Episodes
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Episode 15 - The Mash
Things move apace. Penny tries to mash herself into the boom chute, Gina talks mashed potatoes, something else ends up sort of mashed, and Tunis put the mash on Linda....
And a black leather catsuit.
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Episode 14 - Small Terminations
Legs. Guns. More flashbacks. An end. A beginning.
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Missing episodes?
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Episode 13 - Boom Chute
Can Penny get back in the vents?
Can Linda get on Tunis' good side? Does he have a good side?
Will the Professor set Shaboo's pants on fire?
And what will happen to the new Starrrrrrrettttte?
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Episode 12 - Unstoppable
Linda has left the studio.... and found another one.
Gina finds something she hasn't seen in years, too...
And who knows what's happening to Shaboo?
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Episode 11 - Captivate
Everyone just gets carried away.....
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Episode 10 - Poetry in Motion
Time to drop hands and change partners - do-si-do.
And a new player hits the field.
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Episode 9 - Rude Awakening
Things spiral out of control on the air, and into a dither in the outland.
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(19 Nocturne reissue of the day)
A tragic death. A tragic memory. A tragic turn of events.
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(19 Nocturne reissue of the day)
Linda and Penny escape? What about Gary? The ever-hard-to-describe story continues...
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(19 Nocturne reissue of the day)
Linda returns from the Red Zone.... but things have not gone well.
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"Let Bingo Out"
The fate of a favorite. -
It's episode 256 - again. And again. And again.
What's behind the magic door?
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Episode 3 "Talent Show"
It's all for the children. And... where do all the old Starrettes go?
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"Liberate"
A new Starrette. And an old one. And one other..."Star Crunch - Star Crunch!
Eat it for breakfast, eat it for lunch!"Written on a sort of dare from the never-to-be-forgotten Bill Hollweg, the entire 30 script arc was written in about a month, and made... well... more slowly.
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And the saga begins....
BINGO THE BIRTHDAY CLOWN
Episode 1, "Before".
Before what? Just "before".
Music by Project System 12The Cult Classic from 19 Nocturne Boulevard.
Sort of like Howdy Doody and The Prisoner had a thalidomide lovechild.
Try it......... join us........
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PromEvil part 4, "Home Before Curfew"
See who lives, who dies, and who finds romance at the Polk High prom, in this, the final installment...
A lot of people put their heart and soul into producing this memorable event:
STUDENTS
Hal - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Lyn - Molly Tollefson
Todd - Eli Nilsson
Gee - Melissa Bartell
Barb - Beverly Poole
Andy - Mike Campbell
Bud - Jasper Loovis
Tina - Chandra Wade
Missy - Jade Thomson
Jake - Michael Faigenblum
other students - Sky Iolta, Shelbi MacIntyre, Henry MarkFACULTY
Principal Peabody - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Ervin Carpel, Woodshop - Gene Thorkildsen
Ms. Angela Wellesly, Crafts - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Mrs. Snodgrass, Lunchroom - Robyn Keyes
P.A. Announcements - Julie Hoverson
Rent-a-cop Bob - The CaretakerOTHERS
Cop 1 - Glen Hallstrom
Cop 2 - Joel Harvey
911 Voice - Julie HoversonSTAFF
Writer - Julie Hoverson
Doll Wranglers - Julie Hoverson, Kimberly Poole (Warp'd Space)
Sound and Mastering - Julie Hoverson
Stock sound effects - Soundsnap.com; sonomic.com
Music - Prom - Sinkhole
Music - background - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)________________________________________________________________
Prom Evil
PART 4
1. Craft shop
SOUND [under] POUNDING INSIDE THE KILN
LYN Hal?
HAL It's just a scratch. I really thought the heavy foam of the Polky would--
LYN Well, it didn't! I need something--
SOUND TEARING FABRIC
GEE It's not sterile, but this muslin's better than nothing. You'll have to wrap it--
SOUND [DISTANT] GUN SHOT
ANDY Holy shit!
BARB [gaspy scream]
ANDY Ow. Okay, okay - lighten up there! you're Choking me, babe! Let go!
BARB I'm being vulnerable, dammit! Appreciate it!
HAL Whatever else that shot means, there's someone else in the school. So the door must be open again.
ANDY I'll check the hall.
SOUND FEET AND HAND TRUCK, DOOR
LYN This really needs proper attention.
HAL When we get out.
BARB [interrupting] WHEN we get out? Don't you mean IF we get out?
MUSIC
2. punchbowl
AMB GYM
PEABODY Miss Harrison, have you seen Bob?
ANGELA Not since he went to check out the school. He was going to try and find Marge.
PEABODY The school? It's locked.
ANGELA Well, that's apparently debatable.
MUSIC
3. hallway
SOUND STRIKER CLICKS, TORCH LIGHTS
SOUND WALKING, WITH HAND TRUCK
ANDY Stay behind me, babe.
BARB Well, duh.
LYN Tsk.
SOUND GUN SHOT
[Everyone reacts at roughly the same time.]
ANDY Shit!
HAL Holy crap!
LYN Oh. My. God.
TODD [gasped] Laurel?
SOUND FIVE MORE SHOTS
BARB Fuck this!
GEE Wow!
SOUND FEET POUNDING, HAND TRUCK ROLLING FAST
BARB Andy! God!
HAL Don't! Shit. Stay together.
SOUND HAL LIMPING, RUNNING AFTER ANDY
LYN Hal!
MUSIC
4. outside gym
AMB OUTSIDE, RAIN
SOUND MUSIC STILL AUDIBLE FROM DANCE
SOUND CLICK TO TALK NOISE
PEABODY Bob? Where in hell are you, you moron?
MUSIC
5. hallway
SOUND [close] STABBING NOISE
BOB [DEATH RATTLE]
PEABODY [on talkie] Bob? I don't care if you're--
SOUND BUTTON IS PUSHED, MACHINE CUTS OUT
LEDERHOSEN GUY [chuckles]
SOUND RUNNING FEET AND HAND TRUCK APPROACH
ANDY [off, barely winded] Holy shit!
HAL [off, gasping] Rent-a-cop Bob!
LEDERHOSEN GUY [eager noise]
SOUND DOLL FEET RUN AT THEM
ANDY Shiiiiiit!
SOUND TURNS UP THE FLAME
HAL What're you doing? Get back here!
ANDY No. This little shit's going down!
SOUND ROAR OF FIRE
HAL Got him!
ANDY Die, fucker!
SOUND BURNING CRACKLING WOOD
LEDERHOSEN GUY [chuckling]
SOUND WOODEN FEET RUN, DRAGGING KNIFE
HAL It's not stopping!!! Come on!
SOUND LIMPING RUNNING FEET
ANDY [frozen] What the fuck, man! What the fuck?
SOUND FLAMING WOOD HITS THE METAL CYLINDER
ANDY Shit! Get off the tank you little--
SOUND METAL ON METAL
LEDERHOSEN GUY [chuckles, but losing to the flame a little]
HAL [distant] Andy! Just drop it!
SOUND METAL CLANG, GAS HISS, EXPLOSION
ANDY [Screams]
HAL [distant] Noooooooo!
MUSIC
6. gym
AMB GYM
SOUND FIRE ALARM GOES OFF.
SOUND MUSIC TAPERS OUT
CROWD [uncertain what to do]
PEABODY [annoyed] Give me strength.
SOUND QUICK FOOTSTEPS, STATIC SQUAWK
PEABODY [on P.A.] Do not panic. Until you are informed otherwise, assume this is a false alarm. I'll personally go and check into this. Again, until I return and inform you that this is an actual emergency, please assume it is some idiot playing a dangerous, unfunny joke.
SOUND APPLAUSE
MUSIC
7. hallway
SOUND SPRINKLERS, ALARMS
SOUND DISTANT SIZZLING
BARB [hysterical] I never thought I'd be glad to hear a fire alarm! The firemen'll save us!
LYN The water's already putting it out.
TODD Which one was that? Did you see?
HAL Which what?
TODD [fierce] which doll, dammit?
HAL I just saw a pointy hat.
TODD Oh. OK. Good.
BARB [coming off tears] What now, Sherlock? You blew up my boyfriend--
LYN Hal's not responsible for that!
BARB Oh, really?
GEE If this spell I found requires a human sacrifice, I know who I nominate.
TODD Spell?
GEE Does no one ever listen to me? I think I can freeze up one of those things, by reciting these words--
SOUND PIECE OF PAPER
GEE But I think someone will have to hold it down while I do. So you guys need to pull it together.
HAL [quietly serious] That's three.
LYN What?
HAL The one in the oven, the one in the kiln, and that one. Three down. Only two left.
LYN [quietly] We could get his keys. Bob's. But we'll have to go around.
HAL [agreeing humph] No more fire.
SOUND SMALL TORCH DROPPED IN METAL GARBAGE CAN
MUSIC
8. OUTSIDE
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND RAPID FEET ON GRAVEL
PEABODY Oh, please! I've TOLD YOU it was just a prank!
SOUND KEYS, UNLOCK, DOOR OPENS
PEABODY As I've complied with your guidelines for canceling a false alarm...if anyone shows up, don't even try charging the school for it!
SOUND DOOR SLAMS SHUT
MUSIC
9. HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY, SPRINKLERS, ALARM
SOUND ALARM CUTS OUT
BARB [freaking] What? But it’s - they have to-- What about the firemen? [sobs]
SOUND SPRINKLERS CUT OUT, DRIPPING
LYN Let's go this way - Not so wet.
GEE It's a different sector. They only go off one at a time.
BARB This is, like, the worst damn prom ever!
MUSIC
10. OFFICE
SOUND SWITCHES. FUSE BOX CLOSES, FOOTSTEPS
PEABODY Huh! Eat me, you degenerates. You're not pulling any more-- [cuts himself off] What?
SOUND QUIET CLICKING NOISE
PEABODY [calling, annoyed] All right, who's out there? Is this some kind of joke?
SOUND THREE QUICK STEPS
PEABODY [ugh! As he kicks]
SOUND HITS WOOD, DOLL FLIES ACROSS THE HALL, HITS WALL
MAJORETTE FURIOUS CLICKING
PEABODY You cretinous troglodytes! Cowards! Why don't you show your ugly little Morlock faces?
SOUND WOOD NOISES - TAPS AND CREAKS - AS MAJORETTE STANDS
PEABODY What the...?
SOUND WOODEN FOOTSTEPS
PEABODY Oh my god...
SOUND DOLL RUNS AT HIM
PEABODY Yahh!
SOUND DOOR SLAMS
SOUND CLICKING
PEABODY [effort] GET...OUT OF... DOOR
SOUND TRYING TO SLAM DOOR ON DOLL
MUSIC
11. HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
GEE It's not exactly the quickest way to get back to Bob's keys-
BARB Maybe we should make you watch while we barbecue your boyfriend...oops, you don't have one.
GEE Survival overrules sentiment. Besides -
LYN Cut it out. We agreed it was probably still too dangerous, anyway. We don't know how much damage the explosion did.
HAL Shh!
SOUND CREEPING AHEAD
HAL Ok. Nothing moving. All clear-- [cuts himself off] Hold on.
SOUND HIS FEET GO OFF SLOWLY
LYN What? Hal?
HAL [off] Bud! Oh, Crap!!
LYN Come on.
SOUND ALL MOVE FORWARD
LYN Oh, heck. Hal, I'm so sorry.
HAL [ignoring her] [muttering] Bud? Bud, man?
LYN I don't think he's--
HAL Back off!
LYN [gasps, wobbly] I-I'm sorry. But... [firming up, fiercely] But I don't want to die too, and we need you.
HAL I - I don't... [trails off]
TODD It wasn't Laurel. She wouldn't do that.
SOUND HAL STANDS SUDDENLY, GRABS TODD
HAL [furious] It doesn't matter which one did it! They're all dangerous!
TODD Ungh!
HAL See? Look at that! That was my best friend.
TODD You can't just burn her!
GEE We can try the incantation...it's supposed to make them harmless.
SOUND DISTANT SCREAMS [Peabody] and SLAMMING NOISES
HAL Maybe you'll get your chance.
MUSIC
12. OFFICE
SOUND THUMP OF WOOD
MAJORETTE CLICKING
SOUND WOOD CREAK
PEABODY How can you be getting through? How can you be moving?
MAJORETTE CLICK AS IT THRUSTS
SOUND SQUISH OF A STAB
PEABODY [screams in pain] My arm!
SOUND CREAK OF WOOD AGAIN
MUSIC
13. Hallway outside office
HAL [coming on] Right up ahead. One of them is stuck in a door. Whoever's screaming must be inside.
GEE This is the faculty area.
BARB What, did you draw the maps for the school, too?
LYN What did you see, Hal?
HAL Start the chant, Gee. It's time to see if that stuff works. Let's get this sucker...
GEE I think the doll has to hear the chant. I may have to start over if it gets far enough away.
LYN It won't.
GEE [under throughout] [chant]
SOUND FEET MOVE
SOUND DOOR NOISES, DOLL NOISES, GET CLOSER
HAL [noise of effort as he grabs the doll]
MAJORETTE FURIOUS CLICKING, SOMEWHAT MUFFLED
HAL Open the door...I've got it!
MR. PEABODY [muffled] Open the door? Are you an idiot - Wait - Is that you, Farnesby? You are in big trouble--
HAL Just open the goddam door, Peabody! We're rescuing you!
SOUND DOOR OPENS A BIT
HAL Ungh! [effort] Wah! [doll pulls harder]
SOUND CREAK, FINALLY SNAP AS DOLL LETS GO, IS FLUNG ACROSS THE HALL - WOOD IMPACT
SOUND DOOR SLAMS HARD, LOCKS
HAL Mr. Peabody!
LYN Hal! It's getting up!
GEE [continues the chant.]
LYN Barb! Be ready with the broom!
BARB Goddam right!
HAL Just keep it in the hall here - don't let it get away!
TODD [muttered in relief] The majorette. Laurel's still all right.
LYN Knock it over here!
SOUND IMPACT ON WOOD, RATTLE AS DOLL SKIDS ACROSS THE FLOOR
HAL I've got it! [effort noise as he kicks it]
SOUND KICKING WOOD
HAL Ow! Little bitch is hard!
LYN It's heading for Gee! The chant must be doing something! Todd, you're--- Todd? That little rat! Barb! Get it!
BARB [screaming in fury, and beating at it with the broom]
SOUND BROOM HITTING WOOD
BARB Shit!
HAL It's climbing! Drop the broom!
LYN Barb!
BARB Ahhh! [throwing]
SOUND BROOM GOES FLYING
LYN Gee! Get out of--
SOUND WOOD CLATTERS
SOUND DOLL SCAMPERS
GEE [speeds up, but keeps chanting]
MAJORETTE CLICKING EXCITEMENT
SOUND THRUST, BLOOD
GEE [gasps, then finishes chant]
SOUND DOLL TURNS SOLID
LYN Omigod! It went.. right through her!
SOUND BANGING ON DOOR
HAL PEABODY!! Call an ambulance! DAMN YOU!
GEE [whimpering, breathing hard]
LYN We can't just leave her!
HAL There's one more out there. We can't DO anything...
GEE [whispered] Did it work?
LYN The doll froze! But it's baton thing is... is--
GEE [strained whisper] Don't pull it out.
LYN What?
GEE [whimper of pain]
LYN I won't let you die!
GEE Not much you can do to stop it. Go! [long sigh]
BARB Is she dead yet? Can we go?
LYN You!
SOUND PUNCH IN THE FACE
BARB Ow!!!
LYN And where's that little toad?
HAL Lyn? We could get out now.
