Precyber - Chapter 19

Emily runs out of time.

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[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 54

Row 1 The cop yells and dodges out of the way.

Row 2 Box 1 Vesuvius looks at Jesra.

Vesuvius: Why are the police after you?

Row 2 Box 2 Jesra looks embarrassed and looks up with her hand behind her head.

Row 2 Box 3 Jesra looks at Vesuvius.

Jesra: Well…I’m kind of a thief.

Row 2 Box 4 Vesuvius smiles but crosses his arms.

Vesuvius: Kind of?

Row 3 Box 1 The cop yells into the radio.

Row 3 Box 2 The operator looks concerned.

Row 3 Box 3 The operator talks into the radio.

Row 4 Panel broken up of several cops in subdivided panel receiving the message, looking concerned.

Radio Message: Known Suspect. Jesra Lopolis, On Strength Enhancing Drugs. Threw a Car at Responding Officer.

One of the Officers in the Panel: Car?!

[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 53

Row 1 Box 1 The group of heroes goes around a corner.

Row 1 Box 2 A policeman looks at them but only sees Pete and Jesra. Angle must be obvious enough to imply that the policeman can’t see Vesuvius or Sluice even though they are right in front of him.

Row 1 Box 3 Jesra spots the policeman and looks nervous.

Row 1 Box 4 The policeman looks at Jesra and begins to move towards them.

Row 2 Box 1 Jesra looks at Pete.

Jesra: Run!

Pete: Huh?!

Row 2 Box 2 Vesuvius rolls his eyes.

Row 2 Box 3 Vesuvius looks at Sluice, “We don’t have time for this. Can you take care of them?”

Row 2 Box 4 Sluice nods and starts to reach for a car.

Row 3 & Row 4 – Shown from policeman’s angle where it appears that Jesra is lifting the car because she hands in the air due to yelling at Pete. The car is upside down at an angle, held by Vesuvius, but also is an homage to the old Superman comic cover of issue 1. (If this is artistically impossible or ugly, just so an invisible car over Pete and Jesra’s head upside down heading toward the cop.)

Precyber - Chapter 18

Visit 2 to the discussion of most importance.

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[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 52

Row 1 A portal opens and Jesra, Pete, Sluice and Vesuvius walk through into a crowded area. No one seems to notice. Vesuvius is riding Jesra’s shoulder.

Row 2 Box 1 Jesra looks at Vesuvius.

Jesra: Are you sure that no one can see us?

Vesuvius: Yup.

Jesra: And they can’t see Pete or I either?

Vesuvius: Er…mabye.

Jesra: And it will wear off.

Vesuvius: Yup.

Jesra: So what do we do next?

Row 2 Box 2 Close up of Vesuvius looking sheepish.

Vesuvius: I don’t know. I mean….we need to find the third seal. But beyond what the little bright light says, this time I’m clueless. Sometimes we can learn little things that can help…but in this case…your guess is as good as mine.

Row 3 Box 1 Sluice growls and sits down in frustration on a nearby curve.

Vesuvius hops up on his shoulder.

Row 3 Box 2 Vesuvius pats Sluice’s neck.

Vesuvius: I understand big guy.

Amanda: Understand what?

Vesuvius: We’re not normally this in the dark. We normally have a lot of time to investigate this kind of thing, but now….

Amanda: You don’t know what to do.

Vesuvius: Yeah pretty much. For some reason we’re having problems finding the third seal.

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[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 59

Row 1 Box 1 Slither whispers in Amanda’s ear again. Amanda looks curious.

Row 1 Box 2 Amanda looks up and then out through the window at Forsalio.

Amanda: Yes. You’re right. We can do some more things to distract him.

Row 1 Box 3 She looks over at a group of three scantily clad women.

Row 1 Box 4 Amanda gets a broad wicked grin.

Amanda: And I think I have just the thing in mind.

Row 2 Box 1 The scene shifts to Klerely who looks into a window at a music box forlornely.

Row 2 Box 2 Wider shot shows several confused police officers looking around desperately.

Cop 1: Maybe they used a helicopter?

Cop 2: Did you SEE a helicopter?

Cop 1: No.

Cop 1: Then shut up.

Row 3 Box 1 Klerely looks at the officers as they walk by, interested for a moment.

Row 3 Box 2 Klerely looks forlornly back at the music box.

Row 3 Box 3 Close up of her face, looking well worn and sad. She sighs.

Row 3 Box 4 Klerely moves on past the window.

Row 4 Box 1 Sluice lands in a small park, scattering flowers and a bit of concrete in all directions.

Row 4 Box 2 He gently sets the other three down though the looked slightly stunned.

Row 4 Box 3 Pete and Jesra slowly stand up, trying to orient themselves.

Pete: Was that really necessary?

Row 4 Box 4 Sluice looks chagrined and looks down.

[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 51

Row 1 Box 1 Forsalio looks at Amanda. He looks down at some papers.

Forsalio: I will want to have my cousin take a look at this…

Row 1 Box 2 Amanda looks at him.

Amanda: Your cousin?

Row 1 Box 3 Forasolio tries to look impressive and fails.

Forsalio: He’s a lawyer.

Row 2 Box 1 Amanda looks surprised a moment.

Row 2 Box 2 Amanda suddenly bursts out laughing. Slither laughs in the background.

Row 2 Box 3 Forsalio looks annoyed.

Forsalio: What’s so funny?

Row 3 Box 1 Amanda laughs a bit less.

Amanda: No, nothing. I understand your concern. I was just worried you had changed your mind and was glad you didn’t.

Row 3 Box 2 Forsalio still looks dubious.

Forsalio: Oh.

Row 3 Box 3 Amanda waves to Forsalio as he walks off.

Row 3 Box 4 Amanda and Slither both look at each other again.

Row 3 Box 5 They both start laughing again.

Precyber Chapter 17

Mr. Pitts learns that his profession has hazards.  Clarke plays detective.

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[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 50

Row 1 Wide Box 1 – Police officer watching Amanda and Forsalio speak with a jack hammer in the background.

Row 1 Box 3 Forsalio frowns.

Forsalio: I don’t know…

Row 1 Box 4 Amanda puts her hand on his shoulder and smiles.

Amanda: You can trust us.

Row 1 Box 5 Forsalio looks slightly less convinced and says something.

Forsalio: That is what all of your people say.

Row 2 Box 1 Amanda looks rather annoyed.

Amanda: Of course you can. We’ve already -

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio laughs.

Forsalio: Really?

Row 2 Box 3 Amanda puts on a fake smile and says something but is cut off.

Row 2 Box 4 Forsalio looks VERY angry.

Forsalio: Don’t you LIE to me.

Row 2 Box 5 Amanda looks innocent.

Amanda: But I’m not.

Row 3 Box 1 Wide – Jackhammer stops and guy starts to replace it.

Row 3 Box 2 Forsalio points a finger at Amanda.

Forsalio: Don’t you lie to me! I can tell you’re up to something!

Row 3 Box 3 Slither skips up Forsalio’s arm.

Row 3 Box 4 Forsalio looks terrified.

Forsalio: “What’s that?”

Row 3 Box 5 Slither moves to Forsalio’s right shoulder while Forsalio looks right.

Row 4 Box 1 Amanda puts her hand on Forsalio’s right shoulder.

Amanda: Everything is fine. Its just your imagination.

Row 4 Box 2 Forsalio looks at his shoulder only to see Amanda’s hand there.

Forsalio: I suppose…

Row 4 Box 3 Amanda puts her other hand on Forsalio’s shoulder and looks deeply into his eyes.

Amanda: So will you accept our offer?

Row 4 Box 4 Forsalio looks dejected, as if he should not be doing what he is doing but can’t understand why.

Forsalio: Of…course…I suppose.

Row 4 Box 5 Amanda smiles as her eyes glow a bit.

Amanda: Excellent.   

[Seventh Seal] Chapter 4 - Page 49

Row 1 Box 1 A toy monkey is squashed by an accordion.

Row 1 Box 2 A large cement block smashes the toy to bits, dropped from the top of the panel.

Row 1 Box 3 A tiny child looks down at the toy, water filling their eyes.

Row 2 Box 1 A construction worker looks down at the child, looks sad and shrugs.

