PAGE SEVENTY SIX. INT. Kessler’s penthouse, Cydonian Towers. Amazonis Prime. 02:28.
Back to Amazonis this week. A week has passed since the fusion bombing of the Hesperus kelp farm-complex. And it’s the eve of the Independence Concert ‘cast (IndieCon to all the hip Marsters). Damien Kessler is up late, working no doubt on troop deployments. Nextsol’s concert also marks the signal for the final MLF/’Free Mars’ offensive; a last gambit. With the kelp farms gone, the siege lines and aero-space blockade reinforced, and rebel morale starting to crack, time is running out for the Revolution. So here we are, in the proverbial eye of the dust storm…
Nic conveys the quiet tension of the script really well this week, if I do say so myself. The lighting is perfectly rendered. And the expression on Shade Endgame’s face is priceless! How could you not trust that face?
A little about Shade’s character design. I described her as almost “doll like” to Nic. She has that creepy porcelain finish to her skin. But her expressiveness is almost melodramatic; childish and innocent. She’s part Shirley Temple, part Jack the Ripper.
This week’s musical pairing reflects the quiet start, but rising crescendo of this week’s page. I admit that it’s also a little timely. It is also back to being slightly more contemporary. Deadmau5 performed this at the Grammy’s (which were surprisingly watchable this year). I thought the lyrics and tone fit nicely. Raise Your Weapon. If you don’t know anything about Deadmau5, you should google him. I think his big mouse head is pretty cool, but it kinda reminds me a little of Cha Cha and Hazel from ‘Umbrella Academy.’
Be seeing you,
Dave
Don’t do it. Don’t kill off Kessler.
I feel like it see coming a mile away. Shade’s going to kill Kessler and then the girls are going to have to step up and take his place. A fight between Shade and the girls would likely ensue at some point. (Though I must admit a sword/ knife fight between Taryn and Shade would be cool)
Yeah. Don’t kill Kessler until after I finish this fan-art I’m half through with
I agree with Brian: please, don’t kill Kessler!
But I wonder, being Kessler one of the headmasters of the revolution, how can a nobody get into the Towers? Isn’t there any kind of cam at the lobby which shows him who comes in or out? And, how come Shade is going to Kessler’s apartment to go meeting with Vikki? Is the relationship between Kessler and Vikki so popular that everybody knows about it?
First, you guys don’t have much faith in Damien! He’s an ex-mercenary and veteran of the Rim Wars. He was on Sigma Draconis 817-A! You might be giving the diminutive killer too much credit.
@EW Shade Endgame a nobody!?! I don’t think she’d appreciate that. As front woman for the glamgoth giants, Kitty Porn, Shade is known system-wide. I would check out her crowd on Io here:
http://www.freemarscomic.com/?p=522
And this MarsBeat review here:
http://www.freemarscomic.com/?page_id=177
Shade showed up on Mars, running the blockade with Hannah Valerus and the Jovian emissary, to play in the Independence Concert. I’m sure a performer of her stature deserved some consideration as far as accommodations go. She’s probably a few floors down at the Towers.
her bot band is called “Kitty Porn” she’s definatly what happened to Baby Jane and probably really a “Skin Job”