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Fan art time!

In the comments for my picture Soldier , and I RPed a short story about his character Tryx playing the part of a heroic rebel spy outwitting and duping the Soldier. It was a lot of fun and I thought the story we ended up writing was funny (it reads SO much like a classic cartoon), so I knew I had to draw a picture to go along with it.

Tryx belongs to .

You can read the story we wrote below. Enjoy!

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PRETTY LITTLE SCOUNDREL

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Soldier is on patrol, trying to catch heroic rebel spies.
Something moves in the shadows.
Soldier "Hah! I see you! Come back here, you little scoundrel!"
He gives chase!
The little scoundrel dashes out of the shadows, carrying a secret message in her jaws, climbs up the walls deftly with claws, and taunts him from the rooftop.
Tryx "We've got the dirt on you now! Ha-ha!"
The Soldier shakes his fist.
Soldier: "You're not getting away that easily, you pretty little rogue!"
He climbs a conveniently placed ladder, but just as he gets to the top finds Tryx there waiting for him. She smiles, a big naughty grin...then pushes the ladder! He falls!
Soldier: "AHHHHHHHHH...!"
THUMP!
Luckily, he lands rear-end-first in a nearby (also conveniently placed) pile of garbage that breaks his fall, like a big stinky pillow.
Soldier: "Argh...ew...well, that didn't work...how about you try this on for size!"
He aims his musket and takes a shot (POW!), but between the smoke and the darkness (and, this being a musket after all) can't tell if he missed super-wide or not.
When the smoke clears there's no sign of Tryx.
She peeks over the rooftop looking shocked and indignant.
Tryx "Hey! Don't you know that could've killed me!"
Slips behind the rooftop and appears next to soldier.
Tryx "You could never hit me at -that- range, sweetie. Here, hold this for me." Gives him the secret message she stole, and takes his musket and presses the barrel to her own body. "Give it another go! Point blank range! I dare you. Make my day!"
Gives him the musket and takes back secret message.
Soldier reloads, barrel pressed in Tryx.
Bang!
Smoke clears. Soldier pulls his musket away from Tryx. There's no wound.
Tryx puts hands on her hips and grins and poses sassily.
Tryx "Missed me again~!" Bats her eyes.
She splits and stops at the city gates. "Alas, another loss for you, sweetie. As a consolation prize I'll play a little tune. This one goes out to you, love." She starts playing an air mandolin.
Soldier checks his ammo, he has one shot left.
Tryx sings sweetly "When the moon hits your eye, like a big piece of pie, thats a moray eel~"
Soldier was at his wit's end! And out of breath too, after having chased Tryx all the way to the gates.
Soldier "I-I'm... (PANT) ...g-gonna catch you... (PANT) ...Y-ya loony lizard...if it's the last thing I do!"
He reloaded his musket one more time, but by the time he looked up again Tryx had disappeared.
Soldier "Where did she go?"
As if on cue, a nearby window suddenly bursts open:
Tryx "When the world seems to smell like the trash where you fell, that's a musky seal~!"
Soldier spins toward the window, but by the time he turns Tryx has already ducked away and suddenly reappeared right beside him, tickling his chin with her tail.
Tryx "When I make you drool, you big silly fool, that's a moley-yay~!"
Soldier "Hey! That doesn't-WHOA!"
Tryx ducks and scurries under the soldier, knocking him in the air so high that he does a little flip before landing on his back, his hat covering his face so he can't see a thing.
Soldier "OOF!"
A moment later he hears his musket, which he'd dropped mid-flip, land somewhere nearby with a clatter.
BANG!
Soldier "Oh no! My last shot, wasted!"
Sitting up and lifting his hat, Soldier is STUNNED to see Tryx standing nearby with a look of astonishment on her face and a splotch of red over her heart. She clutches her chest and gasps. (He's too surprised to notice the pail of red paint Tryx is shoving out of view with her tail.)
Tryx "Ohhh...! You got me honey...right in my left ventricle...ulk!"
Soldier "I...I did? What have I done??? I didn't mean~!"
(Cue sad violin from...somewhere…)
Tryx falls on her knees, clutching her 'wounded' chest, panting and coughing.
"Ugh...everything's going gray." Crawls over on hand and knees to soldier, hacking, long tongue dragging.
"I failed the mission! I failed my three kids! And I was all they had. (Sniff)...they'll be orphans! Don't tell them!" Falls flat on her belly, "Don't tell them it was like this!" Rolls on her back. "Don't let them find out it ended this way for me~!" (Her voice gets squeakier and more pitiful the longer she talks.)
Soldier delicately cradles Tryx while she 'suffers.'
Tryx "One day they'll avenge me. They will finish what I've begun! They'll protect their right to....uhg...their right to... (ulk)...mm..hang on a sec-"
Fist bumps her chest a bit. "Hm...Think your musket bullet got stuck in my bicuspic valve. You use incendiary ammo, by the way? I'm going out with some very painful heartburn. Ahem...mm...we'll uncover...the truth!"
Soldier "What truth?"
Tryx "The secret truth, that they’re hiding from us...the truth that...ugh...humans...can survive underwater!"
Soldier is astonished "Wha! We can?!"
Tryx "Yes, but not for very long... Uuuhhhhoooooowwww...!"
Moans her last and goes 'stone cold' in his arms, paws still clutching her chest.
Soldier turns pale when he feels Tryx go limp in his arms.
Soldier "M-Miss Lepto? (Shakes Tryx) Speak to me!"
When she doesn't answer, he starts bawling like a baby!
Soldier "WAAAAHHH! What have I done?? I'm a MONSTER! A no-good LEPTO-KILLER! WAAAAHHH!"
A teary snotty mess, he gently lays Tryx on the ground and takes off his hat.
Soldier "F-farewell...M-Miss...R-rest in...P-P-P-WAAAAHHH!"
He turns away to leave.
Soldier (SNIFF) "A-at least I got the s-secret m-message back...wait, where is the message?"
He turns back - only to find Tryx is gone!
Soldier "W-WHAT? Where...?!"
Tryx, the secret message in her jaws, has scurried all the way out the gate. She turns back a moment, wipes the red paint off her chest, and flashes a V-for-Victory sign
Tryx "It's been fun, love, but I really do need to get going now. Toodles!"
Soldier "Why you-OOF!"
Furious, Soldier tries to give chase but immediately falls flat on his face - somehow, when he wasn't looking, that crafty little lady had tied his shoelaces together! With a flick of her tail, Tryx bounds off into the night to deliver her secrets!
Soldier (GROAN) "Every time...I'll get you next time, you little scoundrel! ...Looks like potato-peeling duty again..."

