Girl joyfully jumps up and down in place, laughs, and claps her hands. Dragon’s scales crumble and form a pile of coins at Girl’s feet. Her third attempt: three rings! Jackpot! Sound of slot machine hitting Jackpot. Her second attempt: two black roses and a ring. Girl’s first attempt yields a skull and two coffins. Dragon heads are reels that spin, and images quickly flash in his eyes. Girl pulls the tail-handle and plays "slot machine" (one-armed bandit) with Dragon’s three heads. – Brave Student has decided to propose to his sweetheart, but first he’s going to scare her a bit…ĭragon’s scales are shaped like coins and his tail is shaped like a handle. Girl raises her arms, protecting her face, and screams. Paper airplane takes a turn and zooms above a row of bookshelves to fall into a box of completed questionnaires.Ī page flips and text on the page reads: "Brave Student has decided to propose to his sweetheart, but first he’s going to scare her a bit…"Īn animated illustration of Girl and a three-headed fire-breathing Dragon appears on the page. Student catches the paper, fills in the questionnaire, then folds it into an airplane and throws it up in the air. It’s a competition entry form and on it is the image of Dracula's Castle in the middle of a heart. First prize was "a romantic Halloween night for two in Dracula’s Castle, where no soul had slept for 70 years.” What a happy coincidence!Ī page flips and an animated illustration appears: A sheet of paper flies past the table. – Student suddenly remembered an ad he’d seen in the student paper for a competition organized by a tour company. An arrow pierces the heart the heart cracks and bleeds. The bulb lights up and transforms into a skull the skull transforms into a heart. Above Student’s head appears a thought bubble containing an image of a light bulb. In the animated illustration: Student is distracted from his book, turns his head, and looks at a couple of ravens on the windowsill. – One dull yet unpredictable autumn afternoon, more precisely, at the junction of Dwindle-flame and Rowan-hail, an especially diligent Student came across an article by British scientists about the effects of adrenaline on the laws of sexual attraction.Ī raven caws. Text on the page: "One dull yet unpredictable autumn afternoon, more precisely, at the junction of Dwindle-flame and Rowan-hail, an especially diligent Student came across an article by British scientists about the effects of adrenaline on the laws of sexual attraction."Īn animated illustration: Student sits at a table in the library, reading a book and doodling hearts in the margins. Through clouds, wind, rain, flying leaves and rowan berries “pan into” the Oxford library window. Page flips to an animated illustration of Oxford University. On the page in black Gothic script, one letter at a time, appears: "Over the ends of the Earth, to distant seas, once upon a time, there lived a Student of psychology." Zoom in: the British Isles Zoom in: red dot for city of Oxford Zoom in: University of Oxford. Inside on yellowed parchment is an illustrated map of the world covering two pages. The title "A Present for Luna" appears on the cover. Hand In A White Glove picks up another book and wipes the dust from its binding. Hand In A White Glove closes the book and places it on the table. – Over the ends of the Earth, to distant seas, once upon a time, there lived a vamp… Sorry, wrong book. On the page in black Gothic script, one letter at a time, appears: "Over the ends of the Earth, to distant seas, once upon a time, there lived a vampire." Zoom in: the British Isles Zoom in: red dot for the city of Oxford Zoom in: University of Oxford.
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A HAND IN A WHITE GLOVE places a burning candle in the candlestick and wipes the dust off a book’s cover revealing the title "Lunar Ring." Hand In A White Glove opens the book. A dozen ancient leather-bound books are stacked in two piles. Various items are laid out on the table: hourglass, skull, ink bottle, melted candle in a copper candlestick, scrolls. Moonlight illuminates a cloth-covered writing desk by the window. Bare tree branches knock against the window.
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Through an arched window a huge full moon is visible against scattered clouds. Light from candle flames spreads unevenly over floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Spacious, Gothic-style ancient library at dusk.