He does seem he might be somewhat familiar with her.
piro wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:41 pm
I broke Iffy. { VICTORY }
No joke, actual lol at that response. Well met indeed.
silent killer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:26 pm
I knew if I stuck aroundlong enough I'd get to see it happen.
Dangit though, I have some overexplaining every little detail in confusing contradictory ways to carry out, and shall not reject or shirk this task any longer!
maldrul wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:45 pm
The man is Ping's developer.... .... Then the last panel shows that Ping's propensity for pie was also preprogrammed by him.
All that makes a lot of sense. He should know where Ping was, then just triggered her through Junko's phone. Would explain why she took over for Junko so quickly, seemingly somewhat inexplicably in and of itself, and rather unlike her normal behavior, even taking into account her recent oddness. And the pie thing seems rather a big giveaway.
Still, why not directly contact Ping, or some other way that left Junko out of the loop and unaware. Unless other possible options didn't work so he resorted to going through Junko. Or there's more to that. Junko apparently does know him quite well... Which seems rather coincidental, maybe he's been more involved in what Ping has been doing for a while. (insert conspiracy theories here)
Speaking of Junko, where has she gotten herself to anyway. This guy might have a lot of explaining to do to her. Which would be good. ; )
Ningen wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:51 pm
I would have thought the heterochromia (mismatched eyes) was a bit of a give-away.
Yes but that's not all. There's attitude, earblades, under lashes, cheek spots. Yet mostly so far most people totally ignore and don't see any of the odd things, such things are even invisible to them. Maybe he is convinced she's Junko. ( Even if that doesn't necessarily really help explain a lot of the other weirdness.)
BetaCygnus wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 2:43 am
I would so much like that… For Ping to find an ally inside Sony would be epic!!!
He's not necessarily with Sony. Even if he is, they might not have actually created her, and if they did, he might be operating outside of normal channels. Or he's just some random... Rather maybe he's with another company, with somewhat the opposite of the mindset Junko's father had about the role of the SEVS as Analogue enhancement or replacement.
If he really is with Sony, maybe he got in touch with Junko *because* of her contact with Ping…:)
Even if not, perhaps he had some hand in arranging Ping to end up with Junko. He might be even working towards (or from) some Analogue angle. Or, assuming there's something to that notion even, it could turn out he's just another insider who vastly overestimates his capabilities in dealing with whatever Miho is and whatever powers she has.
cidjen wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 11:16 am
Wonder what did she do to the real Junko. Just left her in the house ? Locked in the bathroom?
Yes, what. Maybe nothing and Junko is right around the corner, at the pie shop, or even remembering this guy might know Ping...
But iirc this is Junko's phone and the location has been switched. So perhaps Ping just left quickly and Junko has been ditched, marooned without a phone or much of an idea of where to go or what to do. Could be a tad angry at Ping even, if this guy isn't the instigator, hasn't set up something else because he's an insider rather just a long-ish-time contact of Junko.
darrin wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 12:19 pm
in 1508 Junko calls him "Intelligent, mature, older..." She's had contact with him before.
Maybe not a creator, or working for either whoever made Ping or the company branding/marketing her (if it wasn't all Sony). Some scientist, engineer or journalist? Perhaps the next stop is following the trail of Miho (who we might imagine is still Ping's current goal).
Yes we don't know how long Junko has known him or under what circumstances she met him either. Aside from how Junko did seem rather flustered upon being contacted, with a vibe that maybe spoke of a longer association of some sort. That might just have been something else though making it appear so. Unless....
So much to think of.... Yeah, still broken.