Little Flower
Sep02
on 2021-09-02
at 02:05
Not so desperate she would let a MAN at her controls…
↓ Transcript
Ruby:
Before you get all onboard, let just me gas for vermin.
Ace:
Vermin? Like rats and mice?
Ruby:
Rats. Definitely rats.
And we're still waiting on the pilot.
Ace;
Oh? I thought I would be the pilot.
Ruby:
You had your chance with me but blew it.
Fortunately, I'm not so desperate these days.
Ace:
Wouldn’t your pilot get in trouble for taking us to Earth.
Ruby:
She is a special case.
Stormy:
Daddy!
Before you get all onboard, let just me gas for vermin.
Ace:
Vermin? Like rats and mice?
Ruby:
Rats. Definitely rats.
And we're still waiting on the pilot.
Ace;
Oh? I thought I would be the pilot.
Ruby:
You had your chance with me but blew it.
Fortunately, I'm not so desperate these days.
Ace:
Wouldn’t your pilot get in trouble for taking us to Earth.
Ruby:
She is a special case.
Stormy:
Daddy!
I think there shall be some stern words Peach and Gina after this affair…
Welcome back again. And hehe… Ace blew (or wasted?) his chance to lay his hands on Ruby Begonia…
Oh by the way, transcript carries previous comic as well as this comic, but that’s not a big issue.
I think that she has had a long talk with mommy about living with her daddy for awhile (a few years, as discussed earlier).
Ace’s face says, “This is going to be a LONG trip..”
Looks (get it?) more like “Any more surprises before we leave?”
Well, can’t say this was unexpected, but it was a bit of a surprise that it turned out this way.
By which I mean I expected Stormy to show up, but not for her to be the pilot.
I’m looking forward to discovering what Maddie’s reaction will be to Ace’s daughter.
I hope Ruby knows about the kitty-cat before she fumigates for vermin!
Hopefully if she doesn’t, the cat’s shipcollar will deploy as designed.
I’m wondering if she knows something about rats walking on two legs, and isn’t suppose to know…
@[Foradain]:
I suppose it’s possible that Stormy, in her role as “Informant”, may have … overheard … more than the “rats” would like her to know. If so, who knows how MUCH of it she passed-along…
…& to WHOM.
#I_Will_Just_Wait_&_See
@[Fred the Frog]:
Based on the previous pages, the PETS (the squirrel is staying behind, but more-than-one cat was involved) aren’t yet on-board Ruby, & don’t forget that they got “un-infested” of any worrisome issues by the ship’s transporter when they first arrived, so they’ll be “A-OK”, no matter what.
…The “Pet-Inventory” is confirmed in Panel_1 of this Page, as being “4 Cats & 1 Squirrel”:
[https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/2016-10-04] =”Rude Awakening”
Wait, where is Cousin Whatserface? Thought she was Ruby’s pilot-partner?
@[Guesticules]:
This is strictly speculation on my part, but maybe she got “Time_Off_For_Good_Behavior” … ?
She’s on Habitat Homer, I think:
https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/fooling-around-space/
https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/fated-space/
This is technically a crime, so Farah was kept out of the loop to protect her.
How is it a crime?
And, how is Ruby going to get back without a pilot? Unless… Farah is the next surprise 😀
They are acting against the Captain’s orders which is a crime on any ship, terrestrial or space. Technically, mutiny.
@[Opus the Poet]:
Yes, this is an important distinction.
In Hollywood, “Mutiny” is almost always depicted as “1-or-more crewmembers trying to take control of the vessel away from the Captain”. I believe that “deliberately disobeying the Captain’s orders” is a more accurate definition, regardless of whether-or-not they’re trying to depose the Captain.
Cousin Farah isn’t on the ship right now. I just finished a re-read and it was mentioned in the original briefing about the Royal Succession a couple of days ago LOL (in 2017-06-09) in the comic “Fated Space”
This blew my mind. ‘A dark skinned child coming up to Ace saying DADDY!’
How far do you have this story written out man?!??!?!?!?!
I believe the rats Ruby is referring to are these two … https://www.tmi-comic.com/comic/due-credit-2/
(Facepalm) Ah yes, of course!
It hadn’t occurred to me yet that “Ruby” would be the same shuttle the Countess and her Hand were sneaking onto.
…Mostly because I thought Ruby was a fighter craft, not a “shuttle”, with very minimal space for additional crew or cargo beyond the pilot.
…Peach and co had said that they have a “shuttle” with advanced stealth capabilities, way back in the meeting. I guess that would be Ruby also.
And what dire punishment will this pilot face if caught? Imprisonment? Behavioral “adjustment”? Execution?
No no no… MUCH worst than that!
She’ll be GROUNDED, young lady!