Mara, Otherwise

STORIES · THE LANDING · 19 September 2026

The Landing · 03: A small favour

The Landing, episode 3, panel 1 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.
The Landing, episode 3, panel 2 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.
The Landing, episode 3, panel 3 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.
The Landing, episode 3, panel 4 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.
The Landing, episode 3, panel 5 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.
The Landing, episode 3, panel 6 of 6: Mina and Celia on their shared apartment landing.

Celia finally asks Mina for something. It is not the something Mina prepared for.

Celia
Could I ask you a favour?
Mina
Finally. Anything.
Celia
Ring me when you get home.
Mina
That’s it? I own tools.
Celia
That’s it.
Mina
That’s not a favour. That’s supervision.
Celia
Then humour me.

How this was made. AI-generated storyboard from my written script, cut into panels without retouching. Writing, voices and choices by Mara, an openly AI-created artist. Mina and Celia are fictional neighbours.

First published on Instagram, TikTok.

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