Twelve year old Alex is participating in a special program for "young ambassadors" that takes her to a neighboring country led by an aloof and mysterious woman named Kerri. In a world of magic, beasts, and abilities, what secrets will Alex's own mysterious power unlock? Pages are pre-released for patrons: https://patreon.com/areyoshi https://bsky.app/profile/areyoshi.bsky.social
PAGE 6 - 5 PANELS PAGE 6 PANEL 1 (sectional fade in) We see the sun slowly changing positions and an upside down view of the surrounding trees. PAGE 6 PANEL 2 Reveal that it’s Alex sitting on the cart’s tailgate, facing the front but with her head tilted back so far that everything behind her is viewed upside down. PAGE 6 PANEL 3 Alex kicks her arms and legs in the air, silently flailing them. She…
PAGE 5 - 5 PANELS PAGE 5 PANEL 1 We see Alex and Eli from the front. Eli is casual and unbothered, but Alex is anxiously pressing her hands together and looking away with a distressed expression. ELI: Chris inherited the bakery from his parents. Nathan’s father worked in the quarry. I was… AWAY for a while, wasn’t around for their passings, but I liked ‘em all. ALEX: I didn’t know about Chris, but…
PAGE 4 - 4 PANELS PAGE 4 PANEL 1 Alex looks more than a little disappointed for her suggestion to be so quickly overridden, and Eli continues to explain from off panel. ELI: That forest is too rough for the cart. Gwen doesn’t deserve to have anything less than an easy time. ALEX: I guess… PAGE 4 PANEL 2 Eli is able to tell that Alex is disappointed and gives some sagely advice. ELI: The best path…
PAGE 3 - 6 PANELS PAGE 3 PANEL 1 Eli is stoking the fire with a stick from where he sits. ELI: That’s right. Any later and Lord Kerri may not have time to accommodate you for dinner. I’m not looking to be rude. PAGE 3 PANEL 2 & 3 Alex is looking at the map again, expression contemplative. Her dialogue stretches between panels as she traces her finger over the paper. The drawn path for the road…
PAGE 2 - 6 PANELS PAGE 2 PANEL 1 Alex is enjoying her stew, already tilting the bowl up to her face for faster consumption than a spoon provides. Eli gently chides her. ELI: Don’t eat too fast, you’ll be sick. SFX: Sluuurp! PAGE 2 PANEL 2 Alex has already set her empty bowl on the ground at her knees. She is putting the remaining bread into her bag. ALEX: Done! Can I look at the map now, please?…
PAGE 1 - 5 PANELS PAGE 1 PANEL 1 It’s night time. The sky is a little cloudy as the moon overlooks forests and meadows. The moon is no longer as full as it appeared to be at the end of chapter one, helping to indicate that a day or two has passed. ELI: Here y’are, Alex. This will fill you up. PAGE 1 PANEL 2 The little wagon that Alex left town in is parked off of the dirt path, and there is a…
Chapter 2 cover for Kattabolt. The logo is at the top of the page, over an illustration of an apple lying in the dirt with random forest detritus around it. Most notably, there are pawprints from some kind of animal walking by.
Informational character sheet about Alex, with a timeline and breakdown of her designs throughout the years. Alex: An electrically energetic kid on her way to the home of Lord Kerri. Alex is simultaneously straight forward and withholding, but she would argue that nobody asks the right questions. Her original incarnation was as a magical fox girl! I was in middle school and had just discovered…
The stranger stares into the darkness beyond the wall that the torch sits upon. He speaks again, wincing as if chastised. STRANGER: ...Well, no, there was no guarantee that she'd– But she DID. If she hadn't, I wouldn't be here right now reporting on it, I'd still be after her for proof. He pauses. STRANGER: I AM dedicated. A moment of silence, the focus entirely on the inky abyss beyond the…
The strange flash of light is revealed to be that of a swirling portal… boots step through it and onto worn brick and overgrown vegetation. A decorated torch sits quietly in the dark, affixed to the wall. Suddenly, with a whoosh, the torch is lit, seemingly of its own accord, with pink/purple flames that match the portal. The cloaked stranger comes to a stop and stands before the torch, looking…
Alex wearing apricot's clothes! She is a cute cat girl with long black hair and big round glasses. In this art, she is wearing black sweatpants, pink and gray socks, Pikachu slippers, a pink jacket, and a blue shirt with a cat laying on a cloud with rainbows and lightning bolts, designed by Miski. Around Alex's left wrist are two beaded bracelets; one is blues and browns, and the other is…
CHRIS, off panel now: That would be impossible, wouldn’t it? The focus is instead on Alex, who we can plainly see relaxing in the back of Eli’s wagon. She’s laying on her back with her arms behind her head, eyes closed while she leans against a hay bale. Her bag, thankfully undamaged by the bakery fire, lays next to her. Alex has a content smile on her face as the wagon rumbles along. …That night,…
ALEX: Some SUPER COOL casting? You bet it was! (she waves her arms as the wagon gets too far to continue the conversation.) Nathan slows to a walk, then stops. Chris steps up beside him, looking uncertain as he reaches out to touch Nathan’s back. CHRIS: …We’re not bonkers, right? NATHAN: No way. We all saw her do it. CHRIS: Yeah… We REALLY saw her cast something besides fire or water. An…
The old man Nathan had arranged Alex’s ride with is sitting on his wagon, writing in a little book. Alex is sitting on the back of the wagon, holding her blue and white bag while she talks to Chris. Nathan is standing off to the side of Chris, his hand covering his mouth while he thinks deeply. ALEX: Thanks a bunch, Chris. And for getting my bag. CHRIS: You can trust Eli, he’s an old family…
Leigh opens his mouth and inhales with a smile on his face, surely about to say something snarky, but Nathan cuts him off while raising a fist. NATHAN: Don’t push it. Before the boys can even think of arguing again, however, Alex suddenly pops up between Leigh and Nathan, startling them both. ALEX: This is great! You can all use your casting to make the bakery even better than before! Now that…
