SO2: Fantastic Fanfiction

EPISODE 13: The Shortcake:
Next, on Fantastic Fiction:

Rena waits for her favorite food....

CLAUDE: Let's go...
RENA: NO!!!!
CLAUDE: Huh?
RENA: I'm staying RIGHT here! It can't be TOO long before they restock on
shortcake....

On the next: FANTASTIC FICTION

CHAPTER 1:

In the town of Linga....

RENA: Let's buy a desert.
CLAUDE: Sure.
RENA: How about... shortcake.
CLAUDE: Aah, your favorite food....
RENA: The shop's right over there....

Claude and Rena approach the shop.

RENA: Hello, I would like a strawberry shortcake, please....
SHOPKEEPER: Sorry, we're all out.
RENA: All out?
CLAUDE: You mean there's no more shortcake.
SHOPKEEPER: That's EXACTLY what I mean.
CLAUDE: Let's go...
RENA: NO!!!!
CLAUDE: Huh?
RENA: I'm staying RIGHT here! It can't be TOO long before they restock on
shortcake....
CLAUDE: OK, but I'm leaving...
RENA: Go ahead....

CHAPTER 2:

CLaude enters the Jean Medicine Home....

CLAUDE: Hello, Bowman!
....
CLAUDE: Bowman?

Nineh comes down the stairs.

NINEH: Looking for Bowman? Why, he's upstairs. He has a new "look."
CLAUDE: What do you mean? Is it really that bad.
NINEH: No, it's not that. He's just perfecting it....
CLAUDE: Oh....

Bowman comes down the stairs.

CLAUDE: I don't see anything different....
BOWMAN: C'mon, Claude son, look closer....
CLAUDE: Hmmm....
BOWMAN: OK, OK... I decided to grow my fingernails long.
CLAUDE: What? Why?
BOWMAN: Right here (holding up both his hands) are two very intricate tools!
They can handle screws, small objects, and the nails look good, too!
CLAUDE: ....
NINEH: Bowman, are you SURE you want to grow your nails extra long?
BOWMAN: If worse comes to worse, I can always cut them again....
CLAUDE: He has a point....

Ernest enters the Jean Medicine Home.

ERNEST: Hello, everyone. Anyone want to have a staring contest?
CLAUDE: Huh? What got you interested in children's games suddenly.
ERNEST: Well, I was reading through the Shaniel Book of Expellian Records, and
I came across a guy who kept his eyes open for a week! Maybe If I have these
staring contests, I'll get the practice I need to break that record with my
own!
CLAUDE: (semi - sarcastically) Perhaps....
ERNEST: So, do you want to go a round?
CLAUDE: ... Fine....

Claude and Ernest start to stare at each other.

CHAPTER 3:

Rena is still waiting for the shortcake.

SHOPKEEPER: Look, Miss, there won't be any cake for a LONG while. Why don't
you leave before I call in guards?
RENA: OK, OK. I didn't mean any harm.
SHOPKEEPER: Your waiting here is a form of loitering. I should ban you from
ever coming to this store again!
RENA: ....
SHOPKEEPER: IN fact, I think I'll do that!
RENA: ....
SHOPKEEPER: Now GO!!!!

Rena runs away from the shop. She comes across Chisato.

CHISATO: Oh, hello Rena.
RENA: Can you help me with something?
CHISATO: What is it?
RENA: (pointing) That shopkeeper over there refuses to let me wait for the
next shipment of shortcake.
CHISATO: Really?
RENA: And also, I'm banned from going to that store! I'll watch for a shipment
from here, but when it comes, could you buy it for me?
CHISATO: Eh, sure.
RENA: I'll call you over when it comes.
CHISATO: ....

CHAPTER 4:

CLAUDE: ....
ERNEST: What do you know? I WON!
CLAUDE: Phew... good match....
BOWMAN: That was some good staring there. You just might be able to break that
record someday soon....
NINEH: Good work, the both of you!
CLAUDE: My eyes sting. Bowman, do you have any medicine for a quick fix?
BOWMAN: Sure....

Bowman reaches for his eye - medicine on a shelf, but his long fingernails
get in the way, and he knocks the bottle over. The medicine spills, and is now
unusable.

CLAUDE: Oh, no!
BOWMAN: Darn it to...
CLAUDE: Now what? I can hardly see, it's so blury....
ERNEST: ....
CLAUDE: Awww... forget it!....

Claude leaves the Jean Medicine Home.

BOWMAN: ....
ERNEST: ....
NINEH: ....

CHAPTER 5:

RENA: Oh, there's a shipment of cake!

A cart with cake arrives in front of the shop. Men unload one dozen strawberry
shortcakes.

RENA: Uh, oh. I have to get Chisato! People are buying the cakes fast!

Meanwhile....

CHISATO: I wonder when Rena will arrive....

Claude comes running by....

CHISATO: Oh, hello Claude....

Claude bumps into Chisato, causing her to drop her camera. It breaks into
bits.

CHISATO: MY CAMERA!!!!

Chisato starts picking up the camera parts as Rena comes running from around a
corner.

RENA: (calling out) OK, Chisato! New cakes have come! Hurry, they're selling
like crazy!
....
RENA: ... (calling out, even louder) CHI-SAT-O!!!!????
CHISATO: ... I can't, I dropped my camera!
RENA: Uhhh....

Rena thinks for a moment, then formulates a plan. She runs back to the shop,
and steals a shortcake.

SHOPKEEPER: Hey, YOU!!!! COME BACK HERE!!!!

The shopkeeper runs after Rena. The scene pauses with both running towards the
screen. The scene then fades.

END

Rena is beginning to enjoy her shortcake.

RENA: Aaah, cake at last!
....
RENA: I'm looking forward to it!

Claude comes running by....

RENA: Hello, Claude... WATCH OUT!!!!

Claude runs into Rena's shortcake, toppling it over towards the ground. The
cake splatters.

RENA: ....
....
RENA: ... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Scene pauses with Rena centered, as she yells. Then the scene fades. End.