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[TheEvilDog]

I'm concerned that May's chassis apparently doesn't have any sort of diagnostic system to let her know when her freaking arm falls off; I mean, she didn't notice until Marigold pointed it out.

Its the AnthroPC version of leprosy. The sensors/diagnostic system is now so banjaxed that it just can't detect damage, much like how with leprosy, the nerves just can't realise the body is suffering damage.

[Undrneath]

Well that's a little dark I'd rather think of it as an extremely base model with no sensors.

[hedgie]

"Suddenly
I'm just half the bot I used to be.
There are pieces coming off of me.
Yes, leprosy came suddenly..."

[TheEvilDog]

Well that's a little dark I'd rather think of it as an extremely base model with no sensors.

Well, my work here is done.

[Tova]

Maybe there are sensors wailing, but May just can't be bothered paying attention when she's got other things to stress about.

[chaospersonified]

Yeah, she was cursing like it was painful, but it's not organic tissue. The fact that it's exposed doesn't cause damage, it's a cosmetic concern.

[Is it cold in here?]

In some states it is literally a probation violation to "associate with evil men"

Evil women are OK?

If so, May could approach Hannermom about a job as bodyguard for Hannelore.

An Apache helicopter would be a pretty capable chassis for a bodyguard. There'd be less applicability for an orbit-capable fighter jet, but everyone needs outer perimeter security.

(For all we know Beatrice is already providing armed overwatch).

Unfortunately, Google tells me that the actual wording is "evil companions".

[TRVA123]

May could ask Hanners if she could be a beta tester for her fathers experimental chassis.

[TheEvilDog]

May could ask Hanners if she could be a beta tester for her fathers experimental chassis.

If its the one they downloaded Winslow into, would it still be considered a usable chassis? Especially when one considers that humanoid chassis are now commonplace. In fact, given how primitive May's chassis looks and that its falling apart, I have to wonder if it was older than the experimental model her father sent down.

Which makes me wonder if it was an experimental model more for its appearance than its function. It might have been more of a proof of concept than a development prototype. It could even be a far more basic model compared to whats around now. Granted, it would be a far better option than what she has now.

[TRVA123]

eh, I meant more in a general sense. Hanners dad has obviously made chassis before and asked Hanners to test at least one of them. He also obviously has a lot of crazy ideas that may or may not pan out (pizza on the roof) I think he is probably constantly drawing up chassis modifications or new designs, and probably uses a lot of testers. Maybe May can be one of them.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Parole Officer is so plain vanilla white bread that I think he is also an AI with a very very generic chassis.
(But if he were, you'd expect him to have pointed it out...)

For May, I recommend pancake makeup. LOTS of it.

[celticgeek]

"I get by with a little help from my friends..." 

[cesium133]

Getting high with a little help from your friends is not recommended when on parole.

[Is it cold in here?]

Momo might be wrong about the legality. Someone who wanted to give May trouble could probably find some legal or regulatory violation.

[jwhouk]

Peeing dirty has been the #1 cause of recidivism at my place of work.

[Is it cold in here?]

Oh dear. Does May's OS keep logs that would show she was down-cycling?

[Mad Cat]

I've been on probation. No one checked shit with me.

For May, the issue wouldn't be peeing dirty (does she even pee?), it would be more conclusive than that. If the probationer models of chassis (pl?) don't maintain logs that the incipient AI can't touch, then I miss my guess. And I don't think May's the kind of AI who would UNDERclock her processors to get high. May would OVERclock her processors to get high and get caught when her PO checked her logs. Wow. That does still have a certain connotation of bathroom humour.

If Faye doesn't have enough spare parts laying around to build May another chassis then I miss my guess, but I doubt it would be a chassis May would want to inhabit. Something down-right Quasimodo-esque. Plus, referring back to said logs, if May just kept the Blue Ball-Buster chassis around to go to her parole meetings, I'm sure said logs would indicate a span of disuse between meetings. In fact, I would guess that such possibilities would actually lock an AI on parole into their assigned AI, meaning Faye would have to fix whatever's wrong with the Blue Ball-Buster chassis rather than build May a rat-rod replacement.

[Kugai]

Looks like they're gonna go and see Faye

[BenRG]

I thought that it would go this way. The question is whether they'll be content to fix her or whether it will bloat into a custom job. Knowing Faye and thinking of the comedic potential, I suspect that it will be the latter.

[Is it cold in here?]

If Faye doesn't have enough spare parts laying around to build May another chassis then I miss my guess

If Corpse Witch comes along later and denies having given permission for the parts to be used, then May could go down for receiving stolen goods.

Anyone have a reference for the party where May underclocks herself and Momo warns her against it? My archive fu is failing.

