Date Posted: 11.22.1997
View is completely black for ten seconds--an eternity. There is no sound during this time. Peaceful. Sound comes back rapidly now. Quiet at first, but volume goes up quickly. We hear (2)SYL gasp for breath and then the view flashes rapidly with the following images: ECU. ARAN'S FACE, FROM THAT FIRST NIGHT. HIS EYE MOVES SLIGHTLY. EXT. A NIGHT SKY. THE MOON IS ROTTING. ECU. A WIREWITCH EYE. THE SWIRLING IN IT FORMS A SKULL. EXT. AN ALLEY. A DARK FIGURE COVERED IN SHADOWS. THE FIGURE IS LAUGHING. CU. JACK. SHE'S HOLDING HER SEVERED HAIR STALKS. HER BODY CONVULSES. INT. A CLEAR, LEVITATING SPHERE. INSIDE IS A HUMAN FIGURE BATHED IN FLAMES. A GIGANTIC TALONED FOOT BEGINS TO DESCEND. ECU. AN EOA ROARING, IT'S MOUTH FILLED WITH BLUE BLOOD. THE EOA BLINKS. CU. BLUE BLOOD AND RED BLOOD STREAMING DOWN BARE LEGS AND MIXING IN A SMALL POOL IN-BETWEEN. EXT. ARAN, UNMOVING. HIS BODY BURSTS AS HIS MACHINERY INSIDES CRAWL OUT OF HIS SKIN. CU. THE WARLOCK 3-43 LEANING IN TO DELIVER THE WITCHKISS. HIS TEETH GLISTEN, DRIPPING WITH BROWN EOA BLOOD. EXT. SYL, OUTSIDE HERSELF, LOOKING AT HERSELF. SHE'S KNEELING NAKED IN A WASTELAND. SHE'S COVERED IN BLUE BLOOD. IN HER RIGHT HAND IS A HAIR STALK. IN HER LEFT HAND IS ARAN'S SHREDDED TRENCHCOAT. View pauses then FADES TO BLACK. View is completely black for ten seconds--an infinity. There is no sound during this time. White noise. Sound comes back in a flash. Sounds are overly loud. (2)SYL
inhales as view goes from black to JACK's face. JACK is leaning close,
concerned.
(2)SYL's hand comes up, resting on her forehead, framing the view. JACK is barely visible.
(2)SYL's hands lower. (2)SYL's view of JACK is no longer blocked.
View swings back and forth. The two are on the side of the street in the shadows. No other people can be seen.
JACK looks around, then turns back to (2)SYL.
The view rises. (2)SYL blinks. Black veil scrolls down the screen and then up again. Time has passed. View is in slow-motion now. (2)SYL sees: EXT. BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINE DOWN, ILLUMINATING CROWDS OF PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE ARE DRESSED IN RAGS, HUDDLING TOGETHER FOR WARMTH. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. A MAN LEANS AGAINST A BUILDING. HIS LEFT ARM IS ROBOTIC--A MASS OF TWISTED FLESH AND METAL. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. A STREET DOCTOR BECKONS FROM AN ALLEY. HIS EYES ARE GLOWING RED AND HE HAS NO TEETH. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. A YOUNG GIRL WITH PURPLE HAIR AND METAL FANGS AND NO SHOES BACKS AWAY FROM THREE SMALL ADOLESCENTS. THE ADOLESCENTS SWARM HER, BUT RETREAT WHEN THE GIRL REVEALS HER FOUR ARMS AND KILLS ONE OF HER ATTACKERS. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. A FIGHT BREAKS OUT AMONG TWO WOMEN. NEITHER HAVE HAIR AND BOTH BARE ROBOTIC LIMBS. ONE OF THE WOMEN SPITS ACID AND THE OTHER WOMAN GOES DOWN SCREAMING, CLAWING HER EYES. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. AN ANIMAL THAT CAN'T BE DESCRIBED LIES AGAINST A WALL. IT HAS NO LEGS AND BLEEDS FROM A WOUND IN ITS SIDE. (2)SYL BLINKS EXT. A GIANT DOMED BUILDING IS SET APART FROM THE OTHERS. IT'S PAINTED IN BRIGHT, GARISH COLORS AND WILD PATTERNS. (2)SYL BLINKS (2)SYL BLINKS (2)SYL BLINKS SWING TO: THE GROUND (2)SYL's feet are there.
SWING TO: THE DOMED BUILDING.
