[M - C02] Come Sail Away

[rodiziorobs]

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Location: C02 (Hunston)
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Previously...

I've come to help you.

Even after I took you hostage and held a sword to your throat, huh?

No. I mean yes, I mean...

I don't say this kind of thing often, but I appreciate it. That Seliman is a piece of work, if you hadn't intervened she might have killed me by torture a few minutes ago.

Wait...she tortured you? Oh my gosh! What happened to your leg?

That's her. She did that in just a few minutes. Look, I'm tough, and I've been around, but I've never seen a weapon like she had.

Oh no, that means... Listen. Things aren't what they seem around here. There have been some rumors about a kind of underground crime ring here at MANTIS. I never believed them but suddenly a lot of things are making sense.

Like why Seliman let a convicted slaver escape?

Exactly. If the rumors are true, then she probably won't let you leave no matter what the general may have said. But I am pretty sure I can get you out.

How?

That's what I came to talk to you about when I first arrived on the Strata, but I've realized more about you now. It's about

Scorpio?

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There, Farrs? Do you see? She kind of responded. In a trance like sort of way.

I see it. Try again...

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Why yes, how did you...

Scorpio?

I knew it. You are his sister, aren't you?

Yes, I am. Is he here? I thought I heard him. Scorpio I'm here! Where are you?

Oh...dear. Sorry to break the news to you, but...Scorpio...he's dead.

What?!

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Farrs, how can I figure out exactly where I am?

I told you, you are Here.

But...where is everything else?

Everything...Else..?

Yes, you can see the universe above but how do we get there? I need to find where my sister really is; this is kind of her, but more like a ghost of her. I have a feeling she isn't really here at all.

I have heard of a Place far away toward the center of Nowhere but I have never been.

Do you have a way we could try and get there?

Yes. I will come with you. There is nothing really for me Here any more anyway. Perhaps Somewhere Else will bring me new purpose.

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Farrs' ship was unlike any Scorpio had ever seen. It looked like a sort of gondola, but Scorpio could see no way that it stayed aloft. He and Farrs loaded Arsenica's cot into it and then climbed on. Farrs guided the ship to where Scorpio directed. He didn't know where he was going, but he had to solve the mystery of what had happened.

More pics and stuff below.

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I had wanted to build the scene between Jex and Arsenica but there wasn't time. I really liked the way the gondola turned out, but it was a remarkable pain to photograph. I had to counter the weight of the ship with a PAB cup in the back behind the cloud backdrop, which threw off my already poor photo space.

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

AG week 69 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

In the end, I knocked everything off my table to the ground, including the ship

C&C always welcome!

[Andromedas Gates]

The judges awarded you 5 points.

[robuko]

This is an excellent build. What a pity it smashed. The clouds and the ship are lovely, especially the rigging and the hull, and I really like the use of the mini doll.

[LucByard]

Love the idea of 'Here' and really enjoying Farrs' character. Looking forward to more. The gondola is beautifully unusual too with some wonderful design elements to it.