Rock The Vouhhhnn!, Chapter 1: Part 3.1
Page 13
Panel 1: Back to Madison in the same setting/layout as Panel 1 of the previous page. You can see the air start to leave from her formerly hopeful presentation.
MADISON
And the "but" is...?
Panel 2: Cut back to James in the same setting/layout as Panel 2. He looks up from the table toward the young woman; his shoulders on the table, and the rest of his body leaning forward.
JAMES
(explaining, trying to cheer her up)
I don't think I'm the right guy to run now. It's not that I don't think I can beat him- I've done that plenty of times to schmucks just like him. I just...think a fresher voice is needed to give the old sack of bones a run for his money. Someone to get him out of his comfort zone.
Panel 3: We move back to Madison, leaning against the chair at this point; the same setting/layout as Panel 3.
MADISON
(confused)
I've seen you in action, Uncle. The way you out Sullivan in that debate this past election...I think you're absolutely selling yourself short.
MADISON
(reacting to James' response; Bubble 2)
Yeah? Who?
JAMES
(Off-Panel)
Thank you for the flattery. But there's already a better choice to run here you haven't looked at.
Panel 4: Cut to a close-up on Mr. Brock's face a second later; a half-grin coming over his face as he finishes the rest of his response.
JAMES
...You!
Panel 5: A two-part set of panels that moves to a similarly framed close-up of Madison's face. At first, she is unsure what exactly her response should be. Then...
Panel 6: She tilts her head up to the ceiling and laughs hysterically at the ridiculousness of the statement from the family friend.
MADISON
(above her face)
HAHAHAHAHA....!
Page 14
Panel 1: Same setting/layout as the last panel of the previous page. The young woman stops laughing a few moments later and turns her head back to James with the same incredulous look on her face.
MADISON
(Cont.)
No way! I love politics. But I have no desire to run for Congress. The talking, the dealing with the densely insufferable...
Panel 2: Cut back to James at the other side of the table, nodding slightly in agreement though still steadfast in his initial assessment.
JAMES
I know, Maddie. But you're smart, funny, compassionate. You're a local girl who's done well for herself. That's precisely the type of person we need in D.C. You're certainly better than a lot of my colleagues back in Indianapolis...
Panel 3: A collection of three portraits of different state senators arranged together on a wall. Each one with a separate plaque at the bottom. To the far left, we see someone who looks a bit Louis Gohmert whose plaque reads- "Threw BFF under bus to please Rich donor." In the middle section is a younger, more photogenic man whose plaque reads- "Arrested for Mortgage Fraud, Re-elected 2 years later, arrested again for embezzlement of state funds." In the right section, we see another one who looks like a cross between Bill Clinton and Councilman Dexhart whose plaque reads- "Ran Fight Club in basement of State House."
Panel 4: We move back to Madison at Whisky's in the present day. She flashes a bit of a half-grin in regards to the last story James told.
MADISON
Oh God, I remember reading about Santora! Didn't he end up getting off on a technicality?
Panel 5: James chuckles mildly, leaning back on his chair and nodding in regards to the question. Though you can see a degree of annoyance on his face connected to a separate part of the rest of the story.
JAMES
Yep. A $10,000 "technicality," to be exact.
Panel 6: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A moment later, the look of sarcasm and anger has faded from his face, replaced by the glow of hope that we saw at the end of Page 13.
JAMES
(Cont.)
That's why you're perfect to go against him. You know the city, but aren't burdened by the "Insider" label. Also, you can throw the stuck-up religious zealot for a loop with your own Aspiepowers.