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Post by davidm on Oct 27, 2014 16:46:44 GMT
I think it is terrible that you mock the empathic processing of BoxBot! He has feelings too! The logical song - By Boxbot
When I was built, it seemed that life was so sensible, Intelectual, oh it was logical, practical. And all the birds on the wall, well they'd tic toc so consistantly, Eyefully, watchfully watching me. But then Ann gave me a kiss to teach me how to be sensitive, Magical, beautiful, romantical. And she showed me a world where I could be so touchable, hugable, smoochable, lovable.
There are times when all the world's asleep, The computations run too deep For such a simple bot. Won't you please, please text me what I've learned I know it sounds absurd But please text me who I am.
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling me terrible, illogical, defective and recycle me. Won't you come get repaired, we'd like to feel you're Functional, lots of ram, big hard drive, a useful tool!
At night, when all the world's asleep, The computations run so deep For such a simple bot. Won't you please, please text me what I've learned I know it sounds absurd But please text me who I am.
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Post by aaroncampbell on Oct 27, 2014 16:47:01 GMT
Proof that Boxbot will show up: This situation is terrible. Holding Out For A BoxBot - by Antimony Carver Where have all the good bots gone And where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Robocop To fight the rising odds? Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
[Chorus:] I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the morning light He's gotta be box, he's gotta be bot And he's gotta be so terrible, so terrible
(dada dada dada dada da)
Somewhere after midnight In my wildest fantasies Somewhere just beyond my reach There's somebot reaching back for me Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat Isn’t there a superbot to sweep me off my feet?
[Chorus:] I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the morning light He's gotta be box, he's gotta be bot And he's gotta be so terrible
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above Out where the lightning splits the sea I could swear that there's somebot somewhere watching me Through the wind and the chill and the rain And the storm and the raging flood Oh, his approach is like a fire in my blood
I’ll meet a BoxBot And then we’ll dance 'til the morning light Dreaming, he'll lead me Held tight, Tonight’s the night
[Chorus:] I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a BoxBot I'm holding out for a BoxBot 'til the morning light He's gotta be box, he’s gotta be bot And he's gotta be so terrible, so terrible
(dada dada dada dada da) Oh (dada dada dada dada da) so terrible (dada dada dada dada da) so terrible (dada dada dada dada da)
Oh maybe, maybe, maybe tonight (dada dada dada dada da) Oh, oh
Not sure if that was amazingly terrible or terribly amazing, but either way I'm sure it's going to one end or the other of the charts!
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Post by davidm on Oct 27, 2014 18:24:08 GMT
White knight coming soon to a rescue near you
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Post by TBeholder on Oct 27, 2014 19:53:59 GMT
How did nobody notice the giant evil looking tower before this? That seems like it would have been an important thing. See? Realistic. Zimmy's up there, living the corporate high life. She... ate a bagel?! Hell hath no fury like a cruise ship scorned. Then there are Seraphs, who may be unhappy about someone pulling cards from the first floor of their pet project... Which could be the shortest path toward "metal goddess" point: Seraphs attack Paz; Kat flips out, transforms herself and starts tearing them limb from limb. Of course, if Annie breaks in and Seraphs attack her, the result may be the same.
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Post by alexsl on Oct 27, 2014 21:51:11 GMT
Are those black silhouettes in the back ground the morphing Seraphs? That's what I'm assuming based on the beam and the visible fibers. Interesting. Paz, the voice of reason. Because going after a taken woman is just kinda wrong. I wonder what the ship will say in response to her inquiry. And I wonder what Kat is exactly thinking. Whoa, I didn't notice that before. This makes it look as if they might be close to stepping in, to stop Paz from interfering. In which case Kat would either go ballistic or let herself be blackmailed into continuing, depending on how credible a threat she considers them to be.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 27, 2014 22:08:48 GMT
Sleeping Beauty. Since this isn't from Zimmy's memories this isn't really Zimmingham. I do agree, but what makes you think so? No, it happens. I tried editing in some new pictures in the avatar thread, and half of the older links disappeared. So Zimmy is now located, Paz and Kat are still with the ship (although Annie and the others do not know that, I'm surprised they haven't mentioned them yet), that leaves only Lindsey missing. I now think Zimcity changed her into a beautiful schooner... Maybe. Lindsey may have been too far away. The blue funny-shaped skyscraper does not look familiar from the Birmingham skyline from when Zeta would have lived there; the construction looks out of place from the way that the areas we've seen before have been depicted. I can explain these things away depending on when she was taken to the Court and perspective on the "skyscraper" and/or by supplying Zimmy with someone else's memories who has visited Birmingham more recently. I wonder if Gamma pointing at the structure with the hair means not that Zeta is in the building, but that Zeta is the building... having been rendered so by the siphons, part of the machines driving the distortion. Her wording is vague.
