Grrl Power #498 – Hangin’ with my hybrid
Obviously trying to attract the attention of your teammate might also attract the attention of anything else that can hear, but as Holo-Halo, Sydney is… well, I would say especially brash, but that’s a minor distinction in her case. Less risk averse I guess.
The funny thing is, projected Sydney can’t touch anything, but Sydney still can. Actual Sydney took her medkit out of the utility pouch and set it on the ground, so the projected one did as well, since as far as she knows all the projection can do is mirror her exactly. I guess the projection can make little child projections like the medkit. That’s probably pretty limited though, otherwise it’d be hugely exploitable. I mean from a writing standpoint, not as a design feature of the orbs.
It’s also fair to say Pixel doesn’t skip squat day. I’m not so great at drawing butts – not that I have anything against them. I mean, a nice ass is a nice ass, but easily 95% of the stuff I draw in the comic is from the front, and usually above the waist. Obviously I could pull the camera out a bit and have people standing in circles so there’s always the one person closest to the camera presenting posterior like a baboon… you’ve all seen manga like that don’t even lie. But you know when you come across an artists gallery on your site of choice and you can instantly tell “yeah, this guy is super into butts.” If I’m into anything, it’s lady abs, and if I wasn’t trying to tell a story and develop characters here, I imagine Dabbler and Max and Anvil and everyone besides Sydney would be standing around in sports bras and leaning slightly back all the time.
I finally updated the vote incentive! Thank you guys for your patience, I know the old one was a bit stale at this point. Speaking of which, the pencils are posted at DeviantArt, and it will be colored at some point. I already have it flatted, I just need to find the time to do a shading pass, but before that happens, I’d like to try to get some nudie stuff done for a mid-month Valentine’s Day piece.
Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. $1 and up, but feel free to contribute as much as you like :)
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Well I guess you could say Pixel has her own full moon
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH
I’m thinking of this song title…
What? Isn’t it obvious that someone’s is harvesting something here?
I might have been willing to tap ‘dat @$$, but someone else beat me to it…
O.o
see, i was going to go but it seemed a little obscure.
Not this one? o_O
No, I think Pixel’s moon is a good one…And it’s already been risen.
Oh. Oh well done. Well punned, good sir.
Having only one Harem on the team raises a question; what do her other selves do if one of her gets in trouble while they are helping other teams? Do they poof over to help, ask permission to go help, or do they have to ignore it?
It would depend on the situation more than anything. She may even be able to “call in the cavalry,” for that matter.
Also I would guess that while the one that is “in trouble” is alive and at least one of her is conscious, she can teleport out of trouble. (And teleport back in, to the same location or nearby, to help her teammates.)
@DaveB – Are you planning anything special for #500?
Yes, everyone but the four we saw near the start (Sydney, Maxi, Anvil & Wart) die in painful but hilarious ways
Trying to get some fan art from other webcartoonists but not sure my net was cast very wide.
I really love the vote incentive.
It makes sence that items Sydney takes out of her pocket would still get projected ‘apart’ from her, since how is that really different from her clothes? Those aren’t really a part of her either.
I’d assume that the orb can project anything that Sydney subconciously considers “on her person” initially and can maintain them within a certain range of the holo-body – other living beings being a probable exception.
Some important questions to consider:
– If real Sydney picks up something small, does it instantly appear on holo-Sydney?
– If Sydney tried to throw something, let’s say a rock, would the holo-rock disappear as soon as she let go, or only after travelling through the air a bit?
– If real Sydney were sitting in a chair, would the chair be included in the projection or would holo-Sydney appear to float in midair?
– If real Sydney were to take a map from her pocket and spread it on a (real) table, would the holo-map be visible to others? And would the table suddenly appear, or would the map also appear to float in midair?
– If parts of holo-Sydney can noclip through things, would it be possible for holo-Sydney to stick just her face through a very thin wall and see what’s on the other side, or at least ‘submerge’ large parts of her holo-body if she wants to hide it (at least we’ve established that the “lightbee” that projects the holobody can’t itself phase through solid objects).
I would suppose that further practice & experimentation with the orb would answer some of those questions. Others might not get answered until after Sydney “levels up” on the Comm Orb a bit more.
[Nnelg]:
I think the answer to your last point is “YES”. Her primary obstacle to doing this seems to be “force-of-habit” – she’s accustomed to the way you-&-I move through a world of SOLID objects, & she now needs to learn new habit-patterns for what her “holo”-self can do in what is essentially a world full of non-solid images. The primary problem here is that this isn’t very stealthy. Her projection broadcasts sound, in addition to attracting attention visually as well.
