T-Rex: Antonio Tony woke up in a world without friction! All around him things were sliding around like crazy!
T-Rex: "Life sure is funny sometimes," Antonio muttered as he slid smoothly out of bed!
T-Rex: Antonio pushed himself off a wall and slid out the door. He kept sliding for a long time, and eventually bumped into a restaurant where he tried to eat some food, but it kept sliding around his plate. "It sucks here," Antonio said to his waiter, but loud enough for everyone else to hear too. This made the rest of the patrons uncomfortable: up to now they'd been happily enjoying their meal without friction OR interruption!
Utahraptor: Holy crap, this premise is rad! SO MUCH WOULD CHANGE. But - how did this happen? Why is there no friction?
T-Rex: Shh!
T-Rex: An older man, Howard, angrily tells Antonio to leave if he doesn't like it. Howard's lived alone since his wife passed, eating out every meal because he went from his mother's house straight to living with his wife and never learned how to cook for himself.
Utahraptor: Why's there no friction though?
T-Rex: HOLD ON
T-Rex: Howard and Margaret had married on a beautiful fall day fifty-three years ago. The very same day, Howard recalled -
Off panel: - when friction first left the planet??
T-Rex: - when he first realized he couldn't live without this woman.
Off panel: AW DAMN IT