Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Compiled Story for Storyboards

Ben approaches his house and proceeds to pace around its perimeter, all the while checking what seems to be security cameras and sensors, some sort of perimeter alarm, and (most importantly) anti-Squeak traps scattered all around the lawn. After he seems content with their placement, he enters the house and settles down at his desk.

We see a street view of the house again and Squeak moves into the frame from the right as if he was watching Ben and the house the whole time. He pauses for a second, as if in mid thought. In his right hand is a map with notes and red X's all around a sketch of the house where the security system has seemingly gotten the best of Squeak. He looks very focused and determined. He walks toward the house.

Ben has wasted no time since he ensured his house's security, and is now deeply enthralled in his game of Tactigon. After a bit of intense gaming, we see the that Ben is trying to achieve the top ranking in the 'World Rankings' board, but he is currently second on the list. Just then, the power is cut off.

We see squeak on the roof smiling, with cord in hand. Ben becomes infuriated down below (sounds of furniture colliding with breakable objects. etc.). Squeak plugs and unplugs the power in and out a few more times, amusing himself quite a bit as Ben's frustrations rises exponentially. We see a wide shot of the house where the window to Ben's room is emitting a bright glow that flashes on and off with the power.

Then Ben steps outside of his window and onto the roof. He spots squeak on the roof, still greatly amused by what he is putting Ben through, and still cutting the power in and out. Ben climbs onto the roof and sneaks up behind squeak. There is a moment where squeak realizes that he is in danger and Ben lunges for him, so squeak jumps out of the way untouched. Ben turns around to see Squeak instigating him. Ben again charges at the animal in an attempt to catch him, but he is unsuccessful again as Squeak runs through his legs.

While Ben has his back turned, Squeak grabs the cable attached to one of the X287-XTRME Anti Burglary RPG Launchers with his mouth. The next time Ben tries to lunge for Squeak, Squeak pulls the cord taught and Ben trips on it. As he falls, the cord gets tangled around his foot and he falls off the roof, ripping the cord down with him.

From the window in Ben's room we see Ben flailing around in an attempt to free himself from the cable. He finally does, but he then falls onto the ground. Since the cord to the X287-XTRME Anti Burglary RPG Launcher was torn off, it malfunctions and starts to make odd sounds. Squeak, on the other hand, is safe and sound in Ben's chair starting up Tactigon. As Ben works on getting back to his room., Squeak manages to beat Ben's previous high score, and place himself as the new world champion.

Ben finally gets back inside his room; just in time to see Squeak's name at the #1 spot on the "World Rankings" page. With that, he charges at Squeak with complete disregard for the well being of his computer and lands right in his monitor. They are both stunned for a second in his room, and we hear the X287-XTRME Anti Burglary RPG Launcher say , "Acquiring Target" from above. Ben's face goes from determined to downright frightened.

After some machine sounds, the launcher maneuvers itself so it is pointing straight into Ben's window, directly at the two of them. We see an overhead view of the house from high above and then hear the launcher say, "Target Acquired". Then a flash of light.

Ben and Squeak are now sitting next to each other on the ground in front of Ben's charred house. They both have have blank, devastated stares on their faces.

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