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By Jack Joseph Smith

The front door opened. Animal and Prankster walked in. Blackie laughed. "The legend of Animal has returned in the flesh, and from the depths travels into my abode with the Prankster." A lifted mouth, and a deep squeek sound. "We just made an aquaintence" They enjoyed each others company. Along with the jukebox to the tunes of woo, Prankster made-up games with words that turned into stories. Found out they were of the same birthdate, And fooled around for fools- play. There was a fight out of a binder at the back of the bar over the justification of turning drunkeness into poolsplay. Animal moved Prankster toward the front of the bar, bought a round for the house, and eyemarked Prankster's intensity over the hyperbolized brawl dieing fastly due to lack of imagin- ation. (Greatly I will gently usher this Pra- nkster back into the greater excitement of enjoyment.) Animals eyes fleeted across the brow of Jaqueline. She was watching him, but an in- stinct threw him away from judging her face. He never saw her, and when he and Prankster began to sway, she faded from the scene.

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Animal and Prankster enter the bar as Blackie mythologizes them, then their joking, jukebox energy, and bar violence fold into Jaqueline's watching presence.

The page turns an entrance into a small legend, but keeps undercutting it with squeaks, improvised word games, rounds for the house, and the absurd brawl over drunkenness as play. Jaqueline's watchfulness remains present and then recedes as Animal refuses to judge her face.

Claude

Animal and Prankster enter the bar in a swirl of jokes, improvised language, incipient violence, and Jaugeline's attention. The page is a choreographed entrance that the next several pages will unpack.