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Post by thedoctor on Oct 27, 2014 22:15:02 GMT
Seems Zimmy's taking a page out of Annie's book with the whole etheric hair thing. Think she needs to practice more though, she's got that place looking like a death tower. Probably not foreboding at all. But in all seriousness, couldn't help but notice them humanoid figures behind Jack and Gamma. I figure it's the other students, which makes me think... Are we really going to have this entire grade of notably powerful gifted students along with an army of cultist robots storming a giant glass doom tower to free an etherically overcharged human conduit from an overly obsessive AI and its mutated robotic minions? 'Cause I wanna do that. please let Zimmy be okayRPG time!
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Post by freeman on Oct 27, 2014 22:58:19 GMT
Are those black silhouettes in the back ground the morphing Seraphs? That's what I'm assuming based on the beam and the visible fibers. Interesting. Paz, the voice of reason. Because going after a taken woman is just kinda wrong. I wonder what the ship will say in response to her inquiry. And I wonder what Kat is exactly thinking. Whoa, I didn't notice that before. This makes it look as if they might be close to stepping in, to stop Paz from interfering. In which case Kat would either go ballistic or let herself be blackmailed into continuing, depending on how credible a threat she considers them to be. She's not defenseless though, she could use THE BLOB to contain the Seraphim without physically transforming into a machine goddess angel thing just yet. Honestly just made this post to refer to "Beware of the Blob", a B horror movie that apparently tries to play it straight but ends up just a bit too campy.
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Post by todd on Oct 27, 2014 23:08:37 GMT
I now think Zimcity changed her into a beautiful schooner... Maybe Lindsey wasn't within range; in fact, we haven't seen her since that leap she made, a few pages before the dance. (Maybe she was keeping well away from the ship once the seas became turbulent to avoid a collision with it.)
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Post by keef on Oct 27, 2014 23:50:18 GMT
I now think Zimcity changed her into a beautiful schooner... Maybe Lindsey wasn't within range; in fact, we haven't seen her since that leap she made, a few pages before the dance. (Maybe she was keeping well away from the ship once the seas became turbulent to avoid a collision with it.) Maybe. Lindsey may have been too far away. The reason I think she is in Zimmingham is because she wasn't visible in the two "shots" we saw of the Torn sea. You'd expect her to hang around until help arrives. Another point, she would have contacted the court (using her telepathic connection with Bud for instance) and their fleet would have arrived together with that of the King. Everytime I read Zimmy's real name I think of this. Wonder if we ever find out what that was all about. White knight coming soon to a rescue near you Somebody stop that man before it is to late!
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Post by ctso74 on Oct 28, 2014 0:52:55 GMT
Then there are Seraphs, who may be unhappy about someone pulling cards from the first floor of their pet project... Which could be the shortest path toward "metal goddess" point: Seraphs attack Paz; Kat flips out, transforms herself and starts tearing them limb from limb. Of course, if Annie breaks in and Seraphs attack her, the result may be the same. Are you suggesting, that the reason they're going along with this crazy scheme, is to put Kat in a situation where she has to go Divine? Up to this point, they're reasoning has been ambiguous and odd. Not exactly they're usual "NOT a secret base" style. Maybe, the Seraphs are more diabolical than we thought... or the Court played a role.
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Post by mangotango on Oct 28, 2014 1:05:50 GMT
Super duper ominous !! I can literally hear the suspense music playing in the background; it really reminds me of some kind of survival movie.
Ahhh,, it sounds a little weird, but I'm really anticipating seeing what's in the building, things associated with the ether are usually very beautifully haunting.
