Panel 2: Ninjette is, of course, obliquely referring to the “Secret Drunk Question Magic” we witnessed her using on Yukiko-chan exactly 40 pages ago.

Also, gotta love—or at least mildly appreciate—the “chatty drunk Cathy” bit she coins in her third word balloon of this panel.

Panel 3: Big-Pouty-Lipped Emp alert, folks! (Also in panel 2 as well, but with a marginally different approach that I still use for profile shots on occasion nowadays.)

Panel 4: What off-panel sight is causing Emp to “Uh oh”? You’ll find out next week, webcomic readers, along with a sudden moment of reasonably shocking violence. Wheeee!

Today’s Patreon update: Probably another dose of Vintage Con Sketches, from the late-90s/early-2000s era when I was cranking out a ton of ’em.

-Adam Warren