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WCDT Strips 3176 to 3180 (14 - 18 March 2016)
Method of Madness:
Also, I'm pretty sure she makes significantly more here than she did as a barista.
Lubricus:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 15 Mar 2016, 00:38 ---Meanwhile... I wonder if this deduction may leave Faye with problems making the rent this month?
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It's not explicit, but I'm going to guess that the money itself is a pittance. At no point is Faye looking worried (as when losing a lot of money); the moment CW starts criticizing her she looks annoyed (as she would when a penny-pinching manager goes after her over something inconsequential). It sounds as if the main issue here is the principle.
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If that's correct, I'm even more inclined to agree with Timemaster's assesment of the situation. CW is within her rights to reprimand Faye, and if the punishment is negligible, there's no good reason to hate her for it.
Wildroses:
I did wonder if Corpse Witch dealt with this situation so nastily out of petty revenge, because she dislikes the influence Faye is gaining over Bubbles. She seems to want Bubbles to spend all her time in the base of operations. I too gave Corpse Witch the benefit of the doubt after the first comic in which she was a jerk and provoked Bubbles into going hmmmm. I thought maybe she was just misguided and was genuinely intending to protect Bubbles's mental health. But Jeph is obviously building up to a major confrontation between the two. My prediction for the next couple of strips will be Bubbles going after Corpse Witch to try and defuse the situation, possibly by explaining it was her idea. I wonder if she was keeping silent as she wanted to see how this whole scene was going to play out first. I do fear this slow build up is going to end in Faye losing another job, which would be a shame. She seems to really like welding.
Neko_Ali:
hmmm indeed. I'm wondering how CW presented herself to the other bots before Faye arrived. It's pretty clear Bubbles is having doubts about CW handles herself and her business now. Corpse Witch is not in the wrong here. And she might well have cause to be starting to regret bringing Faye on board. It depends on just how secretive the fighting ring is. If it has to fly under the radar, then random strange robots she doesn't know showing up whenever they feel like it could well be cause for alarm, if they aren't there looking for work or watching the fights.
In either case, she's not wrong. The fight club is not a charity, it's a business. Providing parts and labor to May on company time is quite literally stealing from that business. CW is fully within her rights to dock Faye's pay for the cost. And to make sure her employees don't feel they can just steal from her any time one of their friends needs some repairs. It is a cold-hearted thing to do, but nobody said you had to be nice to run a business. In fact, you generally have to have a heart at least partially of flint to run one successfully. The main question is, are Faye and Bubbles willing to work in such an environment.
As far as an AI/Robot repair shop... Faye has a lot of connections with people who have a large bank roll. The question is, who among them would be willing to fund such an enterprise? Station seems the best bet. He has a significant amount tied up in the stock of EC, and probably has little to do with the money. The question is, would he be willing or interested in helping out Earth-bound AI in need of repairs they can't afford. Hanners might be a good choice to go to, probably the best option. She is personally friends with Faye, has a kind heart and is pretty much a trust fund baby. She also has a strong connection to Station and could probably get contributions from him. Perhaps most importantly though, she has a knack for numbers and a tendency to obsessively focus on things. I could easily feel her being moved by the plight of disadvantaged AIs and setting up a non-profit organization to fund the Fubbles repair charity. Probably it would be harder to get her to stop when she gets on a roll...
Stoutfellow:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 15 Mar 2016, 06:28 ---the Fubbles repair charity.
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I think I'd prefer "Fayebles"....
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