SO2: Fantastic Fanfiction

EPISODE 17: The Rock Stand:

Next, on Fantastic Fiction:

Leon and Ernest become rock collectors, and meet a strange new man....

????: My name is Rocko Lamepan, and I'm an avid rock collector.
....
ROCKO: ... And this rock stand has REALLY go me interested....
LEON: So... a rock collector....
ROCKO: Why do YOU like to gather rocks?

On the next: FANTASTIC FICTION

CHAPTER 1:

In the town of Arlia, Ashton is visiting Rena....

RENA: Mmmm... these cheese crackers taste really good!....
ASHTON: Really? Where did you get them?
RENA: At Hearn's General Store.
ASHTON: I really would like to try those!
GYORO and URURUN: Awrk, awrk, awroo!
RENA: Well, I have to leave to buy even more of these. Stay here while I'm
gone. Don't tough anything, now....
ASHTON: I wont... I wont....
RENA: Good.

Rena leaves the house.

ASHTON: Hmmm....

Ashton quickly takes the cheeze crackers Rena left out and starts eating them.

ASHTON: Mmmm, these are good!
GYORO and URURUN: Awrk, awroo!!

CHAPTER 2:

Rena is shopping at Hern's General Store.

HERN: Good day, Rena.
RENA: Hello. May I have 25 more packs of those cheeze crackers, please?
HERN: Sure. The total price is... 500 FOL.

The deal is made.

RENA: Thanks!

Claude enters the store.

RENA: Oh, hello Claude!
CLAUDE: Hi... what do you have there?
RENA: Cheeze crackers. They're really tasty, too!
CLAUDE: They sound good.
RENA: They are! You should try some...
CLAUDE: OK.

Claude buys himself a box of cheeze crackers, for 20 FOL.

CLAUDE: Mmmm, these ARE good!
RENA: See?

Claude and Rena walk out of the shop.

CLAUDE: I really like these. I've got go buy myself some more sometime...

Claude and Rena run into Leon and Ernest

LEON: OK, this here is good...
ERNEST: And so is this...
LEON: I think we have a good collection going...
CLAUDE: Hello.
RENA: Hi. What are you two up to?
ERNEST: We just need a little more... oh, hello.
LEON: We're collecting rocks and minerals.
CLAUDE: What? Why?
ERNEST: We're planning to make a book on archaeology.
LEON: I decided to help because I needed to brugh up on my rock know - how.
RENA: Well... good luck!...
LEON: Thanks!
ERNEST: We'll do our best.

Leon and Ernest start walking away....

LEON: Look, another rock!
ERNEST: There's one here, too.
LEON: See, our collection is already growing!

CHAPTER 3:

ASHTON: Mmmm, there ARE tasty!....
GYORO and URURUN: Awrk, awrk, awroooooooo!!!!

Claude and Rena enter the house. Ashton quickly hides the box of cheeze
crackers behind his back.

RENA: Hello, Ashton.
CLAUDE: Ashton's here?
RENA: He was watching my house for me.
ASHTON: (nervously) Ye, yes, I was.
RENA: You left everything in place, right?

No matter where Rena would walk, Ashton would not let his back show. His
movements were already jittery.

RENA: ... Ashton?
ASHTON: Oh... yes, yes. Eh, I did, yeah, I DID leave EEEEEEVERYTHING in palce!
RENA: Are you sure?
ASHTON: (calming down) Y... yes, I did.
CLAUDE: ....
RENA: Good.
CLAUDE: (thinking to himself) Ashton's obviously hiding something. But what?
GYORO and URURUN: ....
ASHTON: Well... I have to leave, noe. Bye!

Ashton leaves the house.

CLAUDE and RENA: ....

CHAPTER 4:

In Arlia village....

