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An Oddity A Day (chapter 1)

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An Oddity A Day

(Settings)
Forest and clearing: Alaskan wilderness, no snow
Orphanage: Does not look old, but looks actually pretty modern. Playground with a bike rack on one side.
Inside the Shadow: Smokey and wispy, only use gray


Chapter 1: It Was the Worst of Times

Page 1: Title is above some flames during a full moon night (Fills the entire page)
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Page 2

Panel 1- Panel 3: Continuously zooms out to reveal an orphanage on fire with an angry mob in front of it (Setting is the Alaskan wild) (sign nearby says Fathertown Orphanage)

Panel 4: Switch to a window from behind the house. A chair is being thrown from inside the house outside, smashing the window to pieces.
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Page 3

Panel 1: Kiya jumps out the smashed window

Panel 2: Sophie jumps out the same window and fumbles while we see Kiya land on her feet

Panel 3: Josh jumps out same window lands in a way similar to Kiya

Panel 4: Josh knocks Sophie from behind as he runs, ripping the shirt

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Page 4

Panel 1: Kiya helps Sophie scramble up while Josh runs slightly ahead.

Panel 2- Panel 4: Zoom in. All three of them are running into the woods away from the burning orphanage which is in the background (Sophie is in tears) (Kiya is badly burned and looks horrified) (Josh looks frustrated and angry)

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Page 5

Panel 1:  They keep running over branches and trees

Panel 2:  They fumble about still running, until they get to a clearing

Panel 3:  They stop at the clearing and catch their breath

Panel 4:  Splits into two separate shots. The first shot shows a pair of bestial eyes in some bushes, while the second shot is of a guy with a flashlight and a gun, searching through the woods.

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Page 6

Panel 1: Kiya looks around breathing heavily and then flops on the ground with her back on the grass
Kiya: “I-I-I don’t understand…”

Panel 2: Josh sits down frustrated while Sophie just collapses to the ground crying
Josh: “. . .”
Sophie: “This is crazy. We did nothing wrong!”

Panel 3: Josh looks at Sophie and yells at her, Sophie puts her face into her arms covering it up.
Josh: “GOD. SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!”

Panel 4:  Zoom in on Kiya who is staring into the sky, as Josh looks away from Sophie frustrated

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Page 7

Panel 1: We see Josh lay on his back and stare up into the sky

Panel 2: Sophie looks secretly at Kiya through her crossed arms

Panel 3: Sophie also lays on her back, with tears in the same pose as Kiya

Panel 4: With all three staring into the sky, Kiya says “Now what?”

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Page 8

Panel 1: A wolf suddenly jumps out from a nearby bush, with its mouth open (teeth showing, saliva dripping)

Panel 2: All three children get up and back up with Sophie screaming (their backs hit a tree)

Panel 3: After backing up, Josh looks at a nearby stick and tries to grab it

Panel 4: Another wolf appears from behind the tree and snaps the branch under its paw and growls (the wolf is now eye to eye with Josh)

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Page 9

Panel 1: The first wolf starts to growl, when suddenly a bullet hits the ground near it.

Panel 2: A villager with a flashlight on a hunting rifle is seen emerging from some thick bushes pointing his gun at the wolf

Pane; 3: The other wolf opens his mouth about to kill Josh, but stops as a gunshot makes a hole above its head in the tree (splinters flying)

Panel 4: We see the hunter up close, extremely angry, slightly red in the face (his body is oddly covered in rashes)

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Page 10

Panel 1: In black and white we see the wolves being shot to death with red splotches being blood
(Extra large panel)

Panel 2: With the wolves dead the children stare at the hunter who is reloading

Panel 3: Josh looks at the hunter and is about to say something when he stops suddenly, his eyes are wide

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Page 11

Single panel, the hunter is pointing his gun at them

Hunter: “You little rats might have escaped, but I’m gonna make sure this plaque stops here and now . . .”
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Page 12

Panel 1: Josh tries to make a run for it, but again in black and white we see Josh being shot in the back

Panel 2: The hunter stares back at the two girls now cowering and holding on to each other

Panel 3: We get a close up of his face as he shows his decaying teeth
Hunter: “Now now, don’t go a runnin from me. . .”

Panel 4: The hunter then turns his head as he hears a weird slurping noise

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Page 13:

Panel 1: The first wolf is alive with the wound being repaired by these weird maggot-like tentacles inside the hole that made the wound.

Panel 2: The hunter looks horrified as we see the second dead wolf over his shoulder in the background

Panel 3: The second wolf’s eyes open wide as a long growl fills the air

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Page 14:

Panel 1: The hunter points his gun at the first wolf, yelling loudly as the gun fires
“I’M NOT GOING HOME UNTIL SOMETHING OUT HERE DIES!”

Panel 2: The bullet is grabbed midair by another tentacle coming out of the wolf’s mouth

Panel 3: The hunter drops his gun while in the same firing pose as he looks in disbelief and horror, he murmurs “What… in… hells… name”

Panel 4: The second wolf jumps on the hunter as he falls to the ground

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Page 15:

Panel 1: Kiya gets up fast and grabs Sophie’s hands as together they run away from the terrible scene

Panel 2: They continue to run deeper into the forest, as they hear more growling behind them
(Sophie is now sobbing again while shaking her head) (Kiya is also terrified, but is not crying as much)
Sophie : “THIS IS WRONG! WE DID NOTHING WRONG!”

Panel 3: Suddenly they both trip on a root, but Kiya tumbles down a small hillside while Sophie gets stuck on a thorn on the root

Panel 4: Kiya keeps tumbling down, while we see Sophie yelling “KIYA!”, still stuck on the root with the thorns
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Page 16:

Panel 1: We see Kiya falling while screaming

Panel 2: We see the shadow of a tree at the bottom of the hill, Kiya is terrified as she closes her eyes, bracing for the impact.

Panel 3: Kiya falls into the shadow of a tree

Panel 4: We see Kiya’s feet hanging out of the shadow while the other half seems to have disappeared into the shadow

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Page 17:

Panel 1: We see Kiya floating around (with her eyes closed) in what looks to be a shadowy gray world with no depth

Panel 2: A darker gray face floats near

Panel 3: The face looks around and then floats away

Panel 4: Kiya’s body starts to fade into the gray world as the reader sees words coming from where the face floated off to
“Don’t worry William, she’s safe. Yes. Nothing serious, just some burns. Yes, it is Devorador Ocultos.”

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Full Page: Overview of environment from Hill, forest, and orphanage now completely engulfed in flames.
A long time ago, I worked on a massive project known as "An Oddity a Day"
While you can see some of the work in my folder... it's only the tip of iceberg.
Entire scripts for entire chapters were already written and many pictures/informational sheets (characters and locations) are still unreleased.
This was the original script written that by me that I sent to the head artist of the project.
It has gone several edits, but it is still an interesting read.
I might release more in time, but someday I hope to resurrect this project. Regardless of opinion and financial limitations.

You can see the original sketches here ---> avield.deviantart.com/art/Prev…

The rest of the gallery here---> avield.deviantart.com/gallery/…
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