Grrl Power #129 – Super powered happy fun balls
I know on the previous page I said I was trying to move the story along a bit faster, and now this page seems to be mostly recap… well that’s just it, I realized I didn’t have one spot people could look at to reference Sydney’s powers. I suppose I could have saved a recap for the press conference but the dialog would have had to have been a little different, and the more I think about it, the more the editor in me wants to cover the press conference in as few pages as possible. As an added bonus there’s a bit more going on in this page than just recap.
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I suggest the tentacle ball be called the fetch orb, because it can fetch things and ‘fetch’ can also mean a ghost.
but fetch doesent have that “tentacly, molesty, hentaiy” feeling to it
…. Which, I would say, is exactly why ARC would JUMP on this particular name.
Bark-Bark (sorry… Dark Arc) will jump on fetch ball (eh… orb) name and will rather play dead than hear about the ton of dog jokes that could follow the way fleas follow a dog… Sydney could end up the ‘tail that wags the dog’ on this one, LOL.
Here comes the ‘leash orb’ good for limiting the movements of enemies and so on!
Sorry X, some days you can drink from the bowl and some days you’ll have to drink from the toilet — it’s going to be one of the latter for X when Sydney starts ‘having a ball’ with the dog jokes and having Bark-Bark verbally collared!
The more ….. staid among the Powers That Be might see Dog jokes as preferable to Hentai references. Just sayin’.
Grrrrrrrrroowl *
* [Translation from lingua c. lupus] I have reservations about either!
Think about Sidney’s age and interests. Secretly, she calls that orb “Squidward Tentacles”. But no way would she ever admit that, at least not to a grown-up. So she overcompensates with sexually aggressive names for it.
But with Dave’s admitted weakness, he secretly calls it the “Boa Ball”. :)
HA! Sponge Bob rocks! Sydney does not strike me as the type to feel ashamed of enjoying such a cool show.
Stop trying to make “fetch” happen. It’s not going to happen.
It’s an odd feeling to know everyone’s going to be discussing your balls.
I imagine the subtext there would be especially odd in Sydney’s case since she’s a woman. Then again, people talking about her orbs might have another subtext. The kind of subtext that gets a swift kick to the groin if she hears it, I would suspect…unless she’s into the person saying so (or maybe she’d crotch them anyway on principle, I’m not sure).
But Sydney DOESN’T have that kind of orbs…. or at least, flat ones.
Not ‘flat’, ‘deflated’ :P
Hey! just because we women don’t let ours drop doesn’t mean we don’t have any! (obligatory terrible ovaries joke)
Looks as though Harem is amused by the names Sydney was trying to come up with for the orb. Personally, I vote the Cthulu Orb. Because based on Sydney’s past behaviors, she can easily think of ways to drive people to the levels of insanity looking upon Dread Cthulu’s face is said to bring. Possibly by combining the Orb’s tentacle with Ghost Pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend something or other. The Trinidad Scorpion rates around a 2,000,000 on the Scoville Scale, so that should be up Sydney’s alley.
Whatever names these orb get need to be family friendly. Remember, a big part of this effort is marketing, and a big part of marketing is merchandising. The name “Molestorb” would not work for the Halo & Friends Super Cartoon Hour.
Nice plan except how will they prevent ADHD Sydney from licking all the delicious spicyness off? And don’t say use a stronger spice — won’t work.
Super powered happy fun balls?
As in, if orbs were meant to be fun, they’d be called Super powered happy fun balls!
Red Foreman paraphrasing?
I can see a possible orb combo for the next ARC office Christmas party. The natural glow from the orbs plus force field bubble plus tentacle (hanger) equals super-sized Christmas tree ornament! Maybe the PR department can arrange for her to make an appearance on the tree in Rockefeller Center to help give the team that family-friendly reputation they are looking for. At the ceremony Heatwave could make hot chocolate, Amorphous could probably work up a decent Santa for the kids, Harem could stand in for Santa’s elves, and Dabbler could use her native naught/nice detector to relay that info to Santa via hidden ear-piece (although she would probably prefer the naughty ones).
