KAGIRINAI MONOGATARI SCROLL ONE PART TWO

PAGE ONE
Panel One - Black with very impressive fonts for the text, in white.
Text - "A CLEAR SKIES PRODUCTION"
Text - "BROUGHT TO YOU BY EXITRANCE LTD."
Text - "AN INTERPRETATION BY HALCYON"
Text - "OF A VIGILANTE STUDIOS PRODUCTION"
Text - "WITH PERMISSION FROM THE ALMIGHTY WRITER"
Text - "~OUR STORY SO FAR~"
Panel Two - Halcyon stands next to a large pad of paper sitting on an easel. Backs of audience members' heads in foreground.
Audience member - "They used too much space for the credits . . ."
Panel Three - Halcyon's sketches on the pad. A VERY idealized version of herself (as much as a stick figure can be), flexing her arm. This and the following panels are quite small.
Halcyon (OS) - "We begin!"
Text on pad - "OUR HERO!"
Panel Four - Another sketch. Stick Halcyon walking happily along.
Halcyon (OS) - "A typical day!"
Text on pad - "HAPPINESS!"
Panel Five - Stick Halcyon menaced by a Godzilla-type monster wearing a t-shirt which says "Hunger"
Halcyon - "But then - hunger strikes!"
Text on pad - "OH NO! DANGER!"
Panel Six - Stick Halcyon snuggling a vending machine. Hearts fly through the air.
Halcyon - "A windfall! Love at first sight on the battlefield!"
Text on pad - "LUCKY IN LOVE!"
Panel Seven - Stick Halcyon sadly holds up empty wallet.
Halcyon "Just as the cherry blossoms must fall . . ."
Text on pad - "IT CAN'T BE HELPED"
Panel Eight -
Halcyon - "Then, the unexpected!"
Text on pad - "MYSTERIOUS!"
Panel Nine - VERY small panel. White text on black bg.
Text - "FUN"
Note beside panel - "She means 'fin' . . ."

PAGE TWO
Panel One - Halcyon getting dropped through a trap door.
Text - "Meanwhile, back in the present . . ."
Panel Two - To her surprise, Halcyon realizes she is falling through space. She thinks about this for a moment . . .
Halcyon (thought bubble) - “In air + gravity = falling; (falling - wings - parachute + onrushing ground) x probability of survival =” a+g=f; (f-w-p+og) x ps = "
Halcyon - “Oh crackers.”
Panel Three - . . . Then she starts screaming.
Halcyon - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

PAGE THREE
Panel One - Below Halcyon, an elaborate castle is coming into view.
Halcyon - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Panel Two - The castle gate. Peasants wandering in with wagons.
Text - MEANWHILE (at the castle)
Panel Three - Inside the castle, a banquet. Chibi Halcyon in corner.
Text - A BANQUET
Chibi Halcyon - “Did somebody say banquet?”
Author - “No.”
C. Halcyon - “Did too, in big letters.”
Author - “Shut up or I *will* kill you off.”

PAGE FOUR
Panel One - A bored-looking young emperor sitting behind a long table.
Panel Two - The Emperor sighs.
Panel Three - An incredibly stupid clown/juggler finishes his act with a goofy flourish. Dead silence.
Panel Four - The clown, still frozen in position, is hauled off by a guard.
Guard - “There's just no place for the avant-garde in popular culture . . .”
Panel Five - The emperor turns to his advisor. Chibi Halcyon has stolen a chicken leg and is about to chow down. The emperor’s dialogue is not really visible.
Panel Six - Halcyon is dragged off by a cane. The Emperor looks a little flustered.
Emperor - “I said, why can’t anything interesting ever happen?”

PAGE FIVE
Panel ONE - Halcyon falling through the air. With the chicken leg.
Text - MEANWHILE (5,000 ft above the castle and falling)
Panel Two - Halcyon’s chicken leg grows wings and flies away. She watches it go sadly.
Note beside panel - Wow, that was random.
Halcyon - “Why can’t I do that . . . Oh well. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Panel Three - Inside the castle, the emperor, bored.
Emperor - “*sigh*”
Panel Four - Above the castle, Halycon screaming.
Halycon - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Panel Five - Inside the castle.
Emperor - “*sigh*”
Panel Six - Above the castle.
Halcyon - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

PAGE SIX
Panel One - Inside the castle.
Emperor - “*SIGH*”
Halcyon (barely “audible”) - “aaaaaaa”
Panel Two - Halcyon strikes a fabric canopy and rips through part way.
Panel Three - The fabric starts to tear further. Halcyon with tears streaming down her face.
Panel Four - Inside the castle, the emperor and other guests looking up.
Halcyon - “ . . . AaAAAAAAAAA”

PAGE SEVEN
Panel One - Halcyon still has the fabric awning wrapped around her, but most of it has ripped free of the ceiling and she is falling.
Panel Two - Halycon claws at the air and manages to snag the corner of a chandelier.
Panel Three - The guests looking up.
Guests - “oooo . . .”
Panel Four - The chandelier rips free of the ceiling.
Panel Five - The guests looking up.
Guests - “oooo . . .”

PAGE EIGHT
Panel One - Halcyon tries to grab hold of the wall as she swings downward, but only rips a sconce and its torch out of the fittings.
Panel Two - The guests.
Guests - “aaaa . . .”
Panel Three - Halcyon bounces off a giant flower sculpture of the emperor, roses flying left and right.
Panel Four - Halcyon tumbling through the air, the fabric wrapping further around her.
Panel Five - The fabric rips free.

PAGE NINE
Panel (multi) - Halcyon executes a brilliant flip and what seems to be a double lutz minus the ice.
Guests - “oooh!!”

PAGE TEN
Panel One - Halcyon somehow lands upright on the banquet table. Flowers settle to the ground around her.
Panel Two - The torch lands in her hand.
Panel Three - The chandelier lands on her head.
Guests - “Aaaah!”
Panel Four - Stray sparks from both are igniting some boxes labeled - “ascension fireworks”.

PAGE ELEVEN
Panel One - Behind the triumphantly posed but shocked speechless Halcyon a large quantity of fireworks go off.
Panel Two - The guests and the emperor with mouths hanging wide open.
Panel Three - They burst into applause and cheering.
Panel Four - Halcyon grins weakly and quirks over to one side, her eyebrow twitching.
Halcyon - “Don’t try this at home, kids . . .”
Panel Five - Halcyon passes out. Smaller panels fade to black.
END SCROLL ONE

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