Cent's oral surgery went very smoothly (took no more than 15 minutes), and she's now resting at my place while recovering. She's already pretty coherent, if a bit out of it.
EDIT: Also, per Cent's semi-incoherent pantomime-and-gurgle request and my own gratitude, I give massive thumbs-up to Dr. Engle of East Valley Oral Surgery and his office staff. They have been absolutely awesome from the word go and managed a very frightened patient with total professionalism and genuine care.
The well know Bovine By Product is about to hit the circular oscillating air mover, in spades.
In other words this should prove interesting, as the hands, motives and intentions of one Tokyo Rose begin to emerge.
I swear, sometimes it seems that hardly a page goes by without someone gleefully remarking on how much shit is likely to hit how large a fan, and the magnitude of the estimated devastation therefrom. It's like a grand tradition now. :) Maybe we need a new tagline?
Data Chasers: Explosively Distributing Raw Organic Fertilizer Far And Wide Since, Like, What, Eight Years Ago? Holy Fuck!
The only way to stop the observations would be to stop offering scenarios where that is the likely outcome. However, the downside is you would probably loose readers due to lack of interest in bland content.
Could be worse, someone could be an HT
HT is the hull technician rating in the Navy, among other jobs, they are responsible for all the pipes.
Now think about the sewage system for an Aircraft Carrier (complement with embarked airwing ~5500).
Did I mention it is pressurized in places?
Pressurized compressed sewage plus hole in pipe or mistake while doing maintenance anyone?
Don't tell Aeneas, he'll agree with you and declare war on himself for being both a sloppy tenant who litters the place AND a lazy landlord who doesn't get shit fixed.
Shouldn't be that hard to redirect that problem though: Challenge Aeneas to do the most soulful rendition of, "Go West!" ever sung first, and that ought to distract sufficiently unless some idiot brings it up again.
Whoa! A Mekkano Professor X. Kyle's all dressed up for the dance at the Android Ballroom. I wonder if he's controlling all those repair bots with his mind. That is a totally awesome design job on Kyle's ride, Cent.
Awesome page, but the winner today in my book is Acantha... "Just how many of you people've infiltrated my damn city"
I don't even know why, but somehow, I can relate to that feeling....
Cent informed me that Acantha's line caused a soda-from-the-nose incident. You'd think that by now, my artist would know better than to even have a drink anywhere nearby while reading pages for the first time...
If she thinks she's bemused now, wait until she finds out the guy who "infiltrated her damn city" has actually had his blood spattered all over her face.
I think that would pretty much be the point where she'd go for a somber "Excuse me for a minute." Heads out a door to an elevated balcony up on the building and just loudly shout out a "GAAAAAAHH!!" for some ten-twenty seconds before returning.
"That's better. Thanks."
Argh!!! I can see it now...On Friday Dolly gets into the room, utters an "OMG!" that freaks out lynn but we all have to wait until Monday to hear her exclaim "Kyle?!?!?!?!?!"
No, no, no ... that's not messed up enough for the dynamic duo!
It'll be something like :
*CeCi swoops in and plants three ripper rounds in his heart*
Dolly : "Allright girls, whoever he was, CeCi's taken care of him."
Lynn : "OMG, KYLE !!"
Dolly : "Kyle?"
Acantha : "Kyle?"
Lynn : "You killed Kyle ... AGAIN !"
*meanwhile on a radio channel*
Tokyo Rose : "Dammit Centcomm, stop killing Kyle!"
CeCi : "...... I don't know what you're talking about, he was clearly hostile!"
Tokyo Rose : "He certainly was not!"
CeCi ; "Sure he was, one of his eyelids twitched!"
CeCi : "So I shot him!"
CeCi : "Now, excuse me while I dance a jig out of happiness!"
All external weapons had to be left behind. She'd have to power up an internal system, which would give enough warning for Aeneas to execute whatever counter he has that he thinks warrants allowing CeCi in with weapons off where weapons on wasn't acceptable,* and for Dolly to talk her out of her comments-induced homicidal state. At any rate, it won't be ripper rounds.