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FIN

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Description
Fan art time!

In the comments for my picture Soldier , and I RPed a short story about his character Tryx playing the part of a heroic rebel spy outwitting and duping the Soldier. It was a lot of fun and I thought the story we ended up writing was funny (it reads SO much like a classic cartoon), so I knew I had to draw a picture to go along with it.

Tryx belongs to .

You can read the story we wrote below. Enjoy!

- - -

PRETTY LITTLE SCOUNDREL

- - -

Soldier is on patrol, trying to catch heroic rebel spies.
Something moves in the shadows.
Soldier "Hah! I see you! Come back here, you little scoundrel!"
He gives chase!
The little scoundrel dashes out of the shadows, carrying a secret message in her jaws, climbs up the walls deftly with claws, and taunts him from the rooftop.
Tryx "We've got the dirt on you now! Ha-ha!"
The Soldier shakes his fist.
Soldier: "You're not getting away that easily, you pretty little rogue!"
He climbs a conveniently placed ladder, but just as he gets to the top finds Tryx there waiting for him. She smiles, a big naughty grin...then pushes the ladder! He falls!
Soldier: "AHHHHHHHHH...!"
THUMP!
Luckily, he lands rear-end-first in a nearby (also conveniently placed) pile of garbage that breaks his fall, like a big stinky pillow.
Soldier: "Argh...ew...well, that didn't work...how about you try this on for size!"
He aims his musket and takes a shot (POW!), but between the smoke and the darkness (and, this being a musket after all) can't tell if he missed super-wide or not.
When the smoke clears there's no sign of Tryx.
She peeks over the rooftop looking shocked and indignant.
Tryx "Hey! Don't you know that could've killed me!"
Slips behind the rooftop and appears next to soldier.
Tryx "You could never hit me at -that- range, sweetie. Here, hold this for me." Gives him the secret message she stole, and takes his musket and presses the barrel to her own body. "Give it another go! Point blank range! I dare you. Make my day!"
Gives him the musket and takes back secret message.
Soldier reloads, barrel pressed in Tryx.
Bang!
Smoke clears. Soldier pulls his musket away from Tryx. There's no wound.
Tryx puts hands on her hips and grins and poses sassily.
Tryx "Missed me again~!" Bats her eyes.
She splits and stops at the city gates. "Alas, another loss for you, sweetie. As a consolation prize I'll play a little tune. This one goes out to you, love." She starts playing an air mandolin.
Soldier checks his ammo, he has one shot left.
Tryx sings sweetly "When the moon hits your eye, like a big piece of pie, thats a moray eel~"
Soldier was at his wit's end! And out of breath too, after having chased Tryx all the way to the gates.
Soldier "I-I'm... (PANT) ...g-gonna catch you... (PANT) ...Y-ya loony lizard...if it's the last thing I do!"
He reloaded his musket one more time, but by the time he looked up again Tryx had disappeared.
Soldier "Where did she go?"
As if on cue, a nearby window suddenly bursts open:
Tryx "When the world seems to smell like the trash where you fell, that's a musky seal~!"
Soldier spins toward the window, but by the time he turns Tryx has already ducked away and suddenly reappeared right beside him, tickling his chin with her tail.
Tryx "When I make you drool, you big silly fool, that's a moley-yay~!"
