Strip 953 -- First Seen: 2012-05-11
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Pilgrim Boner, dressed in dark trousers and waistcoat over white shirt with rolled-up sleeves, in a workshop. Arrayed on a table before him is a model of the development he is planning, 'The Delancy Underground.' The development is in a tunnel about 50 meters wide, 25 meters tall, and 150 meters long, curved along a gentle side-ways arc. A broad, green, tree-lined pedestrian promenade runs along the arc, flanked by rows of chic boutiques, art galleries, trendy cafes, etc. In the model, the tunnel is represented by rocky sides going up half-way on both sides, and a glassine, transparent covering representing the upper part of the tunnel. At this moment Pilgrim is gazing at the model admiringly.
Caption: Pilgrim's pet project was The Delancy Underground.
Caption: When completed it would be a green pedestrian promenade passing between rows of chic boutiques, art galleries, trendy cafes and his own, Seuls les Végétaliens, a strict-vegan restaurant.
Panel 2
Cut to: A full-length shot of SANDERIGE KASTEEL, a Boer-type wearing miner-style clothes and standing on a small stage in front of a faux-brick wall under a spotlight. We can see silhouettes of some people sitting around small tables, watching him perform his stand-up comedy routine.
Caption: As the projects developed, the 'locals,' as members of the Massachusetts Contingent called them -- began to take notice.
Caption: One of them, Sanderige Kasteel, a Boer miner with a part-time standup comedy show, dubbed them the 'Mascons.'
Kasteel: ... because of their excessive 'gravitas.'

Panel 3
Kasteel and a companion -- lets make him a black Jamaican -- are hanging out in Kasteel's apartment, drinking beers and browsing Tanglenet on their portable holoscreens.
Companion: Hey mon, check this press release from Pilgrim Boner:
Companion: He says you want to 'deprive Vestians of culture.'

Panel 4
Both men laughing.
Kasteel: Ha-ha-ha! What a stuffed shirt!
Kasteel: But that gives me an idea ...

Panel 5
We are in a rocky tunnel, with ceramic bracings and a floor. Two men (one of them is Pilgrim, dressed more or less as in the workshop scene) with their backs to us are looking at a billboard posted on the tunnel wall. It needs to be large enough to contain the following:
The Vesta Brayers proudly present an original play
by Sanderige Kasteel:

Pilgrim's Progress: from This World to That Which Is to Come

Starring Sanderige Kasteel as
Pelgrim Slagter, a Dutch New Yorker
on a quest to intellectually and culturally
'terraform' the planetoid 46 Hestia.

This 4day at 80 centimes
Vesta Miners Association Meeting Hall
Free Admission!
Caption: And so, on the tunnel wall across from the Odeum Center:

Panel 6
Two-shot of Pilgrim and one of his friends, reacting to the poster. Pilgrim looks enraged, holding up clenched fists before him. He hisses through gritted teeth.
Pilgrim: I will consult my lawyers!