NARRABUNDAH 1/2
by Urac Sigma with Suzy Styles
Volume II, chapter three
B- B- B-chan, Rokunamonjane!
CAST OF CHARACTERS
HODJSUKE TIM
KUNOU JARRAH
KUONJI COL
SANZENIN CHRIS
SHIRATORI NOOMY
SIGMATOME LEN
SIGMATOME RATBAT
TENDO BOBBI
TENDO FIONA
TENDO NIKI
TENDO SUZY
TOBOKI EUAN
YUKA LOUISE
I got bored so I decided to put this week's regular and semi-
regular Neribanda-jin in alphabetical order
Two incarnations of
THE JUSENKYOU GUIDE
0. EXT. JUSENKYOU. DAY.
[Another live-action prelude. We see someone's
booted feet walking along the ground, before
tripping and falling into a pond. After the
splash, we cut to Matt, done up as the Jusenkyou
guide (unlike the run-in to chapter one, he
actually is the character).]
MATT: Aiya! Too bad, matey-- um, honourable guest!
You've just fallen into otakuniichuan! It's a
cursed spring! Everyone who falls in there turns
into a Japanese-obsessed student with no money!
[Suzy Styles' head rises out of the pond.]
STYLES: This is so stupid.
TITLE SEQUENCE.
[Opening theme: Little Date (alternate version).
Finishes with a voice-over from Suzy and an
appropriate art-card.]
SUZY [VO]: B- B- B-chan, Rokunamonjane!
1. AROUND CORNER.
[As we were last week: Euan pulls off a hat and
throws. It heads straight for Ratbat. Suzy comes
around the corner behind Ratbat, so he doesn't
see her. Ratbat ducks out of the way of the
hat.]
[CAPTION: Neribanda, Japan - Saturday 9
September 1995 ]
SUZY [JPO]: Ratbat--!
[The hat strikes Suzy around the chest. On
Ratbat.]
RATBAT [Alarm]: Suzy...!!!
[Forgetting Euan, he goes over to her.]
RATBAT: Suzy-kun?
[She's in a near-catatonic state.]
RATBAT: Masaka...Suzy-kun, daijobu desuka?!
[He checks the point of impact. There is a lot
of ripped garmentry there. Suzy looks at his
examination in a kind of detached way.]
RATBAT: It doesn't look too bad a cut...there's not much
blood...actually, I don't think-- [quiet] Oh,
Glenda-sama.
[He withdraws, not quite knowing what to say.]
RATBAT: He-- it-- I-- [Sigh] The cut took your nipple
off.
[Suzy nods distantly. Then there is a red snap
of fury, and she knocks Ratbat down the street
to collide with Euan, sending them both a short
distance and to the ground. Ratbat stares at
her, blinking [Euan's reaction isn't up to much,
as he has a chiropteran on his head]. She walks
off, zombie-like. She doesn't even appear to
notice what she just did.]
RATBAT: Nani...watashi...
[Then the heavens open, and down comes the rain.
Ratbat-chan screws up her face and looks up at
this.]
RATBAT: This manor can have the most irregular weather
patterns, really it can.
[She becomes aware that she is, in fact, resting
on a pile of clothes.]
RATBAT [VO]: Och, so ye went to Jusenkyou...I'd thought as
much...obviously he didn't keep the same
clothes. I wonder which spring he fell into?
[She starts to bundle up the clothes.]
RATBAT [VO]: I'd better go see how Suzy is. [Pause, scowls]
Han, with the mood she'll be in now... might be
an idea to leave her to cool for a bit. [Nods]
Kochan, on the other te...
[She heads back towards the house.]
RATBAT [Self]: Glendammit, I feel like today's been three
weeks long...
2. LIVING ROOM.
[Bobbi is here, building a house of cards. It is
very elaborate, and so far stands perfectly.]
BOBBI [Serene]: The true martial artist is always in
control...
[She places another card precariously on the
house.]
BOBBI: She is always the master of her environment,
exhibiting perfect unity within her body and
beyond...
[She sneezes, and all the cards blow over.]
