Chapter 1 - Electric Sheep

Cover

Title

The Technosexual
Sequence 2
Chapter 1 | Electric Sheep

Scene

[Pending]

Page 1

Panel 1

Scene

Complete darkness, nothing on the panel at all.

Panel 2

Scene

A blurred/distorted/digital-static corrupted image of Panel 3

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, the view down a rifle the target isn't clear, the hud view is corrupt and just displaying nonsense. (Like trying to read a book, or use a computer in a dream).

Dialogue

Unknown: "Target is at 1km..."

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, the sight on the rifle shatters, the scene blurs slightly.

Dialogue

Unknown: "COVER COVER, UNDER FIRE"

Page 2

Panel 1

Scene

A blurred/distorted/digital-static corrupted image of Panel 2

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, laying in a ditch, looking over at the unknown voice, their face and species is hard to determine, it appears to swim...
It seems to be talking into a radio of some kind.

Dialogue

Unknown: "Base, this is Unit 3 come-in. Base, Unit 3 come-in..."

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, a gunshot rings out (SFX) and the unknown voice's head appears to shatter (like a red-guy from SuperHot)

Dialogue

Unknown: "Base, this is..."

Panel 4

Scene

Corrupted static, a mash of all the previous panels.

Page 3

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, an urban area, the architecture is very north-american. The area has clearly been under some sort of siege or sustained attack for a long time. Bombed out buildings, pothole filled streets, clear bullet impacts in what buildings do stand. The HUD is still a corrupted mess, it seems to be trying to scan the world around it, the front end of a P90 can be seen in the right of the scene, FPS style.

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, The HUD has locked on to something, more swimming shapes, they appear to be armed. The HUD has highlighted them. "THREAT ALERT"

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, Bright muzzle flash from the rifle all targets hit.

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, looking down on the downed targets, rifle lowered.
Non-combatants, civilians, incorrect targets...

Page 4

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, rifle has been dropped on the ground, backing away from the downed targets.
HUD still identifying the bodies as threats, displaying a warning about being unarmed.

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, turned, sprinting away from the scene, HUD demanding a return to the combat area.

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, a large explosion, thrown sideways, HUD throwing multiple warnings, none of them readable.

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, a view of only concrete, HUD still throwing multiple conflicting warnings.

Page 5

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, a blur, it appears to have been grabbed by the shoulder and rolled.

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, someone is standing over, face once again swimming and indeterminate, HUD trying to lock on.

Dialogue

Unknown: "MURDEROUS BEAST!"

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, A high-calibre handgun is pointed directly at it.

Dialogue

Unknown: "DIE!"

Panel 4

Scene

HUD: "EMERGENCY REBOOT"

Page 6

Panel 1

Scene

Melissa is sat bolt-upright in her bed, she appears to have just woken from some kind of night terror.

Dialogue

[Narration] "I wish the night terrors would stop..."

Page 7

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, Melissa is staring at the wall across from her bed. A flat panel TV sits atop a cabinet, on either side of it are some other plushies. The room is otherwise quite plain.
Her HUD is in some kind of standby mode, the Time reads 04:32 (ensure time progresses throughout the following scenes)

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, Melissa swings her legs round off the side of the bed, she's looking down at them, you can see her legs and feet, as well as the plain dark-coloured carpet.

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, Melissa stands up and shuffles towards her door.

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, Melissa pushes the door open and steps out into her living area, it lit only from the city outside the window, it casts harsh and strange shadows.
Her HUD powers up a little more and attempts to lock on to some of the shapes... some of them seem similar to shapes in her dream.

Page 8

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, Melissa pushes open the door to her bathroom.
It is a plain affair, grey tile walls and a wet-room floor, a drain sits in the middle of the room.
It's generally clean, but looks a bit dusty.
There's a shower on the wall in one corner, a curtain rail runs along the side of the room that the shower is on, but there is no curtain on it.
A grey porcelain toilet is in the other corner, a grey pedestal sink sits between it and the shower, a mirror is situated above the sink.
A heated towel rack is situated behind the door, directly opposite the sink, below a plain white medicine cabinet (not pictured in this scene).

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, Melissa reaches over to a pull-cord and gives it a yank bringing on the lights with a sharp click.

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, Melissa walks over to the shower and taps a few buttons on a panel near it.
The panel lights up displaying "45C" and the shower comes on.

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, Melissa turns and walks towards the sink.

Page 9

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, Melissa leans against the sink and stares into the mirror. She looks incredibly weary.
Her HUD locks on to her own face, "UNKNOWN SUBJECT"...

Page 10

Mixed First/Third-Person (artist discretion)
[n] panels of Melissa sleepy-showering.

Page 11

Third-Person
[n] panels of Melissa sleepy-showering.

Page 12

Panel 1

Scene

Melissa steps away from the shower tapping the panel on the wall as she does, the temperature changes to "OFF", the shower turns off.

Panel 2

Scene

Melissa walks up to the towel rack, she is pictured from behind.

Panel 3

Scene

Melissa pulls a towel off the rack.

Panel 4

Scene

Melissa wraps it around her body and reaches for another towel for her hair.

Page 13

Panel 1

Scene

First-person, Melissa's damp and betowelled face stares back at her from the mirror. Her HUD again locking on, trying to identify what it sees.

Panel 2

Scene

First-person, the HUD takes a closer look, scanning eyes, nose, mouth shape, the "focus rings" in her eyes turning as it does so. "UNKNOWN SUBJECT, UNKNOWN THREAT"

Panel 3

Scene

First-person, The HUD does a 3D wireframe of her face and skims it through a database. Melissa just looks exhausted. "IDENTITY CONFIRMED: IT'S ME! STANDING DOWN"

Panel 4

Scene

First-person, The HUD returns to standby mode, only the clock remains. 05:41...

Page 14

Mixed First/Third-Person (artist discretion) [n] panels of Melissa toweling herself off.

Page 15

Panel 1

Scene

Melissa returns the towels to the towel rack.

Panel 2

Scene

Melissa starts walking out of the bathroom, clicking off the light in the process.

Panel 3

Scene

Melissa shuffles through her living room, still only lit by the city outside her window.

Panel 4

Scene

Melissa steps into her bedroom and grabs a Feral Citrus plush off the table as she does.

Page 16

Panel 1

Scene

Melissa flops into bed again, holding the plush close to her.

Panel 2

First-person, Melissa is face down, head tilted to one side, the feathers of the plush just visible in her field of view.

Panel 3

First-person, Melissa's eyes partially close, there seem to be drifting shapes and figures in her periphery again...

Panel 4

First-person, Darkness, only the time remains in a dull amber hue. 05:54...