II LOVE YOU DR HABIT!!!

[Image 1: A black-and-white drawing of Kamal and Habit. Kamal is standing in front, smiling nervously with sweat dripping down his face. He is waving with his left hand and holding a clipboard under his right arm. An arrow pointing to him reads, "Looks like he is currently having a breakdown". Habit is standing behind him, smiling placidly, eyes slightly unfocused, hands in his pockets in a relaxed posture. An arrow pointing to him reads, "is actually currently having a breakdown".]

[Image 2: A colored drawing of Habit and Kamal recreating the "twink boutta pounce" meme. The camera angle is slightly above and to the side of the two. Habit is sitting down, in the middle of speaking, with a relaxed, smiling expression. He has his left hand up, gesticulating. Kamal is lying on the ground beside him, propped up slightly on his left arm, with the right arm folded and resting on top of his right thigh. His head is tilted back and he has an admiring, flirtatious expression with a little kitty smile.]

[Image 3: A colored drawing of Kamal based on an Aqua Teen Hunger Force meme. He is staring at the ground looking frustrated, with a caption reading "I am 20 or 30 years old and I do not need this."]

[Image 4: A colored drawing of Kamal, looking exhausted, holding up a flailing Putunia by the scruff with his right hand, and a flailing puppet-Habit in similar fashion with his left. The art was done in response to a piece of art by JJclownery on Twitter.]

[Image 5: A colored drawing of Habit and Kamal. Habit is shirtless and wearing pink fleece pajama pants with a light blue star pattern, and his hair tied up in a big, sloppy bun, held back with both an orange scrunchy and a pink cloth headband with a blue flower pattern, tied in a bow. He has top surgery scars and an extremely hairy chest, tummy and forearms. He is in the middle of brushing his teeth, with a toothbrush held up in his right hand. His eyes are closed tiredly and his mouth is open, toothpaste-covered tongue sticking out with a "hblehh" sound effect. An arrow pointing to him reads "mostly asleep". Behind him is Kamal, wearing a forest green t-shirt and blue-and-yellow checkered pajama pants, standing hunched over a grey laundry basket, retrieving a nondescript teal-blue piece of clothing with both hands. He is visibly ogling Habit, wide-eyed and blushing furiously, sweat dripping down his face. An arrow pointing to him reads "feeling so normal".]

[Image 6: A black-and-white drawing of Habit and Kamal. Both are wearing t-shirts with rolled-up sleeves, overalls, and gardening gloves; Habit also has his hair tied back in a ponytail. Habit is smiling warmly, eyes closed, placing a straw sunhat gently on Kamal's head with a "POF" sound effect. Kamal looks slightly embarrassed at the attention, and he is holding several packets of seeds in both hands. An arrow pointing at Kamal reads "agreed to help garden", while an arrow pointing at Habit reads "Thriving (trademark symbol)".]

[Image 7: Two colored drawings of Habit. In the first, in the top-left corner, he is drawn from the shoulders up, wearing a pink turtleneck sweater. He is smiling nervously and scratching his chin; he has his natural teeth with several visible gaps. In the second, in the bottom-right corner, he is wearing a peachy-orange ringer t-shirt with a flower graphic drawn on the chest, looking slightly worried with his mouth open, his teeth visibly chipped and with gaps between them. He has his right hand lifted nervously and the left on Kamal's back; Kamal stands in front of him with one hand on his chest and the other reaching up to caress his cheek, and he is smiling warmly. Habit says, "you're sure they don't look bad", and Kamal replies, "positive, big guy".]

[Image 8: A colored drawing of Habit, Putunia and Kamal respectively dressed as Dr. Teeth, Animal and Zoot from the Muppets. Habit is standing in the back, grinning widely with one of his teeth colored in gold, doing a double-thumbs up. He is wearing a fluffy pink top hat with a light-blue feather in the front, a fake bright-orange beard, a fluffy vest colored with maroon, light purple, pink, and pale orange stripes, a long-sleeve red-and-navy striped shirt, and blue jeans. Kamal is in front and slightly to the side of Habit, grinning slightly nervously and holding an orange toy saxophone. He is wearing a navy blue bucket hat, round blue sunglasses, and a loose, low-v-cut yellow blouse with a navy-blue design around the collar, with a light blue tank top underneath. Putunia is directly in front of Habit, smiling widely and holding up a drumstick in each hand. She is wearing a puffy yellow blouse with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and an M-shaped red collar, a pale orange shirt underneath that, brown pants tied with a beige rope, and a metallic collar with a chain coming off of it.]

Title: SOMEHOW IT IS NOW DECEMBER. Comic by Anonymous Puzzler 12-22-22

Kamal: (flipping over calendar page) Geez. Feels like Christmas is around the corner already...

(beat panel of Kamal Realizing)

Kamal: (leaning in from doorway; Putunia and Habit are at a table drawing together) Hey, uh - I can't believe I've never asked this but. Do, um... do you celebrate Christmas?

Habit (in Habitspeak): Oh! No, I am Jewish Kamal (offscreen): What!

Kamal: (covering his face with both hands) oh my god I'm so sorry I've been sending you Christmas cards for years- Habit (in Habitspeak): (waving a hand, trying to be reassuring) I-it's okay!!

Habit (in Habitspeak): To be honest, I haven't celebrated any holidays for a while (in regular speak) (...not since I lived in Russia, now that I think of it...) Kamal: (still hiding face behind hands) Still...

Habit (in Habitspeak, offscreen): Oh! Putunia!! What holidays do you celebrate? (Putunia looks up from her drawing)

Putunia (in all caps): Oh yeah!! Well we learned about Christmas in class!! But my parents said Christmas is for kids who don't yell and break stuff and get in trouble!!!!! So I didn't have presents or a tree or nothing!!!

(Beat panel of Kamal and Habit staring back at her)