So much red ink it looks like a crime scene

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Brad Guigar

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- Brad Guigar

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Transcript

Panel 1:  Dr. Muskiday and Giant Tess.
Dr. Muskiday: "They're going to shut down our office?!"
Giant Tess: "If we don't get these numbers up, they will."

Panel 2: Tess is holding a document, looking worried.
Tess: Thea was an excellent manager. Ever since she left to reclaim her homeworld,* this branch has been losing money."
*Previous chapter

Panel 3: Giant Tess continues, handing Dr. Muskiday a paper from one of the file folders in her hand.
Tess: "Our account is so empty, our last bank statement had an echo. ...And just look at this profit-loss report!"
Muskiday looks at the document.

Panel 4: Dr Muskiday: "Yikes! There's so much red ink, it looks like a murder scene!"

Panel 5: Giant Tess snatches the document from Dr. Muskiday, who is taken aback.

Panel 6: Giant Tess hands Muskiday a new paper.
Tess: "Ahem. THIS is our profit-loss report."

Panel 7: Muskioday looks at the new document and says: "The first one was less frightening."