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WCDT 3361-3365 - 28 November - 2 December 2016
Magniras:
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How many times has this lady arrested Pintsize?
BenRG:
Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that our friendly neighbourhood AI detective thinks that Corpse Witch is Northampton's answer to Al Capone... or possibly even the town's answer to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen version of Fu Manchu.
Yeah, whatever 'illegal' is going on at the arena, it's increasingly clear that Bubbles is a willing participant. Which, given how much she hates the fights, is odd. I'm still wondering if she started out with deliberate criminal intent to get revenge on the world that alienated her and it's become almost a comfort zone for her. As Corpse Witch has already implied, a sort of "you're in too deep to back out now" situation. Would that still work if Bubbles suddenly had a different priority than surviving her post-military life?
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Another possibility that occurs to me: We are seeing the outcome of all those 'Hmmm...' moments.
Bubbles recently spent time at Marten and Faye's apartment, during which time she identified Pintsize as having an ex-military chassis as well as being morally deficient. I'm wondering if they may have had a silent conversation over a military-only short-range RF channel. To what purpose?
It occurs to me that one interpretation of events is that Bubbles may have arranged a sting and triple-cross of a kind rarely seen. She may have set up a series of events that get rid of Corpse Witch, using Roko as the trigger-bot and May as an innocent patsy, whilst keeping her own manipulatory appendages squeaky clean. It would certainly be an interesting development if it turned out Bubbles had that ruthless and manipulative edge to her personality.
My justifications for this theory:
* Pintsize's crack about $2 bills being 'the preferred currency of illegal international arms deals' strikes me as a Chekhov's Gun;
* Prostitution (with Pintsize no less) doesn't strike me as something May would have automatically chosen as a means to earn extra cash to get a new face sheath; I'm wondering if Bubbles may have pointed May in his direction;
* There is no particular reason why Bubbles should have wanted Corpse Witch to respond to Detective Basilisk's presence (there was nothing happening that she wouldn't have seen before) unless Bubbles wanted her in the skate park and in a position to do a spot check.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 28 Nov 2016, 21:33 ---Before I invest time figuring out the physics of it, consider that as a job requirement Clouseau might be issued an EMP-hardened chassis.
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But so, almost certainly, was Bubbles (hardened electronics are de rigueur in military equipment, I think), and Faye is made of meat not printed circuits. Corpse Witch is standing behind the detective, and so presumably outside the cone of fire, so the only person likely to get zapped is the one she's trying to rescue. I think Detective Basilisk needs an update to her tactical software.
hedgie:
After officer Basilisk pulls that weapon, I'd say it's a safe bet that her targets are petrified. :claireface:
blt:
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--- Quote from: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 28 Nov 2016, 20:17 ---I'm guessing "Raccoon at the door" is a code phrase between CW and Bubbles.
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Or it could be that Bubbles has told CW about the cop that has been snooping around, about how she trapped her in a garbage can and chased after a raccoon. Which makes it more of an in-joke than a code phrase.
--- Quote from: blt on 28 Nov 2016, 20:31 ---This paints Bubbles in a weird light to me. The fact that she and Corpse Witch have a code phrase and SOPs for police calls makes it seem less like she's a good person in a bad place and more "willing accomplice".
Maybe she justifies it to herself the way May does, that it's illegal for the wrong reasons, but still.
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I think its more Bubbles knowing that the cop is going make trouble, not for her but for others. May is a recent parolee, Faye is her friend and there are probably other AIs who are in need of repairs that the skate park provides. Its the lesser evil to deal with the cop via CW than to have the cop come busting in and messing something up.
Which is probably going to happen, something getting messed up.
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It doesn't sound in character to me for Bubbles to tell CW about dealing with the cop, let alone to turn it into an in-joke. So it's not that she thought it would be better that CW dealt with it, but that they already seem to have established plans for this situation.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 28 Nov 2016, 23:29 ---It occurs to me that one interpretation of events is that Bubbles may have arranged a sting and triple-cross of a kind rarely seen. She may have set up a series of events that get rid of Corpse Witch, using Roko as the trigger-bot and May as an innocent patsy, whilst keeping her own manipulatory appendages squeaky clean. It would certainly be an interesting development if it turned out Bubbles had that ruthless and manipulative edge to her personality.
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I would actually love this twist, but it would also probably lead to her losing Faye as a friend (unless this comic suddenly took a wildly different tack) and that would basically bring her back to status-quo with Marten and Co, and that would be a shame.
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