Liquid Mercury
is a Web Comic conceived by Kamon72, and illustrated by ibenz009 as a commission. It follows the story of three faculty members of an advanced technological corporation as, one by one, they are transformed into metalloids.
It can be tied to the Ninja And The Dark Cult comic as part of a larger Fan Verse, according to at least one author.
On May of 2022, the series underwent a reboot by the artist ibenz009 with the title Liquid Mercury RE. Going back to the beginning with glimmering new art, the story expands on the events of the first comic, adds new dialogue, new characters, and even a new metalloid according to the creator's character design sheet on their patreon. The reboot comic can be seen here
The comic can be seen here, with two different accounts of the series written by CarthagePlate here, and Seibara here.
Both versions provide examples of:
- Always Female: The metalloids always have a female appearance, including breasts.
- Gender Bender: In both versions, Ryan and Miller start out as male. When they are converted into metalloids, their genders become female.
- Mad Scientist: Both Angela and Amelia display clear desire to harm others with their dangerous experiments.
Liquid Mercury provides examples of:
- Laser-Guided Karma: Angela converted two innocent people into metalloids, stripped them of their sense of self and free will, and used them as assassins. Those same two metalloids proceed to attack her, convert her, and then delete her sense of self when she tries to force them to violate a crucial directive.
- The Power of Love: Ryan and Monica's love for each other ended up hardwired as a directive between both Mercury and Iron. This caused both to act as though they are one unit. If separated, this directive is violated, and it prompts them to rebel against and attack Angela.
Liquid mercury RE provides examples of:
- A Father to His Men: Miller is established to be protective of the mercenaries he's leading. He tells Amelia that if she intends to do anything to his surviving team, she do it to him instead.
- Faux Affably Evil: Dr. Amelia Felsen-Bern takes on a deliberately cordial, even playful tone when taunting and mocking Miller and his team. She keeps this tone even as she orders the Brainwashed and Crazy Miller/Prima Mercury to kill Wade.
- Rage Breaking Point: June is quite livid with Amelia for what she did to Miller. The last straw was when Miller/Prima Mercury was forced to murder Wade. She got free of the drone restraining her thanks to Wade's virus and proceeds to attack Amelia, declaring she will "tear that smug face to pieces".
- Assimilation Plot: Partly. While Amelia’s goal of creating a new race of improved, immortal gynoids likely will involve many more being converted into Bio-Metal robots, it is implied there will still be a humanity remaining. She plans for this Bio-Metal race to specifically rule over humanity so that her legacy is sealed forever.
