Pg 43 (Tacki and Toroth finish up at Agatha’s Outfitter)
Panel 1: In the upper left corner of a dressing room hangs a painting of two feral tiger cubs, a boy and a girl, playfully wrestling. The cubs are each wearing a scarf with half of a yellow sunburst on the front. The boy’s scarf is blue and the girl’s is pink (This is a cameo of BlueMario1016’s characters).
Below that, Tacki sits on a small bench, looking a little bored. Toroth, still dressed in just his new diaper, is standing to the right, regarding an outfit on a hanger with interest. The outfit is a blue set of overalls with a vertical chunky striped pattern alternating in yellow, red and green.
Panel 2: Agatha and Pino enter the dressing room. Off in the upper right corner we can see a mouse-sized blue and purple sailor dress on a hanger, next to a light green puffy-sleeved dress. Agatha’s arms are crossed over her chest, and Pino is a step behind her, smiling widely and holding up a data pad.
Agatha: Job’s done laddies. C’mon sergeant. Go get dressed. Pino: Lieutenant Kawabata, I sent your equipment order next door. It’s been approved and a caravan will be dispatched to the fort tomorrow.
Panel 3: Close over the shoulder view from Tacki. Tacki’s head takes up the bottom left of the panel frame. Tacki looks amused. Toroth stands in the upper right of the panel frame, turned at a three-quarter view angle from behind. He is wiggling his tail and bottom excitedly as he stands in a pose like he is holding an imaginary longspear. As if seeing the cub’s imagination superimposed over reality, there is a semi-transparent overlay of a set of bronze hoplite armor on Toroth: a curved helmet topped with a dark red crest, a large round shield that would strap to the left forearm, and a long spear almost as tall as the hatchling that has some technological touches like a battery charge meter.
Toroth: Sometimes I wish we were in ancient times, when the guard fought with spear and hoplon, with nothing but a helmet and a diaper on. Tacki: I suppose artists would have an easier time painting battles if that were still the case…
Panel 4:
A legend reads: “A few buttons and snaps later”
Toroth is standing at panel left, paws on hips, standing akimbo proudly. His expression is proud and happy. His uniform is now blue instead of green, the style and colors matching Tacki with the key difference being that Toroth has Sergeant stripes along both shoulders. Agatha is to the right of him, her arms crossed.
Toroth: Sergeant Azurembrace reporting for duty! Agatha: Good luck you two. Call me when your uniforms are less daft!
Panel 5:
Legend reads: “Back at the cart…”
Zoomed out overhead view of the square. The robo-horse drawn cart is packed with boxes and supplies. Tacki and Toroth are approaching. Caiden is standing straight at attention, as Kiri, Kaffre, and Nyxie scramble to attention. Tacki has a paw raised up, as if to reassure the squad.
Cadien: Squad! Atten-SHUN! Tacki: Whoa! At ease cubs!
Panel 6: View of just over the back of Tacki’s head as he addresses the cubs. The cubs are casting sideways glances at each other.
Tack: Looks like you got our emergency supplies squared away. Let’s go get ourselves that cookie ration I promised!
Panel 7: Kiri, Kaffre, Caiden and Nyxie are so overjoyed, they abandon the pretext of standing at attention, and are now appearing to all pop up at various angles all over the panel, to cartoonishly indicate excitement and happiness. Squad: COOKIES!!!
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