Poor soldier is losing his mind with fear (?). “Mother of God” is right. Is that monster intentionally obscured in that last panel? If so excellent artistic choice. Now I can only imagine how horrifying what they’re seeing is.
Okay shit couldn’t hit the proverbial fan anyharder than it did on this page. Sleepy and Porcia continue to be the braviest (or craziest) in the room if they can keep cracking jokes even in this situation…..
It really couldn’t have hit harder haha. Maybe a little bit of both ;D. They certainly know how to fight monsters though, I’m sure that experience helps haha.
I love how the soldiers just straight up leave out poor Sleepy, Princess priority and all! i’m so invested in these characters!!! You kicked that last monster to curve girls do it again
Yeah! Fun fact on the first iteration of the story one of the first things I did was have one of the big villains of this world explain what this technology is but in this redo of the story I didn’t wanna do that haha.
But basically it’s called “Bayesian tech” and it originates from the rings they’re wearing!
Yeahhh that soldier is completely gone. I noticed is Porcia is the only one who hasn’t drawn her green laser lightsaber sword. It looks like she’s kind of frozen up, maybe this monster is scary even for her? Poor girl. >.<
He is definitely having a breakdown to say the least!
Ah I’m really glad you spotted that! I’m excited to show you all the next page, I can say Porcia isn’t afraid of monsters or beasts (besides snakes), but something about this situation/entity elicits some trauma in as if it were a person :O.
Her hesitation is also mixed with some social conditioning she grew up with letting soldiers help her out, Porcia’s very rebellious especially with Sleepy but she’s been taught to go along with the Princess stuff to please her folks and that’s still a bit ingrained in her despite her probably prefering otherwise haha
Honestly a long time ago planning this scene at first I was going to use a model of a Rangda since theres statues of some in my house lmao. But now this scene is completely different, might not be what yall expect can’t wait to show yall 😀
If I was the princess I would have a couple of those guards follow me around all the time JUST to whip out that sick umbrella when it rains spontaneously! I’m jealous!!!! lol
That’s brilliant haha! I’m trying to think now if Porcia would do something like that, she might be too nice but who knows XD.
Oh yeah, especially in this hellscape of a world, I’d be jealous of any of the royalty too pfft. Despite finding many facets of it restrictive, she does like a lot of perks of being Princess such as getting a lot of attention and being able to talk and help to lots of new people!
I’m so glad you think so! Yeah this is going to be quite a long story with plenty of twists, here shortly a lot of things/players that have been quickly alluded to or introduced will come into play and merge. But at the same time I’m aiming to make a sort of half coherent, half dreamy surreal vibe haha.
I find this story some of the funnest to work on because of that, I love ambiguity in stories I’m reading a book that kind of throws you into the deep end and I love it, even if it’s a bit frustrating at times I think that’s part of the charm heheh. Thanks for reading Jorgen, I love your work XD
So are the pale white humans in this story, like Porcia’s mom, supposed to be human? Or are they like a D & D seperate race or species that’s humanoid?
Hahaha I love that movie! Jordan Peele is great. I made this scene before I saw that movie though! I’d say this is more inspired by Evil Dead 2 but I totally love that comparison 😀
Oo That’s a great question! This world has it’s own fantasy world and culture going on but Porcia’s mom would be just as “human” as everyone one. She’s Abyssian, her people have lived mostly underground in the Abyss for a long time and many of them are pale (though not all Abyssians are).
Like pretty much any else, I get inspired by a lot of different cultures and such, many of the people shown so far that have green eyes original come from regions I made up that’s inspired by parts of Vietnam. So fun fact could be argued Porcia would be at least half asian lol. Mar, the soldier with the scar on his forehead, is from a made up archipelego inspired by Sierra Leonean. And Iri and a lot of people in this part of the world that have yellow eyes, would be Japanese.
Just random examples of many in this story, there’s in story places and people that are inspired by Barbados, France, Phillipines and Indonesia, Greece and more. This specific Paradise in general tends to luckily be at least relatively more okay with being a melting pot. A lot of kind of sociological issues and tensions that will eventually be more prevelant in the story are inspired by my referencing first hand and second hand different places/peoples/events in real life!
…okay, you’ve spoiled some things about this story to me but now tell me if this is it’s own world what does Socrates have to do with it in that WIP. LMAO.
