Daylight Saving, Issue 5: Part 1.1

Page 101

Panel 1: A week later, Brie is in the living room of their apartment, quickly eating the rest of their breakfast in anticipation of the magazine hitting newsstands. You can see the young person's cell phone in front of the bowl, where the other part of our relationship is chiming in.

Caption

151 Days Till Slingshot Back

KAYLA

(from the receiver)

It's not necessarily a guarantee it'll come out today.

BRIE

True, but this is the day of the week the last couple of Rolling Stones have come out. Logic would dictate it'd come now.

Panel 2: Back to Kayla in the studio, doing the finishing touches on a piece while holding the phone with the other hand. 

KAYLA

Ya know what's also logical? Admitting that you're completely terrified what it’ll look like. And what the world will think of you once it’s out.

BRIE

(from the receiver)

Hahaha...I've spent most of the nearly seven months in the year 2000 as a "divisive figure" to most people.

KAYLA

(Bubble 2)

True. You've also spent it as someone a good chunk of people thought was a fictional character.

Panel 3: Action shot of Mx. Benoit drinking the milk of their bowl while their partner finishes the rest of her point.

KAYLA

(Cont., from the receiver)

It’s perfectly understandable to be mourning the loss of that anonymity, and terrified of the amount of people who now have a face to their death threats and epithets.

Panel 4: They place the bowl back on the table top a few moments later; a sizable rock forming in the pit of their throat.

BRIE

Right...hadn’t thought of that!

KAYLA

(from the receiver)

Sorry. Luckily, you've got me to protect you. That and all that future tech of yours.

Panel 5: Mx. Benoit is back on their feet and to the side of the table when a bright idea pops into their head.

BRIE

(reaching for the phone)

Fair point. Speaking of which, there’s something I’ve been meaning to try to get there.

Panel 6: In the doorway to their apartment, we see the young person strapping on the pair of what looks like skater shoes, though with a bulkier sole underneath. 

Caption

(Cont., Brie)

"See you tonight for date night/celebration/drown my sorrows- love you."

Caption

(Kayla)

"Love you too..."

Page 102

Panel 1: They stretch their right foot out, and taps it semi-hard on the ground; a string of energy shooting out from the tip as a result of the action.

BRIE

(thought bubble)

Even with the threat to my mortal being, I'm still kind of excited to use these Zippers more often. 

(thought bubble 2)

Though not enough it freaks people out, or gets the military banging down my door.  

Panel 2: Action shot of the young person a few moments later walking through the portal toward the other side. You can see the door to their apartment just closing shut in the background.

BRIE

(Cont., thought bubble)

There's something this time period needs: an overactive military who can appear through great distances in seconds.

Panel 3: The setting around Brie changes a few moments later, as the portal closes behind them, to show a busy-ish sidewalk in Glendale. They look to a right at the Galleria as it comes into view off-panel.

Panel 4: They walk across the ground floor lobby of the Glendale Galleria minutes later in the direction of the newsstand, which is partly visible to the upper right. You can see the eyes of some customers glancing at their direction.

Panel 5: As Mx. Benoit nears the aforementioned newsstand, the sight of the Rolling Stone becomes partly in focus. What's also in focus is the newsstand owner who gives the young person a suspicious glare as they come toward.

Panel 6: Close-up on the August 31, 2000 cover of Rolling Stone with Keanu Reeves on the cover. In the part of the cover where Limp Bizkit was featured (in our timeline), here we see the tantalizing title for the article: "The Real Brie Benoit Exposed!: Why the Future’s Screwed (and What We Can Do About It)”

BRIE

(Off-Panel)

Ugh! That's a total misrepresentation of what I said.