???!!???
Okay, Fern...don't panic, but you might have just woken up in one of your own malformed, undying corpses instead of a fresh new you.
Haha. Look at you, referring to your corpses. Plural. It's swell that's a thing. Just fine, really. The only thing more fine is how they're also not dead.
...Can you talk???
Haha. Look at you, referring to your corpses. Plural. It's swell that's a thing. Just fine, really. The only thing more fine is how they're also not dead.
...Can you talk???
SLOBFERN
hhhhhhhHHHURRKK!! HHURK!!? HYGUKGH.
*...YOU! What'd you do this time?! What happened to me!!?
hhhhhhhHHHURRKK!! HHURK!!? HYGUKGH.
*...YOU! What'd you do this time?! What happened to me!!?
DOCTOR E.M. BALMER, MORTUARY FRYCOOK
...Yes? What? Weren't you using words a moment ago?
...Yes? What? Weren't you using words a moment ago?
QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHELIA
It ain't us, doc! It's like the vessel's core is perceiving without our input...it's like...
It ain't us, doc! It's like the vessel's core is perceiving without our input...it's like...
SLOBFERN
sshhhHFFFFPFPFPFPFP....PFFFFFP!!!!!!
*Who was that?! That wasn't buzzer talk....HELLO??? Is someone in there?!?
sshhhHFFFFPFPFPFPFP....PFFFFFP!!!!!!
*Who was that?! That wasn't buzzer talk....HELLO??? Is someone in there?!?
DOCTOR E.M. BALMER, MORTUARY FRYCOOK
Oh. Ugh. It can think. I can get you another one, but I'm not going to touch it when I'm off duty.
Oh. Ugh. It can think. I can get you another one, but I'm not going to touch it when I'm off duty.
QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHELIA
Hold on, Balmer, if it's perceiving, maybe it can understand more advanced communication?
VESSEL! Do you hear us?!
Hold on, Balmer, if it's perceiving, maybe it can understand more advanced communication?
VESSEL! Do you hear us?!
SLOBFERN
nNNNNGGGGGGGG. IDJJJELFF!!
*YES!! HELLO!!!
nNNNNGGGGGGGG. IDJJJELFF!!
*YES!! HELLO!!!
DOCTOR E.M. BALMER, MORTUARY FRYCOOK
You understanding that jabber?
You understanding that jabber?
QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHELIA
Afraid not. Its perception isn't synchronizing with us.
We'll try a channel sweep, hang on...
...HELLO? VESSEL? ARE YOU PERCEIVING?
Afraid not. Its perception isn't synchronizing with us.
We'll try a channel sweep, hang on...
...HELLO? VESSEL? ARE YOU PERCEIVING?
SLOBFERN
SHCKELKP TREUMMBLEUF.
*I'M HERE. WHO IS THIS?!?
SHCKELKP TREUMMBLEUF.
*I'M HERE. WHO IS THIS?!?
QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHELIA
Wait! There! It's faint! We can hear you!! This is Queen Doctor Staphelia of the Vessel...er.....I suppose that's not appropriate now. Do you have a chosen designation??
Wait! There! It's faint! We can hear you!! This is Queen Doctor Staphelia of the Vessel...er.....I suppose that's not appropriate now. Do you have a chosen designation??
SLOBFERN
*HUH?? Desi...my name?? Um...I...I don't know if I should. I don't know you. I'm sorry!
*HUH?? Desi...my name?? Um...I...I don't know if I should. I don't know you. I'm sorry!
QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHELIA
Eh? You aren't making sense. Didn't you just awaken?? We're picking up underlying communication channels...you.......you don't have buzzers with you, do you?! That can't be right...
Hello in there?? Opening all channels! Identify!?!
Eh? You aren't making sense. Didn't you just awaken?? We're picking up underlying communication channels...you.......you don't have buzzers with you, do you?! That can't be right...
Hello in there?? Opening all channels! Identify!?!