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Post by TBeholder on Oct 28, 2014 3:17:01 GMT
Maybe. Lindsey may have been too far away. The reason I think she is in Zimmingham is because she wasn't visible in the two "shots" we saw of the Torn sea. You'd expect her to hang around until help arrives. Another point, she would have contacted the court (using her telepathic connection with Bud for instance) and their fleet would have arrived together with that of the King. I, for one, do not expect someone being far away to suddenly snap back and start hanging around. Did you observe this phenomenon often? Are you suggesting, that the reason they're going along with this crazy scheme, is to put Kat in a situation where she has to go Divine? I'm suggesting that Seraphs are prone to stubbornness in following their agenda, overconfidence and are in habit of overextending their claws. Plain old consistency.
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Post by smjjames on Oct 28, 2014 5:35:59 GMT
Maybe Lindsey wasn't within range; in fact, we haven't seen her since that leap she made, a few pages before the dance. (Maybe she was keeping well away from the ship once the seas became turbulent to avoid a collision with it.) Maybe. Lindsey may have been too far away. The reason I think she is in Zimmingham is because she wasn't visible in the two "shots" we saw of the Torn sea. You'd expect her to hang around until help arrives. Another point, she would have contacted the court (using her telepathic connection with Bud for instance) and their fleet would have arrived together with that of the King. Well, if Lindsey got sucked into the zimmyverse maelstrom, then where is she? She'd probably be pretty immobile on land though. Tom is going to have to explain at some point where the heck Lindsey is because it's a rather big loose thread for the chapter, IMO.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 28, 2014 5:44:57 GMT
The reason I think she is in Zimmingham is because she wasn't visible in the two "shots" we saw of the Torn sea. You'd expect her to hang around until help arrives. Another point, she would have contacted the court (using her telepathic connection with Bud for instance) and their fleet would have arrived together with that of the King. I, for one, do not expect someone being far away to suddenly snap back and start hanging around. The Seraphs seem to have anticipated and neutralized all of the students who had etheric abilities who were threats to their plans, it's reasonable to believe they knew about Lindsey's ability to contact Bud or if not then to suspect that she might have some way of sending a distress call one way or another since she was the faculty member sent to escort the Love Boat. But I think that a binding charm or confining her in Zimmingham would be unlikely; the Love Boat would object to both of those. The first would lower his chances of success by making her mad and the second would have some chance of warping her form. (If someone you were trying to get with had a beautiful face you wouldn't willingly place them in circumstances where that face could get rearranged, would you? That holds particularly true if they'd know you had a hand in placing them in that set of circumstances.) It's much more likely that they've arranged a diversion of some sort, like a side-trip or something shiny on the ocean floor, or maybe something squid-like and edible. The plan probably was that by the time she returned the hulk of the ship would have been restored to the appearance of normalcy,* the students free and safe, and the AI would have it's new body, and the Seraphs would have disappeared. Then the Love Boat can make it's pass, win or lose. The siphons can be turned off when the body is built, after all. But if you want excitement, I guess Lidnsey could make a second speedboad-type landing if the plot requires it... *Zeta might be the worst off, particularly if Jack paused while entering the blue building with the black hair with the red roots, reached up and started rubbing the exit sign. But of course Zeta and Gamma would be hiding somewhere and would make no report of any irregularities (though their revenge later may be morph-Jack-into-a-Boxbot-terrible).
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Post by todd on Oct 28, 2014 10:43:10 GMT
I'd find the widespread notion that Lindsey would be transformed in Zimmy's world far more convincing if the students had been transformed as well. Instead, they still look the same. Only the robots were transformed - and even then, just the crew-bots and the Seraphs, not the robot rescue party.
(Tom will probably have to provide an explanation for why some are transformed by the place, and not others.)