The projection broadcasts Sydney’s voice, but if real Sydney had someone on speaker phone could someone standing next to Holo-Halo hear anything come out of the holo-phone?
If so, they need to send Harem back to HQ for an airhorn or bullhorn, give it to Sydney, then have her and her bee-buddy start making some noise. ( add +2 to roll for summon help, add -20 to roll for hide in shadows)
Speaking of which, did she yurn off the holo, move the lightbee forward, then turn it back on? Because if she carelessly walked forward more than a few feet she would fall off the building!
If sydney is holding a person when she goes holo…. say… harem…..
Maybe she should try using the a light bee and light hook combo to manipulate things at a distance,
That’ll take another upgrade point.
um…. correct me if I’m wrong, but since I see they are harvested for what seems to be blood, and I suppose, you know, since they wer not killed and drained completely, that whoever that is that drains them wants them to stay alive for further draining…..
Well, isnt it counter-productive to hang them upside down like this? with all the blod pressuring their brains…. hanging like that for extended periods of time sohuld be very harmful if not deadly. even if they are supers.
Sydney does know that any yelling she does with the Light Bee will get overshadowed by her own yelling, right?
Shit, didn’t mean that as a reply.
By the time the other two get into the building, that should be a non-issue. Distance/barriers and whatnot.
A functioning brain is not necessary for continued blood production as long as the autonomic functions are not impaired.
Besides making them pass out I think it would take a while to kill them (as in they’d die of thirst first). I’m not an expert though.
Maybe they’re being hunted because they’re technically part of the veil. Pixel just happens to be a super in addition. Since they’re mostly “monsters” and most of the monsters we’ve seen so far are immortal or close to immortal.
And you’re completely ignoring the fact that if they’re only after blood, then that tube on the male is in an odd spot.
… the Drow/Dark elf might’ve been restrained that way to prevent spellcasting (aka the Requires Gestures limitation in Hero System )…
How would that be different to restraining her hands behind her?
Besides, the best way to stop a finger-wriggler is to literally stop the fingers from wriggling: ie break the digits!
Breaking the digits may be insufficient, as they may be able to heal them without wiggling needed. Also, they might not NEED to wiggle at all, it might just be an enhancer/focuser. Best way to REALLY stop a mage, aside from killing them, is to remove the hands and tongue. No way to speak, gesture, or hold an artifact/wand/staff tends to stop pretty much all versions of story magic. Except Eragon-style. Because reasons.
Yeah, most finger-wrigglers are not made of sturdy stuff, so even breaking one finger will stop most
You just don’t read the correct stories. It may stop everyone D&D based but there are still mages which wouldn’t need hands or tongue to kill you. Hmmm … actually, there may be more mages capable of killing you than getting out of there afterwards, considering some can fry your mind without spells but needs tongue for spells :-).
Also, in the GURPS RPG system, if a mage knows the spell well enough (very high level of skill), eh (or she, or it) can cast the spell with just a second of concentration. When they’re just beginning to learn a spell, they have to gesture, vocalize, maybe even shuffle their feet around to get the spell to work. At low skill levels, it could even take more than a few seconds to cast the spell properly.
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Who are those Pixel is between?
That is the famous British super team of Earl Grey and his partner Black T.
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And I need to go make some tea. PGTips, their sidekick who got away…
Is that who they really are??? :\
Only DaveB knows, and he may not have put much thought in the trio beyond shape colour and gender
Hah hah.
How does a hologram, which is a light projection, yell to begin with?
The lightbee apparently projects sound as well as light (and may exert a small amount of force, allowing her to sense it’s surroundings), but “hologram and surround sound projector” is a bit of a mouthful.
…which makes me wonder whether it also projects other things, like smell or even thoughts perceptible by telepaths.
Hm, interesting. Maybe something like a plasma speaker?
Speaking of not drawing butts often… shouldn’t the tail be located more superiorly/cranially?
The tail looks like it’s coming out from between the butt-cheeks which has some… unfortunate… implications.
The tail is an extension of the spine, and she is in a biped form…it’s exit point seems to be above butt cheeks, one could argue that it should be higher, or curve away from the legs more sharply than it does, but it’s not that far off. And certainly not low enough for those implications.
It seems to sit about where a human tailbone ends (just inside your butt crack).
For those who proposed Krona did a save point that they could go back to in case something went wrong, this would now be appropriate considering that today is officially Groundhog Day.
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Were-Groundhog
Super ability: deja-Vu
super ability: deja-vu
super Ability: Deja-vu
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Tonight, on “It’s The Mind!”, we take a look at Deja Vu…
Just remember that you can’t get away from your own mind, on a milk float.
Just remember that you can’t get away from your own mind, on a milk float.
