Carmelita The Early Training Years COMMISSION

Commission done for my friend .

Thanks to my wife for helping me ink n color this. ^^ Appreciate it very much babe! <333

If you were one of the lucky few that had the now extremely rare and valuable Sly Cooper comic book back in the early 2000s you will recall the flashback of Carmelita Fox's early training years with her mentor: the stocky and short-tempered Inspector Barkley.

The squatty badger constantly yelling at her for almost letting the valuable jewel get stolen forever. Even when not on such cases I still imagine him being a real hard-ass.

Because unlike humans; these anthropomorphic animals show true dedication in stopping crime as often as possible. So to be in a world where criminals can range from petty crooks to giant mechanical owls ready to take over the world; you gotta be prepared for anything.

That is why Inspector Barkley here is being severely harsh with Carmelitas score. She may have graduated at the top of her class; but working under the hotheaded Barkley appears to be getting to her. Under pressure from the judgmental badger she missed the bullseye clearly marked on her shooting range target. Not only that but Barkley was grading her on Accuracy, Poise and Style. All 0 scores!

Carmelita's defeated look conveys she was confident she did well; until Barkley sourly shows her the target paper!

It is really hard to imagine Carmelita Fox doing so poorly at firing a pistol nowadays. Her nickname Old Ironsides means a lot of things but among them I imagine it also refers to the method of shooting using the ironside of a gun.

I mean these days she'd hit the bullseye no problem; without the target.

But in her early years; she was a bit rough around the edges. And Barkley may have put her through Hell; but in fairness it was the type of Hell that made her the super cop she is today!

I wonder if she will train future inspectors the same way Barkley did. (Keep on your puppy toes Sarah....)