#1291; The Budget Traveler

Comic Transcripts

[[FUGO visits SCHRAMINGTON at his manor. The area around Fugo’s eyes is paler than the rest of his face.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: You’ve got a weird tan line on your forehead there…

FUGO: Oh, yeah. Probably from my VR headset.

SCHRAMINGTON: Playing VR in the sun?

FUGO: Well, kind of.

FUGO: You’ve been to my place? You’ve seen its size?

SCHRAMINGTON: Sure. A hovel that a rat would call repulsive.

FUGO: Indeed.

FUGO: I wanted to spruce it up, so I painted the ceiling and all the walls Chroma key green. Then I recreated the geometry of the room in 3D–except I replaced the walls and ceiling with the airy wings and patio of a palatial tropical estate!

[[We see Fugo, wearing goggles, a simulated paradise around him.]]

FUGO: The headset passes through most visuals normally–my furniture, kitchen sink, and so on–but replaces the GREEN surfaces with the most beautiful beach CGI can provide, rendered in stunning 4K stereographic resolution. Accentuated by surround sound speakers, of course…and I’ve even rigged up fans, air fresheners, and sun lamps to attain the full sensory effect.

FUGO: The sun lamps you know.

[[We see Fugo in his green-painted home.]]

FUGO: Now, I can sit every day and watch the ocean from a MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BEACH HOUSE I BUILT MYSELF for the cost of paint, 3d textures, and a GLADE PLUG-IN.

FUGO: It’s AMAZING, man. When I got to bed, I close my eyes and THEN take the headset off. When I wake up, I keep my eyes CLOSED until I PUT IT BACK ON.

[[We return to the real world.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: Huh. So you’re saying… You’ve escaped the reality of your cramped quarters by inventing a big, beautiful place…that you can look at but never touch? A house with a hundred room, but you can only step foot in one?

SCHRAMINGTON: I dunno. You’ve never felt like you’ve devised yourself a PRISON?

FUGO: Well I HADN’T until you PUT it that way!

#1291; The Budget Traveler transcribed by in

[[FUGO visits SCHRAMINGTON at his manor. The area around Fugo's eyes is paler than the rest of his face.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: You've got a weird tan line on your forehead there...

FUGO: Oh, yeah. Probably from my VR headset.

SCHRAMINGTON: Playing VR in the sun?

FUGO: Well, kind of.

FUGO: You've been to my place? You've seen its size?

SCHRAMINGTON: Sure. A hovel that a rat would call repulsive.

FUGO: Indeed.

FUGO: I wanted to spruce it up, so I painted the ceiling and all the walls Chroma key green. Then I recreated the geometry of the room in 3D--except I replaced the walls and ceiling with the airy wings and patio of a palatial tropical estate!

[[We see Fugo, wearing goggles, a simulated paradise around him.]]

FUGO: The headset passes through most visuals normally--my furniture, kitchen sink, and so on--but replaces the GREEN surfaces with the most beautiful beach CGI can provide, rendered in stunning 4K stereographic resolution. Accentuated by surround sound speakers, of course...and I've even rigged up fans, air fresheners, and sun lamps to attain the full sensory effect.

FUGO: The sun lamps you know.

[[We see Fugo in his green-painted home.]]

FUGO: Now, I can sit every day and watch the ocean from a MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BEACH HOUSE I BUILT MYSELF for the cost of paint, 3d textures, and a GLADE PLUG-IN.

FUGO: It's AMAZING, man. When I got to bed, I close my eyes and THEN take the headset off. When I wake up, I keep my eyes CLOSED until I PUT IT BACK ON.

[[We return to the real world.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: Huh. So you're saying... You've escaped the reality of your cramped quarters by inventing a big, beautiful place...that you can look at but never touch? A house with a hundred room, but you can only step foot in one?

SCHRAMINGTON: I dunno. You've never felt like you've devised yourself a PRISON?

FUGO: Well I HADN'T until you PUT it that way!

OF COURSE it has accurate day/night cycles! What do you think this is, a SCREENSAVER