Yeah, I mean…he might not like being treated as a girl, but it’s got to be handy to be able to go into buildings. Walk around quietly. Use a console controller…
Just because Nick’s currently jacked out of the drone, it doesn’t mean he’s done so permanently. When the time’s right, he may like to have another adventure in a more compact form than his ‘normal’ body. He’s probably weirded out by the whole Whimsy Princess adventure – most assignments aren’t going to require such OTT girlification. Compound that with his awkward conversation with Virginia, and it’s not hard to see why he’d prefer to spend some time back in his ‘normal’ body, which is far more ‘macho’ than the drone.
“most assignments aren’t going to require such OTT girlification”
Well, that would be true if Nick didn’t exist in a universe that runs on Shaenon and Jeffrey’s senses of humour.
Nick wanted the drone to help more, and to see Virginia more. I’m not sure how attractive the first of these is on its own, especially when he spent a lot of the mission playing computer games with a unicorn anyway.
I’m sure Unity would be happy to have the drone back, though.
So what if in the drone body the Water Cooler still only says “Service is my only joy!” I’m not sure if that would be hilarious, annoying, or deeply creepy…
Yeah, seeing as the drone looks like a smallish young blond woman, this is all kinds of a bad idea. But it might give the poor water cooler some expanded horizons.
Wait, so Nick is giving up the drone for good? Identity crisis not withstanding, he can’t just use it as a means to an end (doing missions with the team on the ground, or hanging out with people)? Or is he afraid people will start to associate the drone with himself and forget who and what he really is?
In the alternate universe in my head where you actually do the Seth/Caliban spinoff, Water-Cooler-As-Violet is a crossover character as Seth’s love interest for at least one storyline.
What I’m curious about – is what about the coffeepot Narbonic Labs. Machine Union also (was boiling Artie as part of a discussion right after the moonbase arc), then later decided to blast off to one of the outer planets (during the prepare to drive Dave away arc).
WHAT drove it to such extremes? Dealing w/ the lab crew? Chock Full o’Nuts? (I can’t stand that stuff) That bizarre Civet poop coffee? (Kopi Luwak) (Artie would be most likely to go to that extreme of the group – wider horizons and all that)
And what extremes would our plucky watercooler in a NON MAD WORKING ENVIRONMENT be driven to? What civil (or uncivil) service horrors has it had to endure? (And for U.S. readers – how are government Machine Union employees affected by government shutdowns like the one pending??)
I imagine that there are two major possibilities for how a government shutdown would affect unionized machines. One is that they would all be layed off and left out on the curb to rust, being unable to even pound the pavement in a world not prepared for sentient machines (also in some cases, simply for lack of limbs with which to pound).
Or they would all retire to a life of luxury and starring at technology expos using their insanely generous government severage packages.
Given the spending habits of the government, I’m guessing the latter.
Ah yes, the old “You’re going to stop working for us but we’re going to pay you a buttload anyways” trick. I believe it was first used by Dastardly Corporations?
At least as operator of the drone, which has a mouth, the water cooler could give lip service.
Dave, I’m going to have to put you in the box for five minutes personal foul for unusually bad pun. It’s for your own good.
Yes. Let’s let cooler heads prevail.
That pun (and the follow-up retort) was beyond brilliant. I don’t see how it could land him in hot water.
That comment was all wet, nyao…
Awww, c’mon, Violet!Nick was great! (And not just because I find guys turned into girls inherently amusing). Is he seriously going to give up HANDS?
Yeah, I mean…he might not like being treated as a girl, but it’s got to be handy to be able to go into buildings. Walk around quietly. Use a console controller…
What if when the water cooler said “Service is my only joy” it was really saying things like “Help me”
That would explain the sudden caps.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
We had, at one point, theorized that the water cooler was goldbug. Could this be a backdoor attempt to get his drone back?
What will Sweet Daddy Jupiter Velvet say about this?
Why do you think the water cooler wants the drone?
She’s tracking him down and just needs the legs to do it with.
I’m just worried that she’s going to requisition a jumpsuit and a katana from Supplies.
…OK, so maybe ‘worried’ is the wrong word.
“My name is [Marty] and I like to [party].”
“Service is my only joy.”
