Story 1
This story has 62 pages and is titled “Amazon Women on the Moon”.

This story was originally written from the evening of 10 April 1999 to the afternoon of 4 Sept 1999. Reformatted in the morning of 1 Dec 1999.

Just a note before we begin: Overman appears in this issue and is the super-hero star, as it were -- although the story is of an encounter of a man with the Amazons. But this story has an impact on Overman as well: I have the idea that after Overman met the Amazons (on a date unspecified in this issue except that it must be during November 1963), he began to hover rather than land when simply moving about. I don't think that this change should be stated in any issue ever, but it will be there for those who are observant.

Oh, and incidentally: I think this issue is very good. It's about a seemingly most bizarre subject, but the shots are meditative in the style that I like and there are a number of very interesting ideas contained herein. And, as always, it has no villain to drive the plot.

Enough.

Page 1
1.We begin with a shot of a man looking at us through a window. The view, however, is upside-down and a little off-kilter. So we have this strange face looking at us upside-down and at an angle. He is looking for something, his eyes to the side, watching the surroundings. Behind him is another man, looking out another window. The window, although we shouldn't be able to tell yet, is that of an early 1960s spacecraft. This panel should be the full page wide. Caption: "It was November 1963."
2.In the second panel, a large panel, we see the spacecraft tumbling through space. Caption: "It was November 1963 and my fellow astronaut and I were going to the moon." Second caption: "It was the conclusion of Jack Kennedy's initiative to get an American to the moon, to beat those evil Soviets in the symbolic Space Race (that minor front of the all-consuming Cold War)."
3.Now we have a panel the size of the first panel with similar contents, only here the man's eyes are wide and there is a shadow over the craft. Overman, though we cannot see him here, is just outside the craft.

Page 2
A large panel showing Overman outside the craft, hovering alongside it. The men in the craft are looking out the windows at him, and they are astonished. Caption: "And Overman arrived, like some nationalistic angel, to make it happen."

Page 3
Another large panel showing Overman below the spacecraft, holding it as he flies away from the Earth, which we see looming beautifully below and behind him. Caption: "The year prior, he had been there for the first American in orbit, making sure nothing went wrong." Second caption: "NASA didn't want him lifting crafts into orbit because the angle might make the heat shields fail."

Page 4
Another large panel showing Overman carrying the craft downwards towards the moon. Caption: “The final trip to the moon was postponed while Overman was briefed, scheduled for an earlier date, and then rescheduled for November.”

Page 5
Another large panel. Here we see the craft being gently placed on the moon's surface by Overman. Caption: “I remember the split excitement. Our guardian was almost as exciting as our setting.”

Page 6
Here we see the man who was looking through the window, now holding a flag as he is being carried from the craft to the surface by Overman. The man who is being carried is in a spacesuit. Caption: "And when it came time to step out, there hadn't even been a ladder. Who needed one? Not us. Not America."

Page 7
Another large shot. Here we see the man in the spacesuit planting the American flag on the moon. Caption: "I remember feeling the flag's wire flimsiness, only compounded by the low gravity, in my fragile hands as I pressed it into the yielding grey dusty soil while the world watched with fascinated awe and our guardian watched with (what I can only imagine to have been) fascinated amusement."

Page 8
Another large shot. Here we see the place of the landing from above. The craft seems small, the astronaut and the craft inconsequential. The other astronaut films from the craft as Overman stands calmly by, barely in the camera's line of sight. Caption: "And, for that, I felt like some titanic hero beloved by fate and the gods."

Page 9
1.A large panel, half the page in size, the full page wide. Here we have a shot from a little over the hips of the three. Overman is pointing out at the moonscape which is a fairly undifferentiated field of grey with almost random black curved shadows for rocks and whatnot. Caption: "Overman pointed us towards our destination, towards what he wanted to show us."
2.A panel showing a part of this moonscape in close-up. Amid the grey and black underscores is a tiny babble that looks like a plastic miniature domed city with falling snow. Within this is a bit of green. It is difficult to see from where we are looking from, and it looks quite tiny indeed. Caption: "I saw the speck of green amid the grey with black underscores. I wondered if it was what Overman was pointing towards, but there was nothing else. A tiny babble lying in the dust, looking for all the world like one of those little glass-domed toys with water-flooded scenes inside."
3.A shot of the three setting off towards the little green thing, the two astronauts, one with the camera, leaping as Overman floats along beside them. Caption: "We started our leaps towards it. I expected to be picking it up a few leaps later, shaking it to cause a terrible snowstorm within that little world."
4.A shot of the three moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) towards the little green thing, which now looks to be just as close but about a foot tall. Caption: "But the more we jumped the larger it got, all the while seeming a few leaps away."

