Episode 648: Task Mastery

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Episode 648
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Task Mastery
Date Published	Saturday, January 14, 2006
Previous Comic	Episode 647: Blue Herring
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Red Mage or Red Mime?

Cast Appearing

• Thief
• Black Mage Evilwizardington
• Red Mage Statscowski
• Fighter McWarrior

Setting

• Open, demolished field

Trivia

• The title is a reference to the Taskmaster, who appears in the last panel.
• The memory sphere of Black Mage singing "A Horse with No Name" is a reference to NewsRadio, as in an episode Dave gives a tape recorder which has a recording of him singing that song.

Script

Black Mage	Thief, steal something from me.
Black Mage	Well?
Thief	Sorry, I already took everything of value when you were turned around a minute ago.
Thief	All you had left was one of those memory spheres. Here.
Thief	Uh. Can't seem to find... just had the...
Red Mage holds out the memory sphere, which activates with a "vwong."
Black Mage	(On the Memory Sphere) I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
Black Mage	(On the Memory Sphere) It felt good to be out of the rain
Black Mage	(On the Memory Sphere) In the desert you can't remember your name
Black Mage	(On the Memory Sphere) 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Black Mage	Turn it off!
Red Mage	Sorry.
Fighter	What is with you and that song, anyway?
Thief	I think the larger question here is how did Red Mage get that?
Red Mage	That's easy. I took it from Thief after watching him take it from Black Mage.
Thief	That makes no sense.
Black Mage	It does if he's got photographic reflexes.
Thief	What, is he going to mime our enemies into submission now?
Red Mage	Suddenly my new outfit doesn't seem up to the task.
The Taskmaster appears in the last panel, saying "Great. Watching these jerks has only taught me how to fail utterly."