Strip 772 -- First Seen: 2011-08-19
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Panel 1
Close-up on Jim, surprised as someone shoves a cloth into his mouth to silence him.
Jim: – ut!

Panel 2
Outside the hab, the three boys, Libby and Robyn hustle the still-gagged Jim, whose hands are now bound behind him, into the larger airlock, which is 3x3x2.5 meters inside, used for moving equipment. (think freight elevator) All except Jim have their helmets on, with their faceplates slid open.
Caption: Jim was too surprised to resist as he was quickly hustled into the larger airlock, used for moving equipment.
Panel 3
Medium shot of Jim, now struggling, the other five Scouts around him. Robyn is facing him, removes the gag from his mouth
Jim: Halp!
Robyn: We know what you did to Ernie's air, Jim.
Robyn: We're giving you some frontier justice. Consider this a lynching.

Panel 4
Close-up of a panicked Jim.
Jim: No, wait!
Jim: It was only a joke!
Jim: He'll be alright once the oxygen is back up.

Panel 5
Close 3-shot on Libby, who is behind Jim, who is facing Robyn. Angle slightly so we can see Robyn's face best, and Libby's not too well, and Robyn is looking deadly serious. She practically snarls at Jim.
Robyn: He's dead, Jim!
Robyn: You killed Ernie and now we are going to execute you!

Panel 6
Pull back a bit to show all of the scouts. Robyn is closing her face-plate, which is both a gesture to Jim and a signal to her accomplices.
Jim: No, no! I just cut his oxygen down a little!
Jim: It was a joke! I didn't mean to kill him!
One of the boys: Tampering with a man's air, out here, is a capital offense.

Panel 7
Same shot, but shifted over now so that we can still see Jim but can also see a control panel on a wall next to Libby. Libby's face-plate is now closed, and she is touching a button on the console. The other scouts still in the frame are snapping their face-plates closed. Jim, realizes his predicament with a panicked look.
Jim: (thought): MY HELMET!

Panel 8
Medium close-up on Jim, eyes wide, mouth gaping, nostrils flaring, face starting to bulge a bit. The corners of the frame are darkened to evoke a 'tunnel' feel.
Caption: Jim's eyesight narrowed to tunnel vision, then everything went black ...