Eurofurence 29 Pawpet Show - Soul Seekers - Act 3 - Scene 1: It's Like a Science Fair, But Not!

Act 3, Scene 1: It's Like a Science Fair, But Not!

Setting: We are outside, on Juliana, the Island. There's a rock cliff with a waterfall on the left side, a few wooden sheds, palm trees in the background. The waterfall feeds a kind of water wheel with an axle that has a sort of crude generator hooked up to it. There are two cables with clamps attached to it like on a car starter cable. It also has a brake lever that can be pulled to release the brake. Next to it is a little platform where further equipment can be placed. There's a hand made wooden table on the right side with some chemical laboratory equipment on it. There's a little burner, bubbling liquids, beakers full of solids and liquids, and a chalkboard with the slogan "A great day for science!" and a table with two columns, "success" and "failure". There's like 25 marks on the "failure" side and none of the "success side". Also on the edge of the table is a box with a big red launch button.

Stage setup	Name	Comment
Curtain	LabRatz
wheel stand	None	[5, 2nd] To hold the generator. Not visible to the audience.
capacitor lift	Runoratsu	[6, 2nd] Connect rope to capacitor. Needs to hoist the capacitor up into the air.
Projection 3-1 A	None	Tropical sunny island. Rock cliff with water fall and wheel (not rotating) to the left (flowing from left to right), wooden sheds, palm trees.
Projection 3-1 B	None	The same as Projection 3-1 A, but the water wheel rotates.
Projection 3-1 C	None	The same as Projection 3-1 B, but with a "rocket" crashing in the background.
Backdrop
Left	Projection_Screen
Middle	Projection_Screen
Right	Projection_Screen
On 2nd rail
crude generator	None	[5, 2nd] Attached on the wheel stand, near projection screen.
rocket	Kayjay	Initially off stage near [1]. A shell of a rocket. Needs to be carried onto the stage during the scene and put into the holder. The top needs to be openable.
science table	None	[2, 2nd] A simple wooden table used for outdoor science.
little platform	None	[6, 2nd] Just a simple wooden platform to put things on.
On playrail

Decoration props
chalkboard	Mstisha	Reads "A great day for science!" and has a table with two columns for success (empty) and failure (full). There needs to be one hidden success mark that can be revealed. On the table at [2, 2nd].
big red button	None	On the table at [2, 2nd], towards [4].
little burner	None	On the table at [2, 2nd].
beaker	None	Filled with solids and liquids. Not bubbling. On the table at [2, 2nd].
bubbling liquids	None	Inside beakers or other glasses. On the table at [2, 2nd].
Played props
cables with clamps	Haku	[5, 2nd] Attached to the crude generator. Looking like a car starter cable.
flask	randers	On the burner at [2, 2nd]. With bubbling liquid inside.
test tube	Kirei	Filled with solids and liquids. Not bubbling. On the table at [2, 2nd].
chalk	Aiko	On the table at [2, 2nd], used to write on the chalkboard.
face shield	Thunder McNeil	For Borax. Initially open.
voltage gauge	Aiko	For Thomas. Large, steampunk-looking.
safety glasses	Thunder McNeil	For Borax. Initially not worn.
blast shield	Feo	For Borax. Initially not shown.
hard hat	Thunder McNeil	For Borax. Initially not shown. Probably needs holes for his ears.
capacitor	Aiko	For Thomas, initially off-stage near [7, 2nd]. Connect the rope to the capacitor! "4700µF Nichicon", needs to fit over the cylinder.
fish	Kirei	For Thomas to bite on, initially off-stage near [7, 2nd].
gag	2ndVoice	Keep off stage at [7], to gag Cassandra with.
ties	Dinoex	Keep off stage at [7], Ropes to tie Cassandra with.
pistol 3-1	Haku	For Security_2.
handcuffs	Zephyr	For Security_2 to handcuff Thomas with.
color coded wristband level 5	None	For Thomas on one of his wrists. Color not specified, but needs to be visible.
color coded wristband level 15	None	For Borax on one of his wrists. Color not specified, but needs to be visible and different from Thomas'.
cloth	Aiko	Hides the capacitor beneath. Initially off-stage over the capacitor.
brake lever	Reesa	[5, 2nd] Attached to the generator stand.
Special effects
bubbling effect	None	The bubbling effect in bubbling liquids and on the burner.
burst of foam	Mstisha	Coming from the bubbling liquids. Dangerous, can burn roofs. Smoke from small fog machine.
fizzle effect	Wane	A harmless fizzle effect coming from the flask on the burner. Smoke from small fog machine.
smoke	Aiko	A lot of it. A lot! Big fog machine.
capacitor support fog	Kirei	Additional CO2 jet to support the capacitor's fog output.
PreRec
	Voice:	Intro

