Angel and May
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Angel and May
G02-E10 - Seven of Pentacles
Ice cream vans, soup carts and crazy clowns make a sticky mix!
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THE TAROT INTERVENTION - G02-E10-SEVEN OF PENTACLES
CARNAGE the leader of the Clown gang is not happy that a
soup cart has entered his 'Lost Show-ground'
In the Seven of Pentacles, a man leans on his hoe, gazing
down at his abundant crop. He has worked long and hard to
nurture tiny seeds into this thriving garden and can now
take a break to enjoy the fruits of his labour. Note the
expression in his face, however: he also looks fatigued –
even a little 'over it' – from having worked so hard for
this successful harvest. Success comes from hard work and
patience, but this card reminds you to take care not to
overdo it and exhaust yourself.
INT. RETROGRADE - VINCENT'S PRIVATE OFFICE -
SECOND READING (MINOR ARCANA SWORDS)
(, GANDER-DAVID, GANDER-ETTEILLA, GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER"
ROMANO, JACINTA, JACINTA-ELIPAS, VINCENT GAMBINO)
VINCENT GAMBINO has called back our two TAROT card
readers after recommendation's from the ghostbusters. He
is slightly annoyed that the fees have been increased but
is desperate to find out more about the haunting of the
inn and how he can remove the ghosts
VINCENT GAMBINO
Let them in, lets get this over
with!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Yes boss.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO walks through into the
anti room where JACINTA & GANDER-ETTEILLA are waiting
GANDER-ETTEILLA is mumbling incantations under her
breath.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Dawn of light lost in silent
sources...
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
What was that?
SLIGHT CLOMPING AND SERVOS NOISES AND LOW MUMBLING FROM
GANDER-ETTEILLA
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Incantations, protection from the
spirit domain.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Is that really necessary?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
The field strength would suggest
that protection in this particular
location is required.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO moves closer to GANDER
ETTEILLA and speaks quietly.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Can I get some sort of ward or
symbol just in case I need
protection. I'm not saying I'm a
believer, but it might help!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Possibly, see me after, I might
have something for you. Now Mr
GIOVANNI, I believe your boss may
be getting a little impatient, we
better go!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Yes, of course Madam, come this
way.
AIRLOCK DOOR
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO speaks more loudly
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Over here please, we have hardened
the floor!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Urmmph, argh!(Actually saying-I'm
not sure if that'll make any
difference)
SERVO NOISES & CLOMPING BOOTS
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Mr GAMBINO, it appears you have
had a change of heart?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Well, (pause) I had recourse to
reconsider, I have been
experiencing disturbing things! I
decided that it was perhaps better
to have an experienced
practitioner on my side, than to
be exposed to deal with the issue
alone. The eminations are
becoming, more problematic!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
A wise course of action MR
GAMBINO, very wise. It is usually
beneficial to seek guidance
through the cartomancers and the
Tarot.
STRAINING SERVOS THEN CLOMP OF CHEST BEING SET DOWN
JACINTA-ELIPAS staggers in carrying a large trunk which
is clearly very heavy, she walks over to the hardened
floor area and lowers the trunk to the floor.
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Armph, argh!(Actually saying-I'm
telling you my back will never be
the same)
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Really ELIPAS, can you not do the
simplest tasks, without making
that disgusting noise!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Armph! (Slightly lower)(Actually
saying - Nanofrag off you old
witch, you wear this fucking suit)
GANDER-ETTEILLA
If you could prepare the room
ELIPAS. I need the light dimmed
and at least six by six by six
candles. Also start laying the
conductive grid please. Thank you.
JACINTA-ELIPAS starts squirting silver paint on the floor
in the shape of a pentangle.
VINCENT GAMBINO
It's hard to get good help
nowadays!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
It is, but she is not hired, she
is indentured, however I do share
your sentiments!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Please make sure she doesn't
scratch the floor, we had to have
it redone after the last session!
The burn marks were particularly
difficult!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ectoplasmic eminations are very
difficult to clean I'm afraid
particularly on parquet flooring.
I'm sorry we may have more of
releases today, but it is
inevitable with such a difficult
case! Once we have the summoning
grid in place I will commence the
second read.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Would you like a tea.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Thank you, that would be most
kind.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Please sit, whilst your
"operative" prepares.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Thank you. Mr GAMBINO let us take
this time to review the last
session.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Yes it would be helpful to run
through what you found.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
We drew the fool, which represents
new beginnings. We drew the high
priestess, which represents, going
within and the mystical, and
finally we drew judgement, which
represent, well judgement. For
this next read we will move to the
minor Arcana for more detailed
analysis. Are we ready ELIPAS?
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Hmrrph!(Actually saying-As ready
as we'll ever be)
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Very good. Mr GAMBINO if you
would be good enough to sit over
here, just outside the markings on
the floor, use the wooden chair it
provides better insolation!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Can I not sit at the table.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I don't think that would be
advisable MR GAMBINO, you saw the
energies released last time. If
you could please allow ELIPAS to
fix the Earthing strap.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Oh, thats tight.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
ELIPAS, what have I told you about
that?
