The Useless Boat
by lwperkins
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Description
(Bug Comic)
This is a few minutes after "General Nyelah Elle", where Nyelah and Jorge Avila were waiting for the hunting Aer team to pass. Avila had told her to go down to the river and look for a boat, and then float downstream towards Portland. The Azali didn't bother with stragglers once they were out of the "cleared zone".
Avila didn't want to go with her, because sooner or later someone (or something) is going to come looking for him, and they can track him by his collar. So he went off in another direction, and Nyelah made her way down to the river, where there was a small boat on the shore. But the stupid boat was half full of water, leaky and useless. She had just reached down to tug on the rope and see if she could dump the water out, and use it anyway, when she looked up and saw an Aer pointing a gun at her.
For his part, 22-301 was very put out that he'd been following the scent trail of a blanket for the last three blocks. Instead of his co-pilot, here was a useless juvenile female human. 22-301 also had a pretty good idea of what Avila was up to, since 22-301's previous copilot had the same habit of trying to rescue things. This was doubly annoying since there wasn't much time left before the bugs would be released to clean up the rest of the city, and he still needed to find Avila. He was going to have to speak English to the human thing. He had just worked out the phrase "Where is the man with the red hairs?" when Nyelah kneecapped him with a tire iron.
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I do have to explain some things--22-301 is a pilot, so he's wearing a jazzier and less effective uniform (He *has* a tactical suit and a helmet, but it's in a locker in his ship that at the moment is being blocked by something) He's also been "shopping," in case you were curious about what he's holding: it's a bag that says "Bayard's Deli, since 2199" and has several packets of cat food (for him), 3 rolls of toilet paper (22-301 dislikes the official issue) and 3 bags of gelatin candy fish for Avila. This is totally Against the Rules, but 22-301 has decided he's going to go big with rule breaking anyway, and a bag of loot is nothing compared to what he was doing in the last hour (which was why he sent Avila off to look for a piece of metal. 22-301 has already fixed the stabilizer, as well as some other stuff).
Comments (36)
drifterlee
Cool scene. I love her expression!
pspworkshop
Woww its looks as a painting.
mistressotdark
fantastic work
magnus073
Amazing work Lynn, you can really feel the tension in this one and her expression is perfect
alessimarco
You really captured "looking down the barrel" in her expression! All of this history is a really nice turn in the story...I like war stories too! :) Fabulous image!
rbowen
Very good story-excellent work!
Faemike55
Excellent work, Lynn! wonderful posing and epxression Great little story. Love how she settled his hash
LivingPixels
lovely work lynn as always!!!
gypsyangel
Cool!
daggerwilldo
great story line and the associated image is finely crafted to depict the moment. Well done.
Shari123
Well at least he doesn't have to worry about speaking to the human thing anymore. I'm sure he'll be too busy rolling around holding his knee;) Outstanding surroundings here. I love the sky reflected in the water!
mapps
awesome :-) hugs
arwenone
Excellent story and a wonderful image!
1010
Jeepers Lynn, right down to what's in his bag, lol You do love the details. Excellent work, even that boat.
flavia49
stunning scene!!
gillbrooks
Another seriously cool piece!
featherwitch
Cat food must have gotten better over the years... or regular food really sucks! ;o) Glad she still had that tire iron! Too bad the boat had holes though... Another fascinating installment and excellent artwork! :o)
prae
Stunning image, wonderful style, love the textures of the clothing
Tholian
Hard lesson to learn. Shoot first, don't talk. Excellent image and snippet.
eekdog Online Now!
like his outfit and her expression lynn, you do such killer bug pages, hope one day you get them all printed to a mag, i would love one..
anitalee
Excellent work
FaeMoon
Great Scene! I love the story and she is such a survivor!
Richardphotos
she is so natural and beautiful. again very realistic painting
mgtcs
A gorgeous story and image, her expression is really striking, another priceless image!
artistheat
Excellent Image and Work
Pen_Is_Envy
The skin on the female character is outstanding and you've done some pretty phenomenal paintwork here. Beautiful! I have to commend the incredible amount of work that must have gone into these images of yours too... both story and and render.
Zazou
Excellent !
Madbat
LMAO...gummi-fish!
Seaview123
Another cool installment to your bug comic. I don't remember this character from your previous work, but cool! New characters! Nice work!
kobaltkween
this is such a great scene. and i love the story behind it. your stories have a very engaging and consistent blend of humor, action, and drama. you not only have a very definite style, it's a style that keeps audiences coming back for more. to me what's interesting is that it's even working for you to explain rather than actually tell the story. usually when you tell rather than show, it doesn't work. and you've done it without falling into the trap so many illustrated works do today of making all drama full of angst, lying, and contrived misunderstandings. i hope you have your own site for a complete version of the story. oh, and the image is very well done, too. ;-D the poses good, the water works well, the camera angle is perfect, and the clothing is very well done. i think Nyaleh's clothes could use a little more wrinkling for natural hanging, and a little distressing for natural wear and tear, and maybe the blanket could have more and deeper wrinkles. but those are really minor points, imho. i was really struck by the tension of the scene first.