Shadowbird

date:11-8-25

panel 1: Shrapnel is leaning against a wall holding a handgun casually, looking smugly at the reader with her tongue out. The sky is dark. Near the wall is a bush and clumps of grass. On the wall behind shrapnel is a sign with a red crossed out circle, below which is some illegible text. Around the edge of the wall is the dark silhouette of a dinosaur-like creature with feathers on the back of its head, an open mouth with sharp teeth, and glowing white eyes and claws. One of the clawed hands is reaching around the edge. The text "Shadowbird" is in the bottom left corner of the panel showing the title of this issue. The text "#2" is in the top right corner of the panel showing the number of this issue.panel 2: Shrapnel and Hammer are walking side-by-side in a coniferous forest with trees and large bushes in the background. The sky is dark. Shrapnel is holding a handgun. Hammer is smiling. Shrapnel says "We made like 70 bucks off that gem!". Hammer replies "Yeah. The most money ve've ever made on a job.". Shrapenl says "Regi gave us such a good price for it!". The word "Regi" is in a pale green color. Hammer finally says "If we kill this ghoul, we can blow that amount out of the water." panel 1: Shrapnel is looking at Hammer who is off screen. Shrapnel has an unamused look on her face. The sky is dark. There are some bushes in the background. Shrapnel is saying 'So... we're after a "shadowbird?" What the hell is that?' panel 2: Hammer's disembodied head is against a white background next to a detailed illustration of a T-rex eating something. Hammer's mouth is open. Hammer is saying "A long time ago, there were these big birds. A big extinction event killed them and now they haunt the world as ghouls."panel 3: Shrapnel and hammer are standing next to each other facing away from the reader. The sky is dar. There are coniferous trees, bushes, and mountains in the background. Hammer is looking at shrapnel with his mouth open. Shrapnel is holding a handgun at her side. Hammer is holding a knife. On the left side of the panel is the long snout of a shadowbird facing Shrapnel and Hammer. The rest of the shadowbird is off screen. The shadowbird is pale and transparent with sharp teeth. Shrapnel is saying "Well that sounds lame. Let's just get this over with..." Hammer replies "I don't think they're lame!"panel 4: The shadowbird is hiding in some bushes facing the reader. Its white eyes are squinting. It has a smooth narrow head ending in a sharp snout with feathers along the back of its head and the tip of a curling tail behind it. The shadowbird's body is a pale transulcent greenish color with a brighter colored snout. Someone is off screen saying "Whatever dude. Don't piss your pants over it."panel 5: Extreme close-up of the shadowbird's eye. The eye is mostly white, with a light gray iris and a long thin pupil. Around the eye are details of feathers or scales. Someone is off screen saying "I just hope it's close. I'm starting to get bored."panel 6: Shrapnel is standing in front of bushes and coniferous trees. The sky is dark and the moon is large in the center of the panel giving everything a rim light. The shadowbird is jumping out from one of the bushes towards Shrapnel. The shadowbird is in front of the moon, which is visible through its transparent body. The shadowbird's mouth is open with its tongue visible, and is holding its arms up with its claws pointed towards Shrapnel, and its long ghost-like tail is fully visible revealing it has no legs. The shadowbird is screeching. Shrapnel has an unfocused look on her face and doesn't see the shadowbird behind her. Shrapnel says "mm?". panel 1: Shrapnel has a shocked expression on her face. Shrapnel is saying "Holy shit!1!11!!! A dinosaur ghost!!" Hammer is in the corner of the panel saying "That's what I was talking about."panel 2: Close up of Shrapnel's face. Shrapnel has an annoyed look on her face. Shrapnel is saying "You said it was a cringe ass bird. That's a lizard."panel 3: The shadowbird looks concerned or confused. The sky is dark and there are bushes. Shrapnel and Hammer are talking off screen. Their speech bubbles are color coordinated. Shrapnel's speek bubbles are red. Hammer's speech bubbles are lilac. Hammer is saying "Are you dense?! Dinosaurs are birds!" Shrapnel replies "How can you say that with a straight face?" Hammer says "Cause, truth-nuke, I'm fucking right!!"panel 4: The shadowbird is tilting its head to the side in confusion. The sky is dark and there are bushes. Shrapnel and Hammer are talking off screen. Their