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Sonic FF Ep 6: Target Tails 9Int. The Reaper

Tails prepares a great stroke at the pulsating walls with the sword.

MINA O.S: Tails!

The sword dips. He turns to see Mina looking very concerned.

MINA: Sally said, and I agree, that just cutting our way out is a bad idea.

TAILS: Don't you want to get out of here?

MINA: Yes, but consider that this creature is underwater, and it would probably be really angry if you wound it without getting out. Best-case scenario, we drown before we're crushed.

Tails raises an eyebrow…and backs slowly away from the wall of The Reaper.

TAILS: Out of curiosity…why didn't Sally tell me earlier?

MINA: Because she isn't speaking

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That Hideous Strength Posterby *jarredspekter

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I just finished this book, the third in C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy and, although it was incredibly complex, it was also incredibly cinematic. The villainous organization at odds with the unassuming heroes of the book was called the National Institute for Coordinated Experiments (or N.I.C.E) and a more sinister set of evildoers would be hard to find! I reproduced their symbol (a man clutching a thunderbolt) and a likely logo fitting their way of thinking.
The N.I.C.E's cold, calculating take over of England, their amoral approach to science gone mad, and at the last their aid of the worst of mankind's supernatural enemies (C.S. Lewis' stories are usually unabashedly Christian) made them a true foe to be reckoned with, the worst kind which topples kingdoms with smiles and kills hundreds with suggestion.
I hear that Out of the Silent Planet, the first in the trilogy, is really being made as a movie soon. If that's the case I hope the series is given it's due, and some day a real poster will take the place of my mockup. Certainly the themes addressed in these tales are no less relevant today then in Lewis' time.
You might notice I make a fair bit of movie posters nowadays and few drawings or stories. Hopefully I'll get back on track soon, but I've been suffering from writers and artists' block. Maybe after a long rest I'll be back to speed, but in the meanwhile I hope you enjoy these glimpses of what might be.

~whaleofatale2012 Feb 4, 2013

This was a powerful book. Amazing how the powers that drive humankind don't change through the ages. There is a magic inherent in belief and dreams. Those who would seek to exalt themselves above all no longer dream. Pity them, for their power is fleeting, and their schemes undesign themselves.

*TheStorageGnome Oct 1, 2009

I wanna join, I wanna join!

*jarredspekter Oct 1, 2009 Hobbyist Writer

N.I.C.E is the kind of organization you have to be a part of to join XD
Also, they have a rather peculiar initiation process involving a demonic portrait gallery and defacing a crucifix

Oh, and their leader is a zombie...well, part of one

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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

*TheStorageGnome Oct 1, 2009

That's the appeal!

Well, that and getting to work with Frost and Feverstone-dearest. I want to glomp them...

Oh, oh I loved the demonic portrait gallery!

...Think they'd accept a biology major?

Erm... yeah.

I'm a bit of a rabid C.S. Lewis fangirl and Hideous Strength ranks among my favorite books of all time. I have a pet named Feverstone... >.>;; Um... yeah. I know.

*jarredspekter Oct 1, 2009 Hobbyist Writer

Great name!

Great series. I really hope some one with strength of vision brings it to the screen someday

*TheStorageGnome Oct 1, 2009

Me too - I'd love to see a HS movie come out.

~Trinity-Dragon Jul 7, 2009

Really good job with the N.I.C.E. logo there.

~Inverted-Jabberwocky Aug 9, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

Wonderful! I was actually considering doing film posters for the Space Trilogy; you beat me to it

Oh well, maybe I'll still do posters, but in the style an naime OVA rather than a film...

*jarredspekter Aug 10, 2008 Hobbyist Writer

I think the Space Trilogy would make a GREAT anime! Especially the Eldil (however it's spelled), the angels, lend themselves to sweeping lines and graceful ribbon shapes. Also there's tons of huge ideas and grand happenings, perfect for anime

Go to, and i'll keep a look out for your works!
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~Evilgidgit Aug 4, 2008 Hobbyist Writer

I like it.

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