PANEL ONE: Two adventurers, a man and a woman, stand in front of a door.
MAN: Behind this door is the last room we have to traverse before we reach the one with the amulet. But in this hall lurks the dread Calthophacus, a horrible three-headed monster.
PANEL TWO: Close on the man.
MAN: They say that one of its heads breathes fire, another blasts icy wind, and the third shoots out a ray that magically changes all it contacts.
PANEL THREE: The adventurers still stand in front of the door; the man's hand is on the doorknob.
MAN: We'll have to slay this hideous beast to pass it and gain the amulet.
PANEL FOUR: The two of them enter the room. In the foreground is the corpse of a three-headed creature, all three heads having been lopped off.
PANEL FIVE: Close on the adventurers.
WOMAN: Looks like something's already slain it.
MAN: Hey, yeah, what a stroke of luck.
PANEL SIX: The adventurers continue.
WOMAN: Looks like it happened recently enough that whatever did it is probably still around.
MAN: Okay, maybe it's a stroke of really _bad_ luck.
August 28 2023