Issue 27, Page 22
Transcript
1: Outside the hut, Julia has jumped outside and is doubled over, puking.
2: Melissa, fists clenched, storms past her, out of the hut and towards their car.
3: Rhoda steps out of the light of the open door, smiling, sunglasses returned to her face.
Rhoda: You two stop by any time.
4: Julia moves swiftly, grabbing Rhoda by robes and leaning in with bared teeth.
5: Julia’s snarling face.
Julia: If that wasn’t still her body, I fuckin’ swear, the things I would do to you…
5: Rhoda does not respond, she just grins in amusement.
6: Close-up of Julia, anger giving way to a more tearful expression.
Julia: Tell me where she is. Tell me when I’ll see her again, the real her!
The reflection in Rhoda’s/Tazim’s glasses: is Tazim laughing hysterically, or yelling in exasperation?
I’m pretty sure he’s laughing, judging by “Rhoda’s” expressions of amusement.
Remember, that’s that Muti-legged spirit creature. Not Rhonda sitting there.. Mirrors and reflections till the truth..
There’s the reaction I was expecting!
A lot of grieving and not a lot of Black Dog in this issue so far
Let me complain lmao. I’m wondering why tf they’re all idiots rn. Like stop fucking around… don’t you have humanity’s existence to save/a precious artifact to retrieve. Fucking wasting time here. Tazim u so qUirKyY
That fifth panel is INTENSE for a headshot. Very well done!
Yup, I would React this way too.. I remember the Deal the Spirit gave Rhonda, and It was Literary putting her between a rock and a hard place.. Rhonda paid too steep of a Price for what she got…
But Rhonda’s friends did bully her into taking this deal if you look back far enough.. Rhonda pretty much begged to be able to save Julia’s Individuality from The mass of the One who crawls.. And I also recall Melissa who Rhonda likes more, guilting her into saving Julia’s Mind.. Which prompted her into using Seriously Risky Spirit Magic to save her..
I’ve reviewed that scene several times, and unless I overlooked something, it was never stated (to the audience) what *the price* Rhoda paid was, though it seems that at least part of it is allowing Tazim to use her body while her spirit does some “growing” elsewhere.
My last comment was supposed to be a reply to Dunndeer’s last comment.