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Harley Quintessential: part 1 of this King-esque HQ story

Panel 1: We see a nice view of the Coney Island skyline. The nighttime brings in the high tide, with its waves crashing against the docks. The boardwalk is quiet.  The Ferris wheel and the smaller rides among it are powered down and all the stores are all locked up.

       CAPTION: Coney Island, a small slice of New York that is a cornucopia full of hot dogs, a classic family vacation destination…...

Panel 2: Pan to a building with a sign that reads, “The Coney Island Freak Show.” The last shows have come to pass and now the building is dark. The only illumination comes from the neon sign above the entrance of the building, and a single light from the apartment above.

     CAPTION: And home to a gang of freaks.

Panel 3: We come to a small dark hallway. There is a small light on the ceiling.  The walls are painted in an endless pattern of diamonds. Off to the left there is a single frame hanging on the wall. It appears to have a golden medal of some sort inside of it. At the end of the hallway there is a brown wooden door.

     CAPTION:(offscreen, presumably behind the door) Oh Red!

Panel 4:  Closeup of our heroine, the great Harley Quinn. This once apprentice to the Joker is grinning from ear-to-ear. Her blonde hair is dyed blue and pink at the tips and is all gathered together in two separate messy buns. Her face is caked in makeup, although some of it is not her’s. Her red lipsticks is smeared. There appears to be some darker lipstick marks trailing down the nap of her neck.

     Harley: Ha Ha! I haven’t had this much fun since Mista J and I…..

Panel 5:  We close up on Harley’s best friend, Poison Ivy. Ivy is lying down on the bed. They are both on the bed that is adorned in purple sheets. Her arms are extended out as she pushes Harley who is hovering over. Her fingernails are painted a light green. She is shooting Harley a piercing stare with her emerald eyes. Her eyebrows are furrowed in frustration and anger.

     IVY: Harley…..I can't take this anymore. You complain that Gotham is a bad place for you.

Panel 6: We see Ivy’s feet and bare legs. Her toes are painted the same shade of green as her nails. She appears to be sitting on a bed.

      IVY: (offscreen) You said it brought back too many memories.

Panel 7:  There is a small silence in between her words. We are still watching her legs. We see the knees begin to unbend as she rises from the bed. She is getting off the bed and as she does it makes a loud creak.

Panel 8: We see her legs and feet as they glide across the carpet.The carpet is red. We see an open window in the background. Vines are beginning to seep through the window in an enormous wave. As she is passing it we see stray vines wrap themselves around her leg and trail up past her ankles.

      IVY: (offscreen) Now you’ve moved out to Coney Island to get away from it all.

Panel 9: We see Poison Ivy standing in the middle of the room. The vines have fashioned a makeshift dress around her. She is facing us, with her hands resting on her hips. Her face is twisted in a mixture of anger, frustration and sadness.

      IVY: You said you wanted to make a new start. (begins trailing off) We could…..

Panel 10: We close up on Poison Ivy with her head hanging low, slightly dejected.

Panel 11: Poison Ivy’s head still hangs low. One of her hands is up to her face, brushing away a possible stray tear.

Panel 12:  She has raised her head up high. She glance straight ahead, unmoving. She holds herself up in a stern manner. Her lips loosen as she speaks. Her following words come out cold and nonchalant.

      IVY: I guess it doesn’t matter now. You’ll always pick him over us, our friendship. You even pick him over yourself. (pause) God, your lack of self-preservation is astounding.

Panel 13: Ivy’s back is turned now. We see her curvaceous figure. She peers over her left shoulder, glaring back at Harley. Her left arm is slightly raised. Her elbow is bent and her hand hangs loosely. Her right hand rests on her hip. Harley is in the foreground, kneeling on her bed. Harley is dressed in nothing but her undergarments, a very simple black bra and underwear.

      IVY: I have a legitimate home and job now. And I can't do this anymore.

     HARLEY: Red you gotta believe me it was an accident.

Panel 14:  Close up on Harley Quinn. She is still on the bed. She shoots Poison Ivy an innocent wink and a smile.

     HARLEY: Would an ‘I’m sorry’ and a little TLC, if you know what I mean, suffice.

Panel 15: Poison Ivy is in the foreground in full view. She is walking away from Harley who is attempting to climb off the bed in the background. Harley has one foot off the bed. The other is still in the kneeled position. Her hand is extended out as she is trying to grab Ivy, realizing she made a grave mistake. Ivy walks away, taking confident strides with her head high and lips pursed. She doesn’t turn around.

     IVY: I’m heading home, unless you have anything else to say?.

Panel 16: Ivy has reached the bedroom door now. One of her hands is wrapped around the door knob. We see the bed in the far distance behind her along with the carpeted floor and a plain white wall adorned in a few posters. We can see a poster of the Joker, a few promotional posters for the freak show downstairs and a Black Canary band poster. We see Harley Quinn over Poison Ivy’s shoulder. She is now a few paces behind her, chasing her down.

      HARLEY: Pam, please wait it was a joke!

Panel 17: We see Poison Ivy close the door with a slam, right in Harley’s face.

      CAPTION: Then leaf subsides to leaf

Panel 18: We are in the hallway now. There is a partial view of Ivy in the foreground, briskly walking down the hallway. We see Harley open the door in the background. She hits the light switch on the wall and the hallway is illuminated. We can see the red and black diamond patterns on the wall clearer now. There is even black molding the runs along the bottom of the wall.  

Panel 19:  Poison Ivy is no longer in the shot. She has disappeared, leaving our heroine behind. We see Harley mid-stride, but she stops as trees burst through the right wall. The trees tear up the entire hallway creating the perfect blockade against Harley. The walls are crumbling all around. The light is shattered and the hallway is engrossed in darkness. There is a cool breeze wafting through the holes in the wall.

     CAPTION: So Eden sank to grief

Panel 20:  Harley is bending every which way, attempting to weave between the tree.

Panel 21: Harley is exhausted. She realizes her efforts to reach Ivy are futile. Something catches her eye. We see her crawling towards the framed medal on the floor.

     CAPTION: So dawn goes down to day

Panel 22: Harley kneeling on the floor. We close up over her shoulder and to the frame she is holding to her face. We see her reflection in the frame. Her eye makeup is running a little bit, probably from the crying. The gold medal reads “Gotham Gymnastics Junior Champion.”

Panel 23: We loom over Harley as she kneels all alone between the tree trunks. She is clutching the medal to her chest, sobbing. The walls are in complete shambles around her. Towards the right side of the frame we see a shadow that appears to be shaped like the Joker’s face.

     HARLEY: Please, don’t leave me alone.

     CAPTION: Nothing gold can stay