Issue 17, Page 3
Transcript
1: Julia leaves a the thick bramble of plant life, its leaves all geometric, like dark purple crystals. She has a hand to her left forearm as she speaks and records an audio journal. Behind her, we see the base of a massive marble tower.
Julia: <Digital recorder clicks> Impossible to tell where I am… I’ll never figure that out till I’m back home with a real computer.
Maybe Mel can look at the footage and figure it out from the stars or something…
2: Julia stands still as she looks up at the alien sky.
Julia: I tried everything I could think of to get the portal running…
3: Julia is back in a dirty room, cluttered with dust and trash. She kicks a metal pedestal near an inert black portal.
Julia (in narration): No power at all. Nothing responded, no lights… I think the place has been abandoned for a really long time.
4: Julia falls down to her knees, helmet leaned on what she was kicking, she’s crying.
Julia: <Sobs>
come on…
5: Julia examines the room, eyes still red and wet, the building looks like it is rotting away.
Julia (in narration): I can’t just wait around, and… it’s a long shot, but…
6: On the wall is a map – ancient, faded, and written in an alien language, it shows a long road between two circular portal symbols, it seems to match the plateaus.
Julia (in narration): I’ve got to see if I can get home.
<digital click>
7: A piece of scrap metal is propped up against a table. Scraped into it are the words: “JULIA WAS HERE. WENT TO SOUTH TOWER”
Interesting. Three scenarios come to mind:
1. Julia was absorbed into the black idol and this is what she’s having visions of, no longer aware that her body is being broken down.
2. She struggled to get away from the idol, activated a teleporter, and was sent to this place instead of earth. It could be where the raptor guy who was murdered is from.
3. The idol sent her to this place for some reason instead of absorbing her.
TURNS OUT ITS SCENARIO 2
Okay, this is both intriguing and heart-rending for the implications. Damn.