I would hope so: Leucosia was her birth mother. Atsali and a still-plantoid Castela were hiding a saferoom together as directed by Leucosia the day she died. The MIB found Atsali firmly ensconced in Castela’s vineswhen they cracked open the saferoom.
A sudden silence ensues, as Atsali realizes that Pickle may, quite possibly, have access to copies of all of Atssli’s baby pictures, embarrassing baby stories (“At’sawi need potty!”) and other useful blackmail items.
That’s far worse than something as trivial as learning that Pickle could blow up the entire universe.
To be fair, Castela (at least part of her) is the oldest thing in the universe. She probably has (or has access to) every memory from her time as a child, so she doesn’t need a replay to remember that. No, the danger here is that she can SHARE those via the Q Room.
I think we might see a bit of a throw-down here. I don’t think it quite registers with Castela that Leucrosia is Atsali’s mom. I mean, she knows it, but doesn’t equate that Atsali would love the chance to see her own mother again. I can see Atsali getting worked up, but also not quite realizing the power Cas has. This should be interesting to watch unfold.
In a very real sense, Leucrosia is Mother to both of them, who died to save them both. I think Cas is very aware of the price Leucrosia paid for them to live.
And I think that the universe is very, VERY lucky that Castela’s Blackthorn side had not completely awakened when she saw the replay of what transpired that day, and the sheer depth of emotional despair she experienced.
or how about the *fastest* puberty yet…
skinny atsali -http://wapsisquare.com/comic/beautiful-flower/
skip a few pages forward, and she is ‘stung by a bee’ :O
BTW, does “Buca” refer to Buca Di Beppo? If so, I have had experience with their dessert of a 30-kilo wedge of triple-tiered chocolate cake. It fed my family of 4 for weeks afterwards…
Look up the english translation… it is related to ‘feed your pie hole’ but of course there are ruder versions! If you are welsh, there is ‘cwm’ 🙂 😛
and ‘Buca Di Beppo’ is the chain of restaurants..
And if “https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/your+eyes+are+bigger+than+your+belly” then it is your own fault!!!! 😀 😀
I hope when Atsali inevitably goes to meet this version of her mom, she doesn’t see what Cass saw. I doubt she wants to re-experience that day with more detail than the first time.
as I understood it, she would experience what Cas sees now – it was saved at the end point of all that, so the command to run ALL material would have to be given again.
perhaps – but equally, Atsali really does need to learn when to stop poking. Or, “don’t ask questions you aren’t absolutely sure you want the answer to.” Knowing Cas, and the conversation just previous, that point SHOULD have been well in mind.
That point occurred to me, too, but notice carefully that Cas says “A Q Room version of…”
This is NOT Atsali’s mom. Not completely. This is a version compiled from everything she ever wrote, and from all her transcribed voice notes, but there is a lot to a person which exists outside of that. The Q-Room version even said, at the time, she was the next best thing but not her. Given Atsali’s extreme trauma at the last time she DID see her mom, being presented with someone who’s almost-but-not her mom is a prospect to be considered carefully.
but did she actually SEE her mom’s BODY, i would assume the guy that rescues her and Pickle from the Safe Room wouldn’t have woken her up/ moved her to where that could happen while the body was still there… all Atsali knows is that she got told to go in the room and hit the red button, then got stuck there for so long she fell asleep in wet pants because that’s how long it took… and then immediately afterwards got thrown in the Orphanage system… did she ever get the real behind WHY she got sent there or was it all ‘covered up” so that the bad guys wouldn’t find her/Pickle? and did Pickle KNOW that Rahal was Atsali’s last name? im not sure but when she saw the recording showing that scene, i seem to recall that she was more interested in HER side of the story and sorta ignored Atsali’s side.. is that a correct memory?
Trying to guess whether Atsali is more blown away by discovering this is possible, or disappointed that it didn’t occur to Castella that this might be something her sister would want to — need to — know about.
