Description

Panel One: Fern, Cal and DJ. Fern's taken a chocolate gob from the cake box and says, "Oh, thank you! Fern Grove." Cal is giving her a smile and says, "Charmed." DJ has his arms crossed and is giving Cal an incredulous look.

Panel Two: Breakout frame of Fern from Cal's POV. She's giving him a stern look and says, as she stares down from slightly over her shoulder, "But I won't be bribed with cake." A disgruntled chibi Cal face pouts in the bottom corner.

Panel Three: The three of them, with Fern on the left, DJ on the right, and Cal in the middle. Fern has one hand on her hip and gestures at DJ with her partially-eaten snack. "You're still in big trouble!" she says. "What?! Why?" asks DJ. "For stealing the telescope!" "I didn't steal it!" DJ argues back. "Oh, really?" asks Fern. "I'm just borrowing it!" DJ is pointing dramatically off-panel, in the general direction of the telescope. Cal is looking quite awkward standing literally in the middle of the bickering pair.

Panel Four: The three of them, from a higher angle that puts DJ in the foreground. Fern asks, "Did you get permission?" Cal looks very nervous as he looks at DJ. DJ is looking to the side and pressing the tips of his index fingers together nervously. "Nnooo..." he says.

Panel Five: Cartoony panel, mostly of Fern's massive face, yelling and with flames for eyes. There are flames in the background. "That's called stealing!" she yells. DJ and Cal are small, terrified figures in the foreground.

Author Note

Fern can and will argue sematics with you.

Cal tried, though. He really, really tried to smooth things over.

If you like TikTok, I've been posting over there lately, too. It's mostly a bunch of little doodles set to nifty sounds I find, but it's fun and not hugely spoiler-y - https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbit_dance_

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