But your mind can get away from you. Haven’t you ever had the experience of realizing that your mind has wandered off?
Yes, the problem is when it staggers home, three days late, bringing home a new ‘friend’
That’s if it bothers to come home at all
How do you handle yourself when you’ve lost your mind? Do you file a report of “missing person,” or what?
if you lose your mind, it takes great presence of mind to find your way, so, in actuality, your lost mind is still there, leading you through the pitfalls and traps left by your subconscious, all the while chanting “You’re totally insane, you just don’t know it yet!”
Pixel failed her Wisdom save along her stealth check but that’s been an assumed
Maybe Pixel Panther came across that chamber in her stealth-mode, and switched to hybrid form in an effort to help, or at least investigate further, and that’s when she was detected and subdued (but not without a fight)
If calling for backup is the plan, couldn’t Sydney just cancel holo-Sydney and send the Lightbee back in allowing for Harem to make a series of jumps to reach Pixel? I seriously wouldn’t expect Sydney to think of it, but Harem might propose it knowing how her own powers work.
Yeah, was thinking that as well: she could at least send holo-Halo back to the sewer grate
I know why Pixel is naked (Dat pink panther bod… and the new vote incentive will be getting many votes from me!) but why are the other two naked?
Not to question the mind of an obviously psychotic villain but, if you’re just going to stab them at certain points in their upper torso, why strip all of their clothes away?
I don’t mind beef/cheesecake (Pixel’s situation actually demands it due to her stripping earlier) but it seems completely unnecessary unless each of the other intruders went in naked as well. Maybe there’s a pervy side to our necromancer we don’t know about?
Might be to make certain there’s no devices or what not hidden in their clothes. Or, OFC, those two could’ve been wearing magical armor or something that had to be taken away from them.
I don’t think they are naked. The one on the left looks like she is wearing latex, and the one on the right has their eyes covered in the same color as the rest of the body, so that’s probably a skin-tight ninja garb of some kind.
The one on the left is a drow. Black skin, white hair, elfin build. I don’t think that is latex myself.
The on the right has something (maybe duct tape or lengths of cloth) covering both his eyes and his mouth. The rest is just him. Again, in my opinion. I have been known to get things wrong.
As for why they are naked, it is a result of them being treated impersonally. They contain useful substances which need to be extracted efficiently. No point fiddling around with clothes, if you are not concerned about niceties.
Far simpler just to remove them completely, prior to inserting tubes. That way if anything starts to go wrong (and remembering that the products are either unconscious or gagged) then it is easier to spot. And there will be no delay in fixing it (as would be required if having to carefully remove clothing, without ripping out tubes or damaging the ‘donor’.
Hospitals would do this too, if humans did not have such widespread nudity taboos. And they do, when they are going to be operating on people. For the same reasons.
Wow, Just like taking maple sap out of a tree, in a kind of low tech way, but eh…
What’s high tech about Maple tapping? You drive a tap through the bark into the sapwood and hang a bucket on it…
Mostly thinking about how blood when exposed to air, uh becomes kind of clotted, if your going to use the blood, uh mayhap a nice warm stove to put it in/on.
In the vote incentive picture, if Pixel’s tail is anything like a regular cat tail, that sharp turn would HURT! A cat tail is made up of a bunch of small bones (about 22) linked together with elastic disks. While not directly a part of the cat’s spinal column, it works in a similar way. Therefore while the tail can curve and move, it cannot bend sharply without something unpleasant happening.
Just so as you know.
It’s totally fine….Because MAGIC. XD
The positioning of said tail is off, as well. It should be about where her finger/claws are, shouldn’t it? With the current positioning, it just looks like someone using a plug tail, lol.
Great vote incentive. That has to happen in canon. I think Pixel has usurped Max as Sydney’s favorite.
Only until Maxi brings out the polish and the buffer :D
WELL THAT TOOK A SUDDEN HORRIFYING TURN!
Augh, nooo, sexy kitty lady! Please be OK!
And dat vote incentive, ahsdhfygsjbjfgeuyfaiuehr0we8rfyherygerjkahytfghhbasdbfhndvbf8 hwthugbx.
Pixel got captured in a Mars warehouse. Her report of her capture should go something like:
When I entered the building I must have spooked a Dove that alerted them to my presence. I was attacked by Three Musketeers. I tried some claw/kick Combos to fight them off, but they managed to hit me in the head. At that point all I saw was a Big Red Starburst of light. I can remember their Snickers as I passed out. They hung me up beTwixt the other victims like a big Juicy Fruit to drain my blood. At one point there was this large creature that Eclipsed the others. It had a damaged head with glazed eyes. I can remember the Milky Way she looked at me. Then you guys stormed in like the guardians of the Galaxy. You are real Lifesavers to rescue me. As thanks, let me take you all out for beer and Skittles later.
