Part 10 - Anus Knows Best
Hi! Another one two weeks later? I guess we're making up for lost time. There will probably be more updates now, on account of me finishing Crystal Palace 2 revisions and not having as much to do. I'm happy about that... :3 And that Kate has been writing with me. On side of this, we're also doing a fanfiction for a show called Adventures in Wonderland, about Hatter getting "pregnant" and the whole crew having to deal with it. It's called He's Having My Baby and I'm posting it at my other journal, so if you like our writing, I'm sure you can find some entertainment in that. [/whore]
Enjoy.
CRYSTAL PALACE 3
Part Ten - Anus Knows Best
INT. ANUS HOUSE. SAME TIME.
In the center of the guest room, Crystallina's curled into herself on the rug. She's wearing a grey sweatsuit, her hair is tied in a messy braid, and she's clutching to the telephone like it's her own child. The receiver continues to ring into her ear as she stares off in space. She barely even blinks.
AKIRA
(off screen, clearly irritated)
Hello?
CRYSTALLINA
Hi Daddy.
AKIRA
(off screen)
Crystallina, we've told you a million times not to play with the phone.
CRYSTALLINA
I'm not playing with the fucking phone.
Back at Akira’s end, he’s standing on his side of the bed, still in bra and panties.
AKIRA
...Well w-what do you want? You totally interrupted my song. ...Bitch.
CRYSTALLINA
(off screen)
What’s wrong with you?!
AKIRA
What's wrong with you?
Back in the Anus guestroom, Crystallina remains still, and her eyes lie dead ahead.
CRYSTALLINA
If you must know, everything is wrong with me. I'm exhausted, I'm soar, I'm humiliated, I haven't had privacy all day long, and I'm sick of seeing penguins everywhere I go.
Back at Akira’s end, his eyes wander around the room looking bored.
CRYSTALLINA
(off screen)
...Are you there?
AKIRA
Yes. But I don't understand why you're calling me.
Crystallina abruptly rises from the floor and clenches her free hand.
CRYSTALLINA
I wanna go HOMEEE!
AKIRA
(rolling his eyes)
Sorry Sugar-Nut, but that's just not gonna happen yet.
CRYSTALLINA
Why not?! I-I-If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to punish me!
AKIRA
...Well... you don't know better. Because that's not why you're there, but it is a plus.
CRYSTALLINA
Look... I'm trying to understand where you're coming from, you're my husband and I respect your opinions, but this is not the type of honeymoon I had in mind! I demand an explanation.
AKIRA
...What? "We need a break from you", d-d-didn't cut it?
CRYSTALLINA
You won't believe what Anus had me do today!
AKIRA
(off screen)
Pumpkin, if Anus has anything to do with it it was probably a good reason.
CRYSTALLINA
He had me paint the igloo!
AKIRA
(off screen)
I-I really don't know how to convey my lack of care to you.
CRYSTALLINA
All I did was feed them pork! I thought they would get a laugh out of it, but nooooo.
Back at Akira's house, he's contemplating trying on one of Jennifer's high heels. He's examining the shoe as he absently replies.
AKIRA
Crystallina, you're at the Anuses', not the Gulag. Now, if you don't mind, I really, really need to get back to Daddy Time.
CRYSTALLINA
But-
AKIRA
(roars)
NO.
Crystallina stares at the phone in her hand, dial tone humming. She turns off the phone, throws it, and starts blubbering to herself in the fetal position.
At this time, we’re dramatically cut back to Akira’s bedroom, where he slides across the floor with the continuation of “Stronger”, this time without pants, but a fresh pair of stockings. He dances around the room, trying to treat the lamp by the dresser like a pole, until the music ends and he throws his head back.
The scene cuts again, and he’s swearing some whore-red lipstick on. The messy application brings to mind a cross between Joan Crawford and the Joker. He puts the lipstick down and appraises himself in the mirror.
AKIRA
I'd fuck me.
The beginning of Q. Lazzarus' "Goodbye Horses" begins to play, but stops abruptly when Akira hears the sharp sound of a door opening.
Jennifer sets her stuff down on the countertop. She comes to the sink to wash her hands, appreciates the setting sun outside the kitchen windows, and strolls towards the living room. She flicks on the news when a moment later Akira comes down the stairs. He's wearing nothing out of the usual. He sits down next to her.
AKIRA
I can't believe they still haven't caught that guy.
JENNIFER
I know, it's ridiculous.
