Honestly, after what Maribel did to Marik? Larry might be on to something.
In spite of this being a single session of an RPG story, I considered it of the utmost importance to establish that the party adopted the decoy chicken.
I'm not sure how long it'll take to complete this storyline, as the individual strips are still being written, but I do plan to take at least a full week off from EGSNP when it's done.
This will be 50% a break, and 50% "oh carp I no longer have the advantage of a long-running story with relatively simple visuals what the CARP am I going to do now quick brainstorm BRAINSTORM!"