Episode 12

Episode 12

  by  EmeraldEyes14, Jan 27, 2013, 1:21:45 PM 

Written by TallDarkBishoujo 

  

<span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">Scene 1Directly continued from the final scene of Episode 11. RIN is examining the blueprints with clear interest while LEN peers over her shoulder, similarly fascinated. MIKU is also looking, but in a more rushed way, uncomfortable and nervous. The door is ajar. <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;">RIN: (excitedly) Wow! Would you look at  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">this?! <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;">LEN: What is it? <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;">RIN: [wrinkles her brow and turns the blueprint around, trying to make sense of it] Mm, I don’t know…[she gasps] It’s a girl! A drawing of a girl! <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;">[RIN tilts the blueprint towards MIKU.] <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;">RIN: [to MIKU] Isn’t she pretty? <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;">MIKU: (warily) Yes, but I think we should be going 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[MIKU glances around and shivers slightly.] <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;">MIKU: It’s a bit creepy 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">RIN: (disappointedly) Now? But we haven't really found anything... [turns her head to LEN] Len? <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;">LEN: (slowly) True…but maybe Miku does know best. She  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">is <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> the oldest, after all. <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;">RIN: (feigning  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">annoyance<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">) Okay, you  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">win<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> this time! Just one minute and then… (voice trailing off unsurely) <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;">MIKU: Rin? <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;">RIN: (unsurely) Ah, must be nothing. I just thought I heard… <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;">[Two pairs of muffled footsteps begin, gradually getting louder/closer.] <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;">NERU: (distant, from outside the room) She hardly even comes here, 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[RIN, LEN and MIKU exchange  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">fearful<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> glances.] <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;">HAKU: (also from outside the room) No. But please, be careful not to mess anything up, all the same. <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;">LEN: [quickly scans around the room] (whispering) There’s no way out! <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;">RIN: [points at the door] (also whispering) Only  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">there! <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;">NERU: (resentfully) I will! I don’t see why we couldn’t have waited ‘til morning for all this, anyway. <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;">[The footsteps start to get  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">quieter<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">, more distant.] <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;">HAKU: If you wanted to sleep, you should have been more careful with the blueprints. <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;">[RIN, LEN and MIKU exchange fearful looks.] <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;">NERU: (annoyed) Aw, come 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">LEN: (whispering) Listen… I think they’ve walked past us. <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;">RIN: (in realisation) Yes- and the exit is in the opposite direction! We’ll sneak out while we still can! <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;">LEN: (surprised) Wouldn’t it be better to wait a  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">bit longer<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="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">RIN: [waves the blueprints] While they’re searching for these? No way! Even if it doesn’t quite go to plan…well, we’ve got no chance backed into a corner here, but out there- we can take them on, easy! [to MIKU] 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[MIKU  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">blinks<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">, unsure, but then nods and smiles slightly.] <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;">MIKU: I guess so. <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;">[There is a pause.] <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;">RIN: [to LEN] (casually) What’s wrong? Are you scared? <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;">LEN: (insulted) No! 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[LEN defiantly walks up to the doorway and peers around, then turns back to RIN and MIKU, pausing for a moment.] <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;">LEN: (weakly) If this goes wrong… <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:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">Scene 2 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">NERU and HAKU are walking down the corridor outside the room in the first scene, but there is a significant distance between them and said room. They are seen in a side view, so the section of corridor behind them is not visible. <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;">NERU: Damn, I don’t have a clue where I left it… <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;">HAKU: (deep in thought, not really listening) Hmm… <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;">NERU: What? <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;">HAKU: I’m just thinking…it really is horrible, isn't it? That girl- the one in the blueprint- designed in so much detail, yet chucked out without a second glance. <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;">[NERU and HAKU slow their pace.] <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;">NERU: (sighing) I get what you mean. That could just as easily have been one of us buried away in the trash… <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;">HAKU: (wearily) Exactly. (pauses) It’s been a while now. Maybe we should- <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;">NERU: (suddenly, enthusiastically) Wait! I just remembered where they are! I set them down in a little room right back there! <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;">[NERU turns around to point behind her, but stops, staring at the corridor. Confused, HAKU looks as well.] <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;">HAKU: (concerned) Neru? <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;">NERU: Someone just ran around the corner! <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;">HAKU: (alarmed) Are you sure? <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;">NERU: Positive! It looked like...for just a moment there! Quick! <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;">[NERU runs back down the corridor, HAKU following. She stops by the room RIN, LEN and MIKU were in, walks in and looks around.] <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;">NERU: (panicked) The prints are gone! This is really bad! <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;">HAKU: (stressed, quickly) What are we going to do? We can’t call Viper without explaining why we were out here in the first place. This is just what we needed…who would want to steal 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;">NERU: (furiously)  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">Them! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> Those other androids! I’d recognise that stupid blue hair anywhere- and who else could it be? Haku, quick, we’ve gotta run! They’re getting away right 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[HAKU does not 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">NERU: (frustrated) Haku? <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;">HAKU: Well, if it's them…we shouldn’t do anything. <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;">NERU: Huh? What’s up with 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">HAKU: We’re bound to lose the fight without any Viruses. And don’t you remember? Last time we saw them, they just... let us go. (Laughs bitterly) I mean, if we're going to lose anyways... Now we don't owe them anything. <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:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">Scene 3 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">Outside Master’s house. It is around dawn. RIN, holding the blueprints, stands with LEN and MIKU outside the door. All seem  reluctant to go any further. A few seconds pass. <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;">MIKU: I really hope nobody noticed we were gone. <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;">LEN: [staring at the door] This is more nerve-racking than sneaking through the base. <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;">RIN: Oh, cheer up! I bet everyone is still asleep. <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;">LEN: (shakily) I suppose we might as well see, sooner rather than later… <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;">[LEN opens the door. The lights are off and only the bare outlines of the room can be seen by the weak light from the open doorway.] <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;">RIN: (smugly) Told ya! <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;">[The lights switch on, revealing MEIKO, KAITO and MASTER sitting wearily in chairs they have dragged from the kitchen. KAITO looks relieved, MEIKO is angry and MASTER is a mixture of the two.] <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;">LEN: Oh shoot. <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;">[MASTER rushes towards them, ushering them in and closing the door.] <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;">MEIKO: [mostly to RIN and LEN] (furiously) What were you thinking? <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;">KAITO: Come on, Meiko, they're back now and safe. <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;">MEIKO: (ignoring him) Miku, you shouldn’t have let them drag you along! <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;">RIN: (indignantly) Hey- why do you automatically assume it was  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">our  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">idea? <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;">MASTER: (angrily) All  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">three <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> of you should have known better. It’s not safe to be wandering around at night under any circumstances, not to mention that there’s a woman out there intent on capturing the lot of you! Not to mention... (trailing off) <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;">MIKU: (almost tearfully) I’m sorry…we’re all really 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">[RIN and LEN nod. MASTER appears to have calmed down a little. MEIKO looks like she is about to say something else, but KAITO puts his hand on her arm.] <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;">KAITO: Can we go easy on them? (To the three) Where did you 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">LEN: V-Viper’s base. <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;">[MEIKO throws her hands up and MASTER rakes one of his hands through his hair.] <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;">MASTER: (sighs) That's what I assumed. <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;">RIN: [holding the blueprint out to MASTER] (scared) But…we got you this… <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;">MIKU: We were just trying to help! <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;">[MASTER takes the blueprint from RIN and his face softens.] <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;">MASTER: [looking directly at RIN, LEN and MIKU] (wearily) You’re not going out for a week, any of 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">LEN: Alright... <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;">MASTER: And you’ll be taking on extra chores. <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;">RIN: Sorry about...you know...everything. <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;">MASTER: I was worried about you. I'm glad to see you're fine, and I’m grateful for this, but please don’t do something like this again. There are a lot of dangers out there for you... I understand that you want to help, but if we are going to do something, let's do it together. Okay? <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;">RIN: (at the same time) Yes!LEN: (at the same time) Of course!MIKU: (at the same time) We 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">MASTER: [gives the blueprint a closer look] Good. Shall we all take a look at this... (yawns) ...in the morning? <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:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">Scene 4 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:9.5000pt;font-family:'Verdana';">The light from the window(s) suggests it is now mid-morning. MEIKO, KAITO, MIKU, RIN, LEN and MASTER are all sitting around a table. MASTER is at the head of the table and the blueprints are in the middle, facing towards him. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

