ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC
FIRST CONTACT

PANEL 1
Visual:
A tiny, slender alien in a silver-gray travel suit walks through the open
garage door. Ace freezes with a wrench in hand. Jack continues sorting parts
at his workbench.
Sound effect:
TAP TAP TAP

PANEL 2
Visual:
Ace urgently addresses Jack while watching the alien, who waits politely
between them.
Dialogue:
ACE: Jack. This could be humanity's first contact with extraterrestrial
intelligence.

PANEL 3
Visual:
Jack turns from the workbench and looks down at the small visitor.
Dialogue:
None.

PANEL 4
Visual:
The alien looks up at Jack. Jack looks back with a calm, assessing expression.
Ace waits anxiously in the background.
Dialogue:
None.

PANEL 5
Visual:
Jack opens the garage refrigerator and holds up an unlabeled brown bottle.
The alien stands before the warm refrigerator light.
Dialogue:
JACK: You want a beer?

PANEL 6
Visual:
The alien raises one small finger with a restrained, agreeable expression.
Dialogue:
ALIEN: Yes.

PANEL 7
Visual:
Ace, the alien, and Jack sit outside the glowing garage in three mismatched
chairs, looking over moonlit Lake Koshkonong. Each holds an unlabeled brown
bottle. The alien sits on a cushion atop a milk crate between the two men.
Fireflies glow in the grass, distant lights reflect across the lake, and a
radio tower stands against the starry sky. A garage sign reads NITETIME.NET
ARCHIVE ISSUE-008 PUBLIC RELEASE.
Dialogue:
ACE: We should probably ask him about the universe.
JACK: Later.