Transcript For Strip 2154

Panel 1
Jerome is delivering a report from Noticías Inacreditável.
Jerome: I'm Jerome Falstaff and this is the latest news as of 14:00, 29 Octiary, 1076.
Jerome: As the weeks grind by after the deadly event we now call 'Gran Raio da Morte' with no coherent answers as to who is menacing us and why ...
Jerome: Tensions are rising and tempers flaring throughout Bubbleopolis.
Panel 2
Medium c/u on Jerome, narrating the scene behind him: A row of mall storefronts with ‶closed″ signs on them. A lone robot is sweeping up a bit of debris.
Jerome: Business activity has fallen an estimated 47 percent as residents flee and businesses postpone or cancel new projects.
Panel 3
Scene changes to show a family having a row in front of their apartment as some neighbors look on, nervously.
Jerome: Unemployment – hitherto unknown in Bubbleopolis – is putting enormous financial stress on individuals and families.
Jerome: Insurance agencies report sharp rises in domestic violence, bar brawls, and suicides.
Panel 4
Now we're seeing Jerome on a wall Screen at a tavern. A trio of patrons (seein in silhouette) watching in the lower foreground.
Jerome: The Pillars are in negotiations with the Intergalactic Council for ...
Patron 1: What? 47 percent? Whose ass did he pull that number from?
Patron 2: Yeah, business is off but it hasn't fallen off a cliff.
Patron 3: At least not yet.

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