LYN There's only one more. And I have this--
SOUND CRACKLE OF PAPER
LYN She handed it to me right before-- [sob]
HAL You're the one who said we should get help. That we can't handle this on our own.
LYN [with mounting hysteria] I was wrong. There's no one we can go to for help! How could we even ask? "No, really, officer, there are killer dolls in our high school. We have this magic book with a spell to de‑animate them, but we need someone to help us hold them down while we chant." There's just no one else!
MUSIC
14. Hallway away from office
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND RAPID WALKING
TODD [loud whisper] Laurel! Laurel, they're going to try and get you! You should come with me! Laurel???
MUSIC
15. Hallway leaving office
SOUND WALKING
HAL You're upset. Not thinking right. These things are deadly. We've both lost friends, and I don't want to lose ... any more.
LYN There's nobody left to lose.
SOUND FEET STOP
HAL There's you, and I don't want to have to face that.
LYN [realizing] Ohh!
SOUND FEET APPROACH
BARB I'm bleeding and you don't even care. You just walk off and leave me. You think it's my fault your stupid Wednesday Addams clone died. You want me to die, too.
LYN [sighs] No, I don't want you to die.
BARB Oh, please. Like I believe that. You just want to be alone... and I don't even have anyone to be alone with any more.
HAL Come on. We'll get the front door open and you'll be fine.
BARB What if I don't want to come along? Maybe I want to leave YOU behind for the dolls to kill.
LYN You're not making any sense, Barb. Calm down. We all just want to get out of here alive.
SOUND RUNNING TINY WOODEN FEET
BARB I'm not going to calm down just because you tell me to!
LYN We can argue outside! Come on!
SOUND IMPACT
BARB [oof!] [screams!!]
HAL Shit! Lyn! Read! I'll grab it!
BARB [screaming and running]
HAL Get back here! Dammit!
SOUND STABBING NOISE, GURGLES
BARB [stops screaming abruptly]
SOUND BARB STUMBLES, FALLS
BARB [death rattle]
SOUND DOLL STEPS CLEAR
HAL Right over here, you little monster--
LYN [begins reading the chant]
SOUND DOLL TAKES A COUPLE OF STEPS
TODD [running on] Noooo!
SOUND RUNNING FEET DASH UP
HAL What the--?
TODD Laurel!!
SOUND RUSTLE OF FABRIC, CLUNK OF WOOD
HALL [astonished and upset] Todd? [up] What are you doing?
TODD [going off again] You'll never get Laurel!!!
LYN What is wrong with him? Oh, shit! Barb!
HAL She's ...dead.
MUSIC
16. office
9-1-1 VOICE What is the nature of your emergency?
PEABODY Um, I - there's been an accident at Polk High. YES, I am serious! This is the principal.
9-1-1 Where are you sir?
PEABODY [choked up] Locked in my office.
MUSIC
17. Hallway away from office
TODD [panting for breath, swallows nervously] You can out of my coat now.
SOUND RUSTLE OF FABRIC
TODD You wouldn't hurt me would you?
LAUREL [slight awww noise]
TODD I didn’t think so. Oh! I have something for you!
SOUND GETS CHAIN OUT OF POCKET
TODD I hope you like gold. It's a locket. It was too small for much of a picture, but anything bigger wouldn't fit you.
SOUND CHAIN AGAINST WOOD
LAUREL Awww noise.
TODD Perfect. I knew it would be.
SOUND WOOD TAP LIGHTLY ON THE GOLD
TODD What’s on your hand? [upset] Ohhh. Blood.
LAUREL slightly creepy awww noise.
TODD [starting to collapse into tears] No. You're not evil. You can't be evil!
LAUREL Awww?
TODD [sobs] Oh, hell! [gets ahold of himself, talking to distract her] I've always known you wouldn't hurt me, Laurel. I put so much into you when I carved you. I'd never let anyone burn you up...I promise! you're so beautiful.
SOUND RUSTLE OF FABRIC
LAUREL [muffled annoyed] aww!!!
TODD CRYING, RUNS OFF
SOUND RUNNING FEET
MUSIC
18. hallway
LYN We should go after him!
HAL There's nothing we can do.
LYN Why'd he do that?
HAL He's in love with the darn thing, haven't you noticed?
LYN No. ...I guess I'm kind of dense when it comes to romantic stuff.
HAL A lot of us are. I know this isn't the time, but after we get out of here... Well, keep me in mind, will ya?
LYN I - [smiling a bit] I think I can do that.
SOUND RUNNING FEET APPROACH
HAL Grab the broom!
SOUND CLATTER
TODD [coming in, panting] Quick, before I change my mind! Start the incantation!
SOUND PAPER UNFOLDS
LYN [begins chant]
TODD Ow! Don't struggle Laurel! If they can freeze you, then they won't try and burn you!
HAL It's getting out!
SOUND CLATTER to FLOOR
TODD No!
SOUND THROWS COAT OVER IT
HAL Hold the coat down!
TODD Laurel! It's for your own good!
LAUREL AWWWW!
HAL It's climbing out through the sleeve!
TODD Laurel! Look at me!
LAUREL [angry Aww]
TODD Laurel?
LAUREL [nicer] Aww?
SOUND DOLL FREEZES
LYN Whooo. I'm feeling dizzy.
HAL We should still burn it.
TODD No!
SOUND SHOVES HAL AGAINST A LOCKER
TODD [screaming] She's harmless now. She can't hurt anyone.
SOUND RUSTLE AS HE GRABS HER AND RUNS OFF AGAIN
LYN I don't know what happened, but that sure... it really ...wasted me. Did we win?
HAL Yeah. We're still alive, anyway. We should get out of here, though. Now that we've finished them all...
LYN What are we going to tell people? The police?
HAL I say we don't know anything. Let them figure it out for themselves...that's what cops are paid for.
LYN Todd?
HAL He'll... he'll find his own way out.
SOUND [DISTANT] SIRENS COMING!
MUSIC
19. HALLWAY OUTSIDE OFFICE
SOUND DOORKNOB TURNS QUIETLY, DOOR OPENS
PEABODY [gasps] Todd?
TODD Oh, Mr. Peabody. Um... I think she's still breathing. I was trying to help.
PEABODY What do you have there?
TODD Just a book. [defensive] It's mine.
SOUND BANGING AT THE OUTSIDE DOOR
PEABODY Stay right there. You need to tell them what's going on.
SOUND DOOR CLOSES, TODD RUNS OFF
MUSIC
20. Leaving the building
AMB OUTSIDE
HAL You know, just this afternoon, I was sitting right over there, thinking that the only thing I wanted in the whole world was one dance with you tonight.
LYN [tired chuckle]
HAL I guess I missed my chance.
LYN It's not too late.
HAL The music's over. Besides, neither of us is dressed for--
SOUND KISS
LYN [breathy] Let's dance.
HAL But-
LYN Can't you hear the music? [hums]
HAL Yeah.
SOUND THEIR FEET MOVING TOGETHER ON GRAVEL
SOUND FEET RUN PAST
HAL & LYN Todd?
MUSIC
END CREDITS
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PromEvil Part 3: "What a doll!"
Trapped in Polk High with some kind of murderer, Hal, Lyn, Gee (and all the rest) must fight for survival!!
Find out who's doing the killing!
A lot of people put their heart and soul into producing this memorable event:
STUDENTS
Hal - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Lyn - Molly Tollefson
Todd - Eli Nilsson
Gee - Melissa Bartell
Barb - Beverly Poole
Andy - Mike Campbell
Bud - Jasper Loovis
Tina - Chandra Wade
Missy - Jade Thomson
Jake - Michael Faigenblum
other students - Sky Iolta, Shelbi MacIntyre, Henry MarkFACULTY
Principal Peabody - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Ervin Carpel, Woodshop - Gene Thorkildsen
Ms. Angela Wellesly, Crafts - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Mrs. Snodgrass, Lunchroom - Robyn Keyes
P.A. Announcements - Julie Hoverson
Rent-a-cop Bob - The CaretakerOTHERS
Cop 1 - Glen Hallstrom
Cop 2 - Joel Harvey
911 Voice - Julie HoversonSTAFF
Writer - Julie Hoverson
Doll Wranglers - Julie Hoverson, Kimberly Poole (Warp'd Space)
Sound and Mastering - Julie Hoverson
Stock sound effects - Soundsnap.com; sonomic.com
Music - Prom - Sinkhole
Music - background - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)____________________________________________________________________
Prom Evil - part 3
PART 3
1. LOUNGE
SOUND MUFFLED PANICKED SLAMMING AT DOOR
SCREAM MEDLEY
BARB [PANIC!]
ANDY [PANIC!]
LYN Do something!
GEE Help Me!
HAL Don't - don't come in here!
BARB [PANIC!]
ANDY [PANIC!]
MUSIC
2. hallway
[silence]
BUD DEATH RATTLE
SOUND TINY TAPPING FEET MOVE AWAY
MAJORETTE clicking
SOUND BLOOD DROPS
MUSIC
3. lounge
AMB - LOUNGE
BARB / ANDY [still screaming out in hall]
LYN That sounds like Barb! Something terrible could be happening!
GEE We can dream.
HAL Shh. I'll look. Stay back.
SOUND DOOR QUIETLY OPENS
SOUND SCREAMING AND SLAMMING GETS LOUDER
BARB Get it open! Let us out!
ANDY [just screaming hoarsely and incoherent]
HAL Hey? Who's after--
SOUND ANDY STOPS SLAMMING ON DOOR, TURNS AND SLAMS HAL INTO WALL
ANDY [attack noise]
SOUND SCUFFLE, LONG TEAR OF FABRIC
HAL Oof!
SOUND LYN RUNS OUT
LYN [worried] Hal? [yelling] Stop it! Andy!
GEE Here!
LYN [to gee] Thanks! [yelling] Stop it!
SOUND HITS HIM WITH GEE'S UMBRELLA
BARB [collapsing into tears] Have to get out!
LYN [calming] Shh, Barb! [sharp] Andy! Hal's on our side!
SOUND SCUFFLE, LETS GO.
SOUND STRAIGHTENING CLOTHING, MORE RIPPING
HAL Man, the drama club is gonna be pissed.
ANDY The drama club can kiss my ass. We're locked in, you stupid fuck!
HAL Locked in? But we just came in.
SOUND A FEW STEPS, TRIES DOOR - LOCKED
HAL [worried but quiet] Hmm. [deep breath, then up, trying to stay positive] What a time for the teachers to realize they left the darn door unlocked.
LYN [hopeful] D'you think that's what happened?
HAL [false confidence] Had to be. Who else could have locked it?
BARB Maybe... the murderer?
LYN Oh, gosh, did you see it too?
BARB [becoming less coherent as she continues] Oh, man... she was dead, and it was all gross, and I was right there! She was all making these disgusting noises, and I didn't even know she was being killed...
LYN [completely baffled] What?
HAL She needs to sit down.
ANDY [growls] I got this. [softer] C'mon babe.
MUSIC
4. hallway
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND QUIET FOOTSTEPS
TODD [distant, whispered call] Laurel?
MAJORETTE [close, clicking angrily]
LAUREL [clearly negative noise] [laurel is protecting todd from being attacked by the others]
MAJORETTE [CLICKS AWAY IN A HUFF]
MUSIC
5. lounge
AMB LOUNGE
LYN We need to do something constructive. Could we phone the Gym, maybe, and get someone to come unlock the door?
GEE Nah. All the regular phones are turned off at night. Too many calls to 1-800-H-O-T-T.
HAL How do you know that?
GEE [smug] I broke that story three weeks ago.
ANDY Man, we should find some weapons...if Barb's right, Tina only just died, so I bet the fucker's still around.
SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN
BARB [screams]
TODD The door's locked!
ANDY [yelling] Tell us something we don't know!
HAL [to Andy] Chill! [to Todd] Last time I saw you, you were gibbering by the punch bowl... suddenly you're coherent-boy again. What's up with that?
TODD It was awful, but...I... I just got over it. That's all.
LYN Mr. Carpel and Missy? We saw them too.
TODD [comes to a decision] You saw the bodies. But... did you see the dolls?
ANDY Dolls? What the fuck?
6. flashback
TODD's FLASHBACK
[NOTE: Much of what Todd says is misleading, so some of what happens contradicts the Voice Over]
TODD [VO] I went to the Wood Shop this evening... [clearly lying] Mr. Carpel was expecting me.
SOUND LOCKPICKS, DOOR UNLOCKS
TODD [VO] The door was...uh...unlocked. I opened it and... saw Mr. Carpel's body.
TODD [under] Ohmigod! Laurel?
SOUND DOLL FEET APPROACH
LEDERHOSEN [threatening noise]
DUDE huh-huh-huh
TODD [VO] And then THEY ran at me. The DOLLS.
TODD [under, intrigued] You're... alive!
SOUND STICKY NOISE AS AWL IS PULLED OUT
SOUND SMALL FEET APPROACH
MAJORETTE [clicking and approaching]
TODD [VO] [choked up] They attacked me. They knocked me down.
SOUND BODY DROP
MONKEY HEAD [screech]
DUDE [huh hu huh]
MONKEY HEAD [screech]
SOUND WOODEN THOK
TODD [under] Ow!
SOUND METAL BEING DRAGGED CLOSER
TODD [under] No, I don't-- Please! I love you, Laurel!
SOUND THE DOLL NOISES CLOSE IN
TODD Ow!
LAUREL [sharp noise]
SOUND DOLL NOISES STOP
SOUND CREAK OF L's HEAD TURN
LEDERHOSEN [angry query]
LAUREL Uh-uh [no]
TODD [in the flashback] Laurel?
LAUREL [rueful noise]
SOUND ALL THE DOLLS RUN OFF DOWN THE HALL
SOUND TODD BREATHING. SLOWLY GETS TO HIS FEET
[End of flashback.]
7. lounge
TODD I don't know why they didn't kill me. Maybe I'm just lucky...or they realized I wasn't any kind of threat.
SOUND STRUGGLE, BODY SLAMMED AGAINST WALL
TODD [gasp]
ANDY So YOU let them out, you little shit!
LYN Andy? Andy! [calming him] Weapons - like you were saying - is a really good idea. [frantic, looking for support] Hal?
HAL Yeah! C'mon, Andy. We'll hit the--
GEE Kitchen?
HAL Yeah, the kitchen! You all stay here...it's safer in a group.
BARB [sullen] If it's safer in a group, why don't we ALL go?
LYN [under her breath] Todd's in no shape to go anywhere. We can't just leave him!
BARB [disgusted noise] Fine.
MUSIC
8. hallway
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND METAL FILE SAWING ON METAL
LEDERHOSEN [EXASPERATED NOISE]
SOUND CHAIN SWINGS BACK AGAINST DOOR
SOUND SMALL WOODEN IMPACT AGAINST DOOR
LEDERHOSEN [snarl]
SOUND HIS FEET TAP AWAY
MUSIC
9. kitchen
AMB KITCHEN
SOUND DOOR SLOWLY OPENS
HAL Hello?
ANDY Shh!
HAL [urgent whisper] The lights are on! Someone must be in here!
ANDY Why aren’t they saying anything?
HAL Cuz we're whispering? [up, but cautious] Hello?
SOUND DOOR FARTHER OPEN, A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS
HAL Looks clear. Come on.
ANDY Dude, I'm guarding the rear.
HAL Fine. [sigh]
SOUND DOOR STARTS TO SWING SHUT, BUT IS STOPPED
ANDY [sniffs, then sharp] What's that?
HAL Dunno. Alcohol?
ANDY [long sniff] Smells like bourbon. [a bit happier] Dude. Just point me at it!
