Hearthville Serial: Book 6 – Episode 12 (now in script form) From a day at the beach, to meeting a beautiful woman, to passed out on a picnic table. Victor has problems. Also, Iapetus fears for his spawn, Billy Bingo. Any Truth, Proper Grammar, or Correct Spelling is totally coincidental if not accidental. All suggested music is for entertainment only & no contracted rights suggested for any project. No project is currently in the works. By Charles Peters Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved
Episode 12
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EXT. LAKE HEARTHVILLE, OVERVIEW SHOT - DAY
Boats on lake below. Drone in sky. Focus on Drone. Then
focus through lens of Drone. Drone moves toward
beach. The
beach is mostly empty. There are some people walking about.
Follow an unknown beautiful woman walking up toward a sign.
In bold letters the sign reads, "LAYING ON THE BEACH IS NOT
ALLOWED BECAUSE OF COVID-666."
EXT. ROAD, FACING TOWARD BEACH, NEAR BEACH - DAY
VICTOR DUDDLEY and STEWART DUDDLEY are walking. They are
carrying towels and floats. Victor is wearing a bright lime
green boxer style swimsuit. He is not wearing a
shirt.
Stewart is wearing a bikini style swimsuit. It is gold
colored. He is wearing a black muscle shirt with a picture
of bright sun on it.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am planning on driving up to
Rockdale tomorrow. I have some
business there. I will probably
stay overnight.
STEWART DUDDLEY
What kind of business?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am thinking about opening up a
Greenhouse Floriculture Business
there. I want to see if Maureen
Bingo will run it.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Is she married?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
To Frank Bingo. He is currently
working on an oil rig in the Gulf
of Mexico.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I understand Daniel Bare might ask
Maureen's sister Natalina to marry
him. I know you saved Billy's life
but are you sure you want to... I
don't know what I am saying.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
(laughs)
I want to help Maureen and by
helping her help Billy. I don't
think helping them will cause me to
have to deal with Daniel any more
than I already do.
STEWART DUDDLEY
But I am right. You don't like
him.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I guess he is okay. I don't know.
Other than Hollace and Leroy, I
don't really know the Bare family
that well.
STEWART DUDDLEY
How is the business going that you
set up with Leroy and his mother
Constance?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
From what Arthur has told me--he is
handling the investment--the
nightclub will probably never open.
This covid shit!! I talked to
Hollace and he said he can't get us
the license.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Well. Want you have the same
trouble selling plants at the
greenhouse. Will you be able to
get the license and zone permits.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is not the same situation. It is
not the same kind of business, but
yeah. Problems. Problems.
Problems.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I hate to ask this. And it is none
of my business. But how much money
has this covid shit cost you?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
In my core businesses I have
probably lost $10 million. In side
hustles I've probably made around
$15 million.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Side hustles?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Mostly buying and selling stock and
real estate.
STEWART DUDDLEY
When you said side hustles, an
image of Wade Essy flashed in my
mind.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. I am secretly a porn star
and male escort. You know the porn
industry is shut down as far as
making movies. Most adult
performers are now jumping in to
compete with cam models like Deven.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I can see people giving money like
on chaturbate. I understand where
fans give money based on the models
doing various things. I don't
understand the fan sites and people
giving money on a monthly basis.
Isn't porn about looking for the
next thing. I very seldom watch the
same porn clip over and over again.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Have you ever gone into Deven's
room?
STEWART DUDDLEY
God, no. No! Have you?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Sure. You would never guess some
of the topics he gets people to
talk about.
STEWART DUDDLEY
How to do vagina exercises to
tighten your pussy.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I have not seen that discussion. I
might suggest it. But no. The
topics range from Elon Musk to the
Mandela Effect to did we really go
to the moon. And then there is
talk about video games. He and the
people in the room almost never
talk about sex. So on his fansite
he gives access to a forum where
discussions extend beyond the chat.
His fansite has poetry and short
stories and puzzles. And
yeah,there are videos of him
jerking off while he describes his
jerk off fantasy. But anyway, the
point is, people subscribe to the
community that he has created.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Okay. That makes sense. And I
like Deven. So don't think I am a
snob.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You are a snob.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Okay. I am. But how much damage
has he done to his reputation by
jerking off on camera in that
chatroom.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Hell porn is probably more safe
than politics or religion.
Anything you do online can ruin
you. Roseanne Barr is not the only
one who has lost big bucks because
of twitter. Shit. Amanda Bynes
temporarily ended up in a mental
institution.
STEWART DUDDLEY
That was not all twitter.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It played a part.
Victor and Stewart exit the road.
EXT. HEARTHVILLE LAKE BEACH, AT WATER - DAY
VICTOR DUDDLEY and STEWART DUDDLEY drop their towels and put
their floats into the lake. They jump on the floats and
splash in the water. The DRONE flies over them.
