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ISSUE SYNOPSIS
Sierra and Matt attend her dad's funeral.
Afterwards, Sierra gets a call from Mary and decides to meet her and heads off
to California.
PAGE 1, SPLASH PAGE
SIERRA, MATT, and a crowd of people stand outside around a coffin. This shot should be from above so we're looking down upon them.
NARRATION
Death aims with fouler spite
At fairer marks.
- Francis
Quarles
TITLE/CREDITS
Death At The Door
Written by Nate Raymond (Nate1234)
Drawn by Amber Shelton ({dixey}), Glockgal, Clare Mulroy
(Tigrr Wildcat), and Marie Yuen
Created by Nate Raymond and Tracie Mauk
(Katroz)
PAGE 2, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA stands by MATT as a preacher reads from the Bible
to a crowd of people.
DIARY ENTRY (SIERRA)
Dear Diary,
Dad's funeral was today. I'm not
sure what to think of all of this.
PANEL 2
Close-up on SIERRA.
DIARY ENTRY (SIERRA)
Life is not fair. I know, that's very cliche to say,
but it's true.
PANEL 3
A different view of SIERRA as she talks to MATT.
DIARY ENTRY (SIERRA)
Matt is all I have left. If I lose him, I don't know
what I would do.
PAGE 3, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA hears a noise and turns. MATT notices her sudden
turn.
NOISE
SIERRA
PANEL 2
SIERRA hears the mysterious voice again, and shouts out to
it.
NOISE
SIERRA
SIERRA
Who's there?
PANEL 3
Again, SIERRA hears the voice, and screams at the top of
her lungs to it.
NOISE
SIERRA
SIERRA
Who's there?!
PANEL 4
MATT holds SIERRA as she cries on his shoulder.
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PANEL 1
Interlude to SHAWN COLLINS in front of a cage containing
S-409. Other specimens are in the background. The label "S-409" should be on top
of the cage. SHAWN is holding a bucket of unknown contents (in this panel, at
least, in the next it turns out to be fish).
SHAWN
Ah, hello baby. Look what I brought you.
PANEL 2
S-409 licks her lips as a fish is dangled in front of her.
S-409
Prrrrrrr....
PANEL 3
SHAWN sits down next to the cage as S-409 feasts upon the
bucket of fish.
SHAWN
Now... what to do about this Sierra problem...
PAGE 5, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
Okay, now, for the next four panels, have SIERRA in the
exact same position every panel. Probably have her back face us, though allow
the reader realize that it is SIERRA. Anyway, in this first panel, have a really
sexy girl (I mean, so jealous, that if you knew your boyfriend had once had sex
with her you too would be jealous). The girl is the EMILY mentioned in #2. Her
dress should be really short and a huge chest (but I'm sure you guessed those
details already).
EMILY
I'm so sorry about what happened to your dad. Really sucks, you
know?
Oh, tell Matt that Emily said "Hi".
PANEL 2
SIERRA's psychiatrist (LECTER) is next up.
LECTER
Be sure to drop by my office. We should talk.
I must be going, though, I'm having a friend for dinner.
PANEL 3
SIERRA's dad's PUBLICIST is next. Should look very
sophisticated, but is obviously not at the funeral to mourn.
PUBLICIST
Well, just so you know, Fox called me today and, guess what?
They want to make a movie out of your dad's book!
PANEL 4
And now, for a little fun. Glockgal, {dixey}, Marie Yuen,
Tigrr, and Nate (in otherwords, the creators of this issue) are all there.
NATE
Geez, we're so sorry about your dad dying.
PAGE 6, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA stands stirring the punch as MATT enters the room.
MATT
Hey, sexy.
SIERRA
Shut up.
PANEL 2
MATT comes closer to her.
MATT
Sorry. Just trying to... you know, brighten you up.
SIERRA
I know. Sorry. I'm just not in a good mood.
PANEL 3
MATT holds SIERRA from behind and sorta rocks her back and
forth.
MATT
Hey, my mom said that if you want, we have a spare bed room if you'd
like to stay with us.
SIERRA
Maybe. I dunno, we'll see.
PAGE 7, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
Interlude to an alley way. A girl (KINDLE) runs down them
as a group of police officers chase after her on foot.
