haha all criticism welcome! yeah, it starts out with manuscript art and then... splat. i don't know if anyone noticed, but i took a sliiight shortcut using emojis. i hoped it would come across as charming rather than random if i was consistent enough with them. now that you mention it, i'd have loved to continue the manuscript theme throughout.
thanks for the kind words! i tried like hell not to call the lurking threat of cockatrice by it's name. feels a little more folksy that way? maybe?