SOUND WALKS IN WITH CONFIDENCE
HAL We're not here for--
ANDY [screams]
SOUND RUNNING FEET LEAVE
HAL What is it--? Where? Hello? [angry sigh] [muttered] I better see what--
SOUND SLOW FOOTSTEPS
HAL [gasp] Mrs. Snodgrass!
SOUND SCUFFLE, PATS, TRYING TO WAKE HER
HAL [revulsion noise] Oh man!
SOUND TINY HANDS TAPPING ON GLASS
HAL [scared gasp] What the hell?
DUDE [muffled huh huhs rising]
SOUND FIRE IN THE OVEN
HAL [awed whisper] Dolls.
MUSIC
10. lounge
AMB LOUNGE
SOUND PACING
SOUND PAGE TURNS
GEE This is one weird book. I can make out bits of it, but I think it's really old, and the words are all mixed up and spelled wrong... kinda like middle English. Is there such a thing as middle French?
LYN Where are they?
TODD [duh] The Kitchen?
LYN Not them. The police!
SOUND PAGES TURN
BARB [spacing out, talking to herself] Andy is cute...
TODD Police? [worried] Oh...
GEE The motivating...or maybe moving... of the ... unmoving?
BARB ...and he's pretty well off.
SOUND CHAIR SQUEAKS
TODD I have to go.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS - HIS AND LYN'S
BARB He would beat the crap out of someone for me.
LYN What?
TODD I have to go. And... and get something.
SOUND PAGE TURNS
GEE [musing] Preparation of the mannequin?
TODD [lying] I... I think there's something in my... locker that I can use as a weapon.
LYN We need to stay together!
GEE [louder, but not in a different tone] Anointment of the offering.
LYN and TODD What?
GEE I think I mighta found something... Anointment of the offering. [unsure] Maybe. I REALLY need my dictionary.
SOUND BOOK SLAPS SHUT
GEE [excited and a little creepy] And I want to see the bodies.
MUSIC
11. hallway
AMB HALLWAYS
SOUND FOOTSTEPS, WOODEN CLUNK
ANDY Don't tell 'em I was all getting sick back there, will ya?
HAL Huh?
ANDY With the dead lunch lady and all. It'd make me look kinda ...you know.
HAL [exasperated] Yeah, whatever. It's our secret.
MUSIC
12. lounge
LYN Look! Both of you! Wait til they get back. We don't know how many of them [not quite believing] ...the dolls... there are.
TODD and GEE Five.
TODD Why do you know?
GEE Who do you think takes the photos for the annual?
BARB I thought you were a reporter for the nerdletter.
GEE [pissed] I wear many hats.
LYN Too bad we don't have the photos--
GEE Oh, that's easy.
SOUND PURSE OPENED, CAMERA ON, BUTTONS PUSHED
GEE Oh, good. I haven't overwritten them all.
BARB If that's a phone, can't we call--?
GEE It's not. I prefer not to wear a tether.
LYN Let me see.
GEE Besides, where's your phone?
BARB [muttered] I dropped it...somewhere.
TODD Do you have one of Laurel - um, my project?
GEE You can look after Lyn's done.
SOUND CLICKING THROUGH PICS
LYN And these ...dolls are somehow up and running around?
GEE Shh! [beat, then whispered] Something's coming!
SOUND VAGUE TAPPING, MUFFLED AND DISTANT
LYN Shit!
SOUND A MOMENT OF TENSE SILENCE
TODD [whispered] Can I see the camera?
LYN Ssh!
SOUND ANOTHER DISTANT WOODEN CLUNK
LYN There must be something in here we can fight with!
BARB Yeah, lotta pockets on a prom dress!
GEE Stand back.
SOUND DOOR THROWN OPEN
SOUND FEET
GEE Yaah!
SOUND THUMP OF UMBRELLA
ANDY Ow! Crazy bitch! That's my kicking leg!
SOUND STICK SWINGS, MISSES, SMACKS WALL
LYN Andy!
HAL Dude!
GEE [gleeful] Stee-rike!
BARB Andy?!
SOUND CLICKY HEELS DASH ACROSS THE ROOM, IMPACT, SOMETHING WOOD CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR
BARB AND ANDY [mushy kissing]
HAL Can you guys move that ... um... touching reunion out of the doorway? I'd rather not just stand around in the hallway ...by myself... like this. [sigh]
TODD [petulant] Can I see the camera, now?
MUSIC
13. punchbowl
AMB GYM, MUSIC, CROWD
SOUND PUNCHBOWL POURS
PEABODY What in heaven's name is all this, Angela?
ANGELA [snarky] Someone called the cops. Again.
PEABODY If it's a question of the noise--?
COP1 Sir, we had an emergency call--
PEABODY [sigh] Officer [reads] Trask? You have to understand my position--
RENTACOP BOB what's all this?
PEABODY sh-sh-sh.
COP2 We received a report over 9-1-1 of a possible homicide in the school.
PEABODY A what?
COP1 A possible double homicide.
RENTACOP BOB [huffy] Inside? School's locked up tight. Ain't nobody in there - live or dead.
PEABODY Calm down, Bob. [to the cops] May I make a suggestion, officers? Prom night is a notorious time for practical jokes...and though I realize you MUST take any such report seriously--
COP2 We can't just--
PEABODY Yes, yes. I understand completely. [confidential] However, if we can prove to you that the building is secure, and there's no possible way anyone might have managed to get inside, will that be acceptable?
COP1 Well...
COP2 As long as it's all locked up.
PEABODY You're more than welcome to return in the morning, when the school is open, to perform a thorough search.
14. Hallway
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND LOCKER SLAMS SHUT
GEE You coming?
LYN I'll watch the door.
GEE Hold these, then.
SOUND LOADS HER DOWN WITH BOOKS, UMBRELLA
LYN Oof!
SOUND TURNS ON CAMERA
TODD Don't erase the picture of Laurel!
GEE Chill, dweebula. I have them all on my hard drive.
TODD Oh!
SOUND DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
SOUND ANOTHER NEARBY DOOR OPENS
SOUND CLANKING OF METAL - ROLLING OF HAND TRUCK
ANDY Sweet.
SOUND CLICKING OF STRIKER
ANDY Nuke 'em from orbit!
TODD You're not going to burn them all, are you? Not ... Laurel?
HAL Laurel?
TODD She's... it's... the doll I carved. She wouldn't hurt anyone.
ANDY Well now they're all living, breathing Chuckeys, and I say fry every last one of them.
SOUND STRIKES THE STRIKER MENACINGLY
ANDY [explosion noise]
TODD [Weakening] No!
ANDY No, that's "Nooooooo" [bruce willis running scream] [chuckles]
HAL Let's focus on getting out of here. Gee?
LYN In... there.
SOUND WHEELING OF HAND TRUCK
ANDY I'll take the big truck. You get the value menu.
HAL Whatever.
SOUND HAND TRUCK PARKS, FEET MOVE, DOOR OPENS A CRACK
HAL Gee?
GEE [muttering] This is just like that game I was in last week...
HAL What?
GEE Just thinking... Extreme case of short-timer's curse.
LYN What?
GEE Poor bastard was this close to retirement.
MUSIC
15. Outside
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND FEET ON GRAVEL
COP2 Are you sure this Mr. Carpel isn't in the building? His name was given as one of the victims.
PEABODY Ervin Carpel? Nonsense...he's already turned in his building keys. We had to let him go, you see. As of the end of the school year. His safety record was ... unsatisfactory.
COP1 So he might have a good reason to participate in a prank? I see.
MUSIC
16. Hallway outside wood shop
AMB HALLWAY
ANDY So do we just wait for those tiny sons-of-birches to come to us?
SOUND DOOR OPENS, FEET COME OUT
GEE Now I need a place to do some reading.
MUSIC
17. Outside, parking lot
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND POLICE CRUISER DRIVES AWAY
RENTACOP BOB I'll go take a look around. No problem.
PEABODY [dismissively] Nonsense. No reason to justify our merry degenerates by taking their ploy seriously.
SOUND THEY WALK
MR. PEABODY We can perform a complete walk-through before we open the school in the morning to make sure there are no ... surprises.
18. Hallway
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND SNEAKING FOOTSTEPS, SQUEAK OF HAL's SNEAKERS
HAL [cautious, but trying to be heard] Hello? [louder, but still muffled] Hellllooo?
SOUND FEET AND VOICE STOP, LISTEN
SOUND DISTANT TAPPING
HAL Oh, shit. [sucks in a breath, up] Hello?
SOUND ONE FOOTSTEP
TODD Which one is it?
HAL [completely stunned] Yah!!! [coming down] Oh, shit! Todd!
TODD Why are you in the polky costume?
HAL I have my reasons. Get your ass back to the craft shop.
TODD I'll... uh... watch your back?
HAL [quiet] I don't trust you.
TODD Why not?
HAL Forget it. Look, just stay the hell out of my way or I'll run your ass over.
TODD I can run.
HAL I'll bet.
SOUND SNEAKING FEET BEGIN
MUSIC
19. Craft shop
AMB CRAFT SHOP
LYN [pleased] Oh! There it goes! I thought it would never warm up.
GEE I told you it would just take some time. A kiln isn't a microwave.
BARB Oh, Andy, you're so strong and protective.
GEE [quiet gagging noise] You guys! Someone made that quilt, and they won't appreciate you getting it all sticky.
LYN Anything?
GEE Apart from nausea?
LYN The book?
GEE Well, I'm pretty sure this is the "spell" he used to animate the dolls. I may even have a clue why they turned on Carpel... the spell says the master's supposed to carve the dolls himself.
LYN Todd says... Todd? Oh, hell, where'd he get to?
ANDY Dumbass wants to get himself killed, who are we to stop him?
SOUND IDLY CLICKING THE STRIKER
GEE Anyway, there's this other incantation thing which... [very dubious] if I'm reading this right... should make them freeze back up.
LYN [plaintive] You're not sure?
GEE I'm having to make a lot of guesses, here. The dictionary just don't cover everything. I mean, the incantation isn't even FRENCH... just... gibberish, far as I can tell.
MUSIC
20. Hallways
TODD I heard something over there!
HAL Stay the hell back!
TODD Do you have a plan?
HAL Well, it was to sneak up on them, but there's this person talking.
TODD Oh.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS
SOUND [DISTANT] SCRATCHING NOISES
MONKEYHEAD [distant] annoyed screech
TODD Do dolls make noise?
HAL I'm dressed as a giant purple polka-dot. Do I look like an expert?
TODD Uhh...
HAL Shh!
SOUND SNEAKING STEPS
MONKEYHEAD screech, closer
TODD Soon as you see it, tell me--
SOUND RUNNING FEET, GOING AWAY
TODD What it looks like...
MUSIC
21. punchbowl
AMB GYM
ANGELA Bob? Can you do something?
RENTACOP BOB [swaggering] I can do anything. Whatcha need?
ANGELA Marge went into the building for something, and she's been gone for just ages. [simpering] Could you go and look for her? As long as I'm stuck at the punch bowl, I can't even get in one itsy bitsy weensy dance.
RENTACOP BOB I gotcha covered, babe. [clears his throat] That was a quote. Not meant in any sort of harassing way.
ANGELA I understand.
SOUND DOOR OPENS, HE GOES OUT
AMB RAIN, CRICKETS
BOB I'll check it out, but first... [chuckles]
MUSIC
22. hallway
SOUND PELTING FOOTSTEPS
TODD [breathless] wait! I need to know if it's Laurel!
HAL [panting, stays ahead] [yelling] Get ready!!
SOUND DOOR OPENS, AHEAD
LYN Come on!
HAL [gasping mutter] God I hope this works. [up] Out of the way!
SOUND BATTERS THROUGH DOOR
LYN Over here!
SOUND LID OPENS
TODD [still outside] No! Check first!
SOUND DOOR SHUTS
SOUND POUNDING ON DOOR
GEE Do it quick! We have to know if this will work!
SOUND RUSTLE OF HEAVY FABRIC, CLATTER OF WOOD
MONKEYHEAD [SCREECH]
SOUND POUNDING OF WOOD ON METAL
TODD [from outside] Don't leave me out here by myself!
GEE [to him] Just a sec! Come on!
LYN It's climbing out!
HAL [groan, slump]
MUSIC
23. Parking lot
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND RUMMAGING IN STUFF
RENTACOP BOB [chuckles] Not on MY watch.
SOUND ZAPZAP OF TASER. PUT IN CASE.
RENTACOP BOB Little shits deserve a scare.
SOUND REVOLVER CYLINDER SPINS, GUN INTO HOLSTER
RENTACOP BOB Let's see your little pranks now.
SOUND TRUNK SLAMS HUT
SOUND FEET SET OFF ACROSS GRAVEL
MUSIC
24. Craft shop
LYN Oh! [noise as she smacks the doll] Uh! Uh! UH!!!
MONKEYHEAD [SCREECH, dwindling]
SOUND IT FALLS BACK, SHE SLAMS LID!
LYN [Breathing heavily] Done.
SOUND DOOR OPENS, TODD RUNS IN, DOOR SHUTS
TODD Noooo!
GEE Did yours have a monkey's head?
TODD Huh? [gasp of relief] No! Ahhh.
LYN You could have helped.
HAL I - I don't....
LYN Oh no! He's bleeding!
BARB [screams]
END OF PART 3
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PromEvil Part 2: "Ins and Outs"
Will Hal and Lyn ever run into each other?
Will Todd find his true love?
Will Barb ever shut up?....A lot of people put their heart and soul into producing this memorable event:
STUDENTS
Hal - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Lyn - Molly Tollefson
Todd - Eli Nilsson
Gee - Melissa Bartell
Barb - Beverly Poole
Andy - Mike Campbell
Bud - Jasper Loovis
Tina - Chandra Wade
Missy - Jade Thomson
Jake - Michael Faigenblum
other students - Sky Iolta, Shelbi MacIntyre, Henry MarkFACULTY
Principal Peabody - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Ervin Carpel, Woodshop - Gene Thorkildsen
Ms. Angela Wellesly, Crafts - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Mrs. Snodgrass, Lunchroom - Robyn Keyes
P.A. Announcements - Julie Hoverson
Rent-a-cop Bob - The CaretakerOTHERS
Cop 1 - Glen Hallstrom
Cop 2 - Joel Harvey
911 Voice - Julie HoversonSTAFF
Writer - Julie Hoverson
Doll Wranglers - Julie Hoverson, Kimberly Poole (Warp'd Space)
Sound and Mastering - Julie Hoverson
Stock sound effects - Soundsnap.com; sonomic.com
Music - Prom - Sinkhole
Music - background - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)__________________________________________________________________
Prom Evil
PART 2
MUSIC
1. Wood shop
SOUND DISTINCTIVE WOOD SHOP CLOCK TICKS
SOUND SCRITCH OF METAL ON WOOD - KIND OF AIMLESS
LAUREL [questioning sound]
LEDERHOSEN [negative]
DUDE [huh-huh-huh]
SOUND WOOD THOCK
MONKEY HEAD [screech]
2. AMB - GYM
SOUND CANNED MUSIC PLAYS
STUDENTS CHATTER
SOUND HARSH NOISE OVER THE SPEAKERS
PEABODY [P.A.] All right, everybody. Quiet down. I know you don't want to listen to this old fuddy-duddy all night, [waits for laughter, which is scarce] [fading into background] but I have a few announcements that have to be made. Emergency exits are at the front and back of the room, should there be any ...um, emergency.
LYN You're sure Andy'll still be coming tonight?
BARB Oh, sure...maybe he'll even try to get me back, wouldn't that be a riot?
LYN Yeah. [no]
BARB [to Tina] Hey Tina! Where're you going? The night's still young!
