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A parade of glum refugees.

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MONTAGE – THE TERRIBLE CONFLICT IN STRADANYA


– A parade of miserable refugees on a road, carrying with them some pitiful few possessions.


(Note: the Mediatrix’s narration is a voice-over to this montage.)


MEDIATRIX (V.O.)


The conflict between Stradanya and its East Stradanian separatists is now entering its second decade. It has been marked by massacres, mass rape, the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and places of worship, and endless other atrocities. Over a million are believed to have died either directly in the conflict or through collateral hunger and epidemics it has unleashed. This conflict has served as a crucible of various communicable diseases and threatens now to draw in Stradanya’s more powerful neighbors, potentially creating a wider conflict or even a world war. It is imperative for the good of humanity that the conflict be brought to an end. I was created with a unique set of skills to help end the conflict.


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Приманка 072

То, как Клаудия одета, несколько смешно, учитывая характер события.

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PAGE 72 (Four panels)

Panel 1: Claudia floating upright underwater, still in her clothes, here eyes closed.

SUBTITLE (1): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (1): Видеозапись с робота.

Panel 2: Almost exactly the same panel as before, except that here Claudia has opened her eyes.

CAPTION – FUZZY BOX INDICATING RECOVERED SPEECH (2): This is ridiculous zzzt…fwww!

Translation (2): Забавно тзз…тшшш!

SUBTITLE (3): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (3): Видеозапись с робота.

Panel 3: Claudia kicking off her shoes. One should be shown sinking away from her.

SUBTITLE (4): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (4): Видеозапись с робота.

Panel 4: Claudia in the act of taking off her blouse, which she has unbuttoned.

SUBTITLE (5): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (5): Видеозапись с робота.


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A group execution.

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MONTAGE – THE TERRIBLE CONFLICT IN STRADANYA


(Note: the Mediatrix’s narration is a voice-over to this montage.)


– A group of men and women, evidently hostages, kneeling with their hands bound behind their backs, being shot in their heads by riflemen.


MEDIATRIX (V.O.)


The conflict between Stradanya and its East Stradanian separatists is now entering its second decade. It has been marked by massacres, mass rape, the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and places of worship, and endless other atrocities. Over a million are believed to have died either directly in the conflict or through collateral hunger and epidemics it has unleashed. This conflict has served as a crucible of various communicable diseases and threatens now to draw in Stradanya’s more powerful neighbors, potentially creating a wider conflict or even a world war. It is imperative for the good of humanity that the conflict be brought to an end. I was created with a unique set of skills to help end the conflict.


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лаудия совершает роковой прыжок.

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PAGE 71 (Four panels)

Panel 1: Close-up of Claudia’s glasses, “looking back” at Turpentine.

Panel 2: View from the deck of Claudia leaping into the sea. Note that she is still fully clothed as she does this.

Panel 3: A splash from the same P.O.V. as Panel 3 where Claudia has gone into the sea.

Panel 4: View, from behind and beneath of Claudia, still fully clothed, swimming through the ocean water.

SUBTITLE (1): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (1): Видеозапись с робота.


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MONTAGE – THE TERRIBLE CONFLICT IN STRADANYA


(Note: the Mediatrix’s narration is a voice-over to this montage.)


– An abandoned toddler wearing only a filthy diaper, sitting wailing alone on a railroad track.


MEDIATRIX (V.O.)


The conflict between Stradanya and its East Stradanian separatists is now entering its second decade. It has been marked by massacres, mass rape, the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and places of worship, and endless other atrocities. Over a million are believed to have died either directly in the conflict or through collateral hunger and epidemics it has unleashed. This conflict has served as a crucible of various communicable diseases and threatens now to draw in Stradanya’s more powerful neighbors, potentially creating a wider conflict or even a world war. It is imperative for the good of humanity that the conflict be brought to an end. I was created with a unique set of skills to help end the conflict.


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Приманка 070

Кто бы не колебался на ее месте в этот момент?

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PAGE 70 (Four panels)

Panel 1: Claudia sitting on the rail of the RV Seagoon, staring pensively out to see for a moment.

Panel 2: Claudia in the act of taking off her glasses.

Panel 3: Close-up of Claudia’s hand having just set her glasses on the rail, in a position where they are staring back at the men on deck.

Panel 4: Turpentine with his arms crossed, looking out, expectantly.


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MONTAGE – THE TERRIBLE CONFLICT IN STRADANYA


(Note: the Mediatrix’s narration is a voice-over to this montage.)


– A bombed-out city, obviously once grand, now smoldering ruins.


MEDIATRIX (V.O.)