Page 10
1.A shot of the two astronauts, stopped, looking at Overman, who is hovering just over the surface. The two men are gesturing confusion, as best as they can within their cluncky suits. Caption: "It was depth perception. Our eyes weren't used to this seemingly undifferentiated grey. We stopped and gestured our confusion, as best we could within our clunky skins, to our guardian."
2.A shot of the helmet of the man who planted the flag. We see Overman's curved reflection in it, his lips dramatically moving. Caption: "I read his lips through the portal in front of my face:". Second caption: "'You get used to it after a while.'"
3.A shot of the three moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) towards the little green thing, which now looks to be just as close but about half a human’s height. It is indeed a dome and within it is what seems to be green foliage. It has a truncated point on top, looking almost like a nipple. Caption: “So we kept jumping for what seemed to be an eternity. I told myself that we had to be making good time. Each jump seemed to bring us no closer, but my eyes continually told me that it wasn’t very far at all.”
4.A shot of the main astronaut moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) back towards their craft. It looks to be about a few leaps away, only now it seems to be about a foot high. Caption: “But behind me the craft also seemed not far at all, although it already appeared smaller than the child's toy before us.”

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1.A shot of the three moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) towards the green thing, only now it is taller than a human. We can now see that the green is indeed foliage, including trees and whatnot. Caption: “It wasn't long after when I started to wonder, simplistically, just how big this thing actually was.”
2.A shot of the three moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) towards the green thing, only now it is a number of stories tall -- two and a half, perhaps.
3.A shot of the three moving (the astronauts jumping, Overman floating) towards the green thing, only now it is many stories tall -- seven or so.

Page 12
A shot of the three standing or floating before the object. It rises almost to the top of the panel. It is about a dozen stories tall. Its edges are cropped by the edges of the panel. The nipple on top is like a cone that has been chopped off about one-third of the way up, with two-thirds missing. The surface is crystal-clear glass. Inside we can see giant spralling trees, very tropical in appearance. Nearer to the edge are bushes and things like that. The ground is a rich brown soil. It looks to be a paradise.

Page 13
1.Here we see the astronauts' feet, seemingly right next to the edge of the dome. It is such a large dome that the edge looks not even to be curved. Caption: "It finally seemed as if we were right at it."
2.Then we have our main astronaut, as seen from just behind him. He is reaching out his hand towards the glass. Caption: "But the trees and bush could be any size for all we knew, and so I reached out my hand."
3.And then we see his hand touching the glass. A delicate touch, seen in profile. And we see his face through the helmet, his eyes raised in shock. Caption: "I felt the gentle low-gravity resistance of glass against the glove."
4.A shot of someone moving through the brush near the glass. We see the color of white flesh but rather little. Caption: "And then I saw something moving in the bush."
5.A shot looking like television footage in the shape of a TV screen. Caption: “Instinctively, I jumped back. I must have flown twenty feet, while the camera -- no longer live -- rolled, forever preserving my nervousness as exaggerated by moon gravity.”
6.A shot of Overman catching the astronaut as he comes down. Overman catches him just over his thighs and the astronaut remains perpendicular to the ground. He has a very surprised look on his face. Caption: “Our guardian, concerned I would rupture my suit, caught me. But I almost didn’t notice as I watched what emerged from the lush bush.”

Page 14
Here we see a large panel showing a female Amazon warrior emerging from the bush. She is nude and very sexy, save for the fact that she has only one breast and a terrible scar where the other would be. She is carrying a primitive spear and her breast is bouncing in the low gravity. Caption: “Our guardian had told NASA that they wouldn’t believe his surprise if he told them, and he didn’t want to jeopardize his chances of helping us by them thinking he was insane. He had only personally guaranteed our safety and told us that it would not be alien in origin.” Second caption: “But I had never expected her.”

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1.Here we have one caption running over a series of panels that form a single tier. In these panels we see her breast bouncing up and down in the low gravity. Caption: "I watched her one breast bounce up and down in the moon gravity."
2.Now we get a series of shots: the tip of her spear, her happy and smiling face, and her vagina. Caption: "My partner and I stood staring for some time. As did she." Second caption: "And she smiled at us."
3.A shot of the Amazon pointing and looking upwards and slightly backwards. She is gesturing towards the nipple on the top of the dome. Caption: "And she pointed upwards."
4.A shot of Overman, smiling and nodding in reply. Caption: "Our guardian smiled and nodded his head."

Page 16
A large shot of Overman carrying the two men up into the air, lifting them with the dome in the background and the woman at the glass below. We should get the majesty of the dome a second time here.

Page 17
1.The top half of the page is a shot of Overman flying the two down towards the nipple at the top of the dome. The dome is so large that it is essentially flat here. The nipple is large enough for the three to fit through. Within the nipple is a kind of liquid-like energy field that will have to be passed through in order to gain entrance.
2.The bottom half of the page is a shot of Overman flying the two down through the nipple. They are going through the liquid-like energy field that is within the nipple, and are now entering the dome itself. This is probably more or less a side view. Caption: “And then he took us inside.”

