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im hopping to get this page done and out the door soon.
There was a discussion where the question was raised about how Ophelia would do in a fight with this body; it looks like the answer will be coming shortly! ;) She might be about to vent some frustration.
I like the inset between panel 4 and the last panel. Her gasket just blew! :D
I have to imagine that in a world with a significant gender disparity, a member of the lesser represented gender would have to seriously try, or be personally very undesirable, not to be able to attract some mate.
Ophelia's inhibitor won't prevent her from hurting a human. However is much as I would enjoy seeing his insides I think she would just be better off giving him the biggest atomic wedgie he is ever had in his life. It would be much more demeaning. And probably just about as much fun for Ophelia. :) that way then she could come back and talk to him and her regular chassis and really watch him shit bricks.
Well, previous assessments stand, but she's not facing a team of gutters here... in fact, despite her obviously diminished combat ability, it looks like she would more than have the measure of this talking asshole.
Opaulinia: D'you know, with my cassian body, my advanced combat programs, the high performance required in the situations that I faced, not to mention the image we were all supposed to project, I had never even considered kicking an opponent in the groin. Let alone three times in succession...
Jinfeng (on his hands and knees): *moans with pain* F... f-fucking bi- *takes another groin kick from Opaulinia* AAAAAGH!!
Opaulinia: And it feels so satisfying! Every. Damn. Time! In fact... *entirely gratuitous groin kick* :-)
Jinfeng: AAAAAAaaa- *gulk* *bloooogh!*
Opaulinia: And now he's throwing up! I've made people lose control of their bodies before, but not like this! This is like a whole new world to me! :-D
Ivy: *snerk* I second that satisfaction. But we might wanna move along before any of his friends show up... *waves hand in general direction*
Opaulinia: Wait- he has friends?!
Ivy & Jordan: *laughter*
Jinfeng: *cough* *groan* *attempts to crawl away*
Opaulinia: *stamps on his backside, sending him sprawling forward onto the vomit pool* Well, let's go then! *struts off, stepping on Jinfeng's back*
Ivy & Jordan: *follow*
Opaulinia, Ivy & Jordan: *laughter* *link hands* *GIRLFRIEND BOND FORMED*
Broad Hint; If you *actually* want to go home with someone, it really helps to start by being nice to people in general. You'll never notice meeting someone you might have fallen madly in love with (or even just madly in bed with), if you drive people away immediately after meeting them by just being a jerk.
There are some other good reasons to avoid being a jerk, and I have a feeling that this fellow will eventually become acquainted with them.
Sadly - probably not now. Ophelia is more likely to be discovering just how woeful are the combat limitations of this new body than she is to be successfully schooling someone on her first try.
Given that a certain amount of torture is part of the repertoire of the cassians, Ophi's knowledge of the human body is almost certainly...extensive. Any of you deal with a jujitsu master? The amount of force needed to inflict truly mind-blowing pain is about half a pound in many cases.
She may be profoundly weak and slow compared to her usual shell, but that doesn't matter.
I predict that what follows will be caught on camera, and Jinfeng will become famous as the recipient of the first Commander Pauline Testicle Pinch. And, after thousands of years, the Vulcan nerve pinch will have finally met its match.
Either that, or she'll just deliver a kick so swift that it'll leave him choking on his testes.
The screens in the background are mildly amusing, trying to intuit what they say.
But the thing that really provoked this comment was the need to compliment @Centcomm after I looked at the last panel for the third or fourth time. Jinfeng revealed himself as a crude, rude and irritating nuisance right away. (Kudos to @Tokyo Rose for the dialogue.) And immediately the comment section went wild with all the speculation about how Ophelia was going to respond to harassment and abuse with grievous bodily assault -- which just isn't how I see Cassians. (Sorry for all none of you out there disappointed by my personal, unsubstantiated opinion.)
But then I remembered ... this is @Centcomm, and one of the things she does better than just about anybody else is dynamics, so I looked at that last panel again. I may be mistaken, but it appears to me that, while Jinfeng is talking about playing with Ophelia's breasts, he is also reaching for them with the sublime arrogant assurance of one who cannot conceive that his 'generous offer' will be refused. I don't think, thought-balloon notwithstanding, any mere verbal assault would spur Ophelia to action; but, if he crosses the line to actual sexual battery, I suspect the cheering section will get everything they are hoping for in an entirely justified fashion. And (for me, at least) it is all that subtle sense of motion in the last panel that really sells it.
I see a great deal of repressed and redirected rage about to make this guy's day one of the worst in his possibly soon to be hospital bed bound eating through a straw life
thank you.. (@Rashala.)
i had forgotten Feelies. bad day to worst back story..
soo yeah "Asshat" gets to see what "Commander Pauline" can DO..
.. an Jordan & Ivy might have to make a few minor repairs...
