That's A Moray
hi Moray
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Neutrinos are passionate about him too... one third of the time.
I'm noticing the server banks in the background with lots of little -- presumably blinking -- lights. Now, it seems to me that in the tech regime of QC these servers might just as well have AI personalities, too, and that the hardware needn't look like that at all. But I suspect that they have it that way just for the look of the thing.
Moray X-21 feels like me incarnate. Heck, she even looks eerily similar to my OC: https://imgur.com/a/YWx0Yku and https://ibb.co/gTNr7dX
Ok, I don't even need to say it, we're all wondering the same thing about Moray...
Yes. She can. Any number up to a couple dozen. Concave or convex.
RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! RUN THE FSCK AWAY!
"Don't Explode."
Imagine Melon naked and aware.
That he's got such a goblinface on makes me think that he might actually be a particle physicist
That'd be hell on the old CV. MIT, CERN, Los Alamos, broom pusher on AI run ship
Claire-bell got the Eel Communications.
god damn it.
Also I think ya'll are reading more into her answer than there is atm. To quote Faye: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
I love Moray
Alright Jeph, here's the deal. You show us the slime girl tiddies, and we'll shower you with praise. Deal? Deal.
The moment I saw the new character in the preview Jeph posted, I knew, there is gonna be a lot of thirst
I hope the stuff Moray is made of isn't toxic to humans. I mean so that it would be dangerous even to touch her.
She's so cute omg
Tall, dark, and handsome; yet no one notices me… but servers feel, too.
Evasive answers are evasive. Sus…
O small and pink screen, window into my future: I still have questions.
Each time I have sat, a small bit of my body has been left behind.
Many neutrinos: I must sweep up all of them and polish each one.
Sweeping IS particle physics BTW 🧹 still fairly small size of particles, mostly, except when „someone“ explodes, again
“Ahem…Derek…cough, cough”
Note: "most of our hires" implies those people made the cut, so that bodes well for Claire xD
Taking every candidate who idealizes you and does not do minimal background research for a job involving living in a remote commune...it's a cult.
It's like if Beepatrice had a sciencey cousin made of goo
New fan favourite character incoming XD
We need... A SHIPMATE!
That being said, what information exactly did the guy receive when he applied for the role? If the wording was so vague that people just got caught in the "prestige" of applying for Cubetown, then there should definitely have been more questions asked.
As a hiring manager, I can say that no matter how hard you try to convey the details of the role, some people just won't get the message and believe what they want to believe.
Why wouldn't she wear clothes tho
Why would she feel the need to do so?
hmm. calling it right now, i don't trust Moray
Nice evasion on the whole "holistic research" question. I figure the janitor's goblin eyes are because Moray is sitting on the table with the sign that says "DO NOT SIT"
Moray X-21 built that web page, didn't they?
He used to be a particle physicist though.
Then he took an arrow to the knee
The janitor has goblin eyes.
Yessss.
I don't think experimental physics requires all that much janitorial work. Mostly just plumbing and electrical work. Though you do sometimes have to clean up after the plumbing fails, so I guess that counts.
As a lifelong denizen of university science departments I promise you that the janitors are vital.
The janitor is also the webmaster.
What is IT but a department of Computer Janitors?
Squishy frend
I used to be a janitor and I'm pretty into neutrinos. You could say they are into me too! There're mostly just passing through, though.
......... that wasawful.
As an aside, I just love the blinkerly lights on the server racks are spelling out some really weird things in machine binary. Or I'm reading into it too much.
I think they are playing out Conway's Game of Life.
I know a few people who would insist Moray change the department to "sapient" resources. "Sentient" includes many non-intellectual animals, including spiders. (Tomorrow, Claire demands Moray change the name and is immediately hired.)
Ooooooor, SR also handles animal husbandry for an uplift program.
OH GOD, IT'S ME
does that sticky note read "Don't explode"? because that sounds like a good reminder
I’m oddly suspicious of the cute Moray.
God fucking damn it
hmmmm, sentient slime nanobot colony? Slime covering a roboid skeleton? A ghost from dimension gamma 3?
Theory: That’s Will Hunting in the background.
Is he good or not so good?
Theory: Moray is actually fully transparent, except when high levels of neutrinos cause her to emit a seafoam-green glow.
I want a spin-off series involving Claire and these characters.
Half-spin-off? (neutrino joke)
your strip dovetails nicely with today's XKCD
Looks like the job is clothing optional. 😁😆
Claire's nervous hair twirling in panel 2 is lovely character work <3
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The next strip continues the theme.
Jeph really likes to draw boobs, huh?
And we appreciate it
Lol, who isn't?
I’m not sure I’m stoked about her tittering about other employees during an interview.
Good call out. Probably not good, no. Maybe Claire is smart enough to not take this job of .. whatever it was again?
Thicc jelly robot lady.
I might need help keep thinking pan down.
I mean. Who isn't very passionate about neutrinos?
"She blinded me with science!"
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Why do I get this feeling Moray will be shipped with… Pintsize?
At first I was thinking you meant that you can order a Moray and it comes with a Pintsize in the package.
Oh man canon slime girls in QC, I am in love.
Certainly better than cannon slime girls, which would be messy
When the neutrinos hit your AI like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray
okay, that was fucking brilliant
Oh, look at that A new child to adopt as my own qnd protect with my every breath. Wonderful.
Ooh, I hope Moray's AI is housed in distributed nanotech suspended in sea green ferro fluid so she actually can shapeshift!
No way? Mo' ray!
When neutrinos hit your eye like a big pizza pie, that a Moray X-21.
gloopy
Gloopy gloop gloopy, nibby nobby nooby, la la la low low... (another song stuck in your head, if you're old enough to remember it)
So is she an AI with excellent taste, an uplifted slime mold, or something else entirely?
idk but I want to bang her
Gummi boss! Bouncing here and there and everywhere! Cutting edge AI without compare!
Oh gods now that song is in my head AAAAUGH
Please don't sit on that table moray you're not allowed
Wonder who wrote that note saying "this means you, Moray!" Could be the janitor, but I hope we get to meet the other beings in charge of Cubetown.
So nice seeing Eugenia Garbage has a cool job when she's not playing Blaseball. Go Moist Talkers!
Does that sticky note say "Don't explode"?? Good advice.
"It's like, I feel as though we all have neutrinos passing through us all the time, man. You know?"
You do realize most of your fanbase now wants to have relations with her...right?
That's probably intentional.
That "don't explode" sticky near the computer worries me...
If the janitor is excited about it, don't stand near that thing.
Sentient resources has a vaguely disturbing ring. After all, aren't resources something that is consumed?
Why do you think it's called Human Resources in real life?
This is the kind of thing that’s funny in a comic, and a huuuuuge red flag for real life.
I dunno, I think it's kind of a huge red flag in the comic!
She's so adorable OML
More like boob town
I love her
She's so adorable I love her already
"sentient resources" nice
Now you bring my attention to it I get it, nice detail.