WERIGO SAGA Chapter 15: The Citadel

PANEL 1. Bali bay. A new world event begins.

• SYSTEM: WORLD EVENT: THE CITADEL. OBJECTIVE: FIND THE LAND

PANEL 2. Pak Chan and Pak Remy arrive in Bali.

• PAK CHAN: Three days. One building. No excuses.

Title card. WERIGO SAGA · CHAPTER 15 · THE CITADEL.

• CAPTION: A BALI WEBTOON. Story & Art: Werigo Studio.

PANEL 3. Arya hands over a ready-to-ride scooter at the airport.

• ARYA: Your ride, Pak. Delivered to the airport, charged and ready.
• PAK CHAN: I don't ride.
• PAK REMY: I do.

PANEL 4. Arya hands over a ready-to-ride scooter at the airport.

• CAPTION: Remy takes the helmet. Chan chooses the car.
• SYSTEM: PAK REMY. NEW SKILL: RIDER

PANEL 5. The riders begin the search along the coast.

• CAPTION: Jimbaran to Tanjung Benoa. The search begins.
• SYSTEM: CONVOY LEADER: DEWA. RANK A

PANEL 6. The riders wait under a tree.

• ODY: The Board wants the building by Friday.
• DEWA: Buildings don't care about Friday.

PANEL 7. Pak Chan checks his compass from inside the car.

• PAK CHAN: Water in front. A mountain behind. No T-junction at the door. No number four.
• DRIVER: That's quite a list, Pak.
• PAK CHAN: Then we had better start.

PANEL 8. The team inspects prospective buildings.

• SYSTEM: CANDIDATE 1: REJECTED. TIME: 2 SECONDS
• PAK CHAN: T-junction. No.

PANEL 9. The team inspects prospective buildings.

• PAK CHAN: Number fourteen. Contains a four. No.
• ODY: Pak, the address is fourteen, not four.
• PAK CHAN: It contains a four.

PANEL 10. The team inspects prospective buildings.

• SYSTEM: REJECTED: 3. TIMES CHAN LEFT THE CAR: 0
• PAK REMY: Six hundred square metres. Price per metre...
• PAK CHAN: Too expensive for a building I haven't left my car for.

PANEL 11. The riders wait under a tree.

• DEWA: He's looking for the right building from inside a box.
• ARYA: Then he'll never find it.

PANEL 12. Pak Chan remains stuck in traffic.

• CAPTION: HOOONK
• SYSTEM: TRAFFIC. BOSS LEVEL

PANEL 13. Pak Chan remains stuck in traffic.

• CAPTION: Twelve minutes. Same view.
• PAK CHAN: ...

PANEL 14. Dewa offers Pak Chan a helmet and a seat on the EdPower.

• PAK CHAN: Is it... comfortable? For two.
• DEWA: It's an EdPower, Pak. It's comfortable for two.

PANEL 15. Dewa takes Pak Chan on his first EdPower ride.

• SYSTEM: FIRST RIDE. THE CHAIRMAN FEELS THE WIND
• PAK CHAN: ...Oh.

Pause page. No engine roar. Just the wind.

PANEL 16. The EdPower charges through its centre-tunnel hatch ahead of the closed seat.

• DEWA: Ten to eighty percent in about fifteen minutes. One coffee.
• PAK CHAN: I have never waited fifteen minutes for anything.
• ODY: You waited twelve in the car. For nothing.

PANEL 17. The group stops for coffee while charging.

• PAK CHAN: How many of them have never had a chance to try these bikes?
• ODY: That's why we need the Citadel. Let them ride. Then decide.

PANEL 18. Cinta finds a promising plot of land.

• CINTA: My ground sense says this one. Water in front. Room to breathe.
• PAK CHAN: ...Hm.

PANEL 19. Cinta introduces Jero Undagi.

• CINTA: This is Jero Undagi. He knows this land better than any of us.

PANEL 20. Jero Undagi and Pak Remy measure the land.

• PAK REMY: Forty point two metres.
• JERO UNDAGI: Twenty-three depa and a musti.
• PAK REMY: ...Is that a lot?

PANEL 21. Jero Undagi and Pak Remy measure the land.

• JERO UNDAGI: We measure with the body of the person who will use it. A house should fit its owner.
• JERO UNDAGI: Who are you building this for?
• ODY: Everyone who has never ridden one yet.

PANEL 22. The System reveals a blueprint.

• SYSTEM: ASTA KOSALA KOSALI. MEASUREMENT ACCEPTED

Pause page. A place should fit the people who use it.

