"Our Round Table" First Half

Good morning, everyone! I know you're all sleepy, but you need to wake up!

We just got the sample copies from the printer! Let's see how they turned out!

I'll open the box!

I put a lot of work into this book myself, after all.

I'm so excited to finally see how Lady Mash's idea for us all to handle separate pages turned out!

Same here. This one was much more about the feel of it than the think of it, so I'm real interested in the finished product.

How about you, Alter? You think this one came out well?

Why ask me? You can just look in there and see for yourself.

I really focused on polishing my artistic sensibilities for this one, so I just know it's gonna be awesome.

Now...ooopen sesame! Let's see how our heartfelt, poetic masterpiece turned out!

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...Hohohohoho. Pray tell, Mash, what's the meaning of this?

W-well, you said you were going for a slice-of-life story, without any conflict...

...so I decided to go with the most fun setting along those lines that I could think of...

Fun, huh... Well, they do look like they're having fun. I guess this has its own kind of charm...

Seems to me that charm is the only thing it has.

You. Shut it.

Dammit, if only the cover had at least turned out a little better... Who drew this cover, anyway?

Anybody could make the Round Table guys look good. And why's it so lighthearted? Hasn't the artist ever heard of dramatic tension?

Erm, you drew it, Alter. I distinctly recall you saying so right before you conked out for the night:

"The Round Table? I just gotta draw those guys? Pfft, piece of cake. I can bang that out in three seconds."

Really? I don't remember ever saying that... Wait. These are my files...

Crap... I think this may be the most horrible thing I've ever done... Sorry, Mash. I hope you're not mad.

Mad? Of course not. I love this cover.

Thank you so much, Alter. I can't wait to show this book to everyone else!

Y-you sure? Well, as long as you're happy with it. Hmm. I didn't know this was a thing you could do...

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I agree. We know XX will be showing up soon, so let's hurry and get her out of the way.