BOBBI: Oh, bum!
[Ratbat edges into the room.]
BOBBI: Oh, konnichiwa. If you're looking for Suzy,
she's in her room.
RATBAT: Right now, looking for Suzy-kun is last on my
list of things to do.
[Bobbi goes back into sensei mode.]
BOBBI: A true warrior of Rejinra will face earthly
dangers without question, without fear, lest he
sacrifice his honour. [Pause] But then, you're
talking about going near Tendo Suzy when she's
already pissed with you - honour be fucked.
[Starts on the cards again.]
RATBAT: Och...right. Have ye seen Col?
BOBBI: That boy with the tits?
RATBAT: Um...right.
BOBBI [Going off]:They're nice ones, actually - I must
remember to find out where she got them.
[Ratbat blinks. Bink!]
BOBBI: Gomen...han, she left a while ago. I think she
must have gone home. She seemed upset. Maybe her
tits stopped working.
[Ratbat looks really befuddled. She leaves. As
she does:]
RATBAT [Self]: Why is everyone around here obsessed with
bosoms?
[Gone. Bobbi looks up.]
BOBBI: Look who's talking. Little Miss Greedy-Guts-Took-
The-Lion's-Share.
[And while we're on the topic:]
3. SUZY'S ZONE.
[Suzy is still wearing the same indescribable
expression she was outside, standing before her
mirror. Numbly: she removes her waistcoat, lifts
up her T-shirt, and takes off her bra. She
doesn't seem to really absorb or believe what
she sees. Her right bosom is fine, OK, same as
ever. She looks across and touches her left.
There is little marking apart from a slight
scratch and a small bruise, but the analysis
remains true: the cut was clean. Where there
should be a nipple on her left breast, there is
simply a continuous run of skin. She runs her
hand over it. It starts to sink in. Her
expression changes. She's mad.]
SUZY [Still dazed]: ...not...I haven't...why couldn't she
just...it's the fucking komori's fault...she
attracted all this...[total ire] RATBAT NO
BAKA!!!!!
[Pulling her shirt back down, she storms out of
her room.]
4. CORRIDOR.
[Suzy stomps across to Ratbat's room, kicks the
door open, reaches in, tears the doorknob/lock
off the other side, and throws it away.]
SUZY: Bakabakabakabakabakabaka...
[She forcibly pulls the door back shut, then
makes sure that she can't open it. In short: She
got annoyed and locked Ratbat out of her room.
She stands there for a moment. No, it didn't
make her feel that much better, did it?]
SUZY: NERF!
[She treads down the stairs and out of shot.]
5. NEAR DOJO.
[Suzy comes forth, obviously with the intention
of walking some of it off. A short distance up,
we see Kunou. He is approaching the dojo,
bearing a big bunch of flowers. He spies Suzy.]
KUNOU: Ah, Tendo Suzy. Mine eye can see that thou art
torn within, not knowing whether I shalt
eventually declare my love to thyself or to
sangurasu no bijo.
[Suzy stops dead in front of him. He's getting
all posing. He thrusts the flowers forward.]
KUNOU: Fear not, scarlet cloud! For the Blue Thunder of
Narrabundah College shall hold a place for you
in his heart for all eternity!
[We don't see anything in the next shot, but we
hear a loud noise. When we cut back, Suzy is
continuing away down the street, and Kunou is
lying battered on the ground with his sword tied
around his neck. He is approached by a small
blonde man wearing a ninja outfit with a Fuzzy
Bunny Adventures badge.]
TIM: Aa...Kunou-sama...daijobu desuka?
[Kunou coughs, and remnants of the flowers issue
forth from his mouth.]
KUNOU: It appears that Suzy-megamisama may not be fully
ready to accept the concept of rejection.
[Pause] No! 'Tis not rejection by me that
wrenches her heart so! She must have been once
more violated by that pile of fish excrement,
Sigmatome Ratbat! Yet again I must find him and
strike him down. Remember, Timothy - we are the
ever-vigilant eyes of good!
TIM [sigh]: Hai, Kunou-sama.