DRONE 1
Move apart. Move apart. Maintain
social distancing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Fuck you. We are brothers. We
live in the same house.
DRONE 1
That does not compute. Is he your
husband?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. Sure. Whatever.
DRONE 1
Incest is illegal.
STEWART DUDDLEY
We are not married.
DRONE 1
Incest is illegal. The UN Police
will be here shortly to arrest you
for crimes against humanity.
Incest is illegal.
STEWART DUDDLEY
He was joking.
DRONE 1
It is illegal to joke about crimes
against humanity.
Victor jumps up and grabes the drone. He pulls the drone
under water.
DRONE 1
It is illegal to murder a drone.
HARRY WALSH runs up out of no where. He is holding a remote
control.
HARRY WALSH
Victor, stop destroying my drone.
Victor tosses the drone to Harry. Harry catches it and then
drops it and the remote control.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Harry, that wasn't funny.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Actually, it kind of was. UN
Police.
HARRY WALSH
Shit. You think they are not
already in our streets right now.
It is not a laughing matter.
(laughs)
Harry begins taking off his clothes. He kicks off his shoes.
He hops around while taking off his socks. He pulls off his
shirt. He takes his pants off. He acts like he is
about to
pull of his boxers.
STEWART DUDDLEY
What the hell are you doing?
HARRY WALSH
Stripping down to my boxers to go
swimming.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
There was a time I enjoyed skinny
dipping.
DANIEL BARE walks up. He is dressed in suit. Black
shoes.
Red tie. Yellow shirt.
DANIEL BARE
Harry, what are you doing?
HARRY WALSH
I am fixing to go swimming. These
boxers are my swimsuit.
DANIEL BARE
Yeah. No. But whatever. You
fellows do know the city council
has passed an ordinance where I am
supposed to give you a ticket for
not social distancing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Are you seriously going to give us
a ticket?
DANIEL BARE
Hell no. Consider this your
warning, but to be clear Mayor
Hollace...
HARRY WALSH
Your father.
DANIEL BARE
Told the department to not give any
tickets. Just warnings.
HARRY WALSH
Why don't you strip down to your
underwear and go swimming with us?
Daniel Bare looks around. He cocks his head.
DANIEL BARE
Hell. Why not?
Daniel Bare begins to take his suit off. His cousin Lilly
Bare is jogging in his direction. He is down to his bikini
underwear when he sees his cousin approaching. She is
wearing yellow spandex shorts and a bikini top.
DANIEL BARE
Oh fuck.
Lilly Bare stops where Harry and Daniel are standing in
their underwear.
LILLY BARE
Daniel, what are you doing?
DANIEL BARE
Cousin Lilly, I am fixing to go
swimming.
Lilly looks at Victor laying on his float. She then looks
at Stewart laying on his float.
LILLY BARE
You are fixing to go swimming with
the Duddley brothers. Brothers who
never invited you to play football
with them. Brothers who you
basically hate.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Daniel, do you hate us?
(sounds sad, pitiful)
STEWART DUDDLEY
Man, I am sorry you hated us, but
you totally sucked at football.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
But I would have been glad for you
to play. You never asked.
DANIEL BARE
You never asked.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am sorry.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I am not. You sucked.
LILLY BARE
God, I hate jocks.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
What about nerds?
LILLY BARE
Who the hell are you kidding. I
watched you and your group play.
You were just as good as Stewart.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Not. The only thing I had going
for me was that I was good at
football and you are going to deny
me that.
LILLY BARE
I am sorry about your injury.
Seriously. I am not joking about
that.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Thanks.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Wait. I remember you Daniel. You
always had pretty girl on your arm
and Jossette would comment. I
don't remember you acting like you
ever wanted to play with us. But
Lilly. It is Lilly right?
LILLY BARE
Yes. I am Lilly. You asshole.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I don't remember you in the park.
HARRY WALSH
She would sometimes come with Donny
Maxtone. He would play and she
would sit on the bleacher with her
book, back behind Daniel.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. Donny. He was better at
basketball than football but he
would play football sometimes. God,
I miss him.
LILLY BARE
Yeah. Me too.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Lilly, why is it that you and I
have never met?
LILLY BARE
I don't know why you were never
friendly toward me.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I did not notice you.
LILLY BARE
Well, that makes me feel all
special. Not. Look at you looking
all so comfortable on that float.
Smug. Do you know what I am going
to do?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
No.
Lilly suddenly jumps into the lake and turns Victor over
off the float. She pushes him under water and then releases
him. He comes up with his face right at her ample breasts.
Daniel jumps into the lake.
DANIEL BARE
Race you all to the pier.
Harry jumps into the water. Stewart remains on his float.
He watches as the rest take off swimming. Victor looks back
at his brother.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Stewart. Come on.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I can't. I don't want to risk
hurting my leg.