AKIRA
You ever noticed the way Judy Lawrence's nose is kind of crooked?
Jennifer eyes the newscaster a moment.
JENNIFER
... I guess. Why does it matter?
AKIRA
I-I-It doesn't, I'm just saying.
JENNIFER
Hmph.
They shuffle in their seats a little.
JENNIFER
I'm gonna change. Be right back.
Jennifer gives him a friendly glance and exits. Akira sucks in his lip when she's completely gone. He continues to watch the news, the voices encompassing the room. Jennifer appears at the top of the stairs in her pajama pants and rejoins him.
JENNIFER
Akira?
AKIRA
Hm?
JENNIFER
Next time you put on my underwear, please don't leave the drawer such a mess. I don't appreciate having to straighten everything out. When I'm looking for something in your stuff, I don't do that to you.
AKIRA
... Okay.
JENNIFER
I know you're not a slob like that.
AKIRA
Okay. Sorry.
INT. ANUS HOUSE. NIGHT.
Crystallina projects the same zombie-like stare as earlier as she brushes her hair while sitting on the bed. Her mouth falls just a bit.
Anus happens to be in the hallway as all the penguin kids hop out of the bathroom after brushing their beaks. He waddles towards her and stops a hesitant distance away.
ANUS
You did a very wonderful job today. I don't think the house has looked this good in five years. Maybe ten.
Crystallina slowly shifts her head in his direction and stares at him with a gaping mouth.
ANUS
I know you're tired. But hard work is what builds character. I can already see it growing in you, Crystallina.
Her dead teal eyes blink very slowly at him.
ANUS
Say, how about tomorrow we take you out to the local cinema! T-t-they've got the best popcorn in town...
Crystallina says nothing. She trails the brush away from her hair after one last stroke and sets it hard on the table, the force of it seeming deliberate.
Just then, Anuline pops her head in.
ANULINE
Hey Daddy, we want a bedtime story tonight!
ANUS
Uhh... Uh... Crystallina! How about you tell the story tonight. I bet it would be a lot of fun. You deserve it after today.
Crystallina's eye twitches. A second later, her bed is launched upon by the five Anus children, all eager for a story with shining beady eyes.
She blinks a few times, then smiles crookedly.
CRYSTALLINA
You want a story? Okay, I'll give you a story.
She heads towards the book shelf and pulls out the Lion King. The penguins all snuggle up on her quilt. She clears her throat.
CRYSTALLINA
Once upon a time, there was a little lion cub named Simba who would grow up to be King. But for the time being, he was gonna kill his mommy.
The kids look to each other with uncertainty.
CRYSTALLINA
His mommy had been a bitch for years. Always making him do things he didn't want and arguing with him over the most inane bullshit. She wouldn't let him live a day of his life without nagging and bitching and moaning.
ANULINE
Uhhh... uhh... Crystallina?
CRYSTALLINA
He had already considered lots of ways to do it, but-
ANUS JR.
That's not what's in the book.
Crystallina stops mid-sentence and looks to him.
CRYSTALLINA
Do you wanna hear a story, or do you want to go to bed?
ANURIA
We want to hear a story, we just don't want to hear something that's not true. Since when does Simba want to kill his mommy?!
The other penguin children mumble in agreement.
CRYSTALLINA
...It's the German version. Now shut up, and listen.
Crystallina clears her throat.
ANUS JR.
Fine, then how about a different story?
Crystallina senses Anus Jr.’s authoritative air and rubs her eyes. She goes to the shelf and returns with a different book.
CRYSTALLINA
Once upon a time, Alice wanted to get married and run away with her father, but she got stuck in Wonderland and had to do lots of work and was really pissed off.
Cut.
CRYSTALLINA
Then Snow White's daddy made a miraculous return from fighting in the war, killed off the wicked queen, and they lived happily ever after.
Cut.
King Triton figured out that it was Ariel he loved.
Cut.
And instead of a fairy godmother, Cinderella got a fairy godfather.
Cut.
Crystallina is about to open a hard-bound copy of Oedipus Rex when Anus puts his flipper up in protest.
ANUS
Um, okay, I think that's enough bedtime stories for one night. Why don't you go get your little butts in bed?
The expressions upon the Anus children's faces are nothing short of traumatized. Crystallina had singlehandedly dismantled their precious childhoods and transformed them into incestuous epics. They get up slowly and waddle off to their rooms, less spritely than usual. Crystallina is about to go to her bed when Anus grips her shoulder.
