So, he found a dead bird. Not one of his friends.At this point I would be going insane.I would be screaming and wanting to go home, now please.At a point like this your whole life would pass before your mind and I’ve heard that just before folks die, they want to go where they were born.But that could have been in a Douglas Adams book.
I’m guessing they weren’t really eating inside the ditto illusions; the illusions satisfied their feelings of hunger and / or thirst but did not provide any nutrition. So if things go on for Holly and the others they’ll starve to death before long—-like this guy.
Maybe within those bubbles are those whose illusions keep them alive to provide the emotions for the AI to feed off of until their physical bodies starve to death?
If the “bubbles” require energy to maintain, why waste it if the emotional “donor” has died? Are the organic remains used in some way—perhaps as raw material for more dittos?
This was done by the nanobots in the novel Prey, by Michael Crichton
At least Wally knows what he needs to do now, pop as many bubbles as he needs to to find Holly, Kirbee, Chic and Irving. Something tells me the ship has something else up its sleeve.
salenstormwing almost 8 years ago
Welp… we found out why the ship’s AI might need new sources of fuel. Green Energy sources aren’t fun after the end of the world.
celeconecca almost 8 years ago
my earworm du jour fits quite well: “this might be heaven or this might be h ell.”
although I’m tending toward the latter.
SeaFox10 almost 8 years ago
I see a beak! The bird people are trying to take over!
Ida No almost 8 years ago
Shame the ship doesn’t use nickel-metal hydrides. Those are rechargeable.
SeaFox10 almost 8 years ago
Or is it the lost souls of the bird people?!
cleehilllaw almost 8 years ago
Looks like the ship has been collecting mutants for a while. Eww.
cleehilllaw almost 8 years ago
And that’s a really small bird….It looks like the ship has gone rogue and is killing off the survivors, one by one.
coffeeturtle almost 8 years ago
Maybe the “people” need real food and water to keep living in those bubbles! Yikes! What a Pandora’s box….er….bubble!
pam Miner almost 8 years ago
So, he found a dead bird. Not one of his friends.At this point I would be going insane.I would be screaming and wanting to go home, now please.At a point like this your whole life would pass before your mind and I’ve heard that just before folks die, they want to go where they were born.But that could have been in a Douglas Adams book.
Melkior almost 8 years ago
Looks like the ship has been neglecting its batteries and they ran down… if you take my meaning.
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I’m guessing they weren’t really eating inside the ditto illusions; the illusions satisfied their feelings of hunger and / or thirst but did not provide any nutrition. So if things go on for Holly and the others they’ll starve to death before long—-like this guy.
artheaded1 almost 8 years ago
I love how the dittos are an extension of Wally.
Dragoncat almost 8 years ago
And just as Wally’s tail had FINALLY calmed down to its normal state…
citr92 almost 8 years ago
touch
“don’t touch!”
zorro456 almost 8 years ago
Either he is an exotic slave or he is to be lunch.
Strider Keninginne Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Maybe within those bubbles are those whose illusions keep them alive to provide the emotions for the AI to feed off of until their physical bodies starve to death?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Desiccated corpses inside them.
cleehilllaw almost 8 years ago
AH, I hadn’t caught that the dittos were acting as an extension of his hand.
UBBM Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Looks more like a haversack than a suspender strap to me. This bird has been dead for some time unless the ship also digests the bodies too.
UBBM Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Looks more like a haversack than a suspender strap to me. This bird has been dead for some time unless the ship also digests the bodies too.
dwandelt Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I predict this will end with the destruction of this vessel…
RickD Premium Member almost 8 years ago
If the “bubbles” require energy to maintain, why waste it if the emotional “donor” has died? Are the organic remains used in some way—perhaps as raw material for more dittos?
This was done by the nanobots in the novel Prey, by Michael Crichton
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“Give ’em the Fist! Give ’em the Wrist! Give ’em the Finger!”
NeuroManson almost 8 years ago
“It’s a cookbook! A COOKBOOK!!!”
NeuroManson almost 8 years ago
Also: “Soylent dreams are people!”
Coyoty Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“Who’s in the oubliette?”“I forget.”
Darwinskeeper almost 8 years ago
At least Wally knows what he needs to do now, pop as many bubbles as he needs to to find Holly, Kirbee, Chic and Irving. Something tells me the ship has something else up its sleeve.
Ida No almost 8 years ago
Posted the interview with Aaron Neathery at Basket Case.