GOTF issue 5 page 04

Issue 5, Page 4.

Happy Birthday, Sonikku! You get a free magic carpet ride! Too bad you're unconscious, so you can't enjoy it...

Just a get-the-plot-moving page... The only thing I want to note are the red X's on all the doors in the last panel. They're actually a reference to the original tale of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.

(gather 'round, children, it's story time!)

When the 40 Thieves found out that Ali Baba, the humble woodcutter, was stealing from their hoard of misbegotten treasure, they sent two of their evil band to follow him home and mark the door of his house with an "X" so later, all 40 of them could sneak into the city and kill him together. But Morgianna, who at the time was Ali's loyal slave, noticed the mark, and understanding it's meaning, she marked all the other doors in the neighborhood so the Thieves wouldn't know where to go. Those guys weren't incredibly bright so it worked, and Ali Baba and Morgianna could sleep easy for another night.

And guess who's talking in the last panel!

Yeah yeah, I forgot Shahra's necklace in the first panel. What are you gonna do about it?

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