EDIT: Alright, no table reading this time. Um...stuff happened XD. Everything fell apart and we never got past the first couple of lines. Sorry about that folks. Maybe next week will be better lol.
EDIT 2: Um, here's a recording of what happened in the chatroom...if your interested
episode 20 XD. Granted, that was 45 minutes after we were already supposed to start it XD.
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Episode 20 - Tales of InterestHumpth! Took ya long enough!Scene: The Great Valley, at dusk, near the Professor's cave.
Camera pans to some foliage near the cave. The bushes shake, and the camera angle changes to to view just outside the entrance of the cave. A dinosaur's shadow creeps up to the entrance. It's Chomper. The gang comes up behind him.
Chomper: "Are you guys sure you want to go in?"
Littlefoot: "Yes, I want to look around."
Chomper: "But won't that make the Professor mad?
Cera: "He's not even here, so he won't see us!"
Chomper: "Hey, what's that?"
The camera's point of view is out of a wall next to the cave. Chomper points at the camera.
Ducky: "I am not sure, no."
Littlefoot: "The Professor told me about these things before, he calls it a painting."
Cera: "What's that?"
Littlefoot: "He says paintings are supposed to look like something."
Cera: "Well, this one doesn't look very good!"
Chomper: "Yeah, it doesn't really look like anything to me."
Littlefoot: "Oh well, I guess he just has a different taste in art than we do."
The Gang walks into the cave. The object they were talking about is simply a "Keep Out!" Sign. Inside the cave, Littlefoot peeks his head behind a lava-lamp.
Littlefoot: "What's this?"
Ducky: "It looks very pretty, yes it does."
Ruby: "Such colors, and also such colors that are moving! It looks beautiful!"
Cera walks up to an answering machine on a flat rock.
Cera: "Huh, I wonder what this little thing is?"
Cera nudges the answering machine, pressing one of the buttons. The answering machine goes off, playing a recording of the Professor's voice.
Phone: "Hello, you have reached the Professor, and you already know too much about me for me to continue. BEEP!"
Littlefoot: "Was that the Professor just now?"
Cera: "That little thing can talk!"
Ruby: "His cave is full of so many strange things, and just looking at all of these strange things is making my head spin!"
Littlefoot: "Why didn't I explore in here sooner!?"
Ducky: "I like it, I really do!"
Littlefoot: Walking up to a refrigerator. "Now what's this?"
Chomper: "Hmm." He pulls the door open, and shivers from the cold air that rushes out. "Brr! Why is this thing so cold?"
Littlefoot: "It's like the Cold Times in there!"
Littlefoot sticks his head inside the freezer at the top and pulls out a frozen steak in his mouth.
Littlefoot: In a muffled voice. "What's this?"
Chomper: "You know what, I'm not really sure."
Chomper brings his sniffer up close to the steak to smell the very faint whiff of meat. He grabs the meat out of Littlefoot's mouth, and sticks it back in the freezer.
Littlefoot: "What did you do that for?"
Chomper: "I just don't feel like we should be messing with that!"
Cera: "Why not?"
Chomper: "Um, well...I just don't want to make the Professor mad at us. That's all."
Cera: "Don't worry. He won't find us here!"
Professor: "Not find who where?"
Littlefoot: Turning around. "Oh, uh, Professor!"
Professor: "What are you all doing in here? I said I don't like anyone touching my things!"
Cera: "Um...Uh..."
Littlefoot: "We just wanted to look around."
Chomper: "I tried to stop them!"
Littlefoot stares at Chomper, annoyed.
Professor: "Well, aren't you all going to get out now?"
Littlefoot: "Do we have to?"
Professor: "YES!"
Cera: "Well I'm not going, this place is just too much fun!"
Professor: "I said get out!"
The Professor starts trying to shoo the dinosaurs out of his home. The Gang takes off, running all around the cave.
Professor: "Shoo!"
The Professor picks up a rolled up piece of newspaper, and tries to hit mebers of the Gang with it. Cera crashes into a shelf, knocking the lava lamp down and breaking it.
Professor: "Ahh! Stop it! Get out of here already!"
The Professor walks up to Ducky, preparing to pick her up and throw her out of the cave.
Ducky: Holds up a picture frame. "Ooh, what is this?"
Professor: "Wha?
The Professor suddenly stops in his tracks. He bends down and grabs the frame from Ducky's hands, then adjusts his glasses to take a gander.
Professor: "Ah, that...that's just a picture of my brother."
Ruby: "You have a brother?"
Professor: "Yes, I do, actually. I thought I told you all a little about him already?"
Littlefoot: "Where is he?"
Professor: "Hmm, well...that's a little hard to explain."
Cera: "Well, get to explaining!"
Professor: "Let's see. He's still at the area where I came from."
Littlefoot: "You mean from across the Big Water?"