Page 18
Another large panel showing the three looking downward at the ground below the nipple. The view is from right overhead of Overman, so we are looking down too. Below is a clear section of dirt with hundreds of gathered Amazons on it. They are all one-breasted, most are carrying weapons, and they are all beautiful. The lush green trees shoot upwards from around this clear circle, and the three are moving near the green folliage as they descend. Caption: "The first thing I noticed was the sound. The ambient sound. It was as beautiful to me as all of the lush greens and all of the women below."

Page 19
1.Here we have a shot of the two astronauts about to touch the ground. The main one is on our right, the one with the camera on our left. We are facing them as they land. Overman is still floating. The main astronaut's feet are just a couple inches lower. Behind and all around them are gathered Amazons.
2.Here we have a shot of just their feet landing. The main one is on the right and his are touching the ground first. The one with the camera, on the left, is a few inches away from touching the ground. We see Overman's feet, hovering at the center at the top of the panel. All are facing us.
3.Here we have a mostly bird's eye view of the Amazon queen stepping forward towards the astronauts and Overman. She is wearing and elaborate headdress but nothing else. Amazon queen: “Welcome. We are the immortal Amazons and I am our queen. You three mortals are the only males here.”

Page 20
1.A large panel. Seen from a few feet over the heads of a distant but observing edge of the gathered Amazons, we are looking out over the gathered crowd. There are about a thousand, perhaps a little more. All look like Amazons have been described. The point here is just to get the sheer numbers. And in the center of the gathering is the queen and the three men. Amazon queen: “Please impregnate us while you are here.”
2.Here we have the two astronauts looking over at Overman, who is floating. Overman: “It’s safe to take off your suits.”
3.Then we get shots of the two astronauts undressing. First come the helmets, then the clunky suits. Finally they are standing there in their blue full-body underwear. Caption: “They stood still, watching the long and sexless process of removing those clunky skins, unfastening latches and twisting apart components.”

Page 21
1.Here we have the two astronauts, now undressed, looking over at Overman, who is floating. The astronaut with the camera: “They speak English?”
2.A shot of Overman noble, floating face as seen from an upward-angle view. Overman: "They apparently speak in whatever language is most native to you. They spoke in Im'kos'elan to me."
3.A parade of a few hundred Amazons is being marched into the center circle. They have no weapons. Seen from overhead.
4.Now we see from the astronauts' perspective. These women are in front of them and are now on their knees. The Amazon queen behind them is speaking, arms outstretched as if to say "these are yours." Amazon queen: "These are those among us who are ovulating. Please impregnate them."

Page 22
1.Overman looking over and down at the two astronauts, who are looking back up at him, as if for approval. Overman: "Neither one of you have wives. You've made it to the moon, and they do need children. It's your choice."
2.A large shot of the two astronauts being led away with the crowd of ovulating weaponless Amazons. The astronauts are holding hands with the Amazons nearby. This should be a half-front, half-side view, but not elevated or lowered.
3.Our main astronaut, now naked, lying on top of an Amazon. The setting is a small clearing between bushes and trees. He is penetrating her and her legs are wrapped around him. Caption: "I was surprised how good the sex was, despite the one breast. They felt like virgins inside but acted like eager sluts. And they bled. But when I came inside them, they went crazy with orgasm."

Page 23
1.Our main astronaut having another Amazon. He is taking this one from behind. Crop the image so that we do not see much of the thighs. Caption: "I asked one if they were really immortal; she said yes. I asked her how old she was." The Amazon being screwed: "You lose track up here. It's not like Earth. But we're all over two millennia old."
2.Now a panel showing our main astronaut sitting with another Amazon sitting on his lap, her legs wrapped around him, his arms wrapped around her. Caption: “I asked another how they stayed so fit. She said wargames as lesbianism. I asked her why they prepared for war when there was no one to fight.” The Amazon being screwed: “It’s cultural, but it’s also fun. Logistically it’s not very sensible, but you get set in your ways after the first one thousand years.”
3.Our main astronaut receiving fellatio from another Amazon. We’re viewing the scene from many feet behind her head, so there’s nothing but a head in his genital region. Caption: “When I asked another one for oral, she willingly complied despite her warlike nature and the fact that all they wanted was children. And when I came in her throat, I felt her orgasm on my leg.”

Page 24
1.Here we see the two astronauts, still naked, being served a vegetarian soup by a group of about a dozen Amazons. One of the Amazons is passing each of the astronauts a wooden bowl filled with the stuff. Amazon server: “It’s very good.”
2.A shot of the soup in the hands of our main astronaut, as seen from overhead. It’s mostly green. The astronaut (off-panel): “Don’t you have any meat here?”
3.Here we see the astronauts and the Amazons together, eating as a group. The Amazon who served the two astronauts is speaking again. Amazon server: "No. No animals here at all."
4.Here we see same scene, only the emphasis is now on the astronauts looking at each other. Our astronaut: "I came inside twelve women today."
5.Here we see the astronaut who had carried the camera, speaking to our astronaut who is off-panel. This astronaut (who had been holding the camera): "Fuck, they're aggressive. I asked one to blow me. She fucking clawed me."
6.Here we see him holding his head in such a way as to show his neck. It is rather deeply scratched. This astronaut: "See?"

