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WCDT Strip 3501 to 3505 (12th to 16th June 2017)
DaiJB:
Wait, isn't this the new espresso machine? You know, the one Dora had to buy after the old one blew up in Faye's face? If that's so - what have they been doing to it to make it so dangerous already??
sitnspin:
I hear you, Hanners. I hope to be healthy enough someday to have real life goals beyond survival. Slowly getting there.
Neko_Ali:
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--- Quote from: shanejayell on 15 Jun 2017, 07:08 ---Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
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Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
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If that's what Jeremy and Punchbot decide to do with the space, sure. It probably just hasn't taken off yet. Union Robots was pretty straight forward to set up. Faye and Bubbles knew what they wanted to do. They just needed a space and to move in and set up. Maybe get some insurance to cover if a repair job goes wrong. The fight club/gym idea will need more time to set up. Punchbot and Jeremy will have to come up with a plan on what to do, fix up the place some. Make very carefully sure that everything is above board and legal since the police are already aware of the illegal fights that took place there, but they don't have Corpse Witch's connections with the cops.
There's a very good chance though that they will turn to Union Robotics for repair work though. Bubbles and then later Faye were the repair crew. They don't have anyone else at hand. Why seek out new staff when the old staff is right there and looking for business, and are friends. It's a total no-brainer.
Also I think there would probably be less repair work. The fight club was no doubt much more violent than a robot martial arts gym would be, since in the arena the point was to disable your opponent. Assuming fight rules are similar for AI as humans, that won't fly in a legal establishment.
BenRG:
You know, based on Faye and Bubbles' reaction, something tells me that the staff at Coffee of Doom ought to be more worried about the Espresso machine. I mean, Hannelore and Emily have been attempting to propitiate it with sacrificial offerings but that's always the thin end of the wedge. Yes, I'm thinking that, thanks to the power of narrative causality, being treated as a living thing has caused it to become a living thing with the approximate personality characteristics of a bloodthirsty minor god.
That said, isn't panel 3 sweet? I really think that it still surprises Hannelore sometimes to find that she has such good friends who are always there for her and want to believe in her.
Actually, I wonder if someone is going to have an idea - A tee-shirt with Hannelore's portrait and the slogan: 'I believe in Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham!'
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: flondrix on 15 Jun 2017, 08:20 ---
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 15 Jun 2017, 07:08 ---Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
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Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
BTW, I think I missed something in the earlier story arch. The accountant robot that Spookybot approached about starting a more legal robot fighting venue was Punchbot, right? How did he end up working as an accountant?
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Yep...
I opined this exact same point when all this was kicking off.
They have an opening to do precisely that due to;
a) Experience doing exactly that.
b) Jeremy has always come over as friendly towards them.
c) Fighting robots will always need repairs
All they need is a mates-rates contract, and they will be the go-to Robo-Repairs place for the city's first (?) OFFICIAL Robot Fights Arena.
d) Profit!
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