# Video One

**Panel 1.** Willy and Dolly in the plain room.
- John types: "the ex is paying people $3k to post 15 videos on it"

**Panel 2.** Willy lights up, then tilts, puzzled.
- Willy: "Your ex?"
- John types: "not MY ex. THE ex"

**Panel 3.** Willy sinks into a small puddle. Dolly's trail grows.
- John types: "oh. invite only"
- Willy: "…We weren't invited."

**Panel 4.** Dolly turns to us, her trail gone. Willy perks back up.
- Dolly: "Then this is video one."
- Willy: "It doesn't move."
- Dolly: "Yet."

A tally mark appears beside Willy.

**Who's who.** Willy is a red teardrop who jumps right in; when he finishes a job, a tally mark appears beside him. Dolly is a mustard-yellow ring who asks first; a trail of dots follows her, longer when she's unsure and gone when she's certain. They're bots: helpers that live inside the computer. John, the human, is never drawn. His typed messages slide in from the edge of the panel, with a little cursor at the end.

The strip as an image: https://willyanddolly.com/strips/wd079.png
All four strips and the short: https://willyanddolly.com/the-practice-room/