It has been strongly implied that he killed his parents; Cassian primary directive protect the imperial family.
They have to guard him and take orders from him.
I think there are very few who want to kill him more than the ones we have seen.
I see a very human Kohai / Senpai relationship here. I wonder about the organizational structure going on with the cassians, about Noctis's position within it. Is she the leader of this unit? How long have they been continuously operating anyway? It seems they've all developed very distinct personalities and found their way into close familiarity with them. Is this just programming at work. Can one Spark and still be Bound by Directives? (If they were physically installed somehow, maybe...) But all this throwing-of-panties business, Is this a very sophisticated machine emulating what humans would do according to the personality template it has chosen to take on in order to be more effective, or is that just a hopelessly primitive notion of machine intelligence in this era?
Q: Is Noctis the leader of this unit?
A: No; Kali leads the Cassians. Noctis is one of her lieutenants, however.
Q: How long have the Cassians been continuously operating?
A: As a unit, they've been around since before Aurelian's rebellion.
Q: Can one Spark and still be bound by directives?
A: Yes. To quote myself from the comments for the previous page--The Cassians are all fully sparked androids, not "machines" or "robots" by the general definition of the DC world. They are completely independent, thinking beings. They are effectively slaves, implanted with control devices to make them physical puppets and subjected to powerful conditioning regimens to make overt rebellion and disloyalty impossible.
No, Malati isn't just emulating a behavior template of some kind. :)
Malati just REALLY likes to fling her undergarments at "hulking, sweaty, virile gladiators, who posesses a square jaw and flowing golden hair."
Hrmm .. I wonder if she would throw her panties at MArcus, if she met him ? He is buildt rather like a tank after all.
Rose pretty much answered all of those questions.. But yes Kali is the leader and Noctis is one of her seconds.. Malati would be like a Sargent. or something..
I think that Kali would have no issues with him having a facebook. The rage he would get every time it was destroyed would give her all the warm fuzzies she could handle all day!
Aw, don't panic Haegan, you don't *need* to say something - Just go with the flow!
Just like Decimus' dead body would do, if you dumped it in the river. :)
And yeah, his facebook page would probably get a lot of "brown noses" rather than actual "likes".
well crap. copy/paste fail. I was Trying to get my Gravatar to show up, I think it did before, and I know it's linked to this email address. I did NOT mean to tell it to the whole board...
Cent, Rose? Any insights into this gravatar thing? What am I missing?
Yes, gravatar is bound to the email address - maybe also to the nickname.
But this site is part of comicfury and as such using the avatars from there. Since I am always logged in I do not know what the posting form looks like without. Does it say "get a gravatar" next to the nickname/email field? If not it does not use gravatar - therefore it does not display the gravatars either.
Awwright.. I'm gonna be the first to call it here, on the 100to1 longshot mark:
Noctis and Dolly are gonna "get involved".
They've got the whole, "I'm a guardian, you're a guardian" thing going on... they both run on anti-fun particles... they both have a penchant for really vintage chassis's..'ssss''s's's'....
they both have to look after airhead little.. droids..
come to think of it, what are they, sisters separated at incarnation? ! ? !!!!
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...and Noctis is dead on the track with Dolly - she would just have to know the name of the New Troy guardian (which she should after all that stuff she knows about her) - then that would have been a dead give away...
Poor Malati gets drafted on her day off. *lol* and she did get a bio upgrade. :D
It is funny to see Malati trying to dispose of Noctis' suspicion, though they are true.
What I am wondering about is the name of the other Cassian that changed duty with Malati: Nox. Nox means night and is the nominative, whereas Noctis is the genitive. But since in latin even the names are declined that would lead to a lot of confusion...
And I love Noctis' deadpan way she tells poor Malati her evening is thrashed... :D
That is where her logic is stopping her, Phil. She sees something, but it doesn't add up. Dolly (DOL-E224) is an android and Dolores is a human being, cyber enhanced but HUMAN.
So they can't be same person, but something is crying in the darkness that they are to Noctis. You can't turn Pinocchio into a real boy (or Dolly into a human woman), as far as Noctis knows. So she is getting ready to 'investigate' that feeling, using the murdering Malati as her agent I think.
Speaking as an armorer (and I knew some people who made chainmail bikinis), the real trick was to use small rings, weld or solder the ends together so the rings couldn't spread, and make sure all the burrs and rough edges were sanded smooth. After that they were rather comfortable (I was told).
Making chain mail is one of my hobbies. I've made a few chain mail bikini's. The hardest part is actually getting the lining right. I can't just go off a stretchy suit. It stretches. Metal chain mail doesn't.
And to make it more comfortable to wear I throw it in a tumbler polisher with some 190 grit stones for a few hours. The problem then is the stones wear off the zinc galvanizing coat so unless it is taken care of properly it will rust.
So, now Dolly and Ceci have a shadow following them around New Troy. This should prove to be interesting. I wonder how long it will be before they notice they're being followed and what they'll do about it. Ceci may well need that built-in Plasma beam projector before this adventure is over.
