Precyber - Chapter 7

Someone has killed Barfman, Clarke's online friend, and Clarke is determined to solve his murder. Of course, despite the fact that Clarke is a member of the FBAI, Clarke is probably the least qualified person in the world to solve Barfman's murder. But that doesn't stop him. Clarke is a determined, if not slacker protagonist.

The world is dystopic and dark, but its a more realistic version than most.  Which is to say, sure its grim and corporations own almost everything, but it has its upsides to, like improved medical technology.  And games.  Did we mention games? Giant immersive games which take MMO's and merge them with Reality TV to create whole sets of augmented reality that merge in on docudrama extravaganza in which to drown the sorrows of the ignorant masses.  Revolution? What Revolution?

Clarke had questions, questions that needed answering like....would Superman become a werewolf if a a werewolf bit him? What if there was Krytponite involved? Who killed Barfman? Why were they trying to kill him? Who were the good guys? Who were the bad guys? Who the hell was the crazy lady making such a big deal about the god damned coconuts? What did the writing on the ring say? Wait...no...scratch that last. But definitely the first six.

Clarke's love life isn't going as well as it could either. Clarke is merely a poor government employee, a member of the FBAI gaming division that is supposed to monitor games for criminal behavior but is so underfunded its employees are more concerned about their paychecks than doing their job. Unless their job consists of filling out paper work that is. It doesn't help that Emily (his girlfriend) is being asked to spy on him for the Revolution. It definitely doesn't help that she has begun to question Clarke's sanity, ethics and integrity. Clarke can't blame her. He's begun to question these things himself.

The question of the novel ultimately is....what kind of society do you want to live in, and what price are you willing to pay to get it? For Clarke, these are not abstract questions. There are real consequences. At his lowest point, Clarke has absolutely everything he loves stripped away from him; his life, his love, his job, his friends and most important...his computer.

There are high stakes involved, but Clarke is prepared to pay the price to risk them. And when he can't afford the loss himself, he's more than happy to place the fall on some other guy in the process. Even if that guy happens to be a hacker who hates snitches and arranges to have the local terrorist cell try to kidnap him for ransom or, failing that, blow him to smithereens. Just a day in the life...

But Clarke Yossarian is not a man to take such indignity's lying down (well truth be told he would if he could but he knows he'd never get away with it) and so he fights tooth and claw and fist and maw to get back what was taken from him. Even if he has to join the Revolution to do it. Even if he has to take on the most powerful man in the world again and again and win. Even if he has to save (shudder) the most popular game in the world (Drama!) to do it.  

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Copyright 2013 - Red Anvil Amalgamated LLC and Ken Lightner 

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Seventh Seal - Chapter 2 - Page 30

Box 1 Row 1 Sluice looks up and spots Slither right away.  Sluice: Its him again!

Box 2 Row 1 Sluice grabs a priceless vase and is about to hurl it at Slither.

Box 3 Row 1 Vesuvius gets a look of horror on his face.  Vesuvius: SLUICE! What are you doing?

Box 1 Row 2 Sluice looks embarrassed and puts the vase down.

Box 2 Row 2 Slither sticks his tongue out at the two of them and smiles.

Box 3 Row 2 Sluice frowns and looks very angry.  Sluice: Oh no you don’t.  Not this time!

Box 4 Row 2 Slither runs away.

Box 1 Row 3 Sluice looks around desperately for something to throw and grabs Vesuvius.

Box 2 Row 3 Vesuvius gives a yelp as he is thrown through the air.

Box 3 Row 3 Slither dodges.  Slither: Hehehehehheheeh.

Box 1 Row 4 Vesuvius slams into the wall with Sluice in the background looking mortified.

Box 2 Row 4 Slither scampers up a table leg and on to Forsalio’s shoulder.

Box 3 Row 4 Forsalio gets a curious look on his face and then looks back at the hot dog cart out the window.

Box 4 Row 4 Sluice gently pulls Vesuvius out of the wall, “Sorry.”

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Row 1 Box 1 Forsalio goes locks up his cart.  Forsolio . o O “A quick break wouldn’t really hurt anything.”

Row 1 Box 2 Forsalio goes up the steps.  Forsalio . o O “This feels so right.  Could this be my destiny calling me?”

Row 1 Box 3 Sluice and Vesuvius are right behind Forsalio, looking quite pleased with themselves.

Row 1 Box 4 Forsalio enters the museum.  Forsalio: “Mother of God.  I’ve been selling hot dogs here for twenty years and I’ve never been inside.”

Row 2 Box 1 Jesra and Pete look at a painting, still holding hands.

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio follows behind them, watching from a distance.

Row 2 Box 3 Pete and Jesra move behind a plant and kiss.

Row 2 Box 4 Forsalio holds up his hands in a box again. Forsalio, “Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.”

Row 3 Box 1 Sluice and Vesuvius continue following, continuing to smile.

Row 3 Box 2 In the shadows nearby, a pair of eyes blink on.  SLITHER is aware of the scene.

Row 3 Box 3 Sluice picks up a quarter and drops it onto the floor.

