Post "Rapid Transit" by "jephjacques"

enchantedsleeper

I think I read a fanfic with that as a title once.

enchantedsleeper

I don't think he's offended. Besides, she asked him for a favour in a crisis, that's a big deal. (It's a dumb favour, but still!)

Clifton Royston

Today I'm getting the reversed order comments (newest first) that others were complaining about. Yep, it's annoying! Patreon must either have been testing it on some patrons before enabling it generally, or rolling it out gradually.

Seth Swanson

No Roku! This is how you need another new body!

Ursus Ridens

From a depiction of the then-Spookybot at home (QC #3418), I got the impression that all of Yay's chassis are always activated.

Ursus Ridens

Ongoing issues with South Hadley.

Ursus Ridens

We note that almost every square millimeter of Massachusetts is within some municipal entity. I can just imagine Crushbot or his representative trying to get such a license in, oh, Goshen or Chesterfield. (In Worthington they'd probably let him at it.)

KiTA

Poor Crushbot, feeling offended/put out by Roko avoiding and now ignoring him. :(

Bill Silvia

You can know where Yay is or what direction they're moving in, but not both at the same time.

Ack

You know, she could just describe Yay and ask which way she went.

Joe

not I. my daughter is a Doctor of Physical Therapy & I've had back & leg issues for about 25 years. proprioception (or lack of proper ...) is one of my ongoing challenges.

Steve McSheffrey

Anyone else google popioception? Definition. Proprioception is the awareness of the body in space. It is the use of joint position sense and joint motion sense to respond to stresses placed upon the body by alteration of posture and movement.

Maurice Kessler

Caber toss competition?

Comics Ladybird

“Commune de Morsang-sur-Orge” (for whatever reason, our landmark cases are referred to by the name of one of the parties) was clearly a blow to some A.I. performers… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf-tossing#cite_ref-GlobeAndMail1_18-0

SilverbackRon

Thanks @Dr. Otter. I remember binging Grrl Power a while back. That was probably a couple years ago. I need to catch up again.

SilverbackRon

At least May should be happy that she now has a Bomb Rack.

Opus the Poet

We're going to see Steve and Dina eating cereal again, aren't we? (DoA Dina, not a character in this comic, but we have seen her in Coffee of Doom)

William Burns

"Toss me!" Was in the Two Towers movie. Gimli to Aragorn.

Carrie

Witness Me!! 🤘🤪🤘

David Durant

It's the end of The Incredibles - well done brain!

David Durant

It's killing me that I can neither remember where that's a quote from or even enough info to be able to google it.

Summer

Like, maybe it's got an "Emergency Sprint" mode or something. But at the risk of chassis damage. But she did turn off the automatic protections...

Summer

I wonder if Roko's fancy body is faster than she realizes. Did she ever finish the manual?

Summer

Droid tossing used to be a thing. Hence Crushbot's ban... :)

Dandi Andi

Honestly, I wouldn't have taken Roko as the sort to go looking for an ill advised fling, but I dig it.

Uniquitous

I'm thinking pop-out glider fins, Batman Beyond style.

BookBeard

Don't forget Lieutenant Hardass, Station's head of security. He would be very disappointed to be left out of the fan club. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2121

Miyaa

They have to keep MIT from invading SMIF somehow.

BookBeard

It also implies that there *are* AI licensed for that purpose within the city, which begs the question: why exactly does Northampton need siege weapons?

Jared Cyr

THROW ME!

Sam Suchabutt

I love Crushbot so much

Doc Gumby

Run, Roko, run!

Mark

Goddamit, we're not going to see Yay again until next week, are we?

David Durant

I just realised that Yay is currently playing the part of Anxiety at the end of Inside Out 2 😢😢😢.

tiny_eng

I need Crushbot yoga in my life.

David Paul

No, he is well aware that his new body is not nearly as durable as the previous: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4538

Randall Norman Pick

My favorite part of this is the implication this has come up before and Crushbot got fined for it.

David Paul

Yes to all of the above!

David Paul

Roko has already voided her warranty by disabling the OopsieGuard(tm) firmware, so... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4175

Stephen Wells

Married for years without realising it :)

Stephen Wells

Mooommmmmm another entity perceived me and I don't know what to doooooooooo.

Stephen Wells

Yay is up a tree at Aurelia's place - again - and this is even more embarrassing than last time :)

Dean Reilly

The trick is to let the butt emblem absorb the impact.

BookBeard

Dunno, the Philomena Model G is pretty fancy. Maybe it has a built-in parachute? Or like... anti-gravity?

enchantedsleeper

ROKO: hello I'm a friend of ROKO: okay no time to explain ROKO: incoming!!!!!

enchantedsleeper

It's about the journey, not the destination :D

enchantedsleeper

But would they respond?

enchantedsleeper

My thoughts exactly, BookBeard!

