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Day 12 Assignments
Reply to post assignment.
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Rob Springfield’s Finish Act 1
What I learned is by engaging in speed writing the freedom to write without criticism presents itself.
Outlined scenes left to write in Act 1
INT. MARK HOME – KITCHEN – DAY
BEGINNING: At breakfast Mark and his dad exchange words as his sister instigates and his mom tries to diffuse the matter.
MIDDLE: Mark sees a poker chip fall out of Jeff’s pocket. Mark slyly grabs it and continues to ignore Jeff as he gets angrier.
END: Mark wishes that the family had to depend on him. Everyone scoffs at his comment.
INT. SOFTWARE LABORATORY – DAY
BEGINNING: Dr. Green and John Stein argue over Mark working at the laboratory.
MIDDLE: Mark eavesdrops and hears the entire dispute about their problem from the past.
END: John Stein pulls funding on the app project and storms out of the laboratory.
INT. MANNY’S MANSION – DAY
BEGINNING: While playing poker, Jeff loses big to Manny. He begins asking for 50 grand markers.
MIDDLE: Jeff loses a total of 150 grand. Manny lets him know it can only be settled by embezzlement from an account where Jeff works.
END: Jeff realizes that Manny might be a gangster and that he is in big trouble.
INT. MARK HOME -DAY
BEGINNING: Jeff storms in and tells Julie and Ann to pack their suitcase to go on a vacation.
MIDDLE: Jeff hurriedly slings bags in the trunk of the car.
END: As Jeff and the family start to leave a van pulls up and does a drive by shooting on them. They escape the gunfire.
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Bob Rowen’s Finished Act 1
What I learned doing this assignment is the value of outlining each scene and using the 20% daft approach to keep moving forward.
FADE IN
EXT. PGE MAIN EUREKA OFFICE – MORNING
VIRGIL PRATER (mid-20s) stands in front of the PGE building gazing at the Reddy Kilowatt logo, shrugs his shoulders then enters.
INT. PGE OFFICE RECEPTION AREA – CONTINUOUS
VIRGIL
I’m looking for the personnel office.
RECEPTIONIST
Down the hallway, second door on the left.
VIRGIL
Thank you.
INT. PGE PERSONNEL OFFICE – CONTINUOUS
SECRETARY
Can I help you?
VIRGIL
Yes, Ma’am. I’d like to fill out an application for work.
SECRETARY
We don’t have any openings right now.
VIRGIL
That’s what I’ve heard but I would still like to fill out an application so you’d have it on file should something come open.
SECRETARY
Well, okay.
The secretary hands Virgil an application and he starts filling it out as he stands at the counter.
VIRGIL
I’m finished with this. Now I’d appreciate the opportunity to take the pre-employment test.
SECRETARY
Like I said, we don’t have any openings right now.
VIRGIL
I know but I’d still like to —
The personnel manager enters.
SECRETARY
(interrupts)
This gentleman has completed an completed an application and now he wants to take a pre-employment test. I’ve already told him we don’t have openings.
The personnel manager picks up Virgil’s application and glances at it.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Ex-military?
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
The personnel manager looks at his watch.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Why not? Come on into my office.
Virgil follows behind the manager who is still reading over Virgil’s application.
INT. PERSONNEL MANAGER’S OFFICE -CONTINUOUS
PERSONAL MANAGER
Ex-Marine?
VIRGIL
Former Marine. Yes, Sir.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Oh, that’s right. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
Virgil smiled and nodded his agreement.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Let’s get started with your test. There’s a short essay section, lots of math, and a pattern analysis section. Some portions of it are timed. And there is a dexterity test at the end of it.
PERSONAL MANAGER
You ready? Need to use the rest room first?
VIRGIL
No, Sir.
Virgil finishes the test. While the personnel manager scores it, Virgil views the pictures and plaques on the walls.
PERSONAL MANAGER
You did extremely well on all the tests. In fact the best I’ve seen. Where to you see yourself in five years?
Virgil points to an artist rendering of the atomic plant under construction hanging on the wall behind the manager.
