stuff of nightmares
Insanity has never brought me closer
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:32 PM, jmhcustomart2004 <
a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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> First off, I'd rather take a dose of .45 caliber aspiring than to do what
> would be necessary to get her attention!
>
> There are several instances in the story where she affects electronic
> equipment, especially cameras. Such devices will only "see" her if she
> allows it; other times, the camera may show scenes which never actually
> happened. Let's face it, what is a digital recording but electronic data?
>
> There aren't any scenes in the story (that I can recall right now) in which
> she pursues someone aggressively. For the most part, she plays the part of
> the "bait". She knows ahead of time which person is going to be her target.
> If the target takes the bait, there's still time for him/her to not become a
> statistic. But once they actually "commit the act", they've pretty much
> damned themselves, and it's at that point Penance turns the tables on them.
>
> There is one scene in the story in which she kills a known predator, and
> does so during the day in a public park. The guy is screaming for help, but
> other folks neither hear nor see him. However, the other people unknowingly
> avoid the area where he's being torn apart, without realizing they are doing
> so. She employs this same tactic when dispatching a guy in his own home.
>
> In that scene, the guy stabs her in the spine, taking her totally by
> surprise. She cannot change her physical form, but she does still possess
> many of her abilities, including the ability to hurl that guy across the
> room and keep him pinned to the wall without even raising a finger. Despite
> several gunshots going off later in that scene, none of the neighbors ever
> heard a thing. She's got all kinds of nifty tricks, many of which have been
> noted in various real-life paranormal activities. Sort of like a
> poltergeist, only with a physical form.
>
> If she goes after someone, trust me, they aren't going to escape and ride
> off into the sunset. That particular story may end up running more than the
> usual "3 issues per story" length, due to the complexity and scope of the
> story, as well as all the supernatural shit I'm going to have to figure out
> how to portray. It definitely will not be considered a light-hearted and fun
> story, given the topic and nature of the beast.
>
> --JMH
>
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com <SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Miguel <my.resistance_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Jim .... i wanna know?
> >
> >
> > If Penance came after you. (lets say hypothetically you did something
> wrong
> > and she caught you in the ac and decides to act upon it)in your
> household,
> > and she was looking or blood. and was about to kick your door down. tell
> me
> > how'd this scene turn out
> >
> > Ex: She bashes the door down. on your way to answer it, you see a lil
> girl,
> > you notice her silver eyes and you make a dash thru the house knocking
> down
> > furniture as you run to the garage. finally reaching your bike you speed
> off
> > into the sunset.. being hunted
> >
> > does tech go awry in her presence?
> >
> > Insanity has never brought me closer
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Nate <wolfontwolegs_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Fantastic job on pencils! It's quite sad really, this little girl looks
> > > like a normal little kids here. She probably played with dolls and had
> a pet
> > > goldfish and did normal 6 year old things. But when Penance is her
> shape,
> > > this little girl gives me frigging nightmares.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com <SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com><SkunkworksAMA%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
>
> > > "jmhcustomart2004" <a_change_of_plans_at_> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks! The whole thing was drawn in pencil, nothing fancy. The hands
> > > probably look darker than the original since the scanner never really
> picks
> > > up shades properly. :/
> > > >
> > > > As for the "impossibility" bit, I'm going to attempt to explain it.
> > > Hopefully I won't get everything jumbled.
> > > >
> > > > Okay...in her native reality, "Penance" (not her real name, by the
> way;
> > > she gets that name after her punishment is handed down) possesses the
> > > physical form she has in this picture. The hooves, horns, so on and so
> > > forth. Since she is a succubus, she approaches her "victims" while they
> > > sleep; in this state, it is often believed one can see. hear or
> experience
> > > things that are considered paranormal (such as people claiming they
> heard
> > > their dead grandmother talk to them right before waking up). She isn't
> > > technically in the same reality as the victim, but the person doesn't
> know
> > > this. They think they are dreaming, or, in some cases, that what they
> are
> > > seeing is real. The succubus then appears to the victim as their ideal
> > > partner. If someone gets off on 80-year-old double amputees, that's
> what
> > > she'll look like to them. If they like curvaceous women, same thing. If
> the
> > > victim is some weird, egg tentacle alien, she'll appear as whatever
> form
> > > that critter finds irresistible. The succubus is entirely adaptable,
> and
> > > their perceived form is ultimately up to their intended victim.
> > > >
> > > > Now, since she only possesses her normal physical form in her native
> > > reality, and assumes other forms when "hunting" (although said forms
> are not
> > > technically real), she used to some flexibility. But now she has been
> > > punished and actually forced into a solid, physical form in a reality
> not
> > > her own. She cannot change this form (although she can appear to when
> > > confronting her victims. Sort of a head-game). This new physical form
> is
> > > capable of being injured (and boy does she ever get messed up in the
> story),
> > > but because she's supernatural, the form heals rapidly.
> > > >
> > > > So she could not be in the cemetery in her native form, since that
> form
> > > is no longer available to her. She would appear as the little bear. But
> I
> > > thought the demon form would look cooler in the picture.
> > > >
> > > > --JMH
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com<SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com><SkunkworksAMA%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
>
> > > "Kishma" <Tashta_at_> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Very cool, Jim. It's a "sketch" but what did you use to render the
> > > darkest areas, like her hands?. Nice detail and musculature. And why is
> the
> > > image "technically impossible?" Is it that the demon can't be in that
> > > reality?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kishma
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