OK, they undressed the drone, got it into a robe, and didn’t notice the lack of anatomical detail? Talk about reality blindness …
(TUNE: “Be Our Guest”, Ashman & Menken)
I’m undressed! I’m undressed!
Took my coat and pants and vest!
Did those guys then realize
That there’s no nipples on my chest?
Did they say, “Did we find
A mutation of some kind?
Seems that Nature, she’s a freak of!
Got no labia to speak of!”
In this spa, now you’ll see
How they plan to torture me
With a pedicure that has me feeling stressed!
Without cucumber wrapping,
Soon my nerves are snapping!
They’re obsessed
With their guest
With the Barbie-boobie breast!
It’s no jest!
I protest!
I’m undressed!
Ed, this is a world-class filk
As to your initial question, who says they didn’t notice? This is Anasigma; within its walls are things much weirder than unconscious, unsexed drones. For example, dimensional portals, sentient basement swamps and fire-breathing, poisonous axolotls.
Hasty addition to rant script: “I made myself PERFECT! Cut away all the WEAKNESS of the flesh that was HOLDING ME BACK!! Now all shall BOW before my NIPPLE-LESS GLORY!!!!!!!”
….now I want to have been the type of kid who played with barbie dolls just so I can dig them out and make them shout “BOW before my NIPPLE-LESS GLORY” at things
I always suspected that the drone was built to fool people to the extent of being anatomically correct. It can eat to a limited extent, after all. If it talks, then it must simulate lungs. Praobably even has a fake pulse. This is mad scientist tech done right!
But if they went to the trouble to make the drone anatomically correct, surely they would also simulate breathing. And if a water cooler can be conscious, why can’t a drone body?
Not too get too mundane here, but the drone could be wearing a bra and panties that they didn’t take off. Might not be 100% naked under that robe. But then, I dunno what is “standard procedure” in a spa, so…
In the week of ‘I wonder what ____ is doing’, it cuts to Shaenon after someone mentions God, then keeps going with the joke, so Shaenon mused about whether that makes her God in the Director’s Cut. It was also established that Satan was a she, so perhaps Jeff is God and Shaenon is Satan?
Ah, but do we know the goons capturing her were affiliated with Anasigma? Or even the institute? It could be a third party entirely andtheyhave to give their captives the spa treatment for… reasons
Anasigma is probably like any other government agency with one department having no idea what another is doing. They may be unknowingly working at cross purposes, or it being Anasigma, deliberately trying to destroy each other.
Besides, there’s lots of anatomical detail. She’s even got knee dimples.
Seriously, though, I have to agree with Jerry C’s take on it, but I also like DavidBreslin 101’s rant. Even if they notice any details, those can easily be explained by the whole “mad scientist” thing.
I AM curious about the idea of starting spa treatments on an apparently unconscious mad scientist, though. That doesn’t sound safe, under the best of circumstances.
The problem is, they’re not giving spa treatments to a mad scientist; they’re giving them to Sweetheart, albeit in a drone body.
Remember, Mr. Green set a lot of this up to get Skin Horse on the side of Anasigma.
Ther’s a joke about when Bill Gates dies he’s given the option of going to Heaven or Hell. Heaven has all the standard fluffy clouds and harps you would expect. Hell has tech beyond your dreams, beautiful women serving single malt, and all the amenities. Gates makes the choice to go below, and is put on a barbecue immediately. As he screams “What happened!” As the flames jump up, the Devil says “Oh, that was the Beta version before.”
Sweetheart is experiencing Anasigma’s Beta version.
Well, this is… unexpected.
Looks like they’ve brought out the Comfy Chair.
And the soft cushions!
With the stuffing up on end…
And the hot towel treatment!
No! No! Not the comfy chair!
Seriously, did nobody get that? It was a classic!
I don’t see tea or biscuits… then again, it might not be time yet.
Of course we got it, it just needed no elaboration. Well done.
Oh no! They’ll bring out the chocolate!
Giving a spa treatment to an (unconscious woman) (unpiloted drone)?
OK, now that’s disturbing…
Yeah, not to mention the fact that, to do it, they apparently undressed said drone, and then put it in a bathrobe.
Just very, very creepy.
it could be they considered the drone needed a cleaning before being allowed to mingle with the other inmates
Giving a spa treatment to an (unconscious woman) (unpiloted drone)?
OK, that’s disturbing.
My apologies for the near-duplicate post, my browser wasn’t showing any posts at all at the time. I’d delete it if I could… 🙁
Does this mean Echo Bravo is Cardinal Fang?
Unexpectedly.
OK, they undressed the drone, got it into a robe, and didn’t notice the lack of anatomical detail? Talk about reality blindness …
(TUNE: “Be Our Guest”, Ashman & Menken)
I’m undressed! I’m undressed!
Took my coat and pants and vest!
Did those guys then realize
That there’s no nipples on my chest?
Did they say, “Did we find
A mutation of some kind?
Seems that Nature, she’s a freak of!
