Moray Solves A Mystery
the worst detective
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Shouldn't the apartment number be 221.5, speaking of mysteries?
is Zlata's place on Baker St.??
Imagine a hangover so bad it changes your MAC address.
The amore lyrics thread of comments is so bad it's good. Don't ever change fellow Jeph fans!
Oh no. The new archive makes deep-dive re-reads FAR too easy.
I've already just been re-reading them all in sequence. I was rather upset when The Attack happened during my second read-through. I'm almost caught up now. Good thing I'm retired though.
Just happy to see that Knicks reference, Jeph!
It’s not remotely relevant to this comic but I just now after however many irl years realised the joke with Mood coffee’s name (it’s doom backwards. CoD antithesis)
Yep.
Zlata, you aren't the first trans(corporeal) resident of Cubetown to transition this week. It's fine.
The line "I do not deserve to—" makes me feel sad.
I guess this answers my question regarding if Moray was present and/or enabled this purchase.
If I had a euro for every time Jeph changed a character whose design I liked to make them taller with large breasts I'd have two euros, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.
I'm still waiting for the explanation of Tall Momo.
Moray’s ICMP Pings are little smiley faces
OK, Zlata, you need to talk about it with the Librarian post-haste, because “deserve” has got nothing to do with it (and your colleagues will be glad to help with the clothes situation). She, of all people, will understand you.
Do what you do best, Moray! Don’t think!
Advertising your hardware ID's and supported protocols, even in private chat, seems like a really bad idea. Doubly so in a research facility.
Moray is probably a lot like a Flipper Zero... Flipper H₂O, so to speak.
Do a manufacturer’s lookup on the OUI of the Layer 2 hardware address, then check their model catalog.
Gotta be real with you, it's probably as obvious as, "What do you mean you're talking to me on iMessage? You've been an Android girl all your life. What a wild-assed hangover, Zlata!"
Imagine if Moray went to check in on Zlata, but Zlata had already gone out, and Moray just found her lifeless previous body?
But she props up the body to keep up appearances for others. Weekend at Zlata's
Time to call for help, Moray. Every detective ends up with a partner sooner or later.
Moray is an absolute sweetheart
Whoops i ship them
Reliably on-brand.
Oh how I wish I could just drunkenly order a new body. I could go back to stripping!
Moray, the sentient goo woman, has wifi?
She has lots of communication protocols. She can even speak the binary language of moisture evaporators.
MORAY: "I've got it! Her real name is Artie Morty!"
"MAC address, NIC signal, and voice: all different. But personality hashcheck: as expected. Wow, Zlata, that is a very severe hangover!"
A whole new level of two factor authentication.
This is the worst possible situation for poor Zlata. AND I LOVE IT!
Whole Zlata lying
And, as was sung by Led Zeppelen... Want a whole Zlata love Want a whole Zlata love Want a whole Zlata love Want a whole Zlata love
Moray is worse than Hildibrand! And that's saying something!
Oh god no. For one, Moray would have be more like Evan in physique for that to be a possibility. Two Moray would need a hyper bunny like sidekick.
Simple solution. Zlata sends back the new body, Moray has the director print Zlata a Moray-class body instead. Zlata gets a new body, gets to return the old one, and doesn't have to buy new clothes ever again! Everyone wins!
Why would Zlata want a Moray body?
Can Moray ooze under the door? Shift + Return/Enter to add a new line Now they tell me! Sheesh.
A reminder used to be written at the top of the comments. My reflexes still keep forgetting.
“What’s Moray doing…?” “Her best.” (we ❤️ Moray)
It is often good, just not in this case. But even though not good, still her best.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Encyclopedia Green
"Green"? Our detective knows her hexadecimals. Would she rather be called Encyclopedia #13F5F5?
The concentration on Moray's face is almost painful in its intensity.
Obviously Moray needs one more dealybop.
I love Moray dearly, but a detective she is not. 🤣
If we all think Moray, will Moray become real?
Had to giggle at the comedic timing of Zlata's last line.
It says something, I think something positive, about Jeph's handling of self-image and identity, that Zlata chose this body because it felt more like her, but to me it does _not_ look like Zlata at all.
Same here. Like the hair, tho…
"Yes, Moray, we're fine here, we're all fine. How are you?"
Only works if she was in Apt. 1138 instead.
"You don't smell like Zlata..."
My, what big teeth you have
I would read the heck out of The Moray Mysteries. Just standard murder mystery settings, everyone else is normal, and Moray is here with a body immune to stabbings, poison, bullets, chandeliers, and being hit by a train, and a brain immune to forming connections.
But not immune to sharks.
God bless her, she'll get to the bottom of this. Probably by falling.
STOP THINKING MORAY!
They meet, and this QC arc is immediately retitled "Boobpocalypse".
Sigh. Then my brain immediately proposed the edit "Boobpocalypso", and the music played.
The last time Moray thunk too hard, the servers' garbage collection routine took 3 days.
Out now, "The Ukranian Combine Mystery", the latest thriller from Ellery Queen!
Who is Ellery Queen?
Haha, apartment 221 because it's a mystery, very nice
Good. I hope she goes back to her previous body, but keeps the haircut. I like the haircut.
Agreed, but it’s not worth losing her adorable Ukraini accent over, if the two features are inseparable.
Nice Easter egg with 221
I see what you did there... Moriarty.
When your friend's network link Makes you struggle to think That's A Moray!
When your IPv4 Brings HR to your door, That's a Moray!
She needs some meddling kids! Are Sam and Emmett available?
I'm sure that with good behavior Sam will be moved from Double Ultra Mega Grounded to merely Super Grounded any day now.
"Transfer, She Wrote"
I've had those hangovers that are so bad that they mess with your mac address.
I was once so hungover I tried plugging my laptop's PCMCIA card into my arm, because I wanted to read emails without having to look at a screen.
...I would watch the absolute HELL out of "Moray: Cubetown P.I."...
CSI, but with all those police officers from Scooby Doo.
cross version API updates can cause miscommunication
Half your savings?! I sure hope rent isn’t huge here on this tech island.
I'm sure it is, but the pay is commensurate.
I'm glad Moray says Zlata's voice is different because I have trouble reading her new body's dialogue in her old body's voice.
Even if the vocalizer settings are similar, the voicebox and larynx geometries may differ enough that her new voice sounds more tony, maybe human. Similar reason why Neanderthals likely had higher-pitched voices.
the worst detective but the best friend
No Moray, don't call Robert Stack (R.I.P)
Probably beating up Jehovah Witnesses and Sika worshippers while getting to the airport control tower.