GFL – Page 0063

Grouping For Looks is a page-by-page retelling of the Looking For Group saga through the lens of a mirror universe where Cale is a goateed tyrant and Richard is a holy soul trying to set him on a good path.

INT. THE CITY OF KETHENECIA – DAY

Cale and Tavor hold their swords to each other’s throats. A flick of either elf’s wrist kills the other. And yet neither wrist flicks. That’s what I never got about the classic Mexican stand-off. If I pull a gun on you and see, oh no, you’ve pulled a gun on me, why is that a real to not shoot? Isn’t that all the more reason to shoot? You were planning on shooting them anyway, and now if you don’t, they shoot you. Shoot, them, fool! 

Benny pushes aside both elven blades with her staff. 

BENNY
Speaking of swords-

Richard raises his hand behind her.

RICHARD
I was speaking of how Travor goty here!

BENNY
Where is the Sword of Truth? 

Tavor squints at her. 

TAVOR
And you are..?

BENNY
Benny. 

TAVOR
I didn’t mean who. I meant what. 

Benny scowls at the time displaced elf. 

RICHARD
Now he’s asking questions. If we don’t persist, it’s going to be four hundred pages before we get an answer!

CALE
Tavor, what did you mean? How is destiny why you’re here?

Richard throws his hands up and storms off. 

TAVOR
Couldn’t tell you.

Tavor disappears around the corner. Cale, Benny, and Richard charge after him. Then stop dead in their tracks, mouths agape. 

TAVOR
So let me show you.

Tavor stands before a golden statue of the group’s variants.

First, cool mohawk Benny and bald but unashamed Richard stand with their arms crossed looking at each other over their shoulders, like a 90s rap CD cover if it weren’t for the fight scene between them. In that scene, Cale and Tavor stab in the ground, sharing deep into each other’s eyes. Behind them, Krunch stands on the shoulders of, I wanna say a dwarf bard? She’s not saying much, which hopefully everyone is OK with. 

Naturally, Sooba’s not there. She comes and goes as she pleases, regardless of timeline. 

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