Black Temple: Deserters

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Ending updates with basically a set list of choices was a really dumb idea and I am going to stop doing it.

For a good long while the results were pretty much split identically depending on where the replies were posted too 0:
Technically it is a tie but two of the posts came in after I started drafting the update.

Fast but Unarmed: IIIII
Lots of Guns: IIIII
Turtle:

”Let's go with fast, we've got our own guns and to be honest if we need to shoot anything we're probably already going to be dead. Cloak and Dagger is my usual modus operandi.”
”You're entering dangerous territory? I didn't think this rathole even held such a place.”
”Probably best I don't talk too much about it.”

Just paint the one with the guns red, then it will go faster and have a load of big fuckoff guns.

I've always wanted a custom vehicle but apparently I'm not worth the expense.
We don't even keep paint around, Ercite black and green are all the colours the temple care about apparently.


”PleAse inDiCatE YouR DeSTinAtiON.”
This is why I travel “on foot” whenever possible, it's hard to forget that this could have been me.


Fortunately it's not far to the containment zone.
The easiest way to round people up usually turns out to just be walling off a section of the city and then figuring out who belongs on each side.

I may pity the drivers but I suppose it's still a better life than being a forcefield.


”Greetings sire.”
”I hope the day finds you well, great one.”
”Please stop with the honorifics. I'm just here to find my specialists...
Is that a gnome? As in, not a pet one?”
”We know you're fond of the things so we held onto it for a bit, he wasn't being very cooperative anyway. Got your man to restrain him for a while.”
”Looks like he bit someone.”
”Those teeth are sharp!”


”Enjoying yourself up there?”
“You freaks had better let me go right now!”
”I do hope he hasn't bitten you too, Spider. He seems a little stressed and we wouldn't want him growing any extra arms.”

”Can they even do that this fast?”
”Faster than you can, reduced surface area.”

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Panel 3 was originally meant to be a gif too but I ran out of steam after messing up the frame movement speed calculations three times and made it a still image :beetip:

I still need to work on making cities look like they have people in, maybe more detailing on buildings such as windows would help but I'm not really very certain on that one.