At least he's being honest about what he wants. Most people want what he wants but being that they can't just come out and say it the play around with the whole "relationship" thing.
I would think that some of the things that makes a Cassian so good at fighting is things like enhanced reflex and reaction time. Both of those would be part of her synth brain and so she would be far faster and deadlier than a normal android. So although her temp body would be less than optimal, she would still be Very dangerous. Add to that dedicated battle subroutines and faster tactical processing and even far "stronger" bots would not be able to even get a hit in.
While the Brain might be wired to handle the increased data speeds the actions themselves are still going to be limited by the physics of the body that brain is in.
Now, see, "let me break her in for you" sounds an awful lot like a bot chucking its servos before it moves. Or at least chucking its chances before it has any. More than anything else, I think him treating her like a non-entity is what will provoke Ophelia the most.
Allow me to remind people that much was made of the need for TeeDee to train extensively to fully integrate her existing combat skills and reflexes with her new body when she was given the Sprite chassis. No such foundation has been laid for Ophelia having done anything of the kind in her current body. What does this mean? Nothing. There is no way to predict how well (or poorly) any of her expertise will translate. But those who argued that such retraining on TeeDee's part was gratuitous and seemed unnecessary were shouted down in the past. (For a sufficiently polite and respectful form of the term 'shouted'. ^_^)
I'll take a wait-and-see attitude. It was posed that TeeDee had to train up to be able to fulfill her entire role adequately. Here, Ophelia has one person, possibly not trained in any kind of fighting, and completely unsuspecting. Ophelia is at least trained to fight, and although she probably couldn't perform to 'Cassian level' in this body, I suspect she has some surprises.
trained to fight...this the problem im talking about,, new body ,, Both were trained to fight, but now in new body.. there will be problems..
example: me an partner sparring , im 5'5" she is 6' 4",, now i spar some one my size, goes poorly cause now i don't know how to spar that low...
now, if "Feelie" has never body swapped ,, she was roughly six foot, now she is roughly five foot,, that difference is going to make a world of difference.. again example:: partner had breast reduction, (removed 3 pounds) took a week to walk correctly , an a month to use the stairs..
After this incident unfolds, I would like to see Ophelia meet an actual gentleman. Just to restore our faith in the male gender. Jinfeng and his like have to be in the minority or the human race is most certainly doomed.
I would be very surprised if Ophelia has not already met Maxus. Probably Setorius as well.
Of course, no plausible number of individual samples could possibly represent any significant sample size when compared to humanity as a whole, so if Ophelia formed any opinions, good or bad, about human males as a species, it would necessarily be without justification -- if that were her only basis. Meeting one or two additional 'nice guys' would be unlikely to have any significant effect.
@Romfire: It's kinda Ironic, but her squad was mostly male, and she got along well with all of them, respected them and had their respect. and they got wiped out to a man.
I'm sure it has to sting somewhat, but that was just the starting point of her day. :( She was probably still doing OK at that point. She was stoically going on, as more and more got piled on her plate, though, and this guy is the topper.
Cassians would have to have a lot of emotional control to be able to do what they do, but I would suppose there are limits.
now.. you have to deal with massive blood loss an punctures, an lacerations ..
instead of just soft tissue damage, contusions, compound an broken fractures, some internal bleeding, an a concussion ...
mind you i have "Quick-Clot" an "New Skin"... but I don't have enough to fix, ginsu ed sushi ...
I can understand the suggestions on immediate (physical) punishment, however considering how much potential he showed in putting his foot in his mouth - wouldn't serving a few years in New Rome's communications department together with the charming twins we met a few pages ago as community service be a far better option?
As much as I want Feelie to curb-stomp this guy, lets not forget this is the future, and he may be cybered up like Marcus is.
We don't know how tough he might be.
… oorrrr he's a total wimp. >_<
I have been privilged to witness the aftermath of the look on Feelie's face in the final panel twice that I remember, both times ended badly with first aid and laughter both being directed toward the one responsible for said look. There is no other possible outcome once 'the look' has been given.
Grabbed a big boob in either hand
Doo-dah Doo-dah
And now I see the promised land
Oh Doo-Dah-Day
Honked one on the left
Honked one on the right
It's all gone dark, I can't feel my legs
Head toward the light
Thank you, I'll be here all week,try the veal
and tip your waitress ;)
I like the inset between panel 4 and the last panel. Her gasket just blew! :D
poor Ophie...
Opaulinia: D'you know, with my cassian body, my advanced combat programs, the high performance required in the situations that I faced, not to mention the image we were all supposed to project, I had never even considered kicking an opponent in the groin. Let alone three times in succession...
Jinfeng (on his hands and knees): *moans with pain* F... f-fucking bi- *takes another groin kick from Opaulinia* AAAAAGH!!
