page 680 – no longer interested
Actually, it would make LOTS of sense to store the machinery of a security system safely within the barriers of it’s effectiveness. At least, if we were talking about a simple sensor/alarm deal it would. However, I’d imagine the kind of security systems for an event like THIS to be more of the “deadly lasers and head chopping things” sort. You know, they kind of stuff you wouldn’t want in the same room as you, even if you’re the one who put them there.
So, this is SORT OF the last of that big batch of pre-convention comics I did. At least, I got the art finished before I left for AWA, meaning all I had to do last night was add the text in. Good thing, too, because this second Conventional Wisdom update is taking FOREVER to finish. I am tiiiiiiiiiiired…
(Historical Notes: Clever suggestion from the comments that Pulse Waves don’t actually have a scent, because really why WOULD either a “pulse” or a “wave,” but instead that the smell is artificially added to warn people if there’s ever a crack in the tube. Ya know, like actual gas pipes. It’s a perfectly logical, reasonable suggestion, so of COURSE I didn’t come up with it myself.)
I’m still proud of making that suggestion, though I probably could have made an argument about them needing a specific smelly liquid to travel though or something else like that. Though, if that WAS the case, Avatar wouldn’t be able to be in the pipe, and would certainly know about the reason why.
Oh, new additional add on. The stink could only tells you that you should avoid the Pulse-Wave Pipe. We know from a few pages back that if the pipe wasn’t properly insulated, it would be dangerous to even touch. So if there is a leak, you want to know about it, but you may not be able to repair it, especially in an space-slum like this. So this horrific scent that’s artificially added to the Pulse Wave is basically just a “keep away if you want to live” sign. Something that some… unscrupulous individuals DON’T take advantage of, as it’s popular for obnoxious teens to do so when hiding from their “safety conscious” parents. Meaning that the police tends to check places with “leaks” fairly regularly, particularly leaks that are far away from any Pulse Wave Tubes.
See, I assumed it was one of those things where normally they vaporize people so we don’t know what the… ionization? or whatever smells like. Only invincible Avatar can know the stink of pulse waves.
I mean, that’s probably true about a lot of things. Like, most people probably don’t know what having lava in their hair feels like, but Avatar would.
Avatar knows so many weird sensory things! What the inside of a dying sun looks like! What “sounds” the outer most bounds of a black hole’s pull causes your ears to interpret! What… comets taste like? [insert weird joke about proprioception I’m not informed enough to come up with here]