Victor takes off swimming. Fast. He approaches LIlly who is
in the lead.
Harry falls back as he clearly can't keep up with the race
that has become a race between Lilly and Victor. Daniel
falls back. Harry and Daniel swim back to be with Stewart.
Lilly reaches the pier before Victor.
EXT. LAKE HEARTHVILLE, IN WATER AT THE PIER - DAY
LILLY BARE swims from the water to the beach. VICTOR
DUDDLEY follows.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You won. You beat me.
LILLY BARE
Revenge.
They walk up on the beach and sit down in the white sand.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am sorry Stewart and I were not
more friendly toward you and
Daniel. You know, I loved Donny
like a brother. Maybe I was jealous
of you. I must have noticed you.
In truth, you are very beautiful.
LILLY BARE
I had Donny and you had Jossette.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Donny did not much like Jossette.
(Thinks a moment.
Silence.)
I don't know why I said I didn't
notice you. I did notice you. Of
course I noticed you. You were
Donny's girlfriend. I remember I
once suggested to Donny that we
should double date together. He
didn't like the idea.
LILLY BARE
Hell no was his response when I
suggested we double date.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
But now here we are. You and me.
Why do I feel like this moment is
special.
LILLY BARE
We being together does feel
special. Doesn't it.
Victor reaches over and touches Lilly's hand. She takes his
hand into her hand. Together, they stand up. They
begin to
walk down the beach back to where Stewart, Daniel, and Harry
are. The ghost of DONNY MAXTONE is walking behind them.
There is fire coming out of his ears. There is steam coming
out of his nose.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
So you are detective.
LILLY BARE
Yeah. My brother Johnny and I do
detective work. Most of it is
grind and grunt work. Hardly as
glamorous and exciting as I would
like.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Sally and Sam have told me stories.
And David also. From what they have
told me, your life is very
exciting.
LILLY BARE
You know my x-husband?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
When I found out how Selby and
David had hurt Sally... And you, I
got really angry. I put more blame
on David than Selby although I
don't know why. So I went over to
cuss David out for his affair with
Selby. When I got there to see
David, I could tell he was in
pretty bad shape. He was really
drunk and sitting there with a gun.
So instead of cussing him out I
started making him coffee and
letting him talk. Selby had really
done one hell of head number on
him.
LILLY BARE
I didn't know that you are the one
who saved David. Thank you. I
don't hate David. I love him. I
just don't love him as much as I
loved Donny and that was a problem.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I think my being friends with Donny
and able to talk about Donny helped
David.
The fire stops coming out of the ears of Donny Maxtone. The
steam stops coming out of his nose.
DONNY MAXTONE
Victor, please do not hurt Lilly.
Please don't hurt her.
Donny Maxton vanishes from camera view.
EXT. PARKING LOT OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY
The apartment building has four apartments. There are two
upstairs. There are two downstairs. A fairly large
patio
area is between the downstairs apartments. Then there is a
metal stairway to upper apartments.
EXT. FLYINNG ABOVE APARTMENT COMPLEX - DAY
There are five apartment buildings. They all are designed
alike. Behind the apartment complex is around ten acres
that had been bulldozed at some point. It is partially
grown up. The view moves to the road. Up the road.
EXT. FLYING ABOVE ROAD TO NEXT TO APARTMENT COMPLEX - DAY
There is a police station and a fire station that are
connected. Across from the police station is a large
trailer park. The camera moves in to focus on three boys
riding their bicycles on the road. One of the boys is Billy
Bingo. One of the boys is Gary Long. One of the boys is
Jerry Long. Focus on each boy. Focus on a police car
passing the boys. The boys ride their bikes onto a road
inside of the trailer park.
EXT. GROUND LEVEL, BILLY BINGO'S HOME/APARTMENT/ PATIO
BETWEEN APARTMENTS - DAY
Camera Angle from stairwell and pointed toward door 103.
Walking from parking lot toward door is Maureen Bingo. She
is holding two large paper bags filled with groceries. Bess
Bingo opens the door and takes the two bags from her mom.
The door is left open. Maureen turns to go back to the car
for more bags. A dog with three puppies trying to suck goes
into the apartment.
INT. BILLY BINGO'S HOME, KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM - DAY
BESS BINGO is putting away groceries. She sees the dog with
the puppies.
BESS BINGO
Gurtrude, mom is going to have a
fit.
MAUREEN Bingo enters the apartment, holding two more bags
of groceries. She puts the groceries on the bar. She
closes the door.
MAUREEN BINGO
I am too tired to have a fit.
Maureen Bingo reaches down and pets Gurtrude. She then
picks up one of the puppies. She snuggles the puppy to her
face. She then puts the puppy down. She begins to
help
Bess put the groceries away.
MAUREEN BINGO
Where is Billy?
