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Art style: 2D Hand-drawn. MASTER PROMPT — FIRST SHIFT / STRICT CHARACTER & STORY CONTINUITY This is SCENE 5 of the SAME continuous 2D animated episode. It begins immediately after Artem leaves his apartment in Scene 4. ABSOLUTE ARTEM BELOV CHARACTER LOCK: Use the approved Artem Belov reference and EXACTLY preserve the Artem established in Scenes 1–4. Same facial geometry. Same head shape. Same eyes. Same thick eyebrows. Same nose. Same jaw. Same ears. Same brown hairstyle. Same hair length. Same skin tone. Same age. Same slim young adult body proportions. Artem must be instantly recognizable as EXACTLY the same person from Scene 4. CLOTHING CONTINUITY IS ABSOLUTE: Artem wears EXACTLY the same outfit as when he left home: dark blue work jacket with reflective details, gray hoodie underneath, dark cargo work pants, dark work boots, same dark backpack from Scene 4. The backpack stays with Artem throughout ALL THREE shots. DO NOT change his jacket. DO NOT remove the hoodie. DO NOT add a hat. DO NOT change his shoes. DO NOT change his backpack. DO NOT add facial hair. VISUAL STYLE LOCK: Exactly match Scenes 1–4. Professional mature hand-drawn 2D animated drama. Clean dark outlines. Natural simplified human anatomy. Soft detailed cel shading. Grounded cinematic realism. Natural restrained expressions. NOT anime. NOT Disney. NOT Pixar. NOT DreamWorks. NOT 3D. NOT photorealistic. Realistic anatomy and physics. Correct hands. Correct legs. Correct walking posture. No duplicated people. No malformed limbs. SCENE 5 — MORNING COMMUTE TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE This scene is a QUIET VISUAL MONTAGE. NO DIALOGUE. Artem travels across Moscow to the construction site where he will work today. The emotional purpose is important: Show how much physical time and effort happens BEFORE Artem even begins earning his 4500 rubles. He is not miserable. He is not excited. This is simply his normal morning routine. SHOT 1 — MOSCOW METRO: Morning. Inside a realistic contemporary Moscow metro train. Artem stands among ordinary morning commuters. He wears his backpack naturally over both shoulders or one shoulder. One hand may hold an overhead or vertical handrail. Artem looks slightly tired and quiet. Other passengers behave naturally: looking at phones, standing, sitting, going to work. IMPORTANT: Artem remains the visual focus. Do not turn background passengers into detailed main characters. Camera: medium vertical cinematic shot, approximately chest-to-knee or three-quarter framing. Cool underground lighting. Do NOT show readable advertising text. SHOT 2 — CITY BUS: Later during the SAME journey. Artem now sits beside a window inside a normal Moscow city bus. Same exact clothes. Same exact backpack. The backpack may rest naturally against his legs or remain on him. Artem quietly looks through the bus window. Outside: ordinary Moscow morning streets moving past, apartment buildings, roads, cars, urban infrastructure. His reflection may be faintly visible in the glass. Expression: calm, tired, thoughtful but NOT yet thinking about business. IMPORTANT: There is still NO idea about Viktor or earning money from workers. Viktor has not appeared yet. Camera: cinematic medium profile shot from inside the bus. Natural morning light through the window. SHOT 3 — WALKING TO THE SITE: Artem has left public transport. He walks along an ordinary Moscow street toward a construction site visible ahead. Same Artem. Same outfit. Same backpack. The construction site is visible in the distance: unfinished concrete building, construction crane, temporary fencing, construction entrance. Artem walks toward it naturally. Do NOT place him inside the construction site yet. He is still approaching it. Camera: vertical full-body or three-quarter rear/side view. Artem should remain clearly recognizable. Morning city atmosphere. Natural perspective. Realistic walking anatomy. STORY CONTINUITY: Scene 4 ended with Artem leaving home. Scene 5 shows ONLY his journey: METRO → BUS → WALK TO CONSTRUCTION SITE. Scene 6 will begin ON the construction site. Therefore: DO NOT show Sergey. DO NOT show Viktor. DO NOT show Artem already working. DO NOT show workers carrying materials. DO NOT show payment. DO NOT show evening. DO NOT show Artem using his phone. DO NOT introduce any new story event. IMPORTANT CHARACTER RULE: Artem must look EXACTLY the same in all three shots. Do not create three slightly different versions of Artem. Same face. Same hair. Same clothes. Same backpack. Same body proportions. LIGHT PROGRESSION: Metro: cool artificial morning light. Bus: soft natural morning daylight. Walking: slightly warmer natural morning sunlight. This should create a subtle feeling that time passes during the commute. MOOD: routine, distance, early morning, ordinary working life, quiet determination. No heroism. No sadness melodrama. No comedy. Vertical 9:16. No subtitles. No captions. No logos. No watermark. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image in the following art style: Classic 2D hand-drawn animation, clean expressive outlines, simplified shapes, soft cel shading, illustrated backgrounds, traditional animated-film aesthetic. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Reference images context (match the visual style and elements from these): - Артем референс (general): brand asset — use as visual context