Powerup in Smoke - Page 17: Schoolyard Bullies

ShadowGamer on Jan. 10, 2024

TRanscript:
Shadow is floating in a void, thinking to himself.
Shadow: Why am I so hung up about people smoking weed? I know it’s not really any worse than alcohol. When did I start to feel this way?

A thought bubble becomes the next panel. Shadow and Chug are young kids. Some bullies are menacing them.
Bully 1: Hey gay f*****s, what are you doing back here? Making out?
Bully 2: They’re probably sucking each other’s balls. They’re gay.

Shadow: Hey! We’re not gay!
Chug: Just because we enjoy intellectual pursuits like Final Fantasy Tactics and the arts doesn’t mean we don’t like girls.

Bully 1: Hey “artist” why don’t you draw me a picture of your two moms doing a sixty-nine?
Chug: It would be incest for me to draw that you stupid r******d.

Bully 1 punches Shadow in the gut.
Bully 1: Hahaha, these dorks don’t have dads! They’ll never learn how to use their wenises.
Bully 2: Come on, Rick, let’s go smoke a joint.

We see Shadow thinking again.
Shadow: It definitely wasn’t because of those guys, those guys ruled.