Dabbler would probably have the nice kids get all the coal (to the annoyance of naughty kids who play runescape and can’t get enough of the stuff).
Mind is on a caffeine deficiency induced tangent at the moment.
The two unknown orbs and someone mentioning avatars pushed my mind in a weird direction towards PS238 and the whole arc about chaos and order. Those two, one with all the swirls and squiggles and the other with all the trigonometry just shouted order/chaos to me.
The powers associated with each? Heck if I know but it is a fertile field for speculation.
Would it not make sense for Sydney to walk around at all times with the 2 unknowns in her hands? She’s not going to find out what they do any other way, as they only activate when she’s holding them.
*Lapsing into Cthulhu induced madness*
Mmm, ok, but there would have to be a condition. You would have to remain in the same room as her. Bare in mind that she is rather prone to accidents! And that after the first 20 minutes it is going to feel uncomfortable. Beyond a couple of hours, it will feel like torture. Don’t worry, we will let her know it was your idea!
Now… what orbs? Lets go for the PPO and the brown Thermonucleardetonation Orb. They sound like fun! Oh, Sydney does not know that it is called that? Don’t worry, we will erase your memory, so you will not spoil the surprise for her!
*Madness fades*
She needs to be subtle about it to “get crap past the radar”…
Something that lets people in the know, know. Yet appeases the censors.
How about “Heteko”… Teko is japanese for squid (according to google translate, someone might want to double check it). And we all know how the japanese squid are…
Or wait, use the Japanese word for tentacle.
Shokushu?
The last two orbs are the ones i’ve been thinking about most. they all have a certain power. covering a certain area of effect. shield, transport (fly), hold/bring things to her (tentical), blaster (energy attack) and camo/see truth . so what could out last two orbs be? I’m thinking the reason she dosent know what they do is they need a certain conditions to work. like maybe one brings he back to life if shes killed… and the other heals her from any kind of major damage like a broken leg .. or they are doing it already… like one could be a control focus for the others and the other unknowens is the power source for the others… just tossing out a few ideas and what ifs.. what do you guys think?
One of the ‘unknowns’ has shown its power already. It is the ability to keep multitudes of people obsessing over it even though it has shown no useful functions or abilities. We shall call it the ‘Kardashi-orb’ .
Hiya Peeps,
Hmm… I think I may have found a new rifle for Peggy to add to her collection…. ;)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=126685744172416 (watch the vid for more info….)
Oh & for those who may be thinking of getting one for themselves, hope you have a spare 17k in cash to get one…. ;)
Cheers & Thranx
“Linux powered”. If it was “Windows powered” you would have to simultaneously press the safety, the sight and the laser to eject the magazine. And to enable the safety you would press a button with “start” on it.
She’d probably be offended at the idea of a gun that aims for you, though it’s an interesting idea. I imagine with enough processing speed and an actuated gun mount, we’ll see smartguns a la Aliens in under a decade.
Just be sure not to use the Lucas battle-droid targeting system. I swear, when was the last time one of them actually hit something they were aiming at? And try to avoid any 1970’s Cylon military technology. The only safe place to stand was directly in front of one of their troopers.
Hiya Peeps,
Hey Dave, I never said anything about Peggy using it, I merely said she might like it for her collection…. :P
Then again, knowing the fact they have Dabbler on the team (who would most likely “improve” this gun until it could damn near do a song & dance routine all by itself..), anything’s possible…. ;)
Cheers & Thranx
Sydney’s rape jokes are starting to grate on me… I see her going the way of Max’s living room wall if she keeps this up.
Well, to be fair, Sydney is an idiot. But she’s an idiot with interrests many readers can relate to, so many just don’t see it. :p
Why do you call Sydney an ‘idiot’?
