Boop of Doctoring.
Live drawing here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1057540797
↓ Transcript
POHL: Can you tell me what you're seeing?
AMANDA: TOO MUCH!
AMANDA: Everything's all green and squiggly!
POHL: I see.
AMANDA: It's like a bunch of worms and screaming. SCREAMING EVERYTHING!
AMANDA: Turn it off! please!
POHL: I can help with that. But I'll need you to do something for me.
POHL. Hold still. Boop!
AMANDA: TOO MUCH!
AMANDA: Everything's all green and squiggly!
POHL: I see.
AMANDA: It's like a bunch of worms and screaming. SCREAMING EVERYTHING!
AMANDA: Turn it off! please!
POHL: I can help with that. But I'll need you to do something for me.
POHL. Hold still. Boop!
Had to talk myself out of making this situation so much worse unnecessarily. Like "throwing Amanda into a force bubble"worse.
Nice to have a reminder of Pohl being good in a crisis, and good with kids.
Makes sense that the sarnothi would have a technique for helping emerging Echoes turn *off* the resonance, too.
Yeah, I was really hoping that as whatever passes for accreditation for an Echo teacher includes the ability to power down someone who hasn’t read the manual.
Reminds me of when Twilight Sparkle’s powers kicked in and Princess Celestia was able to calm her down (see one of my favorite fanvids in my name URL).
So, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday updates this week?
Yes and no. I’ve decided to start streaming the drawing of the comics on Twitch, and I’m doing those live drawings in the evening. Because I don’t see a lot of purpose in loading the comic into a queue for midnight when people watching the stream will have seen it anyway, I’m just uploading them after they are done being drawn.
So, I’d still classify the update schedule as MWF, but because I’m starting the comic drawing earlier in the evening due to the streaming, it’s going up a couple hours before midnight rather than right at the beginning of the calendar day.
Oh boy. Her eyes are still glowing green. Hopefully this is just the “almost done turning it off” phase that Pohl is working on and that her eyes will clear up completely by Friday.
For different reasons, I’m really worried about both of these girls right now. Andi’s going to have to be told. So is Agent Brown. And I’m not sure I like the implication of what will happen to Amanda during the process of figuring out why she’s a potential Echo.
And then there’s Selkie, desperately trying to do what Amanda just did without knowing how or why. I hope this doesn’t create hostility between them again, they’ve been doing so much better with each other lately. 🙁
Absolutely worried about the Selkie part. So unfair to her.
Oh, yes. This is a huge kick in the face (metaphorically) to Selkie. That said, this isn’t Amanda’s fault. As hurtful as this is to Selkie, hopefully she can come to realize this. Channeling the powers of an Echo was clearly incredibly painful and terrifying for Amanda.
I have no idea where Dave is taking this, but I’m expecting a horrible roller coaster ride of emotions.
Darn you, Dave, for writing such a great story! I genuinely care about these girls!
I do wonder if the painful and confusing part is natural for all Echoes when they awaken for the first time. It didn’t happen with Selkie, but that could have been because the suppressor was holding back her powers, so she’s gradually easing into it instead of awakening all at once. (And she did have a headache the first time her eyes started glowing.)
I don’t see that as unfair. It wasn’t calculated or planned. Amanda has rather quiet dreams compared to Selkie–take out the garbage on Tuesdays and be a writer. Lately Selkie’s been throwing her Echo weight around, which is normal behavior for a kid learning her own place in the world. There’s going to be some fits and starts here.
If there’s a mystery, look for the family member who is NOT in the family photos. And might that possibly be Mr. McClalland? Might it, or might it not?
Oh, it might be, Rabbit. It might.
Wait, Pohl can just boop the resonance effect away? Then why did Selkie have to wear those glasses?
Take a close look. Amanda’s eyes are still glowing green, just not as bright or fiery
Because she’s been under suppression for years and they are trying to revers the effects. Using an off button on Selkie would probably have worsened her situation.
It was definitely a nice surprise to check on Selkie tonight and see a new page. I got to check out your twitch as well.
That was supposed to be a reply to Dave up above.
Interesting that she hears screaming instead of music. Is this because she’s human?
Dolphin opera might be a bit screechy to human ears…
I’m not sure that’s how a Vulcan mind meld works, but Amanda wouldn’t care, just that it makes it stop.
Honestly hoping this is less a case of her also being an echo, and more that some humans can act as a conduit near an Echo.
AKA: Amanda gets superpowers when near Selkie. Might raze the world in their wake, but hey, sisterly bonding.
Well, that was kind of anti-climactic. But it’s good to see Pohl can just hit an Off switch if things go sideways.
So, anyone else wondering who Todd’s biological parents are?