Role	Actor	Hands	Puppet
Borax	Orun	Dunkelpfote	Louis
Thomas	Eisfuchs	Nex Carter	Ton'kena
Security_1	Kida	Curry	Sina
Security_2	Thunder McNeil	Castore D	Bailey
Cassandra	Pan	o'wolf	Cassandra

RATS

ID	Sample	Button	Description
01	Borax Equip 1	Remote 2, Blue Button	Borax Glasses	?
02	Borax Equip 2	Remote 2, Yellow Button	Borax Face Shield	?
03	Borax Equip 3	Remote 2, Red Button	Borax Hard Hat	?
04	Borax Equip 4	Remote 2, Green Button	Borax Blast Cover	?

Part	Time
Intro	00:00
Dialogue	00:00
Scene Total	00:00

TECH PREROLL

%LIG% LX-3100 GO

%LIG% LX-3101 STANDBY for GO

%MIX% Check Levels
%MIX% Unmute Desk

%MIX% Eisfuchs: ON
%MIX% Orun: ON

%MIX% Pan: OFF
%MIX% Thunder: OFF

DIALOG

%VID% Projection Projection 3-1 A is playing.

%ATT% STANDBY Stage left [1, 1st, off]: Cassandra, Security_1, Security_2.

%ATT% STANDBY Stage left [1, 2nd, off]:

%ATT% STANDBY Stage right [7, 1st, off]:

%ATT% STANDBY Stage right [7, 2nd, off]: Thomas.

%ATT% STANDBY Stage: Borax at the table at [2, 2nd].

%AMB% AMB-3101 - Beautiful Nature

%LIG% LX-3101 GO

%HND% Curtain - open

%ACT% Borax the chemist, is chemically working on chemicals in the beakers and test tubes at the table at [2, 2nd]. He's wearing a lab coat, and a face shield, which is tilted up.

%ACT% Thomas comes in from [7, 2nd], also wearing a labcoat, carrying a very large, steampunk looking voltage gauge.

%ACT% Thomas groans and puts the voltage gauge onto the little platform.

Thomas (Uwu, notices Borax): "Oh, hi Borax! I thought I would be the only one out here today!"

Borax: "Yeah, heh, I need to do some tests, and unlike my roof, the sky doesn't burn! Ask me how I know ..."

%HND% A sudden burst of foam shoots from the bubbling liquids in one of the test tubes on his table.

%SND% SND-3100 - Foam

Borax: "YIKES!"

%ACT% Borax and Thomas make a little jump away from the table.

Thomas: "Eh, yeah, I think I know what you mean. What are you working on today?"

Borax: "Random assignment of the day! Two weeks ago it was combustion engines. Then last week that turned into battery-powered cars. I told Mr. Arkenstone that we don't even have batteries yet, but Mr. Smartass CEO won't listen. We'd just managed a potato battery when you-know-who storms in, and we're like, oh shit, what is it this time, and he's like, Borax, I need you to build me a rocket. I'm like sure, you want fries with that, and he's like, no, it's important, I need a rocket so we can catch lightning. I say, like, sure, why not go to mars, too, and he's like, there's no mars in this universe shut up and get to work so here I am."

Thomas: "Uhm okay. Well, at least this world already has gunpowder."

