Back to the originals! I know this seems like silly time wasting on Sioni’s part (and it IS) but it does also serve a purpose from a narrative point of view (at least, I think it does) and that is to explain why the cadets are able to appear with costumes or only with cadet uniforms.Rather than doing it with boring exposition I chose to do it with some hopefully humorous digression instead!
[Rochelle’s Mindmistress armor likeness is used here with kind permission of Al Schroeder.]
Of course he’s not going to change back soon, he’s in a feedback loop he won’t be able to get out of unless he seriously relaxes or massively wills himself out of.
And this is why you shouldn’t try to mess with things you don’t understand when they work towards your advantage. (the universe might find out and decide to have some fun with it)
After reading Spooky & Otto p35, I am having trouble getting the Magic Schoolbus theme out of my head. Go Miss Frizzle!
poor sioni, hopefully when he gets older he will become a bit more comfortable with distracting women with his body. it would seem he has the same issues as joe.
Well, that was pointless.
Did this exposition really explain anything? The cadets themselves don’t understand why their subconsciousness chose different outfits.
I’m sad to see the kick-ass outfits go. It made for a nice bit of diversity and it drove home the point that these are astral projections instead of the cadets’ regular bodies.
Probably they do but just aren’t ready to admit it…
I had hoped the exposition, such as it it is, would confirm some theories proposed by readers that Rochelle, Olga and Kaycee have a stronger perception of their identities than the others, sorry if that wasn’t clear though.
My apologies, I must not have read very carefully. Upon re-reading, I see you made this perfectly clear on pg. 127, pl. 3.
Cool!
I already thought why not everybody showed up naked… Maybe everybody subconsciously choose what (s)he felt most home/comfortable/familiar in. And that means that someone should recommend the Koala Bares to Sioni. After he tried so hard…
He must love it 
See the two pages starting here where Kaycee has her first experience with an avatar projection and creating clothes for herself.
Character development is not a waste of time!
Character is only a waste of time if it isn’t placed in a good spot and this is a good spot for character development.
I wonder if Rochelle will decide to create a modified version of MM’s armor for her own costume later on? It is quite an honor (after a fashion) for her to give that much respect to MM.
their ‘bodies’ are artifacts like the uniforms, so i wonder if mudge would manifest with the buff psi-jector body.
Only if that’s how he really sees himself at the moment and given his current state of affairs, probably not!! More Mudge soonish though!
mudge is awesome, so that is awesome news. i really hope he does get over his issues to some extant at the very least, but that is just me rooting for the pervert.
Why, miss Fatima! I had no idea you were into mono-tentacle gentlemen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDK6tOwF68