Re:Code My Life - Chapter 1: The End Was Just the Beginning
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Page 1 — Darkness and Death
Panel 1 (Full-width): Wide shot: Ritesh's lifeless body lies in his apartment. City lights flicker through the half-drawn curtain.
SFX: Tick… Tick…
Narration: Darkness. Cold. Silence.
Panel 2 (Close-up):
His limp hand lies on the floor beside his glowing phone screen.
Narration: And that's all he felt.
Panel 3 (Close-up on his eye):
His eye stares blankly. Reflections of city light glimmer faintly.
Narration: Not from pain... but betrayal.
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Page 2 — Betrayal
Panel 1 (Flashback):
His best friend secretly hands a USB to a shadowy figure.
Narration: The friend he trusted... sold him out.
Panel 2 (Flashback):
His parents talk to the media, fake tears in their eyes.
Narration: His own blood... framed his death as an accident.
Panel 3:
Ritesh lies dying. His face twisted in a bitter smile.
Ritesh (whisper): "Next time... I won't trust so easily."
Panel 4:
Documents on the table. One is a forged will with Ritesh's shaky signature.
Narration: They took everything — even his name.
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Page 3 — Last Thoughts
Panel 1 (Close-up):
Ritesh's thoughts echo.
Ritesh (thought): "Pain doesn't kill people. Betrayal does."
Panel 2:
Tears fall from his eye.
Ritesh (thought): "A blade in the back from those you called your own... that's what ends you."
Panel 3 (Full-width):
His breath fades. Heart monitor flatlines.
SFX: Beeeeeeep—
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Page 4 — A Gentle Light
Panel 1 (Full-width):
Ritesh floats in a glowing white void.
Panel 2 (Close-up):
His wounds vanish. Peace returns to his face.
Mysterious Voice (off-panel): "You've suffered more than most..."
Panel 3:
Voice: "But what if I gave you another chance...?"
Panel 4:
Voice: "In a world untouched by betrayal... free to live again?"
Panel 5 (Zoom on Ritesh's eyes):
Voice: "Live again, Ritesh. This time... live for yourself."
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Page 5 — Rebirth
Panel 1 (Black background):
SFX: Waaaaaah! (baby crying)
Panel 2:
Inside a cozy village house. A woman holds a newborn, crying with joy.
Mother: "He's beautiful..."
Panel 3:
Father lifts the baby gently.
Father: "He has... one blue eye and one gold?"
Panel 4 (Close-up on baby Ritesh):
Narration (Ritesh's thought): "I remember... pain. Lies. Dying alone."
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Page 6 — A New Life
Panel 1:
Baby Ritesh stares cautiously at his parents.
Narration: A tiny body, but a soul that had seen too much.
Panel 2:
His parents smile warmly.
Mother: "We'll raise him with love."
Father: "Whatever it takes."
Panel 3 (Thought bubble):
Ritesh: "They seem kind... but I won't be fooled again."
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Page 7 — The Second Child
Panel 1:
Parents talking romantically.
Mother: "If it's a girl... let's name her Shisei."
Father (smiling): "A calm soul... I like it."
Panel 2:
They kiss.
SFX: Mwah
Narration: That night, Shisei's journey began too.
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Page 8 — Shisei's Birth
Panel 1:
Mother screams in labor.
SFX: Aaahhh!
Doctor: "She's here! It's a girl!"
Panel 2:
Father holds newborn Shisei.
Father: "Welcome to the world... Shisei."
Panel 3:
Baby Shisei grabs Ritesh's finger.
Ritesh (thought): "Another light in this life..."
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Page 9 — Childhood & Mystery
Panel 1 (Montage):
Young Ritesh helping his mom, reading books, training with wooden swords.
Panel 2:
Villagers whisper.
Villager 1: "That boy... lifts rocks like nothing!"
Villager 2: "And he speaks like he's lived a hundred years..."
Panel 3:
Parents observe him.
Father: "Did you see that spark?"
Mother: "It's time he learned control."
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Page 10 — Enter Alya
Panel 1:
A cloaked figure arrives in the village.
Mother: "There she is... Alya the wanderer."
Panel 2:
Alya removes her hood — glowing blue eyes, playful smirk.
Alya: "Heard you've got a little prodigy breaking rules."
Panel 3:
Ritesh frowns.
Ritesh: "You don't look like a teacher."
Alya: "And you don't look like a listener."
Panel 4:
He lifts a branch. It snaps and lands on him.
SFX: THUMP!
Alya: "Lesson one: Don't show off with weak wood."
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Page 11 — Magic Lessons (Enchant Shock)
Panel 1:
Alya draws a sigil.
Alya: "Magic needs a enchant. No words, no spell."
Panel 2:
She chants:
Alya: "Ignis lumen, rise and burn!"
SFX: FWOOOSH!
Panel 3:
Ritesh silently raises his bare hand. No chant. Just focus.
Panel 4:
A burst of energy forms in his palm.
SFX: WHUUUMMM!
SFX (core): FZZZZZT!
Panel 5:
Alya (shocked): "W-What?! No enchant... and no staff?!"
Panel 6:
Ritesh: "I just... imagined it."
Shisei: "Big bro's a magic rule-breaker!"
Panel 7:
Alya (thinking): "Unspoken casting... raw channeling... Who is this kid?"
Panel 8:
SFX: BONK! (Alya taps Ritesh's head)
Alya: "You magical freak!"
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Page 12 — Sibling Bond
Panel 1:
Shisei secretly casts a spark.
Shisei: "Look, Ritesh! I did it!"
Panel 2:
Ritesh: "You're amazing, Shi. But don't rush."
Panel 3:
She hugs him tight.
Shisei: "Promise you'll never leave me?"
Ritesh: "I already did once. Never again."
Panel 4:
Alya watches from a distance, silent.
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Page 13 — Real Danger
Panel 1:
Training in the forest. A beast bursts from the woods.
SFX: GRROOAARR!!
Panel 2:
Alya raises her staff, but nothing happens.
Alya: "Uh... I may be out of mana."
Panel 3:
Ritesh steps forward, golden light in his eyes.
Ritesh: "Then let me handle it."
Panel 4:
He channels fire and wind from his bare hand.
SFX: FOOOOM!
Panel 5:
The beast flees.
Alya: "Okay... definitely a freak."
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Page 14 — Stars and Resolve
Panel 1:
Ritesh and Shisei lie under the stars.
Shisei: "Will you always protect me?"
Ritesh: "Even if the world turns against me."
Panel 2:
She holds his hand.
Panel 3:
Alya watches from behind a rock.
Alya (thought): "Family, huh... Been a while since I had that."
Panel 4 (Close-up on Ritesh):
Ritesh (thought): "This time... I won't let it be stolen."
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END of Chapter 1