permalink: "#77 (March 18, 2024): Empty Revelations"
The void whispered its ancient secrets, and all it had to say was, 'Sometimes I get peckish.' Suddenly, the abyss staring back doesn't seem so profound.
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77: Empty Revelations - March 18, 2024 (M)
Panel 1
[Pilcrow is walking into a room in the Black Manor where the Asterism is sitting in an arm chair. He looks dazed. They are in their bird-headed humanoid forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo. He is wearing a lavender shirt, and she's wearing a long orange gown.]
The Asterism: "Pilcrow, there you are! I haven't seen you in days. Where have you been?"
Panel 2
[The scene flashes back to Pilcrow as a bird in a daze as he swirls through the cosmic void in shock and alarm.]
Pilcrow (visibly shaken): "I just got back from a mental journey into the void. Felt like being hugged by the cosmos - if the cosmos had too many arms and not enough personal space. I experienced eons of its soul-crushing embrace in exchange for wisdom."
Panel 3
[The scene returns to the manor.]
The Asterism: "And what grand truth did you return with from this cosmic embrace?"
Pilcrow: "The universe uses black holes as pockets. You know, to hold snacks in for later."
Panel 4
[Pilcrow looks very overwrought and tired.]
The Asterism: "That's it?"
Pilcrow: "Yeah."
Pilcrow: "I'm, uh, going to go find a better use of my time. Like staring at a wall."