PANEL ONE: Erlak approaches the demon bartender Drv'dxx at the bar.
ERLAK: Hey, Drv'dxx! How're you doing?
PANEL TWO: Erlak faces Drv'dxx across the bar.
DRV'DXX: Seething with resentment at the humiliating onus you contemptible gods have presumptuously placed upon me. And you?
ERLAK: I'm fine, thanks.
PANEL THREE: Erlak continues talking to Drv'dxx.
ERLAK: Oh, hey, Drv'dxx, guess what? I finally found a champion.
DRV'DXX: Congratulations.
PANEL FOUR: Close on Erlak.
ERLAK: Yeah, but there's kind of a problem... he wants me to get him a steed.
PANEL FIVE: Different angle on Erlak.
ERLAK: I mean, sure I could get him a horse or something without too much trouble, but I want something... _different_. Know what I mean?
PANEL SIX: Close on Drv'dxx.
DRV'DXX: Perhaps I can help.
PANEL SEVEN: We see a six-legged pink monster with horns, spikes, and teeth standing in front of the fire. Drv'dxx is in the foreground.
DRV'DXX: I could summon up from the depths of the infernal abyss some fell creature that embodies all the power of evil and all the fury of hellfire.
PANEL EIGHT: Close on the monster's head; Drv'dxx is seen in an inset panel.
DRV'DXX: ...with baleful eyes that blaze with malevolence, and a cavernous maw bristling with bloody, bladed teeth.
PANEL NINE:
A transparent image of Drv'dxx overlays a scene of the monster ravaging a town.
DRV'DXX: ...a horror that, unchecked, could lay waste to entire nations, and bring misery and death to all it happens across.
PANEL TEN: Erlak and Drv'dxx look at each other across the bar.
PANEL ELEVEN: Erlak speaks up.
ERLAK: Actually, that sounds pretty good. You can do that?
DRV'DXX: No, but I didn't think you'd actually want to take me up on it.
September 17 2023