TINA Huh? Barb? [too fast] Nowhere.
BARB [nastily] Hot date?
TINA [gasp] I-- I-- Oh!
SOUND DASHES AWAY
BARB [considering] Hmm.
LYN Why are you so harsh to your friends?
BARB Oh, please. Any guy she can't bring to prom isn't worth dating.
LYN Maybe she has to pick him up from work or something.
BARB [scorn] Work? Tscha. [up] Ooh! Jake!
LYN Don't leave me!
BARB I'm your cousin, not your babysitter. Andy'll be around somewhere.
MR. PEABODY [fading back in] Finally. The only washrooms that are available are the ones in the locker rooms. The school is locked, so no matter how long the lines are, you have to wait.
3. SOMEHOW SEGUE TO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. PEABODY's VOICE STILL PLAYS, JUST MUFFLED
SOUND CRICKETS, DISTANT TRAFFIC
MR. PEABODY Anyone seen using any...ahem... atypical facilities, specifically the school's flower beds, will be taken into custody.
SOUND WALKING
TODD Ew. Who would use the flowers. [shudder] [gasp as he almost walks into someone]
DUDE Freak! The world's up here.
CHICK [giggle]
TODD [evasive] Sorry. Sorry.
SOUND FEET QUICKLY SHUFFLE PAST
CHICK Who's that?
DUDE That's the [up] freak [down, fading out] who's all obsessed with his damn woodshop project.
TODD [muttering] I'm not obsessed. Obsessed is bad. I'm passionate. All great artists are passionate.
SOUND LAST FEW QUICK FOOTSTEPS, QUIET TRY AT DOOR - LOCKED
SOUND MUSIC STARTS IN THE GYM
TODD [chuckles] Perfect.
SOUND JANGLE OF CHAIN, LOCKPICKS
MUSIC
4. DANCE FLOOR
AMB - GYM, MUSIC IS LOUD
BUD Dude.
HAL [polky voice - goofy and muffled] Hello!
BUD [disgusted] Oh, man. Ditch the Spot and go talk to the brain. She's been left unattended and needs to be towed away.
SOUND VELCRO OPENING
HAL [slightly muffled] I don't have anything else to wear. I was gonna just--
BUD God, you are the king of dork. Find something in the drama closet. They just did some pig-thing show.
HAL [exasperated sigh] Pygmalion.
BUD There must be something.
HAL [considering] Hmm. Maybe...
MUSIC
5. PUNCH BOWL
SOUND LIQUID BEING SLOPPED INTO GLASS
BOY1 [dubious] Thanks.
SOUND FEET APPROACH
LYN How's the punch, Mrs. Snodgrass?
MRS. SNODGRASS I've confiscated three flasks so far. [pitbull] No one gets past me.
LYN Great. Give me a double.
SOUND DIPPER POURS
LYN Cheers.
ANDY Hey.
LYN [gasps]
SOUND PUNCH SPILLS
LYN [frantic noise]
ANDY Damn. Sorry. You wanna dance?
LYN [uncomfortable but pleased] Um, sure. I mean...that'd be great.
ANDY Cool.
MUSIC
6. WOOD SHOP
AMB WOOD SHOP CLOCK TICKS
SOUND SCRITCH OF METAL ON WOOD - KIND OF AIMLESS
SOUND MUFFLED SOUND OF METAL ON METAL
LEDERHOSEN [urgent noise]
SOUND METAL ON WOOD STOPS
DUDE [HUH?]
SOUND WOODEN THOCK
SOUND METAL ON METAL STOPS, DOORKNOB TURNS CAUTIOUSLY, DOOR CREAKS OPEN
TODD [whispered] Mr. Carpel? [surprised] Candles?
MUSIC
7. BACKSTAGE
AMB DRAMA LOCKER
GYM MUSIC IS MUFFLED SLIGHTLY
SOUND HEAVY PADDED THING HURLED TO FLOOR
HAL [coughing, then sighs] Yuch. Sorry old Polky, but you need to die. [makes gun noise, pauses, then empties the other five shots into it]
SOUND SCRATCHES HIS HEAD VIGOROUSLY
GEE Delousing?
HAL [gasp]
SOUND CLATTER
GEE [laughs delightedly, but clearly not "interested"] You're so cute.
HAL Gee? What are-- you--?
GEE Thought you could use a hand. I did wardrobe for the last three shows and know where everything is.
HAL But how did you--?
GEE I'm a psycho - or do I mean psychic? [holds a second, then laughs again] I heard you and Bud.
HAL Ahh.
MUSIC
8. DANCE FLOOR
AMB - GYM
SLOW MUSIC PLAYS
ANDY Ooh [interested noise] Mm.
LYN [gasps] oh.
ANDY Mm. What?
LYN [nervous] Let's get some punch.
ANDY Don't you like dancing?
LYN I'm just suddenly really thirsty.
ANDY [resigned] Punch it is.
MUSIC
9. OUTSIDE
SOUND OUTSIDE
MUSIC IS MUFFLED
CRICKETS
SOUND OMINOUS RUSTLING AND GROANING NOISES CAN BE HEARD IN THE NEARBY BUSHES, BUT THEY QUICKLY RESOLVE THEMSELVES INTO A COUPLE MAKING OUT.
SOUND RAIN BEGINS
TINA [oh no!] Aah!
BUD Ah, shit. Come on.
SOUND RUNNING FEET
TINA We can't go in!
BUD Well... [indecisive] Come on.
TINA The school's locked!
BUD [insinuating] But it's got a nice dark, deep doorway...
TINA [interested] Ooh!
SOUND QUICK FOOTSTEPS
BUD Come here, then.
TINA Mmm.
SOUND DOOR FLIES OPEN
BUD Geek.
SOUND TODD DASHES PAST
TODD [frantic breathing]
SOUND DOOR SWINGS SHUT
BUD [speculative] Hmm.
TINA Are you thinking--?
BUD Aren't you?
TINA [teasing] Mr. Bud, are you trying to lure poor lil' ole me off to some dark place where you can take advantage of me?
BUD Well, I really just wanted your opinion of my civics project, but now that you mention it... Sure. I'll take advantage of you, baby. Come on.
SOUND DOOR OPENS
MUSIC
10. PUNCHBOWL
AMB GYM
SOUND PUNCH POURS
SNODGRASS [snarls] just one at a time.
KID [frightened] Um, OK.
SOUND SCAMPERS AWAY
SNODGRASS Back again, Lyn?
LYN Just thirsty I guess--
SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN, TODD RUNS IN, SLAMS DOOR
TODD [gasping]
SNODGRASS Hmph.
ANDY Dork.
LYN He looks hurt.
SNODGRASS See if he has a ticket. [disgusted] Or pupils.
SOUND LYN CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES
LYN Todd? That's your name, right? Are you OK, Todd?
TODD [whines and whispers] Mr. Carpel. Missy. They're DEAD!
SOUND HE SINKS TO THE FLOOR
MUSIC
11. BACKSTAGE
AMB BACKSTAGE
GEE Hold on. Now look.
SOUND HAL TURNS, SQUEAK OF TENNIS SHOES
HAL [surprised and cheered] Wow.
GEE I figured you were about Higgins' size. Oh wait--
SOUND DRAWER OPENS, RUSTLE
HAL [admiring himself] Damn. I clean up good.
GEE Everyone looks good in a tux - that's kind of the point. Here.
SOUND STICKS FAKE FLOWER IN THE LAPEL, PATS IT DOWN
HAL Feels like a wedding.
GEE Plenty of time for that later. Start with trying to speak to her - at least in her general direction.
HAL [gasps]
MUSIC
12. PUNCHBOWL
AMB GYM
SOUND SNAPPING FINGERS
LYN Hey? Hey!
TODD [whimpers]
LYN Andy! Help me get him into a chair!
ANDY [disgusted sigh]
SOUND CLUMSY MOVE INTO A CHAIR
TODD [mumbling, more of the same]
ANDY What the hell's he saying?
LYN Um... [listening, then repeating Todd's words, getting more creeped out as it goes along] Mr. Carpel... Wood Shop... dead... Missy... [worried] blood...
ANDY Blood? What the f--? [realizing] Ohh!
LYN Shh. [going on] They attacked me... they must have killed them... she wouldn't let them kill me... they're dead.
TODD [groans and passes out]
SOUND BODY FALL
ANDY [slyly] Well, we could go and take a look at the Wood Shop.
LYN Us? Shouldn't we send Rent-a-cop Bob? It IS what he's here for. Besides, someone should stay and look after Todd.
ANDY [whispered explaining] It's a gag, see? Bob'll skin anyone who gets him to shift his lardbutt for a prank.
LYN It doesn't sound like--
ANDY Babe, it's practically Polk High tradition for some bozo like Todd here to pull a big prank during prom.
LYN He sounds really scared.
ANDY [ignoring her] At least this sounds like a winner. [with a naughty wink] Let's check it out.
MUSIC
13. SCHOOL HALLWAY
AMB EMPTY SCHOOL HALL
SOUND MAKING OUT
BUD Mm. Me likee.
TINA You're sure no one can see us?
BUD Yeah. There's no one in the ...entire ...building.
SOUND ZIPPER UNZIPS
SOUND DISTANT TAP OF FEET APPROACHES
TINA [gasp]
SOUND SCRAMBLE OF CLOTHES
TINA I thought you said--
BUD Come on. I know just the place.
MUSIC
14. DOOR NEAR PUNCHBOWL
AMB GYM
SOUND DOOR OPENS
ANDY Coming?
LYN [sighs] I guess.
SOUND SLOW STEPS
BARB [suddenly in their face] Leaving? So soon?
ANDY There's a gag on in the school. We're gonna take a look. [heavy with challenge] Right, Lyn?
LYN Uh--
HAL [off a bit, quiet] Damn.
BARB [furious] Fine. If the building's open, I'll just go to my locker. I could use some hairspray.
SOUND SHE FLINGS HERSELF OUT, TOO
MUSIC
15. SCHOOL HALLWAY
AMB SCHOOL HALL
SOUND WOODEN FOOTSTEPS
DUDE [huh-huh-huh-huh]
LEDERHOSEN [quieting growl]
SOUND LIGHTER THOCK
DUDE [ulp]
MAJORETTE [clicking noise]
MUSIC
16. DOORWAY NEAR PUNCHBOWL
AMB GYM, MUSIC
SOUND DOOR SHUTS
HAL [heavy sigh] Missed it by that much. Ow! What was--
SOUND UMBRELLA TAPPED ON FLOOR
GEE You think I carry this just for the SPF?
HAL But--?
GEE Go after her.
HAL Go after--? But what do I say?
GEE Argh! What do I look like, a fairy godmother? Oh, god, I do.... Move your butt.
HAL why are you doing this anyway?
GEE Lyn's my friend, and you're harmless. Go!
SOUND SQUEAK OF HIS TENNIS SHOES
HAL [suddenly realizing] Harmless? Huh? [looking for her] Gee?
TODD [muttering] They're dead, you know.
HAL What?
TODD In the wood shop.
HAL Oh shit.
SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN
MUSIC
17. SCHOOL HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND LOCKER SLAMS SHUT
BARB Jake won't know what hit him.
SOUND ZIPPER ON MAKEUP BAG CLOSES DECISIVELY
SOUND WALKING IN HEELS
SOUND OFF, RUSTLING AND GASPING NOISES
BARB Hmm?
SOUND HEELS START TO SNEAK
SOUND RUSTLING GETS CLOSER
BARB [squeal of disgust] Oh MY GOD!!!!
MUSIC
18. SCHOOL HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND TWO PAIRS OF FEET
ANDY [insinuating] A dimly-lit spooky hallway, a pair of good-looking, healthy American teens, what's that make YOU think of?
LYN Cheesy horror movies, what else? You forgot to mention the possibility of two dead bodies in the Wood Shop.
ANDY It's a joke...it's gotta be.
MUSIC
19. SCHOOL HALLWAY
BACK TO BARB
VOICES are kind of distant
BARB [tail end of squeal]
TINA [gasp]
UP CLOSE
MAJORETTE [quiet clicking]
BUD What the--?
BARB Oh... my... god. Tina. I cannot believe this! You and... THAT.
BUD Screw you!
TINA [breaks down into tears and runs off]
SOUND RUNNING FEET, LADIES ROOM DOOR SLAPS SHUT
BARB Not if you had a gold plated... You know.
SOUND TURNS ON HER HEEL, WALKS OFF
BUD Tina?
BARB Ladies room, dumbass.
SOUND SHOVE, STUMBLING STEPS
SOUND DOOR FLAPS SHUT
MUSIC
20. HALLWAY OUTSIDE WOOD SHOP
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND SLOW FEET
LYN [whispered] Is it unlocked?
ANDY Shh.
SOUND METAL CLANG - HE TAKES A FIRE EXTINGUISHER OFF THE WALL
LYN [whispered] It's not on fire!
ANDY [disgusted sigh]
SOUND QUICK SCRAMBLE OF STEPS, DOOR KICKED OPEN
ANDY Yaaah!
MUSIC
21. LADIES ROOM
SOUND LADIES ROOM DOOR FLAPS SHUT
TINA [off, Gasping and choking]
BARB Hah!
SOUND HIGH HEELS. BAG SET DOWN MAKEUP NOISES AS SHE TALKS
TINA [chokes and gasps under all]
BARB You should be ashamed. That guy is such a nothing. You can't possibly like someone like that. Hopeless losers are not for the likes of us, Tina dear. We're only supposed to date cute guys and guys with the potential to be rich ...or famous.
TINA [last gasp]
LEDERHOSEN [quiet noise]
BARB Are you just determined to sabotage your whole entire life?
SOUND SINK RUNS
BARB Tina? You done yet?
SOUND SLOW FOOTSTEPS
SOUND PUSHING STALL DOORS OPEN, ONE BY ONE
BARB It's not that bad. No one else needs to know.
SOUND DOOR OPEN
BARB But you're the designated driver for the next ...Hmm...
SOUND DOOR OPENS
BARB ...three parties?
SOUND FINAL STALL DOOR OPENS
BARB [full force scream of horror]
MUSIC
22. WOOD SHOP
AMB WOOD SHOP
LYN [slightly off] Well?
ANDY It's all dark. Hold on.
SOUND GROPING FOR LIGHT SWITCH
LYN [closer] Here, let me.
SOUND LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS ON. FLUORESCENTS FLICKER TO LIFE
ANDY Oh shit! [full force scream of horror]
SOUND FIRE EXTINGUISHER CLATTERS TO FLOOR
SOUND RUNNING, PUSHES LYN
ANDY Out of the way!
LYN Uh!
SOUND THUMP AGAINST DOOR FRAME
SOUND FEET RUN DOWN HALL
LYN [small freaking out noises] No. No no no no.
SOUND SLOWLY BACKING AWAY
SOUND FIRE EXTINGUISHER KICKED AND ROLLS AWAY
SOUND LYN STUMBLES
SOUND CAUGHT
HAL Hey! Gotcha.
LYN [freaks out for a second, then dissolves into tears]
MUSIC
23. HALLWAY OUTSIDE LADIES ROOM
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND LADIES ROOM FLAPS OPEN
BARB [screams past]
SOUND RUNNING FEET, THUMP
BUD Shit! Oof!
SOUND BODY DROP TO FLOOR
SOUND BARB's FEET RECEDE
BUD [blows out a breath] Bitch.
SOUND SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET
BUD [going off] Tina? Tina?
SOUND DISTANT CLICKING NOISE
MUSIC
24. HALLWAY NEAR WOODSHOP
AMB NEAR WOODSHOP
LYN [still crying and gasping]
HAL It's all right. It's OK. Shh.