Borax: "Yeah, if you don't mind the war between North and South Delandroc, where most of that stuff is going right now. The only stuff you can get is from New Ido, and that's like half charcoal, half horse dung or something. So I've got to come up with something better. But I think I'm about to make a breakthrough! Stand back please."

%ACT% Thomas stands back. WAY back.

%LIG% LX-3102 GO

%ACT% Borax puts on safety glasses.

%SND% RATS - Sprink!

%ACT% Borax tilts his face shield down.

%SND% RATS - Scha-wupp!

%ACT% Borax puts on a hard hat.

%SND% RATS - Katschunk!

%ACT% Borax produces a blast shield that he holds in front of the face shield.

%SND% RATS - WOMP!

%ACT% Thomas sees Borax's safety gear and stands further back. Way, WAY back.

Thomas: "This far enough?"

%ACT% Borax shiels his eyes from the stage lights, looking at where Thomas is.

Borax: "Probably..."

%ACT% Thomas moves further back.

%LIG% LX-3103 GO

%ACT% Borax grabs one of the test tubes that contain a grain of some substance.

Borax: "Three ... two ... one!"

%ACT% Thomas ducks a little more with every count.

%ACT% Borax drops the contents of the test tube into the flask that's on top of the little burner.

%SND% SND-3101 - DRIP! Fizzle!

%HND% fizzle effect coming from the flask on the top of the little burner.

%ACT% Borax takes down the blast shield.

%SND% RATS - WOMP!

%ACT% Borax takes off the hard hat.

%SND% RATS-Katschunk

%ACT% Borax tilts the face shield up.

%SND% RATS - Scha-Wupp

%ACT% Borax takes off the safety glasses.

%SND% RATS - Sprink!

Borax: "PERFECT!"

%ACT% Borax runs off towards [1, 2nd].

%ACT% Thomas returns to the stage where he started while borax fetches the rocket.

%ACT% Borax immediately comes back from [1], pushing the shell of a rocket in front of him.

%ACT% Borax stops with the rocket in the middle of the stage.

%ACT% Borax opens the top of the rocket, which opens like a hatch.

%ACT% Borax takes the flask from the little burner, and dumps the contents straight into the top of the rocket, before also puttin in the flask itself, and closes it.

%ACT% Borax walks back to his science table.

Borax: "Ready or not, here we go! 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1..."

%ACT% Borax enthusiastically hits the big red button.

%HND% The rocket produces a lot of smoke, and makes a pathetically small jump, before falling down and disappearing from view.

%LIG% LX-3104 GO

%SND% SND-3102 - Loud farting noise.

%LIG% LX-3105 GO

%LIG% LX-3106 AUTO

Borax: "IT WORKED! OOGA CHAKA OOGA CHAKA OOGA CHAKA!"

%ACT% Borax immediately walks to the chalkboard and chalks this one off as a success with a piece of chalk.

Thomas: "Uhm ... if that was your first success, I'm glad I wasn't here for the failures."

Borax: "Yeah, did you come across the big crater on your way up here?"

Thomas: "Yeah!"

Borax: "That ... uhm ... that's actually not supposed to be there. That was me."

Thomas: "Ooops."

Borax: "Yeah, big ooops. I'm sure distilling nitrates from manure was a step in the right direction, but maybe I should have tried it at a smaller scale. Anyways ... what kind of science are you doing today?"

Thomas: "I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK! Not QUITE trying to catch lightning yet, but more like, trying to make some by myself and store it for later! BEHOLD!"

%ACT% Thomas picks up a large, cloth covered object (capacitor) and puts it on the table.

Thomas: "TA-DAAAAAA!"

%ACT% Thomas pulls the cloth off with flourish, revealing a giant replica of the shell of a 4700µF Nichicon electrolytic capacitor.

Borax: "Congratulations, you made the worlds clunkiest capacitor!"

Thomas: "All materials are substituted with some crude shit, but at least none of it is horse dung."

Borax: "Okay, it sure looks the part, but does it also work?"

Thomas: "I don't know. Let's find out!"