VIRGIL
Right there!
PERSONAL MANAGER
Why there, if I may ask?
VIRGIL
Because I believe nuclear power is the panacea to the emerging energy crisis.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Tell you what. Why don’t you go to lunch, I’ve got a couple of calls to make, and we can get back together, let’s say at 2 this afternoon.
VIRGIL
Sounds good. I’ll be back and on time.
INT. PERSONNEL OFFICE – AFTERNOON
Virgil enters the personnel office and the secretary motions for him to go directly into the manager’s office.
SECRETARY
He’s expecting you.
PERSONAL MANAGER
How was lunch?
VIRGIL
Great.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Take a seat. We’ve got some things to talk about.
Virgil sits down at the conference table in front of the manager’s desk.
PERSONAL MANAGER
Are you willing to start at the bottom of the ole proverbial food chain?
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
PERSONAL MANAGER
You know we don’t have any openings at the present time but I can get you into the line department as a laborer until something more suitable comes available. You game for that?
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
PERSONAL MANAGER
All new employees have a six months probationary period before they become permanent. You okay with that?
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
PERSONAL MANAGER
When can you start?
VIRGIL
I need to give my current employer two weeks notice. Any time after that.
PERSONAL MANAGER
That would be fine. Let’s go with the first Monday in March as your start date. You will be reporting to Paul Grinsell. The secretary has some paperwork for you to complete.
INT. ROY’S DINNER HOUSE – NIGHT
Virgil and his wife, Kathryn, are sitting at a candlelit table finishing their glass of wine. KATHRYN (late 20’s) is gazing at Virgil with great curiosity.
KATHRYN
How much longer are you going to keep me in the dark?
VIRGIL
Well, I guess this is as good a time as any. I only have two weeks left at the saw mill.
KATHRYN
They’re laying you off?
Virgil laughs.
VIRGIL
No honey, nothing like that. I have a new job at PGE working days. No more swing shift hours at the mill.
KATHRYN
That’s fantastic. Now we can have a life.
Virgil pours more merlot in their wineglasses.
VIRGIL
This is Roy’s very best merlot.
KATHRYN
What will you be doing?
VIRGIL
I’ll be starting in the line department at the bottom of the food chain but there will be opportunities for advancement.
The jukebox plays,
VIRGIL
Hey, that’s our song. Can I have this dance?
EXT. SERVICE CENTER – MORNING
Virgil parks his pickup on the Myrtle Street side of the fence and walks into the Service Center yard towards the office and he enters it.
INT. BULLROOM – CONTINUOUS
VIRGIL
Where can I find Paul Grinsell.
EMPLOYEE
Who wants to know?
VIRGIL
I’m a new employee and was told to report to him this morning.
EMPLOYEE
That’s him right over there.
Virgil walks over to PAUL GRINSELL (late 50s), they chat briefly, and continue to talk as they walk out to Paul’s PGE truck.
EXT. GRINSELL’S TRUCK – CONTINUOUS
GRINSELL
Don’t worry about that, he’s just razzing you a bit, you being new and all. You may as well expect a little hazing, it’s a traditional ritual around here.
VIRGIL
I don’t take kindly to that sort of crap.
GRINSELL
I suggest you just go with it because I’ve heard you’re not going to be here very long.
VIRGIL
What do you mean I’m not going to be here very long?
GRINSELL
The scuttlebutt in the front office has it that you’re only here temporarily until there’s a position for you at the power plant. You don’t know anything about that?
VIRGIL
No, Sir.
Grinsell opens a side bin to his truck and takes out a canvas bag with a leather bottom.
GRINSELL
Here, this is a grunt bucket. Your first assignment is to pick up litter around the yard and the warehouse loading docks.
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
GRINSELL
You don’t need to keep siring me.
Virgil nods and starts out on his assignment. As Virgil approaches the loading docks, a lineman throws his cigarette down and uses the toe of his boot to put it out, all the while looking directly at Virgil. Virgil walks on past the butt.