BESS BINGO
He is playing with Gary and Jerry
over at the trailer park.
MAUREEN BINGO
I had a bad dream last night.
Someone was trying to kill Billy.
At times the dream was over at the
Long's trailer and at times it was
like we were in ancient greece. It
was strange.
BESS BINGO
Yesterday I caught Billy and Gary
in my closet. Billy was dressing
Gary in my yellow dress that I am
planning to wear to the dance. I
seriously could have killed Billy.
Gary was wearing my white high
heels.
MAUREEN BINGO
(laughs)I wish I had seen
that.
BESS BINGO
It wasn't funny. If Gary had been
wearing a wig, I think he would
have looked better than me in that
dress and those shoes.
MAUREEN BINGO
You are plenty pretty. I don't
really like that yellow dress
though. You should wear the blue
one. I don't know what you and
Natalina were thinking when the two
of you picked out that yellow
dress.
BESS BINGO
In the store I thought it was
pretty but especially after Gary
has worn it, I may take it back.
Maureen and Bess suddenly freeze in position. IAPETUS
appears in the apartment. ALICE MALOKEY appears in the
apartment.
IAPETUS
So you are watching me?
ALICE MALOKEY
The witches council have made their
ruling. They are serious. If you
do not stay away from Billy Bingo
they will order him killed and
caged.
IAPETUS
I just want to say goodbye. It is
not like I came here to try to
train him although I do wish they
had given me time to teach him how
to defend himself.
ALICE MALOKEY
Exactly what they do not want to
happen. They are afraid of you.
They are afraid of him.
IAPETUS
It was Victor Duddley who went to
Pluto Viso and sent Belial to hell.
It was he who opened all the cages
and freed all of the souls. None of
that had anything to do with me or
Billy so I do not understand the
Witches Council ruling that I must
stay away from Billy.
ALICE MALOKEY
It was you who brought General
Gorgan to earth and it was he who
sent Victor to Pluto Viso. So
please do not play all innocent
with me. I am not buying your act.
IAPETUS
I had nothing to do with what
Victor did, but if I had, I would
be proud of it. I do not
understand the Witches Council's
attitude. I thought the Witches
Council wanted Pluto Viso freed
from Belial.
ALICE MALOKEY
The Witches Council are fickle
idiots. Surely you know that. But
still, they can hurt Billy and
neither of us wants that.
IAPETUS
No. Of course I do not want that.
But I am confused. And I have
little to no assurance that Billy
is not going to end up getting hurt
regardless of what I do.
ALICE MALOKEY
Look. I understand. I sympathize.
But you should understand. The
space alien witches no longer have
Belial's conquest of Pluto Viso as
an excuse to be here on earth.
There are people now saying that
they should leave earth and they
should move their Governing
Institutions back to Pluto Viso.
Of course that is not going to
happen. But the talk has the
Witches Council even more scared
than usual and they are
particularly scared of you and
Billy.
IAPETUS
Maybe they should be scared of me.
Instead of backing down and doing
what they want,maybe I should
declare war on them.
ALICE MALOKEY
And you could lose.
IAPETUS
Maybe Victor could help me to win.
ALICE MALOKEY
Magic is being worked against
Victor even as we speak. Sam has
gone to Witch City to hide Amelia
from the council. It is not just
you and Billy that the Witches
Council are going after.
IAPETUS
Has the council gone that insane.
Amelia sleeps. What threat could
she be?
ALICE MALOKEY
But what if her sleep should end?
That thought scares the Witches
Council. They want her caged.
There is talk that she somehow
merged with Victor and it was
together they had the power to send
Belial to hell.
IAPETUS
No. General Gorgan said Victor did
it on his own. If Victor merged
with anyone, it was with Belial
himself or a spawn of Belial.
ALICE MALOKEY
How could he do that? Surely
Belial would not have allowed that.
IAPETUS
I do not think it is in my interest
to explain.
ALICE MALOKEY
But you have a theory.
IAPETUS
I have a theory.
ALICE MALOKEY
Tell me and I will let you say
goodbye to Billy.
IAPETUS
I will say goodbye to Billy. No
bargain.
ALICE MALOKEY
Do you really want to me angry?
I've given you information. You
had better damn well give me
information.
IAPETUS
Belial had a spawn that was friends
with Victor. His name was
Barnabus. General Gorgan found a
record of it in the archives.
Belial had his son caged. General
Gorgan believes that Victor freed
Barnabus before Pluto Viso was
abandoned to Belial. But
understand, we do not know for sure
if Barnabus helped Victor or not.
ALICE MALOKEY
Barnabus. Just what I need.
Someone else for the Witches
Council to fear.
IAPETUS
Please keep Barnabus our secret.
ALICE MALOKEY
I will keep him our secret for now.
IAPETUS
Thank you. Now I want to go to
Billy and say goodbye to him.