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Arghh!(Actually saying-Not as
tight as I would like!)
VINCENT GAMBINO
Is she always so nasty? She makes
me feel like I have committed some
unspeakable crime!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Well, you must admit in your line
of work, its a possibility MR
GAMBINO, but alas it is she who
has committed the crimes!
VINCENT GAMBINO
I'm glad you control that exo
skeleton!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Armmph.(Actually saying-Right
because I'd kick his arse if you
didn't)
VINCENT GAMBINO
What did she say?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
ELIPAS, really! Stand by the trunk
and please do not speak.
VINCENT GAMBINO
So you were saying?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
The Minor Arcana make up the other
suits of the Tarot set, we have
Pentacles, Swords, Cups and Wands.
Firstly I have removed all the
Major Arcana cards which leaves
just the Minor Arcana. I am going
to give these cards to you to
shuffle, once you're happy, please
put them on the table, and remove
the strap. Then move outside the
markings.
VINCENT GAMBINO takes the cards and shuffles.
SHUFFLING OF CARDS
Do not show any card, and then put
them face down on the table.
CARD MANIPULATION
VINCENT GAMBINO
OK, all done, what now.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I will use them to make a
determination of suite, I will
split the pack and then turn over
the bottom lay.
SOUNDS OF CARD MANIPULATION
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ah, we have swords! So I will now
take all the sword cards and we
will work with them.
SOUNDS OF CARD MANIPULATION
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Good, we are now ready for the
first read. MR GAMBINO, if you
could shuffle the cards, as
before, be careful to stay outside
of the pentangle.
VINCENT GAMBINO
It might be easier if you call me
VINCENT.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I really don't think that worked
for us the first time Mr GAMBINO.
Lets just keep things formal shall
we!
VINCENT GAMBINO slightly annoyed but then swivels to look
at the cards
VINCENT GAMBINO
I have focussed on the cards!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Very good, I will make my choice.
But first the incantation.
Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold source. Chased amid
fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen, forgotten. Coloured in
pastures of chance. Dancing leaves, cast spells of challenge. A
muse, but real in thought. Dawn of thought transferred through
moments of days, under searching every feeling.
GANDER-ETTEILLA mumbles an incantation, picks what looks
like a random card but is in fact a insert she palmed
earlier
CARD MANIPULATION
GANDER-ETTEILLA draws: SWORDS 3 - HEATBREAK, BETRAYAL
GANDER-ETTEILLA places the card face up on the table.
CARD MANIPULATION
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Three of Swords!
VINCENT GAMBINO
It's a heart, pierced with swords,
is that bad?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Yes generally, it represents
betrayal and heartbreak, but can
also represents emotional pain,
and sorrow. This coupled with the
previous read, might suggest some
familial betrayal, perhaps
something that broke your heart.
VINCENT GAMBINO
My heart, has been broken many
times Ms ETTEILLA.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I'm sorry Mr GAMBINO, I must say,
you do have a complicated life.
Lets proceed to the next lay,
shall we! It will perhaps shed
more light! If you would be so
good as to shuffle the cards again
Mr GAMBINO, just let ELIPAS earth
the pack.
JACINTA-ELIPAS ceremoniously takes the cards from GANDER
ELLEILLA with a large BBQ tong. As she does so sparks
emanate from GANDER-ETTEILLA's hands.
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE
VINCENT GAMBINO
You not going to set fire to the
place again are you?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
No, the energies do not feel so
intense this session. Now shuffle
the cards please, and give the
shuffled pack back to ELIPAS.
CARD SHUFFLING
VINCENT shuffles the cards carefully, and closes his
eyes. He takes a deep breath and finally stops shuffling.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
A good shuffle Mr GAMBINO, I could
see you concentration. ELIPAS if
you please.
GANDER-ETTEILLA picks a card seemingly at random, but the
deck is marked.
CARD MANIPULATION
GANDER-ETTEILLA draws: SWORDS 5 - MIND GAMES, HOSTILITY
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ohh, Five of Swords, interesting.
Mr GAMBINO, the Five of Swords
reminds us to choose our battles
wisely.
VINCENT GAMBINO
I have had a considerable amount
of difficulty, of late, there have
been several visits to the
airlocks.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Please Mr GAMBINO I really do not
want to know the details, of the
way you conduct your business.
It's entirely up to you. Suffice
to say perhaps you might consider
different ways to navigate
conflicts, and this might be less
draining for you. Let us proceed
to our final lay.
VINCENT GAMBINO
What's that smell of electricity?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I'm feeling that the etheric
energy flux has increased, so
please stand back. ELIPAS guard
the Earths!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Hrmmmph (Actually saying Really
you want me to turn the
Nanofarging thing up a notch)!