You had better be careful in how you answer Guesticus, or you may be hearing from my seconds, asking your preference in swords or duelling pistols! A lady’s honour is at stake.
We’ve read the same comic right? :p How’s she’s acted the whole comic has been nothing but an idiot, but she has powers now and quotes popular geek media to turn her into the character many readers can adore.
But lets see, the rolling around in the street to avoid sunlight. The tiny scuba lesson flashback.
Now to prove this all…change her gender. If it was a male, you’d say he was an idiot.
Nope, still don’t see ‘idiot’, not even if you transformed her into one of those mega-suckage MLP:FIM things (yes, THINGS!!!!!)
I must say, firstly, that I am sympathetic to Raen‘s initial comment.
As regards Sydney’s character, I disagree. Bare in mind that I write this with your gender swapping idea in mind. I see her as being someone who is not afraid of expressing her inner child. She does not let society build walls around her.
Every time we think “I would like to do this, but people will laugh at me/be cruel to me/despise me”, we are letting society put another brick in the wall. Sydney does not allow that. And, so long as it does not go beyond having fun, and degenerate into behaviour that causes harm, then it is to be admired.
I find that I value friends who keep outside the walls. Male and female. Although I do not discriminate against those who have high walls. They are in a majority, and I would not get to socialise outside of small circles, if I did.
Of course, having an under-developed sense of self-censorship does have it’s drawbacks. Some major ones amongst them. However, having a different set of priorities in life, does not make her an idiot, on its own. Only if her behaviour runs counter to her goals would she be an idiot.
Doubtless her lack of inhibitions will run foul of Maxima’s morals at some point. Depending on how well they handle the resulting setting of the boundaries, will help set the tone of their relationship. If Sydney pushes it too far and permanently alienates Max, then she would be an idiot.
If, however, she can carry on flittering from one moment of happiness to another, without causing serious offence to those she cares about, then she should have a happy and fulfilling life. If the supervillains let her, that is.
Agreed: Sydney is carefree with ‘foibles’, but so far in no way has she shown signs of being an ‘idiot’
actually those are all symptoms of ADHD, and most people with ADHD are actually highly intelligent. Calling them idiots is much like saying you personally have no brain in your head. The disorder is actually portrayed fairly accurately in this case. Sydney is not an idiot of any type or sort, she just suffers from a genetic disorder and their is a massive distinction between that and an idiot.
Potential names for the tentacle-orb:
Tentaclorb
Psuedoporb
Something with no variation on “orb”, but name the tentacle for anthropomorphic fun times. Something like “Sparky”, then Sydney can use it to cause mischief and look innocently at her victims and just blame Sparky for it.
Merchandising-wise, anthroposizing the tentacle has the greatest potential return. I’m seeing long neon-purple plushies with googly eyes sold separately from Sparky’s orb, and potentially as a side-kick on Halo’s TV Saturday Morning Cartoon Show voiced by either Tara Strong (if we want a bubbly, but naughty personality), or Lauren Tom (if you want more of a ditzy air-head tentacle), with a potential spin-off series starring Sparky.
Come on Ariana, I know you can $ee the potential!
I think neither Ariana nor Maxima will accept any sexual names. Even thinly veiled ones. But something like “Grasper Ball” (pronounced “Grasp-a-Ball”) is innocuous enough that it may be tolerated. Yet it has just enough edge to it that Sydney could get some snickers out of it.
With practice, she can elevate tongue-fu to a new level!
“Tongue-fu Ball” is another option. Although that might get shortened to “Tofu Ball”, which is uncool.
The most obvious one that Sydney could go for is simply “Tentacle Ball”. It is descriptive enough that the PC camp can’t complain. But it does have enough connotations to it that it should satisfy Sydney’s sense of humour! And it is catchy.
Maybe Sydney agreeded to join with the condition of nameing the orbs, which is why Maxima is stopping her.
Little girl “Mom can I get the Molestorb”
Mom “NO!”