Alice Malokey vanishes. Iapetus vanishes. Maureen
and Bess
become unfrozen. Bess shivers.
MAUREEN BINGO
What is wrong?
BESS BINGO
I don't know. The name Barnabus
suddenly popped into my head and I
feel as though I have been kissed
by a devil.
The dog Gurtrude scratches on the door to get out. Maureen
opens the door to let Gurtrude and the puppies out. BILLY
BINGO and his friends ride up on the patio on their
bicycles. Billy lays his bicycle down. He picks one of the
puppies up. He kisses the puppy on the top of its head.
BILLY BINGO
I am going to keep you as my dog
and I am going to name you
Barnabus.
The puppy licks Billy Bingo on the face.
BILLY BINGO
You sweet little devil.
Billy Bingo pets the puppy. Bess stares at Billy through the
door for a moment. She then gives her mom a look. It
becomes a scared look. She sighs a deep breath.
INT. HAZEL MANOR, LIVING ROOM - DAY
Focus on fireplace and mantel above fireplace. Focus on
music box. Suddenly, a fire lights in the
fireplace. Black
smoke comes out of the fireplace. It whirls around.
The
fire puffs out. The smoke transforms into the ghost of
Donny Maxtone. Donny Maxtone touches the music box.
EXT. STONE MOUNTAIN, AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN, LAKE - DAY
(FLASHBACK)
A younger VICTOR DUDDLEY and a living DONNY MAXTONE are
balancing on a bolder. They have boxer style swimsuits on.
There are five bolders at foot of Stone Mountain and where
the water of the lake washes against the bolders. One of the
bolders has two floats on it.
DONNY MAXTONE
Why did you leave the swimming
area? What are we doing here?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I have been having a dream. In the
dream there is a voice calling me.
I listen to the voice and it leads
me here.
DONNY MAXTONE
We are here because of a dream.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Donny, I have never been here but
it looks exactly like in the dream.
DONNY MAXTONE
You say in the dream that a voice
was calling you? Do you hear any
voice now.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
No. But this is where the voice
led me.
Victor jumps onto another bolder. Donny follows.
From the
bolder Victor jumps on the side of the mountain. He begins
to climb.
DONNY MAXTONE
Are you insane? If they see us
here then we are going to get
arrested.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You've been arrested before.
DONNY MAXTONE
I do not want to be arrested again.
Victor reaches to grab a pine tree that is sticking up from
soil on the rocks. He grabs the tree and he begins to climb
the tree.
DONNY MAXTONE
I do not like this.
Donny Maxtone follows. He climbs the tree.
DONNY MAXTONE
Why are we climbing this tree. We
are getting kind of high.
Victor climbs out on a limb. He stands and balances on the
limb. He is unsteady. He rocks. The limb
rocks. Then he
jumps from the limb to a small ledge on the mountain. Donny
climbs onto the limb. He is more sure footed. He
jumps to
stand next to Victor.
DONNY MAXTONE
What now?
Victor grabs hold of a rope that is dangling down. It is an
old rope. It is frayed. Victor holds the rope out to Donny.
DONNY MAXTONE
Man. You are going to get me
killed.
Victor climbs the rope. He sees the ledge he wants to
reach. He causes the rope to swing. He grabs hold
of a
bush to stop the rope from swinging. He twist and puts his
knee on the ledge. He slips. Still, he does not
fall. He
crawls onto the ledge.
DONNY MAXTONE
I am not climbing the rope. You
are on you your own. I will wait
here.
Victor looks down at Donny. He smiles. Victor turns to see
where there are grooves carved into the mountain. He uses
the grooves to climb. He climbs higher. He looks
down to
see how high he is above the water.
Donny drops down to sit on the ledge. He looks at his
watch.
Victor keeps climbing. Victor reaches an entrance to a
tunnel.
INT. TUNNEL THAT IS JUST BIG ENOUGH TO CRAWL IN - DAY
Victor crawls. He comes to an exit from the tunnel.
There
is some old scaffolding. He crawls out onto the scaffolding
and climbs down a ladder to a flat area where there is grass
growing. There is a puddle of water that is about the size
of a bathtub but much deeper down in the granite. Victor
looks down into the water. He crawls down into the water.
With his eyes open underwater he sees a tunnel. He puts his
head up into the tunnel where there is no water. He
breathes. He climbs up into the tunnel. He crawls a
short
distance in the tunnel and exits into a large cave. It is
dark. It is spooky. Victor can't see and he feels
disoriented. He falls to the granite floor. He crawls
around.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Shit. I am going to get lost. I
am never going to find my way out
of here.
Victor's eyes begin to adjust. He can see the shadows of
items. He sees a chair. A table. He
climbs onto the chair
and up on the table. He reaches up to where there is a
ladder. He grabs hold of the ladder and he climbs. He
reaches into a cubby hole that he remembers from his dream.