SWING TO: JACK
View swings to up. The sign is so big that it is partially hidden by nearby buildings. The sign is lit up with particle glow tubing and mirror inversion pulsars. It is so bright and garish that it is hard to read, but the sign reads: Underneath the sign is a newer sign which reads:
SWING TO: JACK
SWING TO: THE DOMED BUILDING |
Date Posted: 11.25.1997
View moves forward as (2)SYL walks towards the entrance to the circus. JACK is off to the right and a little ahead. Her head is down in order to better hide her face. The circus is gaudy and loud, bright lights glaring and blaring into the view.
View moves through the entrance to the circus. This place is gigantic, spanning many city sectors. There are booths everywhere. Garish displays of freakish nightmare natures abound at every turn of the view. INT. ROBOTS JUGGLING. THEY REMOVE VARIOUS LIMBS AND TOSS THEM BETWEEN EACH OTHER. (2)SYL BLINKS INT. A SMALL CIRCULAR STAGE. A WIREWITCH STANDS DISPLAYED THERE, HEAD DROOPED, BEATEN. THE FAINT GLOW OF PULSE SHIELDING CAN BE SEEN SURROUNDING THE STAGE. A CROWD SURROUNDS, THEIR MOUTHS OPEN. A SIGN ON THE STAGE READS: "LIVING PROOF OF THE BASTARDIZATION OF HUMANITY." SOMEONE THROWS AN OBJECT AT THE SHIELD, CURSING. THE OBJECT DISINTEGRATES. (2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS View continues on. Only a few eyes lock with (2)SYL's. The
rest remain fixed on the ground or on some distant attraction.
A voice cuts JACK off. The voice is a rumbling deep modulation..
View swivels, attempting to find the source of the voice.
View continues to swivel. No source located yet.
SWING TO: WHERE JACK IS POINTING. Not far away is a man standing in the middle of a crowd. The crowd
seems to flow around him, giving him room without really noticing him.
He is a strange sort of figure, as it appears that he has attached bladed
and spiked pieces of metal to his entire body. The most noticeable
part of his attire is the crown on his head which has spikes which extend
several feet above his head. The figure beckons with an arm gesture.
View moves toward THE RIVOT BOT. As it gets closer, it is apparent that he is smiling. He has an abnormally wide smile which is as wide as his face. JACK isn't visible because she's standing behind (2)SYL.
CALAMITY CARL's voice changes. Suddenly, his voice is serious--different. There is urgency there.
(2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS And CALAMITY CARL is gone. |
Date Posted: 11.30.1997
View is in slow motion, panning around in a complete circle.
View comes to stop on JACK.
JACK's eye reflects a twinkle and then view moves from JACK back to (2)SYL walking forward. The view swings back and forth as (2)SYL scans the crowd and the chaos around her. INT. TWIN ANDROIDS BECKONING TOWARDS THE DOORWAY TO SOME BIZZARE ATTRACTION (2)SYL BLINKS INT. THREE MEN WITH BALD HEADS AND PRISTINE WHITE TRENCHCOATS AND YELLOW VISOR GLASSES STARING BACK AT (2)SYL. AT FIRST THEY HAVE SMILES, BUT THEY QUICKLY FADE TO HARD LOOKS. (2)SYL BLINKS INT. A GIGANTIC STAGE LIT WITH PALE GREEN GLOW TUBES. A ROBOTIC SNAKE IS DISPLAYED AS A WIDE BACKDROP. THE SNAKE HAS NO HEAD AND THE WOUND IS GUSHING GREEN LIQUID. ON THE STAGE DANCE TWO PAINTED FIGURES. (2)SYL BLINKS
INT. THE FIGURES ON STAGE ARE TAKING TURNS BEATING THE STAGE WITH ROBOTIC LIMBS. THE CROWD WATCHING IS COMPLETELY SILENT, APPARENTLY MESMERIZED BY THE REPETITIVE THUMPING.
View freezes on Serpentblood for a moment. After a few seconds, lines of distortion can be seen.
View moves into the watching crowd. The crowd is silent, but not unmoving. View is jostled and jerky. (2)SYL closes her eyes and all that can be sensed is the beat. SOUND: ROBOTIC LIMBS HITTING THE STAGE.
SOUND: (2)SYL'S HEARTBEAT. At first it is out of sync with the banging of Serpentblood, but after a few beats her heart and the banging are beating simultaneously. (2)SYL's eyes open. The crowd is pulsing, swaying with the monotonous
beat. Most of the crowd has their eyes closed. The few that
have their eyes open have only blank stares.
(2)SYL BLINKS
(2)SYL BLINKS View begins to turn slowly towards JACK. The crowd sways and JACK sways with it. But as JACK comes into view, it is evident that JACK has thrown off her cloak. Though she still wears her black skinsuit, the fact that she is a wirewitch is exposed to the crowd.
