The cover shows a hand holding up two fingers in a "vee for victory" gesture. _____________________________________________________________________________ Coherent LL&DD Vignette Comics | ADY | AWFUL __ __ "Two Fingers" Presents an |__ |__ & | \ OCTOR | \ EVELOPER copyright 2019 ASHistory Tale: |_/ |_/ by Andrew Burton _____________________________________________________________________________ Lady Lawful and Doctor Developer worked their way through the alleyway. She'd asked him to show her some of his old villain hangouts, and the bar they were approaching was about as close as he'd gotten to "hanging out" with other villains. It was more of a convenient place to buy tech or make connections. "Two Fingers?" Lady Lawful cocked her head. "That's an odd name for a bar. Is that because the bartender never serves more than two fingers at a time?" "Ah, no," Doctor Developer mumbled. "No, it's a reminder why Switchflip opened the bar." "Switchflip. Switchflip? Why is that name familiar?" "You were the last hero he ever fought." "Right! I remember him. The archer with a yellow and purple costume. Kind of an idiot, as I remember. His goons grabbed me once...I think there was an Anchor near by, because my belt fritzed out. He was trying to stuff something in my mouth when the belt just started working again and I...bit... his...." Lady Lawful trailed off and her expression shifted from reminscence to mild shock and disgust. "Two fingers. You didn't exactly bite them off, but they definitely weren't any good for shooting arrows after that." "In my defense, he was a bad guy." "He got a pretty unique name out of it. I'd say you did him a favor." ============================================================================= Editor's Note: This was just a short dialogue Andrew posted to Facebook, he said I could post it to RACC. I filled in a few bits based on some of the comments in the thread. ============================================================================ For all the back issues, plus additional background information, art, and more, go to http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/ASH ! http://ash.wikidot.com/ is the official ASH Wiki, focusing on the Fourth Heroic Age, but containing some information about other Ages. ============================================================================