Midnight Pals: Science (Patreon)

Premee Mohamed: [wearing lab coat and goggles] according to my calculations, this story is about the technology of the near future King: wow! are you really a scientist?Mohamed: according to my calculations, yesKing: wow!King: hey, as a scientist, you’ll love thisKing: have you seen margaret Atwood’s writing machine?Mohamed: is this AI

Mohamed: hello girlMohamed: do you want a biscuit girl huhMargaret Atwood: [under cardboard box, through vocoder] BEEP BOOP RETWEETOTRON NO LONGER NEEDS HUMAN FOODMohamed:Mohamed: something’s not right here

Mohamed: wait a minute none of this makes senseKing: what do you mean?Mohamed: by my calculations, the technology necessary for retweetotron to work simply does not existKing: what are you saying?Mohamed: i believe shenanigans are afoot

Mohamed: i believe this is no machine!Mohamed: this is just margaret atwood under a cardboard box!King: oh come on premee, that’s ridiculousKing: you’re saying that margaret atwood’s just been under that box this whole time?Atwood: [through vocoder] uhhh SYNTAX ERROR! ABORT RETRY FAIL!

Mohamed: I’m telling you, that’s just margaret atwoodKing: come off it!Poe: i think we’d know if that was margaret Barker: yeah how would that work? She’s just hanging out under a box?King: i thought you were a scientist!King: some scientist! can’t even recognize a robot!Mohamed:

Mohamed: prepare for a future of unrelenting environmental disasterKing: surely, though, scientists will help us avoid this mess?Mohamed:Mohamed: sorry pal, that boat’s sailed Mohamed: the only way out is through