The conflict between Stradanya and its East Stradanian separatists is now entering its second decade. It has been marked by massacres, mass rape, the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and places of worship, and endless other atrocities. Over a million are believed to have died either directly in the conflict or through collateral hunger and epidemics it has unleashed. This conflict has served as a crucible of various communicable diseases and threatens now to draw in Stradanya’s more powerful neighbors, potentially creating a wider conflict or even a world war. It is imperative for the good of humanity that the conflict be brought to an end. I was created with a unique set of skills to help end the conflict.


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Клаудия выходит наружу в плохом настроении.

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PAGE 69 (Four pages)

Panel 1: Claudia sitting back in her cabin writing a letter at a tiny desk.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (1): Within a few hours, the arrangements are made.

Translation (1): В течение нескольких часов все приготовления были сделаны.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (2): Claudia writes one last letter to her academic advisor, thanking her for her support.

Translation (2): Клаудия пишет последнее письмо своему научному рководителю, благодаря ее за поддержку.

Panel 2: Claudia taking a capsule from Hiram in his shipboard lab.

Hiram (3): It has been recalibrated…

Translation (3): Прибор рекалиброван…

Claudia (4): And if you got it wrong this time, I swear I will return from my watery grave and drag you back down with me.

Translation (4): Если ты и в этот раз ошибся, клянусь, что вернусь со дна моря и утащу тебя с собой.

Panel 3: Claudia walking down a narrow ship’s corridor, with Turpentine behind her.

Turpentine (5): We cannot emphasize enough how much your sacrifice is appreciated, Dr. Honeywood…

Translation (5): Мы не можем выразить словами, как благодарны вам, доктор Ханивуд.

Claudia (6): Kindly go fuck yourself, Eustace.

Translation (6): Иди к черту, Юстас.

Panel 4: Claudia walking out on deck. She’s fully clothed, wearing the same skirt and button-down blouse combination she was wearing when she came aboard the RV Seagoon. A few sailors with hang-dog expressions look on.

Claudia (7): You all are going to have to get your peep-show somewhere else today.

Translation (7): Сегодня вам всем придется смотреть стриптиз где-то в другом месте.


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MONTAGE – THE TERRIBLE CONFLICT IN STRADANYA


(Note: the Mediatrix’s narration is a voice-over to this montage.)


– Soldiers in a trench firing their weapons at an unseen enemy.


MEDIATRIX (V.O.)


The conflict between Stradanya and its East Stradanian separatists is now entering its second decade. It has been marked by massacres, mass rape, the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and places of worship, and endless other atrocities. Over a million are believed to have died either directly in the conflict or through collateral hunger and epidemics it has unleashed. This conflict has served as a crucible of various communicable diseases and threatens now to draw in Stradanya’s more powerful neighbors, potentially creating a wider conflict or even a world war. It is imperative for the good of humanity that the conflict be brought to an end. I was created with a unique set of skills to help end the conflict.


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Карьера предназначена только для тех, кто играет в команде.

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PAGE 68 (Four panels)

Panel 1: An imagined future panel showing Claudia carrying a cardboard box of her possessions out of an office building, escorted by a pair of security guards.

CAPTION – CLAUDIA NARRATING (1): I’ll be blackballed everywhere. My hard-earned career in science will be over.

Translation (1): Меня все будут преследовать, и моей научной карьере придет конец.

CAPTION – CLAUDIA NARRATING (2): That’s how things work, especially since the advent of the latest…administration.

Translation (2): Вот как все будет, особенно учитывая идеологию нового президента.

Panel 2: Claudia back in the galley, brushing a strand of hair our of her eyes.

Claudia (3): And while I might not have Daphne Bosselseg’s heroic attitude about such matters, just like her, I am sure I’d rather be dead than spend a lifetime eking out a living in the twenty first-century service economy.

Translation (3): И хотя я не такая мужественная, как Дафна Боссельсег, так же как и она, я предпочитаю умереть, чем влачить жалкую жизнь в экономике обслуживания двадцать первого века.

Panel 3: Claudia taking a sip of coffee.

Unseen interviewer (out-of-panel balloon) (4): You’re not seriously thinking of giving in to them, are you?

Translation (4): Вы что, собираетесь всерьез сдаться на их уговоры?

Claudia (5): Well, why not?

Translation (5): Почему бы и нет?

Panel 4: Claudia making a forced smile.

Claudia (6): Feed lots of hungry children, buy lots of mosquito nets, get my name on an eldritch horror…

Translation (6): Накормить множество голодных детей, закупить кучу сеток от москитов, дать свое имя чудовищу…

Claudia (7): And go out with a real bang.

Translation (7): И уйти ярко и красиво.


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