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Page 1: Puppet

PUPPET

by Gaylord Queen

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PAGE 1

Panel 1 - MICHAIL and CHANE walk through a forest of dying

trees. They’re both eighteen. They both wear thick brown

cloaks, and they both carry walking staffs. Chane has much

darker skin than Michail. Michail’s hood is up, hiding his

face, but Chane wears hers down. Her long hair flows.

CHANE

Aren’t you curious? I haven’t told

you where we’re going.

Panel 2 - Michail watches a hawk fly overhead. He frowns.

Panel 3 - Chane looks back at Michail, eyebrow raised.

CHANE

You had an argument.

MICHAIL

Don’t ask.

CHANE

I wasn’t asking. I know that look.

What did he do this time?

Panel 4 - Michail doesn’t look like he wants to talk.

MICHAIL

Nothing. Just words.

CHANE

I can talk to your father if he’s

got a problem. He’d like me.

Panel 5 - They come to a clearing. Chane parts some bushes.

Her eyes go wide with excitement. Michail doesn’t notice.

MICHAIL

Worry about your own father. One

day he’s gonna snap and kill us

both. I see it in his eyes.

CHANE

We’re here!

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2.

PAGE 2

Panel 1 - Large panel. Michail and Chane peer into the

clearing below: a tribe of KOMODO DRAGONS. Maybe seven or

eight in total. They call themselves RAKSASAS. Most are dark

green, but one is rusty in colour: ARYN.

CHANE

Raksasas.

Panel 2 - A few of them look up to see the intruders. Aryn

included. One of them hisses. Another, possibly the leader,

opens its mouth to speak. Bright-red drool.

HISSSS

LEADER

Do not approach, humans.

ARYN

It is alright. They are friendly.

Panel 3 - The leader turns to snap at Aryn. In the

background, Chane and Michail step down into the clearing.

Chane raises her staff in greeting.

LEADER

Forgive me if I refuse to rely on

your judgement. You have yet to

earn our trust.

CHANE

We’re here to help!

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3.

PAGE 3

Panel 1 - Chane and Michail stand still, talking to each

other with unease. Two Raksasa approach. They snarl and

hiss. Aryn and the Leader keep back. The rest of the tribe

doesn’t move. They look sick.

HISSSS

SNAP!

MICHAIL

They’re aggressive ...

CHANE

Well, yeah. They’re sick.

LEADER

What did you say?

Panel 2 - Chane bends down to address the Leader

face-to-face, like one would do with a child.

CHANE

You’re sick, and you need help.

LEADER

Yes, we are sick, but we do not

need help.

ARYN (OS)

Do not believe that.

Panel 3 - Same angle. Aryn presses his snout under Chane’s

arm, affectionately. She smiles at him. In the background,

Michail pokes one of the other Raksasa with his staff.

POKE

SKRREEE!

ARYN

Our matriarch is stubborn. She does

not understand necessity.

LEADER

Do not speak to the human! You are

insubordinate. You have no right.

Panel 4 - Chane turns to berate Michail. Aryn and the Leader

argue in the foreground, snouts pressed up against each

other.

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4.

CHANE

Hey! Don’t aggravate them. Be

respectful.

MICHAIL (OS)

Sorry.

LEADER

[unintelligible hissing]

ARYN

[unintelligible hissing]

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5.

PAGE 4

Panel 1 - Chane stands up. She towers over the Raksasas like

a giant. They’re the largest lizards in the world but

they’re built low to the ground.

CHANE

Will you accept my offer of help?

LEADER

Explain your offer.

CHANE

My father has a collection of

magical ... doo-hickeys. I think I

know something that could help. It

dispels disease. It stops plague.

It prevents the rot of puppetry.

Panel 2 - The leader spits red. Michail frowns.

LEADER

We are not like you. We do not

return from the dead. We do not

become PUPPETS when we die!

MICHAIL

Do you want help or not?

Panel 3 - Much later. Michail and Chane go into a CAVE. The

entrance is by a beach. The ocean sparkles. It’s dusk.

Panel 4 - The cave is dark. Both Chane and Michail emit a

glowing light each from their hands.

CHANE

He’s already left. Good.

Panel 5 - Not far from the entrance is a campsite, of sorts.

It’s been outfitted with necessary accoutrements -- a

smokeless fire, two hard beds, a stone table, etc -- as if

someone lives here permanently. Which they do.

MICHAIL

You’ve never brought me here

before.

CHANE

I haven’t had the chance! Until

now, at least -- my father’s out

for the night on an "excursion."

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6.

Panel 4 - They move past a makeshift shelf bolted into the

rocky wall. There’s a large collection of KNIVES and jagged

metal INSTRUMENTS on display.

CHANE

Hey, we could have our own little

excursion. Right now.

Panel 5 - Chane pulls down on Michail’s cloak, bring his

head closer to hers. She grins mischeivously. Between them,

in the background, TORTURE EQUIPMENT lies bolted to the

opposite wall. Nails and rusty restraints and bloodstains.