Wow I feel thick, I never noticed the correlation of her last name before to the pepper heat scale til now.
well, keep in mind that during the press conference they wouldn’t want to cover the powers they don’t want the press to know about would they?
Maybe Sydney’s code name should be “Bubbles”.
In City of Heroes any force field creator was known as a “bubbler”, because they could create soap bubble-looking fields around themselves and others. Which then got extended to different effects, such as fire and ice, when used in a similar way.
I took five different sorts to high levels, as I loved playing bubblers! Especially as you could tag any hero passing you by in the street, and they would retain your uber protections for minutes afterwards, even if they went into private missions which had nothing to do with you.
God I loved teaming with bubblers. They could make almost anyone survive almost anything. I really disliked how toward the end so many people forgot how powerful bubbles were and started obsessing over heals that did vastly less to actually keep you alive. Sigh.
Now I’ll go drink another sad toast to my beloved City of Heroes while listening to “I want my City Back”.
*Raises a glass of Pendragon Wallbanger* I’ll drink to that. To absent friends. наздраве* and cheers!
* “nazdravee” phonetically or “health” literally.
I know this is way off topic… and way too late…. but…. in surfing damnlol I found this….
https://www.damnlol.com/sneaky-sneaky-7317.html
Was this part of Max’s noodle incident?
(not sure how to link properly)
It was a Mosque incident (Sydney had the noodle incident)
sydney had an actual noodle incident. any “noodle incident” is something that happaned in the past (of the show, comic, movie) that the audience never gets to know the whole story about.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident
Oh, thank you, didn’t know that before
Except, of course, the single “noodle incident” shown recently that involved Sydney…It’s the incident with the noodle (literally) that’s caused Sydney to be wear the eyepatch.
And if this “exception to the rule” in TVTropes for the Noodle Incident hasn’t confused things enough by now, then my job isn’t yet done…
No confusion here, don’t go to tvtropes
Subvert the trope!
Regardless of semantics, I found the image hilarious.
Agreed :D
If Maxi had previously encountered one of those stealth-tanks, might explain why she blew up an actual Mosque
DAMN! That’s a hostile site! I had to shut down Firefox to get my computer back.
Was wondering something
With Maxi being such a feminist, how did Harem’s name slip past her?
If Harem herself was absolutely determined to have this name, there wouldn;t be much that Max could say.
Well Max has to relent here and there on some of the public facing aspects of the team. She’s not a huge fan of the chokers either, but it was either that or wear a big gold M on her chest.
Maybe you could slip in a mini-scene/comment from Maxi towards one (or more) of Harem about how she is still happy/comfortable about the name and the connotations implied
just tossing this out there, but has she tried using the tentacle orb to hold other orbs to get them to activate? I mean if it can do ppo and her shield via the left hand T-orbing them and the right hand could be free to use her flight orb….que Flying shield Pew Pew action…don’t forget the bio-weapon burps if she has eaten recently…wait…I’m thinking after the first few super villains fight her, there going to need someone with super speed paired with her…to catch the bad guys as they try to flee from the destructive force code-named: Halo.
hrm do we even have a true speeder on the team yet…maybe you could barrow one of the guys from the shirtless beefcake scene? https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/672 I’m thinking the blond in panel 7 (4th character going left to right) Looks like he has the ‘stereotypical’ build for it. Then again breaking Stereotypes is often more fun….like a petite female character with the powers and attitude of Ben Grim (The Thing) from the fantastic 4.
meh well there is my thoughts so far….looking forward to future story arcs…maybe super boot camp…or jumping forward in the timeline to when the comic started.
I’d probably call the Forb Aegis, Shell, Mr. Bubble, or Vulnerable to Sonic, Gas, and Light Based Attacks. Well, maybe not that last one.
As for the Hentorb, uh My Little Tentacle? Or Long Arm? Maybe Reach Orb? Yeah, I dunno.
