That’s 100% right — originally the scene in Reena’s apartment wasn’t intended for the beginning of Horror High. My initial plan was to start the chapter with Reena/Madison’s limo pulling up at Sumter Academy and have the apartment sequence occur as a flashback later on.
But, in the end, I felt seeing Reena at her apartment and interacting with her little brother helped "set the stage" better — plus we immediately get to see her doubts/concerns regarding the Sumter case.
Midnight
2021-07-19 00:08:49 +0000 UTC
A question: was the opening scene in Reena's apartment not originally part of the story? I noticed that the file names on these layout sketches don't match up with the published page count, with Page 6 being labeled Page 1 and so on.