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| 410 INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S CONFLUX. 410 | | 410 INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S CONFLUX. 410 |
| CHALICE in her LANDSCAPE CONFLUX: a sloping mountainous space with a series of branching rivers, running upstream, toward a ridge. A vague landmark peaking beyond it. The sky rapidly changing colors in a distracting way. | | CHALICE in her LANDSCAPE CONFLUX: a sloping mountainous space with a series of branching rivers, running upstream, toward a ridge. A vague landmark peaking beyond it. The sky rapidly changing colors in a distracting way. |
− | Alongside is her Destiny BOB: serpent-like, friendly, three eyed. BOB gazes at her exactly 90 degrees to the left of her | + | Alongside is her Destiny BOB: serpent-like, friendly, three eyed. BOB gazes at her exactly 90 degrees to the left of her face. It stays pinned to her, its body rippling behind like a ribbon. |
− | Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 5.
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− | Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 5.
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− | face. It stays pinned to her, its body rippling behind like a ribbon. | |
| BOB | | BOB |
− | 1 Give me one cycle of adult Chalice. 1 Start again.
| + | Give me one cycle of adult Chalice. Start again. |
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| CHALICE rubs her eyes, then opens, laser focused. The sky stabilizes into a single held color. | | CHALICE rubs her eyes, then opens, laser focused. The sky stabilizes into a single held color. |
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| CHALICE | | CHALICE |
− | 2 I’m Chalice Wong. Ten years old. 2 Ready to plan my path for the new
| + | I’m Chalice Wong. Ten years old. Ready to plan my path for the new year. For exactly one cycle. |
− | year. For exactly one cycle. | + | |
| BOB | | BOB |
− | 3 Thank you. We’re aligned. 3
| + | Thank you. We’re aligned. |
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| BOB’s head faces forward, now locked in same direction as CHALICE. A dreamy logo appears: ZOROASTER IMMEASURABLES. It collapses into ZIM: A WAVY PATH COMPANY; a sound plays *ZEEEEM*. A buffet of educational modules leak in. | | BOB’s head faces forward, now locked in same direction as CHALICE. A dreamy logo appears: ZOROASTER IMMEASURABLES. It collapses into ZIM: A WAVY PATH COMPANY; a sound plays *ZEEEEM*. A buffet of educational modules leak in. |
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| CHALICE | | CHALICE |
− | 4 Let me look. Go eat for me BOB. 4
| + | Let me look. Go eat for me BOB. |
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| BOB’s entire body zips into CHALICE’s third eye jewel on her forehead. It pulses. This is BOB droning CHALICE’s IRL body. | | BOB’s entire body zips into CHALICE’s third eye jewel on her forehead. It pulses. This is BOB droning CHALICE’s IRL body. |
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| CHALICE browses through the modules: Math 102, Programming Wetware 205, Dancing, Painting, Plant Grafting, Dog Farming, Time Management for Teens, Contracts for Teens, Nah, Cooking with NeoProtein, Skin Care, Nerve Care, Frac-Tonal Music, Your First Club, Cam Piloting with Commander Alan, Life Sims 201, Little Leaks, How to Dress For Today, Make Up, Renaissance Guitar with Orlando de Blair, Gamelan Time, Steering Dreams in Five Cyclettes or Less, Droning for Idiots, Droning Animals, When to Hive, Four Hour Demigods, Foxy Negotiation, Dating by Doing, Regarding Strangers, Keeping Score With Your Body, Advanced Conjuring, History of Surprises, Renaming Yourself. | | CHALICE browses through the modules: Math 102, Programming Wetware 205, Dancing, Painting, Plant Grafting, Dog Farming, Time Management for Teens, Contracts for Teens, Nah, Cooking with NeoProtein, Skin Care, Nerve Care, Frac-Tonal Music, Your First Club, Cam Piloting with Commander Alan, Life Sims 201, Little Leaks, How to Dress For Today, Make Up, Renaissance Guitar with Orlando de Blair, Gamelan Time, Steering Dreams in Five Cyclettes or Less, Droning for Idiots, Droning Animals, When to Hive, Four Hour Demigods, Foxy Negotiation, Dating by Doing, Regarding Strangers, Keeping Score With Your Body, Advanced Conjuring, History of Surprises, Renaming Yourself. |
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| BOB returns. | | BOB returns. |
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| CHALICE (CONT'D) | | CHALICE (CONT'D) |
− | 5 I like Renaming Yourself. 5
| + | I like Renaming Yourself. |
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| BOB | | BOB |
− | 6 That's not for you yet. Let’s pick 6 some more.
| + | That's not for you yet. Let’s pick some more. |
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| CHALICE | | CHALICE |
− | 7 What about Dating by Doing. 7
| + | What about Dating by Doing. |
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| BOB | | BOB |
− | 8 That's not for you yet either. 8 You’re ten.
| + | That's not for you yet either. You’re ten. |
− | 6.
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− | 6.
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| CHALICE | | CHALICE |
− | 9 What then? Math? 9
| + | What then? Math? |
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| BOB | | BOB |
− | 10 Math is good. 10
| + | Math is good. |
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| CHALICE makes a bored face, the sky colors shift a bit. Her attention drifting. Something leaks in, pulsing the skylight - | | CHALICE makes a bored face, the sky colors shift a bit. Her attention drifting. Something leaks in, pulsing the skylight - |
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| SISTER SAN (O.S.) | | SISTER SAN (O.S.) |
− | 11 Is the Orlando Study yours too? Are 11 you a ZIM sorcerer?
| + | Is the Orlando Study yours too? Are 11 you a ZIM sorcerer? |
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| DR WONG (O.S.) | | DR WONG (O.S.) |
− | 12 I’m the inventor of BOBs. Now give 12 me my silk!
| + | I’m the inventor of BOBs. Now give 12 me my silk! |
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| FLIP TO IRL: | | FLIP TO IRL: |
− | 420 INT. WONG APARTMENT. IN REAL LIFE: 420
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| + | INT. WONG APARTMENT - IN REAL LIFE -SEQ420 |
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| CHALICE flips to see her father, DR WONG, picking himself off the floor of their apartment docking deck, shaking his wig dry, his bald head dotted with neural ports. Protein balls scattered. A shuttle is departing with a young woman yelling: | | CHALICE flips to see her father, DR WONG, picking himself off the floor of their apartment docking deck, shaking his wig dry, his bald head dotted with neural ports. Protein balls scattered. A shuttle is departing with a young woman yelling: |
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