The Community, Issue 1: Part 4.2
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Panel 1: Standing in the center of an ever encroaching invisible box, Seanna moves around to each side trying to find a way off.
ENTITY
(stretching over the top of the panel view)
Choose life...Choose life...Choose life...
SEANNA
(to the entity)
Energy box- the hell...?
(Bubble 2)
If you're gonna kill me, whatever you are- do it quickly. This afterlife you've made...certainly beats what was happening back Earthside.
Panel 2: They stop around the center part of the invisible box glancing straight at the reader/the entity's position. In the background, you can see the ring of fire moving perilously closer to the young person.
ENTITY
(stretching over the top of the panel view)
Choose life...Choose life...Choose life...Choose life...
SEANNA
(suddenly despondent)
I'm gonna miss all that beauty out there. The chance to see the Kings become a good basketball team again. Worst of all- Mom...
(Bubble 2)
She'd just gotten over Dad's death. I can't imagine how...
Panel 3: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. At that moment, a beam of light emerges and hits Watkins square on their forehead. There's a sense of sudden, enlightening realization on their face at this point; the fires moving closer and closer to contact.
ENTITY
(stretching over the top of the panel view)
Choose life...
SEANNA
Oh, that's what you meant! I...I get it now.
Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. The light that was on the forehead has grown now to take in the top half of their body. For the first time, the flames freeze as they were before touching the young person.
ENTITY
(stretching over the top of the panel view)
Choose life...
SEANNA
(Cont., accepting)
If that's how I get back, so be it.
Panel 5: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A few moments later, an explosion of bright white light hits Seanna, seemingly incinerating them save for an outline.
ENTITY
(stretching over the top of the panel view)
Choose life...
SEANNA
(connected to the Entity)
Choose life...!
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Panel 1: The setting is entirely white all around. No sign of any character or any type of plane of existence.
Panel 2: Same layout as the previous panel. The setting though has changed slightly, showing what looks like a set of ceiling lights you'd find in a hospital waiting room. The only sound coming is the steady beep of an EKG machine from the lower right corner.
Panel 3: A few moments later, we see the POV change a little, showing a section of the hospital room they're in; the window to the right of the panel view, gleaming with a touch of afternoon sun.
SEANNA
(Off-Panel, thought bubble)
Hello ceiling, and weird hospital smells- kinda missed you.
SEANNA
(Off-Panel, thought bubble 2)
Wonder how long I've been out. Maybe Mom will fill me in on--
Panel 4: Cut to Seanna at the bed, strapped with EKG sensors; an IV injection in their left arm that starts pushing back out of his skin as this goes on. They crane their neck up in visible pain trying to catch a breath.
Panel 5: Slight close-up on Watkins; the setting and layout similar to the previous panel. Moments have passed, and you can see the tube sliding out of their mouth as if it had a mind of its own. Through these panels, the EKG somehow keeps on its steady pace.
Panel 6: The deed done a short time later, Seanna looks at the end result as they catch their breath. You can see a look of shock and puzzlement in their eyes.
SEANNA
(weakly)
How...did I...?
ANNA
(Off-Panel, to Seanna)
Seanna?