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Schoolyard Edition, Chapt 1 |
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A schoolyard; little children are running around, laughing and screaming. In the foreground, Sephiroth (13-years old), Kadaj (6), Loz (10) and Yazoo (8 ) are all lined up next to each other, facing Cloud (9), Vincent (11), Cid (13) and Tifa (7). Aeris (10) can be seen behind these four, sitting on the ground and crying.
Cloud: (steps forward) Give Aeris back her teddy bear!
Yazoo: (hugs the teddy bear away from the others) No! It’s my teddy bear!
Vincent: We’re warning you!
Kadaj: Make us!
Cid then lunges at Loz, who runs away, crying, Cid chases after him while Tifa runs off in the opposite direction. Vincent and Yazoo then pull out Nerf guns and start shooting at each other. One dart actually hits Yazoo, causing his gun to accidentally go off and hits Kadaj in the forehead. Yazoo then sits on the floor and starts sobbing. Kadaj on the other hand lunges at Vincent with a stick, pulling the Nerf dart off his forehead.
Kadaj: How dare you make my brother cry!
Kadaj and Vincent then get in a fight. Meanwhile, Sephiroth, holding a slightly longer stick than Kadaj’s, and Cloud, holding a spanking paddle he apparently had wrapped in medical tape, had started fighting. After a few seconds, some of the other kids seemed to have gained interest and start to gather around.
Other Kids: (chanting) Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Rude, with Tifa clinging to his hand with her thumb in her mouth, approaches the kids.
Rude: Okay everyone! Show’s over!
Reno, Tseng and Elena then approach and start scattering the kids. Elena then escorts Aeris, Tifa, and Yazoo to the nurse’s office, Vincent tries to follow.
Vincent: (holding out wrist) Me too! I’m hurt too!
Elena checks Vincent’s wrist.
Elena: Well, you’ve got a pretty nice scrape, but I think you’re well enough to go with the others first.
Vincent gets a pouty look on his face as Reno grabs him by the arm and gets him to stay in place. He, Rude, and Tseng then work to separate Cloud, Sephiroth and Kadaj.
Rufus: So, what do you six have to say for yourselves?
Cloud, Vincent Sephiroth, Cid, Loz (Tseng and Reno had found the two rolling around in the sand box trying to scratch each other) and Kadaj are now in the principal’s office, Rufus is sitting behind the desk.
Cloud: They started it! They took Aeris’ teddy bear!
Loz: No we didn’t!
Vincent: Liar!
Rufus: (claps hands together twice) Hey, hey! We’ll have none of that! I guess I have no choice but to separate all of you and get everyone’s stories.
Cloud’s Version: Well, you see Aeris and I were playing on the playground when Yazoo came up and took Aeris’ teddy bear. I got Tifa, Vincent and Cid to try and help me get him to give it back, but he just wouldn’t, so we started fighting. I’m telling you! They started it!
Aeris’ Version: *sniff* Yazoo took my teddy bear! And, and then they all started fighting! (continues to cry)
Vincent’s Version: Cloud said he needed help, something about Yazoo and Aeris’ teddy bear. I don’t know; (smirks) all I knew was that there was definitely going to be a fight!
Tifa’s Version: I’m not exactly sure how it all happened. All I knew was that Cloud said he needed my help, so I followed him. Next thing I knew they were all fighting. I knew they shouldn’t fight, (smiles) so I did the right thing, I went and got an adult!
Cid’s Version: Cloud was going around trying to get people to help him get Aeris’ teddy bear away from Yazoo. I had a score to settle with Loz, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity. But things got a little out of hand; I didn’t expect all four brothers to get involved…
Yazoo’s Version: I’m telling you! They’re lying! It’s my teddy bear! You see, the truth is, last week; Aeris stole it and wouldn’t give it back. I’ve been trying to get it back, but she just wouldn’t give it back! So I took matters into my own hands and stole it back! But then Cloud got angry and we ended up fighting…
Sephiroth’s Version: I could care less about the dumb teddy bear! I only joined the fight because I knew Mother would beat me if I didn’t keep an eye on my little brothers…
Loz’s Version: (trying not to cry) Yazoo said that Cloud was trying to steal his teddy bear, so I decided to help him. I had a fight to finish with Cid anyway, but then he lunged at me! (can no longer stop crying)
Kadaj’s Version: Don’t believe anything anyone else tells you! The teddy bear is mine! I let Yazoo borrow it one day, then Yuffie stole it! Then I got it back, but then our class pet, Red, took it and we all went chasing after it. That’s when Aeris got it. Then today, Yazoo tried getting it back, and that’s when we all started fighting.
After hearing all the children’s stories, Rufus is still sitting at his desk, talking to Rude and Tseng.
Rufus: (holds up the teddy bear) Well, it seems that they’re all fighting over this teddy bear, it either belongs to Aeris, Yazoo or Kadaj; they’re basically trying to claim territory over the bear. (begins to turn the bear around) There’s no evidence of a dog chewing on it, so I can only conclude that Kadaj is lying. It also seems that there was some sort of animosity going on between Cid and Loz, they were both using this fight to settle a dispute, but we’ll have to deal with that separately.
Rude and Tseng nod.
Rufus: For now, we have to deal with the matter at hand. Let’s have Aeris and Yazoo come in once again and try to prove it’s theirs.
Yazoo: It’s mine! I tell you! Why do I have to prove it?!
Aeris: Well, my initials are on the bear…
Rufus looks the bear over.
Aeris: See? There, on it’s foot!
Rufus looks at the bear’s boot and finds the initials A.G.
KirikoKid · Sun Mar 25, 2007 @ 11:35pm · 0 Comments |
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