Acantha's reaction to seeing Kyle alive, given his apparent death's role in pushing her to act, might be interesting, particularly if she doesn't rule it an accident; if she thinks it was a show for sympathy, we've got a problem. And Kyle, jacked in, is going to miss out on the immediate OMGURALIVE attention from Lynn. His loss, particularly as any anger at letting her think he was dead is going to hang around until he's available for venting.
*I'm still confused by this. Either he trusts her to be a threat inside his perimeter, and has no reason to ask her to power down weapons, or he doesn't, and has no business allowing a Black Angel to come in. Or, I've underestimated his defenses and the depth to which they reach, and he really can take her out in the time it takes her to power up.
I'm not so sure of that, Sheela. There are other weapons besides a plasma caster. If CeCi is loaded with a virus in one of her cores, she might be able to destroy Aeneas without activating her weapons.
Worse yet, maybe she has the command codes for Aeneas. CentComm was part of the team that created Aeneas after all. So wouldn't be surprised if had embedded a kill code in Aeneas. In which case all CeCi needs to do is get access to Aeneas (done) and transmit the code killing Aeneas instantly. If Aeneas didn't know the code was there, in his damaged state, there is little he could do except die.
Oh, come on, Dolly! Don't go disturbing Kyle now, he's got a lot on his mind at the moment. Don't you just hate interruptions when you're on a roll in the middle of something?
He went in to help Lynn, and got Rose'd into fixing Aeneas. I doubt he'll be particularly concerned about Decimus once he sees that Lynn is safe and protected by the A.I.S. he's fixing. Priorities, you know.
His method of protection is (indirectly) to disable the contingencies. When Max and Noctis attack, the countdown on the contingencies will start. Therefore, his timetable will have to alter.
Nero destroys city infrastructure. Ahab looses combat drones. Samson picks a fight with everyone.
But can any of those mess with Aeneas? The first he can laugh at (if he needed them for power, he wouldn't have survived the original kill attempt), the second his outer turrets will wipe the drones, and the reprisals shouldn't target the innocent debilitated AIS.
There are heavy humanitarian reasons to accelerate his timetable, but his personal problem is handled.
Probably Monday, velvet. The EVIL duo will probably leave us hanging for the weekend. :-p
LOL. Yeah Marcus where will you take Dr. Silver for dinner? Knowing you, probably try the Px. :-D I think you well and truly LOST that wager as we've been in the top 10 for the last month plus for sure.
They not evil stormwind, if they were really evil they'll resolve on Friday and make you wonder what they'll do on Monday. I'm not sure if hints/foreshadowing would be more or less evil.
And knowing how nerdy our artistical duo can be, there's about a 50-50 percent chance that Acantha has seen Spaceballs: The Movie, together with Aeneas, in his lair.
I would like to echo that! Glad she's recovering well, and I want to thank you, Rose, for being a rare gem of a friend... not many people will go that far out of their way for someone else.
Basically that an android stops being a slave unit to something or just following its programing and becomes fully self-aware with an own, actual personality, free will and everything.
In other words this should prove interesting, as the hands, motives and intentions of one Tokyo Rose begin to emerge.
Data Chasers: Explosively Distributing Raw Organic Fertilizer Far And Wide Since, Like, What, Eight Years Ago? Holy Fuck!
Just kidding, we like it when you do that, keeps the comic interesting. :)
*Edit* #KyleisHandsomeJack!!
Butt ... it's made out of diamond, it would make horrible fertilizer!
HT is the hull technician rating in the Navy, among other jobs, they are responsible for all the pipes.
Now think about the sewage system for an Aircraft Carrier (complement with embarked airwing ~5500).
Did I mention it is pressurized in places?
Pressurized compressed sewage plus hole in pipe or mistake while doing maintenance anyone?
Well, or you know, bad alternative options.
Though I suppose at this point his brain is a bit of shared workspace already... ;)
i love the techno litter on the floor. Someone needs to speak to the land lord about its tenant not cleaning up after itself!
