Chapter 27 page 8 ~ On the phone with golem tech support
Aug02
Timothy: Hey! — I sure hope you’re the big Cat — Jany! Grab Kara Lynn and run!
Ilsa: Just you TRY it!
[BONK]
Sparrow: Whoa!
Jany: No, she’s not the cat, she’s Ilsa —
[SLICE]
Timothy: Aaaugh!
Jany: I’m sorry, I’m sorry —
Sparrow: Someone pick me up!
Everyone scoot, get out of the frame —
Jany: what do I do wHAT DO I DO
Sparrow: Hold the phone! — I mean hold it up to her face!
She just sliced Timothy? Bitch, you’re so dead.
Dead? That would be waste. Let’s turn her into friend instead.
… it seems it’s the only option they have left now.
Again, why you should always keep a weapon of any kind nearby when dealing with non-human entities. Lesson learned huh kid?
I wonder if they’re going to try turning her off and back on.
It’s sigil time …
quickly followed by “I, Sparrow Applebaum…”. spare The Wolf from even a moment more pain than needed. Ilsa is lashing out in fear and despair. Her Master is gone, but the link is still there.
Actually, I bet Sparrow would use a well-loved LJ handle instead. Then she could order The Wolf to call her Sparrow.
Can a Being have two Masters, whether via contact manipulation (writing in a second name) or someone sharing a name with their master? Let’s say a Master is named John Smith, and the Being runs into another guy with the same name. Can the second John Smith give orders, as his name is technically on the contact, or is there weird magic in play to prevent multiple Masters?
Considering they are essentially using the connection to their master instead of their soul, I don’t think same name makes that second guy their true master. But regarding orders, well … Sparrow WAS accepted as Cohen’s daughter despite the spell being meant for Miranda … so it’s possible second person with same name could hack the being somehow.
BTW, totally though that’s Miranda talking on the phone.
Except Miranda was dissociating at the time. The spell is tuned to “the daughter of Stuart Cohen who is emotionally close to The Dog” Not “Miranda Imani Lake”. No drift, he just never expected another child.
It’s definitely not an option in a Being Contract. In my head it’s not supposed to be an option for miscellaneous spells, either…but I haven’t worked out the mechanics of why not.
(Sparrow was included because she was identified by her dad’s name, not her own. That’s separate from what would happen to the kids of a completely unrelated guy who was also named Stuart Cohen.)
The fact that it’s not Miranda talking is going to be a nice dramatic reveal for people who don’t read the transcripts ^_^;
Heh, I forgot to read the transcript, but I always thought it was Sparrow. Partly because she’s in the center of the screen in panel 3, and partly because she’s been the one doing Being magic lately and I’d forgotten that Miranda was doing it first. Maybe partly because of her word choice too — Miranda would probably say it differently.
Hehehe…. Sparrow’s name is Twitter, but it’s actually ‘soul’. Hehehehe….