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1.Here we see our main astronaut responding, his eyebrows raised in interest. This main astronaut: "Really? I had no problem."
2.Now we get a shot of the Amazons around, reacting to this statement. They look very confused.
3.A shot of one of the Amazons speaking to the main astronaut. This Amazon: "Who supplicated herself to you like this? Who committed this disgusting act which does not impregnate?"
4.Here we get the main astronaut reacting with uncertainty. This main astronaut: "I... I don't know her name."
5.The Amazons reacting with amazement at this news. The same Amazon as before is speaking. This Amazon: "Gods, this is most heinous."
6.This same Amazon, now the sole subject of the panel, reacting in aghast. This Amazon continues: "We all know each other here. Who would have done this revolting thing?
7.Here we see the main astronaut looking confused. Main astronaut: "It's not so bad... ."

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A large overhead shot of Overman hovering over the group, all of which are reacting suddenly. Caption: "Suddenly, in air unpossessed a moment before, our guardian was hovering." Overman: "It seems we have a problem." Second caption: "And that was it. All that was left was the explanation and the test."

Page 27
Here we have a dozen shots looking up at Overman’s face from the perspective of the astronauts. Each shot is identical except for very minor changes of expression -- still, these very subtle changes should be there. In the following list, the numbers refer to the number of the panel on the page.
1.Overman: “I have been talking to the queen.”
2.Overman: “It seems that the most recent blood ritual, a kind of mock battle, has gone strangely awry.”
3.Overman: “Part of the Amazons’ immortality is enhanced healing. In these rituals, they wound each other -- usually slightly -- and the wounds quickly heal.”
4.Overman: “Tonight there was no healing.”
5.Overman: “Which brings us to the curse that came with this city’s and this immortality's creation.”
6.Overman: “It was said that, should any male step foot in this female place, all Amazons would fall madly in love with him and treat him with unhesitating fidelity and obedience.”
7.Overman: “What's more, their immortality would be lost while he would be granted it. But if he left this city, he would die.”
8.Overman: “This was the price paid for this utopia; every Amazon knows this myth.”
9.Overman: “But when I first discovered this place, I flew inside and landed.”
10.Overman: “They attacked in what can only be described as mad rage until they realized.”
11.Overman: “Their action, of course, disproved the very offense they were acting in response to.”
12.Overman: “We concluded that the curse must been a myth. And now it seems that it may have been real after all.”

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1.Here we see Overman hovering over the group, with the focus on the two astronauts. In fact, the rest of the shot beyond them should be mostly cropped out of the shot. Overman: “We need to test this theory. We need to determinate if it is true and, if so, whether both or only one of you were affected.”
2.Here we see the astronaut who was holding the camera. His face is half cropped by the panel edge; we can only see the lower half and it looks rather sad. What we can see clearly are the scratches on his neck. This astronaut: “I think we already did.”
3.Here we see the group, including Overman. Overman, gesturing towards the astronaut who had the camera, is speaking. Overman: “You?”
4.Here we see the astronaut who had been holding the camera. He is speaking to a nearby Amazon. This astronaut: “Slap yourself, bitch.”"
5.Here we see this nearby Amazon slapping this astronaut -- the one who had been holding the camera. It’s a rather hard slap. She looks pissed.

Page 29
1.Here we see the group, including Overman. The shot is very much like the recent one in which he asked the astronaut who is not our main astronaut if he was the one. Now he is simply looking -- not speaking -- at our main astronaut, who is looking back upwards at Overman. Caption: “I remember that look. It was like: ‘your turn next.’”
2.Here we see our astronaut -- the main one -- looking at a nearby Amazon. He is about to speak but the moment is paused. He does not want to speak.
3.Here we see the same shot but now the moment is gone and he is uttering words. Our astronaut: “Um... slap yourself, please.”
4.Here we see the same shot only here the nearby Amazon is indeed slapping herself -- rather hardly and enthusiastically.

Page 30
1.Here we have a larger shot of everyone looking at our man the astronaut. In shock -- especially the Amazon who slapped herself.
2.A shot of our astronaut intently staring at the Amazon who slapped herself.
3.A similar shot. A moment in time.
4.A shot of a scene very similar except that now our astronaut, while keeping his gaze, is speaking. Our astronaut: “You’re acting.”
5.Here we see our astronaut looking at another nearby Amazon. He is disbelieving and giving a cocky order. Our astronaut: “Punch yourself.”
6.Here we see a similar shot except here the Amazon is quickly punching herself in her face. It’s a savage blow, and her head is recoiling with the hit.

