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1.)
(In the mode of the weekend editions of daily comics once more, we see an introductory splash panel. A title about
Arsonella looks fancy, embossed and adorned with a bat and a pumpkin. She stands before spike-mounted skulls and smoke,
and a snake-like Minchin looms above. Her arms are crossed and holding two pistols..)
TITLE: Arsonella Jones in "Hunt for a Killer"
2.)
(Arsonella and her new friend the crowgirl stalk through a rough stone tower, moon high above the open roof. Arsonella is all fierce determination, clutching a longsword with both hands. On a level above them, a crowboy sorcerer has opened a pot from which an extra
snakey Minchin extends, his head nearly upon the ladies.)
ARSONELLA: IT'S QUIET TOO QUIET.
3.)
(Gracie and Arsonella are in martial arts outfits. Gracie is in the air with arms crane like, leaping
above Arsonella's kick. A wizened master smokes a pipe as he observes from the background.)
GRACIE: YOUR STYLE IS INFERIOR!
ARSONELLA: KI-YA
4.)
(Farley and Gracie have guns to each others heads in a room full of flames.)
FARLEY: HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO?
ARSONELLA: ALL THE WAY.
5.)
(Arsonella swings away from an exploding building by a rope. Is it tied to a helicopter? Looks like a landing skid in the top corner of the panel. Behind her in the building, doomed gunmen hang out of the windows above
the fire. She grips a knife in her teeth and a baby in one arm, while the crowgirl clings to her other side.)
EXPLOSION: BKKOOM
6.)
(A bus pulls up in front of an apartment. We see speech balloons coming from the bus.)
CROWGIRL: THIS IS ME.
ARSONELLA: NOT BAD.
CROWGIRL: WAIT 'TIL YOU SEE INSIDE.
7.)
(Inside the apartment, the ladies embrace while moths circle the light overhead. It's a CANC scenario - Clothed Arsonella, Nude Crowgirl.)
ARSONELLA: SO DORIS, HOW IS IT THAT NO ONE CAN FIND MINCHIN?
CROWGIRL: THAT'S EASY. HE DWELLS IN THE PLACES BETWEEN WORLDS...
8.)
(Later, Doris the crowgirl sees Arsonella away at the door.)
CROWGIRL: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CALL, ARE YOU? YOU'RE WITH SOMEONE.
ARSONELLA: YEAH.
9.)
(Arsonella turns to leave, the door closed behind her. She looks emotionally and physically defeated.)
ARSONELLA: SIGH |