NARRABUNDAH 1/2
by Urac Sigma
Volume I, chapter ten
Kimyo na Tokoro, Neribanda
CAST OF CHARACTERS
TENDO SUZY
Not a diplomatic assistant
SIGMATOME RATBAT
Not a first officer
TENDO FIONA
Not a nurse
SIGMATOME NICOLE
Not a nurse either
TENDO NIKI
Not a security ensign
HINOMIYA RUTHIE
Not a security chief
KUNOU JARRAH
Not a caterer
TENDO BOBBI
Not a chief engineer
SIGMATOME LEN
Not an admiral
HODJSUKE TIMOTHY
Not a gangster's moll
HAPPOUSAI GRAHAM
Not a doctor
SHIRATORI NOOMY
Not a transporter chief
A
BOARDING-HOUSE MANAGER
A
TRUCK DRIVER
and that
LOST BOY
TITLE SEQUENCE.
[With the other version of Jajauma ni Sasenai
de, and an art card matching the voice-over.]
SUZY [VO]: Kimyo na Tokoro, Neribanda.
1. KITCHEN.
[CAPTION: Neribanda, Japan - Thursday 7
September 1995 ]
[The kitchen currently only holds Fiona. From
the living room, we hear the sounds of the
standard fight. Maybe a bit louder.]
RATBAT [OOV]:Och, ye wouldn't know.
SUZY [OOV]: Nani? Ratbat no baka!
[There is the sound of the mallet, as in Ratbat
being bonked over the head with it.]
RATBAT [OOV, small]: Violent. Ye're very violent.
[And Suzy bonks Ratbat again.]
SUZY [OOV]: Manuke.
[At this point, Suzy enters the kitchen.]
[CAPTION: Fiona to Suzy - Shimai no Chuukoku ]
[Suzy chucks her mallet away, and it lands in
hammerspace somewhere.]
FIONA: What was that about?
SUZY: Oh, the baka thought that Rally in Riding Bean
and Rally in Gunsmith Cats are meant to be the
same person. I can't quite remember where it
went after that. Downhill, mostly.
[She seethes for a moment, then flops herself
onto a chair. After a moment, it becomes evident
that she isn't going to get any attention or
relief this way. If this were a lemon story, she
would solve that problem in any number of
horrible sordid ways, but it's not, so she
contents herself with getting some bread and
putting it into the toaster. She sighs again,
and turns to her sister.]
SUZY: Fiona-chan?
FIONA: Hai?
SUZY: How do you do it?
[Fiona blinks obliviously.]
FIONA: Well, right now I'm doing it by hand, but I'm
hoping that the dishwasher will be fixed soon.
[Suzy does one of those 'that just went straight
past/under/around/through me' expressions.]
SUZY: Dame! What I mean is...all the time, almost for
as long as I can remember...you've been content
to just do housekeeping...clean up after all the
crap that goes on here...make sure Mum doesn't
have more emotional breakdowns than she
needs...even cooking all the time, even though I
keep offering to help with that.
[As she says that last bit, there is the sound
of Fiona dropping a number of the dishes in the
sink.]
FIONA: No, really, Suzy...I don't mind doing that at
all.
SUZY: But you know what I'm talking about - it's
everything else, too! Like...
[She's getting fair into hand-punctuation by
this point. I just thought I'd mention it.]
SUZY: ...all kinds of weird stuff going on since the
Sigmatomes arrived! You just absorb it all as if
it happens every day. And...you do all the kaji
without even needing to be asked. I know I sure
wouldn't put up with that. Niki would probably
be working slow and charging by the hour, and
Ratbat...pfft.
FIONA: But, Suzy - you three have your studies and
schoolwork - you have to give your attention to
them.
SUZY: Not nearly as much as you put in here. Don't you
ever want to do anything, oneechan?
FIONA: What do you mean, imoto-chan? I'm always doing
things - I'm busy all day!
SUZY: But, you know...have fun? Go out and enjoy
yourself?
[Fiona really doesn't understand.]
FIONA: But...this is what I enjoy.
