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Prologue: Ashtray Of A Woman. An ashtray with two cigarette butts, one crumpled, with smoke rising from the ash. The smoke acts as a frame for a scene of Tissue Box, in her lingerie, being worshipped by Cherry, who is kneeling on the floor and caressing one of her legs. Tissue Box's eyes are obscured by shadow, and she's holding a knife pointed right at Cherry's face, but he is too distracted to notice. Page one. June 15th, 1998. Panel one, Cherry stands in a dark alleyway. Panel two, the camera zooms in closer to show Cherry is lighting a cigarette. Panel three, a car drives up to the alleyway and Cherry turns to look at it. Panel four, an unseen character opens the car door. Panel five, the second character exits the car, most of her face is obscured and she is holding a purse. Panel six, we now see that the second character is Tissue Box, she approaches Cherry and says, 'Glad to see ya actually showed up.' Panel seven, Cherry greets Tissue Box by saying, 'Hey, what's up, hot stuff?' Tissue Box, appearing irritated, replies, 'I'm not here to flirt, Cherry.' Page 2. Panel one, Cherry rolls his eyes and asks, 'Yeah, whatever. Why'd ya wanna meet me here anyways?' Panel two, Tissue Box points and yells back, 'Don't play dumb with me!' Panel three, Cherry appears confused and asks, 'What?' Panel four, Tissue Box facepalms, saying, 'Ugh. You owe me money.' Panel five, Cherry nervously giggles and says, 'Ah, shit, I forgot!' Tissue Box replies, 'Classy.' Panel six, Tissue Box hurriedly turns around and smacks Cherry in the face, saying, 'I'm out of here.' Panel seven, Tissue Box is seen from the back walking away. Panel eight, Cherry snarkily yells to her, 'Yeah, walk away, ya whore! I could watch from back here all night!' Tissue Box appears shocked, flustered, and angry by this comment. Page three. Panel one, Tissue Box turns back towards Cherry and screams, 'Excuse me?! What did you just call me?!' Cherry replies, 'Oh, calm down, we both know it's-' His dialogue is cut off. Panel two, Tissue Box swings her purse and whacks Cherry in the face. Panel three, Cherry, wide-eyed and crying, says 'Will you stop hitting me?!' Panel four, Cherry pulls Tissue Box closer and says, 'I'll tell ya what, sweetheart. I get paid next Wednesday. I'll pay ya then.' Panel five, Tissue Box pulls the cigarette out of Cherry's mouth and says, 'That ain't gonna cut it, sweetheart'. Panel six, Tissue Box pushes Cherry away from her and thinks about something. Cherry, annoyed, says, 'Well, there's gotta be something I can do, cause I'm tired of you complaining!' Panel seven, Tissue Box gets a cheeky grin and asks, 'Anything?' Panel eight, Tissue Box slyly approaches Cherry and says, 'Because I think you can offer something...' Panel nine, she continues, '...Even better than cash.' She leans against Cherry and seductively plays with his stem. Panel ten, she slinks behind Cherry, who now appears enticed by the idea, and says, 'Meet me at my place at midnight, got it, honey?' Cherry replies, 'Hehe... now you're speakin' my language!' Page four. Panel one, Tissue Box gets back into her car while Cherry looks on from the alley. She exclaims, 'Seeya, sugar!' Panel two, later in the night, Cherry approaches Tissue Box's house. Panel three, he knocks on the door. Panel four, from inside, Tissue Box tells him, 'Hold on a moment, hun!' Meanwhile, Cherry slicks back his leaf like he's fixing his hair. Panel five, Cherry starts getting impatient. Panel six, he starts banging on the door, demanding, 'Open the door!' Panel seven, Tissue Box opens the door and yanks him inside by the arm. Panel eight, Tissue Box cutely waves at Cherry with a smile, wearing lingere and a fluffy boa. Panel nine, Cherry smugly states, 'Hehe, I thought we were gonna fuck, not have a fashion show.' Tissue Box appears upset by his comment. Page five. Panel one, Tissue Box seems offended and scoffs, 'Ugh! At least I tried