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2019-06-10

by shaenon on June 10, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Green Noah
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  1. chh01
    June 10, 2019, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Yngvi is a louse.
    Ron’s just a blood sucker.

    • Towering Barbarian
      June 10, 2019, 12:16 am | # | Reply

      Heh. Yeah. Let’s hope that Ron doesn’t pick this moment to develop the powers of a warlock in spite of himself. ^_~

      • evilmidnightlurker
        June 10, 2019, 5:06 am | # | Reply

        Or the compleat skills of an enchanter, maybe?

  2. Towering Barbarian
    June 10, 2019, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Well, it looks like Moe called it! “Humorous” death indeed. I hope for Ron’s sake that Ginny built the armor well enough to keep him alive and in good health through the landing. ^_^

    • awgiedawgie
      June 10, 2019, 12:30 am | # | Reply

      I hope for Karma’s sake that she built the armor only well enough to keep him alive.

      • Shadowmehr
        June 10, 2019, 8:54 pm | # | Reply

        I hope for comedy’s sake he lands headfirst in something soft enough to give until he’s stuck up to the waist.

        Before you accuse me of sadism, I’m sure Dr. Lee put in an emergency air supply in the armor.

        • Andy4Hire
          June 10, 2019, 10:16 pm | # | Reply

          Your use of the phrase “emergency air supply” has caused me to imagine that, as Ron adjusts to his new gooey surroundings, an unexpected but comfortingly familiar recorded voice sings in his ear:

          “I’m all out of love; I’m so lost without you.
          I know you were right, believing for so long….”

          So thanks for that, Shadowmehr!

          (No, really, thanks! I’ll be giggling all night and well into tomorrow about that one.)

          • awgiedawgie
            June 10, 2019, 10:20 pm | #

            Oh, that would be just perfect… prefaced by “Your battle armor has detected that your oxygen intake has been interrupted. Emergency Air Supply has been deployed.”

          • Candace
            June 11, 2019, 12:52 am | #

            +1,000

          • Shadowmehr
            June 11, 2019, 8:46 pm | #

            I aim to please.

          • awgiedawgie
            June 11, 2019, 9:26 pm | #

            Don’t you mean “Service is my only joy”?

    • Moe Lane
      June 10, 2019, 12:42 am | # | Reply

      :sigh: Virginia should be nicer about it. Mean to her or not, her coworker probably didn’t *mean* to end things by flying off the handle.

      • awgiedawgie
        June 10, 2019, 12:50 am | # | Reply

        Well, he’s certainly gone off the deep end on this one.

    • Robert Nowall
      June 10, 2019, 1:14 am | # | Reply

      Maybe he and his battered armor can get a job in Colma.

      • OneUniverse
        June 10, 2019, 9:59 am | # | Reply

        Armored zombies – that’s a scary thought. Will they join A-Sig or the machines in this battle, or do the undead think neutrality is possible?

        • Robert Nowall
          June 10, 2019, 11:06 am | # | Reply

          Dunno. It’s so hard to get an answer out of them.

          • Candace
            June 11, 2019, 12:50 am | #

            I don’t know…many of the zombies in Colma were quite chatty.

  3. David B Huber
    June 10, 2019, 1:12 am | # | Reply

    Kudos to Dr. Jones for rendering enemy personnel feedback as itchies! Just because it’s Mad doesn’t mean it isn’t practical.

    • codebracker
      June 10, 2019, 6:46 am | # | Reply

      I’d guess it’s his stealth suit blocking her sensors rendering him as “something fuzzy”

  4. Robert Nowall
    June 10, 2019, 1:14 am | # | Reply

    This green bug done bit her, didn’t mean for it to get her.
    Woo, something on the rooftop, and she needs to inquire.
    No, no, it’s not a new hire, bug is a real tightwire.
    Ooh, a concerning vexation, needing quick extermination.
    Bug is like an itching on the roof, something like a goof,
    Just an itching on the roof, and Hitty, she can flick it.
    It’s applying, ooh, it’s external.
    Zerhakker must help her, yes, Ginny must help her.
    She’s been climbed on by the green bug.
    And she needs some calculation to help her end this complication.
    Now, when you’re bit, you swat at it, when it’s bad, throw a fit.
    What can she do, when bug takes a toll, a toll on her?
    Bug is a cause of damnation and a sudden malformation.
    Bug is a risk of infection, and she knows the correction.
    Got her scratching and a-feeling, on the space above the ceiling.
    Bug’s an itching on the room, and Hitty, she can flick it.
    It’s applying, it’s external, it’s infernal.
    It’s not docile, not eternal, but external.
    She’s been climbed on by this green bug.
    And she needs some calculation to help her end this situation.
    It’s a cause of damnation and a sudden malformation.
    She’s been climbed on by this green bug…

    —from “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart,” Holland-Dozier-Holland / the Supremes.

    • Manifesta
      June 10, 2019, 9:25 am | # | Reply

      Wonderful!

  5. casimir
    June 10, 2019, 4:45 am | # | Reply

    In learning to control Annex One, Hitty has become more nuanced in her application of force.

    • awgiedawgie
      June 10, 2019, 10:26 am | # | Reply

      When all you have is a hammer, all you do is hit. We’re discovering hidden talents now that Hitty has more than just a hammer.

      • Robert Nowall
        June 10, 2019, 11:09 am | # | Reply

        Since she has a hammer, she’ll hammer in the morning, she’ll hammer in the evening, all over this guy…

  6. OneUniverse
    June 10, 2019, 9:52 am | # | Reply

    Ron let his emotions override wisdom: Don’t let the potential victims know of your plans until *after* you have them in your power. Not that wisdom is a job requirement for “thug” or “cannon fodder”.

    • Shadowmehr
      June 10, 2019, 8:51 pm | # | Reply

      There are arguments that excess wisdom would be a hindrance in those two professions.

  7. W.
    June 10, 2019, 10:17 am | # | Reply

    I’m okay with this. He was going to murder them. I’d have gone for squashed, but flicked away works as well.

    • awgiedawgie
      June 10, 2019, 10:28 am | # | Reply

      Frankly, I’m surprised that Hitty’s “flick” didn’t kill him on impact, but then we wouldn’t have gotten the comedic scream fading into the distance.

      • David B Huber
        June 10, 2019, 1:26 pm | # | Reply

        Somewhere, Over the Rainbow
        Ron has flown.
        If his armor can save him
        He’ll hit the ground and groan…

      • Some Bob
        June 10, 2019, 1:53 pm | # | Reply

        We’re willing to overlook some problems with the physics for the sake of a good Wilhelm scream.

        • Frank
          June 10, 2019, 9:35 pm | # | Reply

          Or a Goofy holler

          • Andy4Hire
            June 10, 2019, 10:18 pm | #

            Even better. Also, I’m glad to know the name for it now.

  8. Robert Nowall
    June 10, 2019, 4:15 pm | # | Reply

    I wonder if that flick freed up the suit.

    • nebulousrikulau
      June 10, 2019, 6:21 pm | # | Reply

      Probably. Concussive maintenance is a prime mad science trope.

    • awgiedawgie
      June 10, 2019, 10:15 pm | # | Reply

      Probably just repositioned it so it’s frozen in a much more awkward – and certainly more painful – pose.

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