2009-02-06 When she's pretending to have a personality

[Graybeard]

That seems to resolve the question as to whether Bani is on board, for sure.

Could someone try to tabulate all the little references in this one? The Dick Tracy wristwatch communicator, a meme about 20 years before Poe was born, seems like a place to start.

[Slamlander]

I just saw it. Yet another magical doohickey for the wiki.

[Michael Poe]

That seems to resolve the question as to whether Bani is on board, for sure.

The Dick Tracy wristwatch communicator, a meme about 20 years before Poe was born

Perhaps, though I was about twelve or so when the Warren Beatty movie came out.

[Slamlander]

Heh, the thing is that a wristwatch video cellphone was just introduced at CES.

Technology is catching up to writers way too fast. Writers need to be thinking much further ahead than they do now .

[Sareth]

You know, I thought there were some good quotes in Wednesday's strip... This one is chock full of awesome.

That kid's in trouble. You just KNOW Bani planted the thought of taking advantage of Sara with malicious aforethought...

[RubberBandMan]

Bani is likely hoping things go that way, giving Sara an excuse to storm off... but Sara might do the downright disturbing thing and go along with a potential pass instead, that would really fuck with the teams perceptions of her.

And yeah, Bani's teasing the poor guy. "acrobatic and limber"? Bani knows what kinda of images those are going to bring to mind, after she just told him not to get any ideas.

Then again, this may be a cultural thing. "Don't go and do anything stupid Sarine, now that we've told you everything you would need to know to screw with us". "Don't come rescue me right away Ian, Maybe the elf-bitch and chronically unlucky Jon will be able to save me". "Don't take advantage of my limber dancer friend who is all impressed with our city". Almost like saying "Don't look at the test answers... that I'm leaving right here open on the desk while I go chat up the teacher in the next classroom"

[mindstalk]

Gee, where are his eyes aimed in the first panel? Heh. And Sara coincidentally stretches at an opportune time.

But once Sarine has jimmied the gate, how will Sara get to them? Or will they just wait, and run off in a bridge-burning flash of light?

[Forrest]

Sara knows telepathy.

Sarine knows telepathy.

Sara is really, REALLY fast.

Once the gate is jimmied, Sarine just thinks to Sara "c'mon", and zzip, Sara is there. Our intrepid party departs, and this poor, naive, gullible guard boy has no idea where his naive, gullible, country-bumpkin new friend just disappeared to.

[Boss Out of Town]

"God , I love Nantucket."

[SkArcher]

Heh, the thing is that a wristwatch video cellphone was just introduced at CES.

Technology is catching up to writers way too fast. Writers need to be thinking much further ahead than they do now .

Any sufficiently advanced form of magic is indistinguishable from technology.

Personally, I can see this entire scenario getting very messy, very quickly.

Especially because, like a lot of Sarine's plans, it has a huge series of holes marked "we'll just improv some bullshit here".

Also, I for one am hoping we get to see how Sara's conversation with hapless-guard-boy goes. I'd love to know how little miss emotionless handles him.