Transported Pages 92-98

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Preemptive Author's Notes:

So we had some discussion on whether the current story arc for Transported went above and beyond the normal bounds of weirdness for the comics here. I had some concerns before posting the initial pages, but I thought the eventual pay off was silly enough to forge ahead, so we put up a poll. Big thanks to everybody that voted and commented! My personal cut off was if 25% of people said to skip ahead, that's what I'd do. And the poll results came in at... just over 25%.

So for viewers that wanted to skip over it, this post contains all the pages from this arc and Friday's update will continue from after it. For everybody else, you are getting SO many pages in one post. Enjoy!

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Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 92

The reptilian smiles at Rico. "Everybody knows that if your species are too distant, you need a human to be a processor."

The dryad bounces, her leafy hair rustling. "Because humans are a base genetic blueprint, they're universal donors."

She pulls out her own sphere. A hard, blue one with a thin shell. It looks delicate, like a bird's egg, but she happily pops into Rico's slack jaw and down his throat.

Rico flails, not expecting the first and definitely not the second, horrified at their casual appropriation of his genetics. The alien women are giddy with joy. "You're going to be our converter!"

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 93

Time has passed and Rico is still confined with the aliens in their artificial home. The door is clearly locked, so Rico is not here by choice.

As the days progress, the alien girls dote on Rico, making sure he stays well fed, hydrated, and rested so he's healthy, even if he's not happy.

The dryad alien coddles him as she places a steaming plate of food down for their guest. "Eat well and stay strong! ...But not so strong you get angry again. We don't want a repeat of your last escape attempt, right?"

The reptilian alien settles down at the table with her own plate and happily nods in agreement. "It's much more fun, and good for helping when we don't have to restrain you."

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 94

The alien women regularly give Rico strange liquids to drink and monitor him. The process seems to be sapping his strength, super suit or not, and Rico is exhausted. The women seem quite pleased with the process though and treat Rico like a goddess, aside from the unlawful imprisonment and all.

Rico sits back in a comfy chair and rolls his head back after chugging a large mug of something blue and frothy, "How much longer is this going to go on for?"

The dryad goes to the kitchen to clean the mug. "Oh, it should just be one more month." She beams proudly, "My species grows quickly."

The reptilian shuffles, grumpy in her chair, pulling a holodevice close to her. She's in a huff and sounds offended. "You always have to bring up your budding rate. Good work takes time!"

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 95

Rico's stomach gurgles as he groans in his chair. His complexion is turning green and even his eyes look discolored.

The alien women are giddy, hugging each other closely as they watch over their captive/surrogate. The dryad practically swoons in her partner's arms. "It's almost time!"

Rico clutches his stomach as it gurgles again. He has his head below his legs as he breathes deeply to calm himself. Snidely, "And what happens next? Your spawn is going to come bursting out of my chest?"

The women look horrified, obviously not getting Rico's reference, and now worried about humans and what is going to happen. "Do things normally burst from the human canals in this process?!"

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 96

We have a close-up on Rico shivering. His skin now discolored and his hair tinted green at the ends.

We pull out farther and Rico is sitting in a pool of a glowing sludge with the alien women kneeling outside it next to him, looking on intently.

They regularly splash the goop on him with great care, coating him often. The dryad girl looks completely overwhelmed with joy and worry. "It's almost here!"

Rico starts to cough. It continues and follows into light gagging. The aliens look on with wide-eyed excitement.

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 97

Rico clutches his stomach, moaning lightly. He leans forward while the alien girls pat his back and soothe him, whispering encouragement in their native tongues that Rico is too preoccupied to translate.

Rico gags once more and spits out two minute pellets. They plop into the goop and look like the nothing more than large seeds or flower bulbs. The alien girls are silent in awe.

The goo turns to a rigid protective jelly around the pellets, encasing them.

Rico sits slack-jawed and confused as all heck. Even already, his cheeks are flush and healthy and his eyes have their sparkle back. The alien girls explode in giddy cheering.

Title: Transported

Media: Comic

Main Characters: Rico

Chapter 3: Employment

Page 98

Rico is frozen in the pool, stammering for a long time with no noise coming out. His regular color quickly flourishes through his body and within minutes he looks the picture of his normal health. "What was- That- Whose- ...What happened?!"

The aliens crowd the pellets in the gel and coo at them in awe. "The processing was a success!"

The dryad fans the pellets, struggling to compose herself. "Now, the seedlings will absorb the nutrients and start to mature. Once they've built up, they can be fertilized until they eventually hatch gloriously and our babies will be ready!"

Rico thrusts his arms out, boiling over in confusion and anger. "You kidnapped me for THAT!?"

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Author's Notes:

So there you have it! The story arc was intended as a fake out over running with the Alien-esq abduction and impregnation trope, but with cute alien ladies instead of horrid monsters. And ultimately, they weren't trying to impregnate Rico, they just wanted to hijack his human DNA to serve as a base for mixing their own disparate genetic code. Humans aren't just important in the Standard for their good looks and cheap modelling contracts!