daresplaining: [ID: A page from Devil’s Reign. Mike Murdock and Butch are standing and talking
daresplaining: [ID: A page from Devil’s Reign. Mike Murdock and Butch are standing and talking alone in a large office. Mike is wearing a white suit jacket and pants over a blue collared shirt. He is slightly unshaven. Butch is wearing a navy blue jacket over a black shirt, and grey pants. The room has wall-sized windows covered by shades, and there is a large horse painting on the right adjoining wall. In front of the shaded windows, there is a desk surrounded by several large chairs.] Mike: “Are you planning to hit the $#@% mayor?” Butch: “Our revenues have dropped eighty percent since he sent those damn cop drones out. So, yeah. I guess so.” Mike: “You– you– It wasn’t supposed to be like this, Butch! We were supposed to be different! Bloodless! I know your dad pissed you off, but–” Butch: “This isn’t personal, Mike. There’s too much riding on my actions now that I’m the Kingpin. Us keeping our hands clean? That was a fairy tale. You don’t want to be a part of this? Fine.” Mike: “What if I… What if I had a way to set things right?” Butch: “What are you talking about?” Mike: “I…#$@%, man…I don’t even know how to say this… I’m not real. I… It’s a long story, but I have…I have a stone. Some kind of magic…” Butch: “What the #$@% are you on about? ‘Not real’? A ‘magic stone’?” Mike: “It-It’s called the Norn Stone. I hid it in my brother’s place! It still has some power to it, and I’ve been sitting on it, like an insurance policy! But it’s tricky. We’ll need, like, a manual or something. Maybe I can figure out how to use it to–” Butch: “$#@%, Mike! This is the exact #$@% I’m angry at my dad about! All this super hero nonsense! I’m not gonna fly around with some magic stone wearing a damn costume or whatever!” Butch: “You never took this seriously. You never take anything seriously! I’m gonna go run a $#@% business. Go play with your stones.” [ID: Butch walks away from Mike, into the shadows.] Mike: “But, Butch, I– I can save you. I know I can…” Devil’s Reign #5 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Marcio Menyz, and Clayton Cowles It’s been a long wait, but we are finally getting some answers. This scene is a very big deal. Let’s talk about it. Before we start, I just want to point out: Mike had a user’s manual for the Norn Stone. He paid Felicia Hardy a whole lot of money to steal it for him. What happened to it? Did he lose it?! This is why you can’t have nice things, Mike! Keep reading -- source link