T.O.T.S.- The Bully Problem - The Script

Scene 3

((Krysia then walks into the nursery and notices that Pip and KC are sitting down on the floor.))

KRYSIA: (walks over and sits down next to the penguin who's also her crush) Pip? You okay?

((Pip was startled from his thoughts as he heard a newcomer's voice coming from the other side of him. It was Krysia. Krysia was sitting on the left side of Pip and KC was sitting on the right side, and both of them were trying to get his attention.))

PIP: Guys, do you think... (trailed off, unsure how to say it)

KRYSIA: (notices that pip was getting a little nervous) You can tell us. We're your friends. We won't judge. (puts an arm around his shoulders)

((Pip was starting to become anxious, when Bodhi ran into the room, saving him from having to answer.))

BODHI: (ran into the nursery) Pip! Captain Beakman wants to see you!

KC: Again? (wondered aloud)

((Pip didn't seem fazed. He got up, and walked out of the room, looking downcast.))

NARRATOR: Krysia wondered. Was that why Pip had looked so glum? Was he in trouble?

((Pip entered Captain Beakman's office, sees that there's a chair in front of her desk, and sits down in it, looking at his flippers, which were clasped together in front of him. He didn't look up, but knew from a sideways glance that Hunter was sitting next to him.))

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: Pip, look at me.

((Pip glanced up through his eyelashes. Captain Beakman looked almost sympathetic.))

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: Pip, I know you wanted to be a flier so badly.

NARRATOR: Ever since Pip was little, he'd watch the fliers that came to Iceberg Alley, and dreamed of being one of them. But now, it sounded too good to be true.

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: Hunter has given me some reports. I'm worried for you. (continues) Hunter says you're becoming a bother to Freddy. I know, you try your best, but this is starting to get in the way of your deliveries. (leaned against the desk, knowing this would hurt pip) He tells me you're scared of predators, and your reactions during deliveries are making you late. Freddy is also starting to complain that you are too heavy.

HUNTER: (spoke up) I'm worried, Pip. I'm starting to think that being a flier is too much for you.

PIP: No, it isn't!

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: (sighed at pip's outburst) Hunter, you are dismissed.

((Hunter left the room, and went in search of one, specific, flamingo.))

NARRATOR: Time to spread this Pip Disease to the other side of T.O.T.S....

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: (put a wing around pip's shoulders) You've done so well, Pip. But I wish you or Freddy would've told me about all this sooner. If being a flier is such a problem for you, then... maybe, just for a little while, you should take a break.

PIP: (bounced out of his chair) No! None of this is true! It's Hunter! He's spreading lies about me!

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: (sighed again) I'll talk to him, but until you can get your skittishness under control, I'll have you off the flying team.

NARRATOR: Pip's jaw almost dropped and he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

CAPTAIN BEAKMAN: (gets out of her chair and gives him a hug) Pip, I know you wanted to be a flier so bad. And I know you'll learn to control your fears. I expect to see you back on being an early Junior Flier real soon.