Bridging the gap between Fantasy and Philosophy

People Are Starting to Suspect the Inquisition (page 1)

First panel

In another large gray room, Jenny, Tarith, and Donal stand with large backpacks on.  Galen enters from a side door carrying a similar backpack by his side.

Galen: “Hey guys!”

Jenny: “Ready for your first mission?”

Galen: “Yep, all packed.  Frank was just helping me with the unofficial checklist.”

Second panel

The view tightens up a bit as Galen now stands next to the others.

Galen: “How come we don’t have an ‘official’ checklist?”

Jenny: “Metaphysical translation errors.”

Tarith: “For us, ‘official’ means it comes from the Rousai, and they don’t recognize the necessity of equipment.  Not having physical forms and all.”

Third panel

Same view, Galen looks slightly concerned.

Jenny: “So packing suggestions stay up to us and the staffers, the people who think to ask questions like ‘will there be breathable atmosphere?’ and stuff like that.”

Tarith: “The Rousai also like to be purposefully vague.  For some reason they don’t like to reveal any more information than is absolutely necessary.”

Galen: “How often do you not end up with air?”

Fourth panel

Close up on Tarith, who is lit as if holding a flashlight below his chin.  Jenny’s speech bubbles drift in from an adjacent panel.

Tarith: “Wouldn’t you like to…”

Jenny: “33.456% of the time, but that drops to 10.34% if you remove all cases when breathable air was also not required.”

Tarith: “Hey!  I was trying to be spooky.”

Jenny: “Sorry.”

Notes: Never try to withhold information to appear sinister when in the presence of a compulsive fact-provider.