LYN [gasping out the words] He was right. They ARE dead. Oh, geez. I can't.... [sobs] I can't believe this!
HAL Who?
LYN Todd.
HAL Todd's dead?
LYN No! Missy and Mr. Carpel.
HAL I'll take a look.
LYN No! It's terrible!
HAL Stay here.
MUSIC
25. PUNCHBOWL
AMB GYM
TODD [drinking punch, he seems better, but is still muttering] They're DEAD. They killed them, but she protected me. I know she's not like the others. She understands how ... how special she is. She knows.
SNODGRASS You need to go home, kid.
TODD [disturbingly reasonable] They ARE dead, you know. It was an easy A, he said. An easy A.
SNODGRASS Look, you're scaring people. Can't you just zip it?
TODD [reasonably] But... they're dead.
SNODGRASS Angie?
ANGIE Yeah, Marge?
SNODGRASS Take over for a while. This boy needs something calming, and I think I've got what he needs ...apart from a padded room...if I can get Bob to unlock the school.
TODD The door IS unlocked.
SNODGRASS What? Well, I'd better see about that, too.
MUSIC
26. WOOD SHOP
AMB WOOD SHOP
SOUND A COUPLE OF STEPS - HAL
LYN [off] Here.
SOUND MANUAL WINDING OF CAMERA BOX
HAL What? Oh! Good idea.
SOUND TAKES HER CAMERA, STARTS SNAPPING PICTURES
HAL Ew.
LYN [calling from off] How can you just... be in there?
HAL I watch a lot of CSI. This just looks like ...special effects.
LYN [off] Are they...?
HAL Yeah. I'm pretty damn sure. Hmm.
SOUND SNAPPING MORE PICS
LYN What?
HAL It's... weird. Just a sec.
SOUND PICKING UP BOOK, RUFFLES PAGES
HAL [musing] luh liver dess poops?
LYN What?
SOUND HE STICKS IT IN HIS POCKET
HAL [up] Almost done.
MUSIC
27. SCHOOL KITCHENs
AMB KITCHEN
SOUND SNODGRASS HEAVY FEET STOMP IN - SHE IS DISTANT
DUDE [CLOSE - quiet huh-huh]
SNODGRASS [muttering] Nutty freaking kids these days. None of this hot and cold running narcotics when I was a girl.
SOUND QUIET DOLL FOOTSTEPS CREEP CLOSER
SOUND DISTANT, SHE TURNS ON A LIGHT, OPENS A DRAWER
SOUND MORE DOLL FOOTSTEPS
DUDE [huh-huhs]
SOUND QUICK CLIMBING NOISES
SOUND DISTANT, BOTTLE OPENS, POURS
SNODGRASS Salut. [drinks]
SOUND CLOSE, KNIFE SLIDES OUT OF KNIFE BLOCK
DUDE [loud huh-huhs]
MUSIC
28. HALLWAY OUTSIDE WOOD SHOP
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND SNEAKERS COME OUT OF WOOD SHOP
LYN Hmm?
HAL Um... Looks like old Mr. Carpel went all satanic and sort of... sacrificed... um... forget it.
LYN But who killed Mr. Carpel?
HAL I don't know, but this book looks all creepy and stuff. Maybe he summoned a demon or something and it got him.
LYN You're joking.
HAL [tries to chuckle] Well, maybe just a little, but something got him, didn't it? Come on. We need to get ... help.
LYN We need to call the police. Barb has a phone...when we get back to the dance...
HAL There's pay phones in the lounge.
LYN I want to get OUT of here. Whoever - whatever - did that is still ... on the loose!
SOUND [their voices start to recede]
HAL Well... I think that back there happened a few hours ago. The blood looked mostly dried, and the candles were all burned down. Whoever killed Mr. Carpel is probably long gone.
MONKEY HEAD [query]
LAUREL [negative response]
MUSIC
29. KITCHEN
AMB - Kitchen
SOUND MRS. SNODGRASS STEPS OUT OF OFFICE. LIGHT OFF. LOCKS THE DOOR.
DUDE [huh-huh]
SOUND LITTLE FEET RUSH FORWARD
SNODGRASS Huh?
SOUND SQUISH OF KNIFE STAB
SNODGRASS [scream in agony]
SOUND BODY FALL
SNODGRASS GASPING IN PAIN
DUDE [huh-huh]
MUSIC
30. HALLWAY LEAVING WOOD SHOP
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND QUICK FEET APPROACH, PASS BY
LYN [panting a bit] I... This sounds terrible ...I know I know you, but I can't remember your name.
HAL [panting a bit] Hal. It's usually my face people forget.
LYN [panting a bit] I know...you're always in that costume. It's kind of...
HAL Dumb?
LYN No! I think it's... um... cute.
MUSIC
31. AMB - KITCHEN
SOUND BLOOD DROPS
SNODGRASS What the hell is--?
SOUND SLOW WOODEN FOOTSTEPS CIRCLE HER
DUDE Huh-huh-hwa?
SOUND IMPACT - A PAN!
SOUND DOLL TUMBLES, KNIFE SKITTERS AWAY
SNODGRASS Hah!!
SOUND SHE CRAWLS PAINFULLY
SOUND DOLL CLATTERS BY
SOUND FABRIC FLAPS
SOUND DOLL CAUGHT IN APRON
DUDE Huh? Huh?
SNODGRASS Hah! Hah! You little bastard!
SOUND POURING OF ALCOHOL ON DOLL
SNODGRASS [weakly] How bout a little...
SOUND CREAK OF OVEN OPENING
SOUND FIGHT TO GET IT INTO OVEN
SNODGRASS [weakening] fire.... scare... crow...
SOUND AFTER FIGHT, OVEN DOOR SLAMS SHUT
SNODGRASS [sigh in relief, breathes heavily...]
SOUND BODY SLUMPS AGAINST OVEN
MUSIC
32. OUTSIDE MAIN SCHOOL DOOR
SCHOOL EXTERIOR DOOR OPENS
SOUND FOOTSTEPS COMING OUT
LYN So what's the book? Something Satanic?
HAL I don't really know. It's... foreign. Maybe Latin? Spooky books are always in Latin, aren't they?
LYN Hmm. That's not Latin...I TOOK Latin. I'm pretty sure that's French. Gee would know.
HAL [muttered] Yeah. She kinda knows everything.
MUSIC
33. HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND CLICKING NOISE
SOUND FEET APPROACH
BUD [off] Tina?
SOUND CLICKING STOPS SUDDENLY
SOUND A MEWLING NOISE IS HEARD FROM WHERE THE CLICKING WAS.
BUD Tina? You OK?
SOUND WALKS FASTER
MUSIC
34. BETWEEN BUILDINGS
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND PACING
HAL [muttering to himself] Yeah, what do I say now - hey, since we've shared a corpse or two, why not have some bubble tea? [heavy sigh]
SOUND UMBRELLA POPPED UP
HAL [gasps]
GEE I said it's not just for decoration.
HAL Geez. Just sneak up on--
GEE You've got some weird book for me?
HAL Lyn's coming back, right?
GEE Don't worry.
SOUND SHE SNAGS THE BOOK, PAGES THROUGH
HAL She's--?
GEE [exasperated] Looking for that succubus she calls a cousin. [examines the book] Hmm... It say it's a book of dolls, or puppets...or something. [dubious] That last word - hmmm. I gotta dictionary in my locker.
MUSIC
35. HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND SLOW FOOTSTEPS
BUD Tina?
SOUND TRIES A DOOR - LOCKED
SOUND MEWLING
SOUND FEET SPEED UP, THEN STOP
BUD [slightly breathless] Tina? Huh? [over his shoulder] Hello? Hmph. Who could have...
SOUND SLOW WALKING
BUD [slow realization, dragged out] I got it. [up] Nice prank, guys! [muttered] So what happens, I touch the dolly and [looking up] something falls on me? Hmm? [muttered again]
MUSIC
36. HALLWAY
AMB ANOTHER HALLWAY
GEE It's really close, I can just run over and--
HAL Whoever killed them might still be in the--
SOUND DOOR OPENS, RAIN
LYN [breathing a little hard] There you are!
HAL [eager] Waiting for you.
GEE Now can we all go to my locker? It's closer than the library.
HAL Did you find--?
LYN I couldn't find Barb anywhere, and [breaking a little] I couldn't convince anyone else...
GEE Let me guess, they all think it's a prank?
HAL Here, then--
SOUND OPENS DOOR
HAL And some--
SOUND JINGLES COINS IN HIS HAND
LYN Cute. But you don't have to pay for 9-1-1.
HAL Oh.
SOUND JINGLE PUT AWAY
MUSIC
37. HALLWAY
AMB HALLWAY
BUD Oh to hell with it.
SOUND SOME QUICK FOOTSTEPS
BUD Oh, man! That's the prank. Someone broke into the wood shop and stole these little fuckers. Bet they're all over the damn school by now.
SOUND MAJORETTE'S CLICKING NOISES
BUD Weird. Where's the parade, honey?
SOUND SCRAPE AS HE PICKS UP THE STATUE
MAJORETTE [clicking turns ugly, creak]
SOUND SQUISH, STAB
BUD [gurgle, tries to gasp for breath]
MAJORETTE [satisfied clicking]
SOUND BATON PULLED FREE
SOUND GUSH OF BLOOD, BODY DROP
SOUND MAJORETTE CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR
MUSIC
38. LOUNGE
AMB LOUNGE
SOUND PHONE HUNG UP
LYN [a little uncertain] Police are on their way.
SOUND SCREAMS AND BANGING NOISES FROM OUTSIDE IN THE HALL.
HAL Shit!
LYN [gasp]
GEE [whispered] Block the door! [exasperated noise] Argh!
END OF PART 2
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PromEvil takes you to that most horrifying of places - HIGH SCHOOL. On prom night, naturally. And something horrible is about to come out of the woodshop, and we don't mean Hal in his school mascot costume....
A lot of people put their heart and soul into producing this memorable event:
STUDENTS
Hal - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Lyn - Molly Tollefson
Todd - Eli Nilsson
Gee - Melissa Bartell
Barb - Beverly Poole
Andy - Mike Campbell
Bud - Jasper Loovis
Tina - Chandra Wade
Missy - Jade Thomson
Jake - Michael Faigenblum
other students - Sky Iolta, Shelbi MacIntyre, Henry MarkFACULTY
Principal Peabody - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Ervin Carpel, Woodshop - Gene Thorkildsen
Ms. Angela Wellesly, Crafts - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Mrs. Snodgrass, Lunchroom - Robyn Keyes
P.A. Announcements - Julie Hoverson
Rent-a-cop Bob - The CaretakerOTHERS
Cop 1 - Glen Hallstrom
Cop 2 - Joel Harvey
911 Voice - Julie HoversonSTAFF
Writer - Julie Hoverson
Doll Wranglers - Julie Hoverson, Kimberly Poole (Warp'd Space)
Sound and Mastering - Julie Hoverson
Stock sound effects - Soundsnap.com; sonomic.com
Music - Prom - Sinkhole
Music - background - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)_______________________________________________________________________
Prom Evil - Part 1
MUSIC
AMB BUSY HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY
P.A. VOICE Don't forget! It's your last chance to pick up those prom tickets! Show your Polk high Spirit! Polky says - don't drink and drive!
AMB FADE IN ON WOOD SHOP
SOUND HEAVY DISTINCTIVE TICKING CLOCK IN THE WOOD SHOP
CARPEL [off] All right, um, kids. Let's start finishing up--
BUD You up for prom tonight?
HAL Gotta be there. School spirit and all.
BUD Ew, Hal, you're not bringing ..."IT"?
HAL It's my job, Bud. Polky lives.
CARPEL [off] Let's get everything put--
SOUND BELL RINGS
SOUND CLATTER OF STUFF JUST BEING LEFT ON TABLES
CARPEL --Away. [sigh]
SOUND MASS EXODUS
HAL Bud! Dude! [exasperated noise]
SOUND GATHERS UP TOOLS
SOUND KNOCK ON DOORFRAME
TODD Mr. Carpel?
SOUND SLAMMING BRIEFCASE SHUT
CARPEL [ow!] Damn! [composing himself] This... it's my break, Todd.
TODD I just wanted to see... her.
SOUND TAP ON GLASS CABINET
TODD [almost silent] Hi!
CARPEL Todd!
TODD She-- They can come home soon, right?
CARPEL After tonight, they can do...I mean, YOU...can...do whatever you want with them. ... Her. It.
SOUND SCRABBLE OF FEET
CARPEL Go on now. I'm not...done... grading. Scoot scoot.
TODD Right. [almost silent] Bye!
SOUND FEET
CARPEL [sigh of relief]
HAL [clears his throat]
CARPEL [startled] Ahh!
HAL Sorry. I was just putting away...
CARPEL Of course, of course. Go on now.
HAL Right. They're really pretty great, you have to admit.
CARPEL What?
HAL The carvings.
SOUND LIGHT TAP ON GLASS
HAL I woulda gone for it, but I don't have the patience. Or the carving skillz--
CARPEL Right, right - just please--
HAL Got it! Evaporate.
SOUND FEET, DOOR SLAMS
CARPEL [sigh, of extreme relief]
MUSIC
AMB HALLWAY
SOUND LOCKER CLOSES
LYN [sigh] OK, nothing happens. Surprise!
BARB It's coming. What? You're all hot to go study? It's party night, Lyn. Loosen up.
LYN [sigh]
A moment, then--
BARB Jake! You're SO late!
LYN Huh? Jake--?
BARB Mmm. Come here!
SOUND LONG SMOOCHING
LYN But, Barb--! Barb! Barb?
SOUND SMOOCHING ENDS
JAKE [catching his breath] Hey. So, What's the deal?
BARB This is my cousin, Lyn.
LYN [panicky] uh, yeah.
JAKE Hey, Lyn. I--
BARB [sudden rush] I was telling her all about you, and she's just [as if she's looking for something] ...dying ...to meet ...you. [angry sigh] [shrill] Anyway. She doesn't have a date for tonight, so I--
ANDY [coming in] Whoa. What the hell's up?
BARB Aha! Jake? You know Andy.
JAKE [chuckle]
LYN [this is ugly] Ohh!
ANDY What's up with this? What--
BARB I meant to tell you earlier, Andy, but you weren't picking up--
ANDY I don't got my cell on me at practice--
BARB [flippant] Andy... it's over--
ANDY Over? It's not over until--
JAKE Oh yeah?
BARB So you'll have to find yourself a new "bunny". Right Jake?
ANDY You bitch! You said--
BARB For prom.
ANDY But, Prom's TONIGHT!
BARB Sorry. [she's not] Not my problem. Come on, stud muffins.
JAKE [chuckles]
SOUND THEY START TO WALK AWAY
LYN [rueful] Barb. Jeez.
BARB [over her shoulder] Lyn's free tonight.
LYN [gasp!]
ANDY [to himself] Fine! [to Lyn, muttered] I got tickets, wanna go?
LYN I'm really sorry she--
ANDY C'mon...don't make me waste 'em.
LYN [tsks] Fine.
ANDY See you in the gym? Gotta get back to the field.
SOUND HE TROTS OFF
LYN Right. Bye.
GEE [coming on, whispering] Extra, extra - read all about it. Dumped jock falls for head of debate team.
LYN I've already had my heart attack for the day, thanks, Gee.
GEE No hearts were injured in the filming of this--
LYN I don't even have a dress.
GEE [mock serious] Wanna shock everyone? You could be my date. [goofy kissy noise]
LYN [laughs]
SOUND BELL RINGS, THEY START DASHING
LYN Come on! [hustling] Barb'll have a plan.
