Announce Between-Panel Threats

Halcyon City marches on, even while the heroes deal with other problems and issues. Between scenes, outside of the conversation, villains may take action that threatens the heroes and their interests. When you need to make a move, you can announce those threats. Draw attention to them. Show a villain cackling ominously, or have them make veiled allusions to what they’ve done—or just straight up announce it, publicly. Villains can be a pompous bunch, after all."Huma, you’ve vanquished Vanquish, and you’re standing there having your heroic moment, your foot on his chest as he lies against the ground...when you feel a buzzing in the pocket where you keep your cell phone. When you surreptitiously answer it, you hear your dad’s voice: “Rustam. It’s your grandfather. We’re at the hospital. Come quickly.” What do you do?""Grasshopper, just as you’re leaving for a normal day, you see the Blue Hydra, massive swarm of reptilian blue heads erupting from her back, picking up a car like it weighs nothing. She calls out to the whole of your neighborhood, “Where are you, little cricket? I know you’re here—I’ve been tracking you. Show yourself!” She looks ready to throw the car at your house. What do you do?"