Comic 988 - Check the range
Posted on 2nd May 2018, 10:49 PM
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Caius steps outside. Dr. Finch's phone rings. He answers it to confirm to Caius that it works.
While Caius heads to Mars, you take a... small peek inside his brain. It seems like the "main" wire from the device has given way to hundreds of infinitely thinner wires, which have dug through his ear canal and found their way into the folds of his brain.
Dr. Finch's phone rings. He answers it, and confirms to Caius that the call has worked. ...From Mars. Somehow.
You ask Caius if he can take the device out. Hopefully by just... willing it out, rather than pulling. Pulling would be really bad.
It takes a few seconds...
but all of the wires suddenly recede from Caius's brain.
"It feels worse goin' out than it does goin' in," Caius remarks, "but yeah, you can kinda just... want it to leave, and it does."
While he makes his way back to the bunker, you bring up two things: one, Michelle mentioned the ghost gun warming up in Ilworth. The ghosts there might be worth conjuring to see if they have anything of note to say.
"Might be somethin' to hit up tomorrow," Michelle says. "I ain't scared o' ghosts, but..."
Fuse smiles. "Doing a seance in an abandoned village in the dark, with no power, is pretty messed up yeah."
Two, you still need to see what happens if Fuse enters the error room. ...Maybe with Geoangular Control.
"We could probably try it without the book first," Fuse suggests. "I'm still not sure what'll happen, since I'm supposed to have weird... extra... secret mutations, I guess. I dunno if it's that or it's just me being me, but I... I dunno. I get kind of an ominous feeling about that room. I mean, it won't stop me from doing it, I just got a bad feeling about it."
Caius returns, the device in his hand. "I dunno what cleanin' this thing looks like, so uhhh... I ain't gonna recommend anybody else use this one."
If he's concerned that a not!Fuse would try to kill him because he'd try to kill another version of himself, maybe we should look into fire-proofing him before he enters the Error room (or at least make sure he's prepared to immediately put out flames that not!Fuse might try to burn him with).
living dildo?
Probably be a frivolous use of the ritual, though y'know someone somewhere in the universe tried it at least once.
http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2711
... do roaming charges apply?
... interesting.
I wonder what would happen if he hit an old modem line, could he browse the internet in his head? Could he download instructional videos into his head from youtube? He should totally try. It'd be cool for Caius to go all "I know kung fu".
....
... but what if he called a bunch of dial-up numbers all at once and load-balanced across them?
... or, these were cellphones that were traded up, maybe he has data connection already? WTF am I doing suggesting calling dial-up? O_o
When it's quiet and I close my eyes, I can still hear the dial-up screeching. Followed by AOL's, "Welcome," and, "You've got mail."
Those were dark times indeed.
As for the ?computer, try plugging the USB with the Rhetoric Delta program into it or even try speaking directly to it. Maybe it has some sort of language recognition function and it'll adjust it's interface to our language after receiving some input. If not, we'll have wasted a few minutes at most.
Some experiment we've gotta do in the future is have 2 different people try trading up the exact same thing and see if we get a different result. If the Tradesmen tailor each transaction to the needs of a specific customer, that'll be a consideration for future trades. For example, will Michelle or... Fuse performing the Jane-golem ritual result in a Mini-Michelle (With Kung-Fu action grip) or Mini-Fuse (With built-in lighter action)?
I like the idea of testing with different "casters", though.
"Andromedan"
"Elvish"
"Mandarin 4.0"
"████"
"Z̞̟̣̻̟͠A͉̙L̙̩͔͔G̞̟̦̳O̝̤̳͘"
-Create a bunch of golems shapped like big cats, and trade them. I know everyone wants to try this XD.
-Ask the Tradesmen about how to wash the Brainphone, how to put the Alien Computer in English, if this Brainphone is going to have negative consequences in Caius, and if it is possible to make Finch take off his lab coat!.
-Create a bunch of gloms like the ones we traded for the Mini-Jane, and let Fuse to the Ritual this time. I want to see what he is going to get XD.