SUZY: All you do is wait around hand and foot on Haha
and Len all day!
FIONA: It makes them happy, Suzy. And I like making
people happy. I like to help.
[Suzy is about to start again, but Fiona
speaks.]
FIONA: Besides, it's good to know I'm doing something
that will make a difference.
[Suzy blinks.]
SUZY: A difference?
FIONA: Just keeping things in order. Making sure that
everything is right around our home. Grateful
words or smiles from the rest of you. I'm sure
she'd try very hard, but I don't really think
that Okaasan is up to handling it on her own.
She's a good woman, but she still misses Otoosan
so. [Wistful sigh] I offer what help I can. Just
a few things, here and there.
[Smiles that far-too-sweet smile.]
SUZY: And that's it. That's all you want out of life.
FIONA: Of course not - I don't think it'll be
everything I want in my whole life. I mean,
someday, I'd like to have a husband and
children. And then I'd like to help them...make
them happy, too.
[Suzy rolls her eyes, but Fiona is looking away,
and doesn't notice.]
SUZY: Eeto...but wouldn't finding a husband entail,
ja...going and meeting some guys?
FIONA: Hai...hai, I suppose it would. But, imoto-
chan...I'm only nineteen. I don't have to rush.
Don't worry, Suzy...I'm quite content with what
I do now.
[Smiles sweetly again, and returns to her
dishes. Suzy shrugs and leaves the room.]
2A. LIVING ROOM. SPLIT-SCREEN.
2B. KITCHEN. SPLIT-SCREEN.
[Suzy is in the living room, having just
wandered in from the previous scene. In the
kitchen, Fiona looks up from her dishes. Both
sigh and shake their heads.]
SUZY & FIONA:Silly girl...
[Fade to black.]
3. SIGMATOME KITCHEN.
[We saw this kitchen about four chapters ago -
the kitchen in Hakodate where all of the
Sigmatomes used to live.]
[CAPTION: Hakodate, Japan - Thursday 7 September
1995 ]
[It looks a bit different for it being twelve
years since we last saw it, but it's still
pretty recognisable.]
[CAPTION: Nicole - Otto Kara no Hagaki ]
[Enter Sigmatome Nicole, also with twelve years
difference on her. She is sorting through her
mail. She stops when she gets to one particular
item:]
NICOLE [VO]: Soo-ne! A postcard from Len.
[She takes it and sits down.]
NICOLE [VO]: I wonder how he's going, putting Ratbat through
training. I haven't heard from them since they
were in China. Hmm...this one's postmarked for
Tokyo.
[Reads it.]
LEN [VO]: Nicole-chan,
How're they hanging, love, all right? Now, I
know that I haven't written to you in a
while...but things've been a bit busy since we
left Jusenkyou, to be honest. I finally caught
up with Tendo Bobbi - remember her?
[Nicole nods.]
NICOLE [VO, unimpressed]: Oh yes...I remember her.
LEN [VO]: D'ye remember she and I agreed to have one of
each of our children marry and take over her
dojo? Well, now that we've arrived here, that's
finally happened. Well, the engagement has,
anyway, not the marriage. It's the youngest
daughter, Suzy, that he's engaged to - I don't
know if you remember her...she's the one we gave
a squeaky mallet toy to on her first birthday.
[Nicole pauses, remembering.]
NICOLE [VO]: Oh, yes...I remember now. Probably not the most
ladylike thing to give her, but I don't think it
would do any harm.
LEN [VO]: In fact, the training seems to have made a right
proper little martial artist out of Ratbat. He's
always the full gentleman, putting himself
forward to preserve Suzy's honour.
[Nicole holds the letter to her chest and looks
dreamy.]
NICOLE [VO]: That's so good to know...
4A. PLAIN. SPLIT-SCREEN.
4B. BEFORE NARRABUNDAH COLLEGE. SPLIT-SCREEN.
[The plain is obviously how Nicole is conceiving
things, and the other side the reality.]