The hissing of corona discharge fills the room. Sparks
jump from GANDER-ETTEILLA hands to the BBQ tongs as the
pack gets handed over.
HISSING CORONAL DISCHARGE
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Please focus on the cards once
again Mr GAMBINO, this is our last
lay, the energies are becoming too
dangerous.
GANDER-ETTEILLA draws: SWORDS 7 - SECRET PLANS,
ABANDONING SHIP.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ahh, how appropriate! The Seven of
Swords... it suggests deception
and secrecy. Are there any
situations where trust or secrecy
has played a role in your life
lately?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Every fucking day, you know what
business I'm in!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
I mean more personal to you. Have
there been some situations where
You've felt that you couldn't
trust someone, someone very close,
like there was something they
weren't telling you.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Yes, yes, my father, I found out
from a vision I had, about
something that happened with my
Mother!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Really, well don't do anything
until you have thought it through.
It's essential to trust your
instincts and protect your
interests when necessary. These
cards reveal challenges, but also
opportunities for growth and
change Mr GAMBINO.
Sparks start discharging uncontrollably from GANDER robe
to the silver grid on the floor.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ohhh, argh!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Argh, my watch, it's burning
GANDER-ETTEILLA
(Through gritted teeth) We have a
field issue. Arghhh!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Arrghhh! (Actually saying, the
sparks are not touching the watch)
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Your watch, it's smoking! Where
did you get that Mr Gambino, it
has ectoplasmic energy.
VINCENT GAMBINO
I can't get it off, shit!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
ELIPAS, remove that watch
immediately!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Hrmmph (I'll remove his head)
VINCENT GAMBINO
Arghhhh!
ELIPAS rips the watch off and throws it across the room
and then stamps on it!
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Hrmmph, (Snigger)
Finally the discharge die down and GANDER-ETTEILLA slumps
in her seat!
VINCENT GAMBINO
My arm, I need first aid?
GANDER-ETTEILLA
ELIPAS administer first aid, now.
TIMEPASSING
GANDER-ETTEILLA
(Weakly) That watch, it upset the
eminations and destabilised the
fields! Where did you get it?
VINCENT GAMBINO
I took it from a dead astronaut.
We found a body in the zones
behind the inn walls.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Well, that explains the issue, it
was a dark totem, cursed by the
spirits of the dead man. ELIPAS
make sure you destroy it, and put
it in a shield box.
JACINTA-ELIPAS
Urmph! (Actually saying - I've
stamped on it, isn't that enough)
GANDER-ETTEILLA collects herself and raises from the
chair and steps over the earthing grid.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
ELIPAS if you could start packing
up please, we are finished here.
Mr GAMBINO, Remember that
ultimately, the Tarot offers
guidance, but the power to shape
your path lies within you. Use
these insights to make the best
decisions for your journey. Oh and
make sure you get some burn cream
for the arm.
JACINTA-ELIPAS has now extinguished the candles and has
packed the trunk.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Yes, thank you Ms ETTEILLA.
GIOVANNI if you could please
assist our guests and call the
doctor!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Very good Mr GAMBINO. Come this
way Miss.
AIR LOCK DOOR THEN CLOMPING OF EXO-SKELETON
GIOVANNI lead GANDER-ETTEILLA out of the room followed by
JACINTA-ELLIPAS carrying the chest, leaving a
contemplative VINCENT looking at the smouldering floor
around the earthing grid.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
(Discrete cough) Thank you Ms
ETTEILLA.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Ah, yes, I nearly forget! Take
this, it should help to ward of
evil spirits.
GANDER-ETTEILLA hands over a small silver cross.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Thank, thank you, if you every
need anything!
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Its unlikely GIOVANNI, but I will
bare that in mind.
GANDER-ETTEILA Sweeps out into the street as an auto car
pulls up. JACINTA-ELIPAS puts the trunk in the back and
they both get in the car.
GANDER-ETTEILLA
Stay in character, he's watching!
(Pause) OK we're clear.
JACINTA-ELIPAS pulls off the mouth mutes.
JACINTA
These Nanofraging things!
GANDER-DAVID
Language, really ELIPAS, (laughs).
JACINTA
It's alright for you!
GANDER-DAVID
I was nearly electrocuted!
JACINTA
Serves you right, you asked me to
turn it up!
GANDER-DAVID
Yes but not that much! Actually
most of the shock came from that
second lay, I palmed a card, but
another came up!
JACINTA
You're loosing your touch.
GANDER-DAVID
No I don't think so, I think it
really might have been guided by
the spirits.
JACINTA
Nanofrag off! (Laughter)
GANDER-DAVID
The best bit, is we now have a bug
planted on poor old GIOVANNI.
JACINTA
Yeah, he completely bought in to
the whole line of cudgel, its
perfect (laughter). (Pause) I need
a drink.
GANDER-DAVID
Yeah, so do I, lets get to MOMO's!