Got no labia to speak of!”
In this spa, now you’ll see
How they plan to torture me
With a pedicure that has me feeling stressed!
Without cucumber wrapping,
Soon my nerves are snapping!
They’re obsessed
With their guest
With the Barbie-boobie breast!
It’s no jest!
I protest!
I’m undressed!
Ed, this is a world-class filk
As to your initial question, who says they didn’t notice? This is Anasigma; within its walls are things much weirder than unconscious, unsexed drones. For example, dimensional portals, sentient basement swamps and fire-breathing, poisonous axolotls.
Yeah, but it kind of spoils the whole “pass self off as mad scientist” thing if they know she’s a machine.
Hasty addition to rant script: “I made myself PERFECT! Cut away all the WEAKNESS of the flesh that was HOLDING ME BACK!! Now all shall BOW before my NIPPLE-LESS GLORY!!!!!!!”
….now I want to have been the type of kid who played with barbie dolls just so I can dig them out and make them shout “BOW before my NIPPLE-LESS GLORY” at things
What things? I dunno, oranges and stuff
Holy TOLEDO this is a fantastic filk.
I’ll never look at a candlestick the same way now.
I always suspected that the drone was built to fool people to the extent of being anatomically correct. It can eat to a limited extent, after all. If it talks, then it must simulate lungs. Praobably even has a fake pulse. This is mad scientist tech done right!
Lungs? not necessarily. A food/water-proof speaker in the mouth/throat area would get the job done just as well
But if they went to the trouble to make the drone anatomically correct, surely they would also simulate breathing. And if a water cooler can be conscious, why can’t a drone body?
Not too get too mundane here, but the drone could be wearing a bra and panties that they didn’t take off. Might not be 100% naked under that robe. But then, I dunno what is “standard procedure” in a spa, so…
Maybe someone else was “driving” while she was away…
Something about this is making me think of “The Girl Who Was Plugged In”.
Or some kind of autopilot mode that kicks in after the “driver” gets kicked out?
Wow, it’s like the universe decided to pull a really clever gag on her or something. Either that or god, or the devil.
If Shaenon and Jeff control this universe, which one is God and which one’s The Devil?
I think it’s Shaenon and Andrew, to be honest. And in Narbonic, Mell kicks god in the balls, so Shaenon is the devil.
In the week of ‘I wonder what ____ is doing’, it cuts to Shaenon after someone mentions God, then keeps going with the joke, so Shaenon mused about whether that makes her God in the Director’s Cut. It was also established that Satan was a she, so perhaps Jeff is God and Shaenon is Satan?
Ask Shaenon this question after I make her draw a Renaissance castle made of office supplies and see what she thinks.
Does that mean Caliban was lying about the devil being a woman?
My God, that’s cruel!
Oh. We all forgot who the Drone originally was.
That’s right. Umm, who was it?
The first we saw of her? An Anasigma agent, IIRC. We didn’t forget but Our Heroes might’ve. ^_^
Ah, but do we know the goons capturing her were affiliated with Anasigma? Or even the institute? It could be a third party entirely andtheyhave to give their captives the spa treatment for… reasons
Anasigma is probably like any other government agency with one department having no idea what another is doing. They may be unknowingly working at cross purposes, or it being Anasigma, deliberately trying to destroy each other.
I’ve been acting under the assumption that it was Mr. Green- Violet is Goldbug, Goldbug is someone with access to the higher-ups of Anasigma (and knows Gavotte), and Dr. Lee told Mr. Green that, “next time you want to tag along, you should do so in the flesh.” Whether she was right or he just played along is unsure, but I think it’s the former.
Links: http://skin-horse.com/comic/mesh-gloves-better/
http://skin-horse.com/comic/treasonable-offense/
http://skin-horse.com/comic/lot-of-factors/
http://skin-horse.com/comic/unity-bounced-2/
Besides, there’s lots of anatomical detail. She’s even got knee dimples.
Seriously, though, I have to agree with Jerry C’s take on it, but I also like DavidBreslin 101’s rant. Even if they notice any details, those can easily be explained by the whole “mad scientist” thing.
I AM curious about the idea of starting spa treatments on an apparently unconscious mad scientist, though. That doesn’t sound safe, under the best of circumstances.
The problem is, they’re not giving spa treatments to a mad scientist; they’re giving them to Sweetheart, albeit in a drone body.
Remember, Mr. Green set a lot of this up to get Skin Horse on the side of Anasigma.
Ther’s a joke about when Bill Gates dies he’s given the option of going to Heaven or Hell. Heaven has all the standard fluffy clouds and harps you would expect. Hell has tech beyond your dreams, beautiful women serving single malt, and all the amenities. Gates makes the choice to go below, and is put on a barbecue immediately. As he screams “What happened!” As the flames jump up, the Devil says “Oh, that was the Beta version before.”
Sweetheart is experiencing Anasigma’s Beta version.
I think the drone just has some sort of innate status promotion system.