The Bottomless Pit

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A DARK, PITCH BLACK VOID.

We see two small figures falling in the distance, we can’t figure out who they are yet.

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We get closer towards these figures….

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And closer….

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And closer…..

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Until finally the figures are revealed: my 6 year old self and Lady Penelope, both floating in endless pitch black in just our pyjamas, falling towards nowhere in particular.

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Suddenly, BOI-YOI-YOI-YOI-YOING!! We stop falling with a long and dizzy bounce of energy.

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Now we are floating in endless darkness, looking around to see where we’re going to be led next. Both of us feel scared and unsure.

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Just then, from out of nowhere, glowing white stars form all around us - small, tiny, glistening.

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This panel shows our reactions to the stars forming. I am excited, while Lady Penelope is concerned about the stars - what do they mean?

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Now the whole void is filled with tiny, glistening white stars.

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Just then, streaky white lines burst out of the stars to form one giant glowing white circle.

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The stars detach themselves from the void…

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And form into the giant circle, making it grow bigger and bigger before our eyes.

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FWOOSH! Now it’s a completely liquidy orb, with glowing colours shining in all different parts of it.

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I feel nervous about the orb. Lady Penelope gently nudges me towards it.

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I float towards the Orb slowly and carefully.

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I nervously reach out to touch it.

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Closer….

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Closer…

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Closer…

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Until POW! The liquid orb begins to explode and form around us.

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I float back to Penelope for comfort as the world around us takes shape.

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Slowly, the orb forms into a small living room, its furniture taking shape and the cosy colours of red and yellow sinking into everything around us, until…

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INT. COSY RED & YELLOW LIVING ROOM.

Lady Penelope and I land safely on the floor. We can’t believe our eyes. The walls and ceiling are a cosy yellow, and the furniture is pure red.

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I hug Lady Penelope, meaning that we are feeling safe at last.

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A small floating piece of liquid forms on the red sofa to create….

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A cuddly teddy bear!

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I run onto the sofa and hug the teddy in happiness.

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Lady Penelope kindly gestures for me to stay in the living room while she goes into the kitchen.

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INT. HALLWAY.

Dark, mysterious. Lady Penelope sees white beams of light shining from under the doorway.

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The light fades.

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CLOSE UP - DOOR HANDLE

Shaped like a parrot’s beak. Penelope turns it with her hands…

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INT. PINK & YELLOW KITCHEN - CONT’D.

To her amazement, there is a beautiful pink and yellow kitchen, all clean and sparkly, with a black and white tiled floor beneath her.

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Lady Penelope checks the fridge. It’s full of delicious food, including a freshly cooked chicken, fresh milk and pure grown tomatoes.

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Lady Penelope checks the cupboard. Among all the essentials she finds a bag of popcorn and a tin of cocoa powder.

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We see Lady Penelope making cocoa for me and her to share together. She spoons the cocoa into the mug, then she pours some boiling hot water from the kettle into it, then some fresh milk, then stirs the mixture.

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The next few panels are Lady Penelope preparing popcorn. Throughout these panels, she heats the stove, fills the pan with olive oil, pours corn kernels into the pan, places a lid on the pan and sizzles them while the popcorn pops wildly, bouncing about like a couple of boingy springs.

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We see a tray laiden with warm cocoa and a whole pink plastic bowl full of buttery popcorn, as cooked professionally by Lady Penelope.

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I am sitting on the sofa, hugging my teddy tight.

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Penelope enters with my tray of popcorn and cocoa, much to my delight.

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She carefully places the tray on the table in front of the sofa.

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These panels show a cigarette lighter jumping off the edge of the fireplace, lighting itself and lighting the fireplace, which is full of fresh wood, to make a cosy fire.

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I sip my cocoa and sigh warmly.

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Lady Penelope has a mug of cocoa too, and we clink glasses together as we share popcorn and cocoa together.

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We move further away from us…

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Further…

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Further…

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Further…

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INT. HALLWAY.

The door has closed on us, signifying the end of our adventure.

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Next the scene moves away from the orb….

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Further…

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Further…

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Further….

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THE DARK VOID

Until we see the door reflected in the liquid orb, which floats still and silent in the darkness of the void.

THE END.