Idrisah passes the lame excuses baton to Talita.
Transcript
Bip's avatar mocks walking off the screen and waves a hand.
Bip: Well, have fun figuring out more exciting recipes for zucchini. Keep in touch!
The call ends. Idrisah holds her face in her hands in frustration while Talita and Gillie look at her, unsure what to say. Idrisah finally looks up, clearly distressed.
Idrisah: (ASL) We’re so screwed if this gets out.
Gillie: (ASL) Well, it’s a stalemate for now. Hey Talita. Since you're already over, wanna try adapting some sign handshapes?
Talita looks startled, then immediately heads to the front door of the apartment, grimacing in embarrassment.
Talita: Maybe later… I’ve got some… Chores to do…
31 thoughts on “Runaway to the Stars: Page 121”
Bear-on-a-tricycle
Bip: “Have fun with zucchini!”
Me: “Do AI people wish they could taste food?”
Also me: “Do AI people call themselves people? An AI with a body is an android. What do AI who just float around willy nilly call themselves?”
Also, Bip is smart and has many new ideas now and is off to digitally rearrange some stuff and things. Skyhooks, schedules and waiting periods are all about to get subtly rearranged. >.>
JoB
Idrisah: “Now what dish could I prepare that includes zucchini and *shredded* AI!?”
> What do AI who just float around willy nilly call themselves?
“Smart”. Without the “-asses” suffix the biologicals tend to mistakenly add. 😛
(Sorry, Calcery, but Bip *does* have the center stage right now …)
Redacted
The doorknob is so tiny in Talita’s hand
Rad Internet Stranger
Talita in the third panel thooo
Big ol’ tiger horse
Origamigryphon
Lame excuses are lame.
Greebus
Just realized that Bip is surely slowly starving right now? Their story has so much existential horror.
Guest
…and in her panic, Talita accidentally snaps the doorknob right off the door
JoB
So? Once the door’s broken anyway, she can rip *that* out as well. 😛
(And then install a repurposed DIY-adapted massive airlock door to help her friends out of their “how are we gonna lock our flat while we’re away now??” trouble.)
creetur
Hmm.. zucchini spaghetti.
Jokes aside, I do wonder how they’re gonna get Bip’s ship fixed and actually able to fly. Gonna take a lot of sneaking, I’d imagine.
the Inmara
Zucchini batteries! For, um, power!
JoB
Idrisah: “Oh, I know now. We’ll have /zucchini alla batteria/!”
Talita: [understands Italian term as “electric battery”]
Gillie: [translates the same term as “drum set”]
Idrisah: [intended “hammer mechanism”, maybe a *bit* alluding to “tort of battery” as well]
Elixer
I love this all so much.
Also, LIES, TALITA, LIES! Running away only occasionally solves problems
Poor Idri is getting ready to crash out, and her wife is just “But it would be Interesting! 🤗”
Septemberdale
I’ve just realized, Bip’s feet are stylized Avian hands!
creetur
Certainly makes me wonder if they had/have other avatars for different occasions.
JoB
Oh *heck* yes:
https://jayrockin.tumblr.com/post/669320925564518400/
(Since I can’t add more links without making the comment go to the moderation queue, please also see posts 668047576331960320, 668209156068671488, 669330656251232256 and 722842290660491264.)
Adrienne
A bug ferret avatar with avian hands… is that true??
Vinemaple
Bip’s character page tallies all the various mixed-and-matched body parts they use on their avatar… but doesn’t mention that their ears look as much like the Runaway’s radiators as bug-ferret ears.
Teod
Transcript said that Pip walked off screen, but I imagined it as them walking into the call window.
JoB
P.S.: I note that Talita’s on her way out now, without *ever* informing her friends that Bip is regaining control of his mainframe as they sign, because (against Idrisah’s explicit request) she has performed first repairs on the Runaway. *That* getting revealed promises for the *next* Awkward Moment™ of the girls gang …
JoB
“Wanna try adapting some sign handshapes?”
“Maybe later… I’ve got some… Chores to do…”
Prime opportunity to pick up the more colorful side of ASL: WASTED. 😛
claire
What does “nervous breathing” sound like from a centaur, given the side breathing exhausts?
Vinemaple
maybe the soft beginnings of the ultrasonic hum that is Centaur crying?
Apollo235
omfg Idrisah’s face in panel 4
12
Talita’s bpm just skyrocketed
Zuorai
Ouugh Bip steppy steps
Tyrone the Miner
Yes….That hand-gesture is INCREDIBLE obscene…..ME LIKE !!! =)
Adrienne
THINK before you post!
T – is it true?
H – is it honest?
I – is it inspiring?
N – is it necessary?
K – is it kind?
You may have gotten the H, but you did not get the I or the N today, Tyrone.
Bramble
Why is signing “screwed” more exciting than saying or writing “screwed”? Why is it notable that Idrisah (mildly) swears in sign as freely as she swears in spoken English (or any other language that she speaks). It’s just a mode that she speaks in sometimes.
Woab
Me like!!!!!!
forest@swifty's hq!
THE SEASHELL BOX 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
RottenFruitz
Language learning woes, I see. I wonder if Talita feels as silly as I do trying to learn Creole from my grandma sometimes.