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Statue Rentals #4: Waiting
🕑 Added 2025-06-10 04:00:05 +0000 UTCFinally, Stacy will no longer be a blockhead. (Blockbody? Blockperson?) Observant folk will have noticed the first panel here shows one of the statues Heather visits during her journey. More evidence of a shared universe? Or maybe Meredith just imagined Heather's journey.
Bonus - The studio panorama
See above.
Transcript
PAGE 4 – Waiting
Panels 1-7 are a ‘single panoramic view’ divided into 4 day panels and 3 night panels. Meredith (and Noriko) appear(s) only in the day panels. The night panels show the studio is empty at night. The middle of the shot is the marble block, still untouched.
Panel 1 – Meredith is drawing at an easel.
Narration: Monday...
Panel 3 – Meredith is at a different table.
Narration: Next Monday...
Panel 5 – Meredith is sitting on a yoga mat in a difficult yoga pose.
Narration: A Month Later...
Panel 7 – Evening, Meredith and Noriko dressed for a night on the town
Meredith: Are you taller now?
Noriko: Platforms. We can't all be leggy, former models.
Meredith: Don't hate me because I can still pull off this dress.
Noriko: It'll get pulled off you, I'm sure. Night club's tequila is calling my name. Let's go.
Panel 8 – Meredith’s Bedroom. Sunlight shines in her face. She’s sleeping.
Narration: The Next Morning, 8 am…
Phone (too far from bed): Dee-da-dee-da... Dee dah doo....
Phone (still too far from bed): Dee-da-dee-da... Dee dah doo....
Meredith (thinking): Who calls anyone at eight o'clock? On a weekend!
Male Voice Recording: Miss Fuller? This is Brian Tellani. A friend of a friend told me you lease living statues for up to six months. I am in desperate need of a statue. If you can provide a figure by this Thursday, we need to talk, ASAP...
Panel 9 – Meredith is hungover checking her phone
Narration: 11:34 am...
Meredith (thinking): This is great news. We can probably charge him a rush fee. I need to call Noriko. I'll call him back first... He didn't answer... Maybe I'll just head over to the address he left.
Male Voice: ... Please leave your message....
Meredith (leaving a message): I guess we're playing phone tag, Mr. Tellani. It sounds like we should meet today if you want a custom statue by Thursday. I'm available any time today. You left me your address so just text when you'd like me to arrive...
Panel 10 – Meredith talking to Noriko
Narration: Later, that afternoon, after securing the contract...
Meredith: I can’t believe how much they’re willing to pay. Stacy will be well-compensated for the extra time spent in stone.
Noriko: Are you sure they’ll be okay with it? The minimum time is six months on top of the nearly three months so far. What if they want the six month extension?
Meredith: We can’t ask. Hopefully, there’s forgiveness when it’s over.
Comments
Magicshoppe
The bonus pic is two 3840x1080 images plus the text. How much bigger do you mean? Or do you mean with the intercut images of Meredith? The top row of the comic is also 3840x1080. I could easily do a larger render if there were interest.
Michael Hoe Guang Jian
Do you have a HD version of the panorama?
Magicshoppe
Any excuse for non-straight panel border frames!
David Fenger
Cute way to show a lot of passage of time quickly.
