Rock The Vouhhhnn!, Chapter 7: Part 4.1
Page 172 (Chapter 7, Page 19)
Panel 1: Cut to a shot of LEELA standing a few feet from the table and closing in. She’s dressed in a pair of leggings and a light shirt with a Monet painting at the center of it. She’s also wearing a bright orange purse with multiple pockets and a steel strap.
LEELA
(Cont., looking Nate over)
Definitely cuter than I thought you’d be.
Panel 2: Back to Nate letting out a slight chuckle as she takes her seat at the table; a coy look on his face as he speaks.
NATE
Thanks. I--didn’t really hear much about you. But you are...definitely cute.
NATE
(Bubble 2; reacting to Panel 3, Bubble 1)
Uhhh…
Panel 3: Cut to a shot of Leela in an action shot a split second before she takes her seat. She flashes a disconcerting look in terms of what he said in the previous panel.
LEELA
Thanks. One quick question- is this some bucket list kink thing for you?
Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel, a second later. The woman lets out a steady laugh which breaks the brief moment of anxiety that followed between here and the previous panel.
LEELA
(playful)
I’m just kidding! I always do that with potential Secondaries. I get a chuckle and, on occasion, a tip off that he or she’s the absolute worst. I’m guessing Ro didn’t warn you about that.
LEELA
(Bubble 2; reacting to Panel 5, Bubble 1)
Ah, Franny! That was a pretty good one. There’s another prank I did with a secondary just before Franny- Amanda.
Panel 5: Back to a shot of Nate’s face, shaking firmly in regards to the last part of Leela’s statement from the previous panel. He does his best to flash a smile as a way to lessen the anxiety from earlier.
NATE Not so much. She did talk about a prank that you did with a secondary years ago- Francois. Something to do with a bull horn and fake eels, I think...
NATE
(Bubble 2; reacting to Panel 4, Bubble 2)
What happened?
Page 173 (Chapter 7, Page 20)
Panel 1: A two-part set of panels that focuses on Leela going through the bulk of the story that was hinted at at the end of the previous page. The layout of the table is similar to what we saw in the previous page as both of them haven’t ordered anything up to this point.
Caption
(Dialogue bridging Panel 1 and Panel 2)
A harrowing story involving traffic jams, an industrious stray cat, and an industrial-sized jar of cherry jam on the inside of a Chevy Durango pickup truck.
Panel 2: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. We start things back in normal time; the presence of drinks placed in front of both of them to signify the passage of time.
NATE
(chuckles, to Leela)
Could’ve turned out worse- thank Carol it didn’t...
LEELA
(agreeing nod, to Nate) True true…
NATE
(Bubble 2)
Wait, is cherry jam toxic to cats?
Panel 3: Cut to a slight close-up on Leela a moment later, grabbing the top edge of her glass with her thumb, fore and middle fingers. She shrugs in regards to the question from the previous panel, flashing the look of someone who hasn’t thought about that in a while.
LEELA
Not sure. I kept the stray away from where I plopped it though. Amanda was a big cat woman, and she would’ve killed me if there was a dead Tabby in her passenger seat.
Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A beat later, we see the woman raise the glass up in preparation to take a drink.
LEELA
(Cont.)
But that’s ancient history, and she’s with an office drone somewhere in Eastern Idaho. So…
[chuckles]...definitely dodged a bullet there!
NATE
(Off-Panel) How did it happen, if I may ask?
LEELA
(Bubble 2)
...Another time.
Panel 5: Cut back to Mr. Kelly on the other side of the table, pondering the edge of the question thrown his way at the end of her statement. You can see his right hand on the table; its fingers just in front of the glass.
LEELA
(Cont., Off-Panel)
So, what kind of weird/funny red is in your Ledger Natey boy?
NATE
(ponderous)
Ohh...there’s a long, Russo-sized story. Let me see if I can tell it in under an hour.