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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 “Reward”

Page 1

Panel 1: 

Making it to the tavern, Atom sat back in the same spot he did earlier in the day.

Bartender: "ay your back, you just want another water"

Atom: "ya, i need to clear my head:

Panel 2:

The Bartender looks at the bounty wall 

Bartender: "so did you collect any bounties, i saw you looking at them earlier"

Atom: "wait so i can just claim any of them

Bartender: "well that is what there for"

Panel 3:

Atom looks at the bounty board 

Atom: "wait a minute that guy up there… looks familiar"

Bartender: "how so, is he your brother"

Atom: "no no i think i saw him earlier"

Panel 4: 

Suddenly a man burst into the tavern, his breath was heavy and frantic

The Man: "BARKEEP! GARRICK THE FLEET WAS DEFEATED EARLIER!!"

Bartender: "slow down who was. Who stopped him, so i know who willl collect the bounty on him"

Panel 5:

We get a backward angle on Atom as he describes the man

The Man: "i wasn't there so i'm not sure, but people say he was wearing a black and white hood with glowing heterochromic eyes"

Panel 6: 

As the man describes him, the bartender looks at Atom with each description.

Panel 6:

The bartender hops over the counter and picks up Atom by his hood and faces him toward the man

Panel 7:

Bartender: "did it just so happen to match the description of this dude"

Atom: "hey you didn't have to pick me up"

Page 2

Panel 1:

The Man looks astonished as everything that he was told was true from this young man

The Man: "It is him, everything I heard describes him perfectly."

Atom: oh shit. I messed up (thought)

Panel 2:

The bartender dropped Atom to the floor and reached into his pocket

Bartender: can't believe a kid was the one to stop that man

Panel 3:

The bartender took a roll of cash and handed it to Atom

Bartender: "Kid i don't think you realize how helpful what you did was. Here take this, it could easily last you a year without worrying how much you're spending."

Panel 4:

Atom is on his knees 

Atom: "wait, i didn't break a law when i fought that dude"

Panel 5:

The bartender is now laughing harder than he has ever laughed before

Bartender: "You're joking right, laws state that if you use your mana to help others then it's fine, don't worry. It may be vague but that's the law, if someone has a bounty they are considered a threat and don't need justification to defeat unless it's unlawful." 

Panel 6:

Atom breathed a sigh of relief 

Atom: "thank god"

Bartender: "if that wasn't a law then being a bounty hunter wouldn't be a profession, kid it's getting late i got to close my shop, you can come back tomorrow to collect some more if you don't believe me.

Atom: "alright, thank you so much

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