Pipoli in “Good Night” by Chelsea Akpan - Transcript

Page 1: 

Panel 1: A group of small blue Pipoli, humanoid creatures characterized by their pointed bodysuits, are floating around in a dark void sleeping soundly, except for one. The awake pipoli is at the bottom right corner of the panel, getting away. The narration says “On the outskirts of earth, or maybe somewhere in our dreams”

Panels 2 - 4: The awake pipoli, dressed in a pink bodysuit, looks as if it’s in deep despair, with its expression broken apart by each panel. The narration continues “we have…TORMENT!”

Page 2:

Panel 1: A large panel mostly taken up by a swirling entity with  the pink pipoli getting caught in it, as if it’s being flushed. The narration says “left with the scraps of the world - this pipoli tries to have a good night sleep. Nevertheless”. The text box for “nevertheless” is also being sucked in by this huge swirl. 

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Panel 1: The huge swirl darkens and the pink pipoli is in the fetal position right in the center of it. 

Page 4: 

Panel 1: A small, black, horizontal panel. 

Panel 2: A slightly bigger, black, horizontal panel. 

Panel 3: A sliver of the pink pipoli can be seen. Their eyes are closed. The background is completely black. 

Panel 4: The pink pipoli is now awake and more of it can be seen. The background is white. 

Panel 5: The pink pipoli is in bed under a quilted cover. The whole scene is black except for the window to the side of the bed. A light pours in from the window. 

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Panel 1: The pink pipoli, still in bed, looks scared while shadows of other pipoli can be seen in the window. Sounds are coming from the window, almost like tapping: “tk tk tk tk tk tk” 

Page 6: 

Panel 1: A close up panel of the previous scene. More shadows can be seen in the window and the tapping continues: “tk tk tk tk tk tk tk tk tk”

Panel 2: The pink pipoli turns their head to the side, looking more nervous now. The tapping continue and is now getting louder: “TK TK TK TK ” 

Panel 3: There is an open door with a worm-like entity on the ground coming through it. More noises are coming from the snake: “S s S s S” and the window shadows continue their tapping “TK TK TK TK TK” 

Panel 4: The pink pipoli tries to wiggle free from their bed while various worms are crawling up the side of it. 

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Panel 1: Multiple black worms crawl on top of the bed while the pink pipoli looks on confused. The shadows are also now coming through the window and the noises overtake the scene: “TK TK TK TK TK TK S S S S S S S S S S” 

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Panels 1 - 3: Three vertical panels of the pink pipoli laying under their blanket  and slowly melting into the bottom, right corner of the page. The worms travel across the three panels, ignoring the panel gutters, towards the pink pipoli. 

Panel 4: A thin, vertical black panel. There is a text box on the bottom corner of the page: “to be continued…”