Professor: "Hmm? Oh, right. Yes, that's right."
Chomper: "Why didn't he come with you?"
Professor: "That'd be even harder to explain!"
Ruby: "Oh, please tell us Professor!"
Chomper: "And I'd like to hear what it's like over there!"
Ducky: "Yes, I would really like to hear, yes I would!"
Professor: "I don't really WANT to tell you about that!"
Littlefoot: Oh, please Professor?"
Professor: "No! And get out of here already!"
Cera rams the Professor.
Professor: "Oof!"
He gets up and dusts himself off.
Professor: "Hm, I suppose you all aren't leaving my cave until I do?"
Littlefoot: Smirking. "I think that's a fair trade!"
Professor: Sighs. "Very well then. I'll tell you all about my life back there...and my brother."
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Scene: The Professor's cave.
The Gang is crowded around the cavernous room, with the Professor sitting on the flat rock in the middle. He's thinking to himself.
Littlefoot: "Aren't you gonna tell us?"
Cera: "Yeah, let's get on with it!"
Professor: "Okay, okay! Just hold your horses!
Ducky: "Hold our what?"
Professor: Talking to himself quietly. "Hmm, now how am I supposed do THIS?"
Ducky: Walking up close to him. "Did you not come from across the Big Water, Professor?"
Professor: Thinking for another moment. "Oh, yes, that's right. Yes I came from across the Big Water, like I said."
The Professor clears his throat, and begins his story.
Professor: "I'll start my story on the day that I left that place. Anyway, I used to live in a far off land, across a vast ocean. A beautiful land..."
As the Professor starts his story, camera pans out of his cave, and over a short distance to the left. Then, time fades a hundred million years into the future to show a house sitting close to that same cave. Camera switches to show the interior of the house.
Scene: The Professor's old house, in his bedroom.
The Professor is still asleep in his bed.
Professor: Narrating. "I was just waking up in my....um...cave."
An alarm goes off, and the Professor jumps out of his bed. He scurries down the stairs, and right out of the door. When he makes it outside, he notices he's still in his pajamas. A neighbor walks by.
Neighbor: "Heheh, haven't woken up yet, I see!"
The Professor's brother walks casually out of the house, laughing at him.
Professor's Brother: "Good to see your up!"
Professor: Narrating. "My brother played another practical joke on me that morning, just like Chomper often does."
Chomper: "What did he do?"
Professor: Narrating. "Well...basically, he cried SHARPTOOTH!; and then laughed at me when I ran away."
Professor: "Now what was all that for!?"
Professor's Brother: "Sorry, bro, but you were sleeping in. We've got a big day today!"
Professor: "What's going on?"
Professor's Brother: "Heheheh, just wait and see!"
Scene: A more populated area of the valley town, at a laboratory.
The Professor and his brother walk into a large laboratory.
Professor: Narrator. "So, me and my brother went to...another cave for work that day."
Cera: "Work?"
Scene switches back to the Professor's cave.
Professor: "...yeah, like a job."
Littlefoot: "Whats a job?"
Professor: "Well, it's something you're assigned to do, usually something important. I guess it's kind of like how your father is the leader of the valley, Littlefoot. That would be his job."
Littlefoot: "Oh, okay then. Um... what was you and your brother's job there then?"
Professor: "Well..."
Scene: The laboratory building, inside another room.
The Professor and his brother are in this room, surrounded with all manner of scientific instruments; beakers, burners, measuring tools, etc. The two brothers stand over a boiling beaker.
Professor and his Brother: Laugh maniacally.
Professor: Narrating. "Studying things. You know, waht with trying to learn about the world and all."
Professor: "So, we've completed the Elixir-that-Makes-Everything-Taste-Horrible! What now?"
Professor's Brother: "How bout we grab a bite to eat?"
Professor: "Actually, I heard the lab's having something special today!"
Chomper: "Ooh, lunch! What did you have?"
Scene: A courtyard outside the laboratory building.
The Professor and his brother are sitting at a table, while a nameless man is turning a suckling pig on a spit over a fire.
Professor: "Is it done, yet?"
Professor's Brother: "I'm starving!"
Professor: Narrating "Um, a bunch of treesweets. Yes, that's what we had. ...Anyway, there was a test we were going to do later that day."
Professor's Brother: "So, we've nearly got things ready for that "test"."
Professor: "'Test?' I never heard of any 'test!'"
Professor's Brother: "That project is going along faster than we thought it would."
Professor: "What are you even talking about?"
Professor's Brother: "Heheh..."
Scene: A hallway in the laboratory.
Professor: "So, what is that secret project already?"
Professor's Brother: "Right in here!"
The Professor's brother leads him into another room, which has a table in the center with a cloth on it.
Professor: Sarcastically. "A cloth? My, that is impressive!"
