Real Motives

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

enchantedsleeper

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

Leak

Be aggressively insecure about your relationship with him.

Daryl Sawyer

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.

Opus the Poet

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

Todd Ellner

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

Sean Kinlin

Promise coffee, deliver grog

Lightsabr2

His patience is nigh-infinate. NIGH!

Matthew Foweraker

I guess you mess with his coffee intake!

Doc Gumby

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.

Orion Rhine

RIGHT?

Tova_Nator

Strip reference number?

David Durant

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

Gaz

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

SheepFace2000

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

Orion Rhine

I blame Pintsize.

Joseph Bonnar

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

Randall Norman Pick

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

David Durant

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.

Stephen Wells

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

Adam Benson

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

MayLaBelle

Claire and Marten could be poly.

Andrea Andrew

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!"

ValdVin

Jef gonna be deported, shading the Tom Horbon’s

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

Martin Trebuch

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

Steve DeGroof

Somebody spilled a big packet of plot thickener.

Stephen Wells

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).

David Paul

Bah, I had hoped for a date

Bagge

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.

Jay

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.

Orion Rhine