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Title: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Starcat5 on November 30, 2025, 03:37:29 PM
03-01 - Character name learned: P3T3R

When the AI Apocalypse and the Zombie Apocalypse are one and the same.  :erk
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Merlin on December 01, 2025, 01:56:48 AM
every time im drawing him i think of eric bana playing poida on full frontal

australian + peter = poida
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on December 01, 2025, 05:27:24 PM
Quote from: Starcat5 on November 30, 2025, 03:37:29 PM03-01 - Character name learned: P3T3R

When the AI Apocalypse and the Zombie Apocalypse are one and the same.  :erk

Both scenarios see you threatened by mindless creatures with a horrid smell. (And I'm not talking about the computer in the AI scenario)
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on December 08, 2025, 07:43:27 PM
03-02 - Quirk is a protogen of few wants

Hope Quirk's got an exit strategy. Assassinating an emperor tends to carry grave risks.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: AmigaDragon on December 25, 2025, 07:01:50 PM
Has Quirk actually killed anyone yet or does he just have the implants causing the danger?
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Tapewolf on December 26, 2025, 03:52:26 AM
Quote from: AmigaDragon on December 25, 2025, 07:01:50 PMHas Quirk actually killed anyone yet or does he just have the implants causing the danger?

He has definitely killed some of the low-ranking crew, but I couldn't say how many were while he was lucid and how many were while he was in murder mode.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Starcat5 on January 04, 2026, 07:05:31 PM
03-05 - Quirk's new look

PTSD induced by a black leather maid outfit. He really HAS been around Cubi!
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on January 05, 2026, 08:41:23 PM
Quote from: Starcat5 on January 04, 2026, 07:05:31 PM03-05 - Quirk's new look

PTSD induced by a black leather maid outfit. He really HAS been around Cubi!

Yeah, and unless I misremember the original writing, the next page will have Xerian going in depth about that ordeal.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Starcat5 on January 11, 2026, 01:58:04 PM
03-06 - Lautrec still doesn't understand most of it

I honestly don't remember if Lautrec has used pronouns to describe themself, and I don't have the time today to check. Anyone like to go archive diving to make sure we don't misgender the kitty?  :<
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Tapewolf on January 11, 2026, 04:11:01 PM
Quote from: Starcat5 on January 11, 2026, 01:58:04 PM03-06 - Lautrec still doesn't understand most of it

I honestly don't remember if Lautrec has used pronouns to describe themself, and I don't have the time today to check. Anyone like to go archive diving to make sure we don't misgender the kitty?  :<

All the panthers identify as male except for Lily, who was an experiment in "Well, what happens if we make one female anyway?".

In the origin story which hasn't yet been done as a comic, it's revealed that the original biological panthers were vat-grown so their makers didn't really need female ones, and indeed they didn't want them reproducing by themselves.

See also:
https://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php/topic,12067.0.html  - chapter 3 specifically
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on January 12, 2026, 05:13:19 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 11, 2026, 04:11:01 PM
Quote from: Starcat5 on January 11, 2026, 01:58:04 PM03-06 - Lautrec still doesn't understand most of it

I honestly don't remember if Lautrec has used pronouns to describe themself, and I don't have the time today to check. Anyone like to go archive diving to make sure we don't misgender the kitty?  :<

All the panthers identify as male except for Lily, who was an experiment in "Well, what happens if we make one female anyway?".

In the origin story which hasn't yet been done as a comic, it's revealed that the original biological panthers were vat-grown so their makers didn't really need female ones, and indeed they didn't want them reproducing by themselves.

See also:
https://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php/topic,12067.0.html  - chapter 3 specifically


Sensible plan. I look forward to meeting Lily if she ever appears in any stories.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Tapewolf on January 12, 2026, 06:34:26 PM
Quote from: ProfesseurRenard on January 12, 2026, 05:13:19 PMSensible plan. I look forward to meeting Lily if she ever appears in any stories.

Lilly was a semi-regular character in Project Future - introduced on page 116, she also turns up later around page 563 for a few pages, and there were a few other points in the original story that didn't make it to the comic.

After Project Future, Azrael returned to Ha'Khun and brought Lilly with him.  Her most recent appearance is in "I, Panther" where Niall calls her up to prove to A-SMV that she really has gone somewhere good and it's not a euphemism for her being scrapped.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on January 12, 2026, 09:49:11 PM
Silly me.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: AmigaDragon on January 14, 2026, 12:11:27 PM
While Lautrec may have trouble dressing himself in this feral form, why couldn't he wear clothes if made for that shape?  ;)
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: Tapewolf on January 14, 2026, 12:23:53 PM
Quote from: AmigaDragon on January 14, 2026, 12:11:27 PMWhile Lautrec may have trouble dressing himself in this feral form, why couldn't he wear clothes if made for that shape?  ;)

Heh, I think Spooks did actually once draw a cyberjag in a pink fur coat - clearly Lautrec missed that, and also hasn't had any kind of run-in with Daryil trying to dress him up.  But I'm sure other panthers have.
Title: Re: [Xer 2 Chapter 3]
Post by: AmigaDragon on January 14, 2026, 02:35:02 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 14, 2026, 12:23:53 PMHeh, I think Spooks did actually once draw a cyberjag in a pink fur coat - clearly Lautrec missed that, and also hasn't had any kind of run-in with Daryil trying to dress him up.  But I'm sure other panthers have.
Skimming through part of PF, I just saw one in a Santa hat and coat too.