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Given our revelations about CC:s relationship with the Taylors... Unless ol' CC is incompetent, she'll have stratospherically high priority flags on anything related to Taylors. She might take no <em>visible</em> action, but you can be sure that anything related will be quietly and thoroughly scrutinized.
Of course, It wouldn't take Cent long to schedule mandatory weekly colonoscopies for him, for the next 10 to 20 years.
"Sorry, sir. We're still looking for Dolly's missing boot."
"But, she never even kicked me!"
"That's not what our records show. Your file says that she kicked you 'six ways to Sunday', whatever that means."
"The kicking was metaphorical!"
"So was the boot. But the orders from Centcomm are not. I tell you what, this time I'll 'forget' to used the refrigerated lubricant. She'll probably let it slide, this once."
Dude is no longer anything resembling a threat. The local street-cleaning bots will probably have to do a double pass to clean all the pee off the concrete, though.
I'm guessing that since androids have CPU's in their brains and perfect recall from memory, that they could create a video feed of what happened afterwards, from their memory.
With a video from both Dolly and Minx, the evidence would be pretty overwhelming.
Sure, as long as her owners didnt tamper with Minx's recording programing. Im thinking her owner(s) might not want that kind evidence against them available for the authorities to see.
"Gee officer, guess her playback caught some garble that day. We will have to get her to the shop this week and iron out the issue, won't we little lady?"
And then there is always a way to jam and/or manipulate video. Hard to say how easy it is for the person with the right skill set to get in and tamper around.
And that is why the NTDP and the military police have access to the good Doctor Silver at the drop of a hat.
She could probably both make sure a proper video was generated, plus tell them if the memory had been tampered with.
There's a good reason she's being paid big bucks for her work.
Plus, with her attitude regarding law and android rights, she'd be just the kind of person the cops would like on their side. :)
It's not just Dr. Silver; there ARE professional analysts on tap to examine visual and audio recordings for signs of tampering. Law enforcement finds them very useful. :)
Sorry to hear about the trip to the hospital, Cent. I hope you're alright! We love your work, so get well so you can make lots more of it!!!!
BTW, as Velvetsanity so succinctly pointed out in the last strip, as the Taylor family bodyguard, the police are going to quickly see which side of thier bread is buttered here, as it were
And Dolly probably have enough experience with the law, to avoid the worst pitfalls, if not evade them entirely.
And even if she did, Calliope would probably hire a lawyer so good, the police would never want to run a case against her ever again.
Heck, for all we know, and considering how Dolly tends to act - The police have probably seen her save stray people before and they have already made dolly a honoary police woman. XD
She's had to deal with three generations of kids. They still manage to surprise her now and then.
To (probably mis)quote Jeremy from "Barry Ween": "We're ten years old! Who knows why we do anything? I put eight bananas in our pool filter this morning for NO REASON!"
I whole heartedly agree with Sheela. As difficult as herding them may be, she has become adept at it. Which says a lot about her and how she thinks as well.
What is obvious to Dolly, may not be obvious to the rest of us! 'Lateral' thinking indeed! :D
Very true Haegan. Dolly has dealt with 3 different, but inventive and intelligent young ladies. So she has to have developed a way to stay ahead of them, keep them safe without stunting their growth.
I also like Dolly's reaction to finding out about Minx being on her third body, at an obviously young age. :-D Wants to know how the 'child' managed to need three bodies already.
Minx.. has bad luck.. loads of it.. in spades..She lost her first body within a week at her first job. working in a aircraft repair hangar she was in the wrong place at the wrong time when someone lit of the drive and her body was nearly incinerated. -- How she lost the other one has not been revealed ..
How did the cop treat Dolly like a "lesser being"? O_o I don't think cops normally arrive at the scene of an assault and just stand around watching instead of yelling for the people involved to stop. Except in (fill in name of preferred rathole city HERE). :)
There's a person on the ground sobbing and screaming, with an unharmed person standing over him and crushing his hand. Usual procedure is, I believe, for the cops to have EVERYONE sit down and shut up until they can sort out what's really going on.