[As Kunou tries to get to his feet, his sword
becomes dislodged, and the rubber weapon snaps
back and slaps Tim in the face, knocking him
down.]
6. KOCHAN'S.
[Well, Col's shop has at least started to get a
bit cleaner, even if she hasn't actually got it
up and running yet. She has started to shift the
tables around, putting them in a more orderly
fashion. The counter, also, is now clean. Ratbat
cautiously enters. As Col looks up, we see her
eyes are still slightly red.]
RATBAT: Kochan?
COL: Ratchan...
[She looks away.]
RATBAT [Means it literally]:What...what can I say?
Go...gomenasai.
COL: [Sniff] It's not your fault, Ratchan. It
was...your chichi.
RATBAT: Aye, but...I can see how much the whole thing
got to ye. I've ne'er had a woman track me
across the country with a marriage-or-death
ultimatum before.
[Goes over to her.]
RATBAT: I have to admit...I'm kind of flattered, I
guess...
[She faces Ratbat. She can see that glimmer of
hope in her eyes.]
COL: Then...
RATBAT: I'm sorry, Col...but I...you're my friend. Even
without the Suzy thing, I...[this is hard]
COL [glum]: ...you just don't see me that way. You're not
sexually attracted to me. I thought it might be
something like that.
RATBAT: Don't put too much into it...I've no been
sexually attracted to anyone.
[A brief word of explanation that will go as
well here as anywhere else (while the action's
centred around Ratbat's old friends and who
finds who sexually attractive): As far as we
know at this stage in the series, the only
people who know about Ratbat's gender dysphoria
are Ratbat, Suzy and Niki (and possibly Fiona -
she's always coming up with surprising snippets
of knowledge). Just thought I'd stick it in
before the inevitable question came up.]
[Col lets out a deep sigh.]
COL [Facing fate]:So...d'you think...can we still be
friends...even after what I d-- what happened
this morning?
RATBAT: Hai! Mochiron! Like I've never had an off
morning. We can just start over, forget that
whole concept ever happened!
[They both laugh, relieved. Ratbat bows.]
RATBAT: Sigmatome Ratbat. Hajimemashite.
[Col bows back.]
COL: Kuonji Colleen. Hajimemashite.
RATBAT: 'Colleen'.
COLLEEN: Ja...I figure I've been a boy for long enough -
I might as well give a try at being a girl.
Besides, I'll probably do better business that
way.
[Ratbat's mind boggles for a moment before she
realises what Colleen is talking about.]
RATBAT: Och, soone... the okonomiyaki-ya!
COLLEEN: Ee, okonomiyaki-ya... [She knows what else she
meant.] My family'll probably need some cooling-
off time when I tell them what's happened...so
I'd say that pre-tty much clinches my decision
to stay here and run this place.
RATBAT: Ye're gonna be sticking around, then? Wicked.
Now...I think I might go and see if my josei's
any calmer. Ja nee, Kochan...
[She heads for the exit. Colleen, suddenly
serious again [and not as over Ratbat as she
claims to be], calls her.]
COLLEEN: Ratbat...!
RATBAT: Un?
COLLEEN: Do...do you love her?
[Ratbat pauses. She remembers.]
SUZY [VO - clip from I.10]: I don't hate you. Always remember
that.
SUZY [VO - clip from I.2]: Ratbat no baka!
[The distant sound effect of mallet on head.]
RATBAT: I...
[Huge pause.]
KUNOU [Off]: Sigmatome!! Blackguard, where art thou?!
RATBAT: [Sigh] ...I think I hear trouble.
[She exits the shop to go looking for him.]
7. LIVING ROOM.
[Bobbi and Len are playing shogi. Niki is also
here, sitting by and watching them. Bobbi points
over Len's shoulder.]
BOBBI: Look - there's a tank in the next room.
[Well, good job neither Suzy nor Ratbat are
here, that's all I can say. Len looks. As he
does, Bobbi shifts a piece. When her attention
drifts, however, Niki shifts it back.]
LEN: Nee! Are you cheating at our shogi game?
BOBBI: Eeto...