Professor's Brother: "Heheh, not that, but this!"
The brother pulls the cover off the table to reveal a very small device.
The Professor's Brother: "A time machine!"
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Scene: The Professor's cave.
Littlefoot: "Time machine? What's that?"
Professor: "Did I say time machine? I...uh...meant a boat! Yes, let's go with that!"
Ducky: "Then, what is a boat?"
Professor: "Actually, that will be a little easier to explain. It's something made out of wood that can float on water, so you can cross a river or an ocean with it."
Littlefoot: "Actually, that DOES make sense...for once."
Professor: Anyway, let's get back to that little story, shall we?"
Scene: The laboratory, in the same room the time machine was in.
Dozens of scientists, professors, and other humans are now gathered in the room. The Professor and his brother are in the back. The room is abuzz with chatter and banter.
Professor: "So, what's going on?"
A door in the back of the room opens, and another human in white lab coat walks in, making his way to the front.
Professor's Brother: "Shh, it's Doctor Mabutu!"
Doctor Mabutu: "Today is a special day; both for us, and for the entire scientific community!"
Professor's Brother: "Amen brother!"
Doctor Mabutu: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the world's first time machine!"
The audience of scientists oohs and aahs.
The Professor's brother comes up to take the stage.
Professor's Brother: "With this, we can do great things!"
The Professor's brother clicks a small device, and the screen next to him changes, showing pictures of different ancient civilizations.
Professor's Brother: "We can go back to any time we want to, and bring back artifacts; In mint condition to boot!
He clicks his device again, and the screen changes to show a variety of animals and creatures.
Professor's Brother: "We can bring back living organisms even! Just imagine what we can do!"
The Professor starts to look shocked.
Professor: "Eh-wha?"
Professor's Brother: "Even dinosaurs!"
Professor: "No! We can't do that!"
Professor's Brother: "...why not?"
Professor: "It's just not right!"
Doctor Mabutu: "You're not making much sense, sir."
Professor: "It's just something we were never meant to do! You believe me, don't you, brother?"
Professor's Brother: "Come again?"
Professor: "OOOoooOOO! You just don't understand me!"
The Professor runs up on-stage and grabs the time machine. He then darts out of the room.
Doctor Mabutu: "Wait! Come back!"
Professor's Brother: "I'll get him!"
The Professor's brother chases the Professor through a hallway.
Professor's Brother: "Wait! stop!"
Professor: "Never!"
The Professor runs out the front door of the laboratory, with his brother hot on his tail. The Professor gets chased to an alley, and then a dead end. He turns around.
Professor: "Stay back!"
Professor's Brother: "What are you doing?"
Professor: "I have to stop you! You can't do that!"
Professor's Brother: "Wait! Can't we think this through?"
Professor: "Too late!"
The Professor pushes the big button on the small time travel device, and disappears in a blue light. Time lapses back a hundred million years, to nighttime in the now Great Valley. The blue lights reappears.
Narrator: "...what? I told you already; I quit!"
The Professor steps out of the blue light and walks off. The flashback story ends.
Scene: The Professor's cave.
Professor: "So, I stole the boat, hopped on the ocean...er, Big Water, and journeyed quite a ways...until I made it to this peaceful little valley...yeah."
Petrie: "Why you leave again?"
Professor: "Eh-wha?"
Ducky: "Why did you want to leave, Professor?"
Professor: "Well...I...just wanted to go somewhere new for a change."
Ruby: "Will you ever go back there someday?"
Professor: "NO! In fact, I don't really WANT to go back!"
Littlefoot: "...what do you mean?"
Professor: "It's...kinda hard to explain."
Littlefoot: "Well, get to..."
Ducky: "Maybe we should stop, Littlefoot."
Ruby: "Yes, Ducky's right. We wanted him to tell us a story, and he told us a story, so we shouldn't ask him to tell us ANOTHER story!"
Chomper: "Yeah, and it's getting late."
Littlefoot: "Oh...alright then."
Littlefoot walks up to the sitting Professor, still holding the picture of his brother in his hand, and nuzzles him.
Littlefoot: "Goodnight, Professor."
Professor: "Night, everyone."
The Gang finally leaves the Professor, and exits the cave.
Chomper: "Did anyone understand ANYTHING the Professor was saying?"
Cera: "Humpth! No!"
Ruby: "Not me either. That story didn't make any sense, or else I would have made some sense out of it!"
Littlefoot: "Oh well, at least it was an interesting story."
Petrie: "It was, very interesting!"
Camera leaves the Gang, and pans back into the cave. The Professor walks over to a rock on the side of the cave, and sits down, staring at the picture of his brother.
Professor: "I'm so angry with that old coot! Why'd he have to do that!? Was he REALLY going to go through with all of that?" He sighs. "Still, he is my brother...Hmm, I wonder if I'll ever see him again."
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