ANUS
Oho, no you don't, Missy.
CRYSTALLINA
What? I only did what you said.
ANUS
I don't remember asking you to make every child's bedtime story into a "Jerry Springer" special.
CRYSTALLINA
(like butter wouldn't melt)
You didn't say not to.
Anus sighs heavily.
ANUS
Just...just go to bed. Smartass.
Crystallina is about to leave, except Anus is still not quite finished.
ANUS
Oh, by the way, I hope your landscaping skills are up to par. We have a backyard with your name all over it.
Crystallina squints her eyes and stands up, just so she can kick the floor.
CRYSTALLINA
Some animal sidekick you are!
He seems a little guilty and slams the door shut.
INT. ANUS HOME. THE NEXT NIGHT.
Anusette takes away Crystallina's finished dinner plate and the kids scramble to the sink to put away their own. She's slumped into her chair when Anus addresses the group.
ANUS
All right, everybody get in the living room so we can do some-a prayin'.
Crystallina doesn't budge.
ANUS
Why don't you join us today, Crystallina? All your hard work earns things, you know.
Crystallina slides the chair out with an obnoxious screech and follows them into the living room.
Cut to: the Anus children on the floor as Anusette reads from the Torah.
ANUSETTE
No, no, it was to prove Abraham's love for God!
ANUSANDER
Well if God's so smart, why didn't he just automatically know how much he loved him?
ANUS
Uh-.
ANUSETTE
Because. He... was tired that day.
CRYSTALLINA
He had a long agonizing fight with Mary about Jesus.
They all turn to her.
ANUSETTE
We don't believe in a Jesus, honey.
CRYSTALLINA
Well I don't believe in a God, but that isn't stopping you guys from talking about him, hm?
ANULINE
(perplexed)
You don't believe in God?
ANUS
Uh-U-Uhhh... of course she does. She meant Jesus.
CRYSTALLINA
No, I meant them all. This whole thing.
ANUS JR.
But it happened.
ANUSANDER
Yeah, these are real stories!
CRYSTALLINA
Pfhahahah! Maybe the German version.
ANUS
Uhhh...
ANURIA
Daddy! Is it true? There might not really be a God?
ANUS
No. There is.
He looks to Crystallina with an angry frown. Crystallina crosses her legs and stares at the crew boredly before Anus leads her out of the room.
ANUS
Crystallina, that is not how you speak in my household.
CRYSTALLINA
What? Now there's no free speech?
ANUS
Not in front of my kids. Now you've gone and confused them. This is the Jewish faith and we take it very seriously here.
CRYSTALLINA
It's not like they have to listen to me. I'm just a kid, after all. What the fuck do I know?
Anus taps his foot angrily.
ANUS
If you keep acting out like this, you will keep getting punished. Me and Anusette operate very differently than your Mommy and Daddy and if one of our own is getting out of line, there are consequences, no matter how many times it happens and no matter how tired we are.
CRYSTALLINA
Aghghpsh. Lead me to the liquor cabinet...
Anus' eyes widen. He hurries out the hallway.
INT. AKIRA AND JENNIFER’S HOUSE. SOON AFTER.
Akira sitting in an arm chair holding a glass of scotch. The TV flashes over him as the images change. Suddenly the telephone starts ringing a ways away from him. He thinks it over a minute, unable to come to terms with the fact that he will have to get up to reach it.
Jennifer comes in from the kitchen and surveys her coach-potato husband as it continues to ring. She grumbles to herself and picks up the phone.
JENNIFER
Hello? ...Oh, hi Anus. (pause) Yeah, tomorrow, what about it? (pause) I-I-I guess. Yeah sure, that's fine- No, I agree with you. (pause) ...Okay. If you think you can handle it, yes. (pause) That sounds like a good idea. I'll call you then. Have a good night too.
She hangs up the phone and stares at Akira.
JENNIFER
So apparently Crystallina's being a pain in the ass.
AKIRA
...And this is news because.....
He swishes his wrist a little.
JENNIFER
Well I feel a little bad about it. They shouldn't have to put up with that. I thought she would have a good time with the Anuses, but apparently she's just been getting herself in trouble.
AKIRA
Oh, so that's why she called me yesterday.
JENNIFER
Anus wants to keep her there.
AKIRA
... Who would want that child?
JENNIFER
Akira, would you stop with the harsh remarks? I don't find it funny. He would like to teach her a lesson or two and I want to believe she will come back with a little more respect for us.
