#whose there

Does this comic count as a knock knock joke? 🤣

The shadows were full of danger. She didn't trust dark places during the day, let alone in the middle of the night. But what could she do? That card game had ended badly and tempers flared... it was a "get out or get fucked" type of situation and Faye wasn't about to get boned by those thuggish brutes who thought they could win against Poker Alice.

So she'd done a flip'n'dip. Flip the table, shoot out the lights, dip out one of the exits she'd taken note of before the night even began.

In the commotion, she didn't think anyone had realized she fled... but there was a creeping sensation along her spine now that she recognized as the fear of prey being stalked. She kept sneaking glances over her shoulder whenever she had a chance but there was never anyone visible. She refused to stop and turn around, she had to keep moving if she wanted to stay ahead of whoever was following her.

It's gonna get me. It's gonna get me. I'll never make it through the night... dawn is hours away still and it's gonna get me by the end of the night.

Her thoughts were full of terror and certainty. She hadn't been trailed like this since the second week of her revival. At least that mugger had been too bulky to hide in the alley he followed her into, and his steps had landed so heavily it had been easy to judge where he was behind her and to surprise him with her attack when she reached a dead end.

So far she hadn't taken any alleys since the beginning of her flight from the illegal poker game. She had tried to keep to streets with working lights and some amount of late night activity, but she still had the horrible feeling that tonight would be her literal dead end.

A clatter arose behind her and, despite knowing better, Faye froze.

Gritting her teeth in dismay, she whipped around. "Who's there?!"

Silence, full of foreboding, answered her. And then, with a yowl, a creature streaked by chasing after an even smaller animal that was squeaking in abject terror.