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Tiefling Jon's First Day At The Archives

The first panel of a series of 11, forming a comic. This one shows an exterior shot of a gallery running along an atrium with a small garden. The openings are big and round, an eye is designed into the stones between each. From one of the openings, a text bubble says: "Elias, you really didn't have to accompany me to the archives. I'm sure I could find it myself."

Looking through one of the openings, we see Elias and Jon walking side by side. Elias is a tall elf, long hair, long robes, long ears. Jon is a tiefling, with short straight horns and short hair. He's arms are full, carrying a wooden chest. A cat walks between them.
Elias: "Oh, it's no bother. In any case, I still wanted to briefly discuss the Archive department's other duties with you." Jon: "... Other duties?"
"Ah, you didn't know?"

Elias explains calmly. "From time to time, our Institute gets informed of a newly discovered artefact that would be of interest to our research, like an ancient scroll or tablet.
Retrieving these artefacts has always been considered the Archivist's task.
Jon, off-screen: "...I would think the research department would handle that."
"They research the artefact once it's been brought in. But really, I wouldn't worry about it overly much.
Of course, in the off chance that you require healing or revivification services, the Institute will pay for those."

Jon looks shocked, losing grip on the chest, his pointy tail startled straight. "What- Why would I need revivication services?!"
Elias, off-screen: "Well, most of these artefacts are found within ruins - old castles, buried settlements."

Elias continues: "You know how those ancient, subteranean places can get. Sometimes they turn dungeonous."
They've come to a corner in the gallery. Behind an opening in one of the interior walls of the building, a staircase spirals up and down into darkness.
Elias gestures: "The Archives are right down these stairs."

Elias and Jon make their way down the staircase, into the dark, Jon in front. The only light comes from a small glowing orb Elias has cast in his hand. He assures Jon: "In any case, with two Foxford * graduates such as yourself and miss James and a fine fighter such as mister Stoker, I have no doubt you'll be able to manage yourselves." He pauses. "Though, if you really don't think you'll be up to the task, it's not too late to decline the position..."
Jon keeps his gaze ahead, carefully stepping down. The cat walks near his feet, tail low. "No, I can- I'll handle it."
Near the bottom of the page, small text reads " * Fantasy Oxford"

Jon and Elias are standing in front of a pair of carved wooden doors, still only lit by the orb. Elias rests his hand on Jon's upper back. "Perfect. Well then, here we are."
The door is decorated with panels. Each panel shows a different image: a snarling wolf, a skull, squirming worms, a figure in the mist, etc. The one nearest to Jon is a spider in a web. Above the door, a huge carved eye looks down on them.

Close-up of Jon as he's about to open the door, holding the key near the lock but not yet turning. From off-screen: "Good luck, Jon."

We see Jon from the other side of the doors as he walks through them. The view is too zoomed in to see anything in the room. He looks apprehensive. The doors are undecorated wood on this side.

Jon leans against the now closed doors. He looks up, scared, overwhelmed.

The image is zoomed out. The archives are a huge space, a vaulted ceiling supported by rows of pillars, between the rows of pillars are bookcases, some filled with books, some with scrolls. More books are piled up in stacks as high as the pillars, on top of the bookcases, or strewn on the floor.
Jon slumps down onto the floor, leaning against the doors, with the same expression as previous. The cat bonks his head against him but he doesn't seem to notice.

tiefling jon's first day at the Archives

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