And I’d have likely gone with FireBall! for the Pew Pew Orb.
reach orb sounds like a megaman weapon
No, it has to be the Dildorb!
I think the tentacle orb could be called R.O.P.A Orb …. Remotely Operated Pseudopod Appendage … or R.O.S.A …. with Stretchy in place of Pseudopod … and then Sydney’s name for it could be Rape only sexy adults, but that doesn’t need to get released to the public.
R.O.P.A sounds cool (but just ‘Pseudo’), kinda like the old wrestling/boxing term: ropa-dope
The “Ropa Dope” was the inspiration for the name, as it could be used in such a way (I’m guessing) …. Wow I just got a funky idea. The next time Math and Anvil are fighting Halo uses the orb to create a wrestling ring around them. Hmm, who would most likely be the bookie taking side bets? I think I’m showing my age here, or at least my love for old film.
okay… so firstly, this quote had to come.
“No more clowning around. I’m not the Vindicator or the Victimizer or the Vaporizer or the Vibrator! I’m… THE VIOLATOR!”
gotta love Spawn |D
As for the possible names of the Orbs, as in order for the list: The Flight Orb, The Forb (bubbler? Shield Orb? the Can’t-Touch-This-Orb?), The P.P.O.( or the Pew Pew Orb for those sadly less hip ones.) The Molestorb, (also know as the Hentorb, and THE VIOLATOR, maybe how she’ll arrest people? Tie ’em up?) The Comm-ball, (basic really, it’s the I can SEE YOU~ orb.) and then we have a pair of mysteryballs. maybe if she squeezes them real hard we’ll find out what they do. My bet is that the green one is a heal orb though.
While I really truly love the comic, I kinda wish I woulda found it a couple years from now. So there’d be more.. :p
Thanks Dave <3
Be careful when you use the “w” word. It really tempts fate, and you have no idea who might be listening!
That aside, would you really want another two years of Monday being the worst day of the week?
As in “be careful what you wish for… you just might get it”?
To quote Lenny Henry, playing a helpful genie:
I know how you feel. I wish I had started it 10 years ago.
out of curiosity Sydney HAS dried to use the two ?? orbs together and each combined with one of the others right I ask cause it just occurred to me one could be a power boster orb
i’m also guessing she checked em both for being super strength
That’d be my guess. Despite obvious limits from being solo and of very limited means, I’m certain Sydney’s geek credentials meant she would have done an exceptionally thorough job of testing the orbs.
My other guess is that the mystery orbs either activate or show noticeable effects *ONLY* under very specific circumstances that Sydney hasn’t achieved yet.
For the terminally cynical, yet another possibility is that Dave has deliberately left their capabilities “blank”. They exist just in case he needs some kind of Deus Ex Machina in the future.
“Ooops. Sydney really needs to communicate with goldfish. Guess that fills in the blank for Orb #6.”
I don’t REALLY think this is what is happening, but you never know. :)
OR ….
Their capabilities only begin to surface with the first appearance of Sydney’s Nemesis. Every super has a Nemesis, right? They always kind of spontaneously appear when the good guy / gal first get their powers.
DaveB mentioned, the other day, that he has in mind what the two unknown orbs do. Although until the powers actually get revealed, it keeps his options open if he chooses to “tweak” what they do. Both of which are sensible writing techniques.
The former being important in that it means there should not be any plot inconsistencies when they do get unveiled. If any of the activities Sydney has already been involved in would have triggered them to date, Dave would have known about it.
It also means that he can carefully control when they are revealed, for best storytelling effect. If there is a risk that some mundane activity would trigger them at an anti-climactic time, he can simply have her avoid those specific situations happening until the plot calls for it.
