Flower...

I didn't know I needed this until now... This MUST HAPPEN

Oh my gosh if jeph doesn't I will that's amazing

Hololive can't sue you because in the QC universe Vtubers aren't Vtubers, they are just big tiddied and/or cute actual AIs, nothing V about it.

*bangs on table* JEPH. Please, for the love of all that is holy. Do this. Halloween costumes???

Bubbles mentioning claws makes me want to see Bubbles in a Scorpia costume from She-ra and the Princesses of Power.

Esca Makes

I had to look it up. Neat stuff! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Michael Voorhis

does "flower...." and "...flower..." imply a "...flower" though?

David Howe

See, I TOLD you black slab tipping was a bad idea....

David Howe

Slabbie. What a great name :)

You can feel Slabbies despair in the 3rd panel.

Jax

Just Chi…

Mad Marie

You could totally go all Swayzee on that slab.

Mad Marie

I hate you for making me think about this song, but I admire the way you did it.

Joe Vandevander

🎶Once, there was this slab who Faye bumped into in the street and dropped his coffee cup🎶

iko

I think it would be a diamond shaped speech bubble, with rounded corners. (Like a "Pedestrian Crossing" sign.)

Joseph Bonnar

Also, I'm very disappointed that the "Mmmmmmmm" is not in a speech bubble - I am desperate to know whether the bubble would have rounded edges or square corners.

Alex Borders

Faye is trying to drum up business for the shop.

Alex Borders

TIME FOR CRAB

Fart Captor

Who? Who?

Calvin Walton

OMG insta-buy.

David Pipes

Still waiting for Yay to show up... Although why I assume one mysterious character is automatically linked to another is itself a mystery.

David Pipes

There is only one real human left in the QC world. The mystery is if it is Marten or Faye.

Captain Button

Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends has prepared me for everything goes to crab.

I just counted and you have to go back seven strips before you find one with a man in it. I approve.

Marc Ducharme

Maybe the real cupholders were the friends we made along the way? (turning to the side, grabbing cup from friends, "Thanks mate. I owe you one")

Bagge

Saw the title and immediately thought of Kronii and Mumei. Was not disappointed.

Simpin4Holo

Just realized this comic (meaning QC as a whole, not this particular daily installment) takes the Bechdel test and nukes it from orbit.

Ross

I also appreciate that the implication here is that Faye is buying that replacement latte

Bel

I want Panel 3 on a t-shirt

Panel 3: Slab is embarrassed, they wouldn't have bumped into Faye and spilled their latte if they hadn't been ogling the girls from panel 1.

Stephen Wells

this is making me think that CoD really needs some AI employees. they might be able to understand the monolith.

Absentia

pretty sure bubble's could figure something out.

Absentia

2 watches on Kronii and Mumei eating berries. This comic just keeps getting better. Lol

Krimson

Slab's exterior is impervious to all of Union Robotics' tools. Faye constructs a rectangular hat with cupholder brim.

Stephen Wells

I HAD CRABS! I DIED THOUGH! OH, WAIT, NEVER MIND, I GOT GHOST CRABS!

Yelling Bird

Daisy Dukes are cut much, much higher than those.

Chris Vermeers

I really like Mumei's and Kronii's outfits here. These are great casual versions of their normal look that wouldn't be too unusual to just see on someone in public.

Alex H.

They did. Inviting, too!

Yeah, Bubs could keep Faye under control!

Andrew

I’m really glad that Faye just accepts this person and wants to help them.

Brian

Boy,.. that pair in the first picture look real familiar,.. from Anime?

Darnel D Cooper

Wait… so what if those sliding trays in windows 95 PCs really were cup holders ??

Julia Allen-Hesse

Here ya go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjtTZi9n48

Andrew Park

Is Bubbles basically wearing a Daisy Duke?

Miyaa

Welp. That's it. I don't understand a single pop culture reference in this strip. I am officially old and in the way. Time to start watching Fox News and voting Republican.

Populuxe

Welcome to Nightvale...

Todd Ellner

a claw would also solve that specific problem, just saying

Bagge

Now all we have to do is somehow get in a cameo from our favorite doggo and war criminal

Lucanid Landman

Partly because we felt their happiness when they got the latte in the first place.

KCkittysnores

Dried cranberries are the best. Aren't they called craisins?

J.R. Murdock

If you zoom in, you can actually see it blinking in shock.

Simon Green

Is the claw statement a reference to Jonathan Coulton's 'Todd the T-1000?' If not, then it should be.

Douglas E. Smith

That's not an AI, that's our goddess Ouro Kronii, Warden of Time

A cup holder is certainly less intimidating than a claw.

