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PANEL 1: SEBASTIAN, the governor, stands in front of his easy chair, shocked. SEBASTIAN: Emperor! Y-You honor Du Fu with a visit. Yes-yesyes. PANEL 2: The EMPEROR points aggressively at SEBASTIAN. EMPEROR: Oh stop the act, Sebastian. You know why I’m here. SEBASTiAN: My lord…I don’t! PANEL 3: Close up on the EMPEROR, as he yells. EMPEROR: LOOK AT YOUR FACCE. That’s the exact face 10-year-old you made when Abel caught up in his study. You were always a piss-poor liar. PANEL 4: Extreme close up as the EMPEROR continues to yell. EMPEROR: 400 MILLION PESETAS, SEBASTIAN! 400 million moved from Du Fu accounts to God knows where. I have a team of forensic accountants on it. PANEL 5: SEBASTIAN tries to placate the EMPEROR, who’s turned away in to the shadows. SEBASTIAN: Cousin! No-no-no! Someone has misled you…! EMPEROR: And it’s looking like the tip of the iceberg, you’ve been a busy bee, COUSIN. PANEL 6: Close up on the EMPEROR, as he clenches his fist. EMPEROR: Here I thought my job was to save the empire from the Continuum. Turns out I needed to save it from my own damn family! PANEL 7: The EMPEROR continues, fingers to his temples. EMPEROR: Little alarm bells have been going off for me. I’ve seen pushback on direct orders. I’ve caught whispers in the hallways. PANEL 8: The EMPEROR turns away, continue to gesticulate wildly. SEBASTIAN responds defensively. EMPEROR: And it’s everywhere I turn! At the courts, at Industrioglobo, at the Jinyiwei, at the governors’ council… All the hallmarks of a coup in the making. SEBASTIAN: Not from me! Not my my nyx! PANEL 9: The EMPEROR turns his back, a huge, muscular TESSKAN (a rhino-like alien with blades on his head, and tusks). EMPEROR: Oh very much from you. (Turning to the Tesskan) “light” PANEL 10: The TESSKAN takes a huge back handed slap to SEBASTIAN, we see his legs fly off-panel. SFX: WHAMMMMM PANEL 11: The EMPEROR looks aghast, the TESSKAN, clearly not very smart, responds confused. EMPEROR: ! In what conceivable way was that “light”?! He weighs sixty kilograms WET for God’s sake. TESSKAN: I ‘dunno. All humans is tiny. ——— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
PANEL 1: SEBASTIAN, the governor, stands in front of his easy chair, shocked. SEBASTIAN: Emperor! Y-You honor Du Fu with a visit. Yes-yesyes. PANEL 2: The EMPEROR points aggressively at SEBASTIAN. EMPEROR: Oh stop the act, Sebastian. You know why I’m here. SEBASTiAN: My lord…I don’t! PANEL 3: Close up on the EMPEROR, as he yells. EMPEROR: LOOK AT YOUR FACCE. That’s the exact face 10-year-old you made when Abel caught up in his study. You were always a piss-poor liar. PANEL 4: Extreme close up as the EMPEROR continues to yell. EMPEROR: 400 MILLION PESETAS, SEBASTIAN! 400 million moved from Du Fu accounts to God knows where. I have a team of forensic accountants on it. PANEL 5: SEBASTIAN tries to placate the EMPEROR, who’s turned away in to the shadows. SEBASTIAN: Cousin! No-no-no! Someone has misled you…! EMPEROR: And it’s looking like the tip of the iceberg, you’ve been a busy bee, COUSIN. PANEL 6: Close up on the EMPEROR, as he clenches his fist. EMPEROR: Here I thought my job was to save the empire from the Continuum. Turns out I needed to save it from my own damn family! PANEL 7: The EMPEROR continues, fingers to his temples. EMPEROR: Little alarm bells have been going off for me. I’ve seen pushback on direct orders. I’ve caught whispers in the hallways. PANEL 8: The EMPEROR turns away, continue to gesticulate wildly. SEBASTIAN responds defensively. EMPEROR: And it’s everywhere I turn! At the courts, at Industrioglobo, at the Jinyiwei, at the governors’ council… All the hallmarks of a coup in the making. SEBASTIAN: Not from me! Not my my nyx! PANEL 9: The EMPEROR turns his back, a huge, muscular TESSKAN (a rhino-like alien with blades on his head, and tusks). EMPEROR: Oh very much from you. (Turning to the Tesskan) “light” PANEL 10: The TESSKAN takes a huge back handed slap to SEBASTIAN, we see his legs fly off-panel. SFX: WHAMMMMM PANEL 11: The EMPEROR looks aghast, the TESSKAN, clearly not very smart, responds confused. EMPEROR: ! In what conceivable way was that “light”?! He weighs sixty kilograms WET for God’s sake. TESSKAN: I ‘dunno. All humans is tiny. ——— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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