Scene opens on the living room of a slightly trashy apartment. Buggy is seen sitting on the couch with the TV playing white noise in front of him. A newspaper is laid out on the coffee table, with an add circled in red sharpie on the right page. Dexter can be seen working in the kitchen connected to the living room, sharpening kitchen knives and putting away dishes.
Dexter: Now annoyed by the hour of white noise he's had to listen to Buggy, buddy. I know you're bummed about no one showing up but please, at least shut off the TV. This is probably why no one showed up. They could hear the white noise coming from the damn newspaper.
Buggy: If you're not careful you're gonna end up putting a solid ten bucks in the dickhead jar.
Dexter: My bad, but turn it off anyway. I'm losing my mind and cleaning the knives, dude.
Buggy listens and shuts off the TV, the sudden silence revealing that someone had been knocking quietly on the door.
Dexter: Oh, okay, who are you going to blame now? Go answer it! They're probably here for the rooms!
Buggy: Scrambling to his feet Right!
Buggy runs to the door and opens it to greet a small man around 5'0" tall, with adorable tufts sticking from both sides of his head. He looked as though no one had ever hurt him and that's the way it should've remained.
Buggy: Hello! You must be here for the room?
Jonsonist: Yeah, I saw your ad! I thought it'd be cool! My name is Jonathan, but people just call me Jon. You're Buggy?
Buggy: I am, here, come in. Buggy invites Jonsonist inside and shuts the door. Dexter is the dude in the kitchen.
Jonsonist: Hello, Dexter!
Buggy: Don't engage him, it's for your own safety, trust me.
Dexter: Hey, don't make the new kid afraid of me, man. Uncool. I'm not that bad.
Buggy: Just don't engage him.
Jonsonist: Understood. I think,,
Buggy: Anyway, this is about it. We've got the living room here, the TV, the kitchens there and we've got.. Decent amount of storage space I'd say. Three couches and three bedrooms, uh- 2 bathrooms actually, yeah, surprising. Buggy motioned to each area of the apartment when he listed them off. Jonsonist actually didn't seem disgusted at the surroundings, which was a first for visitors.
Jonsonist: It's nice! It's better than what I used to stay in before, so I think it'd be really cool to be roommates with you guys!
At that moment, Skuggy enters the apartment. He doesn't knock, he just walks in.
Dexter: Damn. He's in.
Skuggy: Huh? Oh hey. I saw the ad- Skuggy notices Jonsonist Jon?
Jonsonist: Oh hi, Skuggy! I didn't know you were coming too!
Skuggy: I got kicked out and needed someplace to stay.
Buggy: You guys know each other?
Jonsonist: We were in school together! Skuggy's awesome!
Buggy: Skuggy. Huh, my name's Buggy. And Dexter's the smelly one over there.
Dexter: Please stop that, I'm not bad, I swear. Buggy's just being mean. I literally work at a pet store. Dexter actually looks genuinely upset, so Buggy listens.
Buggy: Yeah, I'm just kidding. Dexter's pretty cool. Well, you guys are welcome to join us if you want to. Though there's only three bedrooms, so I suppose you can work it out?
Jonsonist: I can sleep with Skuggy! It should be okay, I know him pretty well!
Skuggy: Huh? Skuggy looks shocked, and almost slightly surprised. Me?
Jonsonist: Yeah! I know you're not a bad guy.
Skuggy: I was just thinking we could kick Dexter onto the couch.
Dexter: Hey man.
Buggy laughs and goes back to the couch.
Buggy: That's always a possibility.
Dexter: Ok listen,,
Buggy: Not really, Dex. You know I'm just teasing.
Dexter, having lived with Buggy for almost over a year now, did know that he was only kidding. Still, he's slightly irked by the comments and doesn't do his best to hide it.
Jonsonist: Well, I already have my stuff with me, if I could move in easy today that'd be great!
Buggy: Go ahead! There's no rush or anything though, take your time.
Skuggy: ... I have my stuff as well. In my pockets. I got uh... Kicked out. I don't have anything much, so I don't have any rush at all. I'm already done.
Dexter: Kicked out? Jeez, crazy date?
Skuggy: ... Let's call it that.
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