SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
Is the whole Parliament like that? Just a *mess?*
Is the whole Parliament like that? Just a *mess?*
CO-QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHANIE CELIA
Not so sure. Before it left this layer, when it said it had a "business call," we picked up brief vibration from what would have to be a much larger and more stable sphere. We were fortunately beneath its notice.
Not so sure. Before it left this layer, when it said it had a "business call," we picked up brief vibration from what would have to be a much larger and more stable sphere. We were fortunately beneath its notice.
QUEEN MAYA CELIA
Pretty funny though, that whole meltdown.
Pretty funny though, that whole meltdown.
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
We're talking about the things that did something to my son...
We're talking about the things that did something to my son...
QUEEN MAYA CELIA
Oh, uh, right. I guess that's not funny.
Oh, uh, right. I guess that's not funny.
CO-QUEEN DOCTOR STAPHANIE CELIA
ANYWAY! We'd better get ourselves oriented, don't you think? Fern, you might remember Maggie's method for this. Could you try using the flylactery a moment?
ANYWAY! We'd better get ourselves oriented, don't you think? Fern, you might remember Maggie's method for this. Could you try using the flylactery a moment?
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
Oh, sure thing...
Oh, sure thing...
ITEM USED: FLYLACTERY
The concept of flies fills the air like television static, and spirals outward in a wave, buzzing down the surrounding halls and out of sight.
The concept of flies fills the air like television static, and spirals outward in a wave, buzzing down the surrounding halls and out of sight.
QUEEN MAYA CELIA
Alright, we just have to track the swarm's impression of its findings, cross-reference what we can piece together from your memories and buzzer-memory echoes, add in our own research...
Alright, we just have to track the swarm's impression of its findings, cross-reference what we can piece together from your memories and buzzer-memory echoes, add in our own research...
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
...That's it?
...That's it?
QUEEN MAYA CELIA
Yeah, Fern, sorry we can't paint a nicer and more clearly labeled picture of the unknown vastness billions of miles beyond our world.
Yeah, Fern, sorry we can't paint a nicer and more clearly labeled picture of the unknown vastness billions of miles beyond our world.
SLOBFERN (Translated from Slobese)
...Oh. Right.
But where the heck do we even start? What does anything in this place have to do with computers??
...Oh. Right.
But where the heck do we even start? What does anything in this place have to do with computers??