NIKI: You know, I don't think she has - see, all the
pieces are still the same position.
LEN: What? Bullshit! How dare you!
BOBBI: Oi! I resent that!
LEN: Ee, care to take this outside?
BOBBI: Right!
[They storm out the door. After a moment, Len
returns to take the game with him. Soon the
sounds of battle are heard.]
FIONA: Niki-chan? Could you please go to see if you can
see where your sister and her iinazuke are?
Neither of them seemed to be in a very good way
this morning.
NIKI: But I've got stuff to do! I'm going out with
Louise and some others tonight...
FIONA: Come, imoto-chan...It won't take you long.
NIKI [Resigned]: Hai.
[She gets up and leaves.]
8. FRONT GARDEN.
[As Niki walks out, Len and Bobbi are still
scrapping by the pond. After each blow, they
lean back across, and make a shogi move. One of
the strikes is for Len to hit Bobbi over the
head with a panda sign that reads 'Take this!'.]
9. OUTSIDE TENDO DOJO.
[Niki walks past as Kunou and Tim come in the
other direction. Kunou is looking in wonderment
at his arm.]
KUNOU: But Timothy...what can have propelled ponīteeru
no onna to bite my arm so? Is it the throws of
passion amongst the komori kind?
TIM [Desperately trying to clue him in]: And sir, isn't it
bizarre that her tooth-marks in your arm are the
exact same shape as those left by Sigmatome
Ratbat on your sword?
[Kunou starts. He compares sword and arm, arm
and sword.]
KUNOU: I think I at last understand what you are saying
to me, Timothy...
TIM [VO]: Hooray!
KUNOU: How could Sigmatome be so foul, so...evil as to
restructure the teeth of the red-haired Helen to
match his own!! He shalt perish!
[Tim just starts banging his head against a
wall.]
10. ROAD TO SCHOOL.
[Suzy's dejected wanderings have taken her here.
She continues to skulk down the street.]
SUZY [VO]: How on Earth did this happen? I still can't
really believe it's gone. Not that I used it
much, but still... Maybe I shouldn't have been
so ready to charge out there. Ha! Or maybe
Ratbat shouldn't have been doing things to make
me charge out there. In any case, wha--
LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE [OOV]: Marcelle! Marcelle, come back to
Noomy-chan!!
[Suzy looks up to see a small girl there, about
seventeen or eighteen, with black hair in a
cutesy hairstyle, a pastel-pink dress, and
exquisitely-painted fingernails. She, Noomy, is
chasing along the street the small ginger piglet
with the yellow-and-black collar that
mysteriously appeared when Euan got wet in
chapter two of Volume One. The Euan-pig looks
terrified. Following Noomy and the pig at a
leisurely pace is an elegantly-dressed young
man, Chris, with fair hair, coiffed to match.
Both are on roller-skates (his are blades).]
CHRIS: [Sigh] I can't take her anywhere...
[Suzy comes to her senses.]
SUZY: Nee! You - Noomy - I don't think that pig wants
to be chased!
[The pig looks up towards the voice of his
saviour. He changes course, and leaps into
Suzy's arms. Noomy looks pissed off, and brings
herself to a halt before Suzy.]
NOOMY: Hey! Marcelle belongs to Noomy-chan!
SUZY: Uh-uh. Can't you see he's frightened?
[She protectively hugs the Euan-pig to her
chest. CU on pig. As he gets his face squashed
into Suzy's bosom, he squeals, blushes
profusely, and passes out.]
NOOMY: Ee! Frightened of you, horrible middle-aged lady
with bobbles on her head!
[Chris reaches them.]
CHRIS: Oh, it's you again.
SUZY: Nerf. Grr. What, are you going to try this time,
stealing my collar or dating me?
CHRIS: Ha. You've already [directed at Noomy, whom he
is restraining behind him] fairly won your
collar back...
NOOMY: Jean-Luc!
CHRIS: Be quiet. And it wasn't you that I wanted to
date, it was your red-haired pretty friend.
[As she reacts, Suzy lets go of the pig, who
slithers down her leg, comes to, then skulks off
towards an alley. She goes all paranoid.]