JACK's blue skin sparkles in the glow of the lights as her naked hair stalks wave and wriggle to the beat. |
Date Posted: 12.09.1997
JACK is only a few steps away, but the crowd is pressed close. View pushes forward towards JACK.
(2)SYL reaches JACK and grabs her arm. View focuses on JACK's face. Her eyes are still, unflowing. Her head moves side to side with the beat. (2)SYL shakes her.
JACK's eyes begin to flow again. She stops swaying.
JACK ducks out of view. View pans around.
View continues to pan, searching. JACK's head pops up. She's wearing her cloak and hood once again. Her face is not visible.
View follows JACK as the two make their way out of the crowd. As they wander towards an exit, view continues to jerk left and right and even back in search of anybody or anything following. Nothing is obvious. They exit the circus.
(2)SYL pauses, looking at JACK, but she doesn't say anything.
View swings back to forward as the two continue away from the circus. But the situation turns tense as we suddenly know that somebody is following them. SOUND: MULTIPLE MUFFLED FOOTSTEPS.
View swings to the side, towards JACK.
View swings to a wide alley where JACK is pointing.
View follows JACK into the alley, just off of the main street. JACK stops and view spins to face the street. Three figures stand silhouetted against the dim glares of lights from the street. The three are virtually identical in all aspects. They wear white trenchcoats and yellow visors. They are bald.
View swings to JACK. Her cloak lies on the ground. She is changing, her body increasing size. Spikes and blades appear all over her bare skin. Her teeth elongate and sharpen.
But JACK is cut off as the view goes bright green. SOUND: HIGH-PITCHED WHINE. JACK is thrown to the ground by some force, her body bathed in green tendrils of energy. CU: JACK'S BODY QUIVERS WITH THE GREEN ENERGY ASSAULTING HER. View swings up. The three figures blocking the exit flicker and
disappear. They are only holograms. View swings to the dark
end of the alley, where the three real Dokks are standing. They are
advancing calmly.
There is movement from one of the Dokks and green energy streaks towards the view. SOUND: (2)SYL GRUNTING. View jerks back just before it goes completely green. View stays green for ten full seconds. SOUND: (2)SYL WHISPERING. HER WORDS ARE UNINTELLIGIBLE. SMALL MOANS CAN BE HEARD. View snaps to crisp and clear again. CU. A DOKK FACE AS HE LEANS IN CLOSE TO (2)SYL. IT IS EVIDENT THAT (2)SYL IS BEING PUSHED UP AGAINST THE ALLEY WALL. View turns to the right. JACK is a few feet away, standing up,
but pressed against the wall by another Dokk. JACK is back to her
normal form. She is shorter than the Dokk, her head only coming to
the middle of his chest. JACK is silent except for her heavy breathing.
Her eyelids are drooping.
View is jerked back as the Dokk holding (2)SYL yanks her head to face him.
DOKK ONE smiles slowly. He has perfect teeth. He doesn't move for a moment, then he begins to laugh. The other two Dokks join him.
DOKK ONE's eyes go down, surveying (2)SYL's body.
View swivels to the left. The third Dokk stands there with a device in his hand. He points it at JACK and then at (2)SYL. Static invades the view for a second then stops.
View swings back to DOKK ONE.
CU. DOKK ONE'S EYES, GLARING THROUGH HIS YELLOW VISOR.
SOUND: FAINT STATIC BUZZING. IT SEEMS TO COME FROM FAR AWAY. DOKK ONE stops talking. He pulls back a few inches. His
smile is gone.
SOUND: STATIC. A LITTLE LOUDER NOW.
View swivels to the right, to DOKK TWO. He pulls JACK's face close to his. His tongue extends, almost touching her cheek, but it stops short. View swivels back to DOKK ONE.
DOKK's hand comes into view, in front of (2)SYL's face. View swivels down, following the hand. It hovers, centimeters away from (2)SYL's breasts.
SOUND: STATIC. IT'S A CONSTANT HUM NOW. The view breaks up periodically. View swivels up to DOKK ONE's face. An obviously insane smile cracks. View jerks back down to DOKK ONE's hand. It moves to touch (2)SYL. Her body recoils as she inhales, but he touches her breasts anyway. SOUND: (2)SYL RELEASES A GROWL AND THE HARSH BUZZ OF STATIC DROWNS OUT ALL OTHER NOISES. |
Date Posted: 12.10.1997
(2)SYL BLINKS. THE STATIC COVERING THE VIEW DISAPPEARS. SOUND: GRINDING STATIC CAN BE HEARD CONTINUOUSLY. NO OTHER SOUNDS CAN BE HEARD. View swings up to DOKK ONE's face. He's grinning lewdly. THE STATIC SOUND STOPS.