[On the plain: Ratbat facing down a fearful-
looking villainesque person. Ratbat is dressed
in full battle armour, and holds himself more
like Kunou then his usual stance. He is wielding
a sword. Behind him, grateful for his
protection, cowers a long-haired Suzy in a nice
pretty dress, all pink with frills. Pretty
lady.]
[In reality, Ratbat is mouthing off to Kunou
Jarrah, when Suzy comes from behind and mallets
him, pointing to Kunou, then back to herself,
obviously trying to indicate that she can fight
her own battles.]
5. SIGMATOME KITCHEN.
[Nicole continues reading the letter.]
LEN [VO]: Yes, that's right - I remembered that promise
from all those years ago, and I have been
raising Ratbat to be a man amongst men.
NICOLE [VO]: That's good...or you might just have remembered
what I made you promise to do if you hadn't...
[She looks meaningfully at a katana she has
decoratively mounted on the wall.]
LEN [VO]: So, y'see - everything's just as you want it,
and there's no need for you to check up on us or
anything. In fact, you might as well just stay
home and relax. Good girl. Love, Len.
[Nicole sighs and looks introspective again.]
6A. DOJO PROPER. SPLIT-SCREEN.
6B. RATBAT'S DEN. SPLIT-SCREEN.
[Again, the dojo is in Nicole's mind, and the
den is the actuality.]
NICOLE [VO]: So...my little Ratti-chan is finally growing up
to be a man...
[Ratbat backs into shot on both sides, then goes
straight out the side of the shot. Dojo-Ratbat
returns wearing a gi, and den-Ratbat returns
wearing Doctor Who boxer shorts.]
[While in the dojo, Ratbat puts a battle-helmet
over his head, over in the den, Ratbat puts a
bucket of water over his head and becomes onna-
Ratbat.]
NICOLE [VO]: ...and to think those fears I had...
[In the dojo: Ratbat flicks his hands out and is
holding a sai in each.]
[In her den: Ratbat flicks her hands out and is
holding a bra in each.]
[Dojo: Ratbat twirls the sai into holstered
position behind his back.]
[Den: Ratbat twirls the bras around herself, and
puts them both on, fastening them behind her
back.]
NICOLE [VO]: ...and I really was concerned for a while...
[Both Ratbats reach up above shot.]
[Dojo: Ratbat's hands grab a warriory-honourable-
thingy-looking sash and let it descend to its
position around his body.]
[Den: Ratbat's hands have grabbed a short green
dress, which she pulls down over herself.]
[Dojo: Ratbat fixes the sash into place.]
[Den: Ratbat buttons up the dress.]
NICOLE [VO]: It looks like I needn't have been worried!
7. SIGMATOME KITCHEN.
[Nicole puts the letter down.]
NICOLE: However...despite what Len says...it would be
nice to pop up there on a surprise visit one
day...
[She smiles to herself and we fade to black.]
8. BUSTLING STREET.
[The one with the restaurant that we saw in
chapter three of this very volume. Oh! In fact,
we're not far from the restaurant now. The
street is very busy.]
[CAPTION: Neribanda, Japan - Thursday 7
September 1995 ]
[Hodjsuke Timothy, looking somewhat bedraggled
and out of breath, drops into shot from
somewhere above.]
[CAPTION: Kunou to Tim - Nante Ch�jitsu! ]
[Tim is carrying some sort of package, which it
looks imperative does not get damaged. He
urgently looks up and down the road, but sees no
potential respite from the traffic. So, he puts
his life in his feet, and leaps up, bounding off
fast-moving cars in order to get from one side
of the street to the other. He lands in a heap
on the other side, but picks himself up and runs
down the street.]
9. ROADWORKED STREET.
[Tim is hurrying along the street as fast as his
little legs will carry him, when he looks up and
sees that the entire path is blocked by
roadwork. Seeing this causes him to fall into a
hole that is a part of it. As he climbs out, he
thinks about going for a detour and looks at his
watch.]
TIM: No time!
[He leaps up [grabbing the package] and
continues running forward, despite the urgings
of the workers that he should turn back.
