Description
Panel One: Head and shoulders shot of DJ and Cal. They're facing the viewer. Cal is behind DJ, adjusting a pair of headphones that's he's placed on DJ's head. DJ is blushing, with one hand almost touching Cal's, and the other figeting nervously. They are both smiling. "I've never worn headphones before," DJ says. "Really?" asks Cal, "Do they feel okay?" "Yeah."
Panel Two: Closeup of Cal's hand as he turns up a volume knob on the record player. He says, "Then here -"
Panel Three: Closeup of DJ's face in profile, mostly of his hands on the headphones. His eyes are closed. Cal continues, "- We -"
Panel Four: "- GO." Extreme closeup of the record player needle as it moves.
Panel Five: DJ sits cross-legged on the floor, looking confused with his hands on the headphones. Behind him, standing in front of the record player and holding onto the record sleeve, is Cal. Cal is also wearing headphones and looking down and slightly over his shoulder at DJ, smiling a bit. Music notes float around DJ's head. "Huh?" he says, "This is 'Moonlight Sonata'. Cal, I alre -"
Panel Six: A jagged, scratchy panel, with a closeup of DJ's shocked face as the beat drops. The background looks digital, and the edges of his face break away in an electronic, glitchy effect. SFX: THOOM THOOM THOOM THOOM
Panel Seven: Cal is now on the floor next to DJ, smiling as he says, "It's called a techno remix. Do you like it?" DJ's eyes are closed and he's smiling broadly as he says, "I love it!"
Author Note
I figured Cal would start DJ off with something a bit familiar, rather than throwing him into the deep end of Metal or something.
The hardest part was the frame of DJ hearing those sounds for the first time! I hope I managed to get across the idea of "electronic music" before Cal says what it is. My wife's healing from surgery continues to go well, and we're... Doing not too bad, all things considered. Gotta keep on keepin' on.
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