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On the one hand, I hope it's Brandi...because she could explain all sorts of fun things. On the other hand, I'm nervous that it's someone else (Bia or maybe something worse). Why must I wait until Monday!! *burrows under a blanket in Confusion Corner to wait...impatiently*
"Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful."
jwhouk wrote:Too bad we can't do a poll on here, because it'd be ripe for a "Who's our off-panel speaker?" poll.
Options:
Brandi
Phix
Nudge
Bia
Mayahuel
Jin
Bud
Tepoz
Shelly
Justin
Tsillah
Lily/Suzi
MONICA (!)
Dietzel (!!)
Jacqui (!!!)
ROY (!!!!!!!!)
My vote is for someone we haven't met yet.
This stargate is located in a place open to the public and so needs someone to monitor this boundary between the mundane and the supernatural.
cmdrpowers wrote:Why couldn't it be the Jaguar Girl?
Monica hasn't had that much experience with the library to know that things should be kept from it. For someone to know about that they have to realize that some things should not be open source, which the library is. ANy one with access can read any of the books.
Brandi is the choice we're led to expect, but Monica is highly likely, given Kath's expression.
KnightDelight wrote:I'll guess it's Bia who joined the conversation.
Ooh, Bia is a good guess. Wish I'd though of it. Put her near the top of the list.
Edit; Bia makes a lot of sense if she is working against Brandi now that the calender Machine Crisis has been solved. She may want to see Earth opened back up to the Elder Gods.
We don't know enough of Wapsi-Olympian politics to make that determination. My guess is, from Brandi's words to Lily, that Bia is on the side of justice. However, she is bound by oath to work for Zeus, who may not be the best of bosses, and it already seems like her official capacity is in conflict with her attempts at sympathetic action.
jwhouk wrote:
Options:
Brandi
Phix
Nudge
Bia
Mayahuel
Jin
Bud
Tepoz
Shelly
Justin
Tsillah
Lily/Suzi
MONICA (!)
Dietzel (!!)
Jacqui (!!!)
ROY (!!!!!!!!)
I was thinking Jin would be the shiniest curveball, but yeeees... Roy.
Wyvern wrote:Okay, I did NOT see that coming! Anyone Atsali's claimed age is too young to know about slide rules except as historical artifacts, and most teenagers have never even seen one in use. So...what's this, young lady?
So when we would call someone a human calculator/computer, it would be more natural for Atsali to say slide rule.
Maybe .... at a guess
The slang term was Slip Stick. It used to be hung on people with very good math skills as a nick name. We referred to the best as Slip stick. Heinlein used it in Methuselah's Children for Slip Stick Libby. My father always used one and I learned too. I think my brother still uses his but he is older than I am. lol.
Blish also talks about engineers with their slip sticks, but I don't think he used it as a nickname. On the other hand, he did have a self-cleaning table eat one once when it was left too long after a meal. . . .
cmdrpowers wrote:Why couldn't it be the Jaguar Girl?
Monica hasn't had that much experience with the library to know that things should be kept from it. For someone to know about that they have to realize that some things should not be open source, which the library is. ANy one with access can read any of the books.
Brandi is the choice we're led to expect, but Monica is highly likely, given Kath's expression.
The crazy thing is that you pretty much can't tell whose speaking in a comic unless Paul uses a particular font (such as when M buys her bras!), yet you know that you ought to be able to tell who is speaking by the voice! AAAaaarrrrrgggghhhh! Monday can't come soon enough!
I think this points out all the library has is the printed material and none of the digital. The girls went there after looking at internet sites for information about the Jaguar temple. Brandi has got nothing but tabloids, which are printed. Since Monica is not even in the loop on this one how could she even know. She saved the vamps from Phix but not because she knew they were working with her, but to keep Phix from killing. So Monica is still trying to avoid MIB and what it does. Tsalia is her liaison to MIB but Monica doesn't even know that as T was assigned by Charron, not MIB is what she told Monica.
Ambush questions are fun. Watching the mental impact of them as they distort, or crumble, opinions based on faulty logic.
And concerning the latest offering (A Bounty to Collect) from Mr. T, unless I have missed it, nobody has remarked: "Open the pod bay door, Hal.... pppppleeeeaaaaasseee!!!!!!"