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Exciting news.

I'm auditioning for a musical theater troupe.

Or should I say, musical theater troupe.

Awesome.

I didn't even know you sang.

Or that your hands did jazz.

I've been doing costumes for this troupe for a while, but I finally worked up

the nerve to audition.

That is exciting, Darby.

We actually have some exciting news, too.

There's a new sandwich shop opening downtown.

I feel like my exciting news is a bit more actually exciting.

It's superhero themed, and the grand opening is Friday.

Super semis. With great power comes great sandwiches.

It ought to be a great place to generate buzz for our graphic novels, since

anyone who's anyone in the local comic book scene will be there. Not to mention

people who love sandwiches. This is a rare opportunity to impress two hugely

influential groups.

Are the graphic novels finished?

No. Fine. We're doing a character drop to give everyone at the opening a

of the artwork.

By the way, how are the drawings going, Ruby? Great. I actually have a few new

ones to show you. Let me grab my sketch pad.

Aren't you nervous to show your work to all those people?

Normally I would be, but now that I've been working with Ruby, I feel okay

putting myself out there.

Really? In front of all your comic book friends?

All those eyes staring at you, judging you, critiquing every single little

thing? Well, I wasn't nervous.

That one?

Different pizza drone.

Okay, yeah, that one.

I'm using it to make deliveries, so I don't have to.

Hurley, that's the worst idea ever.

Okay, first of all, rude.

And second of all, that's not the way you tell someone you don't like

Yeah, if I'm being brutally honest, you do have a tendency to be too brutally

honest. What?

Like when?

Like when I got my bangs and you said it looked like I cut my hair with an axe.

Or the time you said that when I dance I look like noodles.

Does this look like noodles to you?

Absolutely. It's a choice.

I respectfully disagree.

And you need to adjust your approach.

Ever heard of a compliment sandwich?

What's a compliment sandwich?

Allow me to explain.

The best way to give negative feedback is to hide it between two compliments.

Much like this salami is hiding between these two slices.

Of Chabot.

You carry a sandwich in your pocket?

You don't.

Okay, here are the new drawings.

Great.

Oh, I love this.

Perfect as always.

Where's Blorfy? Which character's Blorfy?

Oh, I wrote him as this sort of lovable, scene -sealing, super cute creature. I

know the type.

He's going to be our breakout star. Especially if Ruby's designs capture the

magic as they always...

Oh!

Is this, uh... Is this him?

It's just the first draft.

I gotta say, Ruby, I... Ahem!

You're really on a roll with these drawings recently.

Let us talk about how great they are. I'd really be in a pickle if it wasn't

this amazing artwork, but... Oh, wow!

Really? That's great! I was nervous to show you, but the fact that you love all

of...

I'm confident we're on the right track.

Well, I... Gotta go.

Not because all the nice things you said are making me cry, but because I want

to make sure these are perfect for our character drop Friday.

No!

What did I do?

I really didn't like Ruby's blorfy, but now she thinks I loved it.

Thanks for the horrible advice, Hurley.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You can't just tell someone their advice is horrible like that. You gotta

sandwich it between the different layers.

pizza drone so much, I thought I'd use it in here, too.

It's impressive how much work you put into being lazy.

Thanks. It's a gift.

Order up!

Look to the sky, people!

Sorry,

I'll send another slice your way on the next available flight.

Hey, Darby, how'd your audition for the musical theater troupe go?

Like I knew it would.

Great. Glad you conquered your nerves.

Now it's my turn.

I'm going to tell Ruby that I don't like the Blurfy design.

He's a really important character. If we do it right, he could be our Baby Yoda.

Aw, I love Baby Yoda.

Exactly. Everyone loves Baby Yoda. But Ruby's drawing of Blurfy just looks

well, he looks like ham.

Oh, well, at least he looks tasty.

That's not the point.

He can't be ham.

What do you have against ham?

I don't have anything against ham. I enjoy ham, but I don't want to read a

graphic novel about a ham. I want to buy ham action figures or snuggle up to a

stuffed ham when I go to bed.

Not cool.

I sleep with a stuffed ham and you know it.

I don't have anything against ham.

This is wrong for the character.

And if the comic book fans at the Super Sammy's opening don't like the design,

our graphic novel could be canceled before we even finish making it.

I've got to tell Ruby how I really feel.

Good luck with that.

Ruby, do you have a minute?

I need to be honest about something, but not brutally honest.

Just the perfectly appropriate amount of honest.

Blorfy looks like ham.

I don't think it works for the character.

Is that okay?

Sorry, were you talking to me? I'm on hold with the dentist.

Oh, do you have a toothache or something?

No. I just like the music dentists play when they put you on hold, so sometimes

I call Dr. Abrams just to jam out.

Anyway, what's up?

Uh, nothing big. Just wanted to chat about Blorfy.

