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Published: 2012-08-28 10:21:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1245; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 8
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Description Thanks again to for making the original for me here: [link] It is finally finished! (After all the grief of making their lower halves! =^^=

Here's the story behind the picture:

“Carmen, I have a surprise for you!”

“Vance? What's up?” Carmen's ears picked up and swiveled to lock on the tall silver fox standing in the door to her room.

“Come with me to the barn and I'll show you!”

The pair exited the sprawling ranch house hidden in the desert. Vance explained “Well, since it is your sixteenth birthday, I thought I could give you something special...”

“What?! Vance how did you know!?!” Carmen's ears shot bolt-upright, her tail flared. “I never told anybody!”

“Carmen, the data net has a lot of facts about us that isn't rocket science to find...”

Carmen's ears reddened and collapsed. She had told him she was seventeen when she joined the gang.

“Aw, don't pout, here, I think you're going to like this, happy birthday!”

Vance grunted and pulled the weathered barn door back, revealing a battered old jeep. covered in dust, listing slightly on two flat tires.

Carmen blinked. “I, its a piece of junk... The paint looks like it has been through a sandblaster, the windshield is cracked, the headlights are gone, the seats look dangerous to sit in...”

Vance lightly put a hand on the jeep's fender. “She's a survivor, Carmen. Her heart is good, her frame is strong. She's been abused and discarded, but there is still worth in her. There's still lot of potential in her, if you just clean the dirt off.”

Carmen cocked one ear to the side. “I dunno, it looks like there's more than a wash job there, how do we know it will even run?”

“I actually drove her in here. She needs a tune up, that is true, but it is nothing we can't handle.”

“We?! What are you talking about Vance? I'm no mechanic!”

“Carmen.” Vance turned and looked directly into her eyes. “sometimes, the only people we can rely on is ourselves. You will learn some skills here that could get you out of a jam in the future, with just a few tools.”

“But”

“You are special, Carmen. I know you can do this. Besides, jeeps are a ton of fun!”

Carmen felt the blood rushing to her face. Her ears collapsed. “Don't start purring like a little kitten! He'll think you're just a silly little girl with a crush!” she thought to herself.

Vance smiled, it was all he could do to keep his tail from wagging. “I think I'm finally getting through to her! Carmen there's so much more to you than that little girl I found in the street last year. You have so much potential! Just try to live!” he thought.

“When you work for something and it comes true, that makes it all the more worthwhile!”
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Comments: 22

tails-sama [2013-05-06 20:41:54 +0000 UTC]

Cute little story, especially at the end ^^ I sense some symbolism between the growth of the girl herself and the restoration of the abused car, in this, too.

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tbolt In reply to tails-sama [2013-05-06 22:05:45 +0000 UTC]

Hee, hee I was trying to get the metaphor in, as well as Vance too! =^^=

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JimmyDimples [2013-01-12 00:13:33 +0000 UTC]

A lot of truth to this. Glad I sat down and read it at last.

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tbolt In reply to JimmyDimples [2013-01-12 14:06:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I really need to work on their tale...

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SoniaStrummFan217 [2012-09-03 05:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I really like the picture and the story

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tbolt In reply to SoniaStrummFan217 [2012-09-03 12:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! =^^=

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flippedoutkyrii [2012-08-31 22:22:16 +0000 UTC]

It's like inflated tires have been outlawed by the state or something D:

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tbolt In reply to flippedoutkyrii [2012-08-31 22:24:29 +0000 UTC]

Well, it is the "before" shot of the restoration (If you read the story bit )

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flippedoutkyrii In reply to tbolt [2012-08-31 23:06:38 +0000 UTC]

I know, but it seems every car you draw has the handicapped tires XD

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tbolt In reply to flippedoutkyrii [2012-09-01 12:39:25 +0000 UTC]

What, there's... uh... One ... Two ... Three...

...

=>.>

<.<=

THREE! cars without any problems in my gallery!

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spacewolfomega [2012-08-29 00:52:32 +0000 UTC]

Nice job on the pic and I really like the message in the story.

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tbolt In reply to spacewolfomega [2012-08-29 09:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I was hoping it wasn't painfully blunt! =^^=

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Letrune [2012-08-28 17:48:33 +0000 UTC]

So cute.

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tbolt In reply to Letrune [2012-08-28 22:12:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! =^^=

(Did you read the story bit?)

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Letrune In reply to tbolt [2012-08-29 11:44:16 +0000 UTC]

Of course I did! The best message I could ever read in such. It is also measured by cute now. Very lovely.

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tbolt In reply to Letrune [2012-08-29 21:29:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! =^^=

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Letrune In reply to tbolt [2012-08-30 16:18:31 +0000 UTC]

I thank you.

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MCMXC2 [2012-08-28 11:55:22 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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tbolt In reply to MCMXC2 [2012-08-28 22:12:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly! =^^=

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Snowfyre [2012-08-28 10:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Lol very nice. man that's been a while.

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tbolt In reply to Snowfyre [2012-08-28 22:14:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I just got stuck on the background forever!

Looking at it, I should have been more defined on the shading, especially i the wheel wells!

But thanks again, I really appreciate your work! =^^=

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Snowfyre In reply to tbolt [2012-08-28 23:08:55 +0000 UTC]

lol
long time eh?
thanks anyway.

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