We Must Boost the Signal, Page 20

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Something dark going on in some lab.

Script

PAGE 20 (Four Panels)

Panel One: Agent Macneil is shaking hands with Hope in front of the glassed double doors of some sort of office building. The are being watched by DR. WINSTON XU (“Dr. Xu”)

Character Design Note: Dr. Xu is a slender, middle-aged Asian man. His hair is visibly graying and receding. He normally wears a standard-issue white labcoat.

Dr. Xu: Dr. Montclair, I would like to introduce Special Agent Macneil.

Hope: Pleasure.

Macneil: Likewise, Dr. Montclair.

Panel Two: Hope, Macneil, and Dr. Xu standing side-by-side inside some sort of elevator. All should be wearing some sort of identification badges.

Hope: You people do counter-bioterrorism, right? I’m a bit mystified as to what you need a cognitive neuroscientist for.

Dr. Xu: You’ll soon see, Dr. Montclair.

Macneil: We’ll have to ask you to keep it in strict confidence of course.

Panel Three: Close-up on Agent Macneil’s face. It is deeply lined, showing both fatigue and worry.

Macneil: We wouldn’t want to start a panic, after all.

Panel Four: Hope’s face as the elevator arrives and the doors open. An ELECTRONIC VOICE announces this fact.

Electronic Voice (radio balloon, out-of-panel): Arriving sub-level three…doors opening…

Hope: What the…

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