From the cubby hole he removes the music box.
INT. HAZEL MANOR, LIVING ROOM - DAY
DONNY MAXTONE is touching the music box that Victor found at
Stone Mountain.
DONNY MAXTONE
What caused me to appear here? I
had forgotten about this place.
Hazel Mannor. I had forgotten
about the music box. What am I
still not remembering?
Donny Maxtone vanishes.
INT. DUDDLY HOME, VICTOR DUDDLEY'S BEDROOM - DAY
VICTOR DUDDLEY is packing a suitcase. STEWART DUDDLEY is
laying on the bed. They are both wearing dry, cutoff
bluejeans. They are not wearing shirts.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I had fun today. The water in the
lake felt good.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah, I had fun also.
STEWART DUDDLEY
When you and Lilly were walking
back up the beach toward us, the
two of you looked like a couple. Do
you think you might date her.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I think I might marry her.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Oh my God. Victor. Why? Why?
Just date her. Don't start talking
about marriage.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
(laughs)
I was joking. But it was kind of
weird. It is like. I am not sure
how to explain it. Okay. And she
felt it also.
STEWART DUDDLEY
What are you talking about?
Stewart sits up on the edge of Victor's bed, next to the
suitcase he is packing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Do you remember the first time you
picked up a football?
STEWART DUDDLEY
I do. It was my seventh birthday.
We were having a party in the park.
I was flying a kite. I wasn't
really paying much attention and I
saw a football coming my direction.
Donny Maxtone was running toward me
and he screamed for me to catch the
football. I let go of the string
to the kite and I caught the
football. Donny screamed for me to
throw him the football. I wasn't
sure that I could but I did. It
felt amazing. And Donny screamed
at me, telling me what a great arm
I have. That just made my day.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Then you and I went to a sports
store there near the park and
bought you a football. That was my
present to you. But the point is,
when Lilly and I came out of the
water and sat down together, it was
special like that. It was one of
those moments that I know I will
remember.
STEWART DUDDLEY
If you and LIlly do date, will it
feel weird dating Donny's widow?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
And David's x-wife. I am friends
with him now. So yeah, it will feel
weird but I think it might also
feel right. When sitting on the
beach with her, I felt something.
I have not felt anything like that
since I was with Jossette.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I wish I could say I know what you
are talking about but I am pretty
sure I have never felt that with
someone.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You will find someone.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I am not so sure.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I should fix you and Sally up on a
date.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Why haven't you ever dated her?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
She was with Selby. And Sam's her
brother. I don't know. When I
thought about kissing her, the idea
felt weird. She is beautiful
though. And she is funny. You
could do a lot worse tha Sally.
STEWART DUDDLEY
When mom had her fight with Dick
Smith and we stopped visiting then,
I was an ass. If I asked Sally out
on a date, she would probably laugh
in my face.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You and Judy were both asses. That
is true. But I bet Sam and Sally
would be glad to see you and Judy.
Victor closes his suitcase.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am ready to leave in the morning.
Victor grabs a t-shirt and puts it on.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Well. Almost ready. There is
something I need to pick up to take
with me. I will not be gone long.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Can I go with you?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
To Conyers?
STEWART DUDDLEY
No. To where you are going now.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Sure. You have to keep it a secret
though.
STEWART DUDDLEY
A secret?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. I own the Hazel Manor and I
need to go there to get something.
STEWART DUDDLEY
You own the Hazel Manor? Why would
you own that place. It is creepy.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I like the place and it came up on
the auction block and I placed a
bid and now I own it.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Well, let me go take a piss and get
a ahirt on. I will be down in a
second.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
So, you seriously want to go over
there with me.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Hell yeah. Shit. I may want to
move in there. I will become a
recluse and grow my finger nails
ten inches long. People will make
fun of me but I will not care. I
will just throw cats at them.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Are you making fun of me?
STEWART DUDDLEY
What was your clue?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You ass. I will be waiting for you
in my car. You know, my mustang
that I will not let you drive.
JUDY DUDDLEY walks into Victor's bedroom.
JUDY DUDDLEY
So, Victor, have you talked to
Steed.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
No. Are you still going to date
him.
JUDY DUDDLEY
I can not decide.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
He was wrong. He should have told
us who he is. Hell, I should have
been able to know who he is. But.
JUDY DUDDLEY
But what?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
If you want to date him, date him.
JUDY DUDDLEY
His father is a gangster. His
mother is in a mental institution.
And he lied about who he is.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
And.
JUDY DUDDLEY
And you and him used to swim naked
together.
STEWART DUDDLEY
We are at the beach today. Harry
and Daniel had stripped down to
their underwear when Lilly Bare
came jogging up.
JUDY DUDDLEY
What, you all were going to skinny
dip. You were going to skinny dip
on a public beach with Daniel who
is a police detective?
