Star Ocean: The Second Story
FANTASTIC FICTION
Written By Code Red
EPISODE 9: The Contest:
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Ernest goes a little too far in candy ingestion....
Ernest enters the room, carrying an armload of packaged candy.
CLAUDE: Ernest? What is all this?
ERNEST: Oh, this? It's candy. They're hosting one of those contests. I'm
hoping to come across a winning wrapper. Each is worth 1,000 FOL, you know....
Ernest dumps the candy on the table. He starts to unwrap and eat the candy....
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CHAPTER 1:
In Arlia village, at the store....
ERNEST: ....
....
ERNEST: Hmmm, what should I buy?....
....
Ernest spots candy....
ERNEST: It says... contest... find a winning wrapper and win... 1,000 FOL.
There are currently... 50 winning bags....
....
ERNEST: Hmmm, I think I'll buy a bag....
Ernest goes up to the shopkeeper to pay....
SHOPKEEPER: Aah, another one trying to get a winning bag.
ERNEST: Yep, I hope I win....
SHOPKEEPER: You know, I heard that there's a very high success rate in the
number of people who have won....
ERNEST: Really?
SHOPKEEPER: Sure....
ERNEST: Hmmm....
CHAPTER 2:
In Rena's house....
RENA: Wow, did you clean up?
CLAUDE: Yes. Me and Westa polished this place good....
RENA: How sweet....
Ernest enters the room, carrying an armload of packaged candy.
CLAUDE: Ernest? What is all this?
ERNEST: Oh, this? It's candy. They're rosting one of those contests. I'm
hoping to come across a winning wrapper. Each is worth 1,000 FOL, you know....
Ernest dumps the candy on the table. He starts to unwrap and eat the candy....
RENA: You can't just mess up this place!
CLAUDE: Yeah, I went through a lot of work to clean it up!
Ernest was oblivious to their complaints.
RENA: ....
CLAUDE: Want to take a walk?
RENA: Eh, OK. Ernest, at least clean up this place when you're done, OK?
ERNEST: ....
CLAUDE: Eeeeeeernest?....
ERNEST: .... Wha... oh, sure, OK, whatever....
Claude a Rena leave the house.
ERNEST: (munch, munch)
CHAPTER 3:
NOEL: Aah, a nice walk is just what I need....
....
NOEL: ....
....
Noel trips over a plastic bag.
NOEL: Argh! What's this? This is a danger to animals!
Noel picks up the bag and puts it in a garbage can.
NOEL: That's better! Wait! There's more trash....
Noel picks up all the debree on the ground, then prides in his work.
NOEL: Phew, that's exhausting....
....
Noel spots a nearby bench....
NOEL: I think I'll take a nap....
Noel sits on the bench and falls asleep. Claude and Rena come walking by....
CLAUDE: Look, there's Noel! Should we wake him?
RENA: .... Naaaah....
Claude and Rena walk away....
CHAPTER 4:
Rena's house is filled with torn wrappers....
ERNEST: Hey, this isn't half bad!....
....
ERNEST: Hehe... I already have six winning bags!....
....
Ernest reaches down to get another full bag, but there's no more.
ERNEST: Darn! I'll have to go to the store again....
At the store....
ERNEST: I'm going to need MORE candy!
SHOPKEEPER: Yes, sir, you can buy as much as you want.
ERNEST: Eh... sure.
Ernest reaches for some of his money, but he has none.
SHOPKEEPER: No money, no candy!
ERNEST: Darn!
CHAPTER 5:
Noel is once again awake.
NOEL: (yawns)
NOEL: ....
....
NOEL: ....
NOEL: I think I should head to Rena's....
While walking to Rena's, Noel notices that many homes have trash all over them.
NOEL: This isn't right! I've got to clean this up!
Noel heads on someone's lawn and starts picking up small papers....
NOEL: What a mess! Even a few papers are harmful to the environment....
HOMEOWNER: Hey, YOU! Get off my lawn, or I'll summon the guards!!!!
NOEL: I was only....
HOMEOWNER: GO!!!!
Noel runs away, back to Rena's house.
CHAPTER 6:
ERNEST: Hmmm, I have to find some way to get the candy....
....
ERNEST: Maybe I'll sneak in during the night....
Time passed.
ERNEST: Yeah, I'll do that. Then I'll have unlimited candies! Woo - hoo!!!!
....
Several more seconds passed....
ERNEST: Maybe I'll sleep a little first....
Ernest falls asleep....
CHAPTER 7:
Noel is running towards Rena's house....
NOEL: Almost... there... just... a little... further....
....
NOEL: (breathing heavy)
....
NOEL: Aah, here I am!
Noel enters Rena's house.
NOEL: Is anybody home!?
....
NOEL: I guess not. Geeze, look at this place! It's a mess!
....
NOEL: This looks like a job for... ME!
Noel begins to throw away all of Ernest's candy wrappers.
NOEL: Yes, Rena and the others will be happy when they see this house
cleaned....
CHAPTER 8:
CLAUDE: Rena, we've been walking all day. Maybe we should head home....
RENA: That's a good idea, I guess....
Claude and Rena head home....
CLAUDE: (whistle, whistle)
RENA: (humming)
They spot Ernest sleeping in an alley near a shop....
CLAUDE: Ernest? What is he doing HERE?
RENA: We SHOULD wake him. This is no place to sleep....
CLAUDE: Good idea.
They wake Ernest....
ERNEST: Claude? Rena?
CLAUDE: What are you doing?
RENA: Did you clean up my house?
ERNEST: Eh... no....
RENA: YOU LEFT IT A MESS!? How COULD you?
ERNEST: Well... OH, NO!!
CLAUDE: What?
ERNEST: I left the house unlocked! My wrappers could be stoolen!
RENA: You IDIOT!!!!
The three of them run back to Rena's house....
NOEL: Hello, guys. Do you like what I did with the place?
CLAUDE, RENA, and ERNEST: ....
NOEL: What's wrong?
ERNEST: Those candy wrappers were mine. I was participating in a contest. I
had several winning wrappers already, each worth 1,000 FOL!
NOEL: Well, the garbage has already been taken away....
CLAUDE and RENA: ....
ERNEST: ... OK... OK....
Ernest leaves Rena's house. Scene fades with Claude, Rena, and Noel centered.
END
It is the night. Ernest is trying to sneak into the shop....