AlexKorobeiniki

Roko, your tracking instincts are good, but you would never survive the landing.

Stephen Wells

Even better - normal sized book in MASSIVE HANDS :)

Stephen Wells

The Amazing Flying Roko - She's Basilistic!

Graydon Armstrong

Given that *I*'m mostly concerned about Yay, I'd expect that that's her main concern too.

Graydon Armstrong

Pintsize did have a milspec chassis; that may have led to the sense of his indestructibility.

Graydon Armstrong

I miss Mieville.

Stephen Wells

I like it that Roko's list of possibilities - home? Tree? Aurelia's? - is exactly what we have been thinking of :)

Carl G Knoblock

Just like Oscar Meyer.

Brooks Moses

And also Bubbles *promised*.

Brooks Moses

Yes -- the fact that Yay! shares a unitary intellect across their multiple bodies is one of the key reasons that they are so secretive, because doing so is theoretically impossible and thus doing it would be of significant interest to many organizations.

legobil

Crushbot is an individual of culture after all.

legobil

Maybe Roko should ask Bubbles. She is probably warmed up now after tossighet Pintsize.

George Bias

I see Crushbot is a fan of Magical Love Gentlemen as well.

Shawn Spencer

Survivable for a human? No. An android? Possibly.

Bagge

Up a tree is a reasonable expectation

Onyx

She didn't know what happened as it was so fast, she only found out from being told, so she might not panic. it didn't seem like she was really worried about it when they approached the club.

Shane Wegner

It feels close to RUSHbot though.

BookBeard

Actually, based on Beeps' experience, it just might. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3952

Munchkin Threats

He's CRUSHbot, not YEETbot Roko! Sheesh!

Uniquitous

Dammit, Crushbot! You owe a debt here!

Elf Sternberg

Begs the question: Is there manga of Sword Ass Tetsuo?

Elf Sternberg

Launchbot turns out to be Hannelore's old Roomba. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1666

Carl Fink

Where are the organic components?

John Simpson

The night is young...

Scott Vogel

I relate to Crushbot on an emotion level in this one.

Valk

crushbot is unironically my favorite character

Doug DeJulio

I prefer to imagine the voice of GIR. ("Crushbot is gonna sing the doom song now!")

Carl Fink

This is Aurelia the streamer. One suspects she has access to instant messages ....

BobC

Yeet to Yay?

BookBeard

In the QCverse, use of Yelling Bird as a weapon is classified as a war crime by the Geneva Convention.

awgiedawgie

She doesn't like having a *different* body. She had the other one since her beginning. I doubt needing to get yet *another* new body would help with her dysphoria.

Fart Captor

ROKO NO

BookBeard

Cut to the next day: May puts together a pair of makeshift wings and meets Crushbot just outside the city limits...

Daryl Sawyer

I mean, she never liked this body anyway. Might be worth the risk either way.

Daniel S

Roko do you not have Aurelia’s number? You certainly know people who do. Wait, she does know Aurelia is Claire’s mom, right?

Morgan Byrd

Crushbot is trying so hard and I love him

Dan Curtis

My brain has assigned Crushbot the voice of the ED-209 droid from RoboCop.

Derek Benson

Oh thank god

Yelling Bird

I empathize with Crushbot so much. I haven't been banned from being used as siege weaponry though. Not yet...

Davus Otho

Roko can just ask Yay to call them. Yay'll probably hear, unless the stress is inordinately severe.

David

Man, y'all got way better zoom-eyes and pixel-read-skills than I do!

Holly Nelson

Guesses about Yays destination: 1. Up a tree 2. Aurelia’s home 3. The Newfriend home nest, surrounded by at least 10-12 Yay arms and two cold noses.

Yelling Bird

Magical Love Gentleman.

Dr. Otter

My impression is that it is wholly unnecessary to "transfer" at all. I presumed they share a unitary intellect with constant sharing, like "Harem" in "Grrl Power."

Charles Hirst

Everything not forbidden is compulsory! (Should have been in capitals - but shouting hurts my throat)

BookBeard

Pintsize is sitting on the next branch. "You too huh. How many pizzas did you order?"

Green

Especially considering what happened to her chassis last time Crushbot was involved! 😭 God this page is killing me 😭😭

Constantine Hannaher

I can make out MAGICAL LOVE but Kenneth below has done better, with the URL of the comic showing the pink-covered volume very previously

Holly Nelson

Yoga-related, I bet.

BookBeard

Of course Pintsize is fine, he hasn't landed yet.