SUZY: What? What's wrong? It's the nipple, right? You
can tell, can't you!? Chikusho! It's so obvious,
isn't it!! I'll never be able to live normally
again!
[She grabs self-consciously at the area,
accidentally revealing some through the tear in
her shirt as she does. Noomy immediately leaps
for it.]
NOOMY: Henri! Come to Noomy-chan!!
[Niki approaches from the end of the road. No-
one sees her. On Niki.]
NIKI: Ahh...well, there's Suzy...
[She looks toward the alley that Euan-pig is
going to, and sees that coming up it the other
way is...]
NIKI: ...Ratbat!
[She starts towards that one.]
11. ALLEY.
[Euan-pig comes in, looking nervously around
him.]
PIG: Buki?
[He is startled when Ratbat comes down from a
fire-escape above.]
RATBAT [Evil]: Konnichiwa, Euie-chan.
[With an instant kettle, she tips water over the
pig. Next thing we know, there is a naked Euan
(except for his hat, glasses and hair-tie)
standing there.]
EUAN: Bastard-bitch.
[He realises what has happened, and tries to
cover himself as Niki comes in.]
EUAN [To Ratbat]: I don't suppose you happened to pick up my
clothes, did you?
[Niki suddenly holds out the bundle. Euan
reaches for it, but she whips it back.]
NIKI: Iie...fifteen hundred yen.
EUAN: Nani??
NIKI: It's your choice, Euie...
[Euan looks about himself nervously, then gives
in.]
EUAN: Fine. My wallet's in the left trouser pocket.
[Niki finds it, withdraws the money, the hands
the clothes back to Euan, who redresses.]
NIKI: A business doing pleasure.
[She smiles. Ratbat turns on Euan.]
RATBAT: Now, would ye mind explaining to me just what on
Earth is going on? Since this morning, you've
come back and tried to kill me, my fiance's lost
a nipple and ended up in a very foul mood, my
friend's got upset, I've been running all around
Neribanda, and...[suddenly grimaces and
winces]...and I've just discovered that my
periods are still really irregular...ow!
[Niki hands Ratbat a tampon. She breaks out of
her pain for a few moments to look at her.]
NIKI: „300.
RATBAT: No deal. I canna use that one.
NIKI: Why not?
RATBAT: What happens if I get hot watered? I don't know
either, but it wouldn't be pretty.
NIKI: All right, „250. You could still last till we
got home.
[Euan's turning seven shades of mauve here.]
RATBAT: „150.
NIKI: „200, and that's my final offer.
RATBAT: Han...how about nothing and I tell you that I
came prepared?
NIKI: You ama! Does being strung along feel like that
when I do it?
RATBAT: Arhh...hai.
NIKI [Orgasmic smile]: Wow, it really is evil...
[Ratbat opens a door to find it leads to a
secluded alcove. She disappears inside. Euan
slowly returns to normal.]
EUAN: Oi! You won't escape me that easily, Sigmatome!
[He is about to strike the door open, but Niki
grabs his arm.]
NIKI: You don't know much about girls, do you, Euan?
EUAN: Han...dooshite?
NIKI: If you did, you'd not be trying to go in there
right now.
RATBAT [OOV]:I can still hear ye. You were about to launch
into the 'living hell' stuff again.
NIKI: Yeah - why do I get the feeling that there's
more than bread and broken hearts at the centre
of this?
[Euan slumps against the wall.]
EUAN: All right. You'll hear of the last indignity
you've put me through...
[Flashback to:]
12. JUSENKYOU.
[CAPTION: Jusenkyou, China - Sunday 25 June 1995 ]
EUAN [VO]: I finally managed to track you as far as China.
RATBAT [VO]: I despair that you actually found China.
EUAN [VO]: Shut up.
[Euan walks into shot.]
EUAN [VO]: I found myself in a place filled with ponds,
pools and springs. I didn't know where I
was...but it had been a long trip, and I wanted
to cool off...
[Euan stoops down towards a pond, but a hand
grabs his shoulder. We see that it is Matt the
Jusenkyou guide.]