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Post by alexsl on Oct 28, 2014 12:11:18 GMT
I find it rather strange that so many assume Kat will somehow at some point transform into Zimmy's vision of her. She isn't a Dragon Ball Z character, is she? This is probably to be understood in the same way that Antimony can see Ysengrin, Coyote and Renard in their etheric forms; those guys don't transform into them either, they just are both at the same time. And even if one assumes that Kat would some day ascend due to the robots' faith in her, would that not most likely happen in year 12 or so?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 28, 2014 13:14:29 GMT
I'd find the widespread notion that Lindsey would be transformed in Zimmy's world far more convincing if the students had been transformed as well. Instead, they still look the same. Only the robots were transformed - and even then, just the crew-bots and the Seraphs, not the robot rescue party. (Tom will probably have to provide an explanation for why some are transformed by the place, and not others.) The robots are probably transformed because the students' perceptions of them have changed and in the resulting story their roles are now more villainous. And I don't think that Lindsey would be automatically transformed since she's a being in herself and not an electrical appliance but in this warp the odds of her being transformed or coming to harm by some agency do exist, so it would make much more sense for the Love Boat's plan to have her distracted elsewhere instead of confined within. I find it rather strange that so many assume Kat will somehow at some point transform into Zimmy's vision of her. She isn't a Dragon Ball Z character, is she? This is probably to be understood in the same way that Antimony can see Ysengrin, Coyote and Renard in their etheric forms; those guys don't transform into them either, they just are both at the same time. And even if one assumes that Kat would some day ascend due to the robots' faith in her, would that not most likely happen in year 12 or so? Maybe that's how her mechanical abilities already look to Zeta, who doesn't have a clue about such things. Or possibly that's how Robot's special mysterious golem-Seraph etheric chip enables him to think about Kat; he was in the same room. The bird on her head worked into the machine-imagery may or may not be Zeta adding things.
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Post by keef on Oct 28, 2014 22:51:42 GMT
I, for one, do not expect someone being far away to suddenly snap back and start hanging around. Did you observe this phenomenon often? Obviously she swam back when the ship changed direction and stopped. I do that all the time when accompanying cruise-ships. Well, if Lindsey got sucked into the zimmyverse maelstrom, then where is she? And that is the question.. Whether she is in Zimmingham or still in the ocean, it's odd we haven't heard or seen anything about her.Yeah, bit like a stranded whale, not likely, and probably lethal. a big bucket maybe? There are canals in Zimmingham. very big indeed.. I'd find the widespread notion that Lindsey would be transformed Actually that was only me, and I was joking. It's much more likely that they've arranged a diversion of some sort, like a side-trip or something shiny on the ocean floor, or maybe something squid-like and edible. The plan probably was that by the time she returned the hulk of the ship would have been restored to the appearance of normalcy,* the students free and safe, and the AI would have it's new body, and the Seraphs would have disappeared. Then the Love Boat can make it's pass, win or lose. The siphons can be turned off when the body is built, after all. It's possible, but how can you be sure to distract a being with forty-seven eyes, and fifteen "not-eyes"
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Post by shadowhunter on Oct 29, 2014 0:07:53 GMT
I think there could be quite the delay when it comes to seeing Lindsey again. Remember that we only found out where Zimmy is on Monday, despite what should have been a glaringly obvious Evil Tower of Evil Doom. Also, this is totally unrelated but I recently met someone - a teen from London - who calls people "love" or "my love" all the time. So I guess I was wrong about Jenny being the only person in the entire observable universe to do that. The things you learn...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 29, 2014 1:11:15 GMT
It's possible, but how can you be sure to distract a being with forty-seven eyes, and fifteen "not-eyes" A lady with that many curves probably spends a lot of her day feeding. How many tons of squid per day do you think it takes to keep her going? She is also a scientist and therefore probably curious, and the Seraphs have etheric technology. Something interesting at deep depth would be easy to arrange, or failing that something bright at a very deep depth that she would take time returning from. Just dropping a light buoy by a wreck of any sort would probably work. Or scratch an incomprehensible symbol on a rock formation that she can puzzle over. Too deep to see? Use a chain of them.
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Post by thedoctor on Oct 29, 2014 21:52:40 GMT
The reason I think she is in Zimmingham is because she wasn't visible in the two "shots" we saw of the Torn sea. You'd expect her to hang around until help arrives. Another point, she would have contacted the court (using her telepathic connection with Bud for instance) and their fleet would have arrived together with that of the King. Well, if Lindsey got sucked into the zimmyverse maelstrom, then where is she? She'd probably be pretty immobile on land though. Tom is going to have to explain at some point where the heck Lindsey is because it's a rather big loose thread for the chapter, IMO. Don't worry; he's too good a writer not to!
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