AKIRA
Okay. Cool.
Jennifer hovers in front of the TV a little longer. Akira leans to his right to get a better view.
JENNIFER
Yeah. Cool.
She heads out of the room.
(10pgs)
Enjoy.
CRYSTAL PALACE 3
Part Ten - Anus Knows Best
INT. ANUS HOUSE. SAME TIME.
In the center of the guest room, Crystallina's curled into herself on the rug. She's wearing a grey sweatsuit, her hair is tied in a messy braid, and she's clutching to the telephone like it's her own child. The receiver continues to ring into her ear as she stares off in space. She barely even blinks.
AKIRA
(off screen, clearly irritated)
Hello?
CRYSTALLINA
Hi Daddy.
AKIRA
(off screen)
Crystallina, we've told you a million times not to play with the phone.
CRYSTALLINA
I'm not playing with the fucking phone.
Back at Akira’s end, he’s standing on his side of the bed, still in bra and panties.
AKIRA
...Well w-what do you want? You totally interrupted my song. ...Bitch.
CRYSTALLINA
(off screen)
What’s wrong with you?!
AKIRA
What's wrong with you?
Back in the Anus guestroom, Crystallina remains still, and her eyes lie dead ahead.
CRYSTALLINA
If you must know, everything is wrong with me. I'm exhausted, I'm soar, I'm humiliated, I haven't had privacy all day long, and I'm sick of seeing penguins everywhere I go.
Back at Akira’s end, his eyes wander around the room looking bored.
CRYSTALLINA
(off screen)
...Are you there?
AKIRA
Yes. But I don't understand why you're calling me.
Crystallina abruptly rises from the floor and clenches her free hand.
CRYSTALLINA
I wanna go HOMEEE!
AKIRA
(rolling his eyes)
Sorry Sugar-Nut, but that's just not gonna happen yet.
CRYSTALLINA
Why not?! I-I-If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to punish me!
AKIRA
...Well... you don't know better. Because that's not why you're there, but it is a plus.
CRYSTALLINA
Look... I'm trying to understand where you're coming from, you're my husband and I respect your opinions, but this is not the type of honeymoon I had in mind! I demand an explanation.
AKIRA
...What? "We need a break from you", d-d-didn't cut it?
CRYSTALLINA
You won't believe what Anus had me do today!
AKIRA
(off screen)
Pumpkin, if Anus has anything to do with it it was probably a good reason.
CRYSTALLINA
He had me paint the igloo!
AKIRA
(off screen)
I-I really don't know how to convey my lack of care to you.
CRYSTALLINA
All I did was feed them pork! I thought they would get a laugh out of it, but nooooo.
Back at Akira's house, he's contemplating trying on one of Jennifer's high heels. He's examining the shoe as he absently replies.
AKIRA
Crystallina, you're at the Anuses', not the Gulag. Now, if you don't mind, I really, really need to get back to Daddy Time.
CRYSTALLINA
But-
AKIRA
(roars)
NO.
Crystallina stares at the phone in her hand, dial tone humming. She turns off the phone, throws it, and starts blubbering to herself in the fetal position.
At this time, we’re dramatically cut back to Akira’s bedroom, where he slides across the floor with the continuation of “Stronger”, this time without pants, but a fresh pair of stockings. He dances around the room, trying to treat the lamp by the dresser like a pole, until the music ends and he throws his head back.
The scene cuts again, and he’s swearing some whore-red lipstick on. The messy application brings to mind a cross between Joan Crawford and the Joker. He puts the lipstick down and appraises himself in the mirror.
AKIRA
I'd fuck me.
The beginning of Q. Lazzarus' "Goodbye Horses" begins to play, but stops abruptly when Akira hears the sharp sound of a door opening.
Jennifer sets her stuff down on the countertop. She comes to the sink to wash her hands, appreciates the setting sun outside the kitchen windows, and strolls towards the living room. She flicks on the news when a moment later Akira comes down the stairs. He's wearing nothing out of the usual. He sits down next to her.
AKIRA
I can't believe they still haven't caught that guy.
JENNIFER
I know, it's ridiculous.
AKIRA
You ever noticed the way Judy Lawrence's nose is kind of crooked?
Jennifer eyes the newscaster a moment.
JENNIFER
... I guess. Why does it matter?
AKIRA
I-I-It doesn't, I'm just saying.
JENNIFER
Hmph.