Page 31
1.Here we see this Amazon who punched herself, now lying on the ground. Her nose and mouth have blood leaking out of it.
2.Here we see, in close-up, our astronaut reacting, his eyes very wide.
3.A larger shot of the group. The Amazon who hit herself is getting up and is on her hands and knees. The Amazon who slapped herself is talking. The Amazon who slapped herself: “She should be healing... she's not healing...”.

Page 32
1.Here we have our man the astronaut, looking rather confused and uncomfortable. Everyone’s staring at him.
2.Here we have an almost identical panel except here our man the astronaut is speaking. Our main astronaut: “Wait. Hold on. I can’t go home?”
3.Here we have a similar panel except that here our man the astronaut is more disturbed and is now looking up at Overman; the fact that he can’t leave is hitting him and he looks rather piteous. Our main astronaut: “This means... I can’t leave, right?”
4.Overman in close-up, not knowing what to say.
5.A shot of the other astronaut, the one with the camera earlier. He is raising his hands and turning his mouth in somewhat amused puzzlement. This astronaut: “Hey, what are you complaining about?”
6.A similar shot only here the look of puzzlement is now a bit of a sly smile. This astronaut: “This is great for you. I only wish it were me.”

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This page is mostly about facial expressions; they're the action here. The numbers below refer to the numbers of the panels on the page.
1.Here we get a shot of our main astronaut looking trepidations, not knowing what to say. This astronaut: “I, uh... I have... .”
2.Here we see a similar shot except that here he is looking up at Overman, who is only partially -- i.e. his hovering feet and legs -- in this panel. This astronaut: “You were right, Overman.”
3.Here we see a similar shot only here our man the astronaut is more upset, more solemn -- even morbid. This astronaut: “I’m not anyone’s husband or father, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity for Amazon sex -”.
4.Here we see him with a look of qualification, of explanation. This astronaut: “-- without responsibilities -”.
5.Here we see him returning to a more morbid expression. This astronaut: "-- here in this...".
6.Another similar shot, only now he is laughing despite himself. This astronaut: “...exotic location on the moon.”
7.Here we see the astronaut getting morbid again. This astronaut: “But I, ah...”.
8.Here we see the astronaut looking guilty as he forces himself to continue. This astronaut: “But I have a girlfriend.”
9.A similar shot, only more explanatory; this phrase is a bit easier to get out. This astronaut: “Three and a half years.”
10.A similar shot, only here the most morbid and depressed of them all. His face is hung in shame. This astronaut: “And I love her.”

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1.A shot of the other astronaut looking over at his compatriot. He's more serious now after hearing his compatriot's response. This other astronaut: “I know, but still...”.
2.A similar shot only here the other astronaut is a slight bit more jovial. This other astronaut: “...hey, you're apparently going to live forever, okay?”
3.A shot of our main astronaut, looking somewhat cheered up. Our main astronaut: “Yeah. You’re right.”
4.Another shot of the other astronaut looking over, trying to reassure his compatriot. This other astronaut: "You're going to have a thousand women who do whatever you say. I mean..."
5.A shot of our main astronaut, smiling. Our main astronaut: “No, you’re right.”
6.A shot of our main astronaut, hesitating but smiling. Our main astronaut: “I shouldn’t feel bad about this.”
7.A shot of our main astronaut, shrugging it off and smiling. Our main astronaut: “I didn’t expect this for myself. It’s not what I planned but... it’s, ah... a pretty unique opportunity.”
8.A shot of the group, looking over at our man the main astronaut. It is a moment. No one quite knows what to think. Very bizarre but consequential.

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1.A shot of our main astronaut, looking up at Overman who is now in-panel. Our main astronaut: “How does it work? Is there any chance of ever being able to leave this dome?”
2.A shot of Overman, replying. Overman: “I think it works by tiny machines too small for human eyes. They’re all over everything in here, like bacteria.”
3.A shot of the other astronaut, looking at his skin. This other astronaut: “They’re on us?”
4.A shot including both Overman and this other astronaut. Overman: “They’re in us.”
5.A shot solely of Overman in close-up. Overman: “But they seem to benign. The technology is too advanced for me to comprehend, but I’ve been here before and had no problems.”
6.A group shot as Overman continues, now talking to everyone -- including the Amazons. Overman: “I think they’re the agent of the curse -- and I think that's all that they are.”

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1.The other astronaut looking up towards Overman, who is off-panel. This astronaut: “You’re comfortable with that?”
2.Overman in close-up. Overman: “I have a lot of strangeness in my life.”
3.A second such close-up. Overman: “Besides, I can't do anything about them. They’re too small and copious. Not to mention unpredictable and most likely not a threat as they are.”
4.Here we have a shot of Overman speaking to the group (including the Amazons). Overman: “They provide the Amazons’ healing and immortality. Or at least they did.”
5.Here we have a similar shot of Overman speaking to our main astronaut. Overman: “And, I suppose, they now provide yours.”