to look good for you!' Panel two, Tissue Box begins ranting about Cherry's appearange, but it's obscured by Cherry himself covering the text. He says, 'I get the feeling ya don't like me', while awkwardly scratching himself. Panel three, Tissue Box walks away from him and replies, 'I don't. This is just because I'm tired of waiting. Knowing you, this should only take a few minutes.' Cherry, offended, asks, 'What does that mean?!' Panel four, Tissue Box enters through a doorway and says, 'Oh, you know.' Panel five, Tissue Box turns back around and gestures at Cherry with her finger to enter the room with her. Page six. Panel one, As Cherry enters Tissue Box's bedroom, he says, 'Heh, cute room...' Tissue Box responds passive aggressively, 'Aw, thanks! I wanted your first time seeing a girl's bedroom to be special!' Panel two, Cherry says, 'I have a daughter.' Tissue Box grabs his arm and cuts him off, saying, 'Well? What are you waiting for?' Panel three, Tissue Box tosses Cherry onto the bed. Panel four, Tissue Box joins him and he sarcastically says, 'What was that about not liking me?' Tissue Box says, 'Oh, hush!' To which Cherry replies, 'Hey, you're the one playing prostitute right now.' Panel five, Tissue Box rolls onto her side and whines, 'Oh, can't a girl have a little fun?' Page seven. Panel one, Cherry cuddles up to Tissue Box and says, 'Hey, I get it, sweetheart.' Panel two zooms in on the magazine on her nightstand. It's labeled 'Playject' and features a female model on the cover. Panel three, Cherry seems intrigued by it. Panel four, Cherry leans over Tissue Box and grabs the magazine. He questions, 'Huh? Did another guy leave this here?' Panel five, Tissue Box plucks the magazine from Cherry's hands and says, 'This ol' thing? No, sugar, it's mine!' Cherry asks, 'Why... would a chick need that?' Panel six, Tissue Box appears disappointed and clutches the magazine, saying, 'Oh my... I guess I have no choice but to tell you my dark secret.' Panel seven, Tissue Box dramatically raises her hand to her head, pretends to cry, and says, 'The truth is... I'm actually a lesbian!' The panel is rendered like a shojou manga illustration. Panel eight, Cherry raises an eyebrow and asks, 'What?' Page eight. Panel one, Tissue Box reaches for a pillow, saying, 'Also...' Panel two, she winks, raises the pillow, and continues, 'This was a trap.' Panel three, Tissue Box looms over Cherry with the pillow right above his face. Cherry attempts to back away, yelling, 'Woah, woah! Back off!' Panel four, Tissue Box smothers Cherry with the pillow. Panel five, Cherry begins screaming and gasping for air. Tissue Box's face is cloaked in shadow as she gives a sinister grin. Panel six, Tissue Box reaches for a drawer on the other side of her bed while saying, 'Oh, quit screaming! You'll make it worse!' Panel seven, Tissue box opens the drawer to reveal a knife inside. Panel eight, she grabs and raises the knife into the air. Panel nine, she repeatedly jabs the knife into Cherry's face through the pillow. Blood spews everywhere. Page nine. Panel one, Cherry begins kicking the air and screaming as he's being stabbed. Panel two, Cherry stops screaming and Tissue box stobs stabbing him, indicating that he's now dead. Panel three, Tissue Box throws the knife onto the floor. Panel four, the pillow is lifted to reveal the aftermath of the attack. Cherry's face has a large bloody gash in between his eyes. His face is permanently etched with fear. Panel five, Tissue Box begins panting and looks down at what she's done with joy. She says, 'Oh, look at you... You're pathetic!' Panel six, Tissue Box rolls over onto her back next to Cherry's body, acting as if they'd just had sex. She says, 'Aha... At least you know how to show a girl a good time!' Panel seven, Tissue Box's expression changes to one of annoyance. Panel eight, Tissue Box shoves Cherry's body off of the bed, saying, 'Move.'
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