Then again, it didn’t occur to me until now that she might *not* have mentioned it. Admittedly she was a bit distracted at the time, but it’s been a while…
(BTW, I know it’s necessary for plot, but I’m still trying to figure out how all humanoid-ish critters in this universe have seemed to experience human-style puberty at human-style ages, no matter what their actual phylum. Function follows form, I guess; mimic human form and growth well enough and the morphogenetic field pushes you the rest of the way.)
I seem to recall Atsali having challenges with the wings and tail and other things as she was hitting puberty. You’re probably right about having the habit of mimicing humans but I suspect during puberty and other life stages, it becomes a matter of “I knew how to do this before. I can do it again — I think.”
Soo . . . Absolutely wasn’t aware of this . . .
Ruddy autocorrect!! Atsali !!
It works just fine in the Autocorrect version!
Yeah. I hadn’t noticed ’till you said something…
I wonder if Atsali recognizes the name. My guess is that she will.
I would hope so: Leucosia was her birth mother. Atsali and a still-plantoid Castela were hiding a saferoom together as directed by Leucosia the day she died. The MIB found Atsali firmly ensconced in Castela’s vineswhen they cracked open the saferoom.
So, Phix is also on vacation… Mmm hmm, I see. What a coincidence.
A sudden silence ensues, as Atsali realizes that Pickle may, quite possibly, have access to copies of all of Atssli’s baby pictures, embarrassing baby stories (“At’sawi need potty!”) and other useful blackmail items.
That’s far worse than something as trivial as learning that Pickle could blow up the entire universe.
To be fair, Castela (at least part of her) is the oldest thing in the universe. She probably has (or has access to) every memory from her time as a child, so she doesn’t need a replay to remember that. No, the danger here is that she can SHARE those via the Q Room.
peeps need to ‘further back’ to when they were both *really* little kids… 😛
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/running-late/
Yet another situation where you don’t want to get “Your mom” as an answer…
I think we might see a bit of a throw-down here. I don’t think it quite registers with Castela that Leucrosia is Atsali’s mom. I mean, she knows it, but doesn’t equate that Atsali would love the chance to see her own mother again. I can see Atsali getting worked up, but also not quite realizing the power Cas has. This should be interesting to watch unfold.
Does it register with Castela’s Leucosia that Leucosia was Atsali’s mother?
In a very real sense, Leucrosia is Mother to both of them, who died to save them both. I think Cas is very aware of the price Leucrosia paid for them to live.
And I think that the universe is very, VERY lucky that Castela’s Blackthorn side had not completely awakened when she saw the replay of what transpired that day, and the sheer depth of emotional despair she experienced.
Didn’t know Atsali was drinking alcohol these days.
They grow up so fast, with time skips.
There was that time in Japan when Atsali had that job in that German bierhaus…
or how about the *fastest* puberty yet…
skinny atsali -http://wapsisquare.com/comic/beautiful-flower/
skip a few pages forward, and she is ‘stung by a bee’ :O
At least she now knows that the beverage contains alcohol (unlike the eggnog incident when she and Nadette were 16).
And thought reading your diary was bad…
Oof!
This… will not end well.
Or it could end extremely well, After all they were orphaned, not given up.
So much for the comfortable Pale-Ale buzz…
Zounds! Methinks thou hast mayhaps touched a sore spot with her…
“Jesus Fuck!” has long been one of my favorite imprecations to exclaim.
Mine too! I squeed a teensy bit seeing a version of that, stifled a snicker, and waited for the *kaboom*
Our little Tumbleweed is indeed quite the salty little sailor from time to time…
BTW, does “Buca” refer to Buca Di Beppo? If so, I have had experience with their dessert of a 30-kilo wedge of triple-tiered chocolate cake. It fed my family of 4 for weeks afterwards…
And it made my wife sick after she ate hers.
I do miss Buca.
Look up the english translation… it is related to ‘feed your pie hole’ but of course there are ruder versions! If you are welsh, there is ‘cwm’ 🙂 😛
and ‘Buca Di Beppo’ is the chain of restaurants..