“Awright!” *is bisected*
“Service… is my only joy.”
Aw, curses. It seems I screwed up the HTML.
C’mon, Tip. There are way worse ideas. Basically anything involving Unity in any manner whatsoever, for starters.
Just because Nick’s currently jacked out of the drone, it doesn’t mean he’s done so permanently. When the time’s right, he may like to have another adventure in a more compact form than his ‘normal’ body. He’s probably weirded out by the whole Whimsy Princess adventure – most assignments aren’t going to require such OTT girlification. Compound that with his awkward conversation with Virginia, and it’s not hard to see why he’d prefer to spend some time back in his ‘normal’ body, which is far more ‘macho’ than the drone.
“most assignments aren’t going to require such OTT girlification”
Well, that would be true if Nick didn’t exist in a universe that runs on Shaenon and Jeffrey’s senses of humour.
Nick wanted the drone to help more, and to see Virginia more. I’m not sure how attractive the first of these is on its own, especially when he spent a lot of the mission playing computer games with a unicorn anyway.
I’m sure Unity would be happy to have the drone back, though.
So what if in the drone body the Water Cooler still only says “Service is my only joy!” I’m not sure if that would be hilarious, annoying, or deeply creepy…
That would probably depend on the facial expression or lack thereof that went with it.
Here’s my take on that idea.
Not sure if the image link will work so here is the url just in case: http://www.selkiecomic.com/images/water-cooler-violet.jpg
Oh…wow…
That is *Eldritch* levels of creepy…
It would become an anime character with an international cult following, I suspect.
Yeah, seeing as the drone looks like a smallish young blond woman, this is all kinds of a bad idea. But it might give the poor water cooler some expanded horizons.
Wait, so Nick is giving up the drone for good? Identity crisis not withstanding, he can’t just use it as a means to an end (doing missions with the team on the ground, or hanging out with people)? Or is he afraid people will start to associate the drone with himself and forget who and what he really is?
You know, I’m slightly worried that I’m the only one wanting to say “Give it to Moustachio!”
…although that’d be second-best to giving him dinky little legs to walk around on.
And the water cooler is pretty awesome.
if he wanted it, i’d be all over giving the droid to moustachio.
Considering what Moustachio did the last time he had functional legs and arms, that is a bad idea.
In the alternate universe in my head where you actually do the Seth/Caliban spinoff, Water-Cooler-As-Violet is a crossover character as Seth’s love interest for at least one storyline.
You know, it would be pretty funny for the evil infiltration drone to end up as a glorified office lady.
consider the possibility of the drone/watercooler becoming Moustachio’s love interest.
ARGHHH!!! That was *terrible”, Dewy!!
And thanks!
If the water cooler gets the drone, someone will need to say “In Soviet Russia, Culligan hangs out around you.” Probably Konstantin.
Will Violet now thank her users for using her, or sigh with the satisfaction of a job well done? Share and enjoy.
What I’m curious about – is what about the coffeepot Narbonic Labs. Machine Union also (was boiling Artie as part of a discussion right after the moonbase arc), then later decided to blast off to one of the outer planets (during the prepare to drive Dave away arc).
WHAT drove it to such extremes? Dealing w/ the lab crew? Chock Full o’Nuts? (I can’t stand that stuff) That bizarre Civet poop coffee? (Kopi Luwak) (Artie would be most likely to go to that extreme of the group – wider horizons and all that)
And what extremes would our plucky watercooler in a NON MAD WORKING ENVIRONMENT be driven to? What civil (or uncivil) service horrors has it had to endure? (And for U.S. readers – how are government Machine Union employees affected by government shutdowns like the one pending??)
I imagine that there are two major possibilities for how a government shutdown would affect unionized machines. One is that they would all be layed off and left out on the curb to rust, being unable to even pound the pavement in a world not prepared for sentient machines (also in some cases, simply for lack of limbs with which to pound).
Or they would all retire to a life of luxury and starring at technology expos using their insanely generous government severage packages.
Given the spending habits of the government, I’m guessing the latter.
Ah yes, the old “You’re going to stop working for us but we’re going to pay you a buttload anyways” trick. I believe it was first used by Dastardly Corporations?