LINEMAN
Hey grunt, you missed something.
Virgil turns around and looks directly at the lineman.
VIRGIL
Nope. You threw it down, you can pick it up.
Virgil turns around and walks away.
INT. BULLROOM – LATE AFTERNOON
GRINSELL
I heard what happened at the loading docks this morning. That’s not good. A little hazing of newbies is traditional around here.
VIRGIL
He was being a bully. I don’t cotton to bullies and I don’t like that asshole very much.
GRINSELL
I think you need to mellow if you want to make it into the power plant.
VIRGIL
I’ll give it my best shot. I just hope I can avoid that jerk.
GRINSELL
I’ll do what I can as well.
INT. KITCHEN – EVENING
Virgil enters and finds Kathryn busy with dinner.
KATHRYN
How are you liking PGE?
VIRGIL
Great. And I love working outside almost as much as I love you.
Virgil gently pulls her away from the stove and they embrace.
EXT. GRINSELL’S TRUCK – MORNING
Virgil puts his lunchpail in Grinsell’s truck. Grinsell comes out of the washroom.
GRINSELL
Sorry I’m late. Had to see a man about a horse. Grab your lunchpail and report to Connolly’s crew. You’ve been assigned to help out on a big job downtown.
VIRGIL
Connolly’s crew? That’s the crew that Kenny asshole is on. Thought you were going to help me stay away from him.
GRINSELL
Sorry Virgil but this decision came from higher ups.
EXT. ALLEY – EARLY AFTERNOON
Virgil is on the ground by the line truck working the grunt line. Lineman Kenny (late 30s)is up on a 60 foot power pole preparing the rigging for raising a transformer. Kenny barks down an order to Virgil.
KENNY
Set up the niggerhead.
Virgil ignores Kenny. Kenny hollers down same order again and Virgil again ignores him. At this point Kenny comes down the pole breathing fire. Virgil squares up on the approaching Kenny who is yelling obscenities. Virgil is now glaring at Kenny and standing his ground.
KENNY
What the hell is wrong with you. I want the niggerhead set up.
Virgil just shakes his head.
A growing group of bystanders are watching.
KENNY
Do you know what a niggerhead is?
VIRGIL
Nope, but I know what you want.
KENNY
What’s that?
VIRGIL
I think you want a bull wheel so I can get that transformer up to you.
KENNY
Quit playing fucking games.
VIRGIL
I’m not playing games. You call it by its right name, quit your swearing, and I’ll set it up. End of discussion!
Kenny looks at the assembled bystanders and sees the general foreman approaching.
KENNY
Okay, please set up the bull wheel.
VIRGIL
Will do.
INT. BULLROOM – MORNING
Virgil walks into the bullroom and Grinsell is waiting for him. Grinsell motions for him to follow. They leave the bullroom together.
EXT. GRINSELL’S TRUCK – CONTINUOUS
Virgil and Grinsell are standing in front of Grinsell’s truck.
VIRGIL
What’s up?
GRINSELL
Didn’t want to talk in there. What happened last week on Connolly’s crew created quite a stir.
VIRGIL
Well, I wasn’t going to be party to that asshole’s bullshit, especially in clear public view.
GRINSELL
Someone in the general public must’ve pulled some political strings with the PGE higher ups and saved your ass.
VIRGIL
So what does that mean?
GRINSELL
I was initially told you weren’t going to make it past your probationary period. Then late yesterday I got the word you’re to go report to our service center manager first thing this morning.
VIRGIL
This morning?
GRINSELL
Yessiree, this morning.
Virgil is standing at the door of the manager’s office.
MANAGER
Good morning, Mr. Prater. Come in. I have what might be good news for you. You’re being offered a position at our power plant.
VIRGIL
Thank you, sir. What kind of position are we talking about?
MANAGER
Don’t thank me, I didn’t have anything to do with it. And I don’t exactly know what the position is but it’s in the instrument repair department of Units 1 and 2. You have until Thursday to decide. If you accept the offer, report to Mr. Chaffee at the power plant Thursday morning. If not, report back to work here as usual.
INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT
Virgil and Kathryn are laying in bed. Virgil is showing his wife that he’s in a playful mood. Then his actual intent is revealed.
VIRGIL
I have some exciting news.
KATHRYN
What is it?
VIRGIL
I’ve been offered a position at the power plant.
KATHRYN
At the nuclear unit?
VIRGIL
No. It’s in the instrument shop for Units 1 and 2. The nuclear unit is called Unit 3.
KATHRYN
Oh, so you wouldn’t have anything to do with the nuclear unit?
Virgil doesn’t answer right away.
KATHRYN
Well?
VIRGIL
I probably would.
KATHRYN
You mean you hope so, Right?
VIRGIL
Yeah, I guess so.
KATHRYN
I don’t want you working in the nuclear unit!
VIRGIL
Why? It’s what I want to do because it’s a career opportunity of a lifetime.
KATHRYN
I knew it!
Kathryn storms out of the bedroom. Virgil finds Kathryn on the couch in the front room.
INT. LIVING ROOM – CONTINUOUS
VIRGIL
What are you doing in here?
KATHRYN
We agreed never to take an argument to bed.
VIRGIL
Okay. Yes,I agree, so I think we need to talk about this. Why are to opposed to my working at the power plant.
KATHRYN
It’s simple, Virgil. Working there is too dangerous because of exposure to radiation.
VIRGIL
I was trained in ABC Warfare in the Marines. I know how to work safely around radiation. And besides, civilian nuclear plants are strictly regulated by the Atomic Energy Commission to ensure safety.
KATHRYN
You’re so damn stubborn! I disagree with you because I know you’re wrong!”
VIRGIL
Honey, I’m going to make you a promise. If I ever get to work in the nuclear unit and it becomes a place too dangerous to work in, I will flat-out quit.
EXT. PARKING LOT – MORNING
Virgil pulls his old pickup into a parking space for visitors. He enters the office,
FRONT OFFICE SECRETARY
Can I help you?
VIRGIL
My name is Virgil Prater and I’m looking for Mr. Robert Chaffee.
FRONT OFFICE SECRETARY
Yes, he’s expecting you Mr. Prater but he is in a meeting right now so take a seat. Would you like a cup of coffee?
VIRGIL
No ma’am, I’m fine.
Virgil reads the PGE literature on nuclear power while he waits. Robert Chaffee (early 40s) enters the office.
CHAFFEE
Good morning. You’re Virgil Prater?
VIRGIL
Yes, Sir.
CHAFFEE
I’ve been in a meeting that I’ve got to get back to. We can get better acquainted later. Meanwhile, I’m going to take you down to the instrument shop and introduce to our instrument repairman who will show you around. Come with me.
Virgil follows Chaffee down a long hallway, past a very large film badge rack, and to the instrument shop.
CHAFFEE
This is our instrument shop for Units 1 and 2.
They enter.
CHAFFEE
This is Jim McCrea. Our instrument repairman. You fellows get to know each other and McCrea will then show you around.
Chaffee leaves the shop.
MCCREA
Have a sit down. I know a little about you. You were in the Marines, you’ve spent some time in the line department working with Paul Grinsell, and you want to work in Unit 3. How’s Grinsell to work for?
VIRGIL
He’s great. I’ve enjoyed my time with him and I learned a lot about the Company. And Grinsell pulled me out of a couple of pickles I put myself in and I’m truly grateful for that.
MCCREA
As you already know, this is the instrument shop for our Fossil Fuel Units 1 and 2 and where you’ll be working, I guess, until something opens up for you in Unit 3. We call it the cold instrument shop. This shop installs, maintains, and repairs all the instrumentation that keeps Units 1 and 2 on-line.
VIRGIL
Do you ever do any work in Unit 3?
MCCREA
As little a possible but I do sometimes go over there when I’m needed.
COLD INSTRUMENT SHOP – LUNCHTIME
Their conversation is interrupted as the Unit 1 door swings open with a bang. FOREST WILLIAMS (early 30s) enters.