EXT. BENCUBBIN STREETS - THE CHASE
(COSTAS, GANDER-DAVID, JACINTA, RUDI)
This scene is the first trial of the first soup cart. It
does not go well as an ice cream van sees them and gives
chase. The have a scary escape by driving into the lost
Electric Dreams fairgrounds area past container city.
This area is run by the clowns gang.
Towering skyscrapers of glass and steel soar into the
night sky, their illuminated facades casting an eerie,
otherworldly glow over the empty streets below. The
city's intricate web of roads and walkways stretches out
in all directions, gleaming like veins of light against
the darkness.
The neon signs that once blazed with vibrant colours now
pulse with a subdued, ethereal light. Their incessant hum
has faded to a faint, almost mournful whisper that echoes
through the empty canyons of buildings.
Storefronts, previously bustling with commerce, are
shuttered and dark, their neon signs extinguished.
Despite the emptiness, the city is far from silent. The
constant hum of technology persists, a relentless
symphony of electronic murmurs, distant sirens, and the
occasional drone passing overhead.
Occasionally, a lone figure, cloaked in shadows,
navigates the empty streets. They move with purpose,
their cybernetic implants glinting in the pale light.
These solitary wanderers seem like ghosts, remnants of a
world that once was.
In this stillness, the city's architectural wonders take
on an isolated beauty. The intricate details of facades,
the delicate interplay of light and shadow, and the
futuristic designs of buildings become more pronounced,
reminding you of the city's enduring resilience.
It's a place where the city's secrets and mysteries are
laid bare, where the ghosts of its past and the
possibilities of its future linger in the shadows, and
where the neon-lit silence speaks volumes about the
complexity of urban life in a dystopian world.
DISTANT SQUEALING TIRES AND A WEIRD DISTORTED ICE CREAM
VAN SIREN, WITH OCCASIONAL GUN FIRE
A strange food cart contraption swings around corner with
four occupant's clinging on as it weaves and darts to
avoid the gun fire from an ice cream van.
JACINTA
Hold on, we're making a sharp
right!
SQUEALING TIRES
GANDER-DAVID
Damn it JACINTA, I've nearly had
hot soup on me!
JACINTA
Sorry! The van was closing!
GANDER-DAVID
COSTAS can you secure the lids?
COSTAS
Cleared for the ILS on that
runway, Earthworm sister!
GANDER-DAVID
What?
JACINTA
She's saying yes. She's been
watching a lot of Air traffic
control video's
DISTANT MACHINE GUN FIRE AND ZINGING BULLETS
GANDER-DAVID
RUDI are you sure we can't topple?
RUDI
No way, low centre of mass, big
battery!
GANDER-DAVID
Really! RUDI you remember when you
told me that this gig, was all
going to be, and I quote "a piece
of cake"!
RUDI
Soup is not cake DAVID, as you
well know!
SCREECHING OF TIRES AND DISTANT WAILING OF ICE CREAM
JINGLES.
GANDER-DAVID
You said, "we just get a couple of
carts" and I asked about potential
competition.
RUDI
Yes!
GANDER-DAVID
So, if thats the case, why are
these ice cream van dudes, dead
set on killing us, we don't sell
drugs, so we're not in
competition?
RUDI
We're not, but perhaps they just
think we are.
GANDER-DAVID
Well, I just went up and got a
ninety nine, as I was curious!
JACINTA
I told you not to go up and buy an
ice cream.
GANDER-DAVID
It was just a ninety, nine, with
the double chocolate mint flake.
MORE SQUEALING TIRES
JACINTA
So you asked for the mint flake,
well that explains it then.
GANDER-DAVID
What?
JACINTA
The mint flake, it's their code
for drugs. They thought you were
taking the piss, and even worse
you jumped the cue!
GANDER-DAVID
I did not!
JACINTA
Yes you did! Didn't you ever stop
to wonder why they were all
looking at you?
GANDER-DAVID
I thought it was the make up!
JACINTA
Well, it might have been, but
didn't the nasty guy serving the
ice cream tip you off?
GANDER-DAVID
I thought he was just tired. I
felt sorry for him.
JACINTA
He was a junky!
GANDER-DAVID
Well, how was I to know?
JACINTA
I told you when we first met!
RUDI
They're gaining on us!
SCREACHING OF TIRES.
JACINTA
(Laughing) I would have loved to
see the look on the guys face when
you asked for a minty ninety nine!
Classic!
GANDER-DAVID
He told me to Nanofrag off. He
even had a uniform, like a pinny.
JACINTA
Didn't the Italian accent give a
hint?
GANDER-DAVID
JACINTA, on Earth, ice cream comes
from Italy, well the good stuff
does! I expected an Italian
accent.
MORE SCREECHING OF TIRES
JACINTA
Hell RUDI, this bastard is really
tenacious, I think we may have to
up the specs on the next cart!
Why do they keep playing the nano
fragging jingle?
RUDI
Its wired to the motor.
