Episode 9

Episode 9 - pending final

  by  EmeraldEyes14, Nov 6, 2012, 3:59:16 PM 

Scene 1  A rather small corridor at Benzen, lined with doors. There are strong  ceiling lights and the windowless walls are painted light grey. The scene has a professional, yet somewhat distant appearance. It is completely silent apart from some subtle whirring in the background. MASTER is standing in the middle of the corridor opposite a woman in a  white lab coat<span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: (formally, politely) Good morning, Mr. Takahashi. The system you requested is ready. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: [gives a brief grateful smile] Thank you, Ms. Okada. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: [nods] That’s quite alright. We’re glad to have you working alongside us again. Follow me. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[MASTER and OKADA walk to the door nearest to the end of the corridor. OKADA tries the door handle. It is locked.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: (seriously) Good. [She takes a key out from the pocket of her coat and begins to unlock the  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">door<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> with ease.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: (confused) What do you mean? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: Besides being highly restricted technology, the system is…how would you put this…delicate. Complex and delicate. By that, I mean even the tiniest break in the smallest of wires could cause serious issues with the  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">program<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">. (small laugh) We don’t want anyone messing around here. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: Ah, of course not. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[OKADA gently pushes the door open. A  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">storage room<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> is revealed, filled with several boxes of different sizes.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: The materials for the physical body aren’t ready yet, but I believe this should be all you need for the first stage. As I’ve said, we value the robotics expertise you’re bringing to the company, so we’re willing to provide you with the latest technology. You- and you alone, I hear- know how to create the so-called soul. I can’t pretend to understand how it works, but I assume it will take a while for you to set all the specifics? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: Oh, no, I purposefully searched for a method that let most the personality develop by itself. All I specify is a certain age and gender. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: A fourteen-year-old boy, was it? In that case, we’ll begin  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">preparing<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> the physical resources for your android now. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: (almost embarrassed) It’s a VOCALOID. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: [raising an eyebrow] Alright. [pauses] Anyway, I hope this is sufficient. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[MASTER stares at the boxes, overwhelmed.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">OKADA: (smiling) Don’t worry. We’ll help you move those. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">Scene 2 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">A room in Viper’s base. There is a desk in the corner, with blue-tinted sheets of paper piled on it. Viper is pacing up and down the room with a furious expression, holding a sleek yet slightly worn suitcase. While Viper is walking away from the door, it opens, and Neru confidently bounds in with Haku trailing behind reluctantly. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: [sharply turning to face them] (menacingly) Hmph! Just who I wanted to see! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">NERU: (whispering) [to Haku] What’s up with her? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">HAKU: [pressing a finger to her own lips] Shh. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: (frustrated) What’s  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">up <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> is that someone appears to have done  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">this <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> [she opens the suitcase upside-down, letting several screwed up pieces of paper inside fall to the ground] to my documents. My  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">important <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> documents. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">HAKU: [to Neru] This is exactly how I told you she’d react. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: [also to Neru] You! I should have known. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">NERU: (fearfully yet defensively) H-Hey, sorry. I just thought they’d be great for playing catch with- there’s not much to do around he- <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: (hissing) Catch? You used  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">my research papers  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">to play  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">catch? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">NERU: (quickly) Well, if it helps, [nodding to Haku] Ms Boring didn’t want to play. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: (snapping) Ugh! Useless…absolutely useless! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">HAKU: [briefly looks offended, then shakes her head] (quietly) Neru…let’s go. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[Neru glances again at Viper and then quickly follows Haku out of the room. A few seconds after they are gone, Viper storms towards the desk, sits at it and grabs a sheet of paper and a pen. She begins to furiously sketch and write on the paper, although her work cannot be seen by the viewer yet.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">Scene 3 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">The piano room. KAITO is hunched up underneath the piano with his scarf pulled over his head, trying not to be seen. MEIKO walks into the room, looks around and notices him quickly. She smiles and reaches over to suddenly play a loud crash of notes on the piano. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: (shocked, voice muffled by his scarf) Agh! [he quickly crawls out from under the piano and stands up, pulling his scarf back around his neck.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: (bored) Found you. