Making demands to an elephant is one thing. Getting those demands fulfilled… apparently not so straightforward.

A cliché is never a cliché when an elephant does it. But should Bea go with him, or demand an explanation? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday. This week’s bonus – write your result in a language other than English.

Running away is always such a good idea in theory – it’s the practice that can be the tricky bit.

So… try to figure out what’s going on or make a run for it? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday. And this week – describe your rolling surface! Desk or table? Wood or whatever? Smartphone or super computer?

The dice chose attentiveness and it landed Bea a job offer! Although it is a job offer from an evil giraffe. Hmm. Conundrum!

Be attentive or be somewhere else? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday. And for bonus points this week – describe your dice! Dots or Numbers? Rounded corners or sharp? Is it blue? I bet it’s blue.

The dice seem determined to keep Bea from freaking out. Good dice! Now, I wonder what the nice giraffe wants to talk about?

Holy crap! Evil giraffes! Keep it together or freak out? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

The dice argued for subtly. But who are these mysteriously necked out-of-towners? Find out on Tuesday!

To direct Beatrice’s line of questioning, roll a six-sided dice and post the result in the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown in Friday’s strip.