JACINTA
These guys are really starting to
piss me off!
RUDI
Look under the seat. I managed to
obtain some of those stop nails!
JACINTA
Cool, COSTAS grab the nails, I
needed to focus on the steering!
COSTAS
Roger, roger big sis. Taxi to
runway three four and blow those
tires!
GANDER-DAVID
COSTAS, did you go to
kindergarten?
COSTAS
Incoming bad weather, ohhh!
JACINTA
No, of course not!
GANDER-DAVID
Ahh!
COSTAS
Bombs away!
GANDER-DAVID
World war two movies?
JACINTA
Yeah, unfortunately!
COSTAS
Radar contact with the bandits!
JACINTA
That should slow them down.
RUDI
I'll bet they have run flat tires!
JACINTA
Lets hope not!
GANDER-DAVID
I don't understand! Why are the
ice cream vans so antagonistic,
we're not threatening their
business are we?
RUDI
We are, in a roundabout way. If
we help feed the kids, then they
don't need their illegal money for
muling and they are less likely to
become users. We're becoming the
competition for the street kids
attention and we're starting to
whittle down their client base.
GANDER-DAVID
RUDI that means all the vans will
be after us.
RUDI
But we can beat them DAVID we are
not such an easy push over.
GANDER-DAVID
We're the ones running RUDI. I
would say they have us!
JACINTA
Not so fast, my street kids are
tough and they don't like the
vans, five of them died last year
from overdoses. We can push back
too, you'll see
GANDER-DAVID
Really? You think so?
JACINTA
COSTAS managed to nick one of
their signs off the back of a van!
GANDER-DAVID
The little shit! That took some
guts!
JACINTA
Yeah, she hates them for not
selling ice cream to kids. After
you mentioned it the other day,
she's been at me constantly. I
blame you of course.
GANDER-DAVID
Me!
JACINTA
Yeh, if you hadn't mentioned ice
cream she would have never
bothered.
GANDER-DAVID
Oh, crap!
JACINTA
We were thinking of a fire to the
depot, and accidentally leaving
the sign behind.
GANDER-DAVID
(Chuckle) That would put the cat
amongst the pigeons.
JACINTA
Whats a cat or a pigeon?
GANDER-DAVID
Never mind! You don't have them,
but they're small domesticated
furry things. Think rabbit, but
more aggressive. You definitely
have rabbits I've seen them on the
menu. Pigeons are birds, rats with
wings!
JACINTA
Don't mention cats to COSTAS
she'll be wanting one!
GANDER-DAVID
That figures. Holy crap! I think
that was a flechette round,
they're are shooting at us!
JACINTA
Really, what a surprise!
GANDER-DAVID
Can't we shoot back?
JACINTA
Too far away, and with all the
shaking, it would just be a waste
of ammunition!
GANDER-DAVID
They're slowly gaining on us!
RUDI
Hey, JACINTA I'm going to head
towards the Fairgrounds sector.
JACINTA
RUDI please, not that Electric
Dreams place?
RUDI
Sorry, its the nearest one!
JACINTA
Nanofrag! Are you sure? Those
clowns are mad bastards. They
worse than what is chasing us!
RUDI
The enemy of our enemy, might just
be our friend!
JACINTA
That's a big call, can you really
be sure?
RUDI
No, but I think it may be our best
chance.
JACINTA
Next time you two clunk heads
design a soup cart you need to get
multiple motors. Soup is heavy,
not to mention us lot!
GANDER-DAVID
Just be grateful its a thick
recipe. Lots of meat and veg,
makes for a dense mixture!
JACINTA
The specification did say
nutritious and tasty, not combat
ready!
RUDI
Guys, focus! Forget the soup! Can
we slow them down?
GANDER-DAVID
If we pour out the cream and
chicken it's like oil, slippery on
the road surface!
RUDI
Give it a try, and it will lighten
the load on the cart!
JACINTA
DAVID, lock the lid down. Give me
those gloves, I have to get this
pot to the back and its hot as all
hell.
JACINTA manoeuvres the giant pot of the Country vegetable
and Chicken soup to the back of the cart!
JACINTA
I'm ready to pour! Make tight
manoeuvres, I need to spread it
around. COSTAS, hang on if you
fall off, I will be really pissed.
COSTAS
Roger, roger, picking up some
chop, big sis.
RUDI
Oh dah, I'm goes to twist the
wheels to spread the soup. Here
goes!
SQUEELING TIRES AND GLOOPING SOUNDS AS THE SOUP GETS
EMPTIED
JACINTA
Such a waste!
GANDER-DAVID
Where does she get this Roger,
Roger, thing and the aeronautical
stuff from? Who the hell is Roger?
JACINTA
War movies, she likes them. Let
her be, it makes her happy!
RUDI
Well, you know how dangerous she
can be, especially when she's all
worked up!
JACINTA
Hold on.
SCREECHING OF TIERS THEN WHINE OF ACCELERATION.
