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I'm a day late here, but I must say that Aurelia's final-panel posture looks like she stepped out of Starslip (an excellent webcomic that ended in 2012, sigh).
At least Claire's got a realistic picture of the possibilities.
'realistic;? What is this 'realistic' you speak of? She's going for a job interview with a gelatinous cube's little sister, and you want realistic?
dunno, it would give her a pretty concise, immediate problem to focus on
If I worried about being qualified to do something I'd never get anything done. I'd probably still have all my fingers though.
More than anything this strip made me realise that with the time jump there's been plenty of opportunity for new off-screen relationships to be established. Martin / Aurelia, Martin / Sam / Jim - not to mention Claire / Sam / Veronica / Jim. I'd love to see how Claire and Sam interact.
I'm thinking one of their projects goes highly wrong and you get something like a black hole, an actively antagonistic spooky bot (Yay is our particular spooky bot)
Their advanced collective AI unit somehow have a mishap with a group studying time travel. Their prototype “Spookybot” gets sent back a year or two, giving them time to establish their presence and, since Claire had a conversation with them prior to the event, kept track of an AI named Bubbles, only to find out about her then current predicament with Corpse Witch.
Why is remote work with only a handful of in person days a month not an option‽
They never had a pandemic in QC. Their economy never learned how to remote!
But will Pint Size follow Marten?
Pint Size will be hired as a manager because of his creativity.
So did Claire watch Deep Blue Sea when she was too young, leaving her scarred?
Speaking as one of the scarred, it makes sense.
Hey! Let's cut back to Elliot and Clinton, please.
Apparently naked Elliot, at that. I wouldn't mind if the comic never cut away from that again. I used to sympathize with Clinton so much, now I just envy him.
Borzoi pats are excellent when contemplating difficult life decisions.
Maybe Cosmo has a friend who's a dolphin, who will come to the rescue in such a scenario.
Worst case scenario is that it’s too stressful and she quits after a 6 months. And then moves back home where she and Martin both have friends and family to support them, and can live with them for a while until they have a place to stay. Assuming that Faye and Bubbles have already got replacement housemates, of course. CoD will likely always have job openings for short term employment, and even a Short stint in Cubetown will boost Claire’s resume. Biggest risk here is employment for Martin.
You know, Marten has worked at a library for some time now. Maybe he will be Claires first hire?
Cosmo!! Hello!
I wonder if 90% of Cubetown is located underwater.
So we're not looking at a platform but at a rooftop.
I like how Claire checks her phone in the pause in conversation, in contrast to Aurelia’s reaction.
Just fire and sinking? Needs oil slicks to stop you from getting your head safely above water.
Look, Gary does his best patrolling the waters around Cubetown to keep the non-AI sharks away
The AI sharks, of course, have a free pass.
…but think of the *data* you could gather
Okay, just as long as the sharks don't have friggin laser beams.
There's an AI submitting a research proposal including fire, sinking and sharks *right now* and it will probably get funded.
nah, that won't happen. unless someone tries to install OpenBSD
Claire pauses to check the shark forecast
...AND Marten is happily swimming away, using Moray as a flotation device. It could always be worse, really.
I'm certain Cubetown has AI sharks to discourage the organic ones from eating any humans who fall in.
Dolphins are shark killers and are pleasant around people...... Just have dolphins that are not serial shark killers and no unpleasant biting will happen.
If she's lucky, the sharks will stay away u til she reaches shallow water. https://m.xkcd.com/349/
Honestly you have to wonder how such a cool, calm, collected mother ended up having such a neurotic basketcase of a daughter. For that matter Clinton isn't much better.
Is there anything more neurosis-inducing than having a cool, calm, collected parent? OK, I mean BESIDES sharks.
Relations between Cubetown and Station break down, Claire is beheaded in an orbital pizza bombardment.
Just no! No beheading of the Clair or her people!
"I mean I GUESS that would be going all wrong too" is a whole mood in and of itself.
"Libraries on fire off the shoulder of Orion..."
I am guessing that asking YAY for her incept date is a badddd idea?
Hello Cosmo ^w^
NBC News: "Statistically, experts say, you're more likely to be killed by an asteroid than by a shark." "...the National Aquarium in Baltimore says the odds of being killed by a shark are one in 3.7 million."
Okay, is that 1:3.7M for us in the USA, or worldwide? Because I'm really counting on the latter every time I go to Cape Cod. (A 1:100 ratio sounds awfully high for shark killings, but I would be reassured by outside info instead of my own fervid imagination..)
Or, given the advanced technologies there, the sharks could have lasers.
My mind immediately went to lasers too!
Coincidentally, a shark with a GPS tracker made a shape of a shark and spent a lot of time around Atlantic Canadian waters.
Sharks are contraindicated for situational anxiety and dysphoria
I have an emotional support dog fish
Sharks would have to be AWFUL hungry to be hanging around a giant burning research cube.
Sharks like barbecue as much as people do; they just have less chance to enjoy it.
Well anyway we delivered the bomb
Somebody set us up the bomb!
This is the moment when Yay walks in.
And this is why I am delivering pizza instead of teaching right now. (and making pretty good money)
Claire, deep blue sea was not a documentary.
No, but it was HILARIOUS
Marten has the right idea...
Hercules one day and Cosmo the next? That's almost better than I deserve.
COuld be worse?
The sharks could also be on fire