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1.02 The Name Game

[Dice and Periscope sit in their kitchen. Periscope appears to be eating soup. Dice is just sitting, staring at the wall.]

Dice: Hey, Peri?

Periscope: Yeah?

Dice: What's a "Walter?"

Periscope: What's a Walter?

Dice: The grocery man, I asked him what his real name was, he said it's Walter, what's a Walter?

Periscope: Well, it must be a name, then, right? It must be something.

Dice: Yeah, but what? I know what dice are and I know what a periscope is, but what is a Walter?

Periscope: I- I don't know.

[A knock is heard on the door.]

Dice, absentmindedly putting their finger on their nose: Nosies.

Periscope puts down what they're eating and goes to answer the door.

Periscope, vaguely heard in the background: Really? Again?

[Periscope and Pipette come back. Pipette sets a stack of mail down on the table.]

Dice: Really, Pipe?

Pipette: Your mail is more interesting than mine.

Dice: Hey, do you have any idea what a Walter is?

Pipette: What's a Walter?

Periscope: The grocery man, his name is Walter.

Pipette: What's a Walter?

Dice: I don't know.

Periscope, mumbled: We should ask Aglet.

Pipette: We're not asking Aglet for anything.

Periscope: I mean, well, they're smart and all, I just thought...

Dice: Fine, let's go ask Aglet.

Pipette: But-

Dice: Don't argue. We're going to visit Aglet and ask them a question. Politely.

[Dice stares Pipette down, and then the shot cuts to the three walking.]

Pipette: Why do you want to know what a Walter is so badly? I bet it's not even something cool.

Dice: I just want to know. I mean, what else are we supposed to do? Do you have any ideas for what else we should do today?

Pipette: Yes, actually, I-

Periscope: We'll have time to do them any other day. We have forever, anyways.

[All three of them arrive at Aglet's front door. Dice knocks on the door. Aglet comes to the door.]

Aglet: Hey, what's up?

Dice: What's a Walter?

Aglet: What's a Walter?

Pipette: The grocery man, his name is Walter.

Aglet: Walter...

Periscope, whispered: Yep.

Aglet: How old is the grocery man?

Pipette: I don't know, not that old.

Aglet: Ok, but where's he from?

Periscope: ... Oh...

Aglet: Right.

Dice: ... So Walter is a name, then?

Aglet: Walter's probably a name, then.