GEE [keeping up] Oh, yeah. That'll be good.
MUSIC
SOUND BELL RINGS
SOUND STUDENTS POUR OUT - END OF DAY
SOUND LOCKERS BEING OPENED
STUDENTS [conversations about the prom tonight]
SOUND DOOR CREAKS OPEN
CARPEL Oh, um... [hoarse] Miss, um, Francis! [clears his throat] Miss Francis!
MISSY Yes? Something I can do for you, Mr. Carpel? ["CAR-pull"]
CARPEL [irritable, automatic] That's Carpel. ["car-PELL"] [clears his throat again] I, um, I could use some advice... Could you step in for a moment?
MISSY [unsuspecting] Um, sure. What do you need?
CARPEL [lying] I have this niece, and it's her birthday, and I want a, um, well, a young woman's opinion of the present I bought for her. It will just take a moment, um, if you can spare the time?
MISSY [indulgently] Oh, sure.
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE, STUDENTS, TRAFFIC, ETC.
STUDENTS [lots of chatter about prom]
BUD Life's almost over...what do you plan to do once YOU graduate?
HAL Not a clue. Dad says I've got-- [apes dad's voice] ..."no ambition, no drive." I guess he's right. I just don't have a burning desire to DO anything with my life...
[LYN AND BARB PASS BY - FADING IN AND THEN OUT]
BARB --taffeta underskirt - but not too long, you know? I was all like, how can I possibly dance in that?
LYN I don't dance.
BARB Let me finish! Sides, I want to show off the adorable prada pumps--
HAL [heavy sigh] Except...
BUD [Following the look] Ex-cept? Still got the hots for that brain?
HAL She's not a brain, just smart..."Brains" look down on the rest of us, and Lyn...she can be really nice. Not like the barbies you date.
BUD Nothing wrong with dumb girls‑‑
HAL Takes one to know one.
MUSIC
AMB WOOD SHOP
MISSY Ooh! Is this what the woodcarving class has been working on! Wow! Look at her teensy little hands!
SOUND TAP ON GLASS
CARPEL [getting more and more nervous] Ahem. It's just over here, Missy.
MISSY Oh, right!
SOUND PAPER GIFT BAG FULL OF TISSUE SET ON DESK
CARPEL I hope this is something a... young lady would like.
MISSY Let's see.
SOUND BAG RUSTLES
SOUND SOMETHING PICKED UP ON WORKBENCH
MISSY What is it?
SOUND RUMMAGING IN TISSUE
SOUND HAMMER BROUGHT DOWN ON HER HEAD.
MISSY Oohhhhh!
SOUND BODY DROP
SOUND FEET RUN TO DOOR, LOCK IT
CARPEL [breathing heavily, panicky]
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE
BUD Ask her.
HAL Nah. Polky goes stag.
BUD Buy a clue, Hal...school mascot never gets laid. 'sides, running around as a big purple - what the hell is Polky, anyway?
HAL Polky is the Polk high polka-dot.
BUD Ri-i-ight. Well...let's just say it ain't gonna get you a job.
HAL Scoff all you want. If I work real hard, someday I could be a giant cell phone at the mall.
BUD Hark! The wolverine has left the lamb unguarded--
HAL Barb's gone? Where?
BUD She probably went to pee on some poor guy. Mark her territory--
HAL [speculative] Maybe I will.... [grunts as he gets up, then fading] What's the worst that could happen?
SOUND CREAK OF BACKPACK
MUSIC
AMB WOODSHOP
CARPEL [still wheezing]
SOUND ASTHMA INHALER
CARPEL [Deep breath, then an exaggerated one] Clear the mind. [half another breath, cuts off with] Oh, crap! Clear the desk!
SOUND EVERYTHING BEING SWEPT OFF THE DESK
MISSY [groan, hit by something]
CARPEL Oh no! No, no! Come here, you! [grunts as he gets a grip on her]
MISSY [groans again]
CARPEL And U-U-U-U-U-P! [grunts]
SOUND THUMPS [humorous bit, with him trying to get her onto the desk, finally]
CARPEL [breathing heavily]
MISSY [groans]
CARPEL [whispering, afraid to wake her] no! Nononono! Stay down! [a moment of breathing] Good. [a demented whisper of a chuckle]
SOUND ROPE BEING UNROLLED
CARPEL [to self] need about... hmm... three yards for the feet, and--
SOUND KNOCK AT THE DOOR
CARPEL [startled to death] Ahh!
SOUND EVERYTHING DROPS, ENDING WITH A GOOFY CLATTER
TODD [off] Mr. Carpel? Um, are you there?
SOUND DOORKNOB RATTLES
SOUND ROPE MOVES AGAIN, BEGINS TO BE KNOTTED
CARPEL [barely able to breath] Go away, Todd. I'm busy. Come back tomorrow.
MISSY [groans]
CARPEL [frustrated noise!]
TODD [off] I just wanted to...to check on my project.
SOUND KNOT TIED TIGHTLY
CARPEL You got an A. Now go away!
TODD [off] I...um...Well, all right.
SOUND SECOND KNOT CREAKS
MISSY [sharp moan]
CARPEL [muttered] Better not hit her again... a gag! Yes, um... oh, no that's filthy... um... [catches himself and starts to laugh hysterically]
MISSY [moans]
CARPEL [worried noise] Ahh!
SOUND TISSUE PAPER GRABBED AND SHOVED INTO MOUTH
CARPEL That should do it. Now.
SOUND BOOK CREAKS OPEN, PAGES FLIP
CARPEL Right.
SOUND FUMBLING WITH GLASSES
CARPEL [reading from a list] Five black candles check. Oil. Salt. Knife, oh yes.
SOUND PULLS THE THINGS OUT AS HE NAMES THEM, SETS KNIFE DOWN, AND IT CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR.
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE
HAL [to self] Um, hi Lyn! No. [mister slick] "Hey. Prom? Yeah." No. Uh! [grunt as he's shoved aside]
BARB [disparaging noise] Walk much? [to Lyn] It's all arranged.
LYN How could you--?
BARB What? So I helped you. Have a cow.
LYN HELPED me? You--
BARB Selflessly gave you my ex‑. Isn't there an award for that? Oh, get that out of my face!
GEE What? Oh, sorry, right, if you cross a witch with your shadow, she loses her power over you.
SOUND UMBRELLA COLLAPSES
BARB What-ever. Lyn. Walk.
HAL Oh, darnit.
SOUND [OFF] UMBRELLA UP AGAIN
HAL Aah!
GEE Oh, jeez! Sorry!
HAL No.. no worries. [defeated sigh]
GEE [tsks merrily]
LYN But you...like...Andy?
BARB Of course I do. This is just for tonight.
GEE [catching up] Let me guess. You fixed him up with Lyn so he wouldn't get snatched up by someone more like...hmm...You? ...at prom.
BARB [snide] Coming from someone who carries a black umbrella and only dates on-line.
GEE It's a parasol, and I'll still have a complexion when I'm 40!
BARB Oh, yeah? That white makeup will suck all your vitamin D!
GEE Lizard neck!
LYN Gee, leave off, OK?
GEE [exasperated sigh]
BARB [muttered] Little "Bite-Me Barbie".
LYN You leave off too.
MUSIC
AMB WOOD SHOP
SOUND HEAVY CANDLE SET DOWN
CARPEL Five. Lit counterclockwise, um...
SOUND CLOCK TICKS FOR A MINUTE
CARPEL Right.
MISSY [moans, then starts to wake, tries to scream around the tissue]
CARPEL [more whiny than scary] I'll hit you again if I have to.
SOUND TURNS A PAGE
CARPEL Circle of chicken blood.
SOUND LID UNSCREWS ON PLASTIC BOTTLE, RATTLES AWAY
MISSY [SCREAMS AROUND THE PAPER]
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE
SOUND HAL DROPS HIS PACK, THEN SITS
HAL Psyche 101. [grunts as he sits]
BUD What?
HAL Psyche 101...I could be a shrink, right?
BUD Yeah, right.
HAL Maybe I could specialize in abnormal psychology...you could be my first case study.
BUD Or him.
TODD [muttering] I just wanted to see her, and give her this heart - it's just the right size--
SOUND RATTLE OF TINY NECKLACE CHAIN
BUD The resident wood shop mad genius?
BOB [calling from off] Ooh, it's Todd...hey, did Barbie ever return your calls?
FRED [calling from off] Maybe he's taking Chatty Kathy to the dance tonight.
BOB [calling from off] A blow-up doll'd be a better choice, Todd...at least then you'd have a chance of getting a little.
TODD [still muttered] Laurel's not a doll, she's a statue. She's ART.
GEE Leave off, you scrotes.
FRED I vanda suckya blood!
GEE You wouldn't know what to DO with my blood.
MUSIC
AMB WOOD SHOP
SOUND LIQUID POURING onto floor
CARPEL [chanting]
MISSY [moaning]
SOUND ROPES CREAK AS SHE STRUGGLES
MUSIC
TODD [muttering] Laurel is perfect. I made her that way, and she understands me--[gasp]
SOUND THUD AS HE RUNS INTO BARB
BARB [uh!] Dweeb. Get some glasses. [back to Lyn] I'll even get you a dress. It won't be Vogue, but...
SOUND CELL PHONE BEING DIALED
LYN [weakening] But I don't want a dress. I really ...Barb...I don't like this.
BARB No problem, really.
LYN But--
BARB I'd loan you one of mine, but it wouldn't fit. Like a basketball hoop catching tennis balls.
LYN [very uncomfortable noise] Umm.
BARB Jeez. Missy's not picking up. Wonder who she's doing?
MUSIC
AMB WOOD SHOP
SOUND SCRAPE OF KNIFE BEING PICKED UP
CARPEL CHANTING
SOUND CELL PHONE MUSIC
SOUND KNIFE CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR
CARPEL What the--? Oh, heavens!
SOUND RUMMAGING THROUGH HER PURSE, VARIOUS THINGS TOSSED ONTO FLOOR, SOMETHING SQUEAKS AS IT HITS
SOUND FINALLY FINDS PHONE, PUSHES BUTTONS, BUT NOTHING WILL STOPS IT, FINALLY THROWS IT AGAINST WALL AND STOMPS ON IT
SOUND PHONE DIES
SOUND ASTHMA INHALER
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE
LYN All right! I'll...I can borrow a dress from Jean...we wear the same size.
BARB Your little sister? She's a baby, how could she have a decent dress?
LYN Who else is my mom gonna dress up? Me?
MUSIC
WOOD SHOP
CARPEL CHANTS AGAIN
SOUND BOOK CREAKS OPEN
SOUND KNIFE PICKED UP OFF FLOOR WITH SCRAPE
MISSY [struggling weakly]
SOUND SUDDENLY, LUNGES, PLUNGES KNIFE INTO MISSY WITH HORRIBLE SQUISHY NOISE. GRINDS IT AROUND A BIT, MAKING SURE SHE'S DEAD
MISSY [death rattle]
CARPEL [breathing heavily]
SOUND WIPES SWEAT OFF HIS FACE, THEN REACTS AS HE REALIZES HE JUST SMEARED BLOOD ALL OVER HIMSELF.
CARPEL gah!!
SOUND DASH TO SINK, RUNS WATER
MUSIC
AMB OUTSIDE, BUT AWAY FROM PEOPLE
TODD [muttering to self] I spent so much time carving her. I know the project called for raw wood, no paint, but now that they're graded and everything, there's nothing wrong with a little embellishment.
SOUND DELICATE NECKLACE CHAIN
TODD Gold will suit her dark grain. Oh Laurel!
MUSIC
AMB WOOD SHOP
SOUND TAPS TURNED OFF
SOUND DRIPPING
CARPEL Right. The blood.
SOUND METAL BOWL OUT OF BAG, CATCHES DRIPS
CARPEL Almost done now. [ecstatic] And then they'll see! They'll all see!
SOUND DRIPPING SLOWS
CARPEL No, no, I need more.... I think I need more! Oh! Here.
SOUND CUTS A ROPE, ROLLS BODY ONTO ITS SIDE
SOUND GUSHY NOISES, MORE DRIPPING
CARPEL There we go! That's about enough.
SOUND DRIPPING CONTINUES, BODY FLOPS
CARPEL Enough!
SOUND SHOVE BODY, IT ROLLS WITH A GUSHY NOISE
CARPEL Sorry about that, Missy, but it had to be done. I wish you'd just stayed unconscious. Wouldn't have been so awful for you.
SOUND SETS DOWN SLOSHY BOWL
SOUND OPENS GLASS DOOR OF CASE
CARPEL [chanting again]
SOUND PICKS UP BOWL
SOUND LIQUID BEING POURED
MUSIC
AMB GYM [EVERYTHING ECHOES]
SOUND SOUND CHECK IN BACKGROUND
SOUND QUICK STRIDES ACROSS WOOD FLOOR
HAL --it's in the band locker. You gotta let me in.
PEABODY [over his shoulder] The school is locked up for the night. Besides, the old one's in the drama loft...use it.
HAL But it's a piece of crap! The foam rubber's all gone to dust...you can't even breathe in the darn thing.
PEABODY You only have to wear it during the announcements. Surely you weren't planning to parade around in the ludicrous mascot costume all night?
HAL [clearly disappointed] Guess not.
PEABODY Quickly, then...
MUSIC
CARPEL [The chant ends.]
SOUND CREAKING OF WOOD
[NOTE] ESTABLISH THE DISTINCTIVE SOUND OF EACH OF THE DOLLS - LAUREL, ahhhh noises; LEDERHOSEN GUY, EVIL CHUCKLE; MONKEYHEAD, SCREECHES; SURFER DUDE, LONG DUH; AND THE MAJORETTE, RHYTHMIC CLICKING SOUNDS.
CARPEL It worked! They live!
MUSIC
AMB GYM
SOUND LIQUID POURING
SOUND FEET ON STEP LADDER
ANGELA Hand me the tape, Marge?
SNODGRASS Do I look like someone with three hands?
ANGELA [to herself] No, you look like a shaved bulldog in a safety orange muumuu.
SOUND POURING STOPS
SNODGRASS Huh?
ANGELA [covering] Just admiring your dress!
SNODGRASS [taking it seriously] It ain't just anybody can wear this color. You were looking for tape?
MUSIC
SOUND TAPPING OF DOLL FEET AS THEY CLIMB DOWN
CARPEL You are mine! My servants! My revenge!
SOUND WOODEN FEET AS THEY HOP DOWN
LEDERHOSEN GUY EVIL CHUCKLE
SOUND MOVED QUICKLY TOWARD CARPEL
CARPEL No! No! Not me! You're supposed to obey me! Stop!
SOUND PAGING THROUGH BOOK
CARPEL Obey me! You're my minions!
SOUND THE DOLLS ATTACK. TRIP CARPEL, PUMMEL HIM.
CARPEL What are you doing with that awl! You could put an eye out-- [ahh! Gurgle, whiny death noises]
SOUND FUTILE POUNDING OF TINY FISTS ON LOCKED DOOR
END OF PART 1
-
The crew of a U-Boat in the Great War find
some danger runs very very deepCAST
Cap. Karl Heinrich - Rick Lewis
Lt. Keinze - J. Hoverson
Crew: Shawn Connor & Bryan HendricksenMusic by: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Recorded with the assistance of Ryan Hirst of Neohoodoo Studio
Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson
Cover Art - Brett Coulstock"What kind of a place is it?
Why it's a U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine - can't you tell?"
______________________________________________________________THE TEMPLE
Cast:
Lieutenant Commander Karl HEINRICH, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, Lieutenant-Commander in the Imperial German Navy, Prussian (mid 30s?)