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<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;">MEIKO: So this is the design for another one of Viper’s androids? <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;">MASTER: It’s a good one, too. Although there’s room for improvement here and there, you can’t doubt her expertise…but…I don’t have a use for it. <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;">MIKU: [shoulders drooping] None at all? <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;">RIN: We did all that for nothing? <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;">[MASTER picks up the blueprint and stands.] <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;">MASTER: No, not for nothing... "Know thy enemy." Now I know just how close she is to perfecting her design. I’ll put this somewhere safe, just in case. <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;">[MASTER leaves the room.] <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;">LEN: (disappointedly) So much for that. <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;">KAITO: Nice job, though! <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;">[KAITO offers his hand out to LEN for a high five.] <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;">LEN: (awkwardly) Uhhh... <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;">[There is a knock on the door.] <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;">MIKU: [standing up] I’ll get it! <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;">MEIKO: (suddenly) Hey, Miku, wait! <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;">MIKU: (confused) Hmm? <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;">MEIKO: (seriously) It’s a bit weird, isn’t it? Someone suddenly showing up? Maybe we should be a bit more cautious... <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;">LEN: We can’t just ignore it. It could be Mr. Sato. <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;">MEIKO: [to MIKU] All right. Go on then. <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;">[MIKU runs out of the room and to the door.] <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;">MIKU: (quietly) I wonder who this is? I hope it  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">is <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"> just Mr. Sato. <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;">[MIKU opens the door nervously. AUNTIE stands on the doorstep. It appears to be cold outside: she is wearing a hat, scarf and coat.] <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;">MIKU: (shyly) Hello. <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;">AUNTIE: (a little surprised) Oh, hello. Does Hiroshi Takahashi live 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">MIKU: (quickly) Yes, he does! Would you like to speak to 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:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">AUNTIE: [stares intently at MKIKU] (to herself) Hm… [She shakes her head and smiles warmly.] Yes, please. <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;">MIKU: (calling) Mas…I mean…um…Hi…someone’s at the door! <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;">[There is the sound of quick footsteps and MASTER arrives next to MIKU. He gives AUNTIE a quick, confused glance.] <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;">MASTER: (politely yet cautiously) Good morning. May I ask who you are? You see…I wasn’t expecting anyone. <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;">AUNTIE: (playfully and familiarly) Really? Acting like we’ve never met…I’m disappointed in you, Hiro. <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;">[MASTER gasps and looks up in surprise.] <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;">MASTER: (stunned) N-Naomi? <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;">[AUNTIE hugs MASTER tightly, giggling.] <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;">AUNTIE: Didn’t you miss your big sister? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

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