Treed

If yay ends up stuck in that tree, Aurelia is sure going to be disappointed to have to call the hot firemen who work the night shift to come and bring a ladder…again…

Mad Marie

snoof snoof

Charlie Lawton

i thought she thought that Roko has a crush on either Elliot or Clinton? this arc got very confusing very fast

Ashe C. Addams

I am very confused. Did I miss a plot thread about some connection between Yay and Cosmo? Also why is she concerned about Roko? I feel like I stress-forgot a whole arc or two somewhere.

TubaGinger

Uhura as a borzoi https://twitter.com/starklyjd/status/1423035865836789773

Gods, I needed this laugh.

Ruth Merriam

This gonna be gud

Sorry, but the "n" is not onsite!

Sniff snoof

at0m

Don't lose your cool now, Yay'

Bagge

cosmo's such a good dog. sniff snoof :tail wag:

Or it could be possible that some AIs are so confused - and durable enough - that giving them a few hard taps with a bat is the only way of getting their attention.

Noise

The baseball bat suggests that AI violence against humans is not unheard of in this reality. I wonder how many non-Crushbot related injuries and deaths are sustained by humans at the hands of AI?

Nathaniel Tagg

Breaking and entering to meet Cosmo

Anyone else a little unclear on what exactly Yay is debating with themselves? What is the temptation they're considering giving into?

Yay’s face in panel 2. I zoomed in and was disappointed by its low-res. I want it, huge, like, wallpaper huge.

Daniel Rydberg

Be sure to appreciate the Cosmo ears perk-up in panel 3.

Clifton Royston

Anton Chekhov's less well-known law of writing - if you put a baseball bat on the mantelpiece in Act 567, you must use it in Act 723.

Clifton Royston

Maybe she's ambidextrous, and she eats right-handed but plays baseball left-handed.

My "Yay is based on cats" theory is looking more and more convincing :)

Stephen Wells

Heh. You can tell Aurelia doesn't have much experience walking dogs or carrying weapons. One of the reasons dogs are generally walked on the left comes from military and police work. The dog was walked on the non-dominant side so the dominant hand could access a sidearm. It's pretty clear that Aurelia is right-handed ( https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4481 and 4482 ).

Todd Ellner

Welp, they're fucked...

Leak

Yay's bodies are... custom.

Pejo

...Is that a pun I missed?

Pejo

Yay is a host, Mom is her host, and both of them have reasons. Cosmo is Cosmo, and needs no reason.

Sleepy John

But Cosmo is happy to see everyone. She's so friendly she'd hold the flashlight for a burglar.

OldGoat

Cosmo's just happy to see Yay again. Look at that tail.

That FLIT! I want to know how it was done. Does Yay have built-in anti-gravity? Are they THAT good at jumping?

Andrew Mitchell

Yay will pet Cosmo within the next two panels. #prediction

Andrew Mitchell

Mixed messages from the bat and the tail, but the call of the Mom still rings true.

Peter Lewerin

sniff snoof

This time of night, Yay might find their own bat in that tree.

ljdbjlasfbjk

FLIT!

Populuxe

Yes,.. I'm still laughing.

Darnel D Cooper

Is she going to give Yay the other bat she keeps in the front closet?

Daniel S

Yes ;D

Zwischen_Welten

Praeses origin story.

Doug

Super fraidy cat- remember when she hid behind Roko when they ran into Faye?

Shawn K. Younkin

If memory serves me right, she has a second one for Yay, just to keep things fair.

Elf Sternberg

Omnipotent but neurotic.

Chris Heg

But she brought it outside with her so I feel like her promise not to hurt Yay will fall on deaf ears.

Hahah. Baseball bat just in case.

Nothing to see here, just gathering nuts for winter.

Dean Reilly

...for a "HOST" of reasons. Too good, Jeph, too good.

Of all the ways for Aurelia and Yay to meet, this was not one of the ways I imagined

Nicolas Demers

Who will win? This hypernetworked super-AI who fled to what is in retrospect not a particularly good hiding spot as fast as their state-of-the-art hardware can take them or One pointy girl with three hundred years of "take the humans to the things that are running away" ancestors. Sorry, Yay, but I gotta back Cosmo on this one.

tellumo

holy fuck i wasnt sure what to expect after yesterday but this was better than i could ever hope for (and i was hopping for a lot.) new favorite arc new favorite arc. (sidenote im now full on train shipping yay and Mrs.Augusts because i think that that is hilarious)

Rat

Not gonna lie, was not expecting Yay to end up in a tree, lmao

Aditya Rameshan

HOLY SHIT! THEY'RE IN MY TREE!

Yelling Bird

Well done Yay. For the price of your dignity, you can now talk to Cosmo without upsetting Roko regarding your morality. I mean, you’ll have to admit that you found the address and went there to begin with, but I think Roko will forgive that when you explain that you had an existential discussion with yourself about morality which then alerted the occupant to your presence.

Thisguy

And yet we don't want to keep secrets from Roko, we enjoy sharing with her. We enjoy her presence.

The Bird

I love Auriela‘s outfit, it’s perfect

Rachel Avila

Take my like

Panel 2: "someome" ?

Rich Holmes

"How tall is that tree?" "About Yay high."

Dylan T

Aurelia wisely kept a bat in case it was needed, but kindly kept it out of line of site from the doorway so that it wasn't a threat while she was offering aid.

Thomas Halpin

Croc life!

KCool

Wait? What?

Shawn K. Younkin

Speak softly and carry a large stick. Good advice for anyone.

Orion Rhine

We're not going to hurt you... just ignore the bat. XD Auriela is too precious for this world!!

Shawn K. Younkin

The embarrassment is enough that they aren't petting Cosmo. Poor Yay.

gatherer818

"Sniff Snoof" ♥️

Andrew Tate

When you get right down to it, Yay is kind of a fraidy cat, aren't they?

Michael Boettger

Sniff snoof

Amanda Smith

Also, does Yay have a body odor problem?

Miyaa

A hivemind omniscient AI having a crisis of morality is unexpectedly refreshing.

Anthony Gaglianese

I like how she still has the baseball bat in case Cosmo's previous owner ever comes looking for them.

JD

That's so Yay doesn't hurt them.

Indigo

Cosmo 1, Yay 0

Miyaa

"We're not going to hurt you" is sending a mixed message with holding a baseball bat.

David Durant

🤣🤣🤣

Christy Brown