MATT: Whoa - that was a close one, matey.
EUAN: Nan da?
MATT: That lake there, it's niuhoomanmaorenniichuan!
[Holds up a metre-long sign reading
'niuhoomanmaorenniichuan' in Chinese. Euan
stands up.]
EUAN: So what does that mean?
MATT: Very tragic story, matey! 2500 years ago, a yeti
riding a bull carrying a crane and an eel
drowned in there. It's got a curse on it now. If
you'd fallen in there, you'd have turned
into...ooohh, fuck knows what.
EUAN: Soodesune. Thanks for the warning.
[He turns around, and steps straight into
another spring. Matt holds up another sign, this
one saying 'xiaotouenniichuan', again in Chinese.]
MATT: Oh, that one's not nearly as much to worry
about, matey. Um, honourable guest, sorry. All
that happened in that one is the tragic story of
a little pig drowning 1200 years ago.
[The Euan pig splooshes out of the spring.]
EUAN [Angry]:Buiii!!!
[End flashback.]
13. ALLEY.
[Ratbat and Niki listening to Euan's story.]
RATBAT: Aye...I can see how ye'd find that inconvenient.
EUAN: [Snort] 'Inconvenient'. Can you imagine the
humiliation I'd suffer if this got out?
NIKI: Humiliation? No-one here's even heard of you.
[Euan ignores her.]
EUAN: Ratbat, as a martial artist, you must have a
code of honour - and by that code, you must
never tell of my curse!
RATBAT: Haaaannnn...OK. Crap, I feel so Klingon now.
[She gets up and starts to leave the alley. Euan
starts to follow, but Niki restrains him.]
NIKI: Chotto matte, Euan-kun...
EUAN: Nani?
NIKI: I'm not a martial artist. And I think that that
wallet was just a bit too heavy for you. Let's
talk.
14. ROAD TO SCHOOL.
[Suzy finally gets too sick of Noomy all over
her. She hits her into low Earth orbit, Chris
skating off in the direction she went. Ratbat is
approaching.]
15. OUTSIDE KUNOU MANOR.
[Kunou and Tim are returning home. Suddenly,
Noomy falls out of the sky to land on Kunou. As
they land in a crumpled heap, she gets her hands
on his sword.]
NOOMY: Phillipe!! You're Noomy-chan's pet now!
[She bounces up and skates off down the street.]
KUNOU: Hey!
[He gets to his feet and runs after her. Tim
shuffles along in his wake.]
16. ROAD TO SCHOOL.
[Suzy starts to walk off again. Ratbat catches
up to her.]
RATBAT: Suzy-kun...!
[She stops and turns to her.]
SUZY: Oh. You.
[Ratbat backs off slightly, doing the oyakusoku
pozu, but Suzy continues to walk.]
SUZY: Nerf. It's all right, Ratbat, I'm not going to
kill you.
RATBAT: OK.
[Uneasy pause.]
RATBAT: I'm...I dunno, I'm more sorry than I can say. I
should've warned ye that he can get a
mite...volatile. [Self] Course, if ye hadnae
come rushing in in the first place...
SUZY: Just...forget it. I don't know who I blame
anymore. You, me, Euan...it's none of our
faults. It's all our faults. That's what you get
for kimi no ketsu no naka ni inkei ni arimasu.
[Ratbat does a 'you're so weird' look.]
SUZY: Just...take my forgiveness while I'm in the mood
to give it.
RATBAT: Hai. But whatever...I'm really sorry. Believe
me, I know how sensitive people can get about
nipples... Hontoo, if I could take off one of
mine and give it to you, I would. Ow!
[There is a sudden squeaking noise. We see that
Niki has come up behind, has her hand up
Ratbat's shirt, and is evidently trying to
remove said nipple.]
NIKI: Well, we can try!
RATBAT: D'ye mind? I'm getting enough pain signal from
this corpus for one day! Anyway, I thought you
were going out.
[Niki withdraws her hand.]
NIKI: Gomen, gomen...
[She's gone. Suzy has started to laugh at last.]
