crowd goes wild

Eurgh. I wouldn’t want to wake up to Spooks like that.

Brian

I predict Spookybot will "ruby slippers" the lack of bodily integration. "You had the power inside of you the whole time."

For the same reason she can blush. Or have facial expressions.

Matt Grayson

Plot twist - raccoon is just another Spookybot avatar.

Evgeniy Semyonov

Why does Roko have "breath" to blow out?

Jim Feldman

What somber get-out-of-trauma-ward-day would be complete without a visit from your menacing yet seemingly benevolent eldritch AI, Spookybot!

Dylan T

The reason Melon and Lemon are so ditzy is because they are separated segments of a hivemind like Spookybots.

Captain Button

Wait, what if Spookybot is secretly like Melon’s sister and also answers to Blackberry? Or maybe even Melon’s mom?

Miyaa

SB showed up the day Roko quit the police.

Matt Grayson

Why 'called it', though. I feel like I'm forgetting/missing something important here. I was pretty surprised personally at Spookybot showing up. Their primary interest seems to be free will, not new bodies...

Ronald Lugge

On the contrary... we <i>won't</i> know when he <i>is</i> up to shiftiness.

awgiedawgie

Now I want a Sundae. With a cherry. And an olive BECAUSE I like Olives!

I also appreciate that this iteration of spookybot also got the ear upgrade with update to normalize the mysterious opening of the door.

Simran Khalsa

I feel like that is the inevitable conclusion and that she has implanted something "useful" to her in Roko's new body.

SARA J DAVIS

When you have had the worst of days covered in the sauce in of creepy non-youness, the only obvious cherry is spookybot. You can't build a creepy Sundae without a cherry.

SARA J DAVIS

What iffff spookybot PUT the bananas there....

Rudolph Gerber

I love you too too both of you!

Patrick Jackson

New job working for them maybe?

Kevin Symonds

Shiftybot :p

Thomas Boys

Nice timing-you and I must have posted within a second of each other.

Carl Fink

I think Spookybot opening the door right through Roko's body without moving her is just showing off, personally.

Carl Fink

To everyone concerned about the door: note that Roko is not standing in the same place in the last panel. She may well have opened the door herself in between panels 3 and 4, and then turned her back. I'm guessing because she didn't want to have to open the door and see Spookybot's smiling face. EDIT: The strip was subsequently changed. Never mind.

Matt Grayson

Jeph, I think Spookybot should have the rounded style speech bubbles, shouldn't they? Or is the change to squared corners intentional?

quarridors

Obligatory: "They seem nice!"

Evgeniy Semyonov

Why, it's almost as if Spookybot planned the whole thing!

Dean Reilly

Wow, those new ears really do work well!

Dean Reilly

Is your shift-key related to spookybot ?

Sarah Buisson

They are as beautiful and terrible as the dawn.

Captain Button

I Heart Spookybot

Thomas Halpin

I am both terrified and have a major crush of Spooker bot

Stoodmuffin

Wouldn't have put it past them to arrange the whole banana thing

Jim Feldman

If Jeph's shift key broke then at least we know he's not up to any shiftiness

Patrick Mac Manus

At least they were polite enough to appear at the door. I expected Roko to go into sleep mode and Spookybot would be there.

Brent Catherman

Personally, I was expecting a raccoon.

BobC

Spookybot magic, I suspect. (Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.)

Jeph, I enjoy what you do, and I'm wise enough not to ask or make suggestions OUTSIDE of your normal poll, but I do want you to know this: If Roko has another very bad day here I shall start crying. And a 66 year old man with bad teeth and ratty hair crying is NOT a good thing; it's probably on a par with Melon singing...

How DID she know?

I don't think that's canon: No smugs have been fucked in the QC-verse. Yet.

BobC

Just figured out the acronym. OFFS why am I so slow?

BobC

No, I'm pretty sure they're non-binary

Fart Captor

THAT smug fucker

Bagge

And the Matrix magically opens the doors. :P Actually, that'd be a cool thing. Oh, and all hail our spookybot rulers!

Shlom

Prediction: Spookybot will fix Roko's lack of bodily integration.

Andrew Mitchell

I think Roko knows who it is from the words and the sound of Spookybot's voice.

Andrew Mitchell

Is spookybot female?

Alexa M

Yeah I think so. Might be a slip up?

Smazzie

I love Spookybot. They're snarky, and dangerous, and apparently working for the good guys in general - but aren't nice. I'd bet that, if the Singularity happens, there's going to be a lot of that sort running around. (...and since SB is a multi-body person, they probably know a LOT about assimilating to new bodies...)

Noise

Is this the first time spookybot spoke with a rectangular word balloon? Don't most(all) of the AI's speak in rectangular word balloons? Whenever I saw spookybot before, she used a regular roundish word balloon.

Paul Britt

Good thing you've got a spare!

Bradford

Did Spookybot open the door through Roko's body? panel 3 has her leaning against it, and then suddenly its open. Did Roko step away from the door, open it, then turn away from the door?

saganatsu

Speak of the literal devil.

Andrea Andrew

Wow, flashback to Sept 24!

Cliff

please don't fix it with magic please don't fix it with magic

Am I the only one that wonders how the hell did that door open without Roko moving out of the way??

mooviies

It is super cute!!!

Shawn K. Younkin

Fucking love how Roko is just like.... "called it".

Shawn K. Younkin

OFFS what do they want?

Populuxe

I just realized: getting a new body would suddenly remove all the little tracking details her former employer would have on file for her. I am suddenly pretty sure who put that crate of bananas in Crushbot's path. An AI with Roko's skillset and a forensic "clean slate" would make an ideal operative.

Czarzhan

I love Spookybot just as much as the next guy, but I'm terribly curious what business they might have with Roko. And I do so hate cliffhangers.

awgiedawgie

Whoo! Ok--I'm assuming that Roko thinks it's Melon at the door again, and she's going to get a very nasty shock when she turns around? I was wondering if Spookybot was going to show up in this story. I was thinking perhaps Roko is going to be recruited to be Spookybot's eyes and ears? Exciting!

Craig P Steffen

omg

The Shadow's Lair

What's your peanut butter?

R L

Panel 1 makes me happy

Fart Captor

Spookybot is my jam. Seriously love it when Spookybot shows up.

dvsDave

Oh jesus, hasn't Roko been through enough already! Go away spookybot

Denise Webber

Spookybot is spooky.

Mark P.

Is Roko currently insubstantial? Door seems to have swung open THROUGH her.

Rook Hallan

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Onedavewreckingcrew

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ami

lol, of course Spookybot had to wade in

Satan

They *had* to show up. I KNEW THIS.

R L

Give Roko a break you sadist.

Alex Mullenix

This'll be good

Alcaria Swain

ohhhh shit son

Oh god dammit

Lord Crusade