Wizard and Hero 3

Backward Forward Page 3 of Wizard and Hero. A black and white comic where a wizard, still stern, is honest about the way the situation around her and the hero is decaying. The hero appreciates her honesty.

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Probably not gonna continue this. But fun to write a little scene from it!

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Panel 1: Zissel meets Ayotli's gaze, expression concerned but frank. Zissel: "I also want to say that the administration is kind of stretched thin because of this whole situation, which, by the way, is the only reason I CAN say this to you without being reprimanded." Panel 2: A dark crack begins to shatter a grid. Ayotli looks on, holding her arms against each other. Zissel: "Normally the high shamans have these planned out years in advance but this one caught us by surprise and we haven't been able to be as rigorous as we should be." Panel 3: Zissel almost looks angry, jabbing a thumb at herself. Zissel: "So... our information-gathering isn't very rigorous. Our mapping isn't very rigorous. Our selection of advisor--read, ME--wasn't very rigorous." Panel 4: Ayotli stands and listens, surrounded by the chaos of the workshop. Zissel: "And our selection of hero--read, YOU--was even less so." Panel 5: Zissel is bent over in her chair, so now Ayotli has to look slightly down at her. The workshop disappears, and it's just the two of them, Zissel's words against Ayotli's expression--something subtle, something sad and concerned but not denying hope. Zissel: "We're playing it by ear." Panel 6: The workshop returns. Ayotli looks up and away, wondering. Ayotli: "Will we be okay?" Zissel looks down and away. Zissel: "Hm. We'll see." A darkness forebodes.