I’ve been thinking that one of them must be the “Shepherd” that keeps them all linked together, and maybe it has it’s own motives, or at least standards, for association. That’s also assuming that the mysterious duo are active without being “activated”. Are they artificially intelligent? Pre-programmed to stick to whoever they pick, or what? I just hope I recognize the clues when they’re offered. :)
We already established orbs could have secondary powers, so even a 3rd power from the same orb wouldn’t be a stretch. Above and beyond the fact Sydney can use them like sneaky-sneaky boxing gloves and teleport them to her hands (woooo jedi stuff) and so on. Dave will not run out of orbs to put powers in — and who knows? There could be a 8th orb Sydney missed too.
But then only Dave knows if there is a blank orb or two.
For that matter (note than I am not being at all serious here), what about an ‘invisible’ orb?
No, not an orb that makes Sydney invisible (fun but nightmarish for her teammates), but an 8th orb that is itself invisible.
It’s amazing, the places that paranoia can take one. ;)
No, paranoia takes you to the place where they are not orbs, but the eyes of Chthulhu and he is invisibly, intangibly hovering but a step away from her in the nightmare dimension he lives in. Waiting until he has enough witnesses before the Harvest begins! *
* Ludicrous premise, I know. Obviously he would also need some means of hearing, if he were to time his dramatic entry to the best effect. Perhaps his ears, disguised as ear-rings, even hidden in some other dimension? Seeking to devour more than one world when he stirs.
Marketing themes of the orbs whose powers (or lack of known power) must remain a secret:
-The bark-bark orb. When Sydney doesn’t use any powers in a while, it acts like a spoiled puppy and tends to chew shoes. Its personality is a clone of the orb owner but with dog-level intellect… so it’s out of control, useless except for being endearing. Cue a pet the dog moment for a supervillain once in a while!
-The snaketalk orb. Every 3 episodes a different snake comes up, and the orb refuses to help citing yet another restrictions on this power. ‘must be a male snake’, ‘only at night’, ‘only in full darkness’, ‘only green snakes’, etc as a running gag. Cue hogwart parody when Sydney finally gets to use it, only to hear the snake cast a silence spell.
-The luck orb. You can borrow luck to help with something… but a while later bad luck happen to something else and you keep digging yourself deeper in luck-debt if you’re not careful… cue luck orb having a crack from overuse at the end of the first cartoon season and spelling DOOM! Unless Sydney intentionally keeps asking it for bad luck to discharge it for the entire season 2! Sucks to be you, TV-series-sydney!
I see immense potential for a cartoon series spinned off that, LOL
Total change of subject (sorry about that), but this looked to me like the sort of news that would matter to Sidney (…& those who love her):
[https://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/24/17076392-hot-sauce-king-tabasco-company-ceo-paul-mcilhenny-dies-at-age-68?lite=]
2 other things:
– Unless he took a HUGE step backwards, Leon should still be visible when Max shares a “What Is She Hiding?”-look with Zephan in Panel_2. In the previous page, he was between Sydney & Zephan.
– What if 1-or-more of the 2 “mystery”-orbs decide to display their power in the midst of the interview – in front of the cameras!!!?!
Likewise off-topic, but also linking back to the comic in a tenuous way.
I came face to face with a wolf, within paces of my front door, this afternoon! Which I told to “F**K OFF”, and it did.
The link being that it had a very oddly mixed parentage, reminiscent of Dabbler’s. From the brief look I had at it (but at only 3-4 foot range, in clear daylight and I am familiar with the various species) I estimate it to be 1/2 wolf, 1/4 jackal and 1/4 dog. We have all three ranging freely in this area, and they can interbreed.
just realised we are about to see a moment i have been waiting for a long time,,, sidney meeting kenya for the first time :)
Sukeborbs.
this comic is the greatest ever, I can hardly wait between the updates
my money is on sydney. math needs something besides boobs to keep his interest with the group and someone who is actually a challenge will keep him interested in sydney despite there being more attractive women around
2 other things:
– Unless he took a HUGE step backwards, Leon should still be visible when Max shares a “What Is She Hiding?”-look with Zephan in Panel_2. In the previous page, he was between Sydney & Zephan.