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1.A shot of the Amazons, staring. They're distracted. Some are smiling at our main astronaut. But most are sad and confused.
2.A similar shot only here one of the Amazons is speaking: “I am glad for you, but I feel that I shouldn’t be. The price, the damage to our culture, has been considerable. We do not have to wait; we are dead already.”
3.A similar shot only here a voice comes from off-panel. The Amazons are just beginning to hear it. Voice (off-panel): “No.”

Page 38
Here we have a large shot of the Amazon queen. She is strolling into the scene. Amazon queen: “This curse was agreed to for the building of this city. Most of us remember, however dimmed by centuries of myth-making and retelling to ourselves.”

Page 39
1.A shot of the queen speaking to the group as she approaches. Amazon queen: “So let me affirm: this new situation is as much a part of our society, and as natural to us, as our immortality.”
2.A similar shot, only now the queen is standing amidst the group. Amazon queen: “The source is the same, and it was a source that we embraced and agreed to, knowing that this day was possible.” Amazon queen: “We may have misjudged the gods because of Overman’s landing here, but this new circumstance is not only the gods' will: it was and is our own.”

Page 40
1.Here we have the Amazon queen kneeling before our main astronaut.
2.Here we have her taking her crown from her head.
3.Here we have her placing her crown on our main astronaut’s head. He’s looking interested but bewildered.
4.Here we have the Amazon queen on the ground but leaning into our main astronaut’s lap.

Page 41
1.Here we have the Amazon queen taking his penis into her hands. Don't be too explicit, but her hands should be there; we should clearly know what she's doing: she’s about to perform fellatio. Amazon queen: “You’re still distressed. Let me demonstrate my conviction.”
2.Here we see her preparing to begin fellatio. She gets her head in his crotch area.
3.Here we see her looking up, just before she is to begin. Amazon queen: “We are yours. And we couldn't be happier.”
4.Here we see a shot of the scene from overhead. The Amazons are reacting differently: some in surprise, others in girlish smiles. The other astronaut and Overman seem to look somewhat out of place: what are they supposed to do? The Amazon queen has her head burried in our main astronaut’s crotch. We see the top and back of her head; she’s got to have his cock in her mouth, though it's not explicitly shown.

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1.Here we see our astronaut moving through heavy foliage. Caption: “And that was that. Except that before they left, I spotted the guardian and the queen together.”
2.Here we see our astronaut in the foliage. Having pulled some back, we see in the distance Overman and the queen talking, their bodies very close. Their arms and hands are gently on each other -- half friendly, half sexual. Overman, however, is looking at our astronaut. Caption: "He was staring right at me. He must have heard me."
3.A shot of the two as our astronaut sees them, except much more in close-up. They are no longer in the distance but looking towards the camera in stead. Our astronaut is not in the shot. Caption: "I wondered if they were sleeping together and thought, even then, about telling her to move away from him."
4.A shot of our astronaut letting the folliage go loose again as he begins to walk away. Caption: "I said nothing and stepped away."

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1.A shot of our astronaut hugging the other astronaut, saying goodbye. Caption: "As I said goodbye I made my colleague promise to look up my girlfriend."
2.A shot of the other astronaut putting his suit on. Caption: "Then I watched him put his suit on and he seemed so clumsy to me, so constrained and ridiculous."
3.A simialar shot, only here the other astronaut is putting on a different portion of his suit. Caption: "What had once seemed a master stroke of human ingenuity now seemed somehow primitive, even savage."
4.A shot of Overman lifting the other astronaut up off the ground. The two are focused on leaving, not on the Amazons or on our main astronaut.
5.A shot of the two climbing in the air, as seen from below.
6.A similar shot, only here the two are far in the air, nearing the nipple opening.
7.A similar shot, except that here the two are exiting.

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1.A large shot of the Amazons staring at him strangely now that they are all alone together. Many seem to be recognizing that their life has changed. They have strange feelings towards this man who they are staring at and they are confused. Our main astronaut is in the shot too, although the perspective is from the human level. He is watching their reaction.
2.A similar shot except that here our main astronaut is talking. Our main astronaut: "Why these ambiguous faces? Smile."
3.A similar shot except that here all of the Amazons are smiling, most of them doing so very widely. Play this humor off as complete deadpan; keep the look of this panel realistic.

Page 45
1.Here we see our main character talking to the former queen. They are alone. Caption: “I instructed the former queen to tell me what she had talked about with my former guardian. I told her I wanted a complete and accurate retelling, but just the facts.”
2.A shot of Overman and the former Amazon queen, talking as seen earlier. Caption: “She told me.” Overman: “I’m still not sure why the curse didn't affect me.”
3.A shot of the former Amazon queen replying, matter-of-factly. Former Amazon queen: “Because you’re from Im'kos'el.”
4.Overman reacting, nodding solemnly. Overman: “Of course. Gods, I feel so adolescent.”
5.Overman continuing, his head on his forehead in concern. Overman: “I still too often think of myself as just a powerful Earthling. Their concerns are mine. But it is fantasy on my part. Stupid fantasy.”
6.Overman appologizing to the former queen. Overman: “And it was stupid of me not to realize about them. The tiny machines look for human pheromones or... semen perhaps. It doesn’t work on male plantlife and you wouldn't all fall in love with an Earth dog if I brought one here.”

