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2021-07-30

by shaenon on July 30, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon
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  1. dvandom
    July 30, 2021, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    You know, some of these mads might actually be MORE dangerous if their intellect is stunted.

    • Towering Barbarian
      July 30, 2021, 12:14 am | # | Reply

      Pretty true. St. Charlie seems the sort of place where they could have their Intellect halved and still be geniuses. The difference being that now they would be angry geniuses as well as mad.

    • BMunro
      July 30, 2021, 4:40 am | # | Reply

      This would be the anti-madness gas. Some might actually become more conventionally “intelligent” afterwards, they’ll just be unable to understand or create mad tech afterwards.

  2. David B Huber
    July 30, 2021, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    That’s right, Green! Disperse the Cure via the central AIR PURIFICATION system designed by Mads…

    (Gotta admit I admire his game show host enthusiasm in panel 2, though!)

    Of course Dr. Lee may well have improved it as a binary gas to combine after passing through most protective measures…

    I’m really hoping Ruby’s battle android mode engages and unleashes a fine display of Rampage on Ari and his lackeys!

    • sheer_falacy
      July 30, 2021, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      Air purification? I think you’re a bit off on MAD science.

      On the other hand, the intellect-stunting gas may not do much after mixing with all the other chemicals the mad ventilation system is already distributing throughout the train.

    • Shen Hibiki
      July 30, 2021, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

      Excuse me. It says -provide-, not purifies.
      Clearly, it generates breathable air spontaneously from it’s walls.
      The full explanation on non-mad science wording will need to wait for Dr. Lee, of course.

  3. Steve Jackson
    July 30, 2021, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    *Disperser* engine, I think. A disburser engine would give them MONEY to stunt their intellects.

    • dornbeast
      July 30, 2021, 1:04 am | # | Reply

      He’s evil, but not a genius.

    • Shadowmehr
      July 30, 2021, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

      Well, some people do start acting like idiots once they come into a lot of cash . .

  4. Robert Nowall
    July 30, 2021, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    Y’know, it does look a little like Moustachio, so whoever said that might be him in the box had part of the answer.

  5. Alphaghoul
    July 30, 2021, 1:07 am | # | Reply

    Okay so some points and questions.
    1. I haven’t been able to comment and fell slightly behind since I’ve been on a road trip vacation.
    2. Which institute? The asylum for mad scientists?
    3. Given her introduction when they arrived it’s surprising that this hasn’t happened sooner.
    4. So if she the robot from Narbonic then how is her amorphous slime boyfriend? (Note I haven’t actually read through Narbonic, I’ve just happened to have read that one part and peoples comments and made the connection.

    • Daibhid C
      July 30, 2021, 5:33 am | # | Reply

      2. Yes, the Institute for the Sane Study of Mad Science, which was revealed to be an A-Sig front in — I think — “MIxed-Up Files”.

      • Bernerlb
        July 30, 2021, 3:29 pm | # | Reply

        I still think it’s the generalized institute – as in “Those fools at the Institute laughed at me…Laughed! I’ll show them now!”

    • Sol
      July 30, 2021, 2:42 pm | # | Reply

      4. As far as I can remember Mike the cartoonist / amorphous slime showed up in the original 2012 thread where Ruby showed up in Skin Horse, but we haven’t seen him since? But I am only maybe 80% confident in the accuracy of that statement.

  6. Robert Nowall
    July 30, 2021, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    Oh, yeah. Ruby doesn’t breathe. http://skin-horse.com/comic/sweetheart-had/

    …so Ira will have to get her this way. http://skin-horse.com/comic/even-signed-up/

    • Robert Nowall
      July 30, 2021, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

      Okay, okay. It was probably a mistake to put both links in one message.

  7. LordDave
    July 30, 2021, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    I don’t see this working well for Green. Automated defenses, biological enhancements, just plain normal paranoia. (Oh, no one actually LIVES in the city….)

    On the other hand, they could all go into a mad rant at the sight of the gas and end up breathing deeply with their evil laugh at the end, completely forgetting about the ominous gas.

  8. Jay
    July 30, 2021, 5:47 am | # | Reply

    …does Ruby even *breathe*?

    • s854
      July 30, 2021, 6:38 am | # | Reply

      No, but she does have an off switch. http://skin-horse.com/comic/even-signed-up/

  9. Trivena
    July 30, 2021, 7:24 am | # | Reply

    …Ruby *really* isn’t good at recognising ill intent.

    • Sheik
      July 30, 2021, 10:43 am | # | Reply

      Not surprising since any indication of ill intent would be totally swamped by Mad Intent, which is the norm here.

  10. codebracker
    July 30, 2021, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

    I mean an inteligence lowering gas would work, but a wisdom lowering gas would probably do nothing yes

    • D. Walker
      July 30, 2021, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

      Not necessarily. You might think going from a low Wisdom score of like 2 or 3 down to a score of 0 wouldn’t make much difference, but at least in older editions of D&D, dropping to a 0 in any ability score is debilitating and dangerous.

      “Wisdom 0 means that the character is withdrawn into a deep sleep filled with nightmares, helpless.” – D&D 3.5E SRD

  11. Robert Nowall
    July 30, 2021, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

    The system provides ventilation. Disburser for implementation. Might be impolitic to play such a trick, but it’s a lot of disorientation.

  12. Shadowmehr
    July 30, 2021, 8:41 pm | # | Reply

    To quote Firefly, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!!

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