Surprise Unmasking
It was Zlata all along!!!
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It's interesting that most of the other AI characters that obtained new body, kept their looks similar. Momo, Roko, May. Even Pintsize is at least the same shade of blue. But it is not the case for Zlata. Btw we did she wear glasses? I haven't seen a shortsighted camera.
Hey, sometimes you gotta experiment with your looks a bit to see how you feel with a new style. (Albeit this is a more extreme version than doing something like changing your hair/clothes or working out for a while)
Her chassis seems to be along the lines of May's (her new one) but not military grade like Bub's. Stronger than human but not tear bumper off of humvee strong?
I'm relieved, to be honest.
Tea aroma gives AIs visions, what does coffee aroma do? I know we've seen it but I don't remember it. Bookbeard, can you help me?
you can do things just because you like them? and not to benefit the people around you?! this requires further study
new body - who dis??
she can charge herself wirelessly in the new body, or her new body has wireless charging pads on it?? enquiring minds want to know!!
"complicatedly"
Keep up, Marten. Bookmark the wiki.
I initially read this as "Keep (it) up, Marten. Bookmark the wiki.", and I couldn't figure out how "Bookmark the wiki." could be understood as a QC fandom pun.
"I feel complicatedly" yes Zlata, welcome, one of us :)
I really can't recommend wireless charging for any sort of high power application. It's terribly lossy. Go with the old-fashioned cable, sez I.
Maybe the QC universe has invested a lossless version? 😉🙃
So Zlata orders a new body on a drunken whim, and the harmonics are “nice” and “fun”. Roko gets a new body out of medical emergency presumably installed by experts, and she gets years of uncomfortable chassis dysmorphia. Uneven luck distribution in this universe!
Rokos issues largely stem from how closely integrated she was with her old body. Whereas Zlata seems to have happily switched bodies at least three times now and is likely well used to the experience.
I thought Marten immediately noticed from his face in the second panel of the last page, but am now unsure based on his face in the first panel here.
I’ve put in a half ton and 1 ton of hay bales to the hobby barn. Maybe 1 and a half that one time?
I wonder if there's a "New Chassis Dysphoria" group on the AIs' bespoke network? That would provide an opportunity for Zlata to be acquainted with Roko. (Do they have a bespoke network or even need one?)
To be fair, do we have any evidence that Zlata is experiencing dysphoria in this chassis?
Has this whole thread been setting us up for the gag in the last panel, Jeph?
This still works. Martyn is chill. Who to ship Zlata with is a question. Claire need not feel height challenged. CubeTown needs a fun harmless Halloween party as diplomacy …
Claire/Marten/Zlata polycule. I believe that there is sufficient personal regard that already exists between them that this could enhance their mutual feeling.
1. Zlata?! Gasp! I am surprised! 2. But does she have an excellent butt logo? I am thinking not.
We don't know that for sure, yet. I gather it was a very expensive chassis.
I'm happy she didn't try fooling anybody. She just doesn't have the talent for it.
Yeah, that was never going to end well. Zlata is a terrible liar.
Who among us wasn't farm machinery in a previous iteration?
I'm 25% Scottish, descended in part from Clan MacHinery.
*shocked Melon face*
I would really love to be able to change my body on a drunken impulse.
heck, I would really love to be able to change my body fully sober
Be better, Marten
Seriously! Sheesh.…
I'm imagining that the wireless charger is a comfy chair.
Not the Comfy Chair!!!??
Oh my god, I was wrong! It was Zlata all along! You’ve finally made an AI (yes we’ve finally made an AI) yes you’ve finally made an AI out of me!
I love you, Dr. Moray!
i got a brand new AI body mod I'll give you the key...sorry.
Why do I hear a long descending guitar chord slide every time I see Zlata? It's like she's the only QC character with a leitmotif!
It's her theme music. Every good hero should have some.
Tomorrow, Marten shoves the other foot in his mouth by saying "hay" when he means "straw".
But how many non-farm folk will understand? 🤔 (Btw cute new avatar 😊)
Next Week: Steve watches wheat being harvested in Saskatchewan while trying out Holy Crap’s Blueberry Cocoa gluten-free oatmeal that his girlfriend, Cleo, was thinking about making an investment in the company, Holy Crap.
CRUSHBOT HAS ALSO DONE AGRICULTURAL WORK ON AN EMU FARM. CRUSHBOT STILL HAS A DENT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE...
Right??? Emus are terrifying!
Ain't fakin' Whole Zlata shakin' goin' on
A whole Zlata carrying capacity.
Huge tracks of… algorithmic data.
so Cubetown got a brand new combine harvester?
It's a very useful feature. Especially if you have a newborn camera drone. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4185
"Ashley" is tall enough to reach higher shelves, but can she reach the top shelf? https://betweenfailures.com/comics1/1967-lann-wren
It's okay to be attractive and to like yourself. Really.
Is it okay to dislike yourself because you've been subject to a couple decade's worth of what I guess amounts to psychological abuse at the hands of your wife to the effect of continually reinforcing the fact that (at least to her?) you're not attractive at all? Asking for a friend.
Also her Move went up to 30 and she got more hit points.
She got a bonus to Persuasion checks for the hot body, but unfortunately does not have proficiency in Persuasion and Charisma is a dump stat for her.
A combine from Ukraine. She was an.... International Harvester. (I'll show myself out)
You win the comments section for today.
Tada!! 😬
That just means she would be experienced in the task
"She used to be a grain combine" is sending me.
I mean, it's been established!
I’m wondering where the NSFW account is on Patreon.
It's a higher tier of this Patreon, but Jeph hasn't posted anything in it for ages.
on the contrary claire that makes it an ever better suited job for her
contclairey?
insufficient foreshadowing imo
Completely out of the blue!
Plus, I mean, the tits are nice.
for the wireless charging, right?