GuzComic Pt.1

Image 1:

In green, messy text: Sobbing, whining noises. "Wuuhh uaaa"

Rutherford: ew, gross. What is that? Coolant leak?

Image 2:

Rutherford: Oh, that is not an, uh, coolant leak

Green bubble text: OOOOUU uuuaaaa (more sobbing)

Rutherford: Hey... ensign Guz? Is that you?

Green bubble text: UAAA (scream-sobbing)

Image 3:

Rutherford: So uh... Billups sent me to check what that sound was.

Green text: *sniff* sorry.

Rutherford: Are you okie... err... okay?

Green text: Nooo.

Rutherford: Do you want to talk about it?

Guz: ...OK.

Rutherford: What's wrong?

Guz: Sss... so mmmmuch... I--I... I CAN'T...

Rutherford: Well, uh, why don't we start with what you're doing in the tubes? It's not your shift for another 4 hours.

Image 4:

Guz: I was trying to distract myself from overstimulation.

Rutherford: Mhm.

Guz: So I decided to go work on the impulse-field regulator.

Rutherford: Oh yeah! We've been riding rough at impulse the past few weeks.

Guz: But I... I guess I was so... so STUPID that I got... I got l...

Image 5:

Guz: I got...

Guz (enormous melty green bubble text): LOST

Rutherford: L... LOST!?

Guz: I KNOW. I'm such a terrible engineer I can't even get around my OWN ship.

Guz (melty letters): I'm so bad at my job...

Rutherford: What--No! There's no one on this ship who knows Reaction Control Systems and Impulse Theory better than you do! You're a GREAT engineer!

Image 6:

Rutherford: hey, Guz. I understand what it's like, y'know, being overwhelmed and overstimulated...

Rutherford: What happened, Guz?

Guz: Do you know Ensign Tendi?