SUZY: Really, Ratbat - I don't think that'll be
necessary. At least now I don't have to be so
self-conscious about wearing tight clothes in
cold weather.
[Ratbat laughs back.]
RATBAT: Hai...ja, I suppose either way we've still got
five between us. That's more than enough...
[They walk off into the distance. After a
moment, the pig scampers after them. Dissolve.]
17. CORRIDOR.
[Ratbat and Suzy have just returned home. It's
night-time. Ratbat is entering the bathroom
behind Bobbi, whom Suzy is talking to. Suzy is
cradling the pig in her arms.]
SUZY [Pleading]: Can I, okaasan, can I...?
[Bobbi considers.]
BOBBI: Ja...I guess it isn't a very big butaa...
SUZY: It's just that he seems to like me so much...
[Snuggles the pig, who looks dazed.]
SUZY: Doesn't seem to like Ratbat much, but then, who
does...?
[The pig turns his head and snarls at the
bathroom door.]
BOBBI: OK. Hai, you can keep the pig.
SUZY: Oo, arigatoo, Haha!
BOBBI: But remember, he's your pet, you'll have to take
care of him... Does he have a name?
SUZY: I'm going to call him 'B-chan'.
BOBBI: B?
SUZY: B. From the romanji of butaa.
BOBBI: Oh. Right. Of course. Haha.
[She shakes her head and goes towards her
bedroom.]
SUZY: Come on, B-chan...it's time for bed. I don't
have anywhere to put you, though...Ah, you can
sleep in my bed.
[And with that, Suzy takes a really-wide-eyed B-
chan off to her zone. Shortly, Ratbat-kun
emerges from the bathroom in his pyjamas,
followed by some steam. He tries the door of his
den, but for some reason it won't come. Much as
he tries, this door ain't gonna open.]
RATBAT [VO]: Nani? I must have accidentally set off the lock
or something... Gah, what am I gonna do now.
[He snaps his fingers.]
RATBAT [VO]: Oh aye...Niki-chan's no comin' back until
tomorrow... I'll sleep in her bed.
[Goes off towards Niki's lair.]
18. NIKI'S LAIR.
[Ratbat enters, checks for traps, then goes to
the bed and goes to sleep.]
RATBAT [VO]: Glenda, it's black in 'ere...how the hell do I
know if I turned the lights out or not?
[Mix to:]
19. OUTSIDE DOJO.
[Niki and her friend Yuka Louise come past.]
NIKI: Oh - that's a surprise. I didn't think we'd end
up past here tonight.
YUKA: Well, our plans did change around a fair bit.
NIKI: Hai. Ja, if I'm back here, I guess I might go
home tonight after all. Ja nee, Lou-chan...
YUKA: Ja nee.
[Niki goes up to the house and enters.]
END CREDITS.
Sigmatome Ratbat
URAC SIGMA
Tendo Suzy
SUZY STYLES
Tendo Niki
NIKI O'BRIEN
Toboki Euan
EUAN BOWEN
Kuonji Colleen
COLLEEN HICK
Tendo Bobbi
ROBYN SCHOLES
Hodjsuke Timothy
TIM HODGE
Shiratori Noomy
NOOMY SCHWINGHAMER
Sanzenin Chris
CHRIS SIMPSON
written by
URAC SIGMA
with
SUZY STYLES
additional material
NICOLE WYLIE
creation and development
URAC SIGMA
SUZY STYLES
EUAN BOWEN
LEILA FETTER
with apologies to
TAKAHASHI RUMIKO
(amongst others)
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1778/bundahalf.html
20. LIVING ROOM.
[The next morning. Fiona has just finished
laying the table.]
FIONA [Calls]: Minasan...! Asagohan desuyo!
21. NIKI'S LAIR.
[ECU on Ratbat's face. He starts to open his
eyes, Fiona's call having roused him. Then his
eyes open big.]
[ECU on Niki's face. She starts to do the same.
Then she, too, stares.]
[From a better shot, we can see that they have
indeed slept together in this bed, and they are
now all lying half-on half-under each other.]
NIKI & RATBAT: AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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