Issue 19, Page 8
Transcript
1: Rhoda stays on the ground, on her side as she hastily scribbles out details of what she saw into a notebook. Behind her, the candles cast a serpentine shadow on the wall: the silhouette of the demon snake.
2: As Rhoda continues her notes the antlered snake is hovering over her, swimming in air.
The Serpent: Anything fun?
Rhoda: A Chinese temple, I forget the name… I’ll have to look it up later, see if I actually recognize the inside.
The Serpent: You were spotted.
Rhoda: How did you… eh. Yeah, I think someone looked at me. Is that even possible?
The Serpent: You’re certainly not the only one who can see things, go places… Spiritualists around the world sometimes know when they have visitors, even if they don’t fully understand what they see or feel.
3: The snake hovers close to watch Rhoda, eye to eye, Rhoda on her back but the angle flipped so she looks like she is on the ceiling.
The Serpent: Careful you don’t go somewhere you’re truly not wanted, you may not like what you find.
Rhoda: Well, you were apparently watching. Wouldn’t you save me?
The Serpent: And play favorites? Now, that wouldn’t be fair…
How else will you learn?
This is actually a good piece to use as an example of various perspectives with characters. Panel 1 is easy to see and understand. Panel 2, if you wren’t paying attention to panel 1, might actually look like she’s standing up. Panel 3 takes the cake, where if you’re not keeping up, looks like the whole world is skewed, especially with the floor along the TOP of the panel.
Mom! Snake-y-lad is being cryptic again!
This is how you end up in a warlock pact.
Ah, I see that you, also, are an acolyte of 5th Edition.
digging the perspective in the last panel! :3
Brütal
Well, usually one learns by making mistakes and *surviving* them. The latter part is often accomplished by having someone protect you from the worst consequences.
I like what was done with the shadow in the first panel. Either that’s the antlersnake, or it’s her own astral shadow.