That would be a report worth reading… :P
Reading it here just made me hungry…
What a marathon of a story. We revels in hearing it. The celebrations will continue late into the night. You would make both Ceasar and Sheba proud of your wordsmithery. Of course you have fine pedigree..* Such wit can belife savers!
* Goodness knows Mars make more profit from pet food, than confectionery!
I just hope they never get them mixed up…I’m not particularly fond of dog food (it’s an acquired taste that I’ve fortunately never acquired) & chocolate is bad for dogs.
and now, Soymilk Bone covered in chocolate-flavoured carob! Tastes so much like the real thing you’d swear it’d kill your dog! Meant for canine consumption, but you can eat them too!
i kindly request we see werepixel, and dabbler in the valentine day sex drive….plz
You know I’ve been wondering is the creator of Grrl Power planing on doing a comic version of Team-ups and Crossover from the Wearing the Cape book series, specifically the one relating to his comic? Because I’ve read it and always thought how cool it would be to see a comic version of that particular moment where Hope, a.k.a Astra, comes into the universe of Grrl Power.
Huh. Bit of mood whiplash going on here, tbh.
And although Pixel obviously seems competent, they didn’t even try to keep in touch with their forward scout? Mmm. Anyways, probably time to call for backup, just in case they can’t do it later.
What part of ‘radio silence’ do you not know? It means, ‘don’t call me, i’ll call you’, and it had only been ten minutes
Been enough dramatic action movies where someone is sneaking around and being ‘super-spy’ and getting close to the Big Bad, or Big Bad happens to rest on the box they are hiding in, only for their phone or radio to go off, resulting in captured or dead spy
I assume I don’t want to know what that hose on that dude does…?
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We’ve been complaining about the lack of an edit function for literally years…
Guys! Whoever is here managed to take down and string up an invisible were-jaguar! Let’s all blindly rush in here confident that we won’t trip any security systems or get captured ourselves!
absolutely gorgeous vote incentive, Dave! Thank you so much!
*tilt head* Does the dark elf dude have a milker attached to his junk ?
PG comic, so, careful editing.
Or
Waste removal device. I assume we don’t see the ladies catheters because, you know, see above reason…
Which in turn brings up the point “Why have a guy face forwards in this if it means that he has to have a weird censorship tube up his junk instead of backwards like everyone else?” The shoulder to waist ratio makes it very clear that he is a man, so I get the feeling this was just a weird artistic choice, not that I have a problem with more gorgeous man flesh in the shot, or it has some minor plot/joke function (which honestly I am hoping for, as everyone loves Sidney’s reactions).
Guess what?
Pixel butt….
Now I’m suspicious of whatever it was Chrona did to Pixel. Pixel seemed pretty darn stealthy and for her to already be trussed up like that… well it means she got caught fairly quickly.
Okay we don’t know exactly how long she’s been gone (and it was long enough that the others had time for a game of poker) but it still seems whatever Chrona did didn’t exactly help.
I’m probably completely wrong, in fact Chrona is awesome and we should all trust her completely… and no she didn’t hack my trust levels that is completely implausible…
It was about ten minutes, and when she went in, she was in her animal form, so at some point she not only dropped her invisibility but reverted back to her hybrid form
A lot of people are putting a lot on what Kronachrome did with that *BIP*, so far, all we have seen her do is give a Viking vamp a wedgie, turn off a grenade, change her hair colour and remove Sydney’s urge to purge her bladder
In an attempt to get the comic PG, there was a bit of catheter added to the male.
…then when I asked myself what it’s harvesting, I definitely came up with the even MORE non-PG option when everyone else assumed it was pee instead.
Oh Great, Pixel found the Cephalyx pit.
(If you get this reference without google, Props to you.)
now there’s an idea for the next vote initiative. A picture of Pixel in her hybrid form doing squats.
This page raises a few questions.
Firstly, how the hell did Pixel get caught? She was a invisible stealth cat. Must have been in a fight given the blood on her hands. But aren’t Were’s suppose to have a incredible healing factor? How is she being strung up unconscious and being bled? And if she’s unconscious shouldn’t she have reverted back to her human form?
Judging from the discoloration on Pixel’s hands I’m guessing she got a few laser claws shots in before they grabbed her.
Mmm, I wonder if a vampire ‘sampled’ Pixel, before stringing her up in her blood-bank pose? In which case, if rescued, might she become a vampire?
A super were-pink jaguar vampire!
Hola, Holo Halo!
Good thing Sydney never grew up on a farm, otherwise her description of the situation might be a wee bit more accurate.