COSTAS
Bandits at three o'clock. Mirror
flash! Did you see it big sis?
JACINTA
Sorry COSTAS, too busy trying to
pour soup. Probably the Clowns.
RUDI
Can you get any more speed out of
this cart?
JACINTA
No, I think the power is running
out, its been heating the soup.
RUDI
That's something else we need to
fix. If we survive, these carts
are going to be seriously up
graded.
JACINTA
One more corner RUDI then we are
there.
RUDI
This place gives me the creeps.
Nothing good ever came out of the
Electric Dreams Fair, thats for
sure.
JACINTA
Stop being such a back birth!
RUDI
Focus on boosting the power smart
arse.
COSTAS
Bandits again. Mirror flash,
several signals.
RUDI
JACINTA, I'm going to drive to the
middle of the grounds and then
stop.
JACINTA
You think thats a good idea?
RUDI
If you got a better one, lets hear
it!
JACINTA
No, but I suppose if we're moving,
the clowns will see us as a
threat, so it makes sense.
RUDI
OK, sounds like a plan. Now when
we stop everyone keep calm, no
fast moves, OK?
MOTOR AND WIND NOISE REDUCING
They slow down and stop in a small clearing. The ice
cream van powers towards them and then starts to
decelerate as they release where they are.
WAILING OF SIREN SLOWLY GOING DOWN IN PITCH, THEN RPG
ROUND AND EXPLOSION.
WHEEL RIM ROLE
An RPG swooshes out and with a bang completely destroys
the van, the only thing left is a wheel rim which rolls
up and circles around at the foot of the soap van.
RUDI
Shit! I guess the don't like
ninety nines then.
A FAIRGROUND TANNOY SYSTEM FIRES UP WITH CALLIOPE MUSIC
OVER LADEN WITH MANIC EVIL LAUGHTER.
GANDER-DAVID
A little over dramatic don't you
think?
EXT. ELECTRIC DREAMS FAIRGROUND - CARNAGE
(CARNAGE, COSTAS, GANDER-DAVID, JACINTA, MANIACAL MIRTHA,
PYSCO JESTER, RUDI, SAD HARLEQUIN, WICKED WHIMSY)
The eerie fairground is dark, bathed in ominous shadows
and flickering carnival lights.
At the centre of the fairground, a colossal, skeletal
Ferris wheel stretches high into the night sky. Its
creaking girders are laced with pulsating LED lights,
casting an eerie, ever-changing glow over the surrounding
area.
The pathways meander through a faded midway, where long
abandoned stalls and game booths stand as silent
witnesses to a bygone era. Tattered banners flutter in
the artificial breeze, and stuffed animals gather dust
behind cracked glass.
A broken symphony of neon lights, holographic
projections, and ethereal music fills the air.
The old carousel, its ornate wooden horses cracked and
peeling, spins slowly to the haunting melody of a bygone
era. The flickering, holographic paintings on the
carousel's canopy depict scenes from a forgotten time,
their colours muted by years of neglect.
The arcade halls, once alive with the cacophony of arcade
games and the laughter of children, are now quiet, their
screens dark, and their joysticks untouched. Rows of
vintage cabinets, relics of a digital past, gather dust.
A surreal luminous mist blankets the fairground, casting
an eerie, almost mystical aura over the entire scene. It
drifts lazily, refracting the neon lights in its ethereal
glow, adding an otherworldly quality to the surroundings.
This cyberpunk Lost Fairground at night is a place where
the past merges with the future, where forgotten memories
and dreams take on an eerie, digital afterlife. This
strange world is curated by the Clown's Gang with their
psychopathic leader CARNAGE.
This scene sets the first encounter with the Clown Gang
SINISTER TINNY MUSIC SETS A CHILLING ATMOSPHERE.
The soup cart stands silent in a small opening next to an
abandoned house of horrors attraction. The four
passengers are frozen in fear.
RUDI
(Whispered) Don't move, these
guy's are very unpredictable, the
leader is wacko! What ever
happens, Stay calm. Maybe we can
talk our way out of this.
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) I'm not sure talking
is going to cut it! The RPG round
was a definite full stop to any
conversation! "What we have here
is a failure to communicate"
RUDI
(Whispered) Yeah, true, but we
have to try don't we. Don't stare
at them, they don't like that
either.
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) Why would I stare at
them?
RUDI
(Whispered) They're grotesque,
think halloween slasher movies!
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) So, like the queens in
the club then.
RUDI
(Whispered) Not at all, these guys
should be in an institution!
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) I restate, like most
of the queens in the club then?
RUDI
(Whispered) Very funny!
JACINTA
(Whispered) This is supposed a
fairground? Looks more like Gotham
rather than Disney, its seen
better days.
THE TANNOY CRACKLES.