Suddenly, he jumps into the air, grabbing a
chain dangling from a crane. He uses this to
swing right over the holes and roadwork,
flinging himself into the air.]
10. IN THE SKY.
[Tim is sailing along, and looks behind him,
slightly thrilled.]
TIM: Yatta!
[He looks ahead, and registers dismay.]
TIM: Chikusho.
11. SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
[Tim makes his landing in someone's front
garden, and there's barely time for him to
recover from the fact that he's almost impaled
himself on a lawn ornament before we here
barking. Tim looks around, and a large amount of
angry dogs are there. They start to attack him.
He yells and tries to get away.]
12. BEFORE NARRABUNDAH COLLEGE.
[Tim, showing the signs of the dog ravaging,
looks a little bit frustrated. He is still
running determinedly, though. He accidentally
plows straight into a flower bed. He looks a bit
more annoyed as he registers this.]
VOICE: Hey! Don't step on the flowers, you badly-
behaved DELINQUENT!
[Tim looks around, and guess who the voice
belongs to? Clue: Red hair, black sweater, looks
about twelve, holding a five-yen piece. Ruthie-
sensei! She draws the circle in the air.]
RUTHIE: Happo go-en satsu!
[She holds the coin out, and we get the big
pretty lights as she sucks out Tim's battle
energy, and most any other energy he might have
had with it. He collapses in a weary heap, off
the flowers. The adult Ruth looks at him.]
RUTH: See? It's just as comfortable off them.
[She flicks her hair back and walks away. Tim
wearily struggles on.]
13. COMMON ROOM.
[Kunou Jarrah is resting here, idly flicking the
end of his sword back and forth. He looks up as
the battered, withered and weary Tim crawls
through the doors, and slowly makes his way to
his master, collapsing at his feet. He struggles
to hold the package up to Kunou.]
TIM: An-- a-- [puff] Yours, sir.
[Jarrah takes the package gratefully.]
JARRAH: Ah...thank you, Hodjsuke-kun.
[He pulls the paper off the package, and we see
that it is the obento that he wanted for lunch.
He opens it, and prepares to eat, then:]
JARRAH: Oh, Timothy...did you get the soy sauce?
[Tim wearily slumps his head onto the floor.]
TIM: Iie...
[And so he turns, crawling off to get it. Fade
to black.]
14. NOOMY'S BOUDOIR.
[Obviously she lives somewhere expensive, for
she has a big bedroom, with an ensuite leading
off it. All around the room are her 'pets' -
various objects she has declared to be cute,
including Alice the ice-skate from her first
appearance.]
[CAPTION: Noomy to Graham - 'Brief' ]
[Happousai Graham suddenly comes bouncing out of
the bathroom, holding something excitedly.
Shiratori Noomy appears soon after wearing
Martine, her towel, around her head, and Andr�,
her half-slip. One arm covers her chest, the
other making feeble grabs at Graham.]
NOOMY: Hentai! That belongs to Noomy-chan!
[Graham leaps out the window and is away,
kissing his prize - the bra she is now not
wearing.]
GRAHAM: Ren�e! [Kiss] Ren�e, my beautiful claim!
[And he's gone too far to catch. Noomy glares
after him.]
NOOMY: Grrr! Now Noomy will have to find something else
to cover Yolande and Michelle.
[Fade to black.]
15. NIKI'S LAIR.
[Later that same day. Niki and Ratbat-kun are
present.]
[CAPTION: Niki to Ratbat - Sokeibu no Mondai ]
[Once more, Ratbat is at the desk, and Niki is
lounging on the bed.]
NIKI [Meaning 'bullshit']: No, go on.
RATBAT: I 'aven't!
NIKI: You're trying to tell me you haven't once
thought about doing it as a girl.
RATBAT: I've 'ardly thought about doin' it as a boy!
NIKI: Hai, but that's because you're not really an
otoko. I mean...come on!
RATBAT: No!
NIKI: Not even once?
RATBAT: It's no one of the things I think about! I don't
really swing either way.
[Niki's eyes bulge huger.]
