Comic for Thursday, August 18th
No, no, Miko, tell us how you really feel. No need to be so polite about it. Miko’s utter contempt for danger and or caution is something we’ve seen before when giving Mir a rather frank opinion. While Miko struggles to hold a proper conversation, ranting is something entirely different.
The “it” referred in panel… 7?… is probably a reference to Miko’s invisible fairy.
I assure you there is a good reason Miko’s bag has a counter agent to the IDS gas. Miko’s bag is prepared for many things.
The part the slows down the IDS Solider here is less the rant and more then language it is delivered. Locals do not speak that language, and Miko is very definitely fluent if nothing else.
Tyler is still trying to process the last few twists of his life. It’s a state of life that makes taking things from strangers that appear and start yelling in a different language seem like a better idea. His options were sort of limited, it’s not like passing out would have improved his odds of not being poisoned/drugged/bad-thinged.
So many words… is there a betting pool on how many spelling/grammar errors? 😐
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I just… Thank you. One of the big reasons I read tFSoU is for pages like this. Oh what vast and colorful vistas have been painted before my eyes through the even more colorful language Miko uses here.
Meoi Lass
Holy Shit!!! Wow! LOL! Kudos to the Kreator!! That is the greatest swearfest that I have seen/read in a coon’s age. It belongs right up there with Halo from Grrl Power! I am impressed,, It bespeaks of a command of language far beyond what has heretofore been exhibited. Thank you. Most enjoyable. Makes up for ALL your spelling glitches and then some.
For not liking dealing with people, she does a glorious job of dealing with people.
(PS: I’d assume you mean “Babylon” (4), “ventilation” (7), and….okay, “arrant” works. Honestly thought you meant arrogant, didn’t even know arrant was a word. Though I do question the if the “no idea to both” works, considering it sounds like it’s being used to answer the first and last questions of four, ignoring the middle two. I’d offer commentary on the commentary but I don’t think that matters. Oh, and the way “is a:” was used (combined with that spacing) made me think there was supposed to be an “or b:”, but does still work as is.)
Seriously though, she’s doing an awesome job chewing his ass out. (Or is she just chewing it off? Forget a mistakes betting pool, I want to know when he can sit properly again!)
Fixed these. I could claim that Babylon was- but yeah, I think I’ve used too much context on that one 😉 To be honest it never occurred to me look up how that was spelled and spellcheck isn’t fond of it either way.
The no idea to both is a bit odd, but decided to leave it, and the a: is a bit of an odd construction that is punctuating ‘spoken’ language. Certainly not sure it’s right, but about as right as I can figure anyhow.
Correcting the commentaries would turn this into a full time job 😛 I think everyone has long since accepted those are ‘read at your own risk’. I’m always perplexed that as many people read them as do, but I don’t mind babbling and ranting with the updates, so if people want to read ’em there they are.
Miko definitely has experience launching a full offensive salvo. I would suspect this comes from having been on the internet before. Miko’s problems with people stem more from dislike and discomfort and not really knowing how to deal with them than being afraid of them or shy.
God help me I was speculating on Rovak and Miko interacting and it just happened…I am so ashamed.
https://youtu.be/VdtTfQJCO2Y
I… …. nope. I got nothing in response to that video.
To clarify the ship would be Love Boat not playboy channel I can’t help picturing them on a date.
That video is glorious!! how have I never seen that??
I want to see more Miko and Rovak either way, they are both awesome! I still want to see what miko thinks of Ila though. either greatest thing ever or horribly abomination, can’t see anything in between.
I don’t see Miko and Ila having to much of an in between view of anything. As for Rovak and Miko the cheerful sociopath and the morally centered misanthrope could there be a more star crossed pair?
mostly because of how Miko views Mium I think it’ll be interesting. Does Miko count Ila as human or not? She’s probably the only character where not being counted as human is a GOOD sign… ^^
I agree the Rovak and Miko would be fun to see though.
Miko demonstrates an impressive turn of phrase. ^^
And it looks like Tealy The Hacker Girl (Not her real name) has chosen sides. Wait until she finds out that the person she’s hunting is probably one of Miko’s friends. 🙂
As far as that goes, wait until Tyler finds out that Miko is part of Peter’s circle. If he doesn’t get that “Am I in the Twilight Zone” glaze in his eye, he’s even tougher than he looks. ^^
Miko’s rant game is on point.
I actually figured out the hacker girl’s name, but I won’t put it here in case it is a spoiler… Will put it in the theory section and leave it up to PastUtopia to leave up there.
I am really curious how Tyler will take this. He was pissed last page, but a lot has happened. But from his prospective this tiny girl is yelling in a language he doesn’t understand. Will he draw the line to Peter wanting him to investigate? That seems like a pretty big leap, but it probably depends on what Miko says to him. Here’s to hoping it is not cussing him out or comparing him unfavorably to primates.
