Unity: Self-awareness (2007/03/02)

Roarke: Agent Samuel Roarke reporting. I have Officer Juni Melrose, and we are heading to its residence.
Juni: Excuse me, did you just refer to me as "it?"
Roarke: Well, of course. That is how you have always preferred others to refer to you.
Roarke: You are a neutrois, after all.
Juni: Oh.
Transcript

Sketchbook: Juni Melrose (2007/03/03)

[[Juni stands nude, looking off to the left.]]
Caption: Juni Melrose
Caption: Organeer, 1st Class
Transcript

Unity: Homecoming (2007/03/05)

Sam: So anyway... Tamu suggested I give you some time alone to get your bearings, so I will be with Cyn.
Juni: (maybe more than friends) Cyn...?
Sam: My littermate.
Juni: Oh.
Sam: Try to get some rest. You look spent.
Sam: Oh, Juni, the bedroom's on the left! Yes, it definitely seems to have forgotten everything.
Juni: (This is my apartment.)
Sam: Exactly, so you can imagine how I must feel.
Juni: (How opulent. I must be someboy important.)
Transcript

Unity: Reacquaintence (2007/03/07)

Juni: (a bed for two) (unkempt closet with two sizes of clothing and shoes which I don't seem to wear) (his and its towels) (pictures of us on the bureau) (Roarke and I live together?)
Transcript

Unity: Rest state (2007/03/09)

Juni and Sam on the beach
[[Ssh. Juni's sleeping.]]
Transcript

Unity: Basic instructions (2007/03/12)

Sam: Jun, how are you feeling?
Juni: Mnf.
Sam: We should get some dinner. Want to go out, or would you rather eat in?
Juni: Out, I guess.
Sam: Mm. Take a shower and get dressed, then.
Juni: Okay.
Sam: Need help with that?
Juni: No, I can figure it outt.
Sam: Ah, so much for my excuse to get wet and naked with you.
Sam: Remember, lather, *then* rinse.
Transcript

Unity: The obligatory shower scene (2007/03/14)

[[Juni is in the bathroom, staring at the mirror]]
Juni: So that is me.
My hair is a mess. No wonder he wanted me to shower...
[[Juni is in the shower, humming]]
Juni: This feels nice... o/`
Transcript
[!]4 comments

Unity: Fashion and passion (2007/03/16)

[[Juni is standing in front of the closet, dripping wet and wearing a towel]]
Juni: What should I wear? I don't know what's appropriate.
Sam [[clasping hands excitedly]]: Oh, goody, the day has finally come! You're asking me for fashion advice!
Sam: This was so worth it! I was always hoping someday you'd admit you need help with...
[[Juni glares at Sam.]]
Sam: Not funny? Sorry.
Sam: I liked that song you were singing in the shower.
Transcript

Unity: Please be seated (2007/03/19)

Waiter: Ah, it is always a pleasure to see you two. Right this way.
Juni: Well then, MISter Roarke, tell me more about yourself.
Sam: Mm, well! I work in government security, protecting important politicians and government scientists.
Juni: Oh? Anyone interesting?
Sam: If I told you, I'd have to kill you, which means I'd have to stop myself at all costs.
Juni: Oh *ho*!
Transcript

Unity: An interjection (2007/03/21)

Juni: WELL then, Mister Roarke, tell me more about MYself.
Sam: You're a high-ranking government scientist, reporting to Tamu Haring, in charge of Unity environmental engineering. Um, right now is a very bad time for this conversation.
Kali: Excuse me!
Juni: Oh? Why, is it ulrta-secret?
Waiter: Sir, if you please-
Kali: Excuse me! Offier Melrose! A moment of your time!
Sam: Media relations. "No comment."
Juni: Huh?
Transcript

Unity: No comment (2007/03/23)

Waiter: Sir and person, I am very sorry about this-
Kali Rosha: [[melodramatically]] Kali Rosha, Southern Daily Axis. Officer Melrose, do you have any comments in regards to reports of an attempt on your life?
Juni: What? I-
Roarke: [[icily]] We have no comments at this time.
Kali: And who might you be in relation to Melrose?
Waiter: Madam, please-
Juni: [[thinking]] Attempt on my life?
Roarke: Its protector. Kindly leave, now. [[Aims gun, puts on sunglasses]] <<Ka-chk>>
Waiter: [[off-panel]] Sir, I beg of you-
Kali: ... I see, quite. Good evening.
Transcript

Unity: Details are sketchy (2007/03/26)

Sam: Jarbreeze, what a simping kessel. How did they hear about that already? I'd better make a note about this...
Juni: Yes, about that, what-
Sam: Maybe a leak at the hospital, someone knew who you were... there's not a lot of nullo spadetails around.
Juni: Sam, what did the reporter mean by-
Sam: Especially not ones recognizable from a political scandal.
Juni: ...
Sam: Hey, eat up. Your soup is getting cold.
Juni: When did that get here?
Transcript

Unity: Understatements (2007/03/28)

Juni: I was in a political scandal?
Sam: [[Removing sunglasses]] No, not really, it was just the media stirring wind up. Somehow they got the idea that you got your position by sleeping with Tamu, but eventually they got bored. / It was funny... You're openly asexual, but people assumed you were a sex-driven domineering nympho, even as a neutrois. Yay for stereotypes.
Juni: I take it my species has a reputation.
Sam: Mm, yeah, you always were the monarch of understatement.
Juni: I see. [[Lifting soup]] So why did the media give up on the story?
Sam: Well. Sex sells, and honey, you're out of stock.
Transcript

Unity: Removal (2007/03/30)

Juni: Okay, so someone born like me would be an evolutionary dead-end... i suppose I eschewed a birth sex?
Sam: Hehe, ess-chew. Yeah.
Juni: So what was I before?
Sam: I have no idea... one day you told me you were finally getting your genitals removed. I was actually kind of surprised that you even had them to begin with. / You've always been pretty ambiguous, since the day we met.
{{Memory flashback. School hallway with lockers and water fountain}}
Young Sam [[with shaggy hair]]: Hey.
Young Juni [[Black-tipped hair covering eyes]]: Hi.
Young Sam: 'Sup?
Young Juni: Eh.
Young Sam: 'Scool.
Sam: As far as I know, the only person who knew what you were <i>was</i> you. Now that ghost is dead.
Juni: Mm, cheers to that. [[Drinks]]
Transcript
<< >>
Browsing Monthly. Switch to: Daily - Weekly

News box

2007/03/23: Old journal comics

I got tired of people always bringing up the first badly-drawn page of Pernicious whenever they wanted to go "hurr your drawings suck" so I'm importing most of the journal comics from my weblog over so people can at least see classic suckage. The really old ones can't get their comments over very easily (since it was before I switched to phpBB for the comment engine) but everything else should be fine, though there might be a bit of weirdness (e.g. getting forwarded to the weblog entry after posting a comment or whatever).

Of course, all these old comics are completely untranscribed, so if you're feeling helpful, please help me transcribe them (it might take a while for these old ones to show up in the list though). I would appreciate it. ♥

2007/03/05: Placement

[!]3 comments
ARGH the last six strips I've done have all been in the same room and that is SO BORING TO DRAW and will probably be even more boring to read. At least you won't see that for two weeks though but STILL. (The end result is I've really skimped on my backgrounds and really I don't think things suffer for it. Maybe you will disagree.)