SOUND: LOUD GRINDING STATIC. DOKK ONE's face goes blank. Then his body jerks with an impact
and his eyes go vacant. View swings down to his chest. (2)SYL's
fist is buried deep inside it. DOKK's hand is no longer touching
(2)SYL's chest. No blood is visible until (2)SYL moves her hand inside
him, grinding his insides. Her forearm muscles are moving and working.
Blood finally seeps downward, spilling onto the street. View swings
up to DOKK ONE's face.
STATIC FILLS THE VIEW. (2)SYL BLINKS. THE STATIC COVERING THE VIEW DISAPPEARS. View swings to the right, where DOKK TWO is holding JACK against the wall. His tongue is back in his mouth, but it is open slightly in shock. He mouths invectives which can't be heard over the static. View advances as DOKK TWO shoves JACK behind him. JACK slumps to the ground and DOKK TWO reaches under his trenchcoat, pulling out his weapon. He raises it and fires. View jerks downward and spins around as (2)SYL dives to the ground, sliding on her back. She is now facing the dark end of the alley where DOKK THREE had been standing. The green energy beams from DOKK TWO's weapon nail DOKK THREE dead on. DOKK THREE goes down in a heap, the weapon he was trying to use and the other device he had go flying. STATIC FILLS THE VIEW. (2)SYL BLINKS. THE STATIC COVERING THE VIEW DISAPPEARS. View twirls around as (2)SYL goes on her hands and knees, rushing at DOKK TWO. Red liquid slides down the view in small streaks. (2)SYL has blood in her eye. Half of the screen goes red. View collides with DOKK TWO and he goes flying backward, falling back towards JACK's body. View holds and JACK's eyes open. She is on her back and sees DOKK TWO about to fall on top of her. Her skinsuit around her midsection begins to raise as if something is growing from her stomach. A thin spike pokes through the material, growing longer with every moment. DOKK TWO falls, impaling himself on the spike. Death is instantaneous as the spike can be seen exiting through his neck. The spike continues to elongate. It is purple with blue skin and red blood. STATIC FILLS THE VIEW. (2)SYL BLINKS. THE STATIC COVERING THE VIEW DISAPPEARS. View glances at JACK. (2)SYL's hand extends into view and pulls DOKK TWO's deadweight off of JACK. She does it with one hand. JACK attempts to sit up, but view is already moving to DOKK TWO's dropped weapon. It is a small hand weapon, curved and compact. (2)SYL holds it up close to the view. It is difficult to see because of the red obscuring half the view. (2)SYL's hand comes close, wiping the red away. The view is mostly clear. View spins towards the dark end of the alley where DOKK THREE is lying, sprawled where he fell. View approaches and (2)SYL stands over him. He is unconscious, but still breathing. (2)SYL kneels, bringing the weapon down, it's barrel resting against his chin. SOUND: GRATING STATIC INCREASES IN VOLUME. (2)SYL pushes DOKK THREE's mouth open with the gun and pushes the barrel in. SOUND: JACK YELLING IN THE DISTANCE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE OUT WHAT SHE'S SAYING. (2)SYL pulls the trigger. DOKK THREE's mouth and eyes flash green for a moment and then his head is obliterated in an explosion of green snake energy tails and red gore. Blood bathes the view once again, but is wiped away by (2)SYL's hand. View is still streaked and smudged, but it is possible to see. View backs off from DOKK THREE as (2)SYL stands up. Where there should be a head, there is only a gigantic stain. (2)SYL drops the weapon. It spins downward, the sound of it's impact with the ground lost in the static still buzzing. STATIC FILLS THE VIEW. (2)SYL BLINKS. THE STATIC COVERING THE VIEW DISAPPEARS. View spins, coming face to face with JACK. A huge red stain covers JACK's entire chest. Her navel can be seen through the hole in her skinsuit. Her hairstalks are not moving and her shoulders are hunched. She is talking, her eyes serious, but all that can be heard is the static. SOUND: ABRUPTLY, THE STATIC STOPS. BUT NOW THERE IS NO NOISE AT ALL. COMPLETE SILENCE REIGNS. View moves downward. (2)SYL's lower body is thoroughly contaminated with blood and chunks. Her hands open and move toward the view. They are streaked with blood. Her hands move closer and closer and (2)SYL puts her hands over her eyes and the view goes to crimson until we... FADE TO BLACK
END OF ACT I |