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Title: Run Judy Run

Series: Chronicle

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: 

PAGE 1

The Planner constantly broadcasts on view screens throughout most of the story. Very big brother.


1 
Hundreds of cloaked workers sit at huge narrow benches in a dining room. Visible to all is a vast view screen with a single head shot of the Planner

PLANNER: GOOD MORNING VIBRANT WORKERS. QUOTAS ARE SLIPPING, SO TO CATCH UP WE WILL HAVE TO WORK AN EXTRA HOUR TODAY. WE DESPERATELY NEED THESE MINERALS TO FUEL THE TERRAFORMING BEFORE WE CAN RETURN TO THE SURFACE.


2 
A line of workers shuffle their way on a long trek from the dining room to the mines where they work. View screens with the Planner's image are always sin the background.

PLANNER: PLEASE OBSERVE THE BAN ON DAYTIME POWER CONSUMPTION. EVERY UNIT WE SAVE GOES TOWARDS FINISHING OUR EDEN.


3 
In the mine the workers hand chisel out minerals, pushing railway carts. A weakened worker is shot by a laser, falling to the ground. There can be seen to be a few unmarked graves

PLANNER: WORKER 3777 HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES FOR NOT MEETING HIS OBJECTIVES. ALL THOSE BEHIND HIM ARE NOW PROMOTED 1 STATUS UNIT


4 
Worker 4103 pushing a cart, is suffering from exhaustion

PLANNER: WE ALL WORK FOR OUR FUTURE

4103: GASP, PANT


5 
In a secluded corner 4103 collapses

PLANNER: ... OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE AND

4103: HAVEN'T BEEN ANY OF THEM FOR DECADES


6 
Out of a dark bottom right corner of the page crawls a baby

PLANNER: .. THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE

4103: WHAT THE!

PAGE 2


1 
Hidden from the Planner' eyes 4103 cuddles the baby

4103: AH JUST LIKE MY OWN DAUGHTER ALL THOSE YEARS AGO


2 
4103 pushes the baby in his cart with a robe draped over it to hide it's contents

4103: THIS IS NO PLACE FOR ANYONE WITH AS MUCH JOY AS YOU HAVE TO GIVE


3 
4103 pushes the cart straight into a menacing group of workers lead by 9881

9881: SO WHAT HAVE GOT HERE THEN 4103?


4 
Looking out of the cart from the baby's point of view five heads are peering in

7773: SMELL THAT

4103: IT'S A BABY

9881: DON'T LOOK LIKE IT CAN DO MUCH WORK

2949: IT AINT HAVING ANY OF MY RATIONS


5 
Looking into the cart from above the baby is visible as the five heads peer in

9881: WE CANT AFFORD A WORKER THAT CANT SUPPORT ITSELF

4103: ITS ONLY A YOUNGSTER

2949: WE'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO LIVE ON THE SURFACE

7773: THEY'LL BE NO PLACE FOR SMELLS LIKE THAT UP THERE


6 
4103 is being beaten up

9881: DESTROY THE SOURCE OF INFECTION

4103: NO PRESERVE THE INNOCENCE


7 
The workers ascend on the railway truck but the baby is missing

9881: ITS GONE BAD LUCK IS UPON US

2949: THE PARASITE LIVES


8 
4103 stands up from his beating bundles the baby and leaps past the mob pushing the baby through the hole. An embroidered nappy pin comes off in his hands

2949: 4103'S GOT HER

7773: HES'S MAKING A BREAK FOR IT

4103: RUN DEAR RUN

PAGE 3


1 
4103 sits in a home made secret shrine hewn out of rock surrounding the hole where she has appeared. The dropped pin as pride of place around his sketches of the baby.

Caption: IN THE VIS IT'S AFTERMATH THE PLAN LONGER DRIVES 4103. HE SEEKS SOLACE IN HIS MEMORIES


2 
An empty place in the dinning room where 4103 used to sit

Caption: HE SITS ALONE IN A VIGIL, UNABLE TO JOIN HER


3 
A circular insert seeing his food being eaten by others

Caption: HES HUNGERS ONLY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE IS SAFE


4 
Judy reappears, with a new nappy pin

Caption: HE IS REWARDED DAYS LATER

Oh my dear


5 
Judy reappears aged 3 years with a pin in her bunches

Caption: AND THE DAYS BECOME WEEKS

4103: CALL ME UNCLE


6 
The girl reappears aged 9 years with a pin in her ponytail

JUDY: &**&^

4103: SOUNDS LIKE JUDY

Caption: THE WEEKS BECOME MONTHS


7 
The girl reappears aged 17 years with a pin in her pony tail

Caption: AND THE MONTHS BECOME YEARS


8 
Athletic training throwing the hammer

Caption: 4103 REALISES THIS IS THE REAL FUTURE AND NOT THE PLANNER'S TERRAFORMING


9 
Athletic training running

Caption: THEIR TIME TOGETHER ALL TOO SHORT


10 
Athletic training hanging from bars

Caption: SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES


11 
She returns holding a trophy

Caption: BUT UNITED THROUGH PHYSICAL ENDURANCE

PAGE 4


1 
Judy hands the trophy to 4103

Caption: THIS SYMBOL IS THE SAME AS YOUR PIN THIS TROPHY HAS BEEN AWARDED TO YOU


2 
He inspects the trophy

4103: A POSED FIGURE, 'VICTOR LUDORUM', IT LOOKS LIKE A REWARD FOR COMPETING


3 
Herding Judy off to the dinning room

4103: INTERESTING COME DON'T BE AFRAID THIS WE MUST TELL THEM.


4 
4103 and Judy stand in front of the dinning room crowds obscuring Planner's view screen. 4103 hoists the trophy high

4103: ATTENTION FELLOWS. THIS IS THE BABY YOU CAST OUT 17 CYCLES AGO, SHE IS NOW REGARDED BY HER RACE AS A SUPERIOR BEING. THE PRIZE SHE HOLDS IS MADE OF A MATERIAL WE MINE. ITS USES INDICATES IT IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY HER RACE. THE PLAN IS A CON WE ARE MINING SLAVES.

7773: HER SMELL HAS IMPROVED

9881: THE PARASITE LIVES


5 
Judy sees the crowd becomes unruly

4103: IM LOSING THEM JUDY


6 
Judy runs with a mining hammer through the dining room

4103: DO SOMETHING


7 
An insert of different perspective to show her approaching the Planner's screen

Caption: THIS IS WHERE SHE TRAINED, SHE OWES HER ACHIEVEMENTS TO THESE UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE, SHE WILL NOT, CAN NOT, FAIL THEM


8 
She launches the hammer in a long fluid movement

PAGE 5

The hammers hits and shatters the Planner's

Caption: CRACK! SPLINTER!

7773: I WAS WATCHING THAT


1 
The workers look in silence to 4103 on the right


2 
The workers look in silence to Judy on the left

9881: SHE HAS DESTROYED THE PLANNER AND OUR DREAM. WE NEED TO SACRIFICE HER TO THE TERRAFORMERS


3 
4103 is beaten up whilst Judy is chased by the mob

9881: WHO WILL PLAN THE PLAN NOW

7773: I HATE IT WHEN A PLAN FALLS APART

4103: RUN JUDY RUN

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