They shuffle in their seats a little.
JENNIFER
I'm gonna change. Be right back.
Jennifer gives him a friendly glance and exits. Akira sucks in his lip when she's completely gone. He continues to watch the news, the voices encompassing the room. Jennifer appears at the top of the stairs in her pajama pants and rejoins him.
JENNIFER
Akira?
AKIRA
Hm?
JENNIFER
Next time you put on my underwear, please don't leave the drawer such a mess. I don't appreciate having to straighten everything out. When I'm looking for something in your stuff, I don't do that to you.
AKIRA
... Okay.
JENNIFER
I know you're not a slob like that.
AKIRA
Okay. Sorry.
INT. ANUS HOUSE. NIGHT.
Crystallina projects the same zombie-like stare as earlier as she brushes her hair while sitting on the bed. Her mouth falls just a bit.
Anus happens to be in the hallway as all the penguin kids hop out of the bathroom after brushing their beaks. He waddles towards her and stops a hesitant distance away.
ANUS
You did a very wonderful job today. I don't think the house has looked this good in five years. Maybe ten.
Crystallina slowly shifts her head in his direction and stares at him with a gaping mouth.
ANUS
I know you're tired. But hard work is what builds character. I can already see it growing in you, Crystallina.
Her dead teal eyes blink very slowly at him.
ANUS
Say, how about tomorrow we take you out to the local cinema! T-t-they've got the best popcorn in town...
Crystallina says nothing. She trails the brush away from her hair after one last stroke and sets it hard on the table, the force of it seeming deliberate.
Just then, Anuline pops her head in.
ANULINE
Hey Daddy, we want a bedtime story tonight!
ANUS
Uhh... Uh... Crystallina! How about you tell the story tonight. I bet it would be a lot of fun. You deserve it after today.
Crystallina's eye twitches. A second later, her bed is launched upon by the five Anus children, all eager for a story with shining beady eyes.
She blinks a few times, then smiles crookedly.
CRYSTALLINA
You want a story? Okay, I'll give you a story.
She heads towards the book shelf and pulls out the Lion King. The penguins all snuggle up on her quilt. She clears her throat.
CRYSTALLINA
Once upon a time, there was a little lion cub named Simba who would grow up to be King. But for the time being, he was gonna kill his mommy.
The kids look to each other with uncertainty.
CRYSTALLINA
His mommy had been a bitch for years. Always making him do things he didn't want and arguing with him over the most inane bullshit. She wouldn't let him live a day of his life without nagging and bitching and moaning.
ANULINE
Uhhh... uhh... Crystallina?
CRYSTALLINA
He had already considered lots of ways to do it, but-
ANUS JR.
That's not what's in the book.
Crystallina stops mid-sentence and looks to him.
CRYSTALLINA
Do you wanna hear a story, or do you want to go to bed?
ANURIA
We want to hear a story, we just don't want to hear something that's not true. Since when does Simba want to kill his mommy?!
The other penguin children mumble in agreement.
CRYSTALLINA
...It's the German version. Now shut up, and listen.
Crystallina clears her throat.
ANUS JR.
Fine, then how about a different story?
Crystallina senses Anus Jr.’s authoritative air and rubs her eyes. She goes to the shelf and returns with a different book.
CRYSTALLINA
Once upon a time, Alice wanted to get married and run away with her father, but she got stuck in Wonderland and had to do lots of work and was really pissed off.
Cut.
CRYSTALLINA
Then Snow White's daddy made a miraculous return from fighting in the war, killed off the wicked queen, and they lived happily ever after.
Cut.
King Triton figured out that it was Ariel he loved.
Cut.
And instead of a fairy godmother, Cinderella got a fairy godfather.
Cut.
Crystallina is about to open a hard-bound copy of Oedipus Rex when Anus puts his flipper up in protest.
ANUS
Um, okay, I think that's enough bedtime stories for one night. Why don't you go get your little butts in bed?
The expressions upon the Anus children's faces are nothing short of traumatized. Crystallina had singlehandedly dismantled their precious childhoods and transformed them into incestuous epics. They get up slowly and waddle off to their rooms, less spritely than usual. Crystallina is about to go to her bed when Anus grips her shoulder.
ANUS
Oho, no you don't, Missy.
CRYSTALLINA
What? I only did what you said.
ANUS
I don't remember asking you to make every child's bedtime story into a "Jerry Springer" special.
