#14-January 3rd- You Can Buy It On Ebay!
note:
Thank you Alexa (she tells some interesting stories)
Kurt: m 17
Katie: f 16
(Kurt and Katie are cousins who live together with Katie’s mother. Due to their closeness in age as well as being family, they play basically the brother & sister role/ best friend role to each other. It’s about eleven at night and Katie is quietly sneaking in the house via sneaking in through Kurt’s open bedroom window.)
(Scene opens up with Katie swinging leg over Kurt’s window ledge and climbing in, and Kurt turning his head from where he’s sitting at his desk at the sound)
Katie:
Hey- thanks for leavin it open.
Kurt:
Come here a sec
(waves her over)
Katie:
Oh man- do I even want to Kurt?
Kurt:
Sure ya do. Just come here. It doesn’t bite.
Katie:
Yeah. This time. I bet it’s one of your bizarre attempts to have material to send to Ripley’s Believe It or Not again isn’t it. Or, or maybe, your goin for Guinness’s again. Is that it?
Kurt:
No little Miss Cynical. This time it’s quite different.
Katie:
(crosses arms)
Mm hmm.
Kurt:
Well if you would actually come over here and look, you would know. Now wouldn’t you.
Katie:
(starts to walk over)
Alright Dr. Emmett Brown- what’s so different this time?
Kurt:
Money.
Katie:
Money eh.
Kurt:
To put it quite simply.
(carefully hands open shoebox over to Katie)
(long silence)
Kurt:
So...?
Katie:
DUST BUNNIES?!!
Kurt:
(smiles proudly)
Yup! Aren’t they a beauty?
Katie:
(long silence as she stares at him in disbelief)
Kurt:
Fine. Don’t appreciate.
(snatches back box)
Katie:
Kurt. (pause) How the hell did you manage to come up with the idea you would get even a fraction of a tarnished penny for dust bunnies.
(starts up muttering)
Sometimes Kurt….I swear to God….
Kurt:
Oh I didn’t come up with it.
Katie:
Oh really. Then who did? The Easter Bunny?
Kurt:
One word.
Katie:
Rumplestiltskin.
Kurt:
No.
Katie:
What then?
Kurt:
Ebay!
Katie:
Ebay?!
Kurt:
Ebay.
(long pause)
Katie:
Ebay.
Kurt:
Yup. (beat) Ebay.
Katie:
Honey- No one- I repeat- no one (beat) is gonna buy your crap on Ebay. You're better off selling "Elmers Glue for Dummies"
Kurt:
It is not crap!
Katie:
Oh, I’m sorry, not our crap. (beat) The couch’s crap. Yes- yes that’s much better. Kurt- it’s crap.
Kurt:
You know what. I can see where you’re coming from. You’re just jealous of all the money I’ll be bringin in. And none of it for you.
Katie:
Newsflash buddy- you could put up your so called “item” up there if you really wanted- but you’d probably be in debt to them by the end of the week for wasted space.
(reaches into back pocket)
Know what Cous- here five bucks. That should cover it. Consider it charity.
Kurt:
(throws dollar bill back at her)
I don’t need your stupid money! That is unless you want to make an investment into Hidden Treasure Inc.
Katie:
You made a name for it? Wow. Please choke me if my laughing gets too loud. Wouldn’t want to wake up mom- or much less the rest of the freaking neighborhood. A company for dust bunnies! I’m going to bed. I’m sure I’m dreaming. Good night.
(walks out of room)
Kurt:
(hums Ebay jingle (the “Broadway” parody one)
(camera pans out, end scene.)
Thank you Alexa (she tells some interesting stories)
Kurt: m 17
Katie: f 16
(Kurt and Katie are cousins who live together with Katie’s mother. Due to their closeness in age as well as being family, they play basically the brother & sister role/ best friend role to each other. It’s about eleven at night and Katie is quietly sneaking in the house via sneaking in through Kurt’s open bedroom window.)
