Nobody quits Rosa.
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Earl
Hired? But we haven’t even…
Anya
How-?
Rosa
I got a look at the security camera as you drove up.
Older van with faded housekeeping signs and a house trailer that’s seen a few miles. And I could see the stress on your faces. Everything you own is in that van and trailer, isn’t it?
You’ve had to leave your old life behind to look for new opportunities.
As luck would have it, Will and I have been discussing getting an in-residence driver and mechanic, and Henry is starting to need help around the house.
And I think your character has been amply demonstrated.
And you’ve made it all the way up here without finding anything, so I can take ruthless advantage of that.
There’s RV hookups behind the garage you can use for now. We can put in a separate cottage for you if things work out.
The backyard, pool, and game room are open to all, but I insist on an adult, a good swimmer at that, be present for children in the pool. The kids can have guests as long as they don’t leave a mess or put Henry out.
And you’re all welcome to join us when we dine in the kitchen. Will and Henry both cook way to much good food. Obviously, leftovers in the fridge are fair game.
This is a good school district. I can make sure the bus will stop at the gate. And I’ll probably spoil your kids rotten.
Ayna
How is all that ruthless?
Rosa
A tough negotiator, eh? I suppose I could also pay you.
Hired? But we haven’t even…
Anya
How-?
Rosa
I got a look at the security camera as you drove up.
Older van with faded housekeeping signs and a house trailer that’s seen a few miles. And I could see the stress on your faces. Everything you own is in that van and trailer, isn’t it?
You’ve had to leave your old life behind to look for new opportunities.
As luck would have it, Will and I have been discussing getting an in-residence driver and mechanic, and Henry is starting to need help around the house.
And I think your character has been amply demonstrated.
And you’ve made it all the way up here without finding anything, so I can take ruthless advantage of that.
There’s RV hookups behind the garage you can use for now. We can put in a separate cottage for you if things work out.
The backyard, pool, and game room are open to all, but I insist on an adult, a good swimmer at that, be present for children in the pool. The kids can have guests as long as they don’t leave a mess or put Henry out.
And you’re all welcome to join us when we dine in the kitchen. Will and Henry both cook way to much good food. Obviously, leftovers in the fridge are fair game.
This is a good school district. I can make sure the bus will stop at the gate. And I’ll probably spoil your kids rotten.
Ayna
How is all that ruthless?
Rosa
A tough negotiator, eh? I suppose I could also pay you.
umm is it me or does he look a lot like ace.
Wait for it. We’ll get there.
tuckerpb2, i was thinking same thing. we know larry, aces father, was training to be astronaut, and grampy met earl in texas where they do astronaut training, so i bet it turns out earl is larry’s son.
and it so nice to see new characters that might become regulars, and not just story driven, like ixxy the grey alien. means andy has plans for future storylines, tho would like to see a few others resolved too, like what trey is after, rocky and carly’s wedding and kid, and more.
Don’t, personally, believe Earl is related to Ace, just using the same model (with a few tweaks)
Been meaning to ask: is the page font different than it was to anyone else? noticed it a couple days (a week?) ago
That’s what I said yesterday.
What? No company car? Rosa really is ruthless.
If they keep pushing they might find their old van suddenly disappearing… =P
The more I look at Earl the more I see Ace. And it can’t be Andy “just using the same model” – he has too many models that he COULD have used if he didn’t want us to think along these lines. We are being set up for something.
I love the way Rosa is not saying “You kept Will going until you met me, I’m declaring you family and forcibly adopting you!”
Their kids are school age? It wasn’t that long ago that Grampy met Earl and Anya, and they weren’t married at that time so these kids must be from previous marriages.
Or Rosa’s just planning ahead. She does that. And it’s been a few years since Grampy and Earl met. I haven’t been keeping track but I wouldn’t be surprised if the kids are just shy of kindergarten.
Turnabout, maybe? Back in the day, Grampy was a refugee from Katrina, and now Earl is possibly a refugee from … depends on where he’s been living, but recent history gives us LOTS of choices. Puerto Rico? California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah or Washington Wildfires? Long sequence of Hurricanes on most of the eastern seaboard? Santa Barbara Mudslides? The Blizzards most of the US had in early 2018? The floods most of the US had a few months later?
Gotta tell ya, with the way the weather’s been the last couple years, there are a LOT of refugees wandering the US looking for new places to be.
Andy has too many models NOW that he could use, but Earl showed up in the first year of the comic, and a couple of incidents with uncle Gary showed that Andy was having trouble getting the morphs he applied to characters to always load right. I think that the resemblance was originally unintentional, but that Andy has since come up with a story reason for it. And Earl might be the one who crashed the Grey’s ship….
@Bear
My bet is Earl is a refugee of the recent 11 billion dollar hit to the American economy.
I love Rosa!!!
As for the ages of the kids, Ace was 18 when Andy had Grampy meet Earl. Gina once said Ace’s half-sister was 4 1/2 years younger than him. Luna recently turned 18 which means about 4 years have past, give 9 months for pregnancy and oldest child these two have would be around 3 years old. Not too soon for starting kindergarten or preschool.
Yeah. It’s larger and (I’m not certain sure, but) I think it used to sans-serif.
Rosa plays the long game. She just forcibly adopted grandchildren,