Mitch Megaw

Tijubas!

Photon

I ship Humming Obelisk and the blue AI in panel 1

L

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

Evan

The humming stopped at the loss of the latte 😹

Nicole Widrig

If it is ever explained, this would be among the funnier of explanations

... what if humming slab is a Yay body?

Edward Clayton Andrews

Kronii and Mumei ❤️

Nicholas Lopez

Is this all part of Jephs grand plan to build a QC metaverse that vtubers can visit?

Andrew

Now, *I* want a big ol' claw…

William Cole

Worth it for a new customer I hope :)

Andrew

FBSEALH has a very successful livestream, it’s more hypnotic than hypnotoad.

Andrew

F L O W E R

Serxeid

Embrace crabitalism.

Crushogre

CRAB

Magic Chopstick Games

Short reality version: "Muse as a Service". [WARNING: GOING LONG] It's basically the "idol" phenomenon, masked behind a veneer of anonymity by way of animated models rigged to move by input (usually video feeds that recognize facial movement and expression). Where idols "afk" do inspire people (thus, "muse" industry), Virtual Idols (VTubers) have this advantage that livestreams can bring in buttloads of money (superchats), but on top of that you have Videos On Demand (VODs) that still rake in more cash by views (via ads). On top of all the rest of the monetization.

R L

So I read the Hololive Wikipedia entry… and I still have no idea what it is.

Summer Sudbrink

You shouldn't give a hoot about being mad about it.

R L

It looks like the cup fell between Faye and the Floating Black Slab Emitting A Low Hum. Given how strong Bubbles is and how fast she'd have to move to catch it the danger that she might clip Faye or the Floating Black Slab Emitting A Low Hum if they moved unexpectedly would have made catching the latte too risky.

Andrew L Butula

For a while now.

R L

So even AIs evolve into crabs?

Rich Holmes

OH MY GOD THE CANUCK TIME LORD¹. Also: goddamnit Jeph you saw that berries video with Baelz and Mumei didn't you. ------------------ ¹: It has been theorized that the VA for Ouro Kronii is Canadian: * She uses proper spelling for favour * She uses Celsius * Her High School only closed in winter if it hit -40C (if you know, you know) * Her twitter bio has "eh"

R L

So a whole 'nother Internet thing I knew nothing of... Get off my lawn!

Alacrity Fitzhugh

wow faye, rude

Tamara Macadam

I can’t believe Bubbles didn’t catch that.

Summer Sudbrink

OK, so the question becomes: Are those two AIs or Humans? 'Cause if you're looking for an AI, it should probably be Projekt Melody.

Buck Caldwell

Pet the birb. Good birb.

Anthony Gaglianese

Now that you've said it, I want to see this too!

Davkas

Ah, the birb lady named Nameless Nameless

Ting

sure me... sue me...

Constantine Hannaher

Ouro Kronii and Nanashi Mumei from Hololive English generation 2.

Davkas

Venture. Although personally I prefer VShojo to Hololive.

Buck Caldwell

Kronii and Mumei!!! I love your take on those two, and I love the occasional Hololive cameos! Also, as soon as I saw the title of this one, I KNEW it would have these two in it. :-)

Davkas

I love the tacit irritation shown by the floating slab; Oh, look. There's my latte laying on the pavement. Thank you Faye.

Michael Boettger

less slabs more crabs

Alan Wiggs

I'D LIKE TO HOOK UP WITH THAT SLAB, BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M A GODDAMN GHOST!

Yelling Bird

Who are the two from the first pane?

Terry Parry

Nice of Faye to buy FBSEALH a new latte.

Vanestus

Looking forward to the day Nyanners orders a green tea

A.A. aka Double

Mmmmmmm cake

doorbender

What a racket!!! Lololololol

doorbender

Dried Cranberries

Mad Marie

I don't know how you gave emotion to a black floating slab but I FEEL their sadness in panel 3.

So I hear there is a rabbit hole, to venture or not to venture?

Slashplane

And, here I thought Jeph was continuing his crusade to cake up QC

Chauncey

wut

Alacrity Fitzhugh

I bet Yay knows who the Floating Black Slab is. And I'm imagining their encounter to be similar to when Q encountered Guinan on the Enterprise.

Jono Hayward

im so mad i recognize the owl

marty aka spockblocked

Jeph has fallen down the rabbit hole.

Buck Caldwell

oh wow wild vtubers

Ace of Hearts

KRONII

Rian Raxton

I didn’t even need to see you mention Hololive to notice them. The rabbit hole is deep 😆

KingAtticus