Opaulinia: And it feels so satisfying! Every. Damn. Time! In fact... *entirely gratuitous groin kick* :-)
Jinfeng: AAAAAAaaa- *gulk* *bloooogh!*
Opaulinia: And now he's throwing up! I've made people lose control of their bodies before, but not like this! This is like a whole new world to me! :-D
Ivy: *snerk* I second that satisfaction. But we might wanna move along before any of his friends show up... *waves hand in general direction*
Opaulinia: Wait- he has friends?!
Ivy & Jordan: *laughter*
Jinfeng: *cough* *groan* *attempts to crawl away*
Opaulinia: *stamps on his backside, sending him sprawling forward onto the vomit pool* Well, let's go then! *struts off, stepping on Jinfeng's back*
Ivy & Jordan: *follow*
Opaulinia, Ivy & Jordan: *laughter* *link hands* *GIRLFRIEND BOND FORMED*
>:=)>
There are some other good reasons to avoid being a jerk, and I have a feeling that this fellow will eventually become acquainted with them.
Sadly - probably not now. Ophelia is more likely to be discovering just how woeful are the combat limitations of this new body than she is to be successfully schooling someone on her first try.
1st how clown gets his ass handed to him..
2nd is when feelie realizes HOW weak an slow this body is..
She may be profoundly weak and slow compared to her usual shell, but that doesn't matter.
Either that, or she'll just deliver a kick so swift that it'll leave him choking on his testes.
But the thing that really provoked this comment was the need to compliment @Centcomm after I looked at the last panel for the third or fourth time. Jinfeng revealed himself as a crude, rude and irritating nuisance right away. (Kudos to @Tokyo Rose for the dialogue.) And immediately the comment section went wild with all the speculation about how Ophelia was going to respond to harassment and abuse with grievous bodily assault -- which just isn't how I see Cassians. (Sorry for all none of you out there disappointed by my personal, unsubstantiated opinion.)
But then I remembered ... this is @Centcomm, and one of the things she does better than just about anybody else is dynamics, so I looked at that last panel again. I may be mistaken, but it appears to me that, while Jinfeng is talking about playing with Ophelia's breasts, he is also reaching for them with the sublime arrogant assurance of one who cannot conceive that his 'generous offer' will be refused. I don't think, thought-balloon notwithstanding, any mere verbal assault would spur Ophelia to action; but, if he crosses the line to actual sexual battery, I suspect the cheering section will get everything they are hoping for in an entirely justified fashion. And (for me, at least) it is all that subtle sense of motion in the last panel that really sells it.
Although there is still the issue of anything she does might cause a delay in leaving for Nova Roma, but some delays are worth it!
Also, I'll have to save that "walking asshole" comment for...well...an actual walking asshole next time I see one. XD
i had forgotten Feelies. bad day to worst back story..
soo yeah "Asshat" gets to see what "Commander Pauline" can DO..
.. an Jordan & Ivy might have to make a few minor repairs...
"Whip it out, and I'll show you something you never saw before."
"What?"
"The other end."
Maybe it's just that Jinfeng is about to end up on the wrong end of a Law & Order SVU investigation.
aka "pushing up daisies to welcome the sun and the morning dew" ;)
example: me an partner sparring , im 5'5" she is 6' 4",, now i spar some one my size, goes poorly cause now i don't know how to spar that low...
now, if "Feelie" has never body swapped ,, she was roughly six foot, now she is roughly five foot,, that difference is going to make a world of difference.. again example:: partner had breast reduction, (removed 3 pounds) took a week to walk correctly , an a month to use the stairs..
Of course, no plausible number of individual samples could possibly represent any significant sample size when compared to humanity as a whole, so if Ophelia formed any opinions, good or bad, about human males as a species, it would necessarily be without justification -- if that were her only basis. Meeting one or two additional 'nice guys' would be unlikely to have any significant effect.
Democlus, however, does need a new girlfriend.
I wonder how she is doing mentally ?
Cassians would have to have a lot of emotional control to be able to do what they do, but I would suppose there are limits.
"Oh, hey Ophelia, mind holding this combat knife for a moment while I check this kit?"
instead of just soft tissue damage, contusions, compound an broken fractures, some internal bleeding, an a concussion ...
mind you i have "Quick-Clot" an "New Skin"... but I don't have enough to fix, ginsu ed sushi ...
We don't know how tough he might be.
… oorrrr he's a total wimp. >_<
Cool.
I hope it works out! *hug*
Grabbed a big boob in either hand
Doo-dah Doo-dah
And now I see the promised land
Oh Doo-Dah-Day
Honked one on the left
Honked one on the right
It's all gone dark, I can't feel my legs
Head toward the light
Thank you, I'll be here all week,try the veal
and tip your waitress ;)
Commander Pauline is SO CUTE in that inset!
I mean--we all think of her as Ophelia, and rightly so, but... JUST LOOK.
C...U...T...E!