speech bubbles are color coordinated. Shrapnel's speek bubbles are red. Hammer's speech bubbles are lilac. Shrapnel says "Hammer, come on dude. Use your eyes." Hammer replies "It has feathers on it's head, Shrapnel..." The shadowbird says "Squaa??"panel 5: The shadowbird is being sliced apart and shot to pieces. It's eyes are X's. One of the shadowbird's arms is sliced off, and giant holes are left where bullets have shot through with bits of the shadowbird flying off. The background is red with the text "BANG BANG BANG" and "SLASH SLASH SLASH" in big letters in a repeating pattern.panel 6: An orange and yellow explosion on a colorful orange background with a radiating pattern.panel 7: A dark orange ball with a black symbol in the shape of a dinosaur print is floating with a bright orange soul energy surrounding it. Puffs of smoke are near the ball. The sky is dark. There are coniferous trees, bushes, and mountains in the background.panel 8: Shrapnel and Hammer are standing next to each other with a dark orange ball with a black symbol in the shape of a dinosaur print with a bright orange soul energy surrounding it floating in front of them. Shrapnel is holding a handgun. Hammer is holding a knife and is holding his other hand next to his face. The sky is dark, There are coniferous trees, bushes, and mountains in the background. Hammer is saying "That thing was lame." panel 1: Shrapnel is bending over to pick up a dark orange ball with a black symbol in the shape of a dinosaur print. Hammer is standing behind her. The sky is dark. There is a coniferous tree in the background, along with a bush. Shrapnel is saying "Lemme just grab this real quick." Hammer replies "Did you clean your inventory." Shrapnel says "Yeah." panel 2: Depicted is Shrapnel's "inventory". It resembles the grid-based inventory of Resident Evil 4 and is filled with junk. In the top left corner is a portait of Shrapnel. Below the portrait is Shrapnels name, level, and experience. In the bottom left corner is a slot labeled "main hand:". In this slot is Shrapnel's handgun. The rest of the space is taken up by the inventory grid. There are multiple boxes of ammo, pieces of trash, a plushie of a purple frog-like creature, stacks of cash, Ice Age on DVD, a Ghoul Hunter license, a Portal Scroll from Path of Exile, a large submarine sandwich, a mix of green, yellow, and brown herbs similar to a mix of herbs from Resident Evil 4, a big rock, a gold ring, and a dark orange orb with a black symbol of a dinosaur print on it with a mouse cursor hovering over it. panel 3: Indoors in some kind of shop. In the top left corner is the text "Hours later". Regi is standing at a wooden counter facing the reader. The silhouettes of Shrapnel and Hammer are visible on the reader-side of the counter. Behind Regi is a small muted green creature with bright lime green details around its eyes and on its ears. The creature has a round head with long bulbous ears protruding out the top ending in a point. There is a shelf behind Regi with three items on it: a green gem, a bag with a skull and crossbones on it, and a black cat figure with white eyes. Floating above the counter is a dark orange ball with a black symbol in the shape of a dinosaur print with a bright orange soul energy surrounding it. Regi is saying "Thanks for taking out that shadowbird! It must of been difficult." Shrapnel replies "It was no sweat, Regi!" panel 4: Focus is on Regi's hand holding a stack of cash. In the bottom left and right corner is Shrapnel and Hammer respectively. They are both looking up at the stack of cash in awe. Shrapnel's eyes have stars in them. The background is a light and dark green pattern radiating from the center. Regi is saying "Here's 200 big ones!!!" panel 5: Shrapnel is standing against a solid red-pink background. She is looking slightly upwards with an excited look on her face. Above her is a thought bubble depicting Lady Bigarm. Above the bubble is the text "She thought of the Lady Bigarm figure she could buy." Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 A Fat Stack of Money (4 dollars) A Fat Stack of Money (8 dollars) Mixture of Random Herbs Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 Shadowbird Soul Big Ass Rock Ice Age on DVD Ammo for Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 A 3 foot long sub A stinky woman. Shrapnel's Winterplane 1911 A grotesque creature of some sort Trash Trash Ghoul Hunter License Portal Scroll(Replica) Trash Wedding Band (doesn't fit on her finger) Tooltip text

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