Sloan & Arty - The Boy and His Companion Bot | Part III

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The excitement was quickly eclipsed when a pang of self-pity hit Sloan. The crowning glory of his life was that he found a good piece of trash.

Shoulders slightly slumped, Sloan plodded over to Avenue 22 to continue his scavenger hunt. Junk is still just junk.

Out of all the dumping sites of Old City, Sloan liked that place best. It was only at Avenue 22 that an ethereal stream of light from New City shone down.

The light never failed to strike him blind for a minute or two – Old City was perpetually draped in a gun-metal grey darkness – but he didn’t mind.

Bathed in that white light, Sloan could dream.

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SLOAN & ARTY - THE BOY AND HIS COMPANION BOT COLLABORATION.

We will be posting every alternate day from 1st March onwards, all the way til 31st March 2019.

Each picture is digitally drawn and coloured by my graphic designer friend Matthew; every microfiction excerpt is written by yours truly.

Find more details about its inception here!

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Previous Episodes:

Part I

Part II

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A nice kind of collaboration, I like what you started. We're someday doing something like that with @mellindor I hope.

@manoldonchev Thank you!!
Ohh what's your collaboration about? Will you be featuring your photography or writing? ((:


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@c-squared Thank you for the share!! (:

Very interesting story)

@daring-celt Thank you, stay tuned for more ((:

Even in such a desolate places, a boy finds hope ! I like the story and the drawing :) The way Sloan is looking up at the ray of light, standing amidst ruins, is very illustrative for this chapter :)

@veryspider THANK YOU. ((': Indeed, I personally like this scene too.
Matthew did a good job in bringing my words onto canvas with (digital) paint. (:

This is very cool!

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Thank you! ((:

Junk is still junk... Except that probably most of them aren't 😛 now the story kinda reminds me of a game "Black The Fall" which you play as an old machinist trying to escape from a bleak country. The environment is you described almost exactly fits the game's atmosphere. He also has a robot companion that kinda destroyed the game's logic on physics 😂

Most can only dream in the dark...Sloan is a unique one.

Hey we're almost 20% into the story, where's Arty? 😛

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@lilacse Ohhh? I have never heard of "Black the Fall"! is it a multi-player role game?

And what is the game's logic on physics that the bot broke?

Now, my curiosity is piqued.

(Hehe, patience is key to coax Arty out. :P)

Single player platformer puzzle game, and regarding physics... It could withstand tons of force with just thin and tiny legs, block steam that would kill you by just standing near it, will not get damaged even if an enemy missile hit it, etc etc etc... It's a little funny when I recall, but an interesting game in overall. Plus, I got it for free (from a giveaway) :P

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@aejackson Thank you!! Will you also do some collaboration too? (:

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