I'm so excited you like him as much as you do.

I really respect your opinion, and I'd be crushed if I thought I was letting

down. Oh, my opinion's not that great.

No, it really is. In fact, your encouragement inspired me to design a

bunch of other characters to look like Blorfy. Oh, wow!

Brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins.

I definitely see the resemblance in the head region.

And then I went ahead and made some life -size cutouts.

Too much?

No, it was a good... Like, this is just so wonderful.

Great, because we got to nail this character draw. We're not just

the world to Blorfy, we're introducing them to Ruby and Milo.

We only get one shot at a first impression.

That's him. Him.

So let's give people something they can't ignore.

Yeah. This is all very impossible to ignore.

Sorry,

folks. The pizza drone is out on a delivery and we'll be back shortly to

your orders.

Right there.

Yeah.

I'm all the way over here.

Oh, how'd it go, Milo? Did you and Ruby settle on a new design for Blurfy? Does

this answer your question?

That is exactly what I said.

Which is why I came up with a new plan. I hired your theater troupe to act as

random comic book fans to give us some fake, honest feedback about Blurfy. Oh,

they're coming here?

By the way, when I asked about how your audition went, they said you never

showed up.

About that?

I chickened out.

I just get so nervous when I'm in front of lots of people.

Everything goes blurry and I freeze.

That's what happens to me when I drink slushies too fast.

Plus, my parents didn't want me taking on another non -academic hobby.

They're always trashing my fashion passion.

I hate for them to ding my thing thing.

Sorry, sometimes I rhyme when I'm flustered.

Mustard!

Okay, everyone, Ruby's on her way. Remember, you're acting as comic book

We'll ask questions, you'll give opinions. The most important thing is

we ask about Blorfy, you let us know that you don't like the drawing. You

it looks like a ham, and it needs to change. Got it? Got it. When do we get

costumes? What?

There are no costumes.

What about accents?

I can do a decent New Yorker. Should I work it into the performance?

You should not.

Hey, I'm walking here.

Hi, Evangeline Hart, 5 '4". Can we sing our feedback?

Or rap like in Hamilton?

His name is Blorfy. Is he even worthy?

No. No singing, no rapping. This isn't a performance.

We just need you to give us feedback that you don't like Blorfy.

Got it? Got it!

Milo? Ruby's coming. Places, everybody.

Hello? Hey, Ruby.

Everything's ready to go for our feedback session.

Thanks for coming. Our story follows two teenagers who discover an adorable

space creature and develop superpowers that only work when they're together.

Great idea.

Love the premise.

I'd read something like that.

Me too.

I'm a New Yorker, and I love graphic novels.

Wonderful. Hi, Evangeline Hart, 5 '4". I also like the idea, and it

makes me want to sing!

Whoa! Awesome feedback, everyone. So positive!

Yes, it's a great start, but... As we move on, don't be afraid to give us

negative feedback, too. If you see something that you don't like, feel free

say it.

I don't like your hair.

Or your shirt.

I meant feedback about the novel.

Our goal is to get feedback on our characters.

What do we think of the character Florfy?

Now, this is really important because we're doing a character drop tomorrow,

he needs to be perfect.

What is a character drop?

A preview of our characters to generate buzz for a graphic novel.

Blorfy from the sky?

Only in New York!

First, we're not in New York. And we're going to hand out flyers with drawings

of Blorfy in the hashtag next great hero.

Boring!

Jack, you've got to go big! Like a sky rider! Or fireworks!

I do like the idea of a big stunt.

We're here to talk about Blorfy's look.

Do we like his look, or does he remind you of something?

I got it!

You should drop the flyers back onto the crowd from above!

Oh, we're at it! Why don't we just have him dropped by a life -size flying

Blorfy? I love that!

Great idea, Milo!

Sure, it's a great idea, but it's impossible to pull off. How would we

up that high?

My uncle works for the power company.

He can loan you a construction list!

Okay, but even if we got up there, there's no way to make Blorfy fly across

sky. Oh, my...

on the zip line course. He could string something up. No prob.

But we don't even have a giant stuffed Blorfy.

My mom says high school mascot costumes she'd be happy to have.

Unbelievable.

This is incredible, Milo. Asking for feedback was a great idea. Everything I

hoped for.

Seriously want to do this crazy Blorfy stunt?

Why not? You're the one who said if we heard a good idea, we should take it.

I did say that, didn't I?

Hey, Uncle Randall, can some people I just met use a lift tomorrow night?

Yeah, the shorter one's fine.

This is

the shorter one?

Wow, we are high up.

I can barely even make out all the people at the grand opening down there.

look like ants.

No, just a bunch of hugely influential, over -critical ants.

Okay.

Come on, Blort.

All right, should we let her rip?

Oh, no!

Oh, Ruby!

Darn, I forgot to bring the flyers.

