4Goodnight Sweet
NOTE: ALL PANELS ARE IN B&W UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE
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Panel 1
Blackness.
Jimmy (narrating): I love the sound of ripping flesh
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Panel 2
A close up of Jimmy's eyes, light reflecting off his glasses.
Jimmy (narrating): It's almost like fabric. There's a moment right before it tears, when the skin is taut. If you run your fingers along it, you can feel the fibers. It's lovely.
Panel 3
Chandler, dressed in business clothing, is walking to her car in an open parking lot. Her car is the only one in the lot. Jimmy is watching her from under a street light. He is a black shadow against the light.
Jimmy (narrating): People generally aren't aware, but flesh comes in different consistencies. Sometimes they're as tough as packing tape, other times, they're as fragile as wrapping paper. I like those people. They remind me of Christmas.
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Panel 4
A close up on half of Jimmy's face. It is blank.
Jimmy (narrating): And Christmas reminds me of love.
Panel 5
A close up of Jimmy's fingers poking out from his coat.
Jimmy (narrating): The best presents are hand wrapped.
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Panel 6 (COLOR)
Chandler is lying naked on a red silk bed, red silk blankets barely covering her. All of the colors in this panel are sharp and vivid.
Jimmy (narrating): They say people dream in black and white. They say that dreams have meaning and we can never die in them.
Panel 7
Close up of Jimmy's face. He's grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
Jimmy (narrating): But we do it every day, don't we.
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Panel 8
Business Chandler has just reached her car. The streetlight where Jimmy was standing is empty.
Jimmy (narrating): I know what you're thinking. "This guy's crazy." Or "What a psycho!"
Panel 9
A close up of Chandler's hand unlocking the car.
Jimmy (narrating): But you know something?
Panel 10
Chandler enters her car.
Panel 11
Chandler is sitting in the driver's seat. Jimmy is visible over her right shoulder in the back seat.
Jimmy (narrating): We're the same.
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Panel 12
An overhead shot of Chandler's car driving through an empty street.
Jimmy (narrating): After all, we both want things out of life. We both eat, we both drink, we both breathe.
Panel 13 (COLOR)
Chandler's wrist and hand are lying limply on the red bed. Blood flecks the wrist and a bit of it drips from her fingertip.
Panel 14
Blackness.
Jimmy (narrating): We both feel.
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Panel 15
Close up of Chandler's face while driving the car. She is unaware of Jimmy's presence.
Jimmy (narrating): There are little things I like about them.
Panel 16
Over Jimmy's shoulder, he's staring at Chandler's neck. A small white circle is drawn around the nape of her neck.
Jimmy (narrating): The nape of their necks.
Panel 17
A close up of Chandler's chest. A small white circle is drawn around the breastbone.
Jimmy (narrating): The place between their breasts.
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Panel 18 (COLOR)
Jimmy is on the red bed with Chandler, raping her. Her t-shirt is still on, but that is all. Her legs are spread but the actual penetration is hidden by Jimmy's body. She looks terrified. A small white circle is drawn around the place where the inside of her thigh meets her pelvis (her pelvis is hidden by Jimmy).
Jimmy (narrating): The muscle that pokes out when their legs are spread.
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Panel 19
Jimmy's eyes/glasses shine against the darkness.
Jimmy (narrating): Remember,
Panel 20
Blackness
Jimmy (narrating): We're the same.
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Panel 21
Chandler's car pulls into a driveway.
Panel 22
Chandler gets out.
Panel 23
Chandler walks to the front door.
Panel 24
Jimmy's form is standing behind Chandler as she fumbles to unlock her front door.
Panel 25
Close up of Chandler's eyes. They look suspicious.
Panel 26
Chandler spins around.
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Panel 27
No one is there. Chandler is alone in her front yard.
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Panel 28
Chandler enters her house.
Jimmy (narrating): People aren't actually afraid of the dark, or silence, or even death.
Panel 29
Chandler drops her purse on a table next to the door.
Panel 30
Chandler walks past the doorway to the kitchen, in which Jimmy is standing.
Jimmy (narrating): They're afraid of what might be in that void.
Panel 31
Jimmy is standing in a white light. His entire head has been smeared so it's unrecognizable.
Jimmy (narrating): They're afraid of me.
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Panel 32
Chandler is walking up the stairs.
Jimmy (narrating): But I'm not that scary. After all…
Panel 33
Chandler is standing at the top of the stairs. Jimmy is standing less then an inch behind her.
Jimmy (narrating): I'm only human.
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Panel 44
Jimmy is still standing close behind Chandler, eyes closed, inhaling. She too has her eyes closed, as if under a spell.
Jimmy (narrating): In fact, I don't feel as if I embody fear. On the contrary,
Panel 45
Close up on Jimmy's smile.
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Panel 46 (COLOR)
Chandler is again naked under red satin sheets. She is looking out of the panel demurely.
Jimmy (narrating): I am a champion of love.
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Panel 47
Chandler enters her bedroom, removing her suit coat.
Jimmy (narrating): Love is hard to find. It only happens rarely,
Panel 48 (COLOR)
Chandler is standing covered only by the red sheets wrapped around her. She looks coy and has her finger crooked in a "come hither" motion.
Jimmy (narrating): like in dreams,
Panel 49 (COLOR)
Jimmy is kneeling over Chandler's body, which has been ripped open.
Jimmy (narrating): or on Christmas.
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Panel 50
Chandler is unbuttoning her shirt.
Jimmy (narrating): I really don't understand why people would fear the void.
Panel 51
Chandler takes off her business shirt.
Jimmy (narrating): There's nothing to be afraid of.
Panel 52
Chandler takes off her bra, although all that can be seen is her back.
Jimmy (narrating): The void is filled with
Panel 53
Chandler puts on the same shirt she's wearing in Panel 18.
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Panel 54
Chandler turns. Jimmy is standing less then an inch in front of her.
Panel 55
Jimmy's face, looking at Chandler. It is empty.
Panel 56
Chandler's face, looking at Jimmy. She is terrified.
Panel 57
Both of them are standing close, looking each other in the eye.
Jimmy: I love you.
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Panel 58
Blackness.
Jimmy (narrating): They say people dream in black and white.
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Panel 59
Jimmy's glasses sitting upside down on a wooden table.
Jimmy (narrating): I want to dream in color.