CHANE

What do you say?

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7.

PAGE 5

Panel 1 - Same angle as Page 4 Panel 5. Michail glances at

the torture equipment.

MICHAIL

Perhaps later.

Panel 2 - They’re deeper in the cave. The light from the

entrance has long since died down. The cave is beautiful in

its own right, littered with stalactites and complex

structures and layers of dripping moisture.

Panel 3 - They come across a large stone shelf filled with

eldritch magical artifacts. The light from their hands is

only barely enough to illuminate it all.

CHANE

Here we are. Start looking for a

bag of seeds, big as your hand.

MICHAIL

Right.

Panel 4 - Michail goes off on his own. Chane investigates

the far end of the shelf. It curls around a corner.

Panel 5 - She rounds the corner. In the far background, a

vaguely human-like figure blends into the wall.

Panel 6 - Same angle. Chane searches the shelves

obliviously. The DARK FIGURE moves.

CREAKKKK

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8.

PAGE 6

Panel 1 - Michail grabs a SEED SATCHEL. He grins.

Panel 2 - Michail stuffs it into his shirt as he walks

towards Chane’s position.

MICHAIL

Found it.

Panel 3 - Michail rounds the corner. We can’t see what’s

behind it yet.

Panel 4 - He walks into the end of a BLACK, GNARLED STAFF.

His eyes go wide. It’s MARMON. Marmon is about forty years

old, dark-skinned like Chane. His cloak is light brown and

his staff is jet-black, gnarled like an old tree. There’s an

intensity in his eyes that’s frightening to behold. This is

not a sane man we’re dealing with here. We can only see the

two of them, Michail and Marmon, from the waist up.

MARMON

I knew I’d catch you.

Panel 5 - Same angle, but zoomed out. As he aims his staff

at Michail, Marmon has the palm of his hand on Chane’s head.

She’s catatonic. It looks as though energy is passing from

her to Marmon.

MICHAIL

What are you doing to her?

MARMON

I knew she would bring you. I lied

to her, and she fell for it.

Panel 6 - Michail is LIVID. He knocks away Marmon’s staff

telekinetically, with a gesture from his hand, and in the

same motion he raises his own staff. A beam of pure energy

erupts from the tip.

SWOOOSH

SZZZT

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9.

PAGE 7

Panel 1 - The beam fizzes out harmlessly on a force-field

that protects Marmon’s face.

FIZ

Panel 2 - Michail swings his staff, but Marmon blocks it

with ease.

THOCK!

Panel 3 - Marmon swipes his staff and Michail is buffeted to

the side by a blast of wind. He careens into the shelf.

SWIPPP!

WHOOSH!

CRUNCH

Panel 4 - Michail telekinetically tosses the entire contents

of the shelf at Marmon. Magical artifacts shoot everywhere

in a wide arc.

WHOOOSSSSSHH!

CLANG

SMASH

DZZZHH

Panel 5 - Marmon raises both his hands, similar to Gandalf’s

"You Shall Not Pass". All of the magical artifacts hover in

mid-air.

Panel 6 - Marmon separates his hands. The artifacts go

flying in all directions. One of them, a yellow CRYSTAL

SHARD, flies straight for Michail.

Panel 7 - The shard jams itself into Michail’s shoulder.

Yellow arcs of electricity explode through his body. He

arches his back in pain.

SPLUT!

BZZZZT

MICHAIL

!!

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10.

PAGE 8

Panel 1 - Black.

MARMON (OS)

Useful things, those crystals.

MARMON (OS)

It’s drained all the magic out of

you. No more tricks. No escape.

Panel 2 - Michail groans. His cloak has been torn to scraps.

He’s physically fit, but he’s a bit thin. Ribs showing. One

arm is locked to his side by restraints bolted into a jagged

rock wall: the torture implements from earlier. His other

arm is spread out, extended. His shoulder has a bloody

puncture wound.

MICHAIL

Nhh ...

Panel 3 - From Michail’s POV, we see that we’re at the

campsite by the entrance. Chane sits on her bed, nearly

catatonic. There’s a visible indication above her head that

she’s being controlled by magic. Marmon stands over her.

MARMUN

He defiled you. He ruined you.

CHANE

Please ...

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11.

PAGE 9

Panel 1 - Marmon approaches Michail, drawing a SKINNING

KNIFE. His expression is blank like a shark.

MARMON

My own daughter steals from me, and

befriends those demon-born lizards,

and she allowed you --

Panel 2 - Marmon examines Michail’s face.

MARMON

-- bastard scum --

Panel 3 - Marmon presses the flat of the blade against

Michail’s arm.

MARMON

-- to give her a child.

Panel 4 - Chane raises her head. It takes effort.

CHANE

You don’t have to --

Panel 5 - Marmon sinks the blade through Michail’s skin.

Right to the bone. Blood sprays. Michail screams.

SHLICK

AAGGHHHHHH!!

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12.