POLICEMAN 1
Stop!
PANEL 2
View of KINDLE as she gets to the end of the alley and
realizes she has no place to go.
PANEL 3
View of KINDLE's face with COPS in the background pointing
guns at her.
POLICEMAN 2
No place to go, missy. Just turn around now.
PANEL 4
KINDLE turns around slowly.
PANEL 5
KINDLE blows them a kiss.
PAGE 8, SPLASH
PAGE
KINDLE walks away as every single policeman runs around on fire screaming.
PAGE 9, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
Have this panel to the left side of the paper and go from
top-to-bottom of the page. SIERRA is taking a shower. Up to you how much of what
you want to show. Personally, I don't care as long as, you know, certain areas
don't show up on paper.
PANELS 2-5
Feel free to add more panels if you needed. These
should go on the right side of the paper. It shows the mirror in the bathroom
SIERRA's showering in. Slowly a message will appear on the foggy mirrors that
reads something like "I MISS YOU".
PAGE 10, 6 PANELS
PANEL 1
Close-up of SIERRA's face as the phone rings.
SIERRA
Shit.
PANEL 2
View of SIERRA's hand grabs two towels off of the rack as
she's in the shower still.
PANEL 3
With a towel rapped around her body, SIERRA runs out of
the bathroom wiping her hair as she goes, completely passing by the mirror.
PANEL 4
Shot of the mirror as the message slowly fades away.
SIERRA (OP) answers the phone.
SIERRA (OP)
Hello?
PANEL 5
Same shot as mirror message fades more.
MARY (PHONE)
Hi! Is this the Holt residence?
SIERRA (OP)
Listen, if this is another reporter...
PANEL 6
Mirror message has practically completely faded away now.
MARY
No, no, I'm an old friend of Dan's. My name's Mary.
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PANEL 1
SIERRA's now on the phone and we watch her talk to MARY on
the other end.
SIERRA
Mary... Campbell?
MARY
Yes! That's me.
SIERRA
My dad mentioned you before he died...
PANEL 2
SIERRA continues to talk to her. Show a different view of
Sierra now (perhaps from behind?).
SIERRA
... he said I should meet you.
MARY
Actually, that's what I was calling about. Is Tuesday good for
you?
PANEL 3
SIERRA's still on the phone.
SIERRA
Tuesday... that's in only two days... where do you live?
MARY
San Jose, California.
SIERRA
Well... does it have to be Tuesday?
PANEL 4
SIERRA looks a bit ticked.
MARY
Only if you want to meet me.
PAGE 12, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA shuts her suitcase in her room. MATT is off panel.
MATT (OP)
Do you have to go?
PANEL 2
SIERRA talks to MATT, he back facing him.
SIERRA
I made Dad a promise.
I'm not going to break it.
PANEL 3
They talk more.
MATT
And there's no way I can stop you?
SIERRA
... no. I'm sorry, but I have to do this.
PAGE 13, 3
PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA and MATT sit at the bus stop, a la issue #1 (which
is why I would prefer to have Glock draw these pages in order for them to look
even more similar to issue #1's scene).
PANEL 2
The bus arrives. SIERRA begins to stand up.
PANEL 3
MATT grabs SIERRA's hand.
PAGE 14, SPLASH PAGE
SIERRA and MATT kiss. A lot of emotions are embodied in this kiss, as they are not certain where their relationship stands now, they're not sure when they'll see each other again (of if they will), and then of course the obvious love they still have and always had for each other.
PAGE 15, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA gets onto the bus.
PANEL 2
Exterior shot of the bus as MATT watches SIERRA from the
window.
PANEL 3
Interior close-up of SIERRA as she looks at MATT.
SIERRA
I love you.
PAGE 16, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
Sky-shot of the bus driving away.
PANEL 2
Shot of a satellite above the Earth, which is receiving
the pictures of the bus.
PANEL 3
Shot of SHAWN in his office watching this on his big
screen seen in issue #1 (though lets do it this time at a different angle for a
bit of variety).
PANEL 4
Close-up of SHAWN.
SHAWN
Hmm... well, f***.
NARRATION
To Be Continued...