(Enter GREGG, sitting on the floor crying, Enter ANGUS shortly after)
ANGUS: Gregg… Are you okay?
GREGG: Does it look like I’m okay?
ANGUS: (Sits beside GREGG) Well… Do you want to talk about it?
GREGG: Why do you care?
ANGUS: Because you’re my friend… And I care about you…
GREGG: You’re just saying that…
ANGUS: No, I really mean it.. We’re friends and friends are family… And family lasts forever and I’m hoping our friendship last forever.
GREGG: (Sighs) I always wanted to finish college and travel to someplace big and pretty... Where it’s clean and the air isn’t polluted… And I’m working my dream job.. And my three best friends, Mae, Bea and you… Are there supporting me every step of the way. I would get to come home to all of you every day. And I'd be supporting you guys just as much as you were supporting me… It was paradise. I can’t leave all of my friends behind, so I was going to take them all with me… I was going to be the best detective ever… Even better than Paw-Wood Long-Ears… Bea was going to be the best surgeon in the world… Mae was going to be an amazing governor… And of course, you were going to be the best scientist and engineer in the universe… Now I realize that my dream is stupid… And it’ll never come true… I guess you can't really dream for others… You can only dream for yourself… And even then it won't come true…
ANGUS: Don’t say that… Every dream will com true if you work towards it…
GREGG: I couldn’t even stay in college for a month… What makes you think I can make my dream come true?
ANGUS: Well… We’ll get you back into that college…
GREGG: You don’t get it do you? They kicked me out of college because of my species and my color! I’m an orange dog! I stick out like a red leaf in the middle of a green tree… Every student there was a fox… Sly and cunning… Or they were a cat… Or some other, calm and focused creature! I was literally the ONLY dog there… They said that my color, species and personality didn’t fit being a private detective… I was too energetic, playful and friendly for the job… Besides, a private detective needs to go under disguise sometimes… And like I said, I stick out like a red leaf… So I came back here and moved in with you… My parents died in a fire… I was left on the streets… I’ve been spending my whole life in the orphanage… And now I can’t even get a good job… I work at a convenience store for free slurpies… I don’t even get money...
ANGUS: You could always work for the police…
GREGG: I don’t want to work for the police! I don’t want a cop to tell me my every move… And besides, I’d have to learn how to be a cop, be a cop many years… Be eligible to become an investigator then take some huge test… Then I’d probably have to train to be the investigator… And so on…
ANGUS: You did a lot of research on this didn’t you…?
GREGG: Every second of every day, since I was twelve…
ANGUS: Well, I can talk to Mae and Bea… I could see if they would be willing to help us make enough money to move to a nice place, get a nice house… And then we can help each other work towards our dream jobs…
GREGG: I’d like that… Thank you, Angus…
ANGUS: You’re my friend, I’d love to do anything I can to help you…
GREGG: (Smiles) Wait… After a while I’d like to adopt a baby boy and name him Journaled…
ANGUS: Journaled?
GREGG: Yeah… What’s wrong with it?
ANGUS: Nothing… You’ve spent a lot of time planning your future… Didn’t you?
GREGG: Every day since I was five…
ANGUS: Want a cup of tea?
GREGG: Yes please…
ANGUS: Okay… I’ll be right back…
(Exit ANGUS, GREGG checks to see if ANGUS is watching then gets on his computer emailing MAE, Enter MAE on her computer, the computer “pings,” every time they send an email)
GREGG: (Typing) Mae, I’m going into the forest to look for the kidnapper… I swear I seen something at that party… Are you in or are you out?
MAE: (Typing) Do I have a choice…?
GREGG: (Typing) No.
MAE: (Typing) Well, even if I did… I’d say yes!
GREGG: (Typing) Great! See you at midnight, in the forest.
(Exit MAE, GREGG closes his computer and starts getting ready, Exit ALL)
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Midnight In The Forest
AléatoireThis is a script I wrote inspired by the video game "Night In The Woods" I do NOT own the game. I changed some species and some of the story trying to make it more original (Its also supposed to be kid friendly) There are some really cringe worthy...