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio looks at them and at Amanda in the distance.

Forsalio: This hardly looks like benevolent progress to me. And besides…I like the open air. The exercise. Its good for me.

Row 2 Box 3 Amanda rolls her eyes.

Row 2 Box 4 Amanda looks down at the ground suddenly, “What in the world is that?”

Row 3 Box 1 Forsalio looks confused and looks down.

Forsalio: Huh?

Row 3 Box 2 Amanda reaches over and casts a stun bolt at the construction worker.

Row 3 Box 3 The construction worker falls down unconscious and the child giggles.

Row 4 Box 1 Amanda points at the giggling child.

Amanda: See? She’s fine.

Row 4 Box 2 Forsalio looks dubious.

Forsalio: I guess. But why me?

Row 4 Box 3 Amanda puts her arm behind Forsalio and leads him off.

Amanda: Think of how many people you’ll be employing.

[Naked City Atlanta] The Pounding of the Kazoos -"Obsession"

Author's Note: Even now, as I post this, Naked City Atlanta is going on.  The word this month is Obsession.  Even though I can't be there, I'm writing this post to appear as if I were there in spirit.

There it was, the pounding of the kazoos, throbbing in my brain; an obsession that I could not get rid of.  Some people who look at the polar vortex gain a deep insight into the weather of the world; and some go mad.  Some just start running and never stop.  I'm one of the ones that went berserk.

It started small, you must understand.  The weather department at a news station is small, usually consisting of one or two people.  KQWAK was a bit larger than most, given the major metropolitan area that was Bismark North Dakota, so we had four.  Alright, perhaps it wasn't the size of our city so much as the fact that we had weather that was chaotic...and the weather girls were all rather attractive.  Except myself. I am neither a girl nor am I attractive.

But I was here first.

I stared at the vortex as it swirled and swirled on my little screen, phantomly imposed on the green-screen as I stared at it, pointing it out with my laser pen.  I was talking about the polar bears in the air as I stood in front of a stupid screen.  I was naked, baring my soul to these people.  And they didn't think it was real...the monstrous ursine cacophony soaring up above the stratosphere, ready to turn us all into so much lunch chow.

I'm not supposed to care about this.  A polar vortex is just a weather term for air that decides to go south for the winter in a place it never should be, but I know the polar bears are angry.  I said, I said to the guy I bought my car from, I said, "I want something that looks great and gets really shitty gas millage!  Fuck the environment!"  And I did, because you wouldn't believe what you can earn standing in front of a green screen and pretending you know what the hell you're talking about.  Fine, so I paid that little pimple for the answers to every test, but have you seen the other women in the news room?

I mean seriously.

And weather groupies?  I mean, there is nothing like getting serviced with a girl just in college who goes all gushy like a fruitloop with the magical words,"Castroverius Cumulonimbus Cirrico."  Seriously.  Clouds.  Tell them you're on TV and mention a few cloud names to them and they're all over you.

So I'm driving in my new car, hot blond on the carpet content as can be, humming with the hummer, and I shit you not, there is this coca cola billboard, and this polar bear, this polar bear is staring at me, as if I have personally

The bears, their claws,
The bears, their maws
The whirling vortex of infinite doom
I spot beneath myself a white wasteland
Where none, but the most incompetent
Let the people run free
Frozen in their tracks
Frozen in their cars
Frozen in all of the ways that matter
And I know,
I know in my heart
That I have been eaten by the bears
And they have stolen my soul.

What does it mean? What does it all mean?

Not a god damn thing except that I need to finish my coffee and that I need to get somewhere considerably warmer.  I wonder what the pay is for weather men in Miami....

Precyber - Chapter 16

Clarke meets Che and Fidel.  

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Seventh Seal - Chapter 3 - Page 48

Row 1 – Vesuvius, Pete, Jesra and Sluice all look at each other and smile, with confidence. A portal lies beyond them.

Row 2 Box 1

Amanda looks at Forsalio.

Amanda: I have a financial proposition for you. Have you ever considered opening a chain of restaurants?

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio puts his hand under his chin.

Row 2 Box 3 Forsalio grins, it is clear that he loves the idea. The greed is visible in his eyes.

