PANEL ONE:
Erlak, in the Bar of Soup, throws his arms wide excitedly.
ERLAK: Attention, everyone! I have an announcement! It's time for something brand new at the Bar of Soup!
PANEL TWO:
A god with a crown looks up at him.
GOD: So, is this announcement about a new item OTHER than soup?
ERLAK: Of course not! That would be silly!
PANEL THREE:
Bird's eye view of Erlak standing in the circular bar in the center of the Bar of Soup.
ERLAK: Today...I'm serving PERSONALIZED soup! Special flavors tailored to each of you!
PANEL FOUR:
Erlak hands a bowl to the crowned god.
ERLAK: For you, Zigali, God of Impertinence, I've made kind of a tart, tangy soup that, you know, BITES YOU BACK!
ERLAK: Only not literally.
ERLAK: Though in retrospect, that would have been kinda neat.
PANEL FIVE:
We see Erlak from the back, in front of the gods Halele and !Haadi.
ERLAK: Halele, !Haadi, good to see you again. For you, as a God of the Sea, I've made a salty seafood saimin, and for you, Goddess of Trade, an exotic soup made up of ingredients from all over the world, mingling their flavors.
PANEL SIX:
Erlak gives a bowl to Gantranis, goddess of indulgence.
ERLAK: For Gantranis, Goddess of Indulgence... a soup that gets you really, really drunk.
GANTRANIS: Works for me!
PANEL SIX:
Erlak stands in front of Conniff, the Grain Goddess.
ERLAK: For Conniff, Goddess of Grain, a soup carefully designed to contain just the right balance of different grains...
ERLAK: And also get you a little drunk.
PANEL SEVEN:
Erlak gives a bowl to Thrumger, the Storm God.
ERLAK: I know we hate each other, but I still did my best to make a soup just for you. See, it's got little thunderclouds floating over it.
THRUMGER: Uh...thanks.
PANEL EIGHT:
Erlak puts a bowl in front of Le-Dar, God of Secrets.
ERLAK: Le–Dar, God of Secrets...I'm not telling you what I made for you.
PANEL NINE:
Erlak faces a masked god.
ERLAK: Behazli, God of Theft, I didn't make a soup for you 'cause I figured you'd just steal someone else's anyway.
ANOTHER GOD (off panel): Hey! Where's my soup?
PANEL TEN:
The crowned god, Zigali, addresses Erlak.
ZIGALI: So what about you? You make a soup for yourself?
ERLAK: I have a meta–soup! A soup of soups! Wanna see?
PANEL ELEVEN:
Zigali points at the bowl in front of Erlak.
ZIGALI: Somehow a bowl of soup with little bowls floating in it seems...kind of bathetic.
ERLAK: Don't knock it till you've tried it.
April 28 2024