Pilcrow & The Asterism

A webcomic about the unsettling corridors of a manor where cosmic enigmas and mundane musings collide.

I'm not saying I'd drink it, but I'd definitely take a sip. For science.

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25: Forgotten Concoction - November 13, 2023 (M)

Panel 1

[Pilcrow and the Asterism are standing in an old-fashioned Victorian laboratory in the Black Manor. They are in their bird-headed humanoid forms as a crow and three-eyed flamingo. The Asterism is wearing a lab coat, and they are both holding vials filled with orange fluids.]

The Asterism: "Behold, Pilcrow, my latest concoction! A potion potent in providing profound wisdom!"

Pilcrow: "Let us raise our glasses to the pursuit of erudition!"

Panel 2

[They look at each other blankly after drinking the vials.]

Narrator: A moment later.

Pilcrow: "Shouldn't we be enlightened by now? Wait... what am I speaking about?"

The Asterism: "Enlightened? I feel an enigma in not knowing what we are doing."

Panel 3

Pilcrow: "Do I know you?"

The Asterism: "Uncertain... but in this bewildering blur, perhaps we're acquaintances anew."

Panel 4

[Pilcrow holds up a vial with some leftover potion.]

Pilcrow: "Did you make this? What is it for?"

The Asterism: "Hmmm. A liquid of lost lore, leaving us lingering in limbo, it seems."