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[MIKU walks in.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: KAITO? Are you okay? I heard someone yell. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: [grinning] I-I’m fine, thanks! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: Good! [to MEIKO] Whose turn is it to seek now? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: [shrugs] Meh, you know what? This is getting boring. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">Really <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> boring. And I’m not just saying that because of KAITO’s award-worthy ability to find the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">worst <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"> hiding places known to man. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: So what should we do now? Master been gone for- [counts on his fingers] at least six hours. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: (confidently) We’ll head on over and check up on him! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: Are you sure we won’t be a bother? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: Nah, he must be lonely working all by himself! He’ll appreciate it, I’m certain. [thinks] Mind if we stop off at the bar first, though? I haven’t had a proper drink in ages. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: (tentatively) Actually, MEIKO, maybe it would be best if you waited until afterwards… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: Yeah, it might make us look bad if you showed up to his latest big project drunk and- [MEIKO hits him.] Ow! (to himself) Why is it always me? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">Scene 4 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">Back to the room from Scene 2. VIPER is still at her desk. She places her pen down. Although the viewer can see she has completed a blueprint, what it is of is unclear. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: (exhaustedly) There! [She moves slightly back in her seat to see the blueprint properly. She originally looks satisfied, but then frowns.] No…no, it’s no good. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[Viper stands up and glares at the paper before walking away, leaving it on] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: (muttering furiously) Why can’t I do anything right? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[The blueprint is shown properly. It is a design of Teto.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">VIPER: What a joke… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">Scene 5 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">The Benzen lab. A new system has been set up. There are three monitors- one quite large, two smaller. There is a complex keyboard in front of them. They are connected to a large computer. Wires trail from the computer across the ground. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: (to himself) There’s a sort of nostalgia about all this… [He pauses for several seconds, then rests his arms at his sides, looking through the coding.] Yes, this should work. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[Master presses a single key and the <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'Calibri';">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">largest monitor switches its display to show a loading bar with “SOUL CODE DEVELOPING” above it in block capitals. The smaller monitors light up to display various numbers and symbols. Master smiles gently. The bar loads quickly to around 90%, then there is the sound of the door opening- the area around the door cannot be seen at this point- and a crash. Immediately, the bar flashes red and “ERROR” appears.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: [staring at the monitors] (shocked) W-What…what’s happening? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: [unseen] (yelling) KAITO! You…you idiot! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[Master turns to the door quickly. Just in front of the door, KAITO has fallen over and one of the wires is tangled around his ankle, clearly disconnected from another. MEIKO and Miku are standing behind him. All three look terrified, particularly KAITO, who struggles to stand up.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: (panicking) No! I’m so sorry! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[He quickly clicks the wires back together. All look at the monitors in desperation, and the loading bar resumes and fills. The text on the monitor changes to “PROCESS INTERUPPTED. SECOND ATTEMPT”, and the bar restarts loading.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: (worriedly) Is it okay now…? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: [looking at the screens helplessly] (stunned) It’s creating a copy… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[The bar loads to 50%. Master presses keys desperately. “TRAITS AUTO-REVERSED” flashes on the screen.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: It won’t work! It’s just switching around the set aspects! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[The bar fills completely.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: (guiltily) I’ve ruined everything, haven’t I? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[MASTER does not answer.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MIKU: Are you sure there isn’t anything you can do? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: (hesitantly) I suppose… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[Master presses several keys at once, and text appears on the screen: “DELETE COPIED DATA? Y/N”. His finger hovers above the Y key, but he reads the text again.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: Hm? (in realization) Of course…two sets of data have been created…one for a boy, and one for a girl…opposites, yet the same. Twins. [He moves his hand back from the Y key decisively.] Kaito? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: [flinching] (worried) Yes? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: Would you phone Benzen for me? Tell them I’m going to need twice as many resources. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">KAITO: (in surprised relief) Oh- okay! [He quickly leaves the lab.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MEIKO: (confused) You’re not going to delete anything? But isn’t the second copy glitched? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">MASTER: Yes. But even so…let’s give it- (stops) her, a try. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">[The screen is shown in full. An “N” appears below the text, and the scene fades out.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

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