Forsalio: I’m listening.

Row 3 Box 1 The portal darkens and dry cracks appear over the surface.

Row 3 Box 2 (Wide) The portal pops like a soap bubble and suddenly Vesuvius, Sluice, Amanda and Pete look rather worried.

Seventh Seal - Chapter 3 - Page 47

Row 1 Box 1 Amanda and Slither step out of the portal in front of the museum. It is daylight.

Row 1 Box 2 Amanda points out Forsalio to Slither.

Amanda: There he is.

Row 1 Box 3 Slither snickers and follows behind her as it shows all but Amanda’s ankle off panel.

Row 2 Box 1 Amanda walks up to Forsalio and taps him on the shoulder.

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio jumps and turns around.

Forsalio: Huh? Whazzat? Who? Where?

Row 2 Box 3 Forsalio calms down. A little.

Forsalio: What, did you just pop out of thin air lady? Would you like a hot dog?

Row 3 Box 1 Amanda smiles wickedly.

Amanda: You could say something like that.

Row 3 Box 2 Forsalio looks a bit confused. Slither dances on the hot dog cart waving his arms and grinning but Forsalio doesn’t see him.

Forsalio: What?

Row 3 Box 3 Amanda smiles again, ignoring Slither. She puts her hand on Forsalio’s shoulder.

Amanda: Yes, I would like a hot dog. I imaging someone like you earns quite a bit of money at the hot dog game…

Chapter 15 - Precyber

Words spreads on Clarke.  Emily gets a message.

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Seventh Seal - Chapter 3 - Page 46

Row 1 Box 1 Nungo, Jesra, Pete, Vesuvius and Sluice all sit around a well stocked, candle lit dining table.

Vesuvius: So then I said to the Fairy, ‘Why no officer, I don’t know where this elephant came from.’

Row 1 Box 2 (Wide) Everyone laughs out loud.

Row 2 Box 1 Jesra and Pete look at each other romantically.

Row 2 Box 2 Vesuvius elbows Sluice knowingly and smiles.

Row 2 Box 3 Sluice smiles and elbows Vesuvius knowingly.

Row 2 Box 4 Vesuvius flies through the air.

Row 3 Box 1 Pete has a shocked and concerned look on his face.

Row 3 Box 2 Vesuvius lands in a large bowl of mashed potatoes.

Row 3 Box 3 Potatoes cover Nungo’s face. He does not look happy.

Row 4 Box 1 Jesra starts to giggle.

Row 4 Box 2 (wide) Everyone is laughing again, even Nungo.

Seventh Seal - Chapter 3 - Page 45

Horus’s Throne Room

Row 1 Box 1 – Horus looks into the pool and frowns at the sign of the seven in the sky.

Row 1 Box 2 – Slither and Amanda watch very quietly and nervously from the sidelines.

Row 1 Box 3 – Horus looks into the pool and sees a flame douse though it is vague and featureless since he cannot scry into their realm just yet.

Row 1 Box 4 – Horus frowns.

Row 2 Box 1 – Slither and Amanda look at each other nervously. There is camaraderie in doom.

Row 2 Box 2 – Power begins to build up in Horus’s hands.

Row 2 Box 3 – Slither looks nervous but Amanda looks positively terrified but she is more afraid to flee than she is to stay. For now.

Row 3 Box 1 – Horus spots an empty space at the museum and looks puzzled a moment.

Row 3 Box 2 – Time winds backwards as the sands of an hourglass in the pool flow upward.

Row 3 Box 3 – Horus spots Amanda and Pete enter the portal after Vesuvius.

Row 3 Box 4 – Horus laughs and howls at the broken moon.

Row 4 Box 1- Horus waves his hand and dismisses the images in the pool.

Row 4 Box 2 -Horus looks at Amanda and Slither. Slither has no reaction at all, Amanda looks very careful.

Row 4 Box 3 -Horus opens a portal of his own and points toward it.

Horus: There is a seal lost to them. Go and seize the advantage. While there is still time.

Row 4 Box 4 - Amanda and Slither do not hesitate, and run for the portal as fast as they can.

Precyber Chapter 14

by T.C. Ricks and Ken Lightner

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