Row 3 Box 4 Jesra hears the sound and looks up.

Row 4 Box 1 Pete is quite clueless.

Row 4 Box 2 Jesra scowls and looks at Forsalio.  Jesra, “What’s your problem?”

Row 4 Box 3 Forsalio blushes and stammers.

Row 4 Box 4 Sluice spots Slither and points to him.  Sluice: Vesuvius! We’ve got trouble!

Precyber - Chapter 6

by T.C. Ricks and Ken Lightner.  

Someone has killed Barfman, Clarke's online friend, and Clarke is determined to solve his murder. Of course, despite the fact that Clarke is a member of the FBAI, Clarke is probably the least qualified person in the world to solve Barfman's murder. But that doesn't stop him. Clarke is a determined, if not slacker protagonist.

The world is dystopic and dark, but its a more realistic version than most.  Which is to say, sure its grim and corporations own almost everything, but it has its upsides to, like improved medical technology.  And games.  Did we mention games? Giant immersive games which take MMO's and merge them with Reality TV to create whole sets of augmented reality that merge in on docudrama extravaganza in which to drown the sorrows of the ignorant masses.  Revolution? What Revolution?

Clarke had questions, questions that needed answering like....would Superman become a werewolf if a a werewolf bit him? What if there was Krytponite involved? Who killed Barfman? Why were they trying to kill him? Who were the good guys? Who were the bad guys? Who the hell was the crazy lady making such a big deal about the god damned coconuts? What did the writing on the ring say? Wait...no...scratch that last. But definitely the first six.

Clarke's love life isn't going as well as it could either. Clarke is merely a poor government employee, a member of the FBAI gaming division that is supposed to monitor games for criminal behavior but is so underfunded its employees are more concerned about their paychecks than doing their job. Unless their job consists of filling out paper work that is. It doesn't help that Emily (his girlfriend) is being asked to spy on him for the Revolution. It definitely doesn't help that she has begun to question Clarke's sanity, ethics and integrity. Clarke can't blame her. He's begun to question these things himself.

The question of the novel ultimately is....what kind of society do you want to live in, and what price are you willing to pay to get it? For Clarke, these are not abstract questions. There are real consequences. At his lowest point, Clarke has absolutely everything he loves stripped away from him; his life, his love, his job, his friends and most important...his computer.

There are high stakes involved, but Clarke is prepared to pay the price to risk them. And when he can't afford the loss himself, he's more than happy to place the fall on some other guy in the process. Even if that guy happens to be a hacker who hates snitches and arranges to have the local terrorist cell try to kidnap him for ransom or, failing that, blow him to smithereens. Just a day in the life...

But Clarke Yossarian is not a man to take such indignity's lying down (well truth be told he would if he could but he knows he'd never get away with it) and so he fights tooth and claw and fist and maw to get back what was taken from him. Even if he has to join the Revolution to do it. Even if he has to take on the most powerful man in the world again and again and win. Even if he has to save (shudder) the most popular game in the world (Drama!) to do it.  

Check out this episode! 

Copyright 2013 - Red Anvil Amalgamated LLC and Ken Lightner 

Check out this episode!

Seventh Seal - Chapter 2 - Page 28

Row 1  Box 1 Forsalio looks up and sees Pete and Jesra in the window holding hands and smiling at each other.

Row 1 Box 2 Forsalio smiles.

Row 1 Box 3 Vesuvius leaps up onto Forsalio’s shoulder.

Row 1 Box 4 Vesuvius whispers into Forsalio’s ear.

Row 1 Box 1 Forsalio looks pensive a moment, his hand on his chin.

Row 1 Box 2 Forsalio holds up his hands in a picture frame format with Jesra and Pete in the center of it.

Row 1 Box 3 Forsalio smiles, “Huh.  They might make a good picture themselves!”

Row 2 Box 1 Vesuvius whispers in Forsalio’s ear again.

Row 2 Box 2 Forsalio gets a funny look on his face. 

Row 2 Box 3 Forsalio takes a hot dog bun and plasters some ketchup and mustard on a hot dog bun.

Row 3 Box 1-3 (Long Window) Picture of Pete and Jesra in the window on a hot dog bun made out of ketchup, relish and mustard.  It’s pretty good too.

Row 3 Box 4 Forsalio has a funny look on his face.

Seventh Seal - Chapter 2 - Page 27

Wide shot of Jesra, Pete, the Child and Forsalio as well as the entire square.  The museum is next to several buildings of an interesting architectural design and there is a lively and vigorous crowd scene, but we can see through the eye of the universe as we can see thin threads of many colors that shimmer and shine, the very threads that the unseen warriors are trying to tap.  Most of them are thin, almost gossamer, but we can see heavy amounts between Jesra and Pete, and between the two of them and Forsalio that put the others to shame, and off of which many other threads both in the scene and out of the scene connect. 

If possible, make the threads around the child kind of rotten and black, but very faint.

Precyber - Chapter 5

by T.C. Ricks and Ken Lightner.  

