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Ancient and Arcane Gesture

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"The Sentinel pair was half a kilometer away. One of the spheres heated and light flashed. Kelly took three sidesteps as the ground where she had been standing vaporized. Globules of molten rock spattered off her MJOLNIR armor's energy shield. She made an ancient and arcane gesture at the machine with one finger. Mark joined Holly and Kurt. "No way," he breathed."

I've always loved this scene and the other little stunts Kelly-087 does in the books. I took some liberties for the sake of presentation (the Sentinels are definitely closer than half a kilometer away) but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Even though a lot of recent material has Kelly wearing the EVA helmet, I went with the Ghosts of Onyx cover with her armor (I really like the design of the classic Mark V). Her look here is specifically modeled after one particular Combat Evolved-era concept piece. As for the Sentinels, a lot of fan art portrays the sphere as a lot bigger in proportion to the booms, but I tried to be at least somewhat accurate to the book's description of the spars being three meters long while the sphere is just quarter a meter. The spheres are still too big relative to the spars but I'll just say it's perspective.

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Peter-117's avatar
I came across this peice looong before I read the book. So, imagine my surprised delight when I read those four iconic words!