Lieutenant Jurgen KIENZE, second in command, "womanish Rhinelander" (30)
Boatswain MULLER, elderly "superstitious Alsatian swine"
SCHMIDT [mid 20s - goes mad]
ZIMMER [mid 20s - leads delegation to get rid of idol]
BOHIN [mid 20s - goes mad]
RAABE [early 20s - engineer]
SCHNEIDER [early 20s - engineer]
OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's a U-Boat of the Kaiserlich Marine, can't you tell? (That's World War I, for all you younger folks...)
[My apologies for any mischaracterization of Germans - it's all from Lovecraft's original text. His complete lack of knowledge of U-Boats also - But I had to leave in the portholes to support the story. Any mistakes in military etiquette of the time are probably mine, though.]
MUSIC
SCENE 1.
AMBIANCE U-BOAT ENGINE
SEAMEN [murmuring voices]
SOUND HATCH OPENS, CLANGING FOOTSTEPS
KIENZE Achtung! Kapitanleutnant Heinrich on deck!
SEAMEN [instantly silent]
HEINRICH [commanding, slightly angry sounding] Ser gut! I have been reviewing the log regarding the sinking of the British freighter Victory, and I must say [getting ominous] that you are - most definitely - [spitting out the words] the single, absolute, most efficient U-boat crew in the Atlantic. [laughs] At ease, at ease.
SEAMEN [Excited chatter]
KIENZE I myself cannot wait to view the film we took.
HEINRICH Ya, ya. [aside] The camera was off before we sank the lifeboats?
KIENZE As always, Kaleu.
SOUND HEARTY CLAP ON SHOULDER
HEINRICH Most excellent. Come Kienze, I have a bottle of some fine Schnapps. You must help me celebrate.
MUSIC in then under
SCENE 2.
HEINRICH [on a recording, tired sounding] On August 20, 1917, I, Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, Lieutenant-Commander in the Imperial German Navy and in charge of the submarine U-29, deposit this bottle and record in the Atlantic Ocean at a point to me unknown but probably about North Latitude 20 degrees, West Longitude 35 degrees, where my ship lies disabled on the ocean floor.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 3.
SFX SUBMARINE SURFACES
SOUND HATCH OPENS
AMBIANCE CALM SEA, OCCASIONAL BIRDS
SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL
HEINRICH [grunt - stretching noise] There is nothing like the first step out on deck after a victory, eh?.
KIENZE A "Victory"? [chuckles] Ya. Very amusing.
MULLER [off] Kaleu, sir! Come!
SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL
HEINRICH What could be so-- Oh!
MULLER He must be from the Victory, sir!
KIENZE Alive?
HEINRICH Don't be foolish, Kienze, we were far too long submerged. He would have had a better chance if he let go and braved the waves. [shouting off] Remove the corpse!
[NOTE - red text will come back at the end in echoes]
ZIMMER Sir! His hands are in a death grip!
HEINRICH Fingers break more easily than railings.
ZIMMER [hesitantly] uh... Aye sir!
SOUND POUNDING NOISES
HEINRICH [sanctimonious] One more victim of the unjust war of aggression the English schweinhunds are waging upon the Reich.
KIENZE Truly, he is our victim. Nothing more.
HEINRICH You do not see the whole picture - [amused] Just like a soft-headed Rhinelander. If you were a solid Prussian like myself--
SEAMEN [OFF - NOISE OF AN ALTERCATION]
HEINRICH Vas is los? Go and see.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL
KIENZE What is this? What is this? Achtung!
SOUND SCRAMBLE OF MEN GETTING TO THEIR FEET
KIENZE What is so very exciting?
ZIMMER Sir! Schmidt took something from the pocket of the ... [gulp] d-dead one.
KIENZE Schmidt? Would you show this to me?
SCHMIDT It is nothing, Leutnant.
KIENZE I will judge that. Give it me. [beat] Well, this is... certainly something. I am confiscating it - now put that over the side.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL
HEINRICH So?
KIENZE A bauble. Ivory, I think - looks like a classical bust, ya?
HEINRICH Not a senator, though - this one is much too young and handsome.
KIENZE Possibly a kaiser?
HEINRICH Or a god.
KIENZE [reluctantly] It is yours, if you want it. It might be valuable--
HEINRICH No, no. I have not the sentimental--
MULLER [off, screams]
SOUND FOOTSTEPS RUNNING ON METAL
HEINRICH [puffing only slightly] What is it?
SCHMIDT [shivering with fear] Muller, sir - it is Muller!
KIENZE Muller's unconscious.
HEINRICH Wake him.
SOUND SLAPS
MULLER [wails]
SOUND ANOTHER SLAP
MULLER [gasps, is silent]
HEINRICH Get him up here. [command] Stations!
SOUND RUNNING FEET CLANG AWAY
KIENZE Are you going to talk sense now?
MULLER [hollow] His eyes! His eyes!
KIENZE Whose eyes? Speak sense!
SOUND SLAP
HEINRICH Enough! Muller. Tell me what is wrong.
MULLER Ya, mein kapitan! [trying to calm down] The body - the eyes were closed. But when they rolled it over the side, they opened - and they were mocking us!
HEINRICH [casual] Superstitious rubbish. Muller, you have seen corpses before now, and--
MULLER Sir! But that is not all! He-- [sullen, inward] You will not believe me!
KIENZE You are under orders to speak.
MULLER I-- watched as the body hit the water. I saw it sink beneath the waves, and--
HEINRICH And--?
MULLER [almost a whisper] It drew its limbs in, and swam away.
KIENZE You filthy lying--! [grunt as about to slap him again]
HEINRICH Nein, Leutnant. [calming] Muller. You know this cannot be true, don't you?
MULLER But I saw--
HEINRICH Water is deceptive. It is strange, ya, that the body simply sank - but that is probably due to its waterlogged condition after being held under on our railing for hours. Beyond that--? It is all a trick of the light.
MULLER Truly?
HEINRICH I will hear no more about it, ya?
MÜLLER But you should keep no part of him on the ship - it is bad luck. The statue--
HEINRICH Is nothing. It is a trinket. You go about your duties now, Boatswain.
SOUND RELUCTANT FOOTSTEPS AWAY
HEINRICH Pfaugh. [muttered growl] Superstitious Alsatian swine! Why am I surrounded by inferior--
KIENZE Kaleu? Do you wish that I throw the bust overb--
HEINRICH Nonsense. We do not give in to fear. We are men of the twentieth century - and, more importantly, officers in the Kaiserliche Marine.
KIENZE I could... tell them I threw it--
HEINRICH Do not show weakness. It makes you sound unreliable.
MUSIC in and under
SCENE 4.
HEINRICH [canned] The next day a very troublesome situation was created by the indisposition of some of the crew. Evidently suffering from the nervous strain of our long voyage, they had had bad dreams. When weather turned choppy, we descended to a depth where the sea was comparatively calm, despite a somewhat puzzling southward current which we could not identify from our oceanographic charts.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 5.
SOUND HATCH CLOSES
SFX SUBMARINE SUBMERGES
SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL
RAABE Under-Engineer Raabe, here to make a report, sir!
HEINRICH Where is Schneider?
RAABE He is ... unwell, sir.
HEINRICH What is wrong?
RAABE He... did not sleep well, sir.
HEINRICH What?
KIENZE It is the same with many of the men, Kaleu. They are feverish and say they have had bad dreams.
HEINRICH If they are shirking, I will--
RAABE Sir, no! Schmidt is burning up with fever, screaming all night in his berth.
HEINRICH [sympathetic] Then you did not sleep well either, I expect?
RAABE Nein, Kaleu.
HEINRICH [very pleased] Yet you are here, like a good sailor. Good man--
MULLER [muttered off] It is the idol. It is accursed.
HEINRICH What? Muller?
MULLER [panicky] Nothing. I said nothing sir.
KIENZE He said--
HEINRICH [grim] I heard what he said. Muller, I will have none of this wild peasant superstition on my ship!
KIENZE [amused undertone] You forget, mein noble Kapitan, I am a commoner as well.
HEINRICH [dismissively] Burgher stock. [teasing slightly] And they made you an officer - you must have some good qualities.
MULLER What does it matter? We are all doomed!
RAABE [dismissive] Doomed? Because some men are sick?
HEINRICH Sehr gut. We must remain rational at times like these. Retain our iron German will. [sharp] Kienze?
KIENZE [snapping to] Ya mein kapitanleutnant?
HEINRICH Remove Boatswain Muller.
KIENZE Ya, Kaleu.
MUSIC in and under
SCENE 6.
HEINRICH [canned] The moans of the sick men were decidedly annoying; but since they did not appear to demoralize the rest of the crew, we did not resort to ... extreme measures. It was our plan to remain where we were and intercept the liner Dacia, mentioned in information from agents in New York.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 7.
SOUND INSIDE THE BOAT. MANY FEET RUNNING ACROSS METAL, FEET STOP ABRUPTLY
CROWD [muttering, backs up Zimmer throughout the scene.]
HEINRICH Und vas is los?
ZIMMER [clears throat] Kapitanleutnant, we must request - most strenuously - that you--
HEINRICH Is this about that knickknack? What sort of Gypsies are you, to believe such phantasms?
ZIMMER But what could it hurt, sir? It is surely not so valuable that it is worth risking--
HEINRICH What? Risking what? The only thing we are risking here is our mission.
BOHIN We will all die!
ZIMMER Shh. [trying to sound reasonable] Morale, mein kapitan. It is such a small thing, yet would mean so much to the men.
HEINRICH [low, despising] I see no men here.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 8.
HEINRICH [canned] Everyone seemed inclined to be silent now, as though holding a secret fear. Many were ill, but none made a disturbance. Lieutenant Kienze chafed under the strain, and was annoyed by the merest trifle - such as the schools of dolphins which passed the U-29 in increasing numbers, and the growing intensity of that southward current which was not on our chart.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 9.
SOUND HATCH CLANGS SHUT
AMBIANCE UP TOPSIDE
SCHMIDT That makes seven of us. We can surely--
ZIMMER Muller is still in irons. He can be no help.
BOHIN Muller saw them!
ZIMMER Shh. None of the crazy talk, Bohin. We cannot let ourselves--
BOHIN [too intense to be sane] I have not seen them, but they call to me! Their voices are like the waves - but waves that make words!
SCHMIDT [sigh] So there are six of us.
SOUND HATCH OPENS, A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS
RAABE What is going on here?
SCHMIDT [snort] We are planning a party. What does it look like?
RAABE What is happening that makes everyone so--
BOHIN There! In the WATER! They have come!
RAABE --Crazy?
SOUND RUNNING FOOTSTEPS, A STRUGGLE, A BODY SLAMMED AGAINST METAL.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 10.
HEINRICH [canned] He was in a detestably childish state, and babbled of some illusion of dead bodies drifting past the portholes; bodies which he recognized, in spite of bloating, as having seen dying during some of our victorious German exploits. And he said that the young man we had found and tossed overboard was their leader. This was very gruesome and abnormal.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 11.
RAABE Seaman Bohin tried to leap off the deck. We had to hold him down until the madness left him, sir.
KIENZE All for such a small thing.
SOUND SMALL IVORY STATUE SET ON TABLE
RAABE That is what this is all about?
KIENZE Just that.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS, STATUE IS SNATCHED UP AND PUT AWAY IN A POCKET
ZIMMER Sir! Leutnant Kienze? Bohin is gone! He is nowhere on the ship.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 12.
HEINRICH [canned] It at length became apparent that we had missed the Dacia altogether. Such failures are not uncommon, and we were more pleased than disappointed, since our return to Wilhelmshaven was now in order.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 13.
SOUND MEASURED FOOTSTEPS
AMB INSIDE
SEAMEN [Muffled, CHEERS!!!]
HEINRICH [sigh] This soft-headedness is not good. Morale is the result of willpower, not coddling.
KIENZE Still, I too will be glad when this trip is over. That southern current we have blundered into bothers me.
HEINRICH It explains how we missed our target. Not every inch of the ocean is charted properly.
KIENZE But it is so strong - to be overlooked.
RAABE [clears his throat] Sir?
HEINRICH Schneider still not feeling well?
RAABE He prefers to remain in the engine room, sir. He does not like ... being near portholes.
KIENZE Portholes?
RAABE His dreams haunt him. [hurriedly] But he is not impaired in his job.
HEINRICH [teasing] Well, certainly you did not come all this way to tell us Senior Engineer Schneider does not like portholes. Out with it!
RAABE Something fantastic has happened. The boat - it is surrounded by -- dolphins.
HEINRICH Dolphins? How many?
SOUND KIENZE'S FOOTSTEPS GO AWAY
KIENZE [off] Ya, come and look! They are everywhere!
HEINRICH Finally something the superstitious can interpret as a good sign, ya?
KIENZE [jubilant] Just as we decide to return to Schlicktown! This should truly mollify them.
HEINRICH [dry] How fortunate.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 14.
HEINRICH [canned] At noon June 28 we turned northeastward, and despite some rather comical entanglements with the unusual masses of dolphins, were soon under way.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 15.
SOUND SNORING [HEINRICH]
SFX EXPLOSION
HEINRICH [wakes up] What? What?
SOUND MANY RUNNING FEET, SOME BARE, ONE PAIR OF BOOTS STOMPS THROUGH CALMLY
HEINRICH Report. Someone report!
SCHMIDT This is your fault, you swine! You made us‑‑
SOUND SLAP, BODY HITS METAL WALL
HEINRICH SHUT UP. Is there anyone who can talk sense?
KIENZE [breathless, and coughing] They have the fire out. The explosion was in the engine room.
HEINRICH What caused it?
KIENZE They have found no cause as yet. The damage is extensive. All systems have not yet been tested, but it is certain we have no steering.
HEINRICH No--? What about the air compressors?
KIENZE They appear undamaged. But, mein freund--
HEINRICH Ya? What is it?
KIENZE Schneider and - and Raabe - they were killed instantly.
HEINRICH [long indrawn breath, then cold as he can be] That is most unfortunate.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 16.
HEINRICH [canned] Our situation had suddenly become grave indeed; for though the chemical air regenerators were intact, and we could use the devices for raising and submerging the ship and opening the hatches as long as compressed air and storage batteries might hold out, we were powerless to propel or guide the submarine.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 17.
SOUND SNORING [KIENZE]
SOUND CURTAIN OPENS VERY STEALTHILY, HUSHED FOOTSTEPS, RUSTLING
KIENZE [snoring stops]
SCHMIDT [gasp]
SOUND SCUFFLE
SOUND COCK OF GUN
KIENZE What is it you think you are doing?
SCHMIDT [nutso] He demands it! He will not let me sleep until it is returned to him!
HEINRICH [off] Was iss?
KIENZE A mutiny, kaleu.
MUSIC VERY BRIEF
HEINRICH [muttered] Can we do without Schmidt, short as we are of hands?
KIENZE Hah! With no engines to maintain, I must always find make-work for the men. They will go mad [bad choice of words] -- they are restless if left sitting on their hands.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 18.
HEINRICH [canned] German lives are precious, but the constant raving of Schmidt concerning a terrible curse was most subversive of discipline, so drastic steps were taken. The crew accepted the event in a sullen fashion.
MUSIC FADED OUT
SCENE 19.
AMBIANCE INSIDE
SOUND HATCH OPENS
ZIMMER [jubilant, yelling down from above] A ship! We are delivered!
HEINRICH [composed] Excellent. You see, Kienze? It is never so dark that there is no light. Come along.
SOUND STEPS CLIMBING LADDER, THEN OUT ON DECK
KIENZE Give me the glasses.
ZIMMER But it is a ship, leutnant, isn't that enough?