(Scene opens up with Katie swinging leg over Kurt’s window ledge and climbing in, and Kurt turning his head from where he’s sitting at his desk at the sound)
Katie:
Hey- thanks for leavin it open.
Kurt:
Come here a sec
(waves her over)
Katie:
Oh man- do I even want to Kurt?
Kurt:
Sure ya do. Just come here. It doesn’t bite.
Katie:
Yeah. This time. I bet it’s one of your bizarre attempts to have material to send to Ripley’s Believe It or Not again isn’t it. Or, or maybe, your goin for Guinness’s again. Is that it?
Kurt:
No little Miss Cynical. This time it’s quite different.
Katie:
(crosses arms)
Mm hmm.
Kurt:
Well if you would actually come over here and look, you would know. Now wouldn’t you.
Katie:
(starts to walk over)
Alright Dr. Emmett Brown- what’s so different this time?
Kurt:
Money.
Katie:
Money eh.
Kurt:
To put it quite simply.
(carefully hands open shoebox over to Katie)
(long silence)
Kurt:
So...?
Katie:
DUST BUNNIES?!!
Kurt:
(smiles proudly)
Yup! Aren’t they a beauty?
Katie:
(long silence as she stares at him in disbelief)
Kurt:
Fine. Don’t appreciate.
(snatches back box)
Katie:
Kurt. (pause) How the hell did you manage to come up with the idea you would get even a fraction of a tarnished penny for dust bunnies.
(starts up muttering)
Sometimes Kurt….I swear to God….
Kurt:
Oh I didn’t come up with it.
Katie:
Oh really. Then who did? The Easter Bunny?
Kurt:
One word.
Katie:
Rumplestiltskin.
Kurt:
No.
Katie:
What then?
Kurt:
Ebay!
Katie:
Ebay?!
Kurt:
Ebay.
(long pause)
Katie:
Ebay.
Kurt:
Yup. (beat) Ebay.
Katie:
Honey- No one- I repeat- no one (beat) is gonna buy your crap on Ebay. You're better off selling "Elmers Glue for Dummies"
Kurt:
It is not crap!
Katie:
Oh, I’m sorry, not our crap. (beat) The couch’s crap. Yes- yes that’s much better. Kurt- it’s crap.
Kurt:
You know what. I can see where you’re coming from. You’re just jealous of all the money I’ll be bringin in. And none of it for you.
Katie:
Newsflash buddy- you could put up your so called “item” up there if you really wanted- but you’d probably be in debt to them by the end of the week for wasted space.
(reaches into back pocket)
Know what Cous- here five bucks. That should cover it. Consider it charity.
Kurt:
(throws dollar bill back at her)
I don’t need your stupid money! That is unless you want to make an investment into Hidden Treasure Inc.
Katie:
You made a name for it? Wow. Please choke me if my laughing gets too loud. Wouldn’t want to wake up mom- or much less the rest of the freaking neighborhood. A company for dust bunnies! I’m going to bed. I’m sure I’m dreaming. Good night.
(walks out of room)
Kurt:
(hums Ebay jingle (the “Broadway” parody one)
(camera pans out, end scene.)
posted by suburban_nightmare at
11:07 PM
1 Comments:
I found this scene quite amusing, and i noticed something in the beginning i thought i'd comment on. I notice in your scenes you often preface it with a bunch of information about the characters and their relationships and that kind of stuff, which while it does help to set the scene i think you should just cut that part out. Just set the scene physically and let it speak for itself, their relationship should come out in the scene and the exact specifics that you wouldn't get aren't that important, or i think so at least, because just because you know the specifics doesn't mean they need to be in the scene. It's definetely good to knwo those things though, makes the scene more real, but you just don't need to say it all in the scene. But, as i said, i found it amusing, just thought id mention that one thing
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Ben Rosbrow, at 10:06 PM
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