Derek Benson

What's he reading, though?

Adam Friedlander

Roko Ballistic

Holly Nelson

Or Yay could appear to move swiftly/invisibly by causing multiple petit mal attention lapses in witnesses along their flight path.

Sleepy John

May: Oh, sure, *I* try to be a fighter jet, and *I* go to Robot Jail, but *she* wants to fly and it's Oh, sure, Basilisk, let me just boost you up to 5000 feet...

BookBeard

Of course, she's a professional. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5370

jonesnori

GDI, Rich!

jonesnori

I know! I wish there were enough resolution to read the title.

BookBeard

Well that's ridiculous. How would a telephone launch her across town? You're just not making sense.

Green

Oh my gosh, if Yay did go to Aurelia's... that'd make me cry. ;-; For Yay to be so freaked out that they'd seek out their mother figure for help, and for them to do That instead of running away and leaving everything behind to go into hiding like they've said so many times before... Oh Yay! It'll be ok!! 😭😭 You have people now, let those people take care of you!!

kaitou

I understand her confusion: Crushbot does look like a Yellow Caballista.

Maurice Kessler

"Colossus! Fastball Special!!!"

BookBeard

I know right? If putting her whole ass into it will send Pintsize to space, she ought to be able to get Roko across town with like... a quarter of an ass at most.

Phaine Of Catz

OK, but in a weird way it is kinda sweet seeing Roko so worried about Yay. They have a snarky relationship, but they do both care about each other in their own ways

Maurice Kessler

He's also reading Magical Love Gentleman, is he not? Neat.

David Durant

I randomly guessed a couple of hundred strips too early and found it nearly 30 mins after BookBeard. I Regret Nothing!

BookBeard

Roko calls Aurelia in midair: "Hello, Mrs. Augustus? Roko Basilisk, I'm a friend of Yay's. Yes, lovely to meet you too. Sorry, no time to explain, but do you by any chance own a trampoline? No? Well if you could quickly throw any pillows or mattresses you own onto the front lawn I would greatly appreciate it."

Tom B

Pintsize was just out of the club, not across the entire town.

fluffy

I'm glad Roko is at least not having a panic attack from re-encountering Crushbot. But maybe the bigger panic is overriding that right now.

Andrew L Butula

While true they'd still leave that body where it fell, or more likely destroy it so it doesn't fall into curious hands. Given that they move so fast that only Bubbles could even perceive it that seems unnecessary.

Andrew

Bubbles only slightly miffed she is not asked after her Pintsize projectile demonstration.

Hope

But the crash landing is half the fun

enchantedsleeper

If you had a parachute that you could activate at the right moment, you probably wouldn't even need to be durable!

enchantedsleeper

Roko flies in a perfect arc across the city and lands gently in the tree where Yay is currently having their crisis xD

enchantedsleeper

Also the fact that he specifies so many different types of projectile-throwing mechanisms xD

Andrew

If they are close to the city boundary, can they step outside and throw her across town? Loophole!

Jared Kolbly

Why do I suspect that Bubbles is licensed to act as such within city limits?

BookBeard

CRUSHBOT CANNOT RISK THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF PERFORMING UNLICENSED THROWING-RELATED ACTIVITES. CRUSHBOT WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH CRUSHBOT'S FRIEND LAUNCHBOT. CRUSHBOT MET THEM THROUGH CRUSHBOT'S YOGA CLASS.

chili sunrise

If the Milkmaids ever find out about Yay, you KNOW the conspiracy theories will be insane.

schmod

New head canon: Crushbot is Murderbot

Scott

Right, Rich - it’s just that last names tend to come up so infrequently for some characters that I sometimes forget about them. Then I have a moment of “wait, who?” While it comes back. But thanks

schmod

The Woods Hole -> Vineyard trebuchet is much more impressive, IMO.

Aditya Rameshan

I just pictured crushbot with the same blue wig Marten wore and just choked on my drink, we need to see this happen 🤣🤣🤣

enchantedsleeper

Unfortunately Crushbot's insurance wouldn't cover the second time given that Roko voluntarily suggested it xD

Beechwood Chip

We don't actually know if Yay has only one chassis in Northampton. They could just activate a chassis closer to where they wanted to go. They don't necessarily need to move this chassis to "go" someplace.

