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PAGE ONE

Panel 1: Horizontal quarter page, a cityscape at night, all lit up - this is a very well-developed city. The title banner runs across the sky.

Caption: They say that when you come to Miatore, you pick a side.

Panel 2: The viewpoint is from above. Any of the Mechatron - it doesn't matter who, as long as a powerful cybernetic attachment is prominently on display.

Caption: If you like power, you join the Mechatron.

Panel 3: Still from above - this time watching a couple of rebels go past on motorbikes. They are not nearly as well-dressed as the Mechatron and at least one of them is scarred.

Caption: If you like freedom, you join the Rebellion.

Panel 4: Still from above, this time you can see the silhouette of the speaker at the edge of the frame. He's on the edge of a rooftop, watching Alexander Colt cocking a handgun.

Caption 1: If you're a twisted bastard out for all you can grab, join the Organization.

Caption 2: They like people like you.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1: Antonia Christian is walking past the foreground, the viewpoint is slightly dropped so we can see Gabriel watching her from the rooftoop. She is in bright streetlight, he is mostly in shadow. He is wearing brass knuckles, but it doesn't really matter whether we see them or not here.

Caption: As for me...

Panel 2: Gabriel drops onto the back of Colt's neck. The gun goes off, Antonia ducks, startled - but not half as startled as Colt.

Caption: I'm on MY side.

SFX: BLAM!

COLT: UGH!

ANTONIA: *GASP!*

Panel 3: Colt is on his face on the ground with Gabriel kneeling on his back - he looks furious. He reaches for the gun but Gabriel punches him in the arm. Antonia is in the background, looking confused and shocked.

SFX: CRACK!

COLT: NGH!

Panel 4: Gabriel has Colt's good arm in a lock. Close-up on their faces. Colt is angry and in a great deal of pain and Gabriel is coldly calm. He speaks into Colt's ear.

GABRIEL 1: YOU SHOULD LEARN TO WATCH YOUR BACK.

COLT 1: FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE.

GABRIEL 2: NOT TODAY, WISE GUY. WHY DON'T YOU FIND YOURSELF A NICE JOB AND STOP PICKING ON INNOCENT WOMEN?

COLT 2: ...ARE YOU GONNA KILL ME?

Panel 5: Gabriel looks questioningly at Antonia, who looks shocked and bewildered.

ANTONIA 1: I... I...

GABRIEL: HE TRIED TO KILL YOU.

ANTONIA 2: BUT I... I CAN'T JUST... I...

ANTONIA 3: ...NO...

Panel 6: Close in slightly on Colt and Gabriel. Gabriel is scowling, Colt is looking a little smug.

GABRIEL: HEAR THAT? YOU CAN GO. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING SO YOU DON'T FORGET...

Inset: Impact of Gabriel's fist on Colt's back.

SFX: CRACK!

Page 3

Panel 1: Along the top of the page. At one end, Colt's crumpled body lies in the street. At the other, Gabriel is walking Antonia home - she is looking back at Colt.

ANTONIA: BUT... HE'LL DIE...

GABRIEL: HE WON'T.

Inset: A mechanical spider is watching them. This is obviously a surveillance device, although it has fangs, and Colt's prone figure is reflected in its lens. if it has more than one lens, Antonia and Gabriel are reflected too.

Caption: No, he won't die. More's the pity.

Panel 2: Fills up at least half the page. Arachne Webster is lounging in front of a bank of screens with her feet on the desk and a whole bucket of triple choc chip icecream with toffee sauce (or something else equally decadent and sickeningly sweet) in her lap, the spoon in her mouth. She is looking at the screen which shows Colt, but her expression doesn't show concern. She has elaborate cybernetic eyes and pattern tights under her lab coat, and there are mechanical spiders everywhere. The lab is a mess - the lab of a genius madwoman.

ARACHNE: *SIGH*

Inset: Arachne's hand pressing a button. Her index finger is tipped with metal and the nail is a small flat-head screwdriver. All the other nails are red.

SFX: BIP

ARACHNE: CASSIE DARLING? I OWE YOU A DRINK.

Page 4:

Panel 1: Arachne and Cassandra Nesca at the sides of the panel, watching the screen with Antonia and Gabriel, which takes up most of the space. The next screen along shows Colt being put on a stretcher - if there is no room for this here it can go in one of the next panels.

ANTONIA 1: BUT EVERYONE'S GOT A NAME!

GABRIEL: NOT ME. THEY GET IN THE WAY.

ANTONIA 2: ...

Panel 2: Antonia and Gabriel, on screen. They are both smiling.

GABRIEL 1: IF IT MATTERS SO MUCH, CHOOSE ONE.

ANTONIA: OH... UM... GABRIEL - FOR A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

GABRIEL 2: I'VE HAD WORSE.

Panel 3: Arachne and Cassandra are looking at each other, not impressed.

ARACHNE 1: DAMN.

CASSANDRA: STILL NO NAME.

ARACHNE 2: YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT HE'S RIGHT, THOUGH. THE LAST ONE CALLED HIM EUGENE.

Panel 4: Cassandra has her head in her hand, frustrated at Arachne, the lack of success in tracking Gabriel and the world in general.

CASSANDRA: *SIGH* NEVER MIND THAT. DO WE HAVE A TRACE ON HIM THIS TIME?

Panel 5: Arachne is watching the screen, typing rapidly with both hands. She is suddenly efficient, no madness for a moment.

SFX: TAKKA TAKKA TAKKA

ARACHNE: IN JUST A MOMENT...

Inset: Extreme close-up on Arachne's face. In both lenses Gabriel's face is reflected and she is grinning. A light flashes somewhere on her eye set-up.

SFX: BIP

ARACHNE: DONE.

