Overreliance

04 march 2026

Transcript:

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. It's night, and the rain pours through the windows like... cats and dogs (see previous episode). The group of the five Tree Spirits are playing with the Gothic Sorceress's home accessories and decoration, making a mess. The Gothic Sorceress, in the middle, in a yoga lotus pose with candles around her tries to contain their actions, but they are too much. She asks her AI Parrot:

Gothic Sorceress: "Avian Intelligence, tell them in their language to stop! They're making a mess!"

Panel 2. The AI Parrot doesn't react, displaying a spinning loading symbol in its speech bubble. The Gothic Sorceress urges it to hurry as the Tree Spirits continue their actions, breaking things, playing with fire, and spilling ink.

AI Parrot: (Loading Symbol Icon) loading...
Gothic Sorceress: "Come on! Hurry up!"

Panel 3. The AI Parrot's eyes are now crossed and their light turn off. It is obviously disconnected. The Gothic Sorceress feels distress as she realizes she can't communicate with the Tree Spirits anymore and start to panic, while the Tree Spirits action are more extreme: one burn a part of her haircut, another one pushed a book on a candle, and she has ink all over her hands.

AI Parrot: "Network error. Disconnecting."
Gothic Sorceress: "No... No!! Not NOW!!!"

Panel 4. The next day, the AI Parrot finally reconnects, happy and fresh, but the house is in ruins, with smokes, everything is broken, upside down... The Gothic Sorceress sits on the floor, she looks exhausted and apathetic: the five Tree Spirits are all sleeping cutely on her lap.

Narrator: "The next day..."
AI Parrot: "Network restored. Hi there, how can I help you?"
Gothic Sorceress: "Too late..."

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