MCCREA
Virgil, I’d like for you to meet Forrest Williams. You two guys have a lot in common.
FORREST
How so?
MCCREA
You’re both ex-military and you both want to get into the nuclear unit.
FORREST
Only because that’s going to get me a bigger paycheck. So what’s your story, Virgil?
VIRGIL
I believe nuclear energy is the power source of the future and I want to get in on the ground floor of it.
FORREST
What branch of service were you in?
VIRGIL
Marines. How about you?
FORREST
Navy. I was on a sea rescue tug in the Pacific Proving Grounds during the mid-fifties where we were blowing up islands in the South Pacific. And what makes you think nuclear energy is the power source of the future?
VIRGIL
It’s safe, clean, and economical and we’re running out of fossil fuel.
FORREST
Yeah, sure, that’s the Company’s bullshit propaganda line! It’s really none of those things.
3 MONTHS LATER
INT. COLD INSTRUMENT SHOP – MORNING
Virgil enters the cold instrument shop and put his lunchpail in McCrea’s little refrigerator.
MCCREA
Before you get too comfortable, Edgar wants to see you.
VIRGIL
Right now?
MCCREA
Yes, right now.
VIRGIL
Isn’t Edgar in charge of Unit 3.
MCCREA
You might say that.
Virgil immediately leaves and walks down the long hallway to the front office area and stops at an open door with Edgar Weeks’ name on it.
EDGAR
Ah, Mr. Prater, you’re here. Come in and take a seat. How do you like it here?
VIRGIL
Fine, sir. This job is exactly what I was wanting to do.
EDGAR
Working in the cold instrument lab?
VIRGIL
Well, no. Working at the power plant hoping to get into Unit 3.
EDGAR
I see that you’ve already spent a little time over there. How’d you like it?
VIRGIL
Just fine, sir. Just fine. That’s where I ultimately want to be someday.
EDGAR
I’m impressed with your job performance reports and what I’ve heard so I’m transferring you to the CT group as an apprentice in Unit 3.
VIRGIL
That’s fantastic news. I wasn’t sure why you wanted to see me.
EDGAR
You’ve got a lot to learn and we want you to hit the ground running. You’ll be burning a lot of mid-night oil for the next 32 months. You okay with that?
VIRGIL
Absolutely! I won’t let you down.
EDGAR
You know, I too believe nuclear energy if the panacea to our emerging energy crisis and it’s my undying mission to see to it that we’re successful here at Humboldt Bay to achieve that goal.
Virgil smiles and nods in agreement.
EDGAR
Okay, go on back to the instrument shop and McCrea will take you over to Unit 3 and formally introduce you to whoever is available.
FALL 1967
Virgil is in the radiochemistry lab performing reactor water analysis. Forrest enters.
VIRGIL
Hey there. What’s going on?
FORREST
Not much. I finished my job in the refueling building and I’m in no hurry to get back to the rad protection desk.
VIRGIL
I gotta tell you that these reactor water samples are getting hotter every day and way beyond what the RWP’s specify.
FORREST
Have you talked to Boots or Allen about it?
VIRGIL
Both! And it’s like the problem is falling on deaf ears.
FORREST
They don’t care about the exposure rates around here so long as we don’t go over our quarterly or annual limits.
Virgil continues with the analysis of his reactor water samples as they talk.
VIRGIL
I remember you saying way back when calling PGE’s claim that nuclear power is safe was pure bullshit, or something like that. If we stay under our exposure limits, what’s the problem?
FORREST
I think you and I need to do a little research outside of PGE’s shit. You up for that?
VIRGIL
Sure.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY – NIGHT
Forrest and Virgil are busy using the card catalogues, going to the shelves, and stacking books on the table. Forrest flings his brief case on the table along side of the assembled books.
FORREST
You’d better get your note pad out and start taking notes.
Virgil responds. And the two of them start feverishly going through the books.