Page 46
1.The former Amazon queen silencing Overman with a finger vertically placed over his lips. Former Amazon queen: “If it was stupid for you, it was even stupider of me not to realize.”
2.The former Amazon queen with her head down, not making eye contact though Overman’s watching right next to her. Both are silent.
3.A similar panel only here the former queen has her head up and is looking into Overman’s eyes. She looks rather serious. Former Amazon queen: “You know, I wished that it had worked, after you first arrived here and it didn’t.”
4.A similar panel. Former Amazon queen: “It made me think...”.
5.A similar panel. Former Amazon queen: “...it made me think, for the first time realistically, about breaking the monotony of the last few centuries.”
6.A similar panel, only here the former queen is looking down a little, not in shame but more at his chest. Former Amazon queen: “Ruling, the responsibilities, the repetition we all experienced here.”
7.A similar panel. Former Amazon queen: “I could finally die... and die happily in love. As could all of us here.”
8.A similar panel, only here the former queen is looking back up into Overman’s eyes. Former Amazon queen: “It’s for the best.”

Page 47
1.Here we see our main character thanking the former Amazon queen. Caption: “She did as instructed and I didn’t want any more.” Our main character: “Thank you.”
2.Here we see our main character walking away from the former Amazon queen, who does not follow. Caption: “I said ‘thank you’ and walked away.”
3.A shot of our main character sitting. Caption: “Time passed.”
4.A shot of our main character lying with a half dozen women or so, screwing them.
5.A shot of our main character talking to some Amazons. Caption: “I wanted to know about their culture. What it had been.”
6.A shot of an Amazon in the air, leaping like a ballerina but carrying a sword. Caption: “And so they showed me their dance.”

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A full-page panel. Here we see many Amazon women leaping through the air, slicing each other with their blades. The slices are barely touching the skin, leaving little thin lines of blood and no more. They leap and slice with great grace. It is quite the ritual. Caption: “They leapt through the air with their sword, fighting viciously, cutting, slicing each other.” Second caption: “They moved with the grace and beauty of ballerinas.”

Page 49
1.A large panel showing the Amazon women leaping and slicing. Caption: “Their slices were masterfully precise, never cutting deeper than an eighteenth of an inch.”
2.A large shot of the women, rubbing their wounds together. Caption: "And when they were through, they rubbed the wounds their sisters had inflicted, sharing their blood, letting it mingle." Caption: "They called it warrior's menstruation."

Page 50
A full-page panel showing many Amazons, bleeding with minor wounds, having an orgy together. Caption: "And this lead into orgies." Second caption: "All the bleeding warriors, caressing and licking, their bloodied blades now put to use in a second ritual dance of violent love."

Page 51
1.Our main character watching this scene. There is a bit of blood everywhere. Caption: "And they would have theses orgies while their immortality healed them from the swords." Second caption: "Only there was no more immortality."
2.A similar shot only here we see the Amazons looking at our main character for approval. Caption: "Watching them, I knew that I could never observe what it had been like before me. Their hearts just didn't seem to be in it anymore." Second caption: "They were only doing it because I had requested it, and there would be no healing."

Page 52
1.Here we have our main character, sitting and alone except for one willing naked Amazon who stands before him with a knife. Caption: “As time wore on I inevitably tested my predicament.” Our main character: “Cut my leg... as gently as you can.”
2.A similar shot, except that here the Amazon is cutting our main character’s leg.
3.A shot of our main character's leg with a line of blood across it.
4.A similar shot except that here the line is fading.
5.A similar shot except that here the line has disappeared.
6.A shot of the two together, like the ones we saw earlier on this page. Caption: “My tests showed that I possessed the healing the Amazons had lost.” Our main character: “Stab yourself.”
7.A similar shot except that here the Amazon is unhesitatingly plunging the knife into her own chest.
8.A similar shot except that here the Amazon is falling to the ground.
9.A shot of the Amazon on the ground, lying in blood. She is looking up and smiling. Caption: “I had to test the extent of their loyalty. It was inevitable. And I found that they would die for me with smiles on their faces.”

