Witness Merritt’s poker face at its finest.
I promise we’ll only have to suffer through this uncomfortable moment for 1 more page. Y’all have been so brave and strong; hang in there, champs! ^_^ This was originally an 8-panel page that wrapped up the scene, but it was too cramped and rushed and the last three panels really needed more focus, so I split it into two pages.
Merritt’s story chapter 18 is going up on Patreon this Thursday! I’ve been preparing to do Inktober next month (which is basically an art exercise where you do one ink drawing per day for all of October), and the illustrations are all going to be Merritt’s story themed! I’ll be posting them on Twitter, my primary Tumblr, and Patreon. (the spoilery and/or suggestive ones will be Patreon only.) So now would be a great time to join me on any of these three places! October 1 is this Sunday, and that’s when the first illustration will go up.
The sketch of panels 2/3 of this page is still up as this week’s TWC voting incentive. (You’ll now be able to see some of the layout changes I mentioned before.) You can vote and see the image by clicking the TWC button below or in the sidebar.