So the circles WERE important

Oh. Oh this is the first time we've seen the circles "damage" what they're on, no longer just surface level.

The circle returns to Noa. Could that mean her normal personality returns? Or just that her appearance is "unscrambled" to resemble the deadbody "golem" that looks like a normal human?

Does this mean the rune, Noa and her new body are reunited now?

And where is Kat, anyway?

Oh. Reabsorb the circles. Okay yeah.

Noa's simulacrum reminds me of the stone creature in "Galaxy Quest." Don't wanna get pinched by one of those.

it's spreading ! interrestingly, red has more than one circle, so the glyph jumping (back) to the golem will not free her.

Parley isn't the only one; it appears that Noa is taking something from Red also. Or perhaps she's taking back something that she lost when crossing over into Zimmhaven.

It's just (just) a little touch (touch), and I see everything is circles!

Is the circle of "strength" breaking?

fIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

I think Earth beats Fire. Some kind of reference, no idea what.

Well that’s probably fine.

Interesting...I wonder why the circle glyph singled out the schoolboy and Red? Why didn't it just go to Noa directly? Maybe there are limits to its control. I hope so. The similarities between Noa and Robot as they appear in an illusory world are unsettling. I.e. Noa as a body of twisted rocks, Robot as a person with their face all wrong (Ch 59). The implication that Noa treated her own body and self so much like an object that she essentially turned herself into a golem is *horrifying*.

I don't think Annie was very thrilled either.

Oh no! She has circle sickness! What does that glyph even do to cause circle sickness! I am very worried about what that circle glyph represents! What it might do to the fairies, or annie!

Also I just want to say that I'm looking at the glyph on Noa's 'finger' and how the glyph isn't a perfect circle and I am just hoping that the next page shows Noa's 'finger' shattering as the glyph fails to repossess her. That would be great.

She's baaaaaaack

There's that mysterious circle again! About time something happened but did Red do that on purpose (or was she pushed?)

This feels like a Friday page. ;) Well, as Samuel L Jackson once said, hold onto your butts!

It looks like Noa has reclaimed her "body", or is about to....

It's acting like a virus or something? Perhaps a nobody getting too close to Jack was a case of an attempt at transferring the circles? Could be it simply magnifies emotions in order to push people to physical contact to spread? Interesting mechanics.

That circle...looks like Noa might be affected by Zimmy's powers soon.

Uh oh that circle we've been seeing is making its move

Seems like Noa got her circle back.

It begins

All I can think while reading this is the Abe Lincoln clip from WKUK

Circles, lots of circles, but none of them are perfect. Something is going to happen next, I'm sure of it.

Wednesday update gonna be big

Oh no its contagious!

Use the Force, Noah

Oh no, cooties

Did the finger steal the circle from the jacket? O_O

noa and noa, together at last

Vulcan nerve pinch?

Tom, you did an excellent job of shading Noa’s ‘finger’ in the last 2 panels. It shows a significant sense of dimensionality and is a marked contrast to the flat texture in the other characters. Thanks for reminding us just how good you can be!

I love Noa and hope this obvious symbol of a symbol cracking her symbol doesn't mean anything bad for her at all. Noa has done nothing wrong, ever, and deserves the best.

NOA - non-organic avatar? but they are rocks so organic. not occupied? Jones?

Those new perfect circles are contagious! I’m STILL wondering if Kat is behind their spread. I don’t see that being a Zimmy thing. Zim has a perfect circle of her own, as Noa did. It appears that Noa just got Kat-ed. Let’s watch the new circles spread through her! Will they also affect the rest of Team Annie?

Wait wait! Last panel shows that new perfect circle warped on Noa’s finger—and is CRACKING it!!! Will Noa crack up and die laughing?

yeah take back your silly circles, Noa

Uh oh.

The circle latches on.

Her symbol! (And Zimmy's). Very interesting way to connect the two characters. Looking forward to seeing who these circles belong to (also looking forward to Kat!)

Oooo, cracks in the illusion...

I wonder if that circle is related to Zimmy's shirt circle and Noa's circle glyph. Like some inception or infinite loop is about to happen...

Measles

. . O

And I thought it was Noa! Now, I think it’s Jenny.

Circle, circle, dot, dot… wait… that’s not a cootie….

Oh no no no the circles

Ohhh, Noa's absorbing the circle rune that's probably making Red jealous. Is Noa gonna be jealous now? (Of whom?)

I'm suddenly aflutter with a desire for these versions of Reynard and Cvet in the background there to kiss. o o

Noa: *Sees rune* Gimme

Ah, the ring returns to Sauron. All the others were just steps on the way.

And the circle finds its way home...

Ok so those circles are 100% Kat and now that she made it to Nora I'm betting she now either takes her body over or starts sharing it.

Noa* XD

Oh I see, its encouraging its hosts to spread it to others. Jack did the smart thing when he immediately blew the fake kid to smithereens.

Is this an instance of Noa stealing a glyph from Zimmie? One she put on Red?

The circles are the spiders. Doesn't Zimmy usually have spiders? The circles are what they look like in this more advanced illusion.

Oh, she's COVERED in circles!

Is this Noah returning to her body?

Circle Circle, Dot Dot. Now you've got your Cooties shot.

Amazonwaterwitch no you were right the first time around most rocks are inorganic

I wonder what Noa is going to turn out to be programmed to do?

I think it's not a strength rune, but a desire / jealousy rune. Makes ya do stupid things.

Finally the glyph found its owner back?.. Why'd there be so many of them though? And how did it influence that half-implemented glasses guy in witches' altercation and Red here? So many answers, and not a lot of questions!

Also: Behold! The inception of a toenail!