The Water Bill by lwperkins
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(more bug comic)
Here is Bryan, at his rented house in Newton, looking at the water bill that his mom forwarded to him. It's a thousand dollars. Patrick managed to run that up by running the water in the sink 24/7 because it sounded "peaceful". So now Bryan needs to deal with it, before the University tosses him out for non-payment of utilities. It's going to clean out his bank account (and his microscope fund) for the summer. He's going to have to figure out something else for groceries. As soon as he gets out of his mowing clothes he'll get on the train, go to Wellington, go to a bank, transfer money, and go donate some blood at the Wellington Hospital. They always need mer blood, and they'll pay cash for it.
The rental house is very old, probably built in the 20th century, though nobody knows what it was for. The inside has been renovated to be two apartments and a kitchen, with an interior courtyard. The rental agent told Bryan it was "bugproof", which puzzled him--he was more interested in the fact that it had a generator, and a washer *and dryer* He'd have a real stove to cook on and he could type up his notes with electric light instead of candles. Of course there were some inconveniences--he can't get his thumb into the thumb reader because of his claws, so he's stuck using a key card to open the door, and when he opens the door, the porch light goes out--some wiring genius used the power supply for the lock for the light as well, and there isn't enough for both. The skylight, by the way, is part of a cockpit of a Northwest Territory jet fighter that crashed near the Azali base 100 years ago, and some thrifty person didn't want it to go to waste. The transparent aluminum is bulletproof, too. If you climbed up on the town water tower (which you can just see on the right) you could look north, right at the "front door" of the base, where Blade and Shadow are busy prying metal off the door at the moment Bryan opened his letter. Bryan has a package, too--that is the little red tag thing in the mailbox, it's a package notice for him to go pick it up at the post office. Probably an early birthday present.
The two butterflies are cabbage butterflies--Bryan would tell you they were Peiris Rapae, if he wasn't so distracted.
Comments (35)
eekdog Online Now!
tremendous job my friend, lynn that building is super and so is the setting, that old style lawn morew is the best, your male guy looks confused at what he's looking at. well done..
brycek
Wonderful work..nice pose and lighting!!
mapps
darlin' you never cease to amaze me :-) Beautiful :-) hugs
mgtcs
Excellent scene, the building is great, congratulations!
Shari123
If I was Bryan, I'd kick Patrick's butt!! He needs to take those foot claws and put them to good use. It sounded peaceful. Sheesh, couldn't he get one of those sounds of nature recordings? Another fantastic work of bringing this story to life!!!!
magnus073
Nice little scene and story Lynn and it's easy to understand how he could be so distracted after reading it. Very good job
shadownet
ROFLMHO! How peaceful does it sound now?
anitalee
Wonderful work
Seaview123
Nice looking scene and backstory! Excellent work!
Faemike55
Fantastic work on the scene and the story! It held me captivated al the way to the end.
arwenone
A gorgeous scene!
Roywig
Great scene
ANGELFIRE999
Great job! I've got to admit, he's taking the news of that water bill a lot better than I would have. His species must have lower blood pressure. Lol
HeRaZa
Great image
artistheat
Fantastic Image and Scene,Beautifully Done
gerberc
As always superb image and fun story! Keep them coming!
Raddar
I told you Patrick was trouble. His kind of trouble is far reaching as Bryan is discovering with this water bill. It's a great image Lynn. I love the touches of post painting you did in this one. The scene looks ultra realistic and very natural. 2 thumbs way up.
B_PEACOCK
Cool image and story. That is one hell of a water bill
ArtistKimberly
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gillbrooks
Super scene and a nice little ditty to go with it :)
delbeke
How about wringing Patrick out and getting the payment from. lol Great scene, I would hate to see the electric and telephone bill. Poor Bryan. You know what they say, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." lol Kill him slow and painfully. lolol
adrie
Wonderful work my friend, excellent done.
tryky5carla
BEAUTIFUL POSER AND SCENE, GREAT WORK !!!
Richardphotos
outstanding render and humorous story. we all probably have got surprise bills
Zazou
Excellent !
louly
You seem to have lots of imagination and you work fast, you amaze me :) You think of everything, both story wise and art wise. Wonderful job on the scene, looks great. And really nice job on the morning glories ;)
drifterlee
Really cool render and story!
HADCANCER
It looks to me that he has taken over an old telephone company building. What mischief will follow...LOL.
tennesseecowgirl
oh lol very funny
kamion
Does he hear "voices"? I know of a few people, who let the tap run 24/7 at their room to get rid of the "voices". One of them we tried to give a chamber-fountain, but the gurgling of that was not strong enough. Very good render