PANEL 23. Pak Chan and Jero Undagi discuss two traditions.

• SYSTEM: TWO TRADITIONS. ONE CONVERSATION
• PAK CHAN: Water in front. Good fortune.
• JERO UNDAGI: Here, kaja points toward the mountain, our sacred direction. We must read this land on its own terms.
• PAK CHAN: Then show me.

PANEL 24. The atmosphere on the land changes.

• CAPTION: Then the wind changed.

PANEL 25. Pak Remy notices an unsettling reflection.

• SYSTEM: UNKNOWN ENTITY: ???. LAND OWNER: NOT YOU
• PAK REMY: ...Pak Chan. The numbers are all fours.

PANEL 26. The guardian of the land appears.

• PAK CHAN: We are leaving.
• JERO UNDAGI: Sit down. It's the penunggu. The guardian of this land.

PANEL 27. The guardian of the land appears.

• JERO UNDAGI: You asked the seller. There is someone else to greet.
• ODY: Who?
• JERO UNDAGI: The one who was here before the seller's grandfather.

PANEL 28. Jero Undagi explains respect for the land through a traditional painting.

• JERO UNDAGI: Before we build, we ask permission. We make offerings and restore balance with the land.

PANEL 29. Pak Chan and Jero Undagi speak about incense and auspicious days.

• PAK CHAN: In Hong Kong, my family also burns incense and chooses a good day before building.
• JERO UNDAGI: Then you know how to begin. By listening.

PANEL 30. The group returns after preparations for the ceremony.

• CAPTION: After the preparations, they return for the ceremony.

PANEL 31. The group returns after preparations for the ceremony.

• PAK REMY: What is the ROI of a ceremony?
• GRANDMOTHER: A building that stands.
• PAK REMY: ...I'll put it under infrastructure.

PANEL 32. The guardian acknowledges the group.

• SYSTEM: THE GUARDIAN NODS. PERMISSION GRANTED

Pause page. The land has been heard.

PANEL 33. A flower falls as Grandmother speaks with Pak Chan.

• GRANDMOTHER: It likes you.
• PAK CHAN: ...Good.

PANEL 34. The proposed Experience Centre takes shape in their imagination.

• SYSTEM: CITADEL BLUEPRINT: 80%. PROPOSED EXPERIENCE CENTRE
• ODY: See every bike. Touch it. Try it. Charge while you eat. Rent from Werigo if you're not ready to buy.

PANEL 35. The proposed Experience Centre takes shape in their imagination.

• PAK REMY: And the corner with the question mark?
• ODY: That's for later.

PANEL 36. They discuss the right day to begin.

• PAK REMY: What price are you suggesting?
• PAK CHAN: What day is good?
• JERO UNDAGI: Not this month.
• PAK CHAN & PAK REMY: ...Of course.

PANEL 37. Dewa and Pak Chan ride back together.

• SYSTEM: PAK CHAN: RIDES TAKEN 2. COMPLAINTS: 0

PANEL 38. Dewa and Pak Chan ride back together.

• PAK CHAN: Dewa.
• DEWA: Pak?
• PAK CHAN: Tomorrow I will ride in front.
• DEWA: ...On your own bike?
• PAK CHAN: I didn't say that.

PANEL 39. Arya arranges Pak Remy’s rental.

• SYSTEM: NEW ROLE. THE BOARD BECOMES THE CUSTOMER
• ARYA: Keep it for the three days. We'll collect it at the airport.
• PAK REMY: How much?
• ARYA: It's on the Werigo WhatsApp, Pak. Like everyone else.

PANEL 40. Pak Chan and Ody discuss Werigo’s place in the Citadel.

• PAK CHAN: The Citadel will be Wedison's. The showroom team will run it.
• ODY: And Werigo?
• PAK CHAN: Werigo will have a desk. In the corner.

PANEL 41. Ody considers the desk offered to Werigo.

• ODY: A desk isn't a home, Pak. The showroom crew already sell bikes all day.
• ODY: Werigo needs its own shop. Its own crew. Its own fleet.

Pause page. Its own shop. Its own crew. Its own fleet.

PANEL 42. The System issues a new main quest.

• SYSTEM: NEW MAIN QUEST. WERIGO MUST STAND ALONE
• PAK CHAN: Then prove Werigo can stand alone.

End card. To be continued. CH.16: WERIGO MUST STAND ALONE.

• CAPTION: If you could design one corner of a Wedison Experience Centre, what would it be? Tell us in the comments.
• NOTE: A fictional story. The Experience Centre shown is a concept, not an opening announcement.