Pan in on a large, dark room. As you see further into the room, you spy the back of a navy blue Lay Z Boy chair with a figure sitting up in, obfuscated from view. The figure is watching CNN on a giant plasma screen TV.
(The news clips he's watching will factor into other aspects of my story)
From behind the figure in the chair, another presence steps up. He clears his throat.
"Ahem", he says in a scratchy voice. "It's time."
Then... a strong yet decrepit, claw-like hand reaches over an arm of the chair and grabs a goblet from the side table. It appears to be filled with dark red liquid. He brings into the shadows and takes a drink.
His other gnarled hand rises from the chair, holding a remote control, and shuts off the TV.
The figure sighs and places his hands on either side of the chair to heave himself off of it.
"Goddamnit!" his yell is followed by a dull thud. He bends over, butt up in the air. He's wearing a burgundy velvet robe. It would seem that the thud was the chair as he knocked it over while exiting.
Suddenly-you are seeing the oriental rug beneath his leather slippers- as though you're seeing them out of his eyes. You follow what he is seeing as he makes his way down a dark, dank corridor.
Your ears are flooded with the sounds of classical music as he makes his way to a round mahogany table and takes a seat.
He looks around the table.
Four UberVamps stare back at him, one of them puffing on a cigar.
One of them rises, wearing a dirty tuxedo with faint blood stains down the front.
He speaks, "Gentlemen".
He makes his way to a large dry erase board with lots of scribblings on it. He starts pointing all over the board as he continues.
"We survived the annihilation of Sunnydale"
[Pause for dramatic effect]
"We've broken free of our oppressor. And now" [Another pause] "We have relocated."
[Yet another pause]
"We've grown! We've evolved! We've discovered Frasier Crane and Masterpiece Theater!!!
Now it's time to- TAKE-SIN-CITY!"
And all the UberVamps politely applaud.
(The news clips he's watching will factor into other aspects of my story)
From behind the figure in the chair, another presence steps up. He clears his throat.
"Ahem", he says in a scratchy voice. "It's time."
Then... a strong yet decrepit, claw-like hand reaches over an arm of the chair and grabs a goblet from the side table. It appears to be filled with dark red liquid. He brings into the shadows and takes a drink.
His other gnarled hand rises from the chair, holding a remote control, and shuts off the TV.
The figure sighs and places his hands on either side of the chair to heave himself off of it.
"Goddamnit!" his yell is followed by a dull thud. He bends over, butt up in the air. He's wearing a burgundy velvet robe. It would seem that the thud was the chair as he knocked it over while exiting.
Suddenly-you are seeing the oriental rug beneath his leather slippers- as though you're seeing them out of his eyes. You follow what he is seeing as he makes his way down a dark, dank corridor.
Your ears are flooded with the sounds of classical music as he makes his way to a round mahogany table and takes a seat.
He looks around the table.
Four UberVamps stare back at him, one of them puffing on a cigar.
One of them rises, wearing a dirty tuxedo with faint blood stains down the front.
He speaks, "Gentlemen".
He makes his way to a large dry erase board with lots of scribblings on it. He starts pointing all over the board as he continues.
"We survived the annihilation of Sunnydale"
[Pause for dramatic effect]
"We've broken free of our oppressor. And now" [Another pause] "We have relocated."
[Yet another pause]
"We've grown! We've evolved! We've discovered Frasier Crane and Masterpiece Theater!!!
Now it's time to- TAKE-SIN-CITY!"
And all the UberVamps politely applaud.