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2021-11-16

by shaenon on November 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon
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  1. Pygar
    November 16, 2021, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Door signs are Mandatory. Useful placement, not so much… Can’t read the desk label, but does not appear to be Bryant. One hopes that I isn’t for Ira…

    • Rex Vivat
      November 16, 2021, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      the desk name plate reads “Bryant IV” to me

      • khn0
        November 16, 2021, 5:55 am | # | Reply

        It reads “I. Bryant”, to me, what could be punny since bryant pronounced [brijɑ̃] is homophone to brillant (brilliant or glowing)?

        • khn0
          November 16, 2021, 5:57 am | # | Reply

          oh I get it now, the desk name plate, and not the desk door name plate.
          Yeah, could be a IV, or a IJ.

    • Bruceski
      November 16, 2021, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      He is the only one outside HR, the rest of the world is inside it.

    • Robert Nowall
      November 16, 2021, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

      Tried searching “Bryant IV,” “I. V. Bryant,” “I. Bryant,” and assorted other permutations. (Was thinking it might be from a children’s book or somesuch.) Nothing suggested anything to do with this. Further information required for further search.

    • Knuckles
      February 20, 2022, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

      They have to be hung inside the door, because their true identity is secret to those not on the inside.

      Makes finding the office a bit of a pain, but that’s HR for ya.

  2. BMunro
    November 16, 2021, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    And you thought Catbert was bad.

    • shenhibiki
      November 16, 2021, 6:03 am | # | Reply

      … Tip is getting free UV googles. And hasn’t lost the rights to any internal organ that we know yet.

      Catbert is still way worse.

    • SVGeezer
      November 16, 2021, 7:52 am | # | Reply

      Please don’t make this a competition. Catbert’s not into loosing…

  3. Duane B.
    November 16, 2021, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    I’m reminded of the OZ books, where Dorothy had to wear green glasses in the emerald city.
    So, I think something is being hidden her, But,
    Last we saw of Ira, he was putting on a military uniform, so I don’t think that is him.

    • Salty
      November 16, 2021, 5:33 am | # | Reply

      Also, we already had that allegory as a storyline way, way, way, way, WAY earlier.

    • SVGeezer
      November 16, 2021, 7:54 am | # | Reply

      Her, here, don’t you wwish you could update your posts?

      • Duane B.
        November 16, 2021, 11:44 am | # | Reply

        Yep, spell check can’t catch it if the misspelling is a real word.

    • Shadowmehr
      November 16, 2021, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

      It’ll end up being the same gag, with H.R. Bryant IV just trying to make himself seem more magnificent than he actually is by getting everyone to wear the special goggles.

  4. Robert Nowall
    November 16, 2021, 6:30 am | # | Reply

    Would’a thought there’d be numerous complaints about Tip, about various things, and this HR fiend would know he’s not Chris (about whom there must be a few complaints, too.)

  5. Storm Saxon's Gall Bladder
    November 16, 2021, 7:11 am | # | Reply

    “I Bryant” is an anagram of “B TYRANI”
    because the people in HR will always be tyrants
    about irrational rules.

  6. jdreyfuss
    November 16, 2021, 8:28 am | # | Reply

    Apparently Mr. Bryant’s shining countenance is too brilliant for a mere mortal to behold without assistance. Maybe he’s a sapient solar eclipse?

    • Robert Nowall
      November 16, 2021, 3:27 pm | # | Reply

      However it goes, this will be one of Tip’s harder conquests. At least one would hope it would be.

  7. Alex Boyd
    November 16, 2021, 9:50 am | # | Reply

    “To look upon the face of Shadow Government HR would end you,” so normal HR branch of the normal evils of Human Resources. Gotcha!

  8. cjmaloof
    November 16, 2021, 9:54 am | # | Reply

    I think I’ve been confused. I thought Anasigma was a non-government corporation, are they actually another part of Shadow Government like Skin Horse?

    • awgiedawgie
      November 16, 2021, 11:24 am | # | Reply

      AnaSigma, AG-I, Skin Horse, and The Institute are all under the same umbrella, and all ultimately overseen by Mr. Green. So yes, they are all part of the same shadow government.

    • Robert Nowall
      November 16, 2021, 11:46 am | # | Reply

      Contracted out to Anasigma by the Shadow Government.

    • WeiganChan
      November 16, 2021, 2:28 pm | # | Reply

      Most shadow governments are only 20-40% government, with the remainder being cults, secret societies, and corporations.

  9. Robert Nowall
    November 16, 2021, 11:48 am | # | Reply

    Y’know, we saw a couple of the HR people in the Maragda Building during the “What Big Teeth” sequence. Neither of those two are this person.

    • BMunro
      November 16, 2021, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

      That was a while ago. Maybe they messed up their shoe-tying in the meantime.

    • awgiedawgie
      November 16, 2021, 6:06 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe those were just peons in the HR department, and Bryant here is the top dog. …or cat, whatever. After all, they referred to that floor as “the HR offices” – plural.

  10. Robert Nowall
    November 16, 2021, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

    He tells “Doctor Sanders” be at ease. Don’t look at his face, if you please. In orientation, this eradication could be handled with bureaucratese.

  11. Landis963
    November 16, 2021, 6:01 pm | # | Reply

    Oz vibes, again. Dorothy was given glasses so that she wouldn’t be “blinded” by the “glare” of the Emerald City, only to learn later that those glasses were what turned everything green.

    • awgiedawgie
      November 16, 2021, 6:09 pm | # | Reply

      True, but in this case, Tip can see that there is indeed a glare surrounding the person in the chair. Whether it’s a trick or not remains to be seen (no pun intended).

    • khn0
      November 16, 2021, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

      oh, “Cure” Glasses? He or she does look like a Robert Smith to me…

  12. David B Huber
    November 16, 2021, 8:03 pm | # | Reply

    “Dr. Sanders” appears to be garbed in what to my eye seems more masculine attire than usual. A Keith Partridge homage?

    I’d also expect Dr. Sanders to be fascinated by the ultraviolet umbra emanating from Mr. Bryant!

    Finally, don’t bees see in the UV range? Could Bryant be a natural enemy of Gavotte?

    • khn0
      November 16, 2021, 8:06 pm | # | Reply

      Also in the RPG Paranoïa, you couldn’t access to any UV information because it’d be treason to look at it.

    • Robert Nowall
      November 16, 2021, 9:01 pm | # | Reply

      Does look like it. Though Shirley and Laurie wore pants, too.

  13. Robert Nowall
    November 16, 2021, 10:00 pm | # | Reply

    Also…we’ve referred to *Mr.* Bryant, but I’m not certain. Tip does say “sir,” and he is closer to the action than we are. But he could be wrong.

    • David B Huber
      November 16, 2021, 10:44 pm | # | Reply

      Tip? Wrong? About GENDER??

      Break out the therapy puppets!

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