We open in the middle of a cape fight; two supers are brawling. One - codename Mydas - is a squat white man with curly red hair and a showy blue costume modeled vaguely after a sea turtle. The other - codename Fallen - is a simply-dressed young, tall, olive-skinned woman with two pairs of wings with feathers the same dark brown as her long hair.
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PANEL 1: Large, establishing shot that engulfs the full width of the page. Floodwaters swirl around the floor of a crowded, dirty arena illuminated by harsh spotlights that create deep shadows. People of various states shapes and size - some who look like rowdy vagabonds, others wearing casual clothes, and even a sparse few in what looks like cape attire - watch the fight, cheering and jeering. Mydas is seen from a bird's eye view; Fallen’s face is not visible, but her shoulders and wings are seen from behind as she flies above the water.
PANEL 2: Mydas grins viciously and makes fists with both hands, and he raises them from his sides to the sky. The water can be seen rippling strangely at his knees, but he is unfazed by its presence. Makes a row with panels 3 and 4.
PANEL 3: Two huge arms made of water - each about as big around as Mydas himself - lift upward on either side of Mydas with the hydrokinetic clearly in control of them. A cheer erupts from the crowd, many of whom are chanting for Mydas’s success. This appears to be a popular trick of Mydas’s. Makes a row with panels 2 and 4.
PANEL 4: Close shot of Fallen’s face as she realizes her situation. She is startled and scared. Makes a row with panels 2 and 3.
CROWD: “Finish her!”
PANEL 5: Small, inlaid panel (over panel 6) of a few crowd members cheering. They are raucous, loud, and excited.
PANEL 6: Much larger panel. The watery hands clap together with a deafening crash, the waves splashing around as the hands merge.
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PANEL 1: Panel takes up half the page horizontally; makes a row with panel 2. Mydas tilts his head. His posture is confident and he has a cocky expression.
MYDAS: “You ready to cry uncle, Fallen?”
PANEL 2: Panel takes up half the page horizontally; makes a row with panel 1. The watery hands remain clasped, but a strange golden glow is forming within them.
PANEL 3: Thin horizontal panel centered below panels 1 and 2, above panel 4. The background is very dark for the most part; the floodlights don’t reach up this high. The light in the hands turns golden as they explode in a burst of droplets. Fallen appears, wings outstretched to form an X-shape. The light comes from Fallen herself, originating behind her and creating a powerful silhouette of her. Fallen's wings exit the panel borders.
PANEL 4: Slightly wider horizontal panel centered below panel 3. Medium shot of Fallen to show the expression on her face and the weight of her wings as she flies above the tower of water. She’s a little damp, but no worse for wear. Her fists are clenched and her expression is one of grim determination
PANEL 5: Wide, profile shot of the whole arena below panel 4. Mydas is panicked, trying to recall the water back to himself; the water isn’t moving fast enough. Fallen streaks ahead, wings locked back in a dive position. The crowd is in an uproar, shocked that Fallen seems to be turning the tables.
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PANEL 1: Fallen extends her wings, catching the air. This should be a fairly large panel to show that this maneuver is taking place across Fallen’s entire descent. Forms a row with panel 1.
PANEL 2: Fallen swivels her body, locking her right foot into a kicking position. This should be a fairly large panel to show that this maneuver is taking place across Fallen’s entire descent. Forms a row with panel 2.
PANEL 3: WHAM! Fallen’s foot smacks against Mydas’s face. This panel is cut in half by the slanted border of panel 4.
PANEL 4: Mydas drops, falling harmlessly into the shallow water, with a red scrape on his cheek where Fallen struck. His mask is ajar from the hit.
PANEL 5: Worm’s eye view of Fallen standing over Mydas with one eyebrow raised. The tower of water is falling into the rest of the arena now, beginning to behave like water again as Mydas is no longer exercising control over it. Forms a row with panel 6 and takes up approximately 2/3 of the horizontal space.
PANEL 6: Close shot of Fallen’s face. She has one hand on her hip and with the other, she’s wiping her hair back behind one ear.
FALLEN: “What was that about me crying uncle?”
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