Strip 220 -- First Seen: 2009-07-17
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Panel 1
Bert, Ernie and Tobi at the patio table. Tobi is obviously out of focus again, and the brothers are leaning towards each other, talking sotto-voce.

Bert: Brain interface?

Ernie: Yeah. Plugged straight into Tanglenet.

Tobi: ….

Panel 2
Now Tobi is back in focus, talking to the brothers.

Tobi: I just got an alert from my security neural net. The air skin reported a possible intruder and there has been a visual confirmation.

Panel 3
Cut to the Pale Man still just outside the air skin, he now has a sniper rifle slung over his shoulder, a tactical vest festooned with ammo pouches, and is moving towards a spot on the skin surface close to the floating pod.

Tobi (OP): Yup, there's some guy up their in an environment suit.

Tobi (2): Must have arrived in that transport pod.

Tobi (3): Looks like he's loaded for bear.

Panel 4
Back at the table, Tobi calmly takes a sip of his drink.
Tobi: This must be the professional assassin my intel people got wind of.



Panel 5
Three-shot of the brothers at the table. Bert and Ernie look at one another with some alarm, while Tobi just gazes at them steadily.

No dialog.

Panel 6
Two-shot of Bert and Ernie, sort of leaning towards one another, looking uncertainly towards Tobi, who is out of panel to the right.

Bert: Shouldn't we be …

Ernie: Doing something?

Panel 7
Medium c/u Tobi.
Tobi: No worries, we are on the case.
Tobi (2): I want to see what this jerk does before I take any action.

Panel 8
Close-up on Ernie.

Ernie: Who would want to kill you?

Panel 9
Medium c/u on Tobi, who is smiling back at Ernie sardonically while stirring the ice in his drink with the straw.

Tobi: Who wouldn't?