You'll never guess what Idrisah's secret weakness is.
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Gille: (ASL) Because… Doesn't it seem like fun??
Gillie smiles excitedly, eyes sparkling with her cute kitty cat canines showing. Idrisah blushes. Talita watches from the sidelines, amused by how obviously charmed Idrisah is by her wife.
Idrisah: (ASL) Well… regardless. The skyhook is booked out for two years.
She looks at the monitor with Bip. Their avatar is curled up, looking disgruntled.
Idrisah: So unless you REPORT yourself, you'll just be waiting longer to get caught!
Bip: And what’s stopping YOU from turning me in?
Idrisah pauses, not knowing how to respond. Then she looks away, scowling.
Idrisah: … I have more important things to do with my time.
29 thoughts on “Runaway to the Stars: Page 120”
Vinemaple
So hold on, is Bip’s plan to GET turned in? I mean, I could see some legal arguments and treatments of AI that would allow Bip to get off, or face consequences they deem acceptable, but… I don’t see yet how that would help them jump a two-year queue and go into the interplanetary transport business together. And I’m excited to find out the answer!
Origamigryphon
Is that a jar full of little fossil bits in panel 4?
JJA
Sometimes in my own work, I find that my characters are letting me speak through them in a way. While their dialogue is entirely normal and appropriate in the context of the story, their words acquire extra meaning and resonance when you look at it from the author’s point of view.
When Gillie says “Doesn’t it seem like fun?” I think that at another level, Jay is speaking through her directly to us.
Tumorhead
GILLIE BEAM!!
0xabad1dea
I have more important things to do than handle the rogue AI that has infiltrated every last circuit board on this extremely isolated space rock I live on inside a tiny fragile air bubble. This situation will doubtlessly resolve itself, I have routine paperwork to stamp
Carmenifold
lesbians ^w^
TotallySomebody
:3
the Inmara
We will never, ever get tired of seeing Gillie’s teeth.
1d4Nadg
Is that ASL for “skyhook” on panel 3? And if so, is that an official sign or something created for the comic? I know that ASL has a lot of specific words, but it doesn’t seem like a word you’d use that much in nowadays America.
Eithe rway it’s very cool 😀
1d4Nadg
Edit: I’ve been informed it’s actually “year”, which makes more sense.
iisaw
Yes, but now I _really_ want to know what the sign for skyhook is! Of _course_ they’d have one!
SIGSTKFLT
FWIK in real life it would probably just be <>, two words. But Dirtball residents who have to talk about the skyhook all the time would probably have a sign
SIGSTKFLT
I was worried sanitization was off but it’s just excessive. SKY HOOK.
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SIGSTKFLT
okay seems bulletproof to me. also it’s not a script injected into this website could do much damage.
Claire
83
bitty
They’re so cute waahhh ;w; ooh, I think that’s the sign for the skyhook, rotating the fist around the other one like the spinning hook! Very cool!
zaratustra
I asked the same thing when it came out on Patreon. It’s “year”.
Tyrone the Miner
Holy Molly! Get a room you two !
Oh it IS your room….Bip and Talita better get out NOW !
FuzzySpiderPawz
Gillie using her cat girl charm to sway the favor of her wife, I love them
Gillie said: 83
FuzzySpiderPawz
Accidentally posted this comment twice, rip
Lilac
Talita’s little smile in panel 2…
Lilac
I did not mean to reply here woops
FuzzySpiderPawz
Gillie using her cat girl looks as a weapon to sway the opinion of her wife is everything to me. Gillie said: 83
Fallingfeather
Gillie: 83
Zuorai
They’re so beautiful together I’m going to cry
Adrienne
Even Talita went from “I’m not in on this” to “Yeah, Idrisah! Doesn’t it seem like fun?” when Gillie turned on the catgirl charm
Vinemaple
I suppose she could just be enjoying her friends being cute together, but…
Amanda/OwlBear
aaw thats adorable