NIKI: Neither? Masaka, how can you do that? You must
at least have seen one or two people in your
time you wanted to get it on with!
[Ratbat pretends he's thinking about it.]
RATBAT: No.
NIKI: Nothing. Chikusho. What about...
RATBAT: What?
NIKI: Do you...you know, by yourself?
RATBAT: Ne! That's a bit of a personal question, innit?
NIKI: Well, we're almost sisters-in-law, right?
[Ratbat tries to get in a protest at that, but
she goes straight on.]
RATBAT: True, but... [sudden track change] All right,
then, do you?
NIKI: Of course! Everyone does!
RATBAT: Ja, ye're wrong there, 'cos I don't.
NIKI: Hontoo?
RATBAT: Hontoo.
NIKI: I mean...not even since you became a girl? You
didn't just wonder how it might be different
with different bits?
RATBAT: I never found out what it was like with the old
bits!
NIKI: Go on, then.
RATBAT: Nani?
NIKI: What's stopping you? Go ahead, right now.
RATBAT: I don't want to, that's what's stopping me.
NIKI: I'll look somewhere else if you like...
[Ratbat starts glaring at her.]
NIKI: All right, all right...ja, back on the original
wadai. What about with other people?
RATBAT: Don't want to! Not one of my things! It's like
you don't play with Lego, except to make three-
dimensional profit charts.
NIKI: But...what if you and Suzy end up getting
married? Hasn't it occurred to you that she
might want to?
RATBAT [Slightly grey]:'If'? If we've no killed each other by
then.
NIKI [Usual cheer]: Ee, if that.
RATBAT: I dunno, she can get someone in or summat.
NIKI: Well, what about you? I mean, you must be
curious.
RATBAT: What? With my otoko body?
[Indicates himself, vaguely around the pertinent
area.]
RATBAT: If ye recall, most of my life was going to be
devote to losing that.
NIKI: True, true...so do it as a girl!
[Ratbat sighs and buries his head in his hands.
She's not going to stop, is she? Ratbat just
continues the conversation, although it's
evident he has no plans of following any of the
suggestions.]
RATBAT: Who with, then?
NIKI: Hmmm...not Kunou, I won't even bother suggesting
that...umm...God. That ice-skating guy? Nah, he
hates your guts. Han...Gosunkugi thinks you're
cute.
RATBAT: Well, I don't think he's cute. Besides, he
couldnae get it up if it 'ad gears.
[Niki thinks again.]
RATBAT: Anyway, ye're missing another vital concern -
remember what it was invented for in the first
place? What if I get pregnant?
[Self-consciously touches his stomach.]
NIKI: Then it'll be congratulations time! You can
marry Suzy, and I've always wanted a little
niece or nephew! Actually, that's a interesting
point - can you even have children as a female?
What would happen if you were in labour and the
doctor called for hot water or hot towels...?
[Ratbat is wearing a decidedly wincesome
expression.]
RATBAT: I don't know.
NIKI: Oh well, we'll just have to get you knocked up
to work it out, then.
[Ratbat collapses on the floor.]
NIKI: I'm kidding. God, some people...anyway, you
could try it with a girl.
[Ratbat is beginning to tire of this. He gets
up.]
RATBAT: Hontoo ni? Which one? Suzy-kun's hardly going to
jump at it. Sayuri? Fiona? [Shudders at that
one] Ruthie-sensei? Sorry, Niki-chan...once
more, I'm not terribly interested. Seems there's
very few onna around I'd be interested in.
[Lays a hand on her shoulder and looks right
into her eyes.]
RATBAT: Very few indeed.
[Niki looks slightly uneasy for a moment as
Ratbat leaves the room, cackling to himself. She
goes after him to the door.]
16. HALLWAY.
[Niki watches as Ratbat, finishing laughing
walks down and out of sight.]
NIKI: Chikusho...she is a virgin. And I'm going to
lose a grand if she still is by Christmas!
[Pause] [Sulky] And now she knows I do the
thing, too.
