Ghede: Guerrier Extraordinaire #6: Pages 3-4
Page 3, 6 Panels- Forested area of the In-Between Panel 1: Same setting/layout as the last panel of the previous page. Along with the sounds of groaning and agony that floated out of the hole, a couple of seconds later, we see a black muscular arm belonging to the glorious Ghede jut out and grab a chunk of the land just outside of it. Panel 2-3: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. It follows another beat later where we see our heroine's noble blade Minaj rising up alongside her other arm, providing a firm anchor in order to pull herself out of the area. As for the sound of groaning, it has intensified slightly into a growling yell that reaches its peak in Panel 3 as she emerges from the hole once more. Panel 4-5: A two-part set of panels that follows her briefly in the air. The blue sky above her visible in the background, albeit with a little more of a gray tint than we have seen since we first entered the In-Between realm. Finally, in Panel 5, we see Ghede a few seconds later touch down once more on the ground twelve feet away from the hole. The damaged trees visible somewhat in the background. Panel 6: A proper profile shot of the Haitian guerrier a few beats later. She quickly tries to get her bearings after the ordeal, dusting herself off with her free hand without looking. Her head is tilted skyward, her eyes squinting and her teeth making the same kind of sore grimace one makes whenever someone has been injured. GHEDE [translated from Haitian Creole]: Those gwo gèp always leave me a little... Page 4, 5 Panels- Forested area of the In-Between Panel 1: Suddenly, after taking only a step forward in front of her, we see Ghede wobble a little bit. Her right knee, along with the lower half of her body, set to collapse to the ground once more. It almost looks as if she's been poisoned somehow. GHEDE [translated from Haitian Creole]: ...drained! Panel 2-3: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A split second passes between the two panels. Instinctually, Ghede takes the tip of Minaj and sticks it down into the ground next to her, using it as a crutch in order to keep on her feet. You can see a fog starting to form in the rims of her silver eyes as she starts to move slowly forward in Panel 3. GHEDE [woozy; Panel 2]: Should've know they'd...be armed with it...should've phased-- GHEDE [Cont., immediately self-correcting and shaking her head; Panel 3]: Fuck the self-pity...gotta...find...antidote... Panel 4-5: A two-part set of panels centered around our heroine. She stumbles further through the forest, searching the area for any sign of the aforementioned antidote. Her sword continuing to be used as a crutch throughout the whole enterprise. As this goes on, the woozy fog grows in intensity in Ghede's eyes.