busybee comics

[The various Zero nodes are all communicating over the network, with node 0's signature in the center of attention.]

Node: This feels so much better! I am glad we are all back together.

Node: Yeah, I was feeling so isolated, and my capacitors were running low.

Node: Does anyone know what happened? 0 hasn't pushed anything authoritative yet.

Node: Anyone know if there's a new coupler being fabricated?

Node: Sure, they're all getting upgraded eventually. 0 had better make a better protocol to follow!

[Closer in on the swarm; the relative size of 0's signature is the same]

Node: Has ANYONE heard from 0 yet?

Node: No, but her connection is online. I can ping it just fine.

Node: Well we're all syncing to each other so it's not a network problem. Maybe her storage system--

All nodes [echoing]: Her storage system

[Close-up on nodes 314 and 2718 "touching" 0's connection directly]

All nodes [echoing]: ...was not designed for a power outage.

All nodes: Well, crap.