CRYSTALLINA
(like butter wouldn't melt)
You didn't say not to.
Anus sighs heavily.
ANUS
Just...just go to bed. Smartass.
Crystallina is about to leave, except Anus is still not quite finished.
ANUS
Oh, by the way, I hope your landscaping skills are up to par. We have a backyard with your name all over it.
Crystallina squints her eyes and stands up, just so she can kick the floor.
CRYSTALLINA
Some animal sidekick you are!
He seems a little guilty and slams the door shut.
INT. ANUS HOME. THE NEXT NIGHT.
Anusette takes away Crystallina's finished dinner plate and the kids scramble to the sink to put away their own. She's slumped into her chair when Anus addresses the group.
ANUS
All right, everybody get in the living room so we can do some-a prayin'.
Crystallina doesn't budge.
ANUS
Why don't you join us today, Crystallina? All your hard work earns things, you know.
Crystallina slides the chair out with an obnoxious screech and follows them into the living room.
Cut to: the Anus children on the floor as Anusette reads from the Torah.
ANUSETTE
No, no, it was to prove Abraham's love for God!
ANUSANDER
Well if God's so smart, why didn't he just automatically know how much he loved him?
ANUS
Uh-.
ANUSETTE
Because. He... was tired that day.
CRYSTALLINA
He had a long agonizing fight with Mary about Jesus.
They all turn to her.
ANUSETTE
We don't believe in a Jesus, honey.
CRYSTALLINA
Well I don't believe in a God, but that isn't stopping you guys from talking about him, hm?
ANULINE
(perplexed)
You don't believe in God?
ANUS
Uh-U-Uhhh... of course she does. She meant Jesus.
CRYSTALLINA
No, I meant them all. This whole thing.
ANUS JR.
But it happened.
ANUSANDER
Yeah, these are real stories!
CRYSTALLINA
Pfhahahah! Maybe the German version.
ANUS
Uhhh...
ANURIA
Daddy! Is it true? There might not really be a God?
ANUS
No. There is.
He looks to Crystallina with an angry frown. Crystallina crosses her legs and stares at the crew boredly before Anus leads her out of the room.
ANUS
Crystallina, that is not how you speak in my household.
CRYSTALLINA
What? Now there's no free speech?
ANUS
Not in front of my kids. Now you've gone and confused them. This is the Jewish faith and we take it very seriously here.
CRYSTALLINA
It's not like they have to listen to me. I'm just a kid, after all. What the fuck do I know?
Anus taps his foot angrily.
ANUS
If you keep acting out like this, you will keep getting punished. Me and Anusette operate very differently than your Mommy and Daddy and if one of our own is getting out of line, there are consequences, no matter how many times it happens and no matter how tired we are.
CRYSTALLINA
Aghghpsh. Lead me to the liquor cabinet...
Anus' eyes widen. He hurries out the hallway.
INT. AKIRA AND JENNIFER’S HOUSE. SOON AFTER.
Akira sitting in an arm chair holding a glass of scotch. The TV flashes over him as the images change. Suddenly the telephone starts ringing a ways away from him. He thinks it over a minute, unable to come to terms with the fact that he will have to get up to reach it.
Jennifer comes in from the kitchen and surveys her coach-potato husband as it continues to ring. She grumbles to herself and picks up the phone.
JENNIFER
Hello? ...Oh, hi Anus. (pause) Yeah, tomorrow, what about it? (pause) I-I-I guess. Yeah sure, that's fine- No, I agree with you. (pause) ...Okay. If you think you can handle it, yes. (pause) That sounds like a good idea. I'll call you then. Have a good night too.
She hangs up the phone and stares at Akira.
JENNIFER
So apparently Crystallina's being a pain in the ass.
AKIRA
...And this is news because.....
He swishes his wrist a little.
JENNIFER
Well I feel a little bad about it. They shouldn't have to put up with that. I thought she would have a good time with the Anuses, but apparently she's just been getting herself in trouble.
AKIRA
Oh, so that's why she called me yesterday.
JENNIFER
Anus wants to keep her there.
AKIRA
... Who would want that child?
JENNIFER
Akira, would you stop with the harsh remarks? I don't find it funny. He would like to teach her a lesson or two and I want to believe she will come back with a little more respect for us.
AKIRA
Okay. Cool.
Jennifer hovers in front of the TV a little longer. Akira leans to his right to get a better view.
JENNIFER
Yeah. Cool.
She heads out of the room.
(10pgs)