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Boskeopolis Stories: YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ASSASSINATIONS MAKE AN ASS ASS OF I AND NATIONS

TEASER

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INT. SMOGGY SMELTER WALKWAY

It’s hard to see anything thru the thick curtain o’ mustard-colored smog rising from below the screen, mixed with the low light.

CLOSE UP to the faint view o’ a handrail, where a lobster claw slides past view, followed by a white-gloved hand, & then a row o’ similar gloves in close approximation.

A somewhat NASALLY voice, but 1 with a tone o’ deep confidence, speaks out, tho all o’ the figures are too dark in the shadows to see where it comes from.

LANCE
Hey, ¿how much longer is this stupid walkway?
‘Cause I’ll tell you: if I slip & break
a pinky joint or bend a hair… Ooo boy,
will there be lawsuits.

AGENT P. M. MAJESTY
                      & my feet are getting tired.

EQUINOX
I think we’re deep enough.

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