CARNAGE
Ladies and gentlemen, our audience
has arrived! (Maniacal laughter)
Tonight, our show will be
unforgettable! (Maniacal laughter)
RUDI
(Whispered) Under-statement of the
year! (Louder) Hello, we didn't
know, we are very sorry to
intrude. Would you mind if we
leave?
UPROARIOUS LAUGHTER, ECHOING THROUGH THE EERIE CIRCUS
GROUNDS
CARNAGE
(Laughter) No! No leaving? The fun
is just getting started!
RUDI
The GAMBINO's chased us, we had no
choice.
CARNAGE
Life, you see, is one big, absurd
carnival! A merry-go-round of
madness, with cotton candy clouds
and rollercoasters that plummet
into the abyss of your darkest
fears. (Voice raised weirdly)
Every one has a choice (Manic
laughter!) You'll see quite a
show, but not the one you
expected!
EERIE, ECHOING LAUGHTER.
COSTAS
(Whispered) Roger, roger, bandits,
five o'clock.
RUDI
(Whispered) JACINTA, should we
dismount?
JACINTA
(Whispered) Stay, better to fight
from a platform!
THE TANNOY CRACKLES.
RUDI
This is insane! We demand you let
us leave!
CARNAGE
Or what? I painted my face,
because, why blend in, when you
can stand out?
(Finger paints imaginary lines on
face) And let me tell you, my
friends, the world's a canvas, and
I'm the brushstroke of chaos.
Don't you move an inch, or you'll
get what the GAMBINO van received!
RUDI
We mean you no harm!
THE TANNOY CRACKLES.
CARNAGE
Would you like to play a game?
RUDI
We can't afford to play games.
BALLOON ANIMAL SQUEAKS LOUDLY
CARNAGE
Ah, the sweet, sweet sound of
twisted fear! Isn't it marvellous?
It's like watching a butterfly's
delicate wings slowly torn apart
by the storm! (Maniacal laughter)
RUDI
(Whispered) Shit, he's as mad as a
box of cut snakes!
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) Death adders!
CARNAGE
And the jokes! Oh, they're not
just for laughs; they're sharp as
knives!
THE TANNOY CRACKLES.
CARNAGE
But don't you fret, my dears, for
I'm not the only clown in this
circus of the mind. We're all just
dancing along the razor's edge,
one wobbly step away from the
brink of insanity!
SLIGHTLY WOBBLY HURDY GIRDY MUSIC - MELOTRON
RUDI
(Whispered) Guys stay still, you
too COSTAS, no weapons and no
fighting, OK?
COSTAS
(Whispered)) Roger, roger, big
sister. I'm going to keep my sling
though. It's holding my pants up!
RUDI
(Whispered) Sounds like a plan,
COSTAS!
CARNAGE
Welcome to my world, funsters,
where the laughter is in the
screams, and the tears are the
confetti. It's a never-ending
carnival of chaos, and I'm the
ringleader of this demented
parade! (Cackles uncontrollably)
Dark figures slow emerge from the overgrown grass and
small bushes. They deliberately and carefully move
towards the cart and surround it, holding weapons.
RUDI
(Whispered) Jesus, look at them,
ah, don't look at them!
CARNAGE
(Maniacal laughter) Ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls, gather
'round, something wicked this way
comes!
Other clowns start with their laughter.
SMALL CROWD MANIACAL LAUGHTER
CARNAGE
Ah, the world outside these
colourful walls is such a dreary
place? A canvas of sanity,
splattered with the mundane, while
I, oh glorious I, dance upon the
tightrope of madness! (Laughs)
Why, whom is this little monster?
COSTAS
I'm not a monster, you're the
monster mister, your'e not being
very nice to my friends?
CARNAGE
Come, join me in my swirling
symphony of madness!
Let's tear down the curtains of
normalcy and reveal the dazzling
mosaic of insanity that lies
beneath. See how the world
transforms, twists, contorts to
match the kaleidoscope within.
COSTAS
No, I'm not going! My mum told me
never to go with stranger's.
CARNAGE
Oh, the laughter, sweet and
sinister, it bubbles up like a
festering potion, a concoction
brewed from the darkest corners of
my soul. Can't you hear it? The
cacophony of a thousand fractured
dreams and shattered hopes,
echoing in the chambers of your
mind.
JACINTA
Back off and leave her alone. Pick
on someone your own size! Like me
for instance.
RUDI
Whoah, slow down you two!
CARNAGE
It's RUDI isn't it? You work for
MOMO? (Whispers) Do you feel it?
The tremors of doubt crawling up
your spine, as reality itself
waltzes with delusion. The world
becomes a circus, a sideshow of
illusions, and I, the ringleader,
commandeer your perception.
RUDI
Look, all this mumbo jumbo is
tedious, can you just get to the
point?
CARNAGE
(Maniacal laughter) Oh don't worry
I will!
HAND SLAMS DOWN ON WOOD SIDING
RUDI
Very dramatic, now what do you
want?