Description
PAGE ONE

Panel 1: Horizontal quarter page, a cityscape at night, all lit up - this is a very well-developed city. The title banner runs across the sky.

Caption: They say that when you come to Miatore, you pick a side.

Panel 2: The viewpoint is from above. Any of the Mechatron - it doesn't matter who, as long as a powerful cybernetic attachment is prominently on display.

Caption: If you like power, you join the Mechatron.

Panel 3: Still from above - this time watching a couple of rebels go past on motorbikes. They are not nearly as well-dressed as the Mechatron and at least one of them is scarred.

Caption: If you like freedom, you join the Rebellion.

Panel 4: Still from above, this time you can see the silhouette of the speaker at the edge of the frame. He's on the edge of a rooftop, watching Alexander Colt cocking a handgun.

Caption 1: If you're a twisted bastard out for all you can grab, join the Organization.

Caption 2: They like people like you.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1: Antonia Christian is walking past the foreground, the viewpoint is slightly dropped so we can see Gabriel watching her from the rooftoop. She is in bright streetlight, he is mostly in shadow. He is wearing brass knuckles, but it doesn't really matter whether we see them or not here.

Caption: As for me...

Panel 2: Gabriel drops onto the back of Colt's neck. The gun goes off, Antonia ducks, startled - but not half as startled as Colt.

Caption: I'm on MY side.

SFX: BLAM!

COLT: UGH!

ANTONIA: *GASP!*

Panel 3: Colt is on his face on the ground with Gabriel kneeling on his back - he looks furious. He reaches for the gun but Gabriel punches him in the arm. Antonia is in the background, looking confused and shocked.

SFX: CRACK!

COLT: NGH!

Panel 4: Gabriel has Colt's good arm in a lock. Close-up on their faces. Colt is angry and in a great deal of pain and Gabriel is coldly calm. He speaks into Colt's ear.

GABRIEL 1: YOU SHOULD LEARN TO WATCH YOUR BACK.

COLT 1: FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE.

GABRIEL 2: NOT TODAY, WISE GUY. WHY DON'T YOU FIND YOURSELF A NICE JOB AND STOP PICKING ON INNOCENT WOMEN?

COLT 2: ...ARE YOU GONNA KILL ME?

Panel 5: Gabriel looks questioningly at Antonia, who looks shocked and bewildered.

ANTONIA 1: I... I...

GABRIEL: HE TRIED TO KILL YOU.

ANTONIA 2: BUT I... I CAN'T JUST... I...

ANTONIA 3: ...NO...

Panel 6: Close in slightly on Colt and Gabriel. Gabriel is scowling, Colt is looking a little smug.

GABRIEL: HEAR THAT? YOU CAN GO. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING SO YOU DON'T FORGET...

Inset: Impact of Gabriel's fist on Colt's back.

SFX: CRACK!

Page 3

Panel 1: Along the top of the page. At one end, Colt's crumpled body lies in the street. At the other, Gabriel is walking Antonia home - she is looking back at Colt.

ANTONIA: BUT... HE'LL DIE...

GABRIEL: HE WON'T.

Inset: A mechanical spider is watching them. This is obviously a surveillance device, although it has fangs, and Colt's prone figure is reflected in its lens. if it has more than one lens, Antonia and Gabriel are reflected too.

Caption: No, he won't die. More's the pity.

Panel 2: Fills up at least half the page. Arachne Webster is lounging in front of a bank of screens with her feet on the desk and a whole bucket of triple choc chip icecream with toffee sauce (or something else equally decadent and sickeningly sweet) in her lap, the spoon in her mouth. She is looking at the screen which shows Colt, but her expression doesn't show concern. She has elaborate cybernetic eyes and pattern tights under her lab coat, and there are mechanical spiders everywhere. The lab is a mess - the lab of a genius madwoman.

ARACHNE: *SIGH*

Inset: Arachne's hand pressing a button. Her index finger is tipped with metal and the nail is a small flat-head screwdriver. All the other nails are red.

SFX: BIP

ARACHNE: CASSIE DARLING? I OWE YOU A DRINK.

Page 4:

Panel 1: Arachne and Cassandra Nesca at the sides of the panel, watching the screen with Antonia and Gabriel, which takes up most of the space. The next screen along shows Colt being put on a stretcher - if there is no room for this here it can go in one of the next panels.

ANTONIA 1: BUT EVERYONE'S GOT A NAME!

GABRIEL: NOT ME. THEY GET IN THE WAY.

ANTONIA 2: ...

Panel 2: Antonia and Gabriel, on screen. They are both smiling.

GABRIEL 1: IF IT MATTERS SO MUCH, CHOOSE ONE.

ANTONIA: OH... UM... GABRIEL - FOR A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

GABRIEL 2: I'VE HAD WORSE.

Panel 3: Arachne and Cassandra are looking at each other, not impressed.

ARACHNE 1: DAMN.

CASSANDRA: STILL NO NAME.

ARACHNE 2: YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT HE'S RIGHT, THOUGH. THE LAST ONE CALLED HIM EUGENE.

Panel 4: Cassandra has her head in her hand, frustrated at Arachne, the lack of success in tracking Gabriel and the world in general.

CASSANDRA: *SIGH* NEVER MIND THAT. DO WE HAVE A TRACE ON HIM THIS TIME?

Panel 5: Arachne is watching the screen, typing rapidly with both hands. She is suddenly efficient, no madness for a moment.

SFX: TAKKA TAKKA TAKKA

ARACHNE: IN JUST A MOMENT...

Inset: Extreme close-up on Arachne's face. In both lenses Gabriel's face is reflected and she is grinning. A light flashes somewhere on her eye set-up.

SFX: BIP

ARACHNE: DONE.