permalink: "#68 (February 26, 2024): Name Game"
The real cosmic horror is trying to keep track of all your nicknames across the eons.
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68: Name Game - February 26, 2024 (M)
Panel 1
[Pilcrow and the Asterism are walking through a back garden of the Black Manor at night in their bird-headed humanoid forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo. She is wearing a burnt orange dress and black choker. He's wearing a lavender suit over a white button-up with no tie. It's ominous with dark orange grass and a tombstone here and there.]
Pilcrow: "Asterism, I sense that something is bothering you on our evening walk. What's wrong?"
The Asterism: "Ever wonder why civilizations have so many names for me? It's like they're branding cosmic horror."
Panel 2
Pilcrow: "Each name's like a new flavor of existential dread. 'Now with more despair!'"
Panel 3
[The Asterism extends and curls her neck so that she can more easily look back at him]
The Asterism: "There's one that translates to 'Lady of the Lurking Fear.' Sounds like my goth phase."
Panel 4
Pilcrow (amused): "Don't forget 'The Shadow That Sighs.' That makes you sound like cosmic background noise."
The Asterism (visibly annoyed): "Remind me after dinner to curse the cult that calls me that into ruin and despair."