"The Minder is Indisposed" by lwperkins
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Description
(Bug Comic)
This follows "Are You Finished."
After some running (and limping), 22-301 and Jorge Avila make it back to their ship.(Avila has stuffed the end of his chain into his pants band, as it was driving him nuts flapping.) As Avila climbs the ladder, 22-301 says:
"I found some extra food. We'll be on half-rations for the next month for "non-participation in a military action.""
Avila is momentarily horrified to see Nyelah, thinking that she was the "extra food", (though rumors of Aer eating people were greatly exaggerated), but then he sees that she is eating a sandwich and looks sleepy rather than worried. When he looks around, he sees the bag from the deli, and though he's hazy on what a deli is, he knows food loot when he sees it. 22-301 is still talking, standing at the base of the ladder unloading the charges from his gun.
"I gave it some of your food."(here 22-301 sounds embarrassed--Aer own nothing, not even their clothes--but food is very personal, and fatal fights have broken out over rations.) "I wasn't sure it could digest mine. It needs a boat. We can fly it to the place where the fat deer were. There are boats there."
Avila is now staring at the Minder on the floor. The Minder's opinion of them flying to the marina next to the cow pasture, west of Gresham, is unknown-- the Minder is in two large pieces and several small ones.(The heavier main section of the Minder is flopped across the equipment locker behind the door, which is why 22-301 is still in his flight suit.)
"The Minder is indisposed." 22-301 pokes Avila's foot to encourage him to go the rest of the way up the ladder.
Avila by now has figured out that 22-301 must have help with whatever he's up to-- Aer aren't normally mechanical; almost all the tech matters are handled by Mer. And somehow 22-301 has figured out where the flight recorder was and has pulled it out onto the floor. Avila is losing track of how many terminal offences 22-301 has already committed.
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I have to say that this is pretty confusing to look at--I thought of pulling the camera back and showing the whole ship, but it's the cockpit here that is important, not the slightly boring grasshopper/helicopter gunship. If you look closely at the opposite door on the cockpit (the other slightly-out-of-perspective oval with the ladder attached to it), you can see the section that matches Rain's sword. The Mer had shown the ladder design to the Azali as being a convenient way to reinforce the door while matching the curve of the opening, without mentioning part of it could be pulled off the ladder as a separate piece. Within easy reach of a Mer, even on a chain, with a nice Minder-cutting edge. The insurrection has already begun ..but nobody has noticed yet.
Comments (53)
SIGMAWORLD
EXCELLENT!
adrie
Wow fabulous story and scene my friend, superb work...love it.
Bossie_Boots
Superb scene and story !!
kobaltkween
first of all: wow, that's a huge amount of detail. i would never have been brave enough to make all of that equipment. i think that's one of the reasons i kind of tend towards the Steve Jobs/THX 1138 look for high tech: simple, sterile, and slick. the scene is easy to read despite all the complexity, which shows how great your talents are. you really need to zoom to appreciate how natural Nyelah's expression looks. the only thing that seems a bit off to me is the door opposite Avila. it's too smooth and simple compared to the rest of the room. i love how it contains a hidden weapon. very nicely done design. whatever comes next must be big. and i still want to know what happened between Nyelah knee-capping 22-301 and him taking her to the ship. this is a great story!
jclP
Excellent work scifi scene and great character work
daggerwilldo
Fine story and the render is all its own. Well done in the drawing like effect you captured.
artistheat
This is Just Amazing,Brilliant Work:)
FaeMoon
What a perfect illustration! I love the fuzzy soft atmosphere seen through the window and the colors work well here. So classically sci-fi
featherwitch Online Now!
I see the makings of a sucessful team here...! I don't think that Minder will be back in commission any time soon by the looks of him. Good for spare parts anyhow!? Another masterful installment! :o)
prae
Stunning, amazing details
mgtcs
OMG....Your work is always so 'complete'...and individually beautiful. Loved everything here!
mapps
awesome :-) hugs
Zazou
Excellent story and illustration !
ragouc
GREAT.....
J5ive
Wow AMAZING!!!
louly
I like how the guy is standing outside the door looking in the vessel, great scene... again :)
aubedo
Another nice jigsaw piece in your bughunt storyline. To all apearances - 22-301, is developing in an interesting manner... Is it possible, that some human relicts are breaking through? That he is going on to be deserting ( in the best meaning of these word). Very nice work. Interesting - where did they found fresh sandwiches in a such destroyed world?
tryky5carla
FANTASTIC WORK, MASTERPIECE !!!!!!!!!
Shari123
LOL I like how the little General has become an "it"!! This is an amazing scene and no one could pull it off as well as you do. Your painting really brings it all together. And on top of all that, you still remember everything you used!
Richabri
Wonderfully constructed scene Lynn :)
Forevernyt
Very nicely done.
pspworkshop
Excellent work!
Raddar
Amazing detail, not only in the image but in the story and explaination.