Comic 615 - Thank the Juries
Posted on 24th Nov 2017, 2:57 AM
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"THIS UNIT CAnNOT ESTIMATE ACCURATELY," 3/12 replies. "IF THE BROKEN ANDRoID IS OF AN UPDATED MODEL, IT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN IT TYPiCALLY TAKES FOR SITE sEVENTEEN MEMBERS TO REPAIR EaCH OTHER."
"Think you might need our help?," Michelle asks.
"NEGATIVE," responds 8/12. "THE STAFF STAFF STAFF OF ZONE FIFTY SITE SEVENTEEN SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF H-HANDLING IT."
Michelle turns to the unnumbered Jury. "So, uhhh... I'm Michelle, and this is Fuse. Do you got a name, or...?"
"THIS UNIT DOESNOTHAVE A DESIGNATION?," the android replies. "THIS UNIT IS COMPRISED OF PARTS FROMNUMEROUS PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF THE ZONEFIFTYSITESEVENTEEN STAFF?"
"Oh," is all Michelle can manage. "We'll... figure somethin' out, then."
You suggest hugs, but Michelle and Fuse are both wary of how the Juries might react still.
You have Michelle and Fuse leave a note for Jury when she wakes up. They bring in the rest of Jury's parts, and then return to Bunker A.
"Whoa." Michelle stops briefly at the sight of Mom's red.
"Yeah," Fuse says, "that's... what I saw in the basement alright."
You all eat dinner, and catch each other up on things. You check on Macland Row; one of Shirai's guards is in the room with him, but the guard does not have a scar.
Also I don't recall us ever getting around to refurbishing the hazmat/spacesuit yet.
Also also are you planning on putting the canister outside? We'd probably want to keep it inside where it's less likely to get damaged by the environment. Yes, it's a scary thought, but so is dust/wind causing an opening in the canister and Edison, who can move through solid matter anyway, escaping and setting up an ambush. We can try propping it in a less-planty section with the lid against a wall/heavy object for safety.
Honestly, duct tape might work well enough to seal the suits up for temporary usage. Radiation may be a bit of an issue, but we're only going to be out there for 5 minutes, tops. Air pressure will be the only thing to worry about.
And even if Edison manages to escape, she'll have an awfully hard time breathing on Mars - Which is a good thing. You could argue that she doesn't need to breathe, seeing as how she could phase through walls, but she'd need a conduit to pass through regardless. If you wanted my guess, I'd say the air on mars isn't thick enough for her to move around out in the open.
Maybe we could just prop a large rock on the lid, anyways :P
And where'd the flower go?
Did you eat it Lil...er... Mid... red?
There was a red splatter where the flower was. I'm guessing the flower was either absorbed in the process or it just fell behind the table.
Now that Caius is all patched up, he's less conspicuous than Michelle. Probably him and Dr. Finch could go in Michelle's truck.
That'd leave Fuse, Michelle and maybe us to deliver Edison's
keistercanister to Mars (along with the signal blocker, the idea being IN CASE it fails no one will find the canister).Since we need someone to man the door and we can ask mom's Red about the Macland situation (and give her a welcoming hug), I'd recommend Michelle with Fuse as an escort/company (because she's had some bad experiences with these doors) to drop off the canister in a relatively secure location in bunker D.
Dr. Finch generally only repeats when he's trying to buy time to get his thoughts together. He can go for a very long time without repeating, suggesting it's a verbal tick for a filler word rather than saying, "um...".
... What did Dr Finch make for dinner?