FIONA [OOV]: Why, Niki-chan...
NIKI: Argh!
[She jumps and whirls around. Fiona has suddenly
appeared there, smiling brightly.]
FIONA: We all knew that already!
[Pseudoinnocently continues down the corridor.
Niki gives one of those 'Fiona did it?' looks.
Fade to black.]
17. LIVING ROOM.
[Later again the same day. Or rather, night. It
seems dinner has been and gone. Len and Bobbi
are here, playing and drinking.]
[CAPTION: Bobbi to Len - Taishita Koto Janai ]
LEN: The kids seem quieter today.
BOBBI: Hai...I hope it lasts. Oh - Sigmatome-kun, your
shoelace is untied.
LEN: What? It is?
[He bends down, and while he does, Bobbi moves
some of the pieces around. He comes back up.]
LEN: Chotto mate, I'm inside - I'm not wearing shoes.
BOBBI: Hontoo? Gomen, my mistake. Anyway, it's your go.
I hope they're just being mature.
LEN: Right. What, you mean rather than Not Speaking?
Aye.
[He examines the board for a moment.]
LEN: Ne! Tendo-kun, your slip is showing.
BOBBI: Nani?
[She goes down to adjust it. And, of course, Len
moves some of the pieces on her. She surfaces.]
BOBBI: Chotto mate, I'm inside - I'm not wearing
underwear.
LEN: Must be seeing things. Your turn. Ja...with any
luck they'll work it out on their own.
BOBBI: Hai, give them a while...and if they don't sort
it out, we'll just manipulate them later.
[Pause] Sigmatome-kun, can you look away from
the board so I can move the pieces around
without you knowing?
LEN: Hai.
[He obediently turns and faces the wall. Bobbi
starts fiddling with pieces. Fade to black.]
18. DOJO ROOF.
[Suzy is sitting up here, looking at the sky.
Definitely night-time. She doesn't appear to be
in the best of moods.]
[CAPTION: Suzy to Ratbat - J�bun ni Doseiai? ]
SUZY [VO]: What happened this morning? That went a bit out
of hand, compared to the usual sort of fights
Ratbat and I get into. Was I really chewing her
out just for making an inadequate anime
analysis. [Pause] Oh, mate-yo...I'm me, I do
that. But some of the other things...I haven't
seen her all day.
[Cut to the other slope of the roof, where
Ratbat-chan sits, also looking at the night
sky.]
RATBAT [VO]: I've no seen her all day. I doubt she meant some
of that stuff she said this morning. I 'ope
not...I sure didn't mean a lot of what I let
gush out.
[Over on her side, Suzy's movement cause a
couple of loose tiles to clack together. On her
own side, Ratbat hears that. She looks around,
then gets up and climbs over the peak to see
Suzy there.]
RATBAT: Konbanwa.
SUZY: Nerf.
[She takes a seat next to her, and neither says
anything for a few moments. Then:]
RATBAT & SUZY: Wat--
[Impasse.]
SUZY: You go first.
RATBAT: No, go 'head. Alphabetical order.
[She doesn't both to argue with that.]
SUZY: I think I flew off at you a bit much this
morning. It was just...I...I overreact a lot.
I'm sorry.
RATBAT: Aye, well...we both said a couple more things
than we would've liked. I'm sorry, too...for
those...comparisons I made.
SUZY: They're forgotten.
RATBAT: Doomo.
[Pause.]
SUZY: Dame, I mean...really, I've forgotten them. What
were they?
RATBAT: Han...Not while we're on the roof.
[Suzy laughs.]
SUZY: Fair enough.
RATBAT: Actually, now I've got ye in a reasonably sane
mood...
[She pauses: did she spark at that? No? Good.]
RATBAT: We haven't said much about our engagement...or
anything...since I came out to you.
SUZY: No, I haven't.
[Another pause.]
RATBAT: Still undecided, then?
SUZY: Iie... I'm...I'm really not sure what I mean,
Ratti-chan... Don't forget - I never thought I'd
be engaged when I was sixteen...
