[image description: cut-to: the side porch with its glowing magic circle. as the chanting continues, still represented in large distorted ghostly green papyrus font, now within the circle’s center a figure is fading in. hairless and green-skinned, the humanoid but clearly inhuman creature wears only a simple one-piece, ankle-length hempen garment, such as a monk’s habit, with long bell sleeves, and a hood which is currently not up.]
