Technical Difficulties (A Splatoon Script)

Part 4 - Friends, Freedom, and Other Things I've Fought For

Captain: Try calling everyone else. Maybe you can reach one of them, and maybe they'll know where Brooke is. Anyway, we need to find Pearl, too, right?

Coral: Right. Yeah, I'll try Pearl first, then I'll call V. (She taps on her phone.)

Coral: Pearl's phone went straight to voicemail. (She paces, holding her phone to her ear.)

Coral: V isn't answering, either. I hope he's okay. (She paces the other direction, now holding onto V's hoodie.)

Coral: Okay, I'm trying to call Brooke again. Maybe she just missed my call earlier. (Paces other direction.)

Coral: Ugh, she's still not answering! (She stops pacing for a brief moment.)

Coral: Maybe this time I can reach Pearl. Maybe! (Everyone watches Coral as she paces.)

Coral: Okay, she's still not picking up. Maybe V will work this time! (They watch her go in the opposite direction.)

Coral: Uuuuuugh, nothing's working! No one's answering! (She gets frustrated.)

Captain: Coral, maybe you should-

Coral: Wait! There's a voicemail message on my phone! I don't know the number, but maybe it's one of them! (She doesn't look up at him.)

Coral: *gasp* It's V! He sent me the voicemail! (She looks happy for a moment.)

Coral:* (Her smile disappears quickly.)

Coral: No... (She slightly covers her mouth as her face is filled with worry.)

Captain: What is he saying?

Coral: Oh! (They talk.)

V: [on phone/voicemail] YAAAAGH! (She holds the phone out. They can both hear it.)

Sound effect: boop!

V: [on phone/voicemail] AAAARR-

Coral: I- I'm sorry, I can't listen anymore. (She stops the voicemail.)

Coral: He said that he, Brooke, and Pearl were taken by Micki and Nicki. He didn't say what had happened to them, but... I think that... they've all been sanitized. (She tears up.)

Coral: B-but, he did say that they at least know wha-what the cure is now! The vials that we found back in our fight with Octavio! V s-said th-that it was the cure! So, if we f-f-find the vials, m-maybe we could get everyone back. (She slightly smiles.)

(The slight smile disappears.)

Coral: B-but I lost Brooke! I lost my sister! I never should've left her, or I should've at least listened to her a little more! Maybe she wouldn't have been taken! (She wipes her eyes.)

Coral: *sniffle* The last thing we did was fight! We hardly ever fight! What if V is wrong, and the cure doesn't work! I won't have a chance to tell Brooke that I'm sorry and that I love her so much! (Rosie steps forward.)

Coral: *sniffle* (She sits down, upset.)

Rosie: Do you want a hug?

Coral: A hug? Sure, Rosie. I could use it. Thank you. (Rosie comes up next to Coral.)

Sound effect: *squeeze*

Coral: Th-that's a nice hug, Rosie. *sniff* Thanks.

Rosie: You're welcome! (Rosie gives Coral a hug.)

Coral: Cap'n, how could we possibly still win? It's just the two of us left, and against everyone, I don't know how we can make it. (She keeps Rosie in her lap.)

Coral: Plans seemed so much easier when your granddaughters were here to lead, or Echo and Juliuz would improvise a plan, or Marina could use her computer to plan stuff out, or I could just have Brooke to look up to! How are we going to do this without everyone? (She speaks.)