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CHAPTER 9 - GHOUL HOUSE PAGE 4

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Demetri checked his watch again.
      "Well, damn.  I hope they didn't eat him."

 

 

In which Cat Style gets too curious.

      "Ewww Prowler really drank the slush water? Yuck!" Sanna wrinkled up her flat nose even more than it already was.
      "Oh you know my brother. He does that with any guy I'm makin' time with. Too bad lil' Cat Style ran off too, I thought we were gettin' on quite well. Coulda been a thing, me and him."
Both Stripes and Vitus raised an eyebrow.
      "Well," Vitus said, "Demetri is unscrupulous. Again, not too surprising..."
He looked around at the human crowd, knowing they would ignore or dismiss anything they talked about, but still a little nervous to get into specifics. Well, here goes.... He looked deeply, earnestly into Tabby's eyes.
      "Look, Tabby, we're both monsters here. We both knew what it was like to be human, and to change... Know what it's like to need...
      But I can't play with words and get anywhere. Jack is in trouble - if he's even alive. I know it's in poor taste, but clarify for me. I know that you eat human remains. 'Freshies'... Are they ghouls that eat the freshly dead?"
The ghouls looked slightly galled at his blunt inquisition - at his impertinent insistence on dropping the euphemisms.
      "Yeah, Veer. It's not good, 'cause scruples, wot? Demetri, ee gives to the poor. Gets us to help with his business for it, as our powers work a day better 'n' yours. As a guest, I didn't find out wot all his business is. May that my brother knows."
Vitus leaned back in his seat and turned the thoughts behind his eyelids. Then he looked at the ghouls again.
      "Jack was just running an errand for Demetri, like I already knew. It's good to know more about that creep's secrets, but it does seem like a dead end. But what can you tell me about the crows...?"

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     December 22nd, 2012
     By:  Christopher

So ends Ghoul House! Hit me, babies, one more time!

And so begins a new era of madness at The Kingfisher. Christopher will be writing all posts and answering comments, and more importantly, we are making official that which has been the case for a few months now: There will be only one comic update per week, until Kelly feels able to start making more comics again. At that rate, the plot will still progress faster than any 99% of comics on the internet, so rejoice!

An exception to the one a week rule might just happen soon! Yes, if we can pull of a Godmas Day miracle. Do you all believe? Do you hear that gentle cry on the desert winds? This will all make sense soon enough. Trust me!

            TRANSCRIPT: This is the text of the comic, for purposes such as translation and internet searches.

1.)

(Jack lounges at the party, stoned on a couch with a roach clip in his hand.)

2.)

(Jack notices the cooler, sitting unattended.)

3.)

(The cooler is dripping dark red stuff.)

HOUSE PHONE: BEE DEE BEE DEE

4.)

(Stoned jack exhales smoke through his mouth and nose, eyes red and in need of glasses.)

5.)

(Jack puts his glasses on, starts whistling, gets up. This corner of the party looks neglected.)

PHONE CONVERSATION: (off panel) Hello?... Ohhh yeah he’s here still.
     A’course we din’t eat ‘im!

6.)

(Jack strolls toward the cooler whistling, the blond ghoul
that first invited him in is on the phone, not noticing.)

BLOND GHOUL: Too much work and so messy!

7.)

(Jack opens the cooler, but can't quite process what he's seeing.)

BLOND GHOUL: (off panel) I mean, if he just *happen’t* to die here...

8.)

(Curly-haired, young ghoul man puts a hand on Jack's shoulder, smiling.)

GHOUL: No leftovers, kid! The meat goes fast.

9.)

(The ghoul reaches for the tap on the cooler.)

GHOUL: Little ‘punch’ left though, wanna try?
     Fresh’s the way to go. Graveyards are depressing.

10.)

(Closeup of the cooler, his hand wiggling the spigot handle, it seems clogged.
  blood has dripped on the counter and hairy blood partially fills his cup.)

GHOUL: Damn, hair clog.

11.)

(Outside the house, Jack fleeing, flannel shirt in one hand, flapping behind him.)

12.)

(In the parking lot of Parker's, Jack with folded arms, tries to play cool as Demetri approaches.)

INTERTITLE: LATER...

DEMETRI: That took longer than expected.

13.)

(Demetri holds Jack's payment - a wad of green glenmarks.)

DEMETRI: You didn’t look in the cooler?

14.)

(Jack tries to look cool, fails miserably.)

JACK: O-of course not!

15.)

(Demetri closes his arms around Jack, reaching.)

DEMETRI: You’re a terrible liar. If you weren’t so charming...

16.)

(Jack's back pocket, the money is being slid in directly by a naughty Demetri hand.)

DEMETRI: The one in the cooler was not so lucky.

17.)

(Is Demetri just kidding? Jack looks flipped out.)

DEMETRI: Aww You little scamp! You’re cute when you’re terrified.
     Now let’s fix your memory.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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