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“That’s the second biggest monkey

head I’ve ever seen!”
—Monkey Island

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Honeydew Syndrome
by autobrig

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 In case you don’t know them,
here is a bit of information on
all the major players.

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 Erik
Erik is rather straight-laced, which is why
no one can understand why he constantly
dyes his hair blue. He usually wears
clothes in analogous colours, unless he
wants to stand out: then he wears orange.

Best Subject: Physics

Worst Subject: n/a
Birthday: Nov 14
Music: Portishead,
Muse, Gorillaz
Books: Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury,
George Orwell, Joseph Heller, H.G.
Wells
Movies: dogs, science-fiction,
space operas
Likes: Blade Runner,
Metropolis, 1984, Logan’s Run,
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind
Dislikes: Tomatoes, being
bored
Interesting Fact: He can repeat
everything you’ve said to him even
if he wasn’t listening.
Occupational Aspiration: Ambu-
lance Chaser
Pets: A dog named Major-Major
-Major-Major. Or M4.

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 Samuel
Samuel always looks like he
could use a bit more sleep, and
he’ll be the first to admit he’d
rather be sleeping than doing
whatever he’s doing. He has a
tendency to zone out or even
fall asleep in the middle of a
conversation. His friends have
grown accustomed to it, but
still don’t know whether to take
offense or not.

Best Subject: Chemistry

Worst Subject: Math
Birthday: June 28
Music: Coldplay, Modest Mouse, Radio-
head, Postal Service
Videogames: Myst, Monkey Island,
The Longest Journey
Movies: Doesn’t like movies.
Likes: To sleep
Dislikes: waking
up early, graphing
Interesting Fact: Has once
slept for 72 hours straight.
Occupational Aspiration:
Ski Bum
Pets: No pets.

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 Sarah
Sarah is often overly blunt, curt, and
straightforward to a degree that
makes her almost mechanical. This
often gets her into trouble, but her
friends have grown to appreci-
ate her honesty. They don’t,
however, ask her if their clothes
make them look fat anymore.

Best Subject: Biology

Worst Subject: Physics
Birthday: Jan 21
Music: Rachmaninoff,
Bach, Liszt
Videogames:
Baroque, Etrian Odyssey
Movies: Rear Window
Likes: Lace, waffles
Dislikes: drama, glitter, white
chocolate
Dirty Little Secret: Still
wants to run away to join
the circus. It’s the only
reason she’s taking French.
Occupational Aspiration:
Ringmaster
Pet: No pets

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 Odette
Odette wishes that she could live in the
50’s. She dresses retro and uses gra-
tuitous old school slang, although this
just makes her near impossible to
understand. Unfazed by something
as trivial as an inability to com-
municate, she soldiers on in her
efforts to convert her friends
into retro junkies like herself.
Her love of retro goes hand-
in-hand with her love of art, and
she’s one of the art department’s
favorite students. When they can
understand her, anyway.
Best Subject: History
Worst Subject: Math
Birthday: Oct 3
Music: Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley
Videogames: Patapon, Pop’n
Music, Space Channel 5
Movies: Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
The Glenn Miller Story
Likes: James
Dean, juke-
boxes.
Dislikes:
Rats,
science-
fiction.
Dirty Little Se-
cret: secretly
likes tie-dye
Occupa-
tional
Aspiration:
Time Lord
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 “Only two things are
infinite, the universe and
human stupidity, and
I’m not sure about the
former.”
—Albert Einstein

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 freetalk
Muchas Gracias!

Nuu: Thank you for supporting us through the not short, but not long
time the comic ran for. As the first long-term project we have finished,
we are as proud of this as we can be.

schumie: That was very politician-ish of you.

N: It was just diplomatic.

s: That was very diplomatic of you. I want to thank everyone that took
those few minutes out of their weeks to laugh, cry, or bleed from the
eyes at this Frankenstein’s Monster we’ve released upon the world.
Every minute of it was educational for me, or at least very interesting.

N: What she said. Starting this project was mostly an experiment that
came from the desire to practice and learn. It has become much more
successful than we originally anticipated and we thank everyone for
that success.

s: You mean ‘succexy’. ‘Cuz that’s what we are.

N: ...Right. Well, we know this volume had a very different tone from
the first, but in the end, the summary on the back of the book still ap-
plies to all of these couples.

s: Yes, in the end, most of ‘relationship’ is about understanding

people, and when you can’t, giving the effort to continue trying. Every
character in these chapters is very different from every other one, and
I hope you readers have gotten the message that it’s possible for very
different people to get along, and maybe even get along well.

N: That was profound.

s: Everything I say is profound. Pineapple bat.

N: The best kind of bat. Once again, thanks to everyone for sticking
through the end, and we hope you follow some of our newer projects
as well! If you want to know what is up, then check out the honeysyn
site, where we will occasionally put up news.

http://www.honeysyn.net

To everyone who has read this far, we hope you get very good
medical attention soon. We love you.

—Autobrig (Nuu and schumie)

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