I really can’t wait if you get into that shit you were talking about with Paradise 002 with the psychopath racist CEO, and the prison abolition shit. If you stick with that at least.
I don’t see how Socrates cameo breaks any consistency at all! Real answer just shits and gigles thanks to my life long philosophy obsession, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari may join us next lol.
That arc will be a trip! I’m still thinking how to best curate and organize all the stuff that happens in it so it’s like…readable hahaha. I could talk so much more about the future storylines but I want them to speak for themselves when we get there and let chips fall where they may (if we get there lol). I can say I’m excited if we ever get to the revolution stuff, Porcia and Sleepy’s roles through that will be so fun. And they’ll be so many characters and spooky monsters I’m looking forward to introducing then.
Alex Le
I don’t know who Gilles and Felix are but sure, Socrates can’t just take all the glory real life cameo right?
I’m looking forward to Sleepy’s future stuff in particular. Hey, take your time bud.
Thank you!! I def will. I can’t wait for just finishing this first case and see a bit more of the city, see what Porcia and co do when they’re not in peril lol
41 thoughts on “Chapter 2: Part 14”
sovember
Thanks for reading!
Henson
Poor soldier is losing his mind with fear (?). “Mother of God” is right. Is that monster intentionally obscured in that last panel? If so excellent artistic choice. Now I can only imagine how horrifying what they’re seeing is.
sovember
Poor Lex! Yup, that last panel is intentional haha. Thank you that’s high praise!
I love ambiguity in horror, kind of experimenting to keep it so that no two encounters feel the exact same :).
Alex Le
Okay shit couldn’t hit the proverbial fan anyharder than it did on this page. Sleepy and Porcia continue to be the braviest (or craziest) in the room if they can keep cracking jokes even in this situation…..
sovember
It really couldn’t have hit harder haha. Maybe a little bit of both ;D. They certainly know how to fight monsters though, I’m sure that experience helps haha.
CaitCat
Uh oh, things are getting serious! All work and no play makes Blue Eyes a dull boy!
sovember
Definitely! Hopefully they can adapt to whatever’s saying hello! Haha, he’s gonna break the 4th wall and start quoting Jack Nicholson 😛
GoldenLion🦁
Holy CRAP
sovember
If we could put an ear trumpet to their minds, that would be screaming on repeat haha.
LaterGaytor🏳️🌈
I hope they all survive 😭
sovember
Me too, at times it feels like I can’t control my own story XD
Marcus G
Hell naw they gotta get out of there somehow. 💀
sovember
Definitely!
우주야
I’m afraid they won’t be strong enough
sovember
Hopefully they are!
->-UwUKaren:>
Gosh this sequence is so unnerving. Blood gives me shivers >.<
sovember
Sorry about the excess haha. Don’t worry it’s a short but horrific scene 😀
emperialScum
Ha. I would just kill myself. I win. Gottem.
sovember
It’s really scary how there’s basically no way out for them since the door won’t open
Ana Harris
I love how the soldiers just straight up leave out poor Sleepy, Princess priority and all! i’m so invested in these characters!!! You kicked that last monster to curve girls do it again
sovember
Yeah they’re trained to protect the princess at all costs haha. Might also be some pettiness too but it’s mostly the former :D.
I’m so glad you think so! Yeah! They got this…hopefully haha.
Tech9
The hologrom weapon technology is so f*cking cool though the umbrella
sovember
Yeah! Fun fact on the first iteration of the story one of the first things I did was have one of the big villains of this world explain what this technology is but in this redo of the story I didn’t wanna do that haha.
But basically it’s called “Bayesian tech” and it originates from the rings they’re wearing!
Alyssa Chiang
Yeahhh that soldier is completely gone. I noticed is Porcia is the only one who hasn’t drawn her green laser lightsaber sword. It looks like she’s kind of frozen up, maybe this monster is scary even for her? Poor girl. >.<
sovember
He is definitely having a breakdown to say the least!
Ah I’m really glad you spotted that! I’m excited to show you all the next page, I can say Porcia isn’t afraid of monsters or beasts (besides snakes), but something about this situation/entity elicits some trauma in as if it were a person :O.
