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Today’s warm-up comic. 

[Image description: Two Clone Troopers are scribbled next to a mangrove, waist deep in water. In the far background, there is a transport wreckage on a cliff. 

Off page a trooper says, “The general could be anywhere.” The soldier closest to the mangrove replies, “Wait! I see their lightsaber.” In the next panel, the same trooper reaches out towards a lightsaber perched on some mangrove roots.

The panel after that shows, that actually, those mangrove roots belong to a Neti that’s mimicking the mangrove trees around them. The soldier picks up the lightsaber, and startles as the presumed ‘mangrove roots’ move, turns around, shouting “General!” as he stumbles in the water. 

The Neti looks on in concern. The soldier saves the lightsaber from getting wet, then holds it out: “Your lightsaber Sir.” The Neti Jedi reaches back, taking the lightsaber, while small bumps appear on their ‘roots’ holding the lightsaber. The small bumps spell “Thank you.” The end. END ID]

Daail, the mangrove shaped Neti appears again. Another experiment in figuring out how Neti look in my Coral Reef Kamino AU (CRK-AU) and how they might blend in with their surrounding environments. 

Plus rolling around the concept that Daail can’t verbally speak Basic: due to lacking the necessary anatomy to produce those sounds. I’m not sure whether I'll extend that to all Neti in the CRK-AU or not, but I'm thinking about it. 

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Four pink thumbnail drawings that were scanned into photoshop, unfortunately loosing a lot of their details. The thumbnails were layout ideas for drawing one of the scenes from Rules Of Ascension. In which, a baby krayt dragon chases Din, Boba and Fennec into a cave. 

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Another comic page layout experiment. This time of Boba and some fossils. 

[Image description: top left panel is of Boba’s helmet, looking across the page at a column of sandstone, embedded with lots of noticeable fossils. Boba’s panel also has text beneath it: ‘this place was a reef once...’ 

The next panel is in the middle of the page; in the middle of the column of sandstone. The panel has the text: ‘now...’ While bees hover over flowers.

The next panel is of Boba, with his right hand reaching towards the viewer. There’s text across his helmet: ‘the Dune Sea thrives.’

8. Face on the other side of a dark window.

[Start Image Description: A one page, three panelled comic set on Kamino, of Jango, Young Boba, and Universe-Hopper, Post-Sarlacc Boba all looking at the coral reef below Tipoca City. The first panel is of Young Boba alone, face against the glass. The next panel shows a close up of Young Boba's head with Post-Sarlacc Boba reflected in the glass before him. And the last panel shows all three (Jango, Young Boba and Post-Sarlacc Boba) watching the coral reef. End ID]

Thanks for the prompt Sol! Feel free to send me more XD

I don't know how or why a Post-Sarlacc Boba found his way into that particular universe but he did and he's there to stay.

I headcanon that there's a thriving (and extensive) coral reef system around/under Tipoca City - since it's away from any significant landmasses, it probably gets a lot of powerful currents, which means that coral will grow fast there + the city's bulk provides great shelter for migrating species. I also imagine Kaminoans encourage certain reef dwelling plants and animals to populate the area under Tipoca City for farming purposes.

[Image Description: A coloured sketch of Force-Sensitive AU Paz Vizsla sitting crosslegged, left arm held out towards the viewer, controlling the spray of plasma into twisty shapes, from his plasma thrower on his left forearm. The light from the plasma is reflected in his armour. There’s the helpful addition of “Paz” written next to him in big letters. End ID]