This is the category for all the quasi-storyboards and other art associated with a screenplay written by Iago Faustus, called Auto-Icon. The arrangement of posts should show all the storyboards in sequence of publication, beginning with the most recent. The arrows at the bottom of the page are counter-intuitive as a consequence of theme organization. “Older Posts” advances the reader further in time, “Newer Posts” backwards.
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CLOSE-UP ON TOOZIE’S FACE
Toozie’s head is tilted back and she is almost about to disappear entirely into the Gynophage. She closes her eyes.
TOOZIE
(whispered)
Yes…yes.
There is a SWALLOWING NOISE as Toozie disappears into the Gynophage.
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INT. CONTROL ROOM – DAY
A TECHNICIAN sits at an elaborate electronic control board. Arranged behind him are Harry, Joe, and Dr. Moorcock.
HARRY
Can we get the scanner online?
TECHNICIAN
I’m trying, Dr. Lal.
The technician spends some time punching buttons and fiddling with knobs.
TECHNICIAN
Now look.
ON THE VIEWSCREEN
Toozie’s body inside the Gynophage is a dynamic silhouette of oranges and blues surrounded by grays and browns of the Gynophage. The body appears to churn and writhe inside the Gynophage.
JOE (O.S.)
Well, this is certainly something I don’t want to see.
DR. MOORCOCK (O.S.)
Look!
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ON THE VIEWSCREEN
A greenish pseudopod projection descends from above Toozie and envelops the top of her head. It then pulls away, apparently removing the top of Toozie’s skull with it. Toozie’s brain, a patch of bright red, is exposed.
Toozie’s body writhes and thrashes harder while this operation goes on, but the pseudopods hold her head completely still.
HARRY (O.S.)
Oh no…I don’t.
DR. MOORCOCK (O.S.)
I think it’s about to extract the brain…
More pseudopods reach down around Toozie’s brain and slowly pull it out of her head, up into the body of the Gynophage.
DR. MOORCOCK (O.S.)
Amazing.
JOE (O.S.)
I suppose that’s one word for it.
Toozie’s body goes still once her brain is completely pulled out.
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INT. CONTROL ROOM – LATER
Ernie is at the controls. Harry and Joe and a number of other Oikos Galenou employees are in the room.
HARRY
Anything so far, Ernie?
ERNIE
Something came in, Dr. Lal, but it was only a three-hundred thousand word dissertation about the influence of Hindu mythology on H.P. Lovecraft.
JOE
Uh, we’re fucked…
ERNIE
Not necessarily, Dr. Tucker. The transmission ended with the words MORE TO FOLLOW.
HARRY
Well, let’s hope it follows.
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Please do not reproduce this storyboard or its associated screenplay text without permission from Faustus, who may be contacted here.
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Please do not reproduce this storyboard or its associated screenplay text without permission from Faustus, who may be contacted here.
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Please do not reproduce this storyboard or its associated screenplay text without permission from Faustus, who may be contacted here.
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Please do not reproduce this storyboard or its associated screenplay text without permission from Faustus, who may be contacted here.
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Please do not reproduce this storyboard or its associated screenplay text without permission from Faustus, who may be contacted here.