Title: Competitors World
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS:
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WOODY: I ONLY INTENDED TO TAKE A SHORT NAP. AFTER CELEBRATING THE AIRING OF AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WOODY: I'D SENT THE TEAM HOME, BRIEFLY CLOSED MY EYES THEN AWOKE TO FIND THE OFFICE EMPTY
Caption: A DESOLATE URBAN AREA
WOODY: INTREPIDLY I VENTURED THROUGH MY NORMALLY CHAOTIC HOUSE, NOTHING, JUST GLORIOUS SILENCE
WOODY: THEN IN THE LIVING ROOM THERE THEY ALL WERE, CONTENT AS WORT FLIES. I TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND WENT FOR AN EARLY NIGHT
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WOODY: IT WAS STILL QUITE WHEN I WOKE SO I JUST SNUCK OUT. UNBELIEVABLY BERNIE AND CABOB HAD MADE IT TO WORK AFTER LAST NIGHT.
WOODY: ITS VERY QUIET
BERNIE: NOT IN MY HEAD
NEWSCASTER: THE MILLENNIUM CONUNDRUM HAS CAUSED GLOBAL PANIC. STORES ARE SOLD OUT AND STREETS ARE EMPTY AS WORKERS STAY AT HOME TO PURSUE IT. IT REMAINS UNSOLVED AND THE MILLION CREDIT PRIZE REMAINS UNCLAIMED.
CABOB: INTERESTING
BERNIE: INDUBITABLY
WOODY: TO THE LIBRARY
WOODY: BERNIE, DEEP BACKGROUND, WHO MAKE IT AND WHERE
WOODY: CABOB, THE ANGLE HUMAN INTEREST WHY AND WHO STANDS TO GAIN WHAT
Caption: AN INSTANT LATER
WOODY: GUYS, YOU'VE GONE AWFULLY QUIET
WOODY: DON'T MAKE ME SHOUT, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ME BACK FOR THAT CREAM COCKTAIL CONGEALING.. GUYS.. GUYS
Caption: IN THE MALE TOILET
WOODY: OH GREAT VACANT AND ENGAGED AT THE SAME TIME
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WOODY: NO OTHER WAY, I'LL TRY THE CONUNDRUM IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. GRACIOUS ME, THAT’S SOME QUEUE
CASHIER: SORRY LOVE SOLD OUT
WOODY: BUT I'VE BEEN QUEUING FOR 9 HOURS
CASