Trese series post, Volume 1 Case 2

[blackruzsa]

Trese volume 1: Murder on Balete Drive

Case 2





Rules of the Race.









She interrogates the racers and the people around. They each give her a different model of car, but the same description: Black and Fast



"YES!"

They tell her that the stranger is tall, dark, mysterious.....

Powerful, filled with bestial energy. Trese thanks them.

She then goes to the tallest building in Makati (the rich business district city).



"Ah, well, but if the Senor gets angry.... go right ahead."



"In my youth, your grandfather was not even alive. But yes, when he was young, he helped me."

She tells the Senor about the youth terrorizing races and that she knows about their youths trying to prove their greatness through races and battles.

The Senor reveals himself.



Senor is, by the way, a tikbalang.

----> Tikbalang


And off they go.

Of course, Trese knows she could never outrace a Tikbalang.... without help.



She wins, pointing out that he used the supernatural to help him win the race, then so can she. He gives back the lost girls and fixes everything.

End of Case 2.


Next: Case 3: The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos

Comments

[lieut_kettch]

Hmm... I wonder if you've seen photog Jay Tablante's cosplay shoots. He has this amazing Trese featuring actress/model Bianca King as Alexandra Trese:



Incidentally he also shot Bianca as this familiar superheroine:



RENOB ESIRA!

[blackruzsa]

I remember that shot, alright. I do believe Budjette Tan was raving about it :D

[nezchan]

This is wonderful stuff, there's so much fantastic folklore in that area to draw from.

The illustration on the Wikipedia article, on the other hand, is downright painful.

[blackruzsa]

It's an early one, far as I know.

[zyriex]

Holy Crap! This looks like an awesome series, wish it was available here in the US.

Out of curiosity, are the tribe names given by the wind spirits based on the monsoon seasons?

[blackruzsa]

Amihan and Habagat are the Northeast and Southwest winds respectively.

[blackruzsa]

I think there's online delivery, you can find it on their blogspot.

[endis_ni]

Please let them deliver to the UK, please let them deliver to the UK...

[icon_uk]

Likewise! :)

[icon_uk]

I like the fact that Alexandra is so scrupulously polite when dealing with the senior tikbalang, there's clearly a sense of respect there.

And the wind-girls are fun too! :)

[blackruzsa]

Indeed~ She knows how to balance out work with Underworld politics :D

And yeah xD They're super fun like nobody's business.