Soldier "Hey! That doesn't-WHOA!"
Tryx ducks and scurries under the soldier, knocking him in the air so high that he does a little flip before landing on his back, his hat covering his face so he can't see a thing.
Soldier "OOF!"
A moment later he hears his musket, which he'd dropped mid-flip, land somewhere nearby with a clatter.
BANG!
Soldier "Oh no! My last shot, wasted!"
Sitting up and lifting his hat, Soldier is STUNNED to see Tryx standing nearby with a look of astonishment on her face and a splotch of red over her heart. She clutches her chest and gasps. (He's too surprised to notice the pail of red paint Tryx is shoving out of view with her tail.)
Tryx "Ohhh...! You got me honey...right in my left ventricle...ulk!"
Soldier "I...I did? What have I done??? I didn't mean~!"
(Cue sad violin from...somewhere…)
Tryx falls on her knees, clutching her 'wounded' chest, panting and coughing.
"Ugh...everything's going gray." Crawls over on hand and knees to soldier, hacking, long tongue dragging.
"I failed the mission! I failed my three kids! And I was all they had. (Sniff)...they'll be orphans! Don't tell them!" Falls flat on her belly, "Don't tell them it was like this!" Rolls on her back. "Don't let them find out it ended this way for me~!" (Her voice gets squeakier and more pitiful the longer she talks.)
Soldier delicately cradles Tryx while she 'suffers.'
Tryx "One day they'll avenge me. They will finish what I've begun! They'll protect their right to....uhg...their right to... (ulk)...mm..hang on a sec-"
Fist bumps her chest a bit. "Hm...Think your musket bullet got stuck in my bicuspic valve. You use incendiary ammo, by the way? I'm going out with some very painful heartburn. Ahem...mm...we'll uncover...the truth!"
Soldier "What truth?"
Tryx "The secret truth, that they’re hiding from us...the truth that...ugh...humans...can survive underwater!"
Soldier is astonished "Wha! We can?!"
Tryx "Yes, but not for very long... Uuuhhhhoooooowwww...!"
Moans her last and goes 'stone cold' in his arms, paws still clutching her chest.
Soldier turns pale when he feels Tryx go limp in his arms.
Soldier "M-Miss Lepto? (Shakes Tryx) Speak to me!"
When she doesn't answer, he starts bawling like a baby!
Soldier "WAAAAHHH! What have I done?? I'm a MONSTER! A no-good LEPTO-KILLER! WAAAAHHH!"
A teary snotty mess, he gently lays Tryx on the ground and takes off his hat.
Soldier "F-farewell...M-Miss...R-rest in...P-P-P-WAAAAHHH!"
He turns away to leave.
Soldier (SNIFF) "A-at least I got the s-secret m-message back...wait, where is the message?"
He turns back - only to find Tryx is gone!
Soldier "W-WHAT? Where...?!"
Tryx, the secret message in her jaws, has scurried all the way out the gate. She turns back a moment, wipes the red paint off her chest, and flashes a V-for-Victory sign
Tryx "It's been fun, love, but I really do need to get going now. Toodles!"
Soldier "Why you-OOF!"
Furious, Soldier tries to give chase but immediately falls flat on his face - somehow, when he wasn't looking, that crafty little lady had tied his shoelaces together! With a flick of her tail, Tryx bounds off into the night to deliver her secrets!
Soldier (GROAN) "Every time...I'll get you next time, you little scoundrel! ...Looks like potato-peeling duty again..."

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FIN

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