Her hesitation is also mixed with some social conditioning she grew up with letting soldiers help her out, Porcia’s very rebellious especially with Sleepy but she’s been taught to go along with the Princess stuff to please her folks and that’s still a bit ingrained in her despite her probably prefering otherwise haha
tacosupreme48255
I wonder what it looks like.
sovember
Honestly a long time ago planning this scene at first I was going to use a model of a Rangda since theres statues of some in my house lmao. But now this scene is completely different, might not be what yall expect can’t wait to show yall 😀
tacosupreme48255
I don’t know what a rangda is but fair enough
myname123
If I was the princess I would have a couple of those guards follow me around all the time JUST to whip out that sick umbrella when it rains spontaneously! I’m jealous!!!! lol
sovember
That’s brilliant haha! I’m trying to think now if Porcia would do something like that, she might be too nice but who knows XD.
Oh yeah, especially in this hellscape of a world, I’d be jealous of any of the royalty too pfft. Despite finding many facets of it restrictive, she does like a lot of perks of being Princess such as getting a lot of attention and being able to talk and help to lots of new people!
Miaubol
Now *that’s* what I call a cliffhanger! 😉
sovember
Hehe most definitely! I’m hyped for the next one 🙂
Lachlan Willis
Epic so far!
Jorgen Von Strangle
The best part is I never know what happens next in this story. Great work. Keep going.
sovember
I’m so glad you think so! Yeah this is going to be quite a long story with plenty of twists, here shortly a lot of things/players that have been quickly alluded to or introduced will come into play and merge. But at the same time I’m aiming to make a sort of half coherent, half dreamy surreal vibe haha.
I find this story some of the funnest to work on because of that, I love ambiguity in stories I’m reading a book that kind of throws you into the deep end and I love it, even if it’s a bit frustrating at times I think that’s part of the charm heheh. Thanks for reading Jorgen, I love your work XD
James Perdido
Reminds me of the blood scene from NOPE.
So are the pale white humans in this story, like Porcia’s mom, supposed to be human? Or are they like a D & D seperate race or species that’s humanoid?
sovember
Hahaha I love that movie! Jordan Peele is great. I made this scene before I saw that movie though! I’d say this is more inspired by Evil Dead 2 but I totally love that comparison 😀
Oo That’s a great question! This world has it’s own fantasy world and culture going on but Porcia’s mom would be just as “human” as everyone one. She’s Abyssian, her people have lived mostly underground in the Abyss for a long time and many of them are pale (though not all Abyssians are).
Like pretty much any else, I get inspired by a lot of different cultures and such, many of the people shown so far that have green eyes original come from regions I made up that’s inspired by parts of Vietnam. So fun fact could be argued Porcia would be at least half asian lol. Mar, the soldier with the scar on his forehead, is from a made up archipelego inspired by Sierra Leonean. And Iri and a lot of people in this part of the world that have yellow eyes, would be Japanese.
Just random examples of many in this story, there’s in story places and people that are inspired by Barbados, France, Phillipines and Indonesia, Greece and more. This specific Paradise in general tends to luckily be at least relatively more okay with being a melting pot. A lot of kind of sociological issues and tensions that will eventually be more prevelant in the story are inspired by my referencing first hand and second hand different places/peoples/events in real life!
Alex Le
…okay, you’ve spoiled some things about this story to me but now tell me if this is it’s own world what does Socrates have to do with it in that WIP. LMAO.
I really can’t wait if you get into that shit you were talking about with Paradise 002 with the psychopath racist CEO, and the prison abolition shit. If you stick with that at least.
sovember
I don’t see how Socrates cameo breaks any consistency at all! Real answer just shits and gigles thanks to my life long philosophy obsession, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari may join us next lol.
That arc will be a trip! I’m still thinking how to best curate and organize all the stuff that happens in it so it’s like…readable hahaha. I could talk so much more about the future storylines but I want them to speak for themselves when we get there and let chips fall where they may (if we get there lol). I can say I’m excited if we ever get to the revolution stuff, Porcia and Sleepy’s roles through that will be so fun. And they’ll be so many characters and spooky monsters I’m looking forward to introducing then.
Alex Le
I don’t know who Gilles and Felix are but sure, Socrates can’t just take all the glory real life cameo right?
I’m looking forward to Sleepy’s future stuff in particular. Hey, take your time bud.
sovember
True lol!
Thank you!! I def will. I can’t wait for just finishing this first case and see a bit more of the city, see what Porcia and co do when they’re not in peril lol