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The Agencies #3
Issue released February 2003.

Here we are introduced to many main characters of The Agencies universe in Issue #3. Mirth makes another appearance and we are introduced to Agent Starlight and Agent Deadline. This time around the girls are assigned to infiltrate a group of cheerleaders and confront the double agent among them. Sounds fun.

It's also kind of interesting because we see Agent Deadline before she officially became an agent, the only book that shows this! Both Deadline and Mirth are non-agents at this point, with Agent Starlight leading the 3-woman strike team. Deadline was fresh out of the Academy at this point in the story, and Mirth had been a mercenary doing jobs with these agents for a few years; the agency was trying to recruit her heavily. Before she accepted a position at the agency, her sister Karma swooped in and...well...that's another issue

This issue was penciled and inked by Soojin, the first female artist we'd worked with on a full comic issue. Soojin had at that time an incredible knack of drawing the female form. I can safely say before Issue #7, Soojin's interpretations of our main characters was my favorite. Her versions of Deadline and Mirth were just amazing.

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Mirth looked back at Katie, curious to see the girl's reaction. Katie had just graduated from the Academy, a fresh recruit on her way to becoming the newest Agent. Before she could earned that coveted title, Mirth wanted to see what the girl was made of.

She slowly peeled off the white cotton sock from Katie's foot, noticing with some amusement the foot twitch at the peeling. She hadn't even tickled her yet.

Without hesitation, Mirth slowly started stroking Katie's foot with her nails, causing an immediate reaction out of the former cheerleader and gymnast. Katie started bucking wildly against the wrist ties, desperate to escape. She let out a series of girlish giggles, with a tortured cry for mercy sprinkled in every few seconds for good measure.

Ignoring the laughter and cries for mercy, Mirth just giggled and kept raking her nails in irregular patterns on the sole and in between Katie's toes. The blonde twisted and turned, giggled and laughed, but never once swore or lost her patience. She was a true American sweetheart, such actions even in the face of adversity were pitted directly against her kind nature.

Hair tussled, breath uneven, and eyes frantic, Katie looked sideways at Mirth. The tickling stopped, if even for just a moment. Caught before the maelstrom, she seized the opportunity to regain her energy.

"Had enough," Mirth curiously mused.

"Not even close," Katie retorted, ready for a second wave of forced laughter to wrack her tiny frame.

"Have it your way."

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