Part Twenty One – The Office Lunch Buffet
In Part Twenty One – The Office Lunch Buffet
Panel 1:
- Visual: The WhiskerCart breakroom. A gorgeous, massive catered buffet is laid out on a long table. Dave and Sarah are holding plates, looking absolutely delighted. Cocoa and Buster are standing right in front of it, staring intensely.
- Dave: “Wow, HR really outdid themselves this time! A full carving station and a seafood bar!”
Panel 2:
- Visual: Close-up on Buster. He is sitting in a rigid, perfect “stay” pose, trying to be a good corporate dog. However, a massive, cartoonish puddle of drool is rapidly pooling on the floor beneath him. His eyes are completely locked onto a giant honey-glazed ham.
- Buster (Thought Bubble): “I am a professional. I am a good boy. I will not beg. I will not beg.”
Panel 3:
- Visual: Cocoa has jumped directly onto the buffet table. She is sitting squarely on the premium smoked salmon platter. She is slowly, deliberately using one paw to push a fancy shrimp cocktail off the edge of the table, maintaining unbroken, deadpan eye contact with a horrified human caterer.
- Caterer: “Ma’am, please! That’s imported!”
- Cocoa: “Gravity check.”
Panel 4:
- Visual: The aftermath. Dave and Sarah are standing by the coffee machine, sadly eating plain celery sticks and crackers from the untouched vegan corner. In the background, Buster is in a massive food coma with a tiny party hat on his head next to an empty ham bone, while Cocoa is casually grooming salmon off her paw.
- Sarah: “Well, at least the vegan options are completely untouched.”
- Caption: At WhiskerCart, the food chain is literal.