– What if 1-or-more of the 2 “mystery”-orbs decide to display their power in the midst of the interview – in front of the cameras!!!?!
I would think the forb would enable her to understand magazines on business leadership.
THE HALO ORBS
1. “THE FLY BALL”. Blue, clear. Close up. Gravity control/flight. Known power level: Allows Halo to fly in any orientation. Public knowledge.
2. “THE PPO” (a.k.a. “THE PEW PEW ORB”). Red, with energy streaks in it. Grants: explody beams. Known power level: Pretty powerful . Public knowledge.
3. “THE PSEUDOPOD TENTACLE ORB”. Pink, with coiled tentacle in it. Makes pseudopod tentacle thingys. Grants: telekinesis; Known power level: Can toss packing foam. It is unknown whether the force field was up at the time of the throw, or if it was raised immediately after, before the foam hit. Public knowledge.
4. “THE COMM-BALL”. Yellow (or Tan), with inner orb. Grants: Telepresence (illusion of Halo only, plus can see, hear and talk through it, but not touch) on location of inner orb; and True Sight (seeing through illusions and invisibility) for Halo (but not via her telepresence, nor can it see through objects or mundane disguises). Known power level: Can reveal “impenetrable” succubi illusions. CLASSIFIED.
5. “THE FORCEFIELD ORB” (or possibly “THE FORB”). Purple, with white cloud inside. Grants: Force field. Known power level: Can stop multiple penumbrate strength attacks, versus Halo, under controlled conditions. Public knowledge.
6. UNKNOWN. Green, with yellow cloud inside (showing as swirly shapes which extend beyond the surface, in close up, when activated). Glows. CLASSIFIED.
7. UNKNOWN. Brown, with white cloud inside (showing as geometric shapes which extend beyond the surface, in close up, when activated). Glows. CLASSIFIED.
Origins:
Found whilst scuba diving around the Florida Keys.
Advantages:
The orbs can be controlled telekinetically, including summoning them, even when no orbs are in hand;
the orbs are undetectable other than by direct observation;
they provide huge marketing spin off potential;
and the orbs are tethered to Halo (uncontrollably).
Glow in the dark, when activated. Level of illumination possibly controllable.
Weaknesses:
Mittens;
limited to using one per free hand (exception – able to telekinesis/summon orbs without any in hand);
the orbs like to take a nap if not used for a while;
and the orbs are tethered to Halo uncontrollably.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s suspicious how she said, “off the coast of… uh, Florida”. As if she was making that up on the spot. Where was she *really*?
I was wondering EXACTLY the same…
We certainly have more backstory to hear there…
You are in good company. Both Maxima and Zephan are just as suspicious, judging by their significant looks at each other, in panel 2.
One of the orbs powers could be being mysterious for the sake of being mysterious.
I like the way you did the recap. It’s good.
You know, after reading all the way up to the most recent and then coming back and reading from the beginning again and getting here I’m actually thinking those extra two orbs are combination orbs.
BOTH of them only the difference between them is the cloudish red(orange?) looking orb could be a “Link Orb” where it combines the abilities of 2 orbs together to create a combination effect like the PPO and the(At this moment so no spoilers) Molestorb could basically be a offensive shield and the tentacle appendage could literally be like a offensive thing where it can do damage just by touching you like a plasma whip or something. Or possibly combine the Comm-ball and the Molestorb to give the illusory image a corporeal form technically creating a body double ALMOST like Harem.
The greenish orb(brown?) would be a “Dual Wield Orb(Or DWO like the PPO)” where it allows Syd to dual wield two orbs simultaneously while just holding the one orb so she could use the flight orb and molestorb to literally fly and shield at the same time and use some other ability.
Or likely just one of them does all of the above and one of them is STILL a mysterious orb.
It’s likely neither of these but that WOULD be fun.
It’s pronounced keys, but spelled cays.