No, I was really looking forward to sharing Blort food with people.

Oh, well, let's head back.

Don't fret, my guy.

Everything. Now it's time for the world to meet Blorfy.

On the count of three.

Talking to me.

I'm going to call Hurley for help.

Go for Hurley. Hurley, you have to help us.

Look up. We're trapped on the aerial lift.

Wow.

That's high.

Spooky. Hurry down. They're handing out sandwiches and the guardians of the

grilled cheese looks amazing.

Hurley, you're not listening. We're stuck up here. We need you to find the

and fly it up on your drone. Please hurry. I'm on it.

Margo from back home once got stuck on an elevator for four days.

The elevator was broken for four days?

No, the elevator worked fine. She accidentally glued her tongue to the

floor button. The weird part is, she didn't even want to go to the third

That is not the weird part of that story.

So, what was that earlier?

Why'd you stop me from dropping the flyers?

Because I don't like the blur of your design.

I'm sorry, I tried to tell you, but... You were listening to the dentist music.

Wait, you didn't like Blorfy?

I don't like Blorfy either. He looks like ham.

Wait, what?

Yep, just a big old ham head.

But I saw how much you liked it, and you're like the king of this comic book

world, so I rolled with it. But why would you draw him that way?

I draw all my characters with little lunch meat heads before I figure out

they should really look like.

Bologna, salami, ham.

But when you went on...

how much you loved it. I can't believe this.

Hurley's drone!

We're saved!

Huh?

What is all this?

I'm gonna go for Hurley. Hurley, what is all this?

It's tea.

He said to find you tea.

What? No, I said tea, not tea. What? in the world would we want tea?

So that's a hard no on the teacups and bear full of honey then?

Please put Darby on the phone.

Darby.

Go for Darby.

Hey, Darby. It's a long story. Wait, don't tell me.

You dropped the key to the lift, called Hurley to find it, but he somehow heard

tea and sent his drone up with tea bags.

Yes, that.

Listen, I think the key fell onto a tray of sandwiches.

The key's in a sandwich!

Have you seen a missing key? About key size, looks sort of, I don't know, like

key.

Darby? Where have you been?

Why weren't you at the audition the other day?

Yeah, we wanted to hear you sing.

Something came up. Hey, would you mind looking in your sandwiches for a key?

Do we win something?

No. Just look, Aiden.

Hello. And you look with that key.

I don't know how much longer I can be up here.

Just close your eyes and take a deep breath.

There's nothing to be afraid of. Says the girl who was too scared to sing in

front of her friends.

Sorry. Was that too brutally honest?

Yeah.

But you're right.

I should take my own advice.

I'm gonna do it. Now?

us down hello excuse me uh

everyone oh boy that's a lot of eyeballs

here to audition to officially join the musical theater troupe. I love it. The

world really is the stage.

I just wish you had told me the

truth about my drawing from the start. Then we wouldn't be in this mess.

Hey, you weren't exactly honest with me either.

That's true.

How about from here on out, we're just super honest with each other about

anything and everything.

Deal. Starting now. Starting now.

I don't love that you wear so much red. Blue is obviously your color.

Wow. Okay, so we're starting right now.

Well, I don't love how you always try to talk to me when I'm eating.

And I don't love that you're such a quiet eater. I can never tell if you're

eating or not.

I'm sorry I wasn't honest with you in the first place.

It's okay.

And if I'm being brutally honest, I really love your writing and I feel

get to draw for you.

Well, if I'm being brutally honest, I feel the same.

You're an amazing artist, and I can't wait to see what we accomplish together.

Hopefully the first thing we accomplish together is getting back down on the

ground.

a sandwich.

You think this is the one they were looking for?

There it is!

It's back!

And it's got the key this time!

Finally!

Let's get off this thing!

Man, that could have been a disaster.

Yeah, thank goodness we came clean to each other before anyone saw those.

People would have seen that giant ham and our graphic novel would be toast.

Stop! Stop talking about ham and toast. I'm starving.

When we get down, I'm... Look out!

Don't worry. I got you.

Oh, no. I'm slipping.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

No, I don't.

I don't got you.

Here you go.

Looks like a cauliflower.

That was a test.

You passed.

Here is the real design.

Groovy, I love it. It's perfect.

Oh, I love him.

Too bad everyone saw that horrible ham drawing first.

It actually worked out. Since Blorfy looked like ham and the hashtag said

great hero, everyone just thought it was a promotion for Super Sammies. Yeah. In

fact, the owner liked it so much, they paid us to use Blorfy for his

restaurant's mascot.

They're renaming him?

How much is he paying you? A lifetime supply of sandwiches.

Oh!

Yeah!

Sorry, Hammy. You scared us.

I ordered a dozen Guardians of the Grilled Cheeses.

Dig in.

Really?

That's the loudest you can chew?

Yes.