RATBAT: True, I can see what ye mean there. I never
thought I'd be engaged ever.
SUZY: And as for the whole otoko/onna thing... I've
never gone for girls at all. As far as I was
concerned, I was always iseiai. But I'm
beginning to realise...ja, I've never had any
boyfriends, either...at least none to speak of.
Maybe it means something... [quieter] Maybe it
doesn't make much difference...
[Ratbat didn't hear that last part.]
RATBAT: Sorry?
SUZY: Don't worry.
RATBAT: Ja...I always knew that I didnae really go for
guys nor girls, but...I thought...that it was
possible that...sex aside, if someone was the
right kind of person...that I might be able to
fall in love...
[She is stroking Suzy's hair by this point. They
face each other, and Suzy starts to stroke
Ratbat's in return.]
SUZY: I know I might explode at you sometimes, Ratti-
chan...[laughs] - and the mallets too, there's
them - but...I don't hate you. Always remember
that.
[Their eyes are locked now. Greenish blue meets
greenish grey.]
RATBAT: And I...I... I don't hate you either, Suzy-k--
chan.
[They draw closers. Their faces are gaining
proximity...could they be going to? Will they?]
[They hug, each with their face buried in the
other's shoulder.]
[Oh. Darn.]
[The end music starts slowly, and we slowly draw
back from them. We then see the end credits roll
against the night, to the tune of Platonic
Tsuranuite. We only just see that the drawing-
into-the distance couple have separated, but are
still holding hands.]
Tendo Suzy
SUZY STYLES
Sigmatome Ratbat
URAC SIGMA
Sigmatome Nicole
NICOLE WYLIE
Tendo Niki
NIKI O'BRIEN
Tendo Bobbi
ROBYN SCHOLES
Ruthie-sensei
RUTH CRABB
Hodjsuke Timothy
TIM HODGE
Happousai Graham
GRAHAM HENSTOCK
Shiratori Noomy
NOOMY SCHWINGHAMER
Lost boy
EUAN BOWEN
Kyoko
SHIMAMOTO SUMI
Truck driver
COLLEEN HICK
written by
URAC SIGMA
additional material
SUZY STYLES
creation and development
URAC SIGMA
SUZY STYLES
EUAN BOWEN
LEILA FETTER
with apologies to
TAKAHASHI RUMIKO
(amongst others)
[Since drawing back, the view has travelled some
way, and now it zooms toward the ground again.
Maybe not a part of Tokyo, but we're definitely
still in Japan.]
19. OUTSIDE BOARDING HOUSE.
[The camera comes down to find this. A slightly
run-down looking boarding house.]
[CAPTION: Epilogue
Japan - Thursday 7 September 1995
]
[If I said that the lost boy was here, would you
be surprised? He goes up to the door and knocks.
It is answered by a woman with long dark hair.
She looks like she's just come from doing some
sweeping.]
ONNA: Konbanwa.
LOST BOY: Konbanwa. Do you know a Sigmatome Ratbat?
[She shakes her head.]
ONNA: Iie. Gomenasai.
LOST BOY: Konbanwa. Suman.
[She withdraws inside. The lost boy scowls,
punches a doghouse [causing the big white dog on
the other side of the front yard to look at him
in annoyance], walks back to the road and
screams at the sky.]
LOST BOY: KUSO!! WILL I NEVER FIND IT!?
VOICE: Sumimasen.
[He turns to face a small truck with the cab
door open.]
LOST BOY: Hai?
DRIVER: Did I hear you say that you were looking for
Sigmatome Ratbat?
LOST BOY: Hai...I've heard he moved to Tokyo's Neribanda
district.
DRIVER: So have I - that's where I'm on my way to now.
Want a lift?
[After a pause, the lost boy nods and gets into
the passenger side. The doors close, and the
truck drives off into the distance. And so we
see the end of this volume. But the Tendos,
Sigmatomes, and all the other assorted misfits
will return...in Narrabundah 1/2, Volume II -
coming from Recycadelic Cacti Productions in
1997! Thank you, and goodnight!]
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