Oh, he's one and the same? hmmmm.
I don't even know why, but somehow, I can relate to that feeling....
This can go sideways REAL fast...
Oh, and don't worry, the hotdog vendor on the corner of the main street, is also a plant.
.... LITERALLY !
What, you thought the Epiphytes were just sitting back ?
"That's better. Thanks."
Does he know Kung-fu now?
Back in business and ramping up the hype! Isn't THIS going to be interesting?
It'll be something like :
*CeCi swoops in and plants three ripper rounds in his heart*
Dolly : "Allright girls, whoever he was, CeCi's taken care of him."
Lynn : "OMG, KYLE !!"
Dolly : "Kyle?"
Acantha : "Kyle?"
Lynn : "You killed Kyle ... AGAIN !"
*meanwhile on a radio channel*
Tokyo Rose : "Dammit Centcomm, stop killing Kyle!"
CeCi : "...... I don't know what you're talking about, he was clearly hostile!"
Tokyo Rose : "He certainly was not!"
CeCi ; "Sure he was, one of his eyelids twitched!"
CeCi : "So I shot him!"
CeCi : "Now, excuse me while I dance a jig out of happiness!"
:D
....I refrain from making guesses about what kinds, duration or intensity of dancing may or may not be involved during or after such torture.
youtu.be/I62pxmL03Hc
Like that?
Acantha's reaction to seeing Kyle alive, given his apparent death's role in pushing her to act, might be interesting, particularly if she doesn't rule it an accident; if she thinks it was a show for sympathy, we've got a problem. And Kyle, jacked in, is going to miss out on the immediate OMGURALIVE attention from Lynn. His loss, particularly as any anger at letting her think he was dead is going to hang around until he's available for venting.
*I'm still confused by this. Either he trusts her to be a threat inside his perimeter, and has no reason to ask her to power down weapons, or he doesn't, and has no business allowing a Black Angel to come in. Or, I've underestimated his defenses and the depth to which they reach, and he really can take her out in the time it takes her to power up.
Worse yet, maybe she has the command codes for Aeneas. CentComm was part of the team that created Aeneas after all. So wouldn't be surprised if had embedded a kill code in Aeneas. In which case all CeCi needs to do is get access to Aeneas (done) and transmit the code killing Aeneas instantly. If Aeneas didn't know the code was there, in his damaged state, there is little he could do except die.
One should take all the chances you get at killing Kyle! :D
But can any of those mess with Aeneas? The first he can laugh at (if he needed them for power, he wouldn't have survived the original kill attempt), the second his outer turrets will wipe the drones, and the reprisals shouldn't target the innocent debilitated AIS.
There are heavy humanitarian reasons to accelerate his timetable, but his personal problem is handled.
I think Rose only told him about the broken AIS so far.
I halped!
:D
THAT'S IT, YOU CAN'T ENTER THIS ROOM ANY MORE!!!
I was saving that virus for a special occasion too... Damn...
ps - Kickin' page!
Dum du-dum dum-dum-dum du-dum dum-dum-dum du-dum dum dum-dum-dum
*This explosion of vulgarity has been preempted by a hysterical paroxysm of uncontrollable laughter induced by Sheela's comment*
So, Marcus, where will you be taking Doctor Silver on your date? >:)
LOL. Yeah Marcus where will you take Dr. Silver for dinner? Knowing you, probably try the Px. :-D I think you well and truly LOST that wager as we've been in the top 10 for the last month plus for sure.
The devilish duo have been known to change scenes at the most 'edge of seat' times.
It's going to be one of those cases where Centcomm forces them to go on a date, isn't it ?
Is orb thing around his hand the interface that he's controlling things with?
I gotta say, the whole surprise surgery thing would be a lot harder to approve of if it hadn't so obviously saved his life.
*hugs Acantha* there, there *pat, pat*
And knowing how nerdy our artistical duo can be, there's about a 50-50 percent chance that Acantha has seen Spaceballs: The Movie, together with Aeneas, in his lair.