Someone has killed Barfman, Clarke's online friend, and Clarke is determined to solve his murder. Of course, despite the fact that Clarke is a member of the FBAI, Clarke is probably the least qualified person in the world to solve Barfman's murder. But that doesn't stop him. Clarke is a determined, if not slacker protagonist.

The world is dystopic and dark, but its a more realistic version than most.  Which is to say, sure its grim and corporations own almost everything, but it has its upsides to, like improved medical technology.  And games.  Did we mention games? Giant immersive games which take MMO's and merge them with Reality TV to create whole sets of augmented reality that merge in on docudrama extravaganza in which to drown the sorrows of the ignorant masses.  Revolution? What Revolution?

Clarke had questions, questions that needed answering like....would Superman become a werewolf if a a werewolf bit him? What if there was Krytponite involved? Who killed Barfman? Why were they trying to kill him? Who were the good guys? Who were the bad guys? Who the hell was the crazy lady making such a big deal about the god damned coconuts? What did the writing on the ring say? Wait...no...scratch that last. But definitely the first six.

Clarke's love life isn't going as well as it could either. Clarke is merely a poor government employee, a member of the FBAI gaming division that is supposed to monitor games for criminal behavior but is so underfunded its employees are more concerned about their paychecks than doing their job. Unless their job consists of filling out paper work that is. It doesn't help that Emily (his girlfriend) is being asked to spy on him for the Revolution. It definitely doesn't help that she has begun to question Clarke's sanity, ethics and integrity. Clarke can't blame her. He's begun to question these things himself.

The question of the novel ultimately is....what kind of society do you want to live in, and what price are you willing to pay to get it? For Clarke, these are not abstract questions. There are real consequences. At his lowest point, Clarke has absolutely everything he loves stripped away from him; his life, his love, his job, his friends and most important...his computer.

There are high stakes involved, but Clarke is prepared to pay the price to risk them. And when he can't afford the loss himself, he's more than happy to place the fall on some other guy in the process. Even if that guy happens to be a hacker who hates snitches and arranges to have the local terrorist cell try to kidnap him for ransom or, failing that, blow him to smithereens. Just a day in the life...

But Clarke Yossarian is not a man to take such indignity's lying down (well truth be told he would if he could but he knows he'd never get away with it) and so he fights tooth and claw and fist and maw to get back what was taken from him. Even if he has to join the Revolution to do it. Even if he has to take on the most powerful man in the world again and again and win. Even if he has to save (shudder) the most popular game in the world (Drama!) to do it. 

Check out this episode!

Seventh Seal - Chapter 2 - Page 26

Row 1 Wide shot showing Jesra, Pete, Vesuvius and Sluice looking at Art.

Sluice: (Very quietly) Really.

Row 2 Box 1 Vesuvius looks out a window.

Row 2 Box 2 Outside the window we get a first glance of FORSALIO, who has a hot dog stand.

Row 2 Box 3 Vesuvius taps  Sluice on the shoulder, “Come on Picaso.  We have work to do.”

Row 3 Box 1 Forsalio sells a hot dog to a man with a very thick mustache.  Forsalio: “Come here and buy a hot dog!”

Row 3 Box 2 Two young children buy a hot dog, Forsalio smiles.  Forsalio: You will love my hot dogs or your money back!”

Row 3 Box 3 Child eats the hot dog. 

Row 3 Box 4 Child smiles.

Row 4 Box 1 Child gets an evil glint in their eye.

Row 4 Box 2 Child looks at Forsalio, “It was yucky! I want my money back.”

Row 4 Box 3 Forsali frowns.  The child smiles wickedly.

Row 4 Box 4 Forsalio puts his hands on his hips.  Forsalio: No.

Child: What? You promised.

Forsalio: I lied.  Go away.

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Row 1 Box 1 Pete and Jesra sit on a swing on his front porch.  Pete: “We can’t go to a baseball game.”

Row 1 Box 2 Jesra nods.  Jesra: “Well I’m not going to school.”

Row 1 Box 3 Pete: “Park?”

Jesra: “Boring.”

Pete: “Hang out here?”

Jesra: “Boring.”

Pete: “Library?

Row 1 Box 4 Close up of Jesra’s face with a look.

Row 2 Box 1 Pete looks hurt.

Row 2 Box 2 Amanda smirks.

Row 2 Box 3 Amanda kisses him.

Row 2 Box 4 Pete sighs.  Pete: “Right now to the library.  Then where?”

Row 3 Box 1 Jesra looks up.  “We should do something different. Something INTERESTING.”

Row 3 Box 2 They both sit there and think, looking bored.

Row 3 Box 3 Pete snaps his fingers, “The Art Museum.”

Row 3 Box 4 Jesra thinks a moment.

Row 4 Box 1 Jesra smiles.  Jesra: “Great! Love the idea.”

Row 4 Box 2 They both smile and head out.

Row 4 Box 3 Vesuvius and Sluice enter the art museum lobby.   

Sluice: I always saw myself as an artist.

Vesuvius: Really?

Row 4 Box 4 Jesra and Pete enter the art museum lobby. 

Pete: I wonder what we should see first.  

 Jesra: Whatever is most interesting.