[Timemaster]

I suppose May will at least have Faye looking over her chassis. And I think a repair is the most likely.
The repair (or maybe the repacement or modification) will surely have to take place in the skate park, so here´s the most important aspect of it:

May will get a chance to meet Hank the Dismemberer!

Comedy! Drama! Romance! Wild, relentless robot-sex!
The possibilities are countless. Stay tuned to Questionable Content, the most important robot-comic on the web.

TM

[oeoek]

I must admit it is only after May's 'but I'd rather wear this bag forever than be a chibi anime-toy robot' that I REALLY want to see her downloaded into that body.
An adorable one foot doll swearing and foul mouthing like a drunken sailor? Me Want one!

[Lubricus]

May will get a chance to meet Hank the Dismemberer!

From the looks of it, May IS Hank the Dismemberer. She's just dismembering herself, unfortunately.

[ZoeB]

Moral Relativism? No. Never let your morality prevent you from doing what is right and kind.

I like the cut of Mom's jib. But then, I always did.

[President Peaches]

They could temporarily stick May in Momo's old chassis or upload her to one of Marigold's computers temporarily and haul only the defective Reformchassis to be fixed, thus giving her plausible deniability.

[Thrudd]

Knowing just weird some regulations are set up that may actually work. 

But then again it would take some convincing to get her to go all chibi sue.
Maybe being introduced to some of the tools-of-the-trade may make her volunteer for chibiness and avoid experiencing full disassembly. 

[Neko_Ali]

In regards to over/underclocking an AI's system... We have no idea if it's illegal. It probably isn't. Illegal and controlled substances tend to be more about controlling a product. changing the clock settings is not a product that can be controlled... It would be like trying to declare meditation illegal. Well, not that close but there's really not a lot of ways for humans to attain an altered state of consciousness without outside help. Momo's concern over May doing it at the party seemed more about her damaging herself than breaking the law. And seeing how scared May is about going back to Robot Jail, I doubt she would risk it just for a temporary high. Sure, some people do wind up breaking parole because of drugs, but that's people with an addiction problem. Something May has not been shown to have.

Getting repairs done by a friend/acquaintance would not be illegal. Especially if she's on record has having tried to get them through official channels and failing. Of course, there could be the old double standard trap... 'You can only get repairs through our authorized dealers. Our authorized dealers will not repair you. If you fail to keep your job because your chassis is falling apart, it violates your parole. We will not help you repair your chassis.' That's the kind of standard substandard assistance I expect when dealing with government agencies.

What we've seen so far there's no sign of that happening though, just that the parole agency can not/will not pay for repairs. So May should be okay going to someone else to have body work done. The sticky part is, she can't be associated with anything illegal. And May's already paranoid about even talking about the Robot Club. Maybe Faye and Bubbles can do some repair work on May outside of their job... but for storytelling sake that seems unlikely. Which puts May at risk and at the mercy of CORPSE WITCH and/or her parole agent... If he finds out, how he reacts depends on what kind of person he is. A by-the-books kind of guy would have to report the parole violation. A kind soul would turn a blind eye. An amoral opportunist would use this, something to hold over May to force her to do things for him, lest he report her.

[BenRG]

Possibility: If Jeph wants to avoid a drawn-out angsty storyline involving May and the risk of being sent back to prison, he could have her bump into the Parole Officer at the Fight Arena because he's a regular in the audience (and is a regular gambler on the outcomes, according to Corpse Witch's ledgers). He will not tell anyone she was there if she won't tell anyone he was there.

Of course, it leaves them both somewhat at CW's mercy. I suspect that we are heading towards a final confrontation between her and Bubbles over everyone's favourite PTSD-suffering AI's future.

[osaka]

5 bucks says CW becomes an actual garbage bucket.

[Roxtar]

May is one of the last characters I expected to hear make a homestar runner reference.

[Mad Cat]

For those not fluent in Strong-Bad, what was the H*R ref?

[Carl-E]

5 bucks says CW becomes an actual garbage bucket.

There are bound to be issues with destroying an AI.  Murder, even of an underworld figure, is definitely a no-no. 

Downloading her into something helpless and harmless is, I think, a better option.  I have an old HP 386 desktop somewhere around here...


 

[BenRG]

It's only murder if it isn't manifestly self-defence or protecting the innocent. FWIW, the scene I see is Corpse Witch attacking someone, possibly Faye, then getting shot down by Bubbles (literally - four .44 Magnum rounds through the chestplate which destroy her main and auxiliary power cells). Penultimate frame is Bubbles' targeting graticule locking onto CW's AI drive inside her head before Faye persuades her to stand down because, in the end, Bubbles is better than CW and she isn't worth Bubbles staining her conscience over.

