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As established in times of yore, these machinations spring from the fruit that are Simon Fletcher's InkTober prompts. We're up to the seventh group of four from the Steampunk list - The Musketeer, The Magician, "Brass", and The Queen of Darkness.
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1 - A jazz band plays on the stage of a fancy nightclub. We've got a trumpeter, tromboner, maybe a saxiphonist, stand-up bassist, and drummer. The brass players are front and centre, playing their instruments to the crowd / reader. The group is wearing bright, larger than life outfits.
LETTERING NOTE: The musical notes should float around the panel, maybe even bleeding into the neighbouring ones.
SFX: [musical notes]
2 - Pull back to include the audience within the panel. The band plays on, mostly to a crowd in 1930s-esque clothing and decor, with a couple of musketeers, Athos and D'Artagnan, sitting in a booth towards the back, looking somewhat out of place in the swanky crowd. The fact that they're wearing bright, conspicuous earplugs isn't helping them to fit in. They shout to hear themselves over their protective ear-wear.
D'ARTAGNAN: ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE PLACE?
ATHOS: IT'S WHAT MY SOURCES SAID.
3 - Switch around the angle of focus and close in on Athos and D'Artagnan. Both continue to shout, but while D'Artagnan is focused on his colleague, Athos looks towards the crowd (currently off-panel).
D'ARTAGNAN: CERTAINLY, BUT THEY ALSO INSISTED WE WEAR THIS TERRIBLY CONSPICUOUS EAR PROTECTION.
ATHOS: LOOKING AT THE CROWD...
4 - A shot of the whole crowd, now standing and transfixed by the ongoing music. Their eyes have the classic hypnotized look to them. D'Artagnan is finally noticing and looking concerned. Athos is calm as ever.
ATHOS: I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO NOTICE.
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