VIRGIL
Hey, listen to this. Here’s a professor at Columbia who says “There is no minimal or safe dose of radiation below which no injury occurs”. That my friend runs counter to PGE’s claim that our occupational limits are safe.
FORREST
Yeah, and the AEC backs them up!
They continue to scan the books moving them from one stack to the next. Suddenly Forrest pulls his copy of PGE’s Radiation Protection Training Manual out of his brief case.
FORREST
Ha, ha. You’ll love this one. This Bowman Gray School of Medicine textbook says, and I quote: “Exposure to radiation over the total body shortens the life span. This is true whether the exposures to radiation are given over short or long periods of time.” Now PGE says on page 25 of its Rad Protection Training Manual that “There is no evidence that shows that continuous low-level irradiation contributes any appreciable amount to life span shortening.
VIRGIL
Are you telling me PGE is lying to its employees?
FORREST
Yep. Here’s the most blatant lie of all. PGE says, “The body has the ability to recover and repair damaged parts. It is capable of replacing cells which are damaged by radiation in the same manner as those damaged by mechanical, heat, or chemical injuries.”
VIRGIL
That’s what I hung my hat on. You know, kinda like a sunburn that heals.
They spend more time browsing the books. Forrest shoves a book over to Virgil.
VIRGIL
What’s this?
FORREST
Go to page 46 and read it to me.
Virgil is puzzled but turns to page 46 and starts reading to himself.
FORREST
No, read it aloud to me.
VIRGIL
Okay. “One of he strangest and most perplexing aspects of radiation is its ability to leave its imprint on tissue in such a way that injury may become manifest after a long period of time known as the latent period,” Is that what you wanted me to read?
FORREST
Go on down to where it starts “The very fact …”
VIRGIL
Here it is. “The very fact that cause and effect are so widely separated in time makes it difficult to enforce strict rules about radiation safety. Frequently men who overexposure themselves develop a cavalier ‘I can take it’ attitude, based upon the lack of immediate ill effects, only to learn years later that they were not immune to damage.” I’ve got the feeling you’ve already perused these books.
Forrest smiles
VIRGIL
These revelations changes everything.
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Harley Grant’s Finish Act 1
What I learned doing this assignment is that finishing is more important that being perfect.
INT. PRIYANKA’S CAR – DUSK
Beginning: Sia asks Priyanka why they had to leave the party so early. Priyanka says that all the fun was over. Sia says that she wanted to dance. Priyanka says that they can dance when they get home.
Middle: Priyanka checks her rearview mirror. She shakes her head. Sia asks what’s wrong. Priyanka explains that she thought she saw someone she knew, but it was a mistake.
End: Priyanka pulls into the driveway of a plain, suburban home. Priyanka parks and immediately Sia opens the car door and runs to the front lawn. She tells Priyanka that it’s time to dance. They begin to twirl around, laughing, and singing old songs.
INT. RICK’S BAR – NIGHT
Beginning: Rick carefully places the letter back in the envelope like it could bite him. (Pauses) He re-opens the envelope and reads the message slowly. Rick shakes his head
Middle: Phone rings. Rick answers. He tells Priyanka to be safe and he will meet her out back.
End: Rick puts the paper in the envelope and carefully hides it under the money slot in the cash register.
INT. JAIL – NIGHT
Beginning: Rohan’s friends come by his cell. One by one they wish him well, hand him notes to pass on to loved ones, and tell him about scores still needing to be settled.
Middle: One inmate, George lingers outside Rohan’s cell. Rohan joins him and they walk down to a common area table. They exchange stories. George hands Rohan a note. Rohan reads it and nods.
End: Rohan stands up. He announces to the general population that George is not to be touched.
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Subject: Arial Burnz’s Finishing Act 1 Scene Outlines
What I learned doing this assignment is…that I was being too hard on myself in the previous assignments. LOL
EXT. COPPER DRAGYN TAVERN – ALLEY – DAY
BEGINNING: Right after Aylen’s encounter with her brutal co-worker, she is approached by a Messenger with a proposition – deliver a wax-sealed letter from a “secret admirer” to the lady-in-waiting of Lady Haera Greymore. Secrecy is paramount and Aylen is paid a large sum, half in advance, and the rest to be paid after delivery.
