Really, the only self-preserving choice for them now is to side with the first inspection team, whether it’s a fake or not; if they’re real, then siding with them is the way to pass the inspection. If they’re fake, then they already failed the inspection, and cooperating with the real inspection team would lead to extripation (at best). Their best hope in the second scenario is to hop on the Whirligig and formally submit their defection.
When I went to get a job,
(When I would get a job.)
Anasigma would call my name.
I’d say, “Now who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(When I would get a job.)
I’ve been educated, dear.
I can run an isolated storage dump,
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
When Anasigma sent me here,
(Anasigma sent me here.)
And some strangers would call my name,
I’d say, “Now, who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(Anasigma sent me here.)
I’ve got the pillow covered blades.
(Anasigma sent me here)
I’ve got a good cake bakery.
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
Now that I’m in charge of this,
(I’m in charge of this.)
The minute inspectors call my name,
I’ll say, “Now, who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(Who do you think you’re fooling?)
We’ve got the helicopter here.
(I’m in charge of this.)
We’re up with the Anasigma protocal.
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
(Plug me like a clock.)
(Plug me like a clock.)
(Plug me like a clock in stages.)
(Plug me like a clock.)…
(Praying for the team to be Bizarro-universe versions of Skin Horse a la Seinfeld episode)
Now, can Tip and co. convince them that the A-Sig team are the actual fakes? (Hopefully they can find another shiny metal thing to distract Unity with)
“Virginia! You came back!” “Not for YOU!” *cha-click* “Virginia. You came back.”
(Actually, my money’s on Skin Horse being one of those productions like LOST or Game Of Thrones where they shout “stop the presses!” and pull an 11th-hour rewrite to prevent fan theories from ever being right because apparently writers these days think being surprising is more important than polishing your best ideas you went to all the trouble of foreshadowing… in which case it’ll turn out to be Faceless Goons because I just changed the result by posting about it.)
I don’t really think Shaenon writes that way. Not judging by the way key plot twists in Narbonic were planned out before the thing even started, and by the way much of this seems to have been planned a decade ago. 🙂
*unfazed dry smirk* “Well, then, you have an unexpected problem, don’t you. Luckily for you, Anasigma had the forethought to make sure there’s a convenient cadre of inspectors already on site to observe and report how smoothly you are about to handle it! Right…?”
*blinks*
The way she phrases that implies that she knows Skin Horse is a fake. ^_^
Well, I think she’s now pretty sure one of the inspection teams is a fake.
Agreed. She doesn’t really imply which one of the teams is fake, but she definitely seems to imply that she knows that something is amiss.
Really, the only self-preserving choice for them now is to side with the first inspection team, whether it’s a fake or not; if they’re real, then siding with them is the way to pass the inspection. If they’re fake, then they already failed the inspection, and cooperating with the real inspection team would lead to extripation (at best). Their best hope in the second scenario is to hop on the Whirligig and formally submit their defection.
Defecting to them is suddenly looking a little better.
Oh, good. I thought it was a big problem, but thankfully, I was mistaken
When I went to get a job,
(When I would get a job.)
Anasigma would call my name.
I’d say, “Now who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(When I would get a job.)
I’ve been educated, dear.
I can run an isolated storage dump,
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
When Anasigma sent me here,
(Anasigma sent me here.)
And some strangers would call my name,
I’d say, “Now, who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(Anasigma sent me here.)
I’ve got the pillow covered blades.
(Anasigma sent me here)
I’ve got a good cake bakery.
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
Now that I’m in charge of this,
(I’m in charge of this.)
The minute inspectors call my name,
I’ll say, “Now, who do (who) who do you think you’re fooling?”
(Who do you think you’re fooling?)
We’ve got the helicopter here.
(I’m in charge of this.)
We’re up with the Anasigma protocal.
Oh, it’s all above me, above me.
They’ll get out all their guns and plug me.
Oh, they’ll plug and clean my clock.
They’ll clock me like a clock in stages,
Above me.
Above me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me, ‘bove me.
(Plug me like a clock.)
(Plug me like a clock.)
(Plug me like a clock in stages.)
(Plug me like a clock.)…
—from “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon.
(Hunches back, steeples fingers)
Excellent!
(Praying for the team to be Bizarro-universe versions of Skin Horse a la Seinfeld episode)
Now, can Tip and co. convince them that the A-Sig team are the actual fakes? (Hopefully they can find another shiny metal thing to distract Unity with)
My money’s on Ira.
“Virginia! You came back!” “Not for YOU!” *cha-click* “Virginia. You came back.”
(Actually, my money’s on Skin Horse being one of those productions like LOST or Game Of Thrones where they shout “stop the presses!” and pull an 11th-hour rewrite to prevent fan theories from ever being right because apparently writers these days think being surprising is more important than polishing your best ideas you went to all the trouble of foreshadowing… in which case it’ll turn out to be Faceless Goons because I just changed the result by posting about it.)
(I mean the show, not the books. The books go out of their way to NOT do that.)
I don’t really think Shaenon writes that way. Not judging by the way key plot twists in Narbonic were planned out before the thing even started, and by the way much of this seems to have been planned a decade ago. 🙂
*unfazed dry smirk* “Well, then, you have an unexpected problem, don’t you. Luckily for you, Anasigma had the forethought to make sure there’s a convenient cadre of inspectors already on site to observe and report how smoothly you are about to handle it! Right…?”
Is “Gail” another Oz reference?
Yes. Probably.
Dorothy Gale of Kansas.
Couldn’t Gail have put it as a “good news / bad news” joke?
Tip, you should know by now not to tempt fate. She doesn’t know how to pass it up.
If the new arrivals are the same group as last time our heroes are out of luck…