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* As of Chapter 8, Chapter 1 is the only chapter with fewer than 21 numbered pages. The [https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-extra/ "extra" page] is effectively this chapter's page 21. |
* As of Chapter 8, Chapter 1 is the only chapter with fewer than 21 numbered pages. The [https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-extra/ "extra" page] is effectively this chapter's page 21. |
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* Xan made her first draft of the script for this chapter [https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandoras-tale-1-30752024 available to Patreon backers]. |
* Xan made her first draft of the script for this chapter [https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandoras-tale-1-30752024 available to Patreon backers]. |
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Revision as of 13:32, 10 October 2023
"Broken, Part 1" is the first chapter in Pandora's Tale.
Characters Appearing in This Chapter
- Pandora(First appearance)
- Pandora's light-furred friend(First appearance)
- Pandora's dark-furred friend(First appearance)
- Kyndley(First appearance)
- Zero Angiers(First appearance)(First named)
- Isabelle Monday(First appearance)(First named)
- Veronica Fortuna(First appearance)
- Con Yung(First appearance)
Synopsis
The scene opens on the Helper Corporation training facility, where genetically engineered cat-people are bred, brainwashed, and "trained" to be slaves. A Helper who will eventually be known as Pandora tells her overseer Kyndley that she is a girl, despite being assigned male at birth[1]. Kyndley reminds Pandora that Helpers are created to serve their owners, and Pandora's future master won't be happy with a boy who thinks she's a girl. Pandora responds that she isn't "a boy who thinks he's a girl": she's a girl[2].
Kyndley tells Pandora that she is broken[3], and takes her to a doctor. The doctor explains that some Helpers just are trans, and Monopolith doesn't understand why[4]. Kyndley plans to have Pandora's memory erased and give her a new personality to make her a boy[5] Pandora screams "I'm not a boy!" and runs off[6].
Pandora crawls through a vent, and finds herself among helpers who are about to be shipped to buyers [7]. Seeing a chance to avoid having her memory erased, Pandora climbs into a capsule which is about to be shipped[8]. Pandora wishes she wasn't broken[9].
By sheer chance, the delivery drone containing Pandora suffers from an engine failure and lands in the middle of the desert, where the Pioneer City resistance finds it[10].
When resistance member Isabelle Monday realizes the pod contains a person[11], she goes to open it[12]. What Isabelle doesn't know is that the pod contains a gas which causes Helpers to view the next person they see as their owner[13]. Hence, when Isabelle literally opens Pandora's box, Pandora declares her purpose is to serve Isabelle, leaving Isabelle and the rest of the resistance very shocked[14].
Trivia
- As of Chapter 8, Chapter 1 is the only chapter with fewer than 21 numbered pages. The "extra" page is effectively this chapter's page 21.
- Xan made her first draft of the script for this chapter available to Patreon backers.
Chapters
Volume | Storyline | Chapter Number | Title | First Page | Last Page | Start Date | End Date |
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Broken | Broken | 1 | Broken, Part 1 | 1:0 | 1:21 | 2019-03-20 | 2019-04-10 |
2 | Broken, Part 2 | 2:0 | 2:21 | 2019-07-10 | 2019-07-31 | ||
Sisters in Arms | 3 | Sisters in Arms, Part 1 | 3:0 | 3:21 | 2019-11-06 | 2019-11-27 | |
4 | Sisters in Arms, Part 2 | 4:0 | 4:21 | 2020-02-26 | 2020-3-18 | ||
Good Luck Charm | 5 | Good Luck Charm | 5:0 | 5:21 | 2020-07-15 | 2020-08-05 | |
Live Fast | 6 | Live Fast, Part 1 | 6:0 | 6:21 | 2021-05-12 | 2021-06-02 | |
7 | Live Fast, Part 2 | 7:0 | 7:21 | 2021-10-20 | 2021-11-09 | ||
Volume 2 | Unbecoming | 8 | Unbecoming | 8:0 | 8:21 | 2022-05-25 | 2022-06-22 |
Echo | 9 | Echo, Part 1 | 9:0 | 9:21 | 2023-09-18 | 2023-10-16 | |
10 | Echo, Part 2 | 10:0 | 10:21 | 2024-06-11 | 2024-07-09 | ||
The Night Shift | 11 | The Night Shift | 11:0 | 11:21 | 2024-07-10 | 2024-08-07 |
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-3/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-4/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-5/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-6/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-8/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-9/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-12/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-13/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-14/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-15/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-16/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-18/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-19/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-20/
- Chapters in Volume 1
- Chapters
- Pandora appearances
- Chapters with a named character's first appearance
- Pandora's light-furred friend appearances
- Pandora's dark-furred friend appearances
- Kyndley appearances
- Zero Angiers appearances
- Chapters revealing a character's name
- Isabelle Monday appearances
- Veronica Fortuna appearances
- Con Yung appearances