STEWART DUDDLEY
NO. Victor and I had our swimsuits
on. Harry and Daniel were stripped
down to their underwear but were
not naked.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
We were not skinny dipping but
there is nothing wrong with skinny
dipping. It is not sexual.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Lilly got in the water with us.
She raced Victor swimming and she
won. She and Victor may start
dating.
JUDY DUDDLEY
What about Tabitha?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
We are seeing other people. Her
idea. We weren't really dating.
We never really dated. The whole
thing was weird.
JUDY DUDDLEY
Maybe I should become friends with
Tabitha. She seems to know how to
handle you horny assholes.
Judy leaves the bedroom.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Why did you tell her about the
beach and Lilly?
STEWART DUDDLEY
I don't know.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I think I need to call Steed or
maybe go visit him. I think I will
call Deven and see if he will go
with me. Do you want to go?
STEWART DUDDLEY
I thought we were going to Hazel
Manor?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It can wait.
EXT. OUTSIDE OF STEED'S TRAILER - NIGHT
There is a concrete picnic table in front of the trailer on
a concrete pad. A checkered table cloth is on the table.
Two bug lights are burning like candles on each end of the
table. There is a green tarp over the table. Hung around
the tarp are different color lights. At the end of the
concrete table is a foldout table. There are two coolers
beneath it. On top of the table is a black hibachi grill.
There are six hamburgers cooking on it. There is a bottle
of ketchup and a bottle of mustard near the grill.
There
is also a bottle of some kind of sauce.
STEED RAMSEY is reclined back in green foldout lounge chair.
DEVEN RAVEN is seated in a yellow foldout chair. VICTOR
DUDDLEY drives up in his lime green mustang. STEWART DUDDLEY
is riding with him. Victor parks in a lot that has become
empty next to Steed's trailer. Victor and Stewart get out
of the mustang and walk over to where Steed and Deven are.
Steed gets out of his lounge chair and shakes Victor and
Stewart's hands. Deven stands up and also shakes their
hand.
STEED RAMSEY
Beer in the cooler. Burgers on the
grill. Potato chips in the trailer
that I forgot to bring out.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
(smiles)
Are you expecting guest?
STEED RAMSEY
Just Deven and Judy's brothers. I
wish Judy was with the two of you.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. She will come around. I am
not going to stand in the way. You
were a good friend.
STEED RAMSEY
I am glad you now know who I am.
Even though I had not told you, it
was driving me crazy that you did
not recognize me.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I have no clue to why I did not
know you. Weird.
DEVEN RAVEN
Stewart. You are being quiet.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I was just taking in Steed's setup
here. I like it.
DEVEN RAVEN
Well. The rent on the lots are
cheap and it is not expensive to
pick up a used camper. Of course
you know many people in town think
of us over here as trailer trash.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Yeah, I am afraid I've made my
comments at times. But I really do
like it here. It feels like
camping.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is nice. Do you have buns for
the burgers? I am hungry.
DEVEN RAVEN
I will get them.
Deven goes inside and quickly exits with the chips and buns
and paper plates. He puts the chips and plates on the
concrete table. Victor spreads out the plates while Deven
puts a bun on each plate. Steed puts a hamburger on each
bun. Stewart goes into the cooler and puts a beer next to
each plate. Everyone sits down at a plate in front of them
on the concrete table. They begin to eat.
The moon is full and there are stars in the sky. There a
couple of lit up boats in the lake. The light from the
boats shines ripples on the lake water.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Man, I love it here. Victor, why
don't we set up a camper in that
lot there. And also buy us a boat
for the lake.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I could do that. Steed, would you
hate us as neighbors.
STEED RAMSEY
No. We would have fun.
STEWART DUDDLEY
So Deven, where do you live?
DEVEN RAVEN
I live with my parents in a trailer
that is some rows over.
STEED RAMSEY
He sleeps here about as often as he
sleeps there.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Wade lives here somewhere, doesn't
he.
STEED RAMSEY
Yeah. I don't see much of him or
Tiffany.
Deven got a text message. He looks at his phone.
DEVEN RAVEN
Oh fuck. I was going to do a show
on chaturbate. I forgot all about
it.
STEWART DUDDLEY
If you live with your parents,
where do you do your show from?
DEVEN RAVEN
My bedroom is private enough. Earl
and mom's bedroom is on the other
end of the trailer. I have put
some sound proofing in place. That
was not because of Earl and mom
though. One night one of the
neighbors heard me and came to make
sure I wasn't dying. That was
embarrassing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
(laughs)
I was watching that show. It was
hilarious.
DEVEN RAVEN
No it wasn't. Mom told this eighty
year old neighbor that I was just
doing my sex show. I did not even
know that mom knew what I was
doing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Then the elderly neighbor lady
comes into the chatroom and begins
trying to save all of us from going
to hell. Then somehow she hooked
up with a couple of the flat
earthers. That was some wild chat.
