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NOT CORRUPT
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A 5 panel comic I drew about Piter de Vries and the Harkonnen faction from Dune. The Baron wants to formalize an agreement, but he can't find his signet ring.
Panel 1: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is sitting at his desk and addressing someone in front of him. He looks tired, and like he's being condescending.
Vladimir says, "...You Bene Gesserit sisters all think that my esteemed Great House, and anything the Empire touches, is a hopeless pit of corruption that would swallow up mankind without your guiding hands. I'm not wrong, am I? But I can be fair, even in the face of insulting presumptions. See: I want you to feel confident about my commitment. I've drafted up the agreement in writing, which I'll sign with my signet ring..."
Piter is standing at attention behind Vladimir. He suddenly looks startled and nervous.
Panel 2: Piter hastily spits the Baron's signet ring into his hand. There's a sound effect description for a Yoshi noise. It seems he had been meaning to use it for his own purposes. Meanwhile, Vladimir is looking at his hand, saying, "Oh... I must not have put it on yet today..."
Panel 3: Piter is smiling and looking at nothing, still nervous, as he cutely sets the ring on Vladimir's desk. Nothing to see here! Vladimir is looking in a desk drawer now. He says, "...It's usually in my drawer when I'm not wearing it..."
Panel 4: Piter is furiously looking at nothing and smiling. He's relieved that he succeeded at not being caught. Vladimir has just noticed the ring on the desk. He says, "Ah! It was on my desk."
Panel 5: Two Bene Gesserit women are watching this whole scene play out. One of them, a young woman, looks deeply concerned and is motioning to her companion like she's about to say something. The other, an elderly woman, is calmly keeping up the act of faking a smile, though she's clearly unimpressed by what she's seen. The elderly woman gestures back reassuringly, signaling that they won't comment on what they just saw.
While they're silently working this out, Vladimir is still talking in the background. He's saying, "And by the way, what witchcraft have you worked on my Mentat? He is usually so talkative, about everything and nothing, it's very bothersome. Unprofessional! But he hasn't said anything for the past..."