ALT a digital painting of savitribai phule. her skin is painted with bright red, orange, and cream. she has an angular, square face with round eyebrows and calm eyes. her saree blends into the dappled blue background.
ALT an illustration of nora. nora is white, fat, and human. she wears an ornate men's adventuring set--light pants, gray boots with golden caps, a light teal shirt with ornaments on the sleeves, and a gray vest with teal and gold fasteners. her dark hair is pulled into a loose ponytail over her shoulder. she looks upward, unsheathing a dagger from a very nicely decorated sheath. behind her are six pieces of a circle--her family compass--framing her in a D shape.
ALT Digital illustration. Harry Du Bois looks down at his ID card, dejected. Kim Kitsuragi stands, nonplussed. Silhouettes of various alcoholic beverage glasses are behind them. Text: "You - 'I thought my rank was *drunk.*"
ALT Digital illustration. Harry looks at his ID card, displaying a younger portrait of him, his full name, and his title. He tilts the ID card to see his ragged old face staring back. Text: "Harrier Du Bois, Lieutenant Double Yefreitor" ; "Tilt"
ALT Digital illustration. Harry looks up at Kim. Behind them is a silhouette of Harry, made up of paper, gunshots, coffee stains, and inkblots. Stray papers fly away. Text: "Kim Kitsuragi - 'Yes, apparently you've had a rather successful career in the past, and this leads me to believe"
ALT Digital illustration. Harry stands in a dark void. He is small, alone, standing on a road. Alcohol bottles, cigarette boxes, and pill bottles loom above him, twice or thrice his size. pills rain from above. The bright light of a Kineema barreling down the road glares directly at Harry. Text: "maybe your *current situation*"
ALT Digital illustration. The panels slowly bleed into a top-down view of Harry and Jean Vicquemare, in dark RCM uniforms. The color palette changes abruptly from the previous pages' much lighter pinks, yellows, and purples to dark purples, blues, and blacks. We are in the past. Harry sits at a desk, with pills and cigarettes strewn on top. A bottle of beer has been knocked over, and is soiling his documents. Jean stands behind Harry. Text: "is only temporary.'"
ALT Digital illustration. Jean puts a hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry explodes with rage, turning around and shouting. Behind them both are alcoholic beverages, lit cigarettes, and bags of pills.
ALT Digital illustration. Harry is standing now, pointing at Jean's face and making a fist with the other hand, yelling. Jean has his arms crossed. Text: "You: 'I don't want to get better--"
ALT Digital illustration. We are back to Harry and Kim. They are much smaller than Harry and Jean in the prior page. Harry and Kim are separated by a panel break. The color palette resembles the first few pages again, before the flashback: subdued light pinks, yellows, purples. We are back in the present. Harry finishes his sentence, but says it to Kim. Text: "I want to get worse.'"
ALT Jean Vicquemare - "Mack, man the door," he gestures Torson to block the doorway, then turns to Minot. "You know what he told me? 'I don't want to get better -- I want to get worse.' Those were his words." He sighs heavily and turns to address the room... (A line cuts through the text.) You - "I thought my rank was *drunk*." Kim Kitsuragi - "Yes, apparently you've had a rather successful career in the past and," -- he pauses to examine you -- "this leads me to believe maybe your current *situation* is only temporary." You - "I don't want to get better -- I want to get worse." ReputationLowers("kim")
ALT A digital illustration. Sybil Reisz and Royce Bracket from Transistor look at each other. Sybil says, "WE SHOULD KILL HER" in large meme font. She has a palm up, pointing in the direction of Red from Transistor, who is standing on a stage in the distance, happily singing under a spotlight.
