Surviving Summer Camp with Mx. Madison
Panel One:
Out of the corner of the panel we see Counselor Mx. Madison (narrator), a pink haired individual sitting directly across from a child holding a chess piece in front of a chess board. The caption box across the top says “I had never played chess before”. The table is messy with trash and there is an arrow pointing to the child that says “Litcherally the smartest 7 year old ever (I think)”. The child asks Madison “Miss Madison wanna play chess?” to which they say “you’re on.”
Panel two:
Caption box: “My first mistake was letting him teach me how to play”.
To the left there is a flustered/angry Mx. Madison with the smug looking boy across from them. Inbetween is the chess game at hand. The child is claiming “you can’t do that.” while Madison son yells “WHAT!! YOU DIDN’T TELL ME!!”
Panel three:
Caption Box: “To be fair. I’m very competitive, even with these turds.”
Image is of Mx. Madison wearing a crown and a sash that states “mancala queen”, holding flowers and crying miss america pageant style. An arrow points to her with the caption “me, mancala queen”
Panel four:
Caption Box: “This was no exception”
Mx. Madison has an angry disgruntled face and is holding a white chess piece so tight it is cracking.
Panel five:
Caption Box: “This kid was good. -or maybe I was bad…”
Mx Madison is looming above the chess board seemingly very stressed looking down at a white horse chess piece.
Panel Six: Caption box:
“Either was this was keeping me up at night”
Madison is tucked into bed half dreaming about chess. Imaginary pawns kill each other in front of them, Madison watches the soul leave her black pieces body while the white one laughs. She mumbles to herself “stupid pawns”
Panel Seven:
Caption Box: “I was playing chess twenty four seven.”
While playing chess on her phone the screen in big letters says “YOU LOSE (loser)” and she lets out an “ugh”
Panel Eight:
Caption Box: “But I still…”
Mx. Madison is surprised holding the white king chess piece in front of the chess board. The child sits there, proud of his work and tells them “check mate.” A child can be seen in the background heckling mx. Madison son going “oooooooh!!” in a manner that she is in trouble.
Panel Nine:
Caption Box: “Kept”
Mx. Madison lays with their hands over their face as the kid holds the white king. The kid is saying “check…”
Panel Ten:
Caption Box: “LOOSING”
Madison is fully splayed out on the floor next to the game, looking particularly annoyed that the child has won the game again, ending it with “mate”. It probably also doesn’t help that there is another kid saying “haha you suck!”
Panel Eleven:
Caption Box: “We would talk smack”
The child smugly stands there telling mx. Madison “you stink”. Madison on the other hand is yelling off panel “YOU STINK I BET YOU GOT OFF BRAND LEGOS AT HOME.”
Panel Twelve:
Caption Box: “and the other kids would make fun of me.”
A kid stands over Mx. Madison laying on the floor, he tells her “Miss Madison you suck at this.” she responds with a defeated “I know. God I know.”
Panel Thirteen:
Caption boxes: “So I began plotting”
Madison has their hand on their chin thinking real hard about chess, like with numbers floating around and everything.
Panel Fourteen:
Caption boxes: “Churning”
A side view of Madison you can literally see the gears turning in her brain. They are smoking.
Panel Fifteen:
Caption Box: “Honing in on my skills”
Madison is holding the phone joyfully yelling “yes. Yes! YES!!” as she had finally won the chess on the phone. Even the phone was surprised saying “you won??”
Panel Sixteen:
Madison is looking over the child and pointing at him, she looks a bit unhinged with hair frizzed and eye bags. The child looks more concerned than scared. She tells him “I’m going to beat you today” to which he says “you smell”. They respond with “That’s the smell of a winner.” She forgot to put deodorant on.
Panel Seventeen:
Caption Boxes: “Today was the day. I would beat him”
Madison daydreams about being both the mancala queen and chess queen, it was so beautiful it brought a tear to their eye.
Panel Eighteen:
Caption Boxes: It was intense. I think we both put up a fair fight.”
Both of them sat on the floor, mx. Madison was contemplating their next move when the child said “um, miss Madison …” Madison hummed in response.
Panel Nineteen:
The child says “check mate” and crosses his arms. Meanwhile mx. Madison son is throwing the board behind them and screaming “RAHHHH” in anger. Chess pieces make up the words “the end” in mid air.
