ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC
CURTAIN CALL / GARAGE OPENING

PORTRAIT BROADSIDE SCRIPT — ISSUE-004

FORMAT
One large portrait-oriented illustrated broadside, composed as a theatrical
curtain call rather than a conventional panel page. The visual reads from
title at top, through Ace and Jack's reveal, to the garage invitation below.

CONTINUITY
Match Issues 1-3. Ace: lean, dark hair, rust-red rolled-sleeve shirt, dark
vest, jeans, silver radio headphones. Jack: stockier, sandy hair, short
mustache, square glasses, olive work jacket, cream shirt, jeans, tool belt.

MAIN IMAGE
Ace and Jack stand full-length on opposite sides of the composition, smiling
directly at the audience as they pull apart a huge painted theater curtain.
The curtain is painted with the impossible file-server and Gopherspace scenes
from the first three issues, revealing that those adventures were a set.

Behind the curtain is the warm, busy Ace-and-Jack garage where the continuing
action will happen: workbench, radio gear, beige computers, CRTs, antenna
parts, tools, cables, a partly covered mystery machine, and an open garage
door looking onto a Wisconsin night. The backstage rigging includes file
drawers, practical lights, painted flats, and green-screen monitors.

A director's chair and equipment case are labeled DJRC — WEBMASTER. Do not
depict or invent DJRC's appearance; the chair may be empty or facing away.

TOP TITLE
ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC
THE CURTAIN COMES BACK

ACE BALLOON
We're actors. You got that, right?

JACK BALLOON
We work for DJRC—the Webmaster at NITETIME.NET.

CENTER MESSAGE, ON A CLEAN THEATRICAL PLACARD
THANKS IN ADVANCE
FOR THE FUTURE WILD SUCCESS
OF NITETIME.NET!

ACE BALLOON NEAR GARAGE
Now—into the garage.

JACK BALLOON NEAR GARAGE
That's where the action starts.

BOTTOM INVITATION, LARGE AND READABLE
KEEP FOLLOWING ALONG.
USE BOOKMARKS. TAKE NOTES.
SURF THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY.
ENJOY THE SITE!

SMALL FOOTER
NITETIME.NET  //  THIS IS A PLACE.

VISUAL JOKES AND DETAILS
- A clapperboard reads ACE & JACK / TAKE 004.
- A bookmark is literally tucked into a beige computer manual.
- Jack's handwritten route notes are tied to a clipboard with string.
- One CRT says NEXT: THE GARAGE.
- The gopher statue from the previous issues is a stage prop on a dolly.
- The painted false archive wall has a visible plywood edge.

TONE
Warm, celebratory, knowingly theatrical, funny, optimistic, late-night, and
slightly trippy. It should feel like the prologue has ended and the real series
is about to begin, without dismissing the earlier issues.

LETTERING
Prioritize exact spelling of ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC, DJRC, WEBMASTER,
NITETIME.NET, BOOKMARKS, TAKE NOTES, THE GARAGE, and ENJOY THE SITE. Keep all
other set dressing free of pseudo-text.