%LIG% LX-3107 GO

%ACT% Thomas fixes the cables with clamps to the giant capacitor, and turns on the generator by pulling the brake lever.

%VID% Projection Projection 3-1 B is playing.

%SND% SND-3103 - Happy Generator Noises

%HND% The water wheel of the generator begins to turn, and the needle of the voltage gauge slowly moves upwards.

Thomas: "YES! IT CHARGES! ON THE FIRST TRY! HALLELUJAH!"

%HND% smoke starts to come out of the capacitor. Then it begins to shake.

%SND% SND-3104 - Loud hissing noise

Borax: "Uh oh ... is it supposed to do that?"

Thomas: "Uhm no ..."

%ACT% Borax VERY QUICKLY puts on safety glasses.

%SND% RATS - Sprink!

%ACT% Borax VERY QUICKLY tilts his face shield down.

%SND% RATS - Scha-wupp!

%ACT% Borax VERY QUICKLY puts on a hard hat.

%SND% RATS - Katschunk!

%ACT% Borax VERY QUICKLY produces the blast shield that he holds in front of the face shield.

%SND% RATS - WOMP!

Thomas: "Shiiiiiiiiit!"

%HND% The capacitor takes off like a rocket, leaving a trail of capacitor support fog, disappearing into the sky.

%LIG% LX-3108 GO

%SND% SND-3105 - WHOOOOSH!

Thomas: "AAAAAAAAAAA!"

%ACT% Thomas gets thrown into the river off [7, 2nd].

%SND% SND-3106 - SPLASH!

%ACT% Borax follows the trajectory of the capacitor with his head.

%VID% A few seconds later, the capacitor can be seen crashing down back to earth far away on the backdrop projection.

%LIG% LX-3109 GO

%VID% Projection Projection 3-1 C is playing.

%SND% SND-3107 - Crashing Rocket

%ACT% Borax lowers the blast shield.

%SND% RATS - WOMP!

%ACT% Borax takes off the hard hat.

%SND% RATS - Katschunk!

%ACT% Borax tilts the face shield up.

%SND% RATS - Scha-wupp!

%ACT% Borax takes off the safety glasses.

%SND% RATS - Sprink!

%ACT% Thomas climbs out of the river at [7], with a fish between his teeth.

%ACT% Borax walks down to Thomas to meet him.

%ACT% Thomas stands in front of Borax.

Borax: "Say, Thomas, would you mind swapping assignments? Yours flies better than mine."

%ACT% Thomas spits out the fish and says nothing.

%ACT% Thomas and Borax break out laughing, falling into each other's arms.

Thomas: "Oh man, I love this place."

Borax: "Yeah, it's like the happiest labor camp on earth."

Thomas: "I don't find it that bad."

Borax: "I had three friends who worked for Arkenstone in the Real World. Two had complete nervous breakdowns and the third quit to become a monk in Tibet. And when my ARK50 EV blew up, his company voided my warranty."

Thomas: "Your car just...blew up?"

Borax: "I may have fiddled with the engine a little...but I made it better!"

Thomas: "Except for the blowing-up part."

Borax: "Details."

Thomas: "Well, don't fiddle with my capacitors, then. These will be great for creating a power grid here."

%ACT% Borax pauses to give Thomas a look.

Borax: "What's your trust level again?"

%ACT% Thomas shows Borax the color coded wristband level 5 he is wearing.

Thomas: "Level five."

Borax: "Hah! Be glad for everything you don't have to know yet."

%ACT% Borax shows his own color coded wristband level 15.

Borax: "I'm at Level 15, and I know stuff I wish I didn't. Though it's great to work on tech again. Sometimes I feel like my old self except for this weird body I'm in."

Thomas: "I've grown used to it. It's a lot younger than my old self. Better knees for one thing!"

Borax: "Watch out-- those animal instincts can kick in hard. And sooner than you know, you're acting like one of them. It's hard to stay human under these conditions."

Thomas: "Come on, it's not like you'll suddenly start using kitty litter."