ERNEST: COOOOME DONATE YOUR ROCKS!!!!
LEON: MINERALS, GEMSTONES, AND OTHER HARD STUFF OF ANY KIND!!!!
ERNEST: Wow, this was a good idea. Instead of searching for rocks ourselves,
we can sit back while others make donations to us!
LEON: Well, I ALWAYS was able to come up with clever ideas....
ERNEST: ....
LEON: ....
ERNEST: Look, there's another donator.
????: Oh, rocks, I see.
LEON: Do you have any rocks to donate?
????: My name is Rocko Lamepan, and I'm an avid rock collector.
....
ROCKO: ... And this rock stand has REALLY go me interested....
LEON: So... a rock collector....
ROCKO: Why do YOU like to gather rocks?
ERNEST: We're planning to make a book on archaeology....
ROCKO: I'm also a traveller, so I have access to many rare minerals. I own at
least one of almost every rock known to man. I can supply you with a LOT more
stock than what you now have....
ERNEST: ... I'm listening....
ROCKO: By the end of the day, you'll already have several dozen rare rock
samples!
LEON: OK!!!! You're in!
ROCKO: A triumvirate!
LEON: ... LEON S.D. GEESTE!
ERNEST: ... ERNEST RAVIEDE!
ROCKO: ... And I, ROCKO LAMEPAN, the world's BEST stone collector!!!!

CHAPTER 5:

Ashton is hiding around Rena's house.

ASHTON: (munch, munch) Mm, mmmm....
ASHTON: ....
....
ASHTON: What am I going to do? I'll have to return this box of cheeze crackers
sometime....
....

Then, Ashton sees Claude and Rena exiting the house.

CLAUDE: Thanks for going with me to get more cheeze crackers....
RENA: It's no problem, really.
GYORO and URURUN: Awrk, awroo!
ASHTON: Doh!
RENA: ASHTON!? YOU SNUCK ONE OF MY CHEEZE CRACKER BOXES!!!!????
ASHTON: Eh... uh....

Suddenly, Ashton decides to make a run for it.

RENA: Come BACK here!
CLAUDE: No, wait! It's OK, can't Ashton try some?
RENA: I guess you're right.

Still, it's too late to notigy Ashton of Rena's change of heart. He keeps on
running.

CHAPTER 6:

ERNEST: Wow, this IS a good deal!
LEON: You said it!
ROCKO: Yep, these here rocks will REALLY fill up your book!
ERNEST: So... now what?
ROCKO: We head over to my house to begin working on the book. I have paper,
pens, adhesives, ink... the works!
LEON: Sounds interesting....
ROCKO: Well, now to bring the rocks to my place....
ERNEST: Where's that?
ROCKO: In Cross Castle, of course!
LEON: Well... let's go.

Time passed. The three of them loaded all of their rocks into sturdy barrels
and was just about to leave for Cross Castle. Meanwhile....

ASHTON: Oh, no! Where to go, where to go!....
....

Ashton kept on running....

....
ASHTON: Phew....
GYORO and URURUN: Awrk, awrk, awroo!....

Ashton then spooted Leon, Ernest, and Rocko.

ASHTON: ... BARRELS!?

Suddenly, Ashton ran straight towards the three of them. He bumped into them,
and sent all of the rocks into a nearby river. His box of snacks also fell in.

ASHTON: My crackers!
ROCKO: My rock collection!
LEON: NOOOO!!!!
ERNEST: ....
ROCKO: OH, NOOOO!!!! I'M RUINED!!!!
ASHTON: Crackers... barrels... I'M COMING, CHEEZE CRACKERS!!!!

Ashton left the three of them to chase his crackers, which are flowing
downstream and quickly dissolving.

LEON, ERNEST, and ROCKO: ....

They started to chase their rocks, stones, and minerals downstream, too....

LEON: COME... BACK!!!!

Everyone runs out of view. The scene fades.

END

ROCKO: ... I lost everything....
LEON: ... So did we....
ROCKO: ... WHY!!!!???? WWWWHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!????????
ERNEST: WHY... did you bring your stones to US when we were going back to
Cross Castle with you?
ROCKO: ... I had to show off!
LEON: Hmmm... this is a good lesson to me, isn't it?
ERNEST: ....
ROCKO: I just can't stop remembering that... CRAZY MAN!
LEON: Ashton?
ROCKO: If HE hadn't bumped into me, then everything would be fine!!!!
ERNEST: Ashton Anchors has this certain obsession with... barrels...
ROCKO: ... So THAT'S why...
....
ROCKO: Well, it's HIS fault. He has unseated Rocko Lamepan as the best stone
collector, but I WILL RETURN!!!! Mwahahahahahahahahaha........
LEON and ERNEST: ....

The scene pauses with the three of them centered. Then the scene fades. End.