Well, Tyler wanted ‘in’ on ‘it’, I reckon he’s got his wish. Now it’s time to see how the donkeys swim as they say (…no, I don’t think anyone has said that ever, moving on…).
Miko’s mouth has all the lack of fondness of people that Miko’s brain has. For the better or the worse, it seems to be able to operate largely autonomously… 😐
PS: I like how My Contact page is apparently the “Theories Section”. Delta-v, I actually blame you for this… 😛
Well if nothing else you could always re-title it as the contact and wild mass guessing page. 😀
I was only attempting to offer another avenue of interaction for the dedicated readers.
That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. >>
That’s quite a sight: Special ops agents being chewed out from what sounds like a sailor-swearing drill sergeant coming from a short, young girl. Granted, she’s got the confidence down pat and seems to be pulling it off. But that just makes this scene all the more weird – and full of awesome. (If this was a roleplaying game, I’d say say that the player or game master must be rolling several 20’s on these bluff checks, against insane odds.)
To be fair, though, she natively speaks their language, clearly knows things, knows the slang and swearing from their world, and can name-drop Colonel Ricci. That’s gotta help her sound convincing. Aside from IDS agents, I bet there aren’t many from their world living in this one.
This page has made me wonder, actually.
Peter is a rogue agent that’s currently persona non grata. However, both Kyle and Arron are Important People™. If Miko is in fact Peter’s cousin, and is not specifically “gone rogue”, she may not necessarily be “bluffing” depending on who she is.
Of course, the fact that she neglects to elaborate on who she is makes me think she probably just IS bluffing or doesn’t quite grasp that gravity of the situation.
Remember, Peter and Co. have hacked the military computers on the I.D.S.’s home planet (CLICK HERE). So while she most likely knows all the passwords and other authentication codes, yes, she’s bluffing, and is also well aware if the stakes.
there are a few options going on here. but first, we dont know why peterand miko whent “rouge”. i mean are they really rouge or rouge as part of a different cover for something else? like for the military? if so then he didnt -have- to hack their servers, hes already in.
of course we already know peter and miko are l33t hakers, and could have been in most of the various groups networks before they even heard of malsa.
I have been suspicious of Peter’s status for awhile, but am still leaning toward he has gone actually rogue.
Mainly because the IDS seems genuinely pretty broken. The only person I can see him working for under cover is Arron, and while Arron was originally maybe giving him the benefit of the doubt, that status quo seemed broken when he realized that Peter had a way to jump worlds (to get Miko and leave Query with Kyle).
It’s possible that Peter is working for Kyle. It seemed that the Civil Service has some rivalry with the IDS, and Kyle was utterly unconcerned by Peter’s defection. Also, Kyle has Query.
Who Miko was (even assuming she is Taki) is a good a question though. We have no evidence she was IDS previously. We know that Peter “gave up his spot” in the Civil Service (presumably for the IDS) so it’s not unlikely Taki/Miko was/is part of the Civil Service, but that is pretty far into wild theory as there is no real data on Civil Service, Kyle, or who Taki yet.
while i only through out the military one… it could be possible for peter to be working for a group in the civil service for whatever reason… and query is kyles “link” to be his handler.
one thing could be is that civil service knows of ids’s issues… but needs proof that illegal things are going on. and by illegal, im assuming “generic” smuggling is basicly a slap on the wrist. but what they are looking for is either against what cs wants to happen, up to a coup attempt. (i am assuming civil service is the main policy goverment, like a senate or parliment)
as for miko (and i agree that she is taki) im not shure shes part of cs. after all shes antisocial, and apperently rarely goes anywhere. but working for them, thats a different issue. kyle may have known where she is, but was pushing arron for a more proactive stance. or he may genuinely not known. and peter has a habit of going off script from time to time.
If Peter’s concerned about the smuggling, what he has right now is proof it’s happening. He *might* have some proof from his hacking that IDS knows about it and is opting to ignore it. But I don’t think he has the equivalent of “court admissible evidence fingering the person in IDS who is protecting the smuggling.” If he’s working for the civil service, that sort of thing is probably what he’s after. Something to take down the head of the corruption in IDS, not the tail.
In the fourth panel, “I dare you tell you tell me…”
P.S. Sorry
Well, let’s be honest, no one had their bets on “0”, that would have wrecked the betting pool 😐
Thanks for the catch! Fixed 😉
Actually I think that is a catchy jingle.
(Information Society- What’s on Your Mind)
I dare you
tell you, tell me…
that col Ricci is out of his mind
(Pure Energy)
the far side of utopia, the musical!
doooo iitttt! ^^