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Kat has a plan! But no one knows what it is...

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Did Keyla stealth log-in?

Ah, No. That’s The Dude talking, not Keyla.

I think she did stealth login, and just didn’t tell the others. It’s what Kleya would do!

Oh, the audience is SO gonna start shipping them.

I wonder if Kat modified AI to her perfect digital clone from the very start, for when she’s unavailable.

I think it’s the sand-thing.

She considered the possibility they’d have an AI run her while she was logged out – thinking they’d do it to ruin her chances of success and make her turn against Dani or something – and so she took advantage of a coding loophole in order to grind Friendship Points with Dani while logged out.

or kat never logged out…?

If this is an AI running Kat, it does make sense. Dani was helping Kat out in the brawl. That could mean the AI sees her as an ally.

I want to know what’s going to happen!!

After the comic Aneeka said “Kat has a plan! But no one knows what it is…”.

So it is Kat stealth logging in!

Not necessarily, I’m actually fairly sure Aneeka meant that the AI Kat has a plan. The real Keiko really didn’t have a plan last time we saw her but if she is somehow watching this, she might start to think of something.

Or Keiko did indeed log in at the last minute, since she has no other plan than proving herself a hero through the game… it was the last chapter that was called “Missing game time”, not this one so that makes the theory plausible but Jake would know by now. On the other hand, he might not acknowledge it immediately. Hmmm…

🙂

Either that, or Aneeka is distinguishing Kat the game character from Kleya/Keiko the human who plays the character.

Is anyone else worried that Kat might still be played by an AI? Perhaps and AI which doesn’t want any of these untrusted people behind its back? Because the commenters before me seem to think Kat is doing something friendly here, but it kind of looks to me like the AI might be trying to throw Danny at Bandit. In high gravity.

Yeah, I was getting the impression that Danni was going to get thrown too. Could be a tug on the arm to run away, but I definitely thought it was a throw.

On the other hand, being able to one-hand throw someone in 2G is pretty unlikely. Guess it depends on how realistic the game is.

I’m not sure what to think here. Either the AI is attacking Danni, using Danni *To* attack (i.e. human weapon), or it’s grabbing her to try to escape the rest of the party with her. Lot of ways to interpret this. I’m sure there’s others I didn’t list, too.

Being that they are certain the AI will try and escape the more violent aligned members due to the character not having an Esone it seems more likely that AI Kat is absconding WITH Danni because she also does not have an esone.

I’ve forgotten (if I ever really grasped it in the first place) what esone is.

If I recall correctly, it’s an extra life in case they die.

D: I’m in their AI! I get to be you!
Kat: Be nice.
D: Can I hurt Jane now? Please, please, please?
Kat: …
D: You didn’t say no!

I think this is the most accurate interpretation of events.

Kind of feels like Kleya is running Kat right now, and it looks to me like she grabbed Danni to run away.

Either way, it just doesn’t seem to be what that somewhat limited AI script that would otherwise be running the avatar would act. Actually making a pseudo acrobatic attack like the other page seems odd for the AI.

Of course, I’d think if Kleya did upload to her avatar, somebody would have been informed. Maybe the game doesn’t do that, or there’s a delay. Of course Bandit has allies outside that would probably tell him. But again, that might not be allowed by the game, and it might take them a few precious seconds to do so, thus giving just enough time for this to happen.

Then there’s D. I could see D doing something like that. And since the company thinks he’s a type of security software, they might not even notice him doing this particular action. After all, he’s been told to stay out of L.I.F.E., so that must mean he’s usually in the game.
(Though being someplace for him is probably a rather nebulous concept and really only applies to where he focuses the majority of his attention.)
Just a note on Ds gender, no idea what it is, or even if there is any. Just using a convenient pronoun in the meantime, so don’t attach any meaning to it.

Not A Villain Webcomic

Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 742