Borax: "No, but the longer I'm here, the more I'm no longer myself. I hope we'll find a way back before I'm completely gone."

Thomas: "Is that what they're working on in the main building?"

Borax: "I'm not allowed to tell ya. Not before you're at least Level 10. But don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. You're doing good work, won't be long until they level you up."

Thomas: "Working on it. It just feels a little bit weird re-inventing the wheel, and not even knowing what it's for."

%MIX% Pan: ON

Borax: "You gotta earn yourself the trust of the Chief Executive Bastard first."

Thomas: "I know. Better get that capacitor working. Everything around here seems to be about electromagnetism."

%ACT% Cassandra enters from [1], panting and running.

Cassandra: "Aaaaaaaah! Noooooo! Aaaaaah!"

Thomas: "Whoa, what?"

%ACT% Borax steps out of the way.

%ACT% Cassandra runs into Thomas, nearly toppling him over.

Cassandra: "Thomas! You've got to get out of here! There are evil things going on on this island! The Order is bringing people here to do something with them! Something horrible! I saw mass graves full of bodies! Burned! Twisted!"

Thomas: "What on earth are you doing here?"

Cassandra: "Jeffrey ... he's actually my father. Caught me off guard. Stupid me. Oh shit, here they come."

Cassandra: "I LOVE YOU THOMAS! I LOVE YOU! I ALWAYS LOVED YOU ..."

%ACT% Cassandra runs out past [7].

%MIX% Pan: OFF
%MIX% Thunder: ON

%HND% Use gag and ties to tie up Cassandra off stage.

%ACT% Security_1, Security_2 come in from [1].

%PRE% PRE-3101 - Security_1: "Stop! Stop or I'll shoot - goddamit!"

%ACT% Thomas jumps in his way.

Thomas: "NO! DON'T SHOOT! SHE'S MY FRIEND!"

%PRE% PRE-3102 - Security_1: "Out of my way, idiot!"

%ACT% Security_1 hits Thomas in the face.

Thomas: "ARGH!"

%ACT% Security_1 runs on and out past [7].

Security_2: "This is going to have consequences!"

%ACT% Security_2 runs on and out past [7].

Borax: "Who the hell was that?"

Thomas: "Captain Cassandra Chondroyannos HMFIC."

Borax: "Aha."

Thomas: "Best Friend. Actually, more than that. And, no, I don't know what she's doing here."

%ACT% Borax looks to where she was taken away, looking and sounding a little forelorn.

Borax: "Guess she wanted to tell you that she still loves you..."

%ACT% Thomas sounds thoughtful/regretful, then remembers what else she said.

Thomas: "Hmmm. But what was she talking about? Mass graves? What the actual fuck? Do you know what she meant?"

Borax: "Not below level 15!"

Thomas: "Don't play that game with me, Borax!"

Borax: "You just got yourself into deep shit, do you realize that? When Jeffrey finds out you told her where to find you, he's going to be pissed!"

%MIX% Pan: ON

%ACT% Security_1 comes back in from [7], pushing Cassandra, bound and gagged, in front of him.

%ACT% Security_2 comes back in from [7] behind Security_1.

Thomas: "Hey! What are you going to do with her?"

%ACT% Security_1 walks on ignoring Thomas.

%ACT% Security_2 stops in front of Thomas, pointing his pistol 3-1 at him.

Security_2: "That's none of your business. Why do you even care, if I may ask?"

Thomas: "That's none of YOUR business."

%ACT% Security_2 grabs Thomas, and handcuffs him with handcuffs.

Security_2: "That's it! You're under arrest. For interference with security operations, possible violation of non-disclosure, and unauthorized admission of a soulless. We'll see what Jeffrey has to say about you and your ... lover."

%LIG% LX-3198 GO

%MIX% All Mics: OFF
%MIX% AMB and MUS: Fade out
%MIX% Mute all except AV-Playout

%HND% Curtain - close

%LIG% LX-3199 GO

%ATT% Microphone handover from ROLE to OTHER ROLE