PANEL ONE:
Nizini stands in front of Erlak at the bar.
NIZINI: Well, Erlak, it looks like your new bar has become a great success!
ERLAK: Thanks!
PANEL TWO:
Close on Nizini and Erlak in profile.
ERLAK: What would you say if I told you I had an idea for how to make it even more successful?
NIZINI: Probably something sarcastic.
PANEL THREE:
Angle on Erlak; Nizini in the foreground.
ERLAK: I've made up a SONG to advertise the bar! Wanna hear it?
PANEL FOUR:
Slightly more lateral angle on Erlak.
NIZINI: Well, you're probably going to sing it regardless of what I say, so...
ERLAK: All right, then!
PANEL FIVE:
Erlak holds up a bowl.
ERLAK: We've got matchless minestrone mixed with fairyflower wine;
PANEL SIX:
Erlak holds a bowl in each hand.
ERLAK: We've got ex– cellent ozoni, and our pho is very fine;
PANEL SEVEN:
Erlak holds a large bowl with both hands. The bar behind him is mostly upside-down.
ERLAK: Our magnificent moo kuk is sure to throw you for a loop! Come see what's behind the ruckus at the bar of soup!
PANEL EIGHT:
Erlak keeps singing as bowls and a transparent vessel of nectar float in front of him.
ERLAK: Well, I've made the nectar stronger, the harira is divine, and the rubbaboo no longer tastes too much like turpentine!
PANEL NINE:
Erlak continues to sing, as bowls float around him.
ERLAK: Yes the work and toil and care entrusted here we do recoup, in the quality apparent at the bar of soup!
PANEL TEN:
Erlak raises his arms.
ERLAK: The Bar of Soup! The Bar of Soup! Remember well the name! The Bar of Soup! The Bar of Soup! There's nothing quite the same!
PANEL ELEVEN:
Erlak keeps singing; many bowls float by in rows.
ERLAK: With two dozen types of chowder, and of gumbo twenty–nine, I could hardly be much prouder of our rich and varied line!
PANEL TWELVE:
Erlak ladles out a quantity of soup from a bowl.
ERLAK: So get bouja by the bowlful and solyanka by the scoop! Make your body and your soul full...
PANEL THIRTEEN:
More rows of bowls float by as Erlak sings.
ERLAK: ...at the BAR! OF! SOOOOOOOUP!
PANEL FOURTHEEN:
Angle on Nizini as Erlak, in the foreground, grins widely and Nizini stares at him.
PANEL FIFTEEN:
Similar angle as the previous panel, though Erlak is no longer smiling.
NIZINI: Okay, while that was nice, given that all the gods already know about this place I don't really see the purpose for it.
PANEL FIFTEEN:
Angle on Erlak, Nizini in the foreground.
ERLAK: Purpose? Ha! Who needs a purpose?
NIZINI: Okay, if that's your guiding philosophy in general, that explains a lot.
March 3 2024