And if “https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/your+eyes+are+bigger+than+your+belly” then it is your own fault!!!! 😀 😀
I hope when Atsali inevitably goes to meet this version of her mom, she doesn’t see what Cass saw. I doubt she wants to re-experience that day with more detail than the first time.
as I understood it, she would experience what Cas sees now – it was saved at the end point of all that, so the command to run ALL material would have to be given again.
Castela you should be careful when you drop a block or dam busterof a bombshell like that on your big sister
Castela you should be careful when you drop a block or dam buster of a bombshell like that on your big sister
perhaps – but equally, Atsali really does need to learn when to stop poking. Or, “don’t ask questions you aren’t absolutely sure you want the answer to.” Knowing Cas, and the conversation just previous, that point SHOULD have been well in mind.
They say that silence is empty of sound, but the 3rd panel quickly became the loudest one of all.
You mean all this time you could talk to MOM and DIDN’T THINK MAYBE I’D LIKE TO!?
That point occurred to me, too, but notice carefully that Cas says “A Q Room version of…”
This is NOT Atsali’s mom. Not completely. This is a version compiled from everything she ever wrote, and from all her transcribed voice notes, but there is a lot to a person which exists outside of that. The Q-Room version even said, at the time, she was the next best thing but not her. Given Atsali’s extreme trauma at the last time she DID see her mom, being presented with someone who’s almost-but-not her mom is a prospect to be considered carefully.
but did she actually SEE her mom’s BODY, i would assume the guy that rescues her and Pickle from the Safe Room wouldn’t have woken her up/ moved her to where that could happen while the body was still there… all Atsali knows is that she got told to go in the room and hit the red button, then got stuck there for so long she fell asleep in wet pants because that’s how long it took… and then immediately afterwards got thrown in the Orphanage system… did she ever get the real behind WHY she got sent there or was it all ‘covered up” so that the bad guys wouldn’t find her/Pickle? and did Pickle KNOW that Rahal was Atsali’s last name? im not sure but when she saw the recording showing that scene, i seem to recall that she was more interested in HER side of the story and sorta ignored Atsali’s side.. is that a correct memory?
LoL
Somebody’s mind just went ultra-blank (and it wasn’t our fav little plant).
Atsali definitely knows that name.
She certainly was surprised by what what Cassy said.
Now, which explosion will be bigger… The RED GIANT star Betelguese when it supernovas or Atsali’s when her mind re-engages?
Apropos of nothing at all: I like Big Bird’s original hair.
With the current hair, sometimes she looks a lot like a tall version of Bud…
If it were not for the round vs square glasses and slightly longer hair, she and Scarlet look very similar
Trying to guess whether Atsali is more blown away by discovering this is possible, or disappointed that it didn’t occur to Castella that this might be something her sister would want to — need to — know about.
Then again, it didn’t occur to me until now that she might *not* have mentioned it. Admittedly she was a bit distracted at the time, but it’s been a while…
(BTW, I know it’s necessary for plot, but I’m still trying to figure out how all humanoid-ish critters in this universe have seemed to experience human-style puberty at human-style ages, no matter what their actual phylum. Function follows form, I guess; mimic human form and growth well enough and the morphogenetic field pushes you the rest of the way.)
I seem to recall Atsali having challenges with the wings and tail and other things as she was hitting puberty. You’re probably right about having the habit of mimicing humans but I suspect during puberty and other life stages, it becomes a matter of “I knew how to do this before. I can do it again — I think.”
puberty?? see my post April 10, 2021, 3:09 pm !:)
and ‘school rules’ http://wapsisquare.com/comic/too-dorky/
where she met Nadette and friends 🙂
I guess it is for ‘fitting in’ with the human world… also better for handling human-made stuff..
One thing I don’t get here: how does Atsali know that Phix has “been away”?
Atsali has been to the museum for school. =)
Took me a second there…