WHEW...man this took me way too long...lol! All for that damnable cricket at the beginning...Well no not really...there was a lot that was trying to kick my ass on this page.
But here it is! PAGE ONE of Rude Awakenings...and now you know why it is titled like that!
Here is the passage for the page, just to give you a glimpse of my source material:
Crickets were singing somewhere, hiding in the cracks and crannies close to Cabal. Their love song echoed about him, making it hard to continue sleeping. His eyes pinched tighter and he drew a deeper breath as that detail pricked him.
Crickets?
There were no crickets anymore. Unless cockroaches had learned how to sing to one another, he had to be imagining things. The dhampir pushed his lids open, staring in wonder at a stone floor, seeing the amorous insect, still creating raspy music, between the scuffed tan leather of his boots. The cobbles of the floor were neatly carved and fit together. Their surface was smooth, worn until the edges were just lines. Between his face and the floor there was the angle of darkly stained wood. A small pocket at the back of the bench in front of him held several bound books. One was thick, with tattered leather bindings; the edge of the pages were gilded and spoke of fine thin paper between the covers. Another, almost the same size but half the thickness, rested next to it.
What a place to take a nap.
Wait – he was in a cave – wasn’t he?
His head jerked up from folded arms, his fingers tingling as circulation returned to them. A similar spot of numbness was restored to life on his forehead. Darting his gaze about, he found himself in the dreary interior of a church. Recent events replayed in his head, as the reality before him finally penetrated.
This isn’t where I went under.
Cabal pushed to his feet, spooked; cracking both knees on the pew in front of him. His gloved fingers tensed on the rigid back of the bench where his head was just resting. It took several moments for the pain stars to fade enough for him to focus on his surroundings.
Obviously for a concise telling some of this descriptive went by the wayside, as it usually does when I go to accomplish something graphically from my (or anyone's) writing.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think.
PS I LOVE how Cabal's eye came out in panel four! EEEE!
