Chapter 10 - The Last Train - PT II FINAL

SPLASH INTRO PAGE

CAPTION (centered, stark):

FAINT — PART 2: FINAL

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PAGE 1 — FULL PAGE SPLASH

A pitch-black page.

TEXT (floating, sharp):

A BLACK HOLE — DEATH OF A STAR

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PAGE 2

Panel 1 — Close Front

Artemis twitches on the ground as his power fails. Blood spills from his mouth.

Artemis:

“stt—kk!!”

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Panel 2 — Low Ground

Artemis collapses, wheezing.

Kert stands behind him, steady, flames gone, sergeant uniform revealed.

Kert (cold):

“You’ve reached your limit.”

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Panel 3 — Corner Ground

Artemis drags himself forward, trembling.

Artemis (muttering):

“One… more…”

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Panel 4 — Wide Ground

Artemis pushes up on one elbow, head bowed.

Kert watches silently.

Artemis (gurgling):

“D…EA…TH—!!!”

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PAGE 3

Panel 1 — Close Side Shot

Two shadowy hands clamp over Artemis’s mouth. Blood leaks between the fingers.

Artemis (choked):

“A—S…T—!!”

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Panel 2 — Wide Front

Two F-Class revolutionists rush in, soaked from the recent rain. Imgrad (Neighbor 6 second in command) behind, furious.

Revolutionist Leader:

“Artemis!”

“That’s enough!”

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Panel 3 — Close Corner

Revolutionist Leader leans in, tense.

Revolutionist Leader:

“You’re putting all of us in danger!”

“You want our cover blown?!”

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Bottom Split — Close Front

Yota squints at the revolutionists.

Yota:

“…wait— I’ve seen those guys before…”

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Panel 2 — Mini Flashback (Wide Shot)

[F L A S H B A C K]

F-Class market street. A small crowd gathers around a group preaching loudly.

Yota stands off to the side, holding a grocery bag, mildly curious.

Revolution Group (shouting):

“This government doesn’t want us!”

Crowd (chanting back):

“We don’t care anymore!”

“Yeah!”

“We don’t want them either!”

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Panel 3 — Close Wide Shot (Flashback)

The revolution group at the center:

— revolutionist leader at the front.

— Imgrad beside him.

— Artemis slightly behind, bitter expression.

Revolutionist leader:

“No—listen!”

“As we feared, this government isn’t satisfied with letting us to rot.”

“They’ve prepared something far more wicked!”

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Panel 4 — Thin Close-Up (Flashback)

Yota tilts his head, listening just a little closer.

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PAGE 5

Panel 1 — Diagonal, Over-the-Shoulder Medium (Present)

Yota snaps out of it, turning sharply toward battered Artemis.

Yota (hastily, thought):

“He was with them!”

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Panel 2 — Thin Black Panel

A tree blooms—then instantly sheds every leaf in a violent cascade.

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Panel 3 — Wide Front

A violent pulse slams through Yota’s head.

He clutches it, grimacing as the air distorts.

VOICE (inside Yota’s head):

“HURRY!”

“HURRY!!”

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PAGE 6 — SPLASH PAGE

A pitch-black canvas.

At the center: The Life Soul — a green flame silhouette — burning eternally.

BOTTOM TEXT: LIFE!

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PAGE 7

Panel 1 — Wide Front (Night → Dawn)

A wet, empty F-Class district.

The crooked gate sign hangs loosely.

Sign:

“DISTRICTS OF THE F CLASS”

“TRAIN STATION ↑”

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Panel 2 — High Bird’s-Eye Shot

The evacuation train crawls forward as thousands of civilians swarm it.

Civilians (shouting):

“AHHH—!!”

“HURRY!! BEFORE THEY FIND—”

“OUT WE’RE LEAVING!!!”

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Panel 3 — Wide Front, Interior Side Entrance

A desperate mob crams into the train doorway—pushing, shoving, lifting children.

Civilian:

“I’m not dying here!!”

Civilian:

“Watch it!!”

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Mini Bleed — Behind the Crowd

Arthur leans on Neighbor 5 as they fight forward.

Neighbor 5 (straining):

“Move—out of the way!”

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PAGE 8

Panel 1 — Front Medium Two-Shot

The crowd slams into Arthur and Neighbor 5, knocking them back.

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Panel 2 — Wide Over-the-Back

They steady themselves, defeated, watching the train roll away.

Neighbor 5 (quiet):

“That… was the last train…”

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Panel 3 — Wide Front

The overloaded train pulls away.

Some civilians cling. Others fall. Others chase hopelessly.

Civilians:

“W–Wait—PLEASE!!”

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Panel 4 — Close Three-Shot

A mother collapses in the mud with her two crying children.

Mother (crying):

“…please… not like this…”

Kids:

“Uu… uu… ngh…”

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PAGE 9 — FULL PAGE

Wind rustles through the forest beside the station.

A faint whistle cuts through the air.

SFX (whistle): Fweee…

SFX (leaves): FWSSSH…

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PAGE 10

Panel 1 — Extreme Close on Ear

Neighbor 5’s ear twitches.

SFX: tk—

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Panel 2 — Medium Shot

He listens, confused.

Neighbor 5:

“You hear that…?”

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Panel 3 — Close Front

Arthur gives a low, serious grunt.

Arthur:

“Hn.”

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PAGE 11

Panel 1 — Black Panel (10%)

“HELL’S WHISTLE”

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Panel 2 — FULL-PAGE SPREAD

Daley plummets from the sky like a fallen angel.

His impact detonates a shockwave so violent it flattens the entire station.

The evacuation train is ripped from the rails and hurled aside.

CAPTION:

“THE FALLEN ANGEL!”

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PAGE 12 — AFTERMATH

Panel 1 — Extreme Close

A blood-soaked hand dangles from the derailed train.

Blood drips onto shattered glass.

SFX: drip… drip…

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Panel 2 — Wide Top

A 25-foot crater smolders.

The wrecked train lies among crushed trees.

Bodies scatter the path to the crater’s center.

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PAGE 13 — COLLAPSED TRAIN STATION

Panel 1 — Front Shoulder Shot

Arthur lies in blood, panicked.

He clutches his ear.

Arthur:

“Ghh!!”

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Panel 2 — Wide Ground

He twists left—revealing his arm gone from the elbow down.

Arthur (spike of panic):

“Norton—!!”

A limp body hangs behind him.

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Panel 3 — Wide Over-the-Back

Arthur turns fully. His hand trembles.

Arthur (broken):

“…No…rt—”

Neighbor 5 is impaled through the neck, pinned lifelessly to the wall.

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PAGE 14 — FULL-PAGE SPREAD

Daley walks alone down the train tracks.

Behind him: a massive smoking crater.

Both sides of the track are annihilated.

Daley speaks softly, coldly:

Daley:

“Running away…

Is that all this district can do…?”

CAPTION:

TO BE CONTINUED…

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PAGE 15 — END SPLASH PAGE

A slum home.

A joyful grandmother smiles at her grandson.

The boy stares back — tired, bitter, hardened.

CAPTION:

THE BOY WHO LEARNED INEQUITY