That Rose is exactly correct, in this situation EVERYONE is getting cuffed and put in the back of the cruiser (or whatever equivalent they have now) until they sort out exactly what happened.
Was already violent, DLK. I agree the police need to get control of the situation and then sort it out. Dolly is absolutely doing what she should, not making a bad situation any worse. Especially considering Dolly is armed (see panel 2, Memory Shard 04).
"Sorry, sir. We're still looking for Dolly's missing boot."
"But, she never even kicked me!"
"That's not what our records show. Your file says that she kicked you 'six ways to Sunday', whatever that means."
"The kicking was metaphorical!"
"So was the boot. But the orders from Centcomm are not. I tell you what, this time I'll 'forget' to used the refrigerated lubricant. She'll probably let it slide, this once."
"Ha... ha... ha. :p ... But, thanks."
Heh.
Always looked up to the cops. Some bad ones have left bad marks in the world. Still, I'd like to believe most of them join the police to do good.
What if the victim is too afraid to tell the truth (as often happens in domestic abuse)?
With a video from both Dolly and Minx, the evidence would be pretty overwhelming.
"Gee officer, guess her playback caught some garble that day. We will have to get her to the shop this week and iron out the issue, won't we little lady?"
And then there is always a way to jam and/or manipulate video. Hard to say how easy it is for the person with the right skill set to get in and tamper around.
She could probably both make sure a proper video was generated, plus tell them if the memory had been tampered with.
There's a good reason she's being paid big bucks for her work.
Plus, with her attitude regarding law and android rights, she'd be just the kind of person the cops would like on their side. :)
BTW, as Velvetsanity so succinctly pointed out in the last strip, as the Taylor family bodyguard, the police are going to quickly see which side of thier bread is buttered here, as it were
and yes Dolly holds a pretty high place but she cant just willy nilly ignore New Troy law she can still get into a lot of trouble.
If she makes a bad call
And Dolly probably have enough experience with the law, to avoid the worst pitfalls, if not evade them entirely.
And even if she did, Calliope would probably hire a lawyer so good, the police would never want to run a case against her ever again.
Heck, for all we know, and considering how Dolly tends to act - The police have probably seen her save stray people before and they have already made dolly a honoary police woman. XD
Dolly has always been straight and to the point in dealing with others. My minds eye paints her as being unshakable under most any circumstance.
Though I can see her being struck speechless every now and then by the Taylor family antics.
To (probably mis)quote Jeremy from "Barry Ween": "We're ten years old! Who knows why we do anything? I put eight bananas in our pool filter this morning for NO REASON!"
Like the time she ( Lynn ) Gave Mary a Makeover while she was out cold for a diagnostics .. it wasnt pretty .. washable.. but not pretty ..
Three generations of smart kids would make Dolly the best at lateral thinking and spontanious problem solutions.
What is obvious to Dolly, may not be obvious to the rest of us! 'Lateral' thinking indeed! :D
I also like Dolly's reaction to finding out about Minx being on her third body, at an obviously young age. :-D Wants to know how the 'child' managed to need three bodies already.
Meanwhile, Dolly is still in her first body (not counting the zero).
Which would mean that Minx was 9 or 10 years old. Cheating and looking at her bio on the cast page. :-)
Minx is the first android ever, to have her body stolen while inhabiting it!
Lawenforcement was frankly rather stumped when it happened.
Get well soon, CentComm.
*hugs*
...I like the subtext of pain in the first and the Thank you in the last panel.
Though the PD officer is quite disrespectful towards Dolly, treads her like a lesser being - *me not like*
I wonder what his reaction will be realizing who Dolly is...
:p
Love the alt text :D
Sometimes it's the little things that can make you annoyed.
There's a person on the ground sobbing and screaming, with an unharmed person standing over him and crushing his hand. Usual procedure is, I believe, for the cops to have EVERYONE sit down and shut up until they can sort out what's really going on.
Dolly's reaction and respectful mannerism was also entirely appropriate for the situation.
(btw, nice job on the dialog).
Quiet please the adult are talking here.
like that! :D
Truly, want you to feel better. Please take care of yourself. Take the time you need to get back up to feeling like making more comics. :-)