[Radium_Coyote]

Plotwise this was kind of inevitable.  Bubbles and May need each other in ways they do not quite grasp.  They each have a quality the other is lacking, but does really need to be exposed to if they're ever going to progress past their own current situations.

[DashaBlade]

For those not fluent in Strong-Bad, what was the H*R ref?

BALEETED.

Reference:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail50.html

[TheEvilDog]

5 bucks says CW becomes an actual garbage bucket.

There are bound to be issues with destroying an AI.  Murder, even of an underworld figure, is definitely a no-no. 

Downloading her into something helpless and harmless is, I think, a better option.  I have an old HP 386 desktop somewhere around here...


 

Even better, I'm pretty sure we can scrounge up a Commodore 64 somewhere.

[osaka]

5 bucks says CW becomes an actual garbage bucket.

There are bound to be issues with destroying an AI.  Murder, even of an underworld figure, is definitely a no-no. 

Downloading her into something helpless and harmless is, I think, a better option.  I have an old HP 386 desktop somewhere around here...


 

Pretty sure there's an IoT trashcan somewhere. Or if there isn't, you can mold the chassis to be one probably.

[Is it cold in here?]

Corpse Witch has advantages in a potential confrontation with Bubbles.

Was it Neko_Ali or de_La_Nae who said "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it"?

Bubbles's emotional makeup is as fragile as her body is robust.

[Neko_Ali]

It wasn't me that said that quote. If she pushes Bubbles, I think CW will find her influence will rather rapidly evaporate. It does seem that it was in large part Bubbles' insecurities that drove her 'everyone will be afraid of me' mentality. Probably propped up by the occasional fearful reaction when out in the public and reinforced by Corpse Witch. Given their interaction, I get the feeling more that CW is being an opportunist, using psychological tricks to keep Bubbles tied to her, rather than an abuser who sought out Bubbles to dominate and control her. It's a small detail, and certainly doesn't make CW any better for it if true. But it would make it easier for Bubbles to break free if it's mostly her own fear that's kept her a the Robot Club, rather than Corpse Witch abusing and controlling her.

[President Peaches]

Parolebot is Hank the Dismemberer.

[Is it cold in here?]

If Hannelore can get a restaurant shut down with a phone call she can get a friend repaired as easily.

[Neko_Ali]

But where's the drama in that?

[Kugai]

And she'll get her Mom to make CW an offer she can't refuse

[TheEvilDog]

And she'll get her Mom to make CW an offer she can't refuse

And if that doesn't work, CW can wake up the next morning with a rocking horse head in her bed.

[Mr_Rose]

And she'll get her Mom to make CW an offer she can't refuse

And if that doesn't work, CW can wake up the next morning with a rocking horse head in her bed.

*sigh* So many people get that wrong. The point wasn't the horse's head, it was that it was that guy's favourite horse and it was in his bed in his secure mansion surrounded by guards with no clue as to how it got there. There isn't some deep cultural association with dead horses, it was a warning that he could be gotten to at any time without anyone noticing until it was too late.

Unless of course CW has a favourite rocking horse, or a bed, it wouldn't really work right.

[Welu]

There isn't some deep cultural association with dead horses, it was a warning that he could be gotten to at any time without anyone noticing until it was too late.

Except now thanks to the film, that cultural association does exist and works as its own message.

[Pilchard123]

Prediction: May is going to go to Faye, who agrees to help her and takes her to the fight club purely for the purpose of repair. Bubbles helps out, of course. And Corpse Witch finds them doing it, and says that May can't get repairs in her facility for free - May owes her. And thus the trap is set.

Doesn't Faye own the tools she uses though? I certainly remember her using them around the back of CoD, and she made the espressosaurus long before the fight club was a thing.

[improvnerd]

Why does everybody assume Corpse Witch is evil? I wouldn't rule it out, but her last conversation with Bubbles could also be explained as merely condescending and manipulative.

[St.Clair]

A lot of people here consider those behaviors to be evil, or at least unkind.
And if they turn out to be part of a pattern of gaslighting/emotional abuse?  Definitely.

[Mad Cat]

Wow. All this talk of giving Corpsewitch cement shoes. Has any character in the QC-verse died EVAR? Let alone been murdered? And in Massachusetts of all places, with its real world laws punishing mere gun possession, let alone use of firearms in self-defense, let alone use firearms to kill them wot needed killin'. I can't speak to how the authorities would treat the killing of an AI in the QC-verse, but if it used a means that would terminate the life functions of a meat-bodied citizen, the authorities in the real world would likely leave no blow torch unturned looking for the culprit.