PAGE ONE
TIMESTAMP: A planet called "Aerth".
TIMESTAMP: A... different Earth.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP: 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Twenty minutes ago.
V: Hahaha! A full century!
V: If my old cohorts could see me now!
V: A wizened sage...
V: Master of the craft...
V: Guardian of lost secrets...
V: Oh, Elizabeth...
V: How dare they call me a failure?
PAGE TWO
TIMESTAMP: Aerth.
TIMESTAMP: The South Seas.
TIMESTAMP: 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Just Last Week.
EN: Emperors and sultans. Ministers and tycoons.
EN: How they covet my secrets, to the world's ruination!
EN: And you want me to meet with this... fool?
PAGE THREE
EN: Frankly, I question your loyalty.
EN: Speak quickly. You may save your life.
BD: This Victor Frankenstein. He's found a way.
BD: He can combine them both. With a host.
EN: And...?
BD: I think he can do it. Bypass your "Pathways".
EN: Then Victor Frankenstein must die!
PAGE FOUR
TIMESTAMP: Aerth's Moon.
TIMESTAMP: City of the Moonfolk
TIMESTAMP: 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Only Yesterday.
AQ: How many came through?
YI: We know of two, so far.
DS: Have they contacted anyone else?
AQ: We must secure both prototypes.
YI: They have contacted someone. Victor Frankenstein.
DS: Surely this can't be allowed?
AQ: Bring us these two. Kill Victor Frankenstein.
PAGE FIVE.1a/b thru .5a/b
TIMESTAMP: "Our" Earth.
TIMESTAMP: 1970.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP: One hundred years in the future.
TIMESTAMP: A universe away...
Five.1a/b (briefcase moment)
BD: They wanted us to steal it. (Organism)
WS: We worked together, as usual. (Mechanism)
Five.2a/b (BD in Suit, Kestrel tinkers with Organism/Mechanism, WS with Conveyance)
BD: And, as usual, to study it. (Organism)
WS: We reverse-engineered it. (Mechanism)
Five.3a/b (spaceport bar? hotel pool? Penelope Shaw looks on)
BD: They said it had "endless possibilities." (Organism)
WS: They warned of "grave repercussions." (Mechanism)
Five.4 (the hot kiss)
BD: But I had my own ideas. (hot embrace, Penelope Shaw looks on)
WS; I'll admit it, I let it get personal. (hot embrace, Penelope Shaw looks on)
Five.5 (BD, Suit, Organism, Kestrel, Remote, Mechanism, Conveyance, WS)
BD/WS: What were we thinking? What were we thinking? (Organism and Mechanism)
PAGE FIVE.6a & b
TIMESTAMP: Aerth.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP: 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Just Last Month.
Western Spy 1870 and Mechanism with Victor
WS: It was... dying?
WS: I thought he could fix it.
WS: Another mistake.
V: Now, now. Victor won't hurt you!
Bamboo Dancer 1870 and Organism with Victor
BD: The poor thing.
BD: I didn't realize how sick he was.
BD: What could I do?
V: Stop wiggling! Just a little piece!
PAGE SIX
TIMESTAMP: Aerth.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP; 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Fifteen minutes ago.
panel 1 - silhouette with skull
V: They all doubted me, Elizabeth. Even you.
panel 2 - toss
V: You're dead to me, now.
panel 3 - monster gulps skull
V: I'm married to my work.
Ziz: GULP!
PAGE SEVEN
V: I love my work.
PAGES EIGHT, NINE, TEN
TIMESTAMP: Aerth.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP; 1870.
Nearby, not far away, just over that hill.
Ten, nine, eight minutes ago.
SEE SCRIPT
PAGE ELEVEN
Silver Arm is bounding off toward the action.
Golden Lion (facing reader?): This is peaceful?
PAGE TWELVE
TIMESTAMP: Aerth.
TIMESTAMP: China.
TIMESTAMP; 1870.
TIMESTAMP: Now.
panel 1
A: It has been a long journey, Victor.
A: Correcting your mistakes. Erasing them. Righting your very numerous wrongs.
A: But I'm here now.
panel 2
V: Are you an old assistant, bent on revenge? One of my creations? Lover of some slighted maiden?
panel 3
A: I brought you a birthday present, Victor.
panel 4
A: We should have a chat.
panel 5
A: I'd absolutely kill for a cup of tea.
panel 6
V: My birthday? How would you know about...?
panel 7
A: We share a birthday, Victor.
panel 8
A: After all. I'm you. Only so much better.
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