Battle Girlz: Temptress: "Vanity Fair"
By quamp
Yet another experiment into turning a song into a story....
(Page 1, panel 1. Temptress, in her usual battle outfit, is walking down a street. The place is the shopping district in Arlen. Several men ogle her as she passes by. Women get jealous at her.)
Caption (N): Walking, strolling down
(Panel 2. Temptress continues to walk down the street.)
Caption (N): Down the gallery of memory
(Panel 3. Temptress passes by a shop with pictures on a wall in the front behind the window. One is of Sasa Rai; another is of Temptress.)
Caption (N): Pictures painted there
And it hangs on the wall
(Panel 4. Temptress walks away, and we now see some guys are following her.)
Caption (N): Calling out to me
(Panel 5. Stopping at a corner, Temptress rolls her eyes at the guys that are following her.)
Caption (N): Down the corridor to the left
(Panel 6. Temptress crosses the street.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim walk away
(Page 2, panel 1. Temptress finishes crossing the street, and we see several men following her now.)
Caption (N): Just walk away
(Panel 2. Suddenly a man in battle armor appears before Temptress. He is about 9 feet tall and menacing looking. He holds a large sword in his hand.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware of Vanity Fair
(Panel 3. Temptress casts a single magical bolt, hitting the man and killing him instantly.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware
(Panel 4. Temptress then resurrects the man.)
Temptress: Take care of these guys... I don't enjoy rabble following me.
(Panel 4. The man lumbers forward towards the men who were following Temptress. The men are now frightened and running the other way.)
Temptress: Ha ha ha ha ha! Come on guys, I face trouble like this every day! Don't you think I'm worth fighting over?
(Panel 5. Temptress is in front of a woman's lingerie store.)
Caption (N): Window shopping now
(Panel 6. She stops in front of the door to the store.)
Caption (N): Window shopping at the Vanity Fair
(Page 3, panel 1. Temptress enters the store. We see this from the front of the store as she goes inside.)
Caption (N): Shall we go inside
(Panel 2. Inside the store, we see Temptress surrounded by various articles of women's clothing.)
Caption (N): Go inside and look around
(Panel 3. Temptress heads towards the lingerie section.)
Caption (N): Would you like to buy
(Panel 4. A young man comes up to her.)
Caption (N): The red man asks me
(Panel 5. Temptress pulls out a piece of sexy lingerie.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim walk away
(Panel 6. Temptress heads into a changing room.)
Caption (N): Just walk away
(Page 4, panel 1. The young man tries to sneak a peek at Temptress.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware of Vanity Fair
(Panel 2. Temptress notices the man trying to look in on her, and is not very happy about this. She has a sour look on her face.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware
(Panel 3. Outside the store, we see the young man come flying out from the front door, landing on the ground.)
Man: AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!
(Panel 4. Temptress leaves the store.)
Caption (N): Singing calling out
(Panel 5. She walks down the street again, passing by some more shops.)
Caption (N): Echoes of the truth somehow
(Panel 6. Several demonic-looking creatures appear before Temptress.)
Caption (N): A sea of sinking souls
(Page 5, panel 1. The demons attack, and Temptress fights back with her magic.)
Caption (N): They can't really understand
(Panel 2. Temptress is clobbering these demons, knocking them down.)
Caption (N): Vain it's all so vain
(Panel 3. Temptress uses her magic to resurrect some of the demons to help her fight.)
Caption (N): Watch them take another drink again
(Panel 4. Temptress is standing amid about 30 dead demonic bodies. She has a smile on her face.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim walk away
Just walk away
(Panel 5. Temptress walks off into the sunset.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware of Vanity Fair
(Panel 6. Temptress continues to walk off into the sunset.)
Caption (N): Pilgrim beware
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"Vanity Fair" ©1989 SBK/Blackwood, Inc./Flat World Music, BMI. Performed by The Ocean Blue on their debut CD, The Ocean Blue.