Then some Star Trek fans got into a
fight with her and the flat
earthers. It was so funny.
DEVEN RAVEN
And I was trying to get tips.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Victor explained to me that you
have a pretty good community set
up. He said it is not all about
sex.
DEVEN RAVEN
It is not but sex is part of it.
And if anyone does too many shows
without much sex, then other models
will troll you and try to damage
you with those thumbs down and
such.
STEED RAMSEY
Why would they do that?
DEVEN RAVEN
I do not know but they do. On
twitch the guys complain when the
girls use their sexy parts to make
money. On chaturbate the girls
complain when the guys get too much
traffic with nerd or jock talk.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I tried streaming a game on twitch.
No one watched. And that was
probably a good thing. I was such
cringe city and I knew it.
DEVEN RAVEN
The best way to get beyond the
cringe and the lack of an audience
is just keep going as though the
room is full and everyone loves
you.
STEWART DUDDLEY
I tried to get a couple of my
friends to help with the
conversation while I was playing
the game. But no, they left and
went to watch someone else.
Assholes.
STEED RAMSEY
Well, let Deven and me know when
you are going to be playing a game,
and we will chat.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Yeah. I will also. I will make
fun of every stupid thing you do
while playing.
DEVEN RAVEN
Victor. No.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Don't want me to have any fun.
STEED RAMSEY
Victor, I am glad you came to visit
but I am curious. Did you want to
talk to me about something.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Not really. I want you to know
that as far as I am concerned, we
are friends. I want you to know,
that regardless of my past behavior
that I am okay with you and Judy
dating.
STEED RAMSEY
Thank you. Now if Judy will
forgive me for not being up front
with her.
A spaceship flies above them, across the sky. A light from
the spaceship flashes down toward Victor. Victor passes
out. His head hits the table.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Victor? Victor. Victor! What the
hell just happened?
DEVEN RAVEN
Did you see the light from the
plane? It flashed right down at
Victor.
STEED RAMSEY
That was a weird looking plane.
Steed moves to feel Victor's pulse. He shakes Victor. There
is no response.
STEED RAMSEY
I think we are going to have to
call 911.
DEVEN RAVEN
Maybe the light was just a
coincidence. Do you think he has
that covid shit?
STEWART DUDDLEY
God, I hope not.
The ghost of DONNY MAXTONE appears behind Victor though no
one can see him.
DONNY MAXTONE
Victor. Wake up Victor. You do
not want to end up in the hospital.
Please wake up.
IAPETUS appears next to Donny Maxtone. No one can see
Iapetus except for Donny. Iapetus looks at Donny.
IAPETUS
God damn. What have they done?
Donny stares at Iapetus.
DONNY MAXTONE
Can you see me?
IAPETUS
Of course I can see you? Our
computer system showed Victor down
but does not show what happened.
Why is Victor unconscious?
DONNY MAXTONE
There was a spaceship. It shined
some kind of light at Victor and
his head fell against the table,
just like he is now.
IAPETUS
Alice Malokey warned me that the
Witches Council was working some
kind of magic against Victor but I
did not expect this. My God, the
man sent Belial to hell and he let
the Witches Council do this to him.
It does not make sense.
DONNY MAXTONE
I would not even start to try to
explain Victor.
Iapetus touches Victor. He attempts to work magic.
IAPETUS
Wake up.
DONNY MAXTONE
I think you need to use your magic
to move him from here. When they
call 911, you can be sure the
Witches Council will send someone
pretending to be EMS.
IAPETUS
I can't do it with them watching.
The Witches Council is threatening
my own spawn so I have to be
careful. I will give you the power
to become an apparition but mind
you that might cause you to draw
the attention of the Witches
Council.
DONNY MAXTONE
Fine. We have got to get Victor
out of here. I am sure of that.
IAPETUS
Go stand over there by the bushes.
Donny Maxtone walks over to the bushes. Iapetus waves his
hands. A fog appears around Donny Maxtone.
DONNY MAXTONE
Hey fellows.
Everyone looks in the direction of Donny. They see him in
the fog. Iapetus causes Victor to vanish.
DONNY MAXTONE
Bye fellows.
Donny Maxtone vanishes from view but is still around.
Everyone turns back to work with Victor but he is gone. He
has vanished.
STEWART DUDDLEY
What the hell. This has got to be
a dream, a really bad dream. This
can not be real. The ghost of
Donny could not just appear and
then he and Victor vanish.
DEVEN RAVEN
Witchcraft!
STEED RAMSEY
I think you are right.
STEWART DUDDLEY
Witchraft. But what witch would
cause Victor to faint and Donny to
appear and then both he and Victor
to disappear. What would be the
point?
STEED RAMSEY
I need to call my father.