Real Motives

enchantedsleeper

Like..... Claire? Famously chill Claire? 😅

Leak

By now, all I hope for is an extinction-level asteroid to score a near-hit on Cubetown...

Daryl Sawyer

Be aggressively insecure about your relationship with him.

Opus the Poet

Cubetown probably doesn't have any faeries leading reindeer, but I'm sure there are folks who have similar levels of eccentricity. Maybe this is where Pizza Girl moved to since the last recorded encounter with her.

Todd Ellner

He is long on patience but has a low tolerance for being screwed with

Sean Kinlin

Don't make him angry; you wouldn't like him quite as much when he's angry.

Lightsabr2

Promise coffee, deliver grog

Matthew Foweraker

His patience is nigh-infinate. NIGH!

Doc Gumby

I guess you mess with his coffee intake!

Orion Rhine

Jeph originally confirmed it in a tweet that is now, unfortunately, lost. The Bros! latest appearance was in comic #3263 where they are on a dating app as a group which is the closest to confirmation I can give without Jeph himself weighing in again.

Tova_Nator

RIGHT?

David Durant

Strip reference number?

Gaz

if this starts Marten attempting to move the Entire Coffee Of Doom Shop Here just for good joe, I will not be surprised

SheepFace2000

Holy crap you pissed off Marten.. How the fuck do you piss off Marten..

Orion Rhine

The Bros! are confirmed to be in a poly relationship, so there is at least one.

Joseph Bonnar

I blame Pintsize.

Randall Norman Pick

Cubetown seems mainly a generator for making the tempers snap on some of QC's chillest characters

David Durant

Which would be lovely but there's so far zero evidence of any poly characters in QC.

Stephen Wells

Oh, wait. Her Simulations have Predicted that Claire will take the job and bring so much order that Cubetown will no longer function as intended as an idea generator. IOW gremlin scientist may have an anxiety disorder.

Stephen Wells

Well, the breakup with Dora was not very chill either. But this is a pretty notable loss of patience by his standards.

Adam Benson

I think this is the first time I've seen him lose his chill.

MayLaBelle

I'd like to imagine that they do have Tim Horton's in the QC universe, and this is just a discount knockoff brand.

Andrea Andrew

Claire and Marten could be poly.

ValdVin

In an AU this means a big dustup, ending with Jeph's departure at the hands of a few Mounties, and big signs at the nearest land border to Massachusetts reading "Construire Le Mur!"

Jef gonna be deported, shading the Tom Horbon’s

Martin Trebuch

3rd panel: Marten's eye colour switched for that panel ...

Steve DeGroof

(sigh) I miss going to Tom Horbon's.

Stephen Wells

Somebody spilled a big packet of plot thickener.

David Paul

Had "Just Small" been upfront with this request, instead of leading Marten through Cubetown's service tunnels (and to a rather disappointing "legally coffee" coffee), he might have heard them out. They had better have a very convincing presentation ready (using LibreOffice Impress to show they are serious).

Bagge

Bah, I had hoped for a date

Jay

I think the line crossed here is Marten doesn't like the idea of trying to influence Claire's choice here, especially on behalf of someone else trying create the perception of it being his own concerns about Claire taking the position instead of their own still unknown reasons.

Orion Rhine

Marty needs to hear her out. This is the chance to get the opinion of the opposition so he can relay it to Claire and help her make her decision. The more info she gets, the more informed her decision can be.