0080 - Stuff - 2019.04.15

Comic!

Comment:

Yes, the physical goods Zoa owns consist solely of the clothes on its chassis... and the chassis. It's not quite as dire as all that, though - Zoa does have subscriptions to various services that can provide it with lubricants and replacement parts, delivered instantly to its GPS co-ordinates as necessary. The lack of a safe deposit box somewhere filled with sentimental tchotchkes is an intentional minimalism.

Transcript:

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0080 - 2167/07/06/12:02 - Lee Caldavera's apartment, living room
LC (emerging from bathroom, wearing only a towel): Ahh, that's better. You find some good Western Philosophy tutorials, Zoa?
Zoa: Over a hundred video series, over a thousand textbooks (most of which are available in audiobook form), twelve sets of animated flashcards, five different tutor programs, and at least one educational videogame. I believe it's a two-D fantasy MRPG.
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LC: Ooh, fun.
Zoa: I've also accumulated approximately three-point-six million offers for t-shirts, mugs, wooblies, posters, decals, body pillows, silverware, vehicles, snugglers, and kitchen appliances branded with designs of characters from Aristotle to Zeno, as well as slogans like "who has two thumbs and loves WESTERN PHILOSOPHY?"
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Zoa: I might get this Epicurus tee, actually, if my current shirt ever wears out.
LC (receiving clothing from a butlerbot): What, you only have the one shirt?
Zoa: You see a closet anywhere on me?
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LC (getting dressed): I dunno, you might have a physical cache somewhere, a locker, a safety deposit box, something like that. Or hell, as far as I know, maybe there's storage space somewhere in your abdomen.
Zoa: There's only one thing I want stored inside my abdomen, Lee, and that's gonna have to wait until I can get those upgrades done.
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