doom-2

A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A hooded, robed figure (like a grim reaper or wizard) holding a staff offers a glowing yellow amulet to a chainmail-clad knight, saying, "I give you this amulet. When doom draws near, three skulls appear!" Panel 2: The knight notes, "It's got three skulls," then says, "Let me see that." Panel 3: The knight holds the amulet up close to inspect it; it lights up showing three skull faces and shouts "Death! Death! Death!" The robed figure realizes its mistake: "Oh shoot. I forgot you things live for an instant, never to be seen again. It's only calibrated for 200-year intervals" — implying the knight's mere mortal proximity is enough to trigger the doom warning. Panel 4: The unimpressed knight hands it back: "You know what, you can keep that thing." The robed figure looks at a second glowing item and says, "Wow, the sorrow amulet is freaking out too," suggesting being near the short-lived knight sets off all the doom relics. Votey (bonus panel): The hooded figure stands beside a glowing black blob and exclaims, "Wow! I've never seen the Staff of Pointlessness so bright!" — a final jab that everything around the mortal is lighting up with bad omens.