Grrl Power #905 - Imaginary gopher

Joseph Kesselman

Looking back at this -- we still haven't answered the question of who/what she is talking to, or how it appears to folks who can see it.

Andreas M. Sørensen

I feel like it's going to turn out she's talking to Dabblers handler X, It's been a while since he made an appearance, and Dabbler was on the scene so it'd make sense.

Mark Nach

I know that Sydney has told no one about her glasses but Dabbler is best friends with the person that gave them to her. I just have to wonder if the glasses have a failsafe that activates when she says Dabbler. Then I have to wonder if she is aware of it or not and just accidentally set it off.

Foradain

Should we let Dan know, or just keep it to ourselves?

Tom wilson

Faking, schizophrenia... the line is so thin.

Evgeny Sandu

yep, there must be a built-in panic button! Probably in the bottom-right corner, next to the recycle bin icon.

Zip Zop

I'm only like 50% convinced she's faking

Richard Riley

I think she legit may have forgotten also, last time I recall them being used was when Frix sent her a text. https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-827-peaches-and-pics/ ...and there it is in the commentary: "She has no idea how to respond… by which I mean she doesn’t know how to use the interface to send a message back." Unless there was a later reference to the glasses, it's only relevant if Dabbler knows she has them and sends info. ...also, that might have been just a day or two ago in comic time. It's hard to tell.

Andrew Foss

Her glasses. Any device that can see your pistol shots and give you a reticle overlay as well as send and receive SMS/MMS, is something that can be used to give location and pictures to others. Concretia took Sydney's phone, but it wasn't the *only* communication device she had on her.

Town Crier

Putting the "Chaos" in Chaotic Good.

Stephen Gilberg

Dave, your commentary is putting Dan Shive to shame.

TikkTik

Allright men.. Confuse thee.... cat

I'd legit forgotten about those "upgraded" glasses of hers.

akrasia

She's laying down the cover story for giving the cavalry real time updates, which the AI in her glasses is currently calling in. Now she can say any goddamn thing she likes, and they'll all think she just has a screw loose.

Marc Vun Kannon

If you dislike the comic that much you can just stop reading.

Marc Vun Kannon

I'd say all of the above, except I don't think she's doing 3 or 4, and you don't have a 1 & 2 option. I really hope the orbs are talking to her, though. I can definitely see this being a scheme, and Sydney will end up being as surprised as anyone when they show up in three minutes.

L Pedersen

I'm kinda hoping they take her at her word, put a round through her head and leave.

Thomas Dorner

Now that's what I call good RPG skills. They do come handy in certain circumstances. (I remember intimidating a group of villians into backing-off during a live RPG, mostly because I didn't knew they were attackers. ;-)

Andrew

X-radiate or Xerox a Xenophobe?

Stan

This is so in character for Sydney, I love it! (I also hope it's real like "Happy".)