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Image 1
Panel 1
(Ayzee slashes at one of Grom’s tendrils with her abomination blade. An unidentified voice is speaking)
Unknown (V.O.): Yeah…
Panel 2
(Another of Grom’s tendrils hits Ayzee’s arm, knocking the blade away)
Unknown (V.O.): You don’t wanna fight Grom in close range.
Panel 3
(Ayzee is on one knee, her blade stuck in the ground nearby)
Unknown (V.O.): It is pretty much unwinnable.
Panel 4
(Ayzee has a slingshot, which she is pulling back to shoot towards Grom)
Panel 5
(Ayzee releases the slingshot. A beam of light is shown shooting by her)
Unknown (V.O.): And your glyph slingshot?
Image 2
Panel 1
(Something arcs towards Grom and causes a small explosion near its mouth)
Unknown (V.O.): Well-
Panel 2
(Grom roars with anger, and despite a small tendril of smoke, doesn’t appear to be damaged at all)
Panel 3
(Close-up on Ayzee’s nervous face)
Panel 4
(We now flashback and see that the narration was Edric when he was talking to Ayzee earlier. He’s holding her glyph slingshot with an unimpressed look on his face)
Edric: It won’t do much against something as big as Grom.
Panel 5
Ayzee (tensely): So what exactly are my options here?
Panel 6
Edric (lecturing): I’ve got you covered.
Panel 7
Edric (reaching into his jacket): I call it-
Panel 8
Edric (holding up a giant rocket launcher with a giddy expression on his face): The Ed Ricochet 2000!
Image 3
Panel 1
Ayzee (nonplussed): So I’ll just…blow it up? Kinda lame, but okay.
Panel 2
(Ayzee holds the rocket launcher with a worried look)
Edric: Hey, if it works, it works.
Panel 3
(Back in the arena, Ayzee looks back over her shoulder at the purple tube slung there)
Edric (V.O.): Do you want to win, or what?
Panel 4
(Ayzee removes the cap from the tube, revealing the rocket launcher inside)
Panel 5
(Ayzee pulls the rocket launcher up out of the tube onto her shoulder)
Panel 6
(Close up on Ayzee’s resolute face, the rocket launcher held next to her head)
Ayzee: Well, as my Mama says…
Panel 7
Ayzee (jumping into the air and yelling): Eat this!
Panel 8
Ayzee (landing and pointing the launcher at Grom): Sucker-
Image 4
Panel 1
(One of Grom’s tendrils shoots out and catches Ayzee in the stomach, knocking her back. The rocket launcher falls out of her hands)
Ayzee: Oof!
Panel 2
(The tendril presses her against a pillar and spreads out to hold her in place)
Panel 3
(Ayzee is trying to pull her hand free from the goo)
Ayzee: It’s okay, it’s okay! I can still-
Panel 4
(One of Grom’s tendrils reaches out and touches Ayzee right in the center of her forehead. She stops moving and her eyes start glowing blue)
Panel 5
(Grom starts to recall the tendril)
Panel 3
(Ayzee has a panicked look on her face, as two forms start to rise up out of the top of Grom)
Ayzee: Oh no, oh no…
Image 5
Panel 1
(The two forms resolve themselves to be Amity and Luz, smiling and waving)
Grom-Luz: Heyo!
Panel 2
Ayzee (distraught): [SIGH] Of course it’s you two.
Panel 3
Grom-Amity (patronizing): It’s fine if you can’t defeat Grom, Sweetie.
Panel 4
Grom-Amity: We’ll always love you, even when you are useless.
Panel 5
Grom-Luz: Ayzee. You don’t have to be good at anything, you don’t even need a job!
Panel 6
Grom-Luz (off-panel): You can live in our basement forever if you want to.
Ayzee: [AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]
Image 6
Panel 1
(Grom-Amity and Grom-Luz are cheerfully brushing Ayzee off, while she remains stuck to the pillar by Grom’s goo and is screaming)
Grom-Amity: Actually, we’ll clear it out for you right now.
Panel 2
(Grom-Amity and Grom-Luz continue to smile and bump arms with each other)
Grom-Amity: I mean, it’s not like she can survive living on her own, anyway.
Grom-Luz: Hahah, yeah.
Panel 3
Ayzee (screaming in torment): Make it stoooop!!!
Panel 4
(In the crowd, Pandora and Jay look on in concern)
Grom-Amity (off-panel): Poor lil Ayzee needs our constant care.
Grom-Luz (off-panel): True.
Panel 5
(The principal looks distressed)
Panel 6
Principal (pointing): Brandon!
Mr. Ironguts (leaping out with a determined look): On it!
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Damn, this hits hard.
But holy crap, her teacher is a hero. He’s faced grom countless times, and he’s immediately ready to fight him again to protect his student.
He desperately needs a raise.