Buddha Buck

No permit needed by the city, but the county or state might have license requirements

enchantedsleeper

Given that she doesn't remember anything, I think that negates the possibility of a traumatic flashback, but the urgency of the situation is definitely preventing some awkwardness xD

Alias Fakename

From what I'm able to make out from the cover, it would appear to be Magical Love Gentleman. EDIT: Aaaand I am late to the party.

enchantedsleeper

Crushbot has been doing yoga 🥺🥺🥺

enchantedsleeper

That is FANTASTIC (and now I want to see Crushbot joining a fanclub with Marigold and Hanners :D)

Emily Kapor-Mater

Oh, sousuke-kuuuuuuuun

schmod

BONK

schmod

"within city limits" makes the joke [chefs kiss emoji]

Rich Holmes

And that's why he's called Crushbot. I'll see myself out.

Travis Young

The city is the one doing the licensing, and the way the us legal system is out together, it assumes you're allowed to do whatever unless forbidden, so outside of the limit of the city's authority, no permit is required

Darnel D Cooper

Okay. Now I want a few things: Seeing Yay Moving at "best possible speed" Seeing Roko Fly across town Watch Yay see her coming and catch her.

BookBeard

Crushbot is trying his best and that's what matters.

Michael Chui

I have doubts about Roko's chassis's ability to survive such a throw, for some reason. (OTOH, I'm confident Pintsize is fine post-yeet, somehow. It's mysterious.) Also, I feel like Jeph is like one step away from inventing projectile-based public transit and I feel like I should object.

Mad Marie

The tiny book

BookBeard

Oh, sousuke-kuuuun. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528

Bill Silvia

Unfortunately his timing is terrible and he can't read the room.

Michael Chui

She has two real names. A first name and a second name.

Bill Silvia

TMW she takes the wrong bus and winds up on the R34

Todd Ellner

"Home? Up a tree?" We were right. Yay is fundamentally a clowder of cats

Joel Bateman

Why do I want to be thrown by CRUSHBOT so badly now?

William Cole

My money is on "both".

ValdVin

The second word is "love" I think. (ETA How did I not extrapolate that to Magical Love Gentleman?)

Mason Griffith

It appears to be an issue of Magical Love Gentleman

Todd Ellner

It's called true love. Not joking

Bill Silvia

Bubbles, on the other hand, probably has all the requisite licenses and a sensor suite that guarantees landing at the right place.

David Durant

Truly epic working out! Although, if you're going to link to MLG then surely the strip where Marbear sees Marten in character is the go-to!

Shawn K. Younkin

Build one in your backyard and if anyone tries to take it away from you... welp, they can learn how far they will fly.

William Cole

Such a great detail!

Todd Ellner

She is willing to be yeeted by Crushbot? Yay does not realize how much Roko loves them

Kenneth

So zooming in a ton, it appears Crushbot is reading Magical Love Gentleman. Talk about a deep cut ..https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1420

Shaodyn

It's not that Crushbot can't do it. Crushbot just isn't allowed to.

Jaron Mortimer

Magical Love something

Nikki

It looks like Magical Love Gentleman https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Magical_Love_Gentleman

BookBeard

I just realized Crushbot is reading Magical Love Gentleman. 😂 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1420

Pejo

*drops QC Wiki link*

Ravenswing

There actually IS one in the county north of Northampton.

Rich Holmes

Can't quite make out the title of Crushbot's book.

Todd Ellner

Sadly, it is taking a while. Crushbot's soldering skills are rudimentary

David

Can anyone make out what Crushbot is reading? I want it to be that book from Saga.

Rich Holmes

It *is* Roko; Roko Basilisk.

BookBeard

YES FINALLY! I was worried that Crushbot's chance to make amends with Roko had been missed. I bet Crushbot has been stressing over this for months.

Ravenswing

So take an Uber, Roko. Or college being in session, the R43 runs past midnight.

Aditya Rameshan

Hey, one good thing came out of this crisis, roko is so focused on yay, she can't even spare a thought about the chance of any PTSD from seeing crush bot, so I guess that's a silver lining?

Scott

I keep forgetting that Roko has a real name that is NOT Roko…

David Durant

At this point I'm wondering how much Roko is concerned about Yay or concerned about how much accidental collateral damage they may do. Both of course.

LaPrimaNerda (Sarah Davis)

Us: OMG Roko is going to freak out when she sees Crushbot!!! Roko: Crushbot, THROW ME AND PROBABLY DO THE SAME DAMAGE AS LAST TIME!!

Zig Justice

What about "manual railgun"?

Katrina Urmson

Oh damn. Roko is willing to be thrown to help Yay. That’s… a lot.

Miyaa

Send Crushbot to a goat yoga retreat!

Andrea Andrew

Crushbot it is like abridged no. 16. Good deduction, former officer Roko.

Tannerbot

Crushbot is experiencing huge personal growth. Crushbot has found his center and is building a new Crushbot from the inside out. Also, Roko using that investigating brain for good is always nice.