Round 2 - The Lesser of Three Evils (Part 1)

Notes

Episode published on Tuesday 26th of February, 2008.

It's round 2, I'm pitted against the incredibly talented Serain and her young mechanic Clyde Dore and his walking fortress of doom. I could have went so many directions with this round, but after researching her gallery for as much reference material as I could absorb, I discovered a little-known fact about Clyde: he wants to be a supervillain.

I was incredibly lucky in these first two rounds - in the first I was given an eccentric Russian to play Dr. Gyrode off of, and this round practically wrote itself with the whole Ralph vs. Clyde mechanic.

If you're wondering who the girl with the metamorphic hair is in Clyde's daydreams, there was one sketch in Serain's gallery of Clyde vying for her affections (her name's Marla. I'm fairly certain that she appeared in another infamous OC tournament but let's not discuss that here). Unfortunately the link to that picture is now dead.

I also managed to fit in one of my favourite James Bond quotes into this page, so not too bad a start!

Clyde Dore and the UltraSuperBot2000 copyright © Serain.

Tagged: Clyde Dore, Deathbot, Dr. Ivanovich Gregori Romani Gyrode, Dr. Ralph Smiffington III, UltraSuperBot2000

Transcript

TITLE: Round 2 - The Lesser of Three Evils

With the Deathbot modified up to version 1.2 with the assistance of Gregorovich Tjernikov XV, the doctors are ready for their second round, due to take place in the fire pits. Surprisingly, Ralph spends the morning before the round being unusually sociable...

PANEL: Ralph walks into a large room, accompanied by a young man with black scruffy hair, black t-shirt, trousers and shoes with a white shirt. The room is littered with items; a segway, a sofa, a large stereo speaker, some dirty clothes on the floor, a spilt soda can and a particularly evil-looking space hopper.
Ralph: Thank you kindly for this tour of your magnificent mech, Mr. Dore. I fell in love with it from the very moment I set eyes on it.

PANEL: The young man, Clyde Dore, seems ecstatic over Ralph's presence. Ralph seems unusually calm, pleased with the young man's enthusiasm.
Dore: Are you kidding!?! You're Ralph Smiffington the third! You're, like, one of the top supervillains in Europe! You're practically a legend!
Ralph: Do go on.

PANEL: Dore seems momentarily thoughtful, rubbing a finger over his top lip. Ralph crosses his arms, annoyed.
Dore: Although I must admit I've never actually heard of a single scheme of yours succeeding.
Ralph: Oh, there have been "successful" ones. Or in the very least, schemes in which the authorities never caught me.

PANEL: Dore cheekily winks and nudges Ralph with an elbow. Ralph blushes.
Dore: I think that's why you're so infamous, Ralph-
Ralph: -Dr. Smiffington.
Dore: -Dr. Smiffington, sir. I bet the ladies are just lining up to be with you, eh? Catfights break out often over you, what with being a criminal mastermind?
Ralph: Er...*something like that, yeah.