Incremental Progress
the second generation Moray units smelled like a Red Lobster dumpster
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And now we have our answer.
"sudden catastrophic system collapse" Oh! She finally asked The Director about "that puddle of goo" thing from https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5153 ...
I love Moray's carefree attitude toward the thought of ceasing to exist. Because really, what good would worrying about it do anyway?
That's been my attitude about nuclear annihilation since I was about seven. These days, though...
I don’t recall any of the characters commenting on Moray having a smell, so I assumed her smell was kinda neutral (slime tank notwithstanding)
It might be masked by being on an island.
So many questions, but pretty sure I am not ready for the answers.
Not to worry, the human world is also always at risk of sudden inexplicable catastrophic collapse.
Can confirm. (Mysterious non-rheumatoid arthritis started when I was thirty, gone two rounds so far with cancer of two different kinds, bouts of unexplained idiopathic immune deficiency, not to mention the swollen feet and the brain/mind stuff...)
If she's made of green jelly And her algae's quite smelly That's a Moray
Not gonna lie, I still would
Dammit Jeph I told you don't ruin this for me! She smells like vanilla and cinnamon and you can't tell me otherwise!
Or like mint, which is the popular headcanon due to her colour (and consistency) xD She could always have a scent to mask the fishy odour
Raises the interesting question of if this Moray was the first one we met or if they've been silently replaced with duplicates who have their memories
Moray has been very explicit about the fact that she's an independent person who chose not to be reabsorbed, so it's the same one.
Marten is apparently #3 grandpa - or knocked him off & stole his mug. I'm a #1 Gramp myself.
He killed 7 others to make it to #3
When you swim in the sea and an eel bites your knee that's... A moray...
Neat! I'd always heard "swim in a creek … eel bites your cheek".
Wow, that is horrifying... I almost get a gag reflex just from reading it...
Progress is, of course, progress. The third generation Moray Units smelled like a whale spout.
I spent three days in the hospital. You don't wanna know what I smelled like when I got out.
Same. But two+ weeks.
I always saw the morays as sentient parts of the director with their own personalities - but still a part of the whole. I feel that they should be able to combine and there would be a threshold where they become something like a director. (Too much time in my head imagining how one moray may absorb a damaged one to get back to the director) Too much thinking about goo girls waiting to be approved for consumption.
... and if there's a bottleneck getting back, multiple damaged ones might need to combine... One Big Moray
I want Martin's mug
JEPH! There's a product waiting your creation right here!
I’m surprised all those Morays aren’t hunted by the Cubetown cats. (Cubetown High School Cats are the 2026 Curling champions in both boys, girls, and mixed curling. They truly swept the league!)
For years they've been locked in a fierce rivalry with the Northampton Ocelots. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3293
You know, Moray's composition may allow for controlled release of aromatherapy oils.
ah, but then what would her decomposition allow for?? & would it involve controlled release??
When the scent hits your nose Like a faint fishy dose That's a Moray!
Moray is going to have descendants?!
Well, successors.
In fairness, nobody understands how *normal* robot batteries work either. Not even the AI that invented them. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3306
The entire post-singularity society is built on top of 'a wizard did it'
Jeph I haven't recovered from Yays absence dont you dare break Moray anytime soon 😤 😑 😭
What she said!
A fresh sea breeze does, indeed, include the smell of decaying matter, so they're on the right track.
The initial Morays smelled terrible, and it didn't help that the director tried fixing the problem by giving the next ones noses.
But, but the director has now improved the noses, so they smell better!
"I like you being alive, too." Oh no Martin, that statement is like narrative death-flagging 101! Quick, someone give Moray an unresolved storyline!
I knew it was a mistake building Cubetown above a rich deposit of narrativium.
I don't know whether I'm more concerned about the Directors ethics of creating beings that conscious beings that might suddenly catastrophically cease to exist or that they are potentially creating large numbers of immortal slime girls.
We *all* might suddenly catastrophically cease to exist. It's best not to think about it too much.
New fetish unlocked. Moray sniffing.
See, this is why you're no longer welcome at the aquarium's eel exhibit.
🎵 When the fish massacrees Will become a fresh breeze Those are Morays!
When micro power cells Exude maritime smells That's A Moray!
When the bots on the way Smell much less like decay They are Moray!
Interesting POV
I too wish The Director would improve my aroma
I biohacked mine, but the general public isn't ready for that yet And no I don't mean just by eating healthier either
Mass Fish Die-Off - New from Estée Lauder.
“Ok, so we start with some Ambergris, and … done!”
So if the other AIs can get new bodies (like Roko did after her accident), does that mean the Morays can be upgraded to new Moray bodies?
I'd imagine it's more like a transfusion than a full body swap.
a slime girl who stinks good(-ish) :3
username checks out LMAO
At least it wasn't a Long John Silver's used oil tank...
Red Tide Moray?
Only once a month (due to confusion on the director's part).