[[Split screen. Man on office phone in upper left, Death on cell phone in bottom left]]
Man: Death?
Death: Speaking.
[[Office. Man on office phone]]
Man: This is the boss. Where are you? You haven't been up to the office in days!
Death: I've been held up.
[[Death on cell phone]]
Man: What happened?
Death: You know how when someone dies, they can challenge me to a game for their soul?
Man: Sure, standard procedure.
[[Room with table. Table has figurines and paper strewn about. Gary Gygax and Death seated at the table. Gary Gygax leaning over his briefcase. Death on cell phone.]]
Death: Well, we didn't count on this guy. I might be a while.
Gary Gygax: I add the paladin to my party.
Death: Oh, Jesus. He's getting out another rulebook.
{{title-text: RIP, Gary.}}
xkcd.com is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0 or below on a Pentium 3±1 emulated in Javascript on an Apple IIGS at a screen resolution of 1024x1. Please enable your ad blockers, disable high-heat drying, and remove your device from Airplane Mode and set it to Boat Mode. For security reasons, please leave caps lock on while browsing.