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1.A shot of an Amazon giving birth. Caption: “The first child came nine months after our initial visit.”
2.The child, a female, being held aloft by the Amazons. Caption: “I told the Amazons not to cut its breast off.”
3.A shot of a group of children, all female and with two breasts, ranging from ten to newborn. They are playing together under the eyes of watchful Amazons. Caption: “In time more children were born. But there would be no male ones. I attributed that too to the curse.”
4.A shot of an older one-breasted Amazon, lying dead. Caption: “And in time the older Amazons began to die.”
5.A shot of our main character watching the Amazons, who eye him with complete and total love. Caption: “Birth and death had entered this community for the first time in millennia, and I was the only one who seemed to care about it.”

Page 54
1.A shot of our main character lying inside one of the young, two-breasted Amazons. She is in her very early teens. Caption: "I told myself that the first new Amazons to have been born might have been the product of my comrade, and I suppose that made it easier. I was frankly surprised that I waited as long as I did with them, given the lack of social rules to prevent my usage of their bodies."
2.A shot of our main character being caressed and fellated by three young, two-breasted Amazons. Caption: “I liked their youth. I liked that they had two soft curved breasts on their chest. And I liked that they had never been a part of the old culture, that I had not taken this something from them to make them pliable to my desires.”
3.A shot of our main character lying inside another young, two-breasted Amazon. Caption: “In time I came to realize that I was certainly sleeping with my own children. I started with them younger and younger, and there was no way that they could be anyone's but mine.”

Page 55
1.A shot of our main character being caressed and fellated by a dozen young, two-breasted Amazons. Caption: “In time I almost entirely forsook the old ones, preferring instead the small tight young bodies which had never known immortality."
2.A shot of an older, one-breasted Amazon lying dead. Caption: "More and more of the old ones began to die. I could see the picture forming."
3.A shot of one of these young, two-breasted Amazons giving birth. Caption: "And then the new Amazons started giving birth and I saw what I had realized coming to pass."

Page 56
1.A shot of our main character having sex with a young, two-breasted Amazon who looks to be about ten. Some two-breasted Amazons stand by and caress him but they are now in their late twenties. Caption: “I felt like some new Abel, like some new Noah.”
2.A shot of our main character, looking exactly the same as he did when the story opened. Caption: “And all the while I got no older, no feebler, no more quickly tired.”
3.A shot of flesh in extreme close-up. Perhaps an outer thigh. But female flesh. With a hand on it, gripping it. Caption: “And each time I came, they orgasmed ferociously, smiling at having pleased me no matter how young or related to me they were.”
4.A shot of our main character with legs spread around him, as seen from below. He is sweating. Caption: “And in time I learned to let go.”

Page 57
1.A close-up on a knife making a wound. Blood flows. Caption: “As time wore on, things became monotonous.”
2.A similar shot except that here we pulled back. Caption: “For a time I sought to break the monotony with my immortality, hurting myself, letting myself be hurt.”
3.A shot of young, two-breasted Amazons cutting our main character on the chest and arms. Caption: “I came to enjoy being cut, to enjoy feeling pain.”
4.A shot of the wound in close-up. Caption: “It gave me some contrast to the eternal pleasure of this place.”
5.An extreme close-up of the wound, with the blood covering most of the panel. Caption: “But with time that too became boring.”

Page 58
1.A shot of Overman hovering, talking to our main character. Caption: “I had few visitors in all this time. The only important one was some time ago, when Overman kept his promise to return.”
2.A similar shot. Caption: “I told him how much I missed things on Earth. I told him how much the crispness of the memories had dulled.”
3.A shot of Overman’s face, looking very disturbed. Caption: “I told him how I remembered the Kennedies, the vibrancy of those years before I left. And, of course, I asked what had happened in my absence. I asked what had changed.”
4.A shot of Overman flying away through the nipple in the roof. Caption: “Overman didn’t say much and he didn’t come back again.”
5.A similar shot except that here Overman is gone. Caption: “I think he recognized that this was my home now and that the Earth was merely a past to be mythologized like all pasts.”

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1.A large shot of the Earth seen through the top of the dome. Caption: “The Earth became this strange and distant thing, an unreal land of memories wherein dream logic ruled.”
2.A shot of our main character looking up, presumably at the Earth. Caption: “I wondered about the girlfriend I once had. I imagined my comrade talking to her like some scene out of Conrad, telling her how bravely I had died or some such thing.” Second caption: “God, how I miss books. I never appreciated that they were there for me until only people were.”

Page 60
A large shot of our main character walking through the jungle, alone. Caption: “I spend a lot of time alone these days, composing this narrative in my head.”

Page 61
A series of shots showing our main character approaching his old astronaut suit, which rests against a large secluded tree. He then puts this suit on, screwing parts on, etc. over the course of a number of panels. Caption: “And sometimes I take the last material reminder of my dreamlike past, that crude relic that once meant my life.”

Page 62
A full-page panel showing our main character in his old spacesuit. He is trying to dance in it, having more success than he would on Earth with its gravity. But it is still not easy. The foliage and trees surround him and he is in a section illuminated from above by the sun shining through the trees, acting as a sort of spotlight. No one else is around; he is in his own little world. Caption: “And I dance.”