PAGE 10

Panel 1 - Marmon carefully cuts through more. He’s not using

the skinning knife for its intended purpose -- he’s slicing

a circular cut around the bone, severing all the muscles and

tendons, curling the blade in a full rotation around

Michail’s arm.

SCHLICKKKK

AAAAHHH ...

Panel 2 - Chane tries to get up. It’s almost as if she’s

glued to the bed.

CHANE

Stop. Stop.

Panel 3 - Marmon turns to look at his daughter. His hand

slips. Severs a huge vein.

SLICE

Panel 4 - Michail jerks his whole body. Blood explodes out

the burst vein, spraying all over Marmon. His face and hair

drips with red goo.

PLLLLCCHHH

MARMON

!!

Panel 5 - Marmon screams into Michail’s face.

MARMON

I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!

Panel 6 - The silhouette of a RAKSASA appears at the

entrance to the cave.

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13.

PAGE 11

Panel 1 - Marmon looks at the lizard.

MARMON

What --

Panel 2 - It’s Aryn. Smoke curls out his mouth.

Panel 3 - Same angle. Aryn opens his mouth and the entire

panel fills with fire.

FWOOOOOOOOOOSH!!

Panel 4 - Marmon blocks the flames with a force field. It’s

taking all of his energy.

FIZZZZ

Panel 5 - Just as the flames die down, Chane barrels into

Marmon, knocking them both to the floor. The magical

influence over her head is gone.

WHAM!

Panel 6 - Aryn roars. Earth-shattering.

ROOOOAAAARRRR!!

Panel 7 - Michail’s restraints release him. He flops to the

ground. He’s barely conscious.

CLICK

FWUMP

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14.

PAGE 12

Panel 1 - Chane shreds her nails through Marmon’s ear. Blood

sprays.

SHHRREDDD

Panel 2 - Marmon throws her off of him.

DOOF

Panel 3 - Chane slams her head into a jagged rock wall.

WHACK

Panel 4 - Aryn leaps for Marmon, jaws wide, red spit flying,

fangs bared.

HISSSS!

Panel 5 - Chane kneels on top of Michail. He watches her,

blurry-eyed. She reaches for his face. Her hand is bloody

and covered in flesh and cartilage.

CHANE

I’m so sorry this happened to you

... he tricked me ... he’s not

alright anymore, he’s not my father

anymore, he’s gone ...

Panel 6 - She touches Michail’s cheek. He smiles weakly.

MICHAIL

It’s okay --

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15.

PAGE 13

Panel 1 - Large panel. A beam of energy slices through

Chane’s stomach. Her guts explode outwards, already seared

and charred from the heat.

SZZZEEEEEEEET

Panel 2 - The light from the same beam reflects against

Michail’s face. It courses through a few strands of his

hair, but miraculously misses him.

Panel 3 - Michail and Chane stare at each other.

Panel 4 - Same angle. Chane coughs. Blood spews from her

mouth.

HACKK

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16.

PAGE 14

Panel 1 - Wide angle. Chane collapses on Michail. Aryn lies

motionless on the cave floor. Marmon stands far away. He’s

in shock. His staff smokes.

Panel 2 - Closer on Marmon. He has no idea what he’s done.

He literally doesn’t have the capacity to comprehend. He’s

motionless. He’s in shock. It’s like he killed a part of

himself instead.

Panel 3 - Still from a distance, Michail slowly gets up.

Chane’s body is draped around him like a cloak. He’s slick

with blood.

Panel 4 - Michail carries her past Marmon, who can’t do

anything but look straight ahead, blank.

Panel 5 - Marmon falls to his knees.

Panel 6 - Aryn drags himself upright. He follows Michail out

of the cave.

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17.

PAGE 15

Panel 1 - Michail sits at the edge of a lake. He’s still

carrying Chane’s body. Aryn rests beside him. It’s morning.

Panel 2 - Chane’s eyes flutter.

CHANE

Ghh ...

Panel 3 - Her eyes snap open. They’re solid white. Her face

contorts into a horrific, animalistic snarl. She thrashes.

CHANE

GGHHRAAAAGGHHH!!

Panel 4 - Michail holds her tighter as she continues to

thrash and yank herself around, snapping at his head and

scraping at his back.

ARYN

She is a puppet.

MICHAIL

I know.

ARYN

She is merely a shell, now. It is

not really her.

MICHAIL

I know.

ARYN

You have to put her down.

Panel 5 - Close up on Michail’s face. He’s steadfastly

determined not to let go.

MICHAIL

I can’t do that.

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18.

PAGE 16

Panel 1 - Still covered in dried blood, Michail returns to

the Raksasa camp. He has the SEED SATCHEL. There aren’t as

many Raksasas as there were before. A few have died.

Panel 2 - Michail hands the seeds to the raksasas gathering

around him. Aryn nuzzles heads with the Leader.

LEADER

Thank you.

Panel 3 - The Leader looks around suspiciously.

LEADER

Where is the other human?

Panel 4 - Chane’s reanimated corpse wanders through a forest

of dying trees.

CHANE

Ghhhhhaaahhh ...