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FADE IN:<\/p>\n

INT. FAVOURED LOCAL CAFE – MID-2006<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

I just read this great story about sentient misanthropic parking meters!<\/p>\n

Our Writer tears his eye from a public library copy of “100 Bullets: The Hard Way”.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

That’s nice, Dear.<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

It’d make a great T.V. series.<\/p>\n

But Her mortal is already back in the Land of Azzarello & Risso.<\/p>\n

CUT TO:<\/p>\n

INT. FORTRESS MAMEA – CHRISTMAS 2007<\/p>\n

Our Writer pulls from his CHRISTMAS STOCKING... a BOOK on sentient parking meters with anger issues and histories of substance abuse.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

Oh. A book on –<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

I know! You should read it!<\/p>\n

CUT TO:<\/p>\n

EXT. BATTLEMENT, FORTRESS MAMEA – LATE 2008<\/p>\n

Our Writer stifles a smile as he turns the last page of his Christmas 2007 gift. He looks at his Goddess surrounded by well-thumbed books, magazines and clippings on renovation, gardening and animal husbandry.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

That was fun.<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

(off Writer’s book cover)<\/p>\n

I knew you’d like it.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

It’d be expensive –<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

But it’s got everything: actuary tables, scene examinations, car chases, gun fights, love scenes –<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

Love scenes?<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

Just checking if you’re listening.<\/p>\n

Writer smirks and thumbs through the book. Just in case.<\/p>\n

CUT TO:<\/p>\n

INT. HOME THEATRE, FORTRESS MAMEA – MID-2009<\/p>\n

ON TELEVISION as credits roll and a ‘mute’ symbol appears in the corner of the screen. We hear a SIGH O.S. as --<\/p>\n

-- our Writer sits on the couch, a glazed look on his face, and heaves another sigh. His Goddess looks up from Her innumerable colour charts, chips and samples.<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

At least everyone involved got paid?<\/p>\n

(beat)<\/p>\n

You’ll never get that hour back?<\/p>\n

(beat)<\/p>\n

But it was character building, yes?<\/p>\n

She puts down a colour card with with names like satin road, sulu, deep blush and royal heath.<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

Say something.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

(slowly and painfully)<\/p>\n

A monkey with both hands super-glued to his genitals, blind from antifreeze addiction and with incipient Parkinsons could have banged out a better script on an Underwood missing half its keys.<\/p>\n

GODDESS<\/p>\n

And what are you going to do about it?<\/p>\n

The Writer pulls out his POWERBOOK and opens it up. <\/p>\n

INSERT POWERBOOK SCREEN<\/p>\n

as the following is typed in: “THE PARKING METER – When broken yellow lines are ignored and P5\/P30\/P60 signs are used as trophyware, who you gonna call?”<\/p>\n

FADE OUT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FADE IN: INT. FAVOURED LOCAL CAFE – MID-2006 GODDESS I just read this great story about sentient misanthropic parking meters! Our Writer tears his eye from a public library copy of “100 Bullets: The Hard Way”. WRITER That’s nice, Dear. GODDESS It’d make a great T.V. series. But Her mortal is already back in the … <\/p>\n

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