The hunter shall become the hunted, and the prey shall become the hunter ?
That would be an interesting situation, where Noctis and Malati gets shadowed by Dolly and CeCi, while Noctis and Malati complains about not being able to find Dolly and CeCi !
... and then CeCi would sneak up on them and say "HI !" in her most happy and bubbly cheerleader voice.
That would mess with their heads *so* much. :D
They would ashamed and all, but secretly, they would love it.
Finally an opponent as skilled as themselves!
And I have a funny feeling that Dolly and the bag of chips have a silent(mostly) watcher now!
Hey, someone nibbled on my toes when I was distracted reading the comic!
I would've never guessed that Malati's a groupie at heart.
She also likes to lick honey off, of their abs.
And Rose if Malati's line about Nox was you, take a bow. It had me laughing.
They have to guard him and take orders from him.
I think there are very few who want to kill him more than the ones we have seen.
A: No; Kali leads the Cassians. Noctis is one of her lieutenants, however.
Q: How long have the Cassians been continuously operating?
A: As a unit, they've been around since before Aurelian's rebellion.
Q: Can one Spark and still be bound by directives?
A: Yes. To quote myself from the comments for the previous page--The Cassians are all fully sparked androids, not "machines" or "robots" by the general definition of the DC world. They are completely independent, thinking beings. They are effectively slaves, implanted with control devices to make them physical puppets and subjected to powerful conditioning regimens to make overt rebellion and disloyalty impossible.
No, Malati isn't just emulating a behavior template of some kind. :)
Malati just REALLY likes to fling her undergarments at "hulking, sweaty, virile gladiators, who posesses a square jaw and flowing golden hair."
Hrmm .. I wonder if she would throw her panties at MArcus, if she met him ? He is buildt rather like a tank after all.
Besides, he can take a lot more damage than the wrestler can, I bet.
And Malati might be a bit .. rough .. on her boytoys.
Sheela help! I don't have anything to say!
Just like Decimus' dead body would do, if you dumped it in the river. :)
And yeah, his facebook page would probably get a lot of "brown noses" rather than actual "likes".
Cent, Rose? Any insights into this gravatar thing? What am I missing?
But this site is part of comicfury and as such using the avatars from there. Since I am always logged in I do not know what the posting form looks like without. Does it say "get a gravatar" next to the nickname/email field? If not it does not use gravatar - therefore it does not display the gravatars either.
The game is afoot!
Noctis and Dolly are gonna "get involved".
They've got the whole, "I'm a guardian, you're a guardian" thing going on... they both run on anti-fun particles... they both have a penchant for really vintage chassis's..'ssss''s's's'....
they both have to look after airhead little.. droids..
come to think of it, what are they, sisters separated at incarnation? ! ? !!!!
Or, as dolly's friend called them "oh-em-gee skills, now can you stop looking so .. antique?" :D
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Side effects may include :
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- Seriously impeached reasoning skills
- Projectile vomiting
- Diarrhea
- And waking up in bed with a murder turd.
- Whom you just married!
Well done Sheela! Well done!
...and Noctis is dead on the track with Dolly - she would just have to know the name of the New Troy guardian (which she should after all that stuff she knows about her) - then that would have been a dead give away...
Poor Malati gets drafted on her day off. *lol* and she did get a bio upgrade. :D
It is funny to see Malati trying to dispose of Noctis' suspicion, though they are true.
What I am wondering about is the name of the other Cassian that changed duty with Malati: Nox. Nox means night and is the nominative, whereas Noctis is the genitive. But since in latin even the names are declined that would lead to a lot of confusion...
And I love Noctis' deadpan way she tells poor Malati her evening is thrashed... :D
nox f (genitive noctis); third declension
night (period of time)
Nox pars obscura diei est.
The night is a dim part of the day.
darkness
A dream
(figuratively) confusion
(figuratively) ignorance
(figuratively) death
:D
(proove? prove? gah)
So they can't be same person, but something is crying in the darkness that they are to Noctis. You can't turn Pinocchio into a real boy (or Dolly into a human woman), as far as Noctis knows. So she is getting ready to 'investigate' that feeling, using the murdering Malati as her agent I think.
The best dialogue yet in that last panel.
And to make it more comfortable to wear I throw it in a tumbler polisher with some 190 grit stones for a few hours. The problem then is the stones wear off the zinc galvanizing coat so unless it is taken care of properly it will rust.
"Anti-Fun Reactor"!!
So watch out, or she will make you laugh with her guns, and kill you with her puns!
Anti-Fun reactor indeed.
That would be an interesting situation, where Noctis and Malati gets shadowed by Dolly and CeCi, while Noctis and Malati complains about not being able to find Dolly and CeCi !
... and then CeCi would sneak up on them and say "HI !" in her most happy and bubbly cheerleader voice.
That would mess with their heads *so* much. :D
They would ashamed and all, but secretly, they would love it.
Finally an opponent as skilled as themselves!
(I'm getting flashbacks to that movie, god help me)