ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC
THE ARCHIVE THAT FOUND THEM

PANEL 1
Visual:
Ace and Jack stand in an enormous old-computer archive under a monumental
NITETIME.NET sign. Beige servers, filing cabinets, tape reels, and green
CRTs fill the space. Three arched passages are labeled /MUSIC/,
/COMMODORE/, and /RADIO/.
Dialogue:
ACE: This isn't the server room.
JACK: Too much room.

PANEL 2
Visual:
An archive aisle climbs impossibly upward between racks like a long,
steep staircase. A large sign reads /ARCHIVE/.
Dialogue:
ACE: That's not a hallway?
JACK: It's /ARCHIVE/.

PANEL 3
Visual:
Jack raises a warning hand as Ace reaches toward a rattling file drawer
labeled TEMP. Nearby are a RADIO 608 tape reel, a box marked UFO?, and a
Commodore 64 floppy disk.
Dialogue:
JACK: Don't touch TEMP.
ACE: Wasn't going to.
Sound effect:
TIK TIK TIK

PANEL 4
Visual:
Ace and Jack cross a narrow bridge made from giant floppy disks above a
vast green-lit machine space. Signs point toward /RECOVERED/ and /COMICS/.
Dialogue:
ACE: The archive has weather.
JACK: That's the cooling fan.

PANEL 5
Visual:
Ace and Jack find two filing-cabinet doors. The first is labeled /COMICS/.
The second is labeled /ACE-AND-JACK/.
Dialogue:
ACE: We have a directory!
JACK: We have a problem.

PANEL 6
Visual:
Inside a drawer marked ISSUE-001 are comic pages showing Ace and Jack in
the scenes they have just experienced, including the green CRT archive.
Dialogue:
ACE: It already drew us.
JACK: Better angles than security cameras.

PANEL 7
Visual:
Jack holds a glowing page labeled comic.png. It contains a miniature view
of the comic itself. A green CRT behind him reads FILE OPEN while Ace
leans closer.
Dialogue:
ACE: Is that this comic?
JACK: Don't scroll.

PANEL 8
Visual:
A wide pullback reveals Ace and Jack on a large green CRT. Outside the
screen, two empty chairs face the terminal: Ace's headset hangs on one,
and Jack's tool belt hangs on the other. A mysterious hand presses ENTER
on the beige keyboard. A card shows the path
/COMICS/ACE-AND-JACK/ISSUE-001/. Another CRT reads FILE SAVED.
Dialogue:
ACE: Are we inside the archive?
JACK: Depends who's reading.
Caption:
FILE SAVED.