MIDDLE: Unfortunately, Aylen’s co-worker, Tanyth, is spying on the conversation. When she agrees to the arrangement, she goes into the tavern while Tanyth slips outside to learn more.
END: Tanyth knows the identity of the messenger behind his magical glamor, and he confronts the Messenger, but the Messenger tells Tanyth to mind his own business and leaves us and Tanyth with a hint there might be something more sinister in the letter.
INT. COPPER DRAGYN TAVERN – DAY
BEGINNING: Aylen has tucked her payment and the secret admirer letter away in her personal cupboard for safe-keeping and goes into the main part of the tavern to talk excitedly about her marketing plans.
MIDDLE: Aylen had her best friend Kylantha enchant a bunch of flyers, advertising the tavern business in hopes of driving more customers to the establishment. But while Aylen is talking business, Tanyth sneaks a peek at the letter.
END: Tanyth is never caught reading the letter, and reseals it and puts it back into Aylen’s belongings, unnoticed.
INT. COPPER DRAGYN TAVERN – NIGHT
BEGINNING: The fliers worked! The tavern is packed!
MIDDLE: Business surpasses anything in the history of the establishment because of Aylen. As a result, she is offered a partnership.
END: This pisses Tanyth off, though, who believes he should have been made partner. His distaste for Aylen grows.
EXT. COPPER DRAGYN TAVERN – NIGHT
BEGINNING: Dylan von Shain, Aylen’s boyfriend and childhood friend, shows up at the tavern and says he has a surprise for Aylen.
MIDDLE: Aylen is dismissed and given the next day off – she’s earned it! She tells Dylan about her job offer.
END: Dylan takes a romantic detour while walking her home and proposes marriage – his surprise. This is young love at its finest!
INT. ELCARYN COTTAGE – NIGHT
BEGINNING: Aylen returns home with Dylan to share today’s news with her mother, Cellica.
MIDDLE: Cellica is overjoyed her daughter is so happy. We learn Cellica is sick, suffering from the aftermath of a Nether Moss infection, which she contracted while caring for Aylen’s father/Cellica’s husband who had the same infection. It was fatal for him, though.
END: During the day, Aylen was able to get away to purchase special medicine for Cellica with the money she received from the Messenger. Aylen lies and tells her mother she received a bonus after the amazing lunch rush, which is how she was able to afford the expensive potion. But this is just the beginning. This new job, and being the future wife of a Baron’s son, will finally give Aylen the income to take care of her mother properly.
INT. VON ABEL ESTATE – DAY
BEGINNING: The next day, Aylen shares all her wonderful news with her best friend, Kylantha “Key” von Abel, at their weekly teatime visit.
MIDDLE: Jealous, Key has a difficult time being happy for her friend and cuts their visit short.
END: After Aylen leaves, Key has a tantrum and has Dylan von Shain summoned at once.
INT. VON ABEL ESTATE – NIGHT
BEGINNING: Dylan, his father Baron von Shain, and Key’s father Baron von Abel are subjected to Key’s tantrum over Aylen and Dylan’s engagement.
MIDDLE: Regardless of how much their parents have been pushing Dylan to marry Key since they were children, the final decision is his. He wants to marry for love, not title, and Aylen is his choice. His older brother will inherit the barony, so why should it matter?
END: Dylan leaves no room for argument and leaves.
INT. COPPER DRAGYN TAVERN – NEXT DAY
BEGINNING: Escorted by a personal body guard, Kylantha arrives at the tavern looking for Aylen, but she isn’t there. She has the day off to start her wedding plans.
MIDDLE: This infuriates Key and she storms out. But before she can climb into her carriage, Tanyth has a conversation with her. They both have similar interests – they want Aylen out of the picture.
END: He begins his devious plan by telling Key about Aylen’s mysterious letter from the “secret admirer”…
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