could transport ourselves into Amy's world, we could meet the us of another universe? That would be sooo cool! We could freak ourselves out and play all sorts of mind games and-"
Zahnnie: "I want to go too! Can we, 'Mus? Can we can we can we?"

Amata (in anime heroine guise): "Hold it right there, you fashion crisis! The students of Mursuline Academy should be free to follow any fad they want, not forced to follow your advice. I’m Cadet Lavender, and in the name of fashion savvy students everywhere, I will punish you!”

Alia (in the real world with no excuse for cheesiness): "That’s it, Zahnnie! This means war! In the name of large wooden spoons and all things spiffy, I will punish you for this insult! No more shall you throw globs of potato salad on sweet, innocent people! Prepare to get really dirty!"

Alia: "How neat! We’re famous in the future, we’re famous in the future, nyah nyah nyah nyah-nyah!"

'Mus: "Sure. But think of the history! I can finally find out the precise religious and mathematical designs engraved in the pyramids! I can see if Napoleon really did have one unde... Err, fine mind. One fine mind."

Amata: "Ari, it’s noon. Why are you awake?"
Ari: "Muh? Big noise... whuwuzzat? Woke me up."

'Mus: "I told you to never, under any circumstances, touch anything in my lab without at least two doctorates from some reliable Ivy League college. So either I'm gonna kill you or fork them over."

Amata:“Okay. Okay, FINE! How about the next time the world stands on the brink of apocalypse, I’m not going to save reality as we know it, huh? How about that? I can just let the entire world DIE! I mean it – I don’t have to save anything at all!!”

'Mus: "The five cases of Dr. Pepper indicate that they do not intend on leaving their spot for at least the next hour."

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