KIENZE [suspicious] Glasses, now!
SOUND A BEAT, THEN HEAVY ITEM PUT IN GLOVED HAND.
HEINRICH Vas ist?
KIENZE [disappointed and disgusted] Yankees.
ZIMMER But surely surrender is better than death--
HEINRICH [cold] Zimmer?
ZIMMER [braced for the worst] Ya, kapitanleutnant?
HEINRICH [colder] Prepare for a dive.
SOUND GOING DOWN LADDER.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 20.
HEINRICH [canned] We did not descend far. After several hours, we decided to return to the surface, however, the ship failed to respond to our direction in spite of all that the mechanics could do. Some of the men began to mutter again, but the sight of an automatic pistol calmed them.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 21.
KIENZE Kaleu, the men are very restless. They fear the worst, being trapped and drifting. They blame us for making a bad decision.
HEINRICH [offhand] It was the only decision to make. None but a weakling would surrender to the Yankees.
KIENZE Any man may turn weak in such conditions--
HEINRICH [self-satisfied] No Prussian. And if I must be the backbone so my crew can stand straight as men, so be it.
KIENZE The men are restless. Angry.
HEINRICH [dangerous] If they will not stand, then I will put them down and stamp their bodies into pulp fit only to paint the walls.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 22.
HEINRICH [canned] It was about 5 A.M., that the general mutiny broke loose. The six remaining pigs of seamen, suspecting that we were lost, suddenly burst into a mad fury, roared like the animals they were, and broke instruments and furniture indiscriminately. Leutnant Kienze seemed paralyzed and inefficient, as one might expect of a soft, womanish Rhinelander.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 23.
SOUND FADING IN, SIX GUNSHOTS, ECHO FADES AWAY
HEINRICH [breathing hard]
KIENZE [gasping, almost hysterical]
HEINRICH [deep breath] Get up.
KIENZE [gasps] Did you--? Was that ... necessary?
HEINRICH [scornful laugh] You saw them. Now, stand. We need to clean house.
KIENZE What do you plan to do?
HEINRICH What else? Put them out. We can’t keep them here to stink up the place.
SOUND SCUFFLING, THEN SHUFFLING FEET
KIENZE We can use the top hatch--
HEINRICH Ya, ya. [going off] Make sure they are all dead, will you?
KIENZE [calling] Where are--? This will be easier with two.
HEINRICH [turning back, briefly] So would killing them, but I had to handle that. This is your part. [leaving again] Let me know when you need help getting them up into the hatch.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 24.
HEINRICH [canned] Our compasses, depth gauges, and other delicate instruments were ruined by the rampage of those swine; henceforth our only reckoning would be guesswork, based on our watches, the calendar, and our apparent rate of drift.
MUSIC FADED OUT
SCENE 25.
SOUND FEET COMING IN [KEINZE]
HEINRICH Look at this.
KIENZE [coming in] Ya? Oh, ya, more dolphins. Very exciting.
HEINRICH No, no - this one here. See the one with the scar?
KIENZE Ya.
HEINRICH How deep are we, did we determine?
KIENZE Too deep for dolphins, certainly, but--
HEINRICH I have been watching this one in the searchlight for two hours now - and he has not left our side. Delphinus delphis is a cetacean mammal, unable to subsist without air.
KIENZE Perhaps they are magic dolphins. [trying to chuckle] I'm not interested in them until we run out of other rations.
HEINRICH It is a very important discovery. Perhaps a new sub-species.
KIENZE [sigh] I'm sure the dolphins will be fascinated when you present your paper to them.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 26.
HEINRICH [canned] With the passage of time Kienze and I decided that we were still drifting south, meanwhile sinking deeper and deeper. I could not help observing, however, the inferior scientific knowledge of my companion. His mind was not Prussian, but given to imaginings with no value.
MUSIC HAS FADED OUT
SCENE 27.
SOUND SEARCHLIGHT COMES ON
KIENZE Fabulous, isn’t it?
HEINRICH Sunken ships? Interesting, yes, but fabulous? What else are you likely to find on the ocean floor?
KIENZE No, no - look there. To the right. You see? That peak. It is --
HEINRICH A rock.
KIENZE No! It is too regular for a rock. You will see when we get closer.
HEINRICH Wake me when you can see it, then. I think I will have some sleep.
KIENZE You don't care?
HEINRICH Ya, ya. Do you need me to remain?
SOUND SITS IN CHAIR
KIENZE [beat] We have lost our escort.
SOUND LEAFING THROUGH A BOOK
HEINRICH Vas?
KIENZE Your beloved dolphins. They have finally abandoned us.
HEINRICH I am more surprised they remained with us so long.
KIENZE [beat] What are we to do?
HEINRICH Do? About the dolphins? I am sure they can take care of themselves.
KIENZE You know what I mean! What are we to do when we run out of... of... everything
HEINRICH That is days, perhaps weeks away. Why waste angst?
KIENZE But - there is no hope. We will ... we must die.
HEINRICH Everyone must die.
KEINZE We could try and get to the surface - one of us - in the diving suit.
HEINRICH And how deep did we decide we were?
KEINZE [beat, sigh] very deep.
HEINRICH If you want to take the suit, and try to get it to the surface, you are welcome. But you know what will happen.
KEINZE It is possible to survive caissons disease. ["the bends"] Even drastic decompression--
HEINRICH As a cripple? With joints that never work without pain? With skin so damaged no one can look you in the face? Perhaps paralyzed, even? Incontinent?
KEINZE [sigh]
HEINRICH Better to die as a man than live as a beast. Of course you might be lucky and have an embolism on the way up, and then ride the waves as a corpse.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 28.
HEINRICH [canned] His mind was tired, but I am always a German, and was quick to notice that the U-29 was standing the deep-sea pressure splendidly. Our southward speed, as gauged by the ocean floor, was about as I had estimated from the organisms passed at higher levels.
MUSIC FADE AND OUT
SCENE 29.
SOUND BOTTLE POURS
KIENZE [slightly drunk] Ya, plenty of air and food, but this [long gulping swig] won't last forever.
HEINRICH Not at the rate you are abusing it.
KIENZE I cannot lose myself in study as you do. What is the point? So you know so much more before you die.
HEINRICH It is not impossible we will encounter another u-boat.
KIENZE Wake up Karl! This boat - it is our tomb. We are dead men. All we have left to do is lie down.
HEINRICH Go to bed, Leutnant. There is no point in talking when you are totalblau.
KIENZE [laughs bitterly] You are going to give me orders yet? What if I disobey? You clap me in irons? You will shoot me?
HEINRICH [close and dangerous] I will remind you that you are a man, a trained soldier, and an officer of the kaiser's navy, and as such you should have the will to face death.
KIENZE I am a soldier, ya. I can face death in battle. It is this lingering, drifting fate that horrifies me. It is like having a fatal disease - you know you must die, but you cannot know when.
HEINRICH Very well, then.
SOUND GUN OUT OF HOLSTER, CLICK AS BULLETS ARE CHECKED, GUN DROPPED ON TABLE
HEINRICH More air for me.
SOUND RATTLE OF CURTAIN, FOOTSTEPS LEAVE, RATTLE OF GUN ON TABLE
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 30.
HEINRICH [canned] The fact of our coming death affected Kienze curiously. I was very sorry for him, for I dislike to see a German suffer; but he was not a good man to die with. For myself I was proud, knowing how the Fatherland would revere my memory.
MUSIC FADES OUT
SCENE 31.
SOUND SNORING [KIENZE]
KIENZE [waking with a horrified start, screaming] He is calling! He is calling! I hear him!
SOUND FOOTSTEPS, DOOR
HEINRICH [coming on] What is wrong?
KIENZE We must go! He will not call forever!
SOUND SLAP
KIENZE [gasps, breathing hard, almost sobbing]
HEINRICH [commanding] Calm down. Remember yourself, man.
KIENZE V-v-vas? Kaleu?
HEINRICH There you are. [disdainful] You were having a nightmare. Now you are better.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS BEGIN TO WALK AWAY
KIENZE No.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS STOP
HEINRICH [sigh] Vas?
KIENZE It was not a dream. It was a voice. I still hear it, you see! I still hear him. He calls to me - to us. I don't know why you cannot hear him!
HEINRICH You are still drunk. Or deluded.
KIENZE I am not. Truly. If you do not believe me, look out the porthole, and you will see his face. It is right in front of us.
HEINRICH What? Show me. Ah - blackness. Precisely what is between your ears.
KIENZE The searchlight - kommen-zie!
SOUND FOOTSTEPS, SEARCHLIGHT COMES ON
KIENZE There! There!
HEINRICH Mein gott!
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 32.
HEINRICH [canned] I am not given to emotion of any kind, but my amazement was very great when I saw what lay revealed in that electrical glow. And yet as one reared in the best Kultur of Prussia, I should not have been amazed, for geology and tradition alike tell us of great transpositions in oceanic and continental areas. What I saw was an extended and elaborate array of ruined edifices; all in various stages of preservation.
MUSIC OUT
SCENE 33.
HEINRICH [pleased] Atlantis! And we, Germans, have discovered it! This is stupendous.
KIENZE He is out there. His temple lies still before us, and he watches us from afar.
HEINRICH You saw this in your dreams?
KIENZE [disturbingly reasonable] He told me. We should go.
HEINRICH Go? Where?
KIENZE To him. Come now - do not wait until later; it is better to repent and be forgiven than to defy and be condemned.
HEINRICH You think we should go outside? We have only one diving apparatus.
KIENZE [laughs disturbingly] A suit? We need no suits - he will gather us to him.
HEINRICH You have finally crossed into madness. I will find you some medication.
KIENZE You cannot cure this with your science, Karl. You are so sensible, and what does it get you? Nothing. Nothing! Come now, or there will be nothing left for you!
HEINRICH You are mad.
KIENZE [losing it] If I am mad, it is a blessing. May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end! Come and be mad whilst he still calls with mercy!
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 34.
HEINRICH [canned] As he spoke he took his ivory image from the table, pocketed it, and seized my arm in an effort to drag me up the companionway to the deck. When that did not work, he fled. In a moment I heard the grind of the first hatch, and understood that he meant to open them both, exposing the U-29 to the water outside, a vagary of suicidal and homicidal mania for which I was scarcely prepared.
MUSIC OUT
SCENE 35.
SOUND THE HATCH WHEEL SPINS
SOUND GUN COCKS
HEINRICH One more move and I shoot.
KIENZE [laughs hysterically] Shoot? I have nothing to fear. He will welcome me.
HEINRICH Did I say I would kill you? I will shoot you in the leg, and clap you in irons.
KIENZE You ... would do that!?
HEINRICH Ya. [jaunty] But, I am not one to hold a man back. If you wish to go, go. I will even run the hatches for you.
KIENZE You... why?
HEINRICH Further, I will watch and make sure he finds you, once you are adrift.
KIENZE [plaintive] But you will not come with me?
HEINRICH Nein. I have things yet to accomplish.
KIENZE Very well. But he will not be pleased with you if you ignore his summons.
MUSIC IN AND UNDER
SCENE 36.
HEINRICH [canned] After I saw that Kienze was no longer in the boat I threw the searchlight around the water. I wished to ascertain whether the water-pressure would flatten him as it theoretically should, or whether the body would be unaffected, like those extraordinary dolphins. I did not, however, succeed in finding my late companion, for, owing to the abruptness of the change of angle, a wire was disconnected, which necessitated a delay of many minutes for repairs.
MUSIC OUT
SCENE 37.
SOUND SEARCHLIGHT OUT
[NOTE: "HIS ECHO" REFERS TO HEINRICH'S OWN WORDS FROM EARLIER IN THE SHOW - COMING BACK TO HAUNT HIM. THEY WILL BE PUT IN IN POST, AND HEINRICH SHOULD NOT REALLY PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEM AS HE SPEAKS, AS THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY CONVERSING.]
HEINRICH [slow sigh]
HIS ECHO [very quiet] He would have had a better chance if he let go and braved the waves.
HEINRICH Alone. To survive until I die. [deep breath] Very well.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS
HIS ECHO [very quiet] One more victim of the unjust war of aggression...
SOUND PULL OUT BOOK, OPEN AND PAGE THROUGH.
SCENE 38.
MUSIC IN
HEINRICH [canned] I must be careful how I record my awakening today, for I am unstrung, and much hallucination is necessarily mixed with fact. Psychologically my case is most interesting, and I regret that it cannot be observed scientifically by a competent German authority.
HIS ECHO If you were a solid Prussian like myself--
HEINRICH Upon opening my eyes my first sensation was an overmastering desire to visit the rock temple that stood before the now-stationary U29.
HIS ECHO No, no. I have not the sentimental--
HEINRICH a desire which grew every instant, yet which I automatically sought to resist.
MUSIC OUT
SCENE 39.
SOUND VAGUE CHANTING, DEEP UNDER.
HEINRICH [Waking suddenly] Heh? What is this?
SOUND SCRABBLE OUT OF BED, CROSS ROOM
HEINRICH Light? Where is this coming from? [wild hope] Could it be?
SOUND RUN THROUGH SHIP
HEINRICH Where? Another ship? [muttered] Port side, port side. Aha! [sound of triumph turns into sound of dismay]
HIS ECHO Superstitious rubbish.
HEINRICH It is alight!
MUSIC UP
SCENE 40.
HEINRICH It is well that the reader accept nothing which follows as objective truth, for the events are necessarily the subjective and unreal creations of my overtaxed mind.
HIS ECHO It is all a trick of the light.
HEINRICH When I attained the conning tower I found the sea in general far less luminous than I had expected. But the door and windows of the undersea temple hewn from the rocky hill were vividly aglow with a flickering radiance, as from a mighty altar-flame far within.
HIS ECHO I will have none of this wild peasant superstition on my ship!
HEINRICH The light showed that the friezes which covered the front of the temple, clearly carved from the solid rock of the cliffside, depicted many repetitions of but one face - the same face as the ivory bust which Kienze had carried back to the sea with him.
HIS ECHO --this one is much too young and handsome.
HEINRICH The rest is very simple.
HIS ECHO --a god.
HEINRICH My impulse to visit and enter the temple has now become an inexplicable and imperious command which ultimately cannot be denied.
HIS ECHO This soft-headedness is not good.
HEINRICH My own German will no longer controls my acts, and volition is henceforward possible only in minor matters.
HIS ECHO Do not show weakness. It makes you sound unreliable.
HEINRICH When first I saw that I must go,
HIS ECHO That is most unfortunate.
HEINRICH I prepared my diving suit, helmet, and air regenerator for instant donning,
HIS ECHO --have an embolism on the way up, and ride the waves as a corpse.
HEINRICH and immediately commenced to write this hurried chronicle in the hope that it may some day reach the world.
HIS ECHO This is your part.
HEINRICH I shall seal the manuscript in a bottle and entrust it to the sea as I leave the U-29 forever.
HIS ECHO Better to die as a man than live as a beast.
HEINRICH I have no fear, not even from the prophecies of the madman Kienze.
HIS ECHO None but a weakling would surrender
HEINRICH What I have seen cannot be true, and I know that this madness of my own, will at most lead only to suffocation when my air is gone.
HIS ECHO you should have the will to face death.
HEINRICH The light in the temple is a sheer delusion, and I shall die calmly like a German, in the black and forgotten depths.
HIS ECHO Why waste angst?
HEINRICH This demoniac laughter which I hear as I write comes only from my own weakening brain.
HIS ECHO blackness. Precisely what is between your ears.
HEINRICH So I will carefully don my suit and walk boldly up the steps into the primal shrine, that silent secret of unfathomed waters and uncounted years.
HIS ECHO If you wish to go, go.
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