CARNAGE
You have trespassed into my
beloved circus, and I simply
cannot stand for it! There is
always a challenge, a forfeit! No
one gets out without paying a
price at my turnstiles.
RUDI
Could we pay by giving you a good
feed?
CARNAGE
No, of course not, we have food,
we're not savages. This circus is
our world, our sanctuary, our
paradise. Every creaking
floorboard, every faded poster,
and every laugh, echoing through
these tattered tents, is a part of
me. And when you invade my realm
uninvited, with those GAMBINO
vans, you're asking for trouble,
my friends.
RUDI
We really don't want trouble, we
hate those vans as much as you do!
CARNAGE
You think you can just wander
through my funhouse of horrors,
without consequences? (Maniacal
laugh) You've got another thing
coming! Something wicked this way
comes! (Laughter)
The other clowns start chanting.
WICKED WHIMSY
(Weird sing song voice) Something
wicked this way comes!
PYSCO JESTER
(Laughter) Something wicked this
way comes!
SAD HARLEQUIN
(Maniacal laughter) Something
wicked this way comes!
CARNAGE
Oh, the freedom of not being bound
by the chains of reason! Who needs
sanity when you can have a merry
go-round of mania? Step right up,
my friend! I chose the little one!
RUDI
No, leave her alone!
JACINTA
(Whispered) RUDI, let her go, you
know what she's like!
RUDI
(Whispered) Ah, oh, OK then.
JACINTA
Yes. (Whispered in RUDI's ears)
They've pissed her off, let them
reap their reward.
CARNAGE
Embrace the chaos, for in my
world, the only truth is the one
you dare to see. I respond to the
challenge with my two daughters of
deadly mirth!
GANDER-DAVID
(Whispered) He does go on, doesn't
he.
RUDI
(Whispered out of the side of her
mouth) I think DAVID, that he has
just started chewing on a very
sour grape, let him carry on, and
see what happens.
CARNAGE
From the twisted tunnels of my
maze.
WICKED WHIMSY
To the dark corners of my
carnival.
MANIACAL MIRTHA
You'll find no mercy here, only
madness and fear!
COSTAS
Climb and maintain two thousand!
MANIACAL MIRTHA
What?
COSTAS
Are you deaf, climb and maintain
two thousand!
MIRTHA looks at CARNAGE with questioning eyes.
CARNAGE
Get down from your cart little
snipe, you have a quest to
perform!
COSTAS steps down and takes an aggressive posture.
CARNAGE looks at her.
RUDI
(Whispered) Oh, shit, he's really
screwed the pooch now. Here we go!
CARNAGE
How old are you child? Do you like
a ride, the intoxicating rush of
unpredictability! (Circling
around, cackling)
COSTAS
I'm not a child, and I get motion
sickness. Why do you talk funny
and have stupid clown make up on?
Are you a pervert? Get you your
hands off me.
SNAP OF A SLAPPED WRIST
CARNAGE
Ohhh! You little bastard!
JACINTA
COSTAS, don't be rude!
CARNAGE
Life is but a carnival ride, isn't
it child? We start as innocents,
wide-eyed with wonder, but
somewhere along the way, the world
turns us into monsters. (He
clutches his heart dramatically.)
COSTAS
You do go on! JACINTA I don't like
him, he smells funny! Get away
from me!
CARNAGE
In the end, we're all just clowns
in this circus of life? (He wipes
away a fake tear.)
RUDI
I take it, you are the leader of
the group!
CARNAGE
(Laughs maniacally) They called me
insane, you know!
They tried to fit me into their
neat little boxes, but I broke
free! I let the chaos flow through
my veins like a fever, and now I
am the puppeteer of my own twisted
destiny and that of my small
group! (He pretends to pull
invisible strings.)
JACINTA
Look looney tunes, lets get on
with this silly quest or whatever
you have in mind. What is you
challenge?
CARNAGE
Fear is just another mask we wear
in this grand masquerade. Join me!
Shed your inhibitions, your fears,
and let the madness take you in
our house of horror! (He extends a
hand invitingly).
JACINTA
Mother of mercy, you want her to
crawl into that thing?
CARNAGE
If your ward, this young girl, can
embraced the madness, dance with
our demons, then you will find
sanctuary and we will retreat to
the shadows. (He points to the
darkness around him.)
RUDI
So you have two older girls
against one younger, so how is
this a fair fight?
CARNAGE
In this macabre waltz through the
labyrinth, we shall revel in the
glorious madness that is the
essence of life itself! (Maniacal
laughter echoing into the abyss)
RUDI
Right, so if she gets out first
you're saying we are free to go?
CARNAGE
Yes, as I stated, you will find my
sanctuary?
JACINTA turns to RUDI and whispers
JACINTA
(Whispered) I don't want to appear
over dramatic, but do you have a
first aid kit?
COSTAS suddenly darts off the cart and runs into the
house of horrors. This makes the whole contraption spring
into life.
HOUSE OF HORROR SFX
