NARRATOR: THE DREAMER'S TYPICAL BEHAVIOR IS OFTEN TO GET SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM REALITY. THEY STRIVE TO FIND A WORLD BEYOND THEIR OWN. PERHAPS IT MAY BE A ROMANTICIZED VERSION OF THEIR FUTURE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND EVENTUALLY, THEY MIGHT EVEN FIND THAT DREAM-LAND THEY ARE SO FOND OF, A LAND THAT ONLY THEY CAN SEE. A LAND THAT THEY AND ONLY THEY KNOW.
*ARDE OPENS HER EYES AND LOOKS IN AWE AT WHERE SHE IS. SHE LOOKS AT HER LOCKET AND OPENS IT, READING THE ENGRAVING SHE LOOKS BACK AT WHERE SHE IS.*
NARRATOR: ON THE NIGHT OF HER BIRTHDAY, ANGEL ARDEVELLA ANOV HAS FOUND THAT SPECIAL PLACE.
*ARDE EXPLORES EVERY AREA SHE CAN, FASCINATED AT EVERYTHING SHE SEES.*
~LATER~
*IT IS LATE IN THE WORLD ARDE IS IN, AND SHE WALKS BACK TO WHERE SHE WAS IN THE BEGINNING. SHE SIGHS CONTENTEDLY.*
ARDE: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENED TO ME..
*SHE NOTICES A WOMAN (LUCAINA) DROPPED HER BAGS, VARIOUS ITEMS SPILLING OUT. SHE GOES OVER TO HELP HER. SHE PICKS UP THE ITEMS AND PUTS THEM BACK IN THE BAGS.*
LUCAINA: AW, THANK YA, SWEETHAWT! AH SWEA' AH AM NOTHIN BUT BAD LUCK TODAY. ACTUALLY, THIS WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN A MESS FA' ME!
*ARDE NODS AND SMILES SHYLY. THE TWO STAND UP*
LUCAINA: WELL, THANK YA SO MUCH, LOVE. AH REALLY MEAN IT.
ARDE: O-OH, NO PROBLEM! I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO ANYWAYS.
LUCAINA: AW, WELL AH HOPE YA FIND SOMETHIN' TA' DO. AH USUALLY GO TA M'FAVOURITE PLACE TA' SHOP, THAT WAY, AH CAN NEVAH BE BORED!
ARDE: OH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PLACE!
LUCAINA: YA BET!
ARDE: WELL.... LET'S JUST SAY I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN IN THIS AREA. ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYWHERE TO LIVE, SO I'M JUST EXPLORING.
LUCAINA: OH... AW, WELL, AH'M SORRY. AH... AH WISH THERE WAS SOMETHIN' AH COULD DO... A-AH MEAN I CAN HELP BUT UH... HOW DO AH KNOW YE'RE NOT A PSYCHOPATH?
*THE TWO LAUGH FOR A BIT AND ARDE SHRUGS*
ARDE: WELL, I DON'T THINK I LOOK LIKE ONE.
LUCAINA: AH LIKE YA. HOW ABOUT YA ACCOMPANY ME WHILE AH SHOP? AH MEAN, IF I WERE TA' HELP SOMEONE, AH'D RATHAH THEY HAVE GOOD TASTE, Y'KNOW?
ARDE: OH, I'D LOVE TO! MY NAME'S ARDEVELLA BY THE WAY, BUT YOU CAN JUST CALL ME ARDE OR SOME OTHER NAME YOU HAVE IN MIND.
LUCAINA: LUCAINA, NICE TA' MEET YA, GIRL.
*THE TWO SHOP FOR A WHILE AND GET TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER*
LUCAINA: AWRIGHT, AWRIGHT, AH GOTTA SAY, AH REALLY LIKE YA STYLE.
ARDE: I REALLY LIKE YOURS, TOO.
LUCAINA: YOU KNOW WHAT, AWDE? AH'LL HAVE YA STAY AT MAH HOUSE FOR A WHILE. YA JUST HAVE TA' PROMISE YA WON'T DO ANYTHING SHADY, AWRIGHT? CAN AH TRUST YA ON THAT?
*ARDE NODS AND THE TWO JEAD TO LUCAINA'S HOUSE*
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Locket Angel (Screenplay)
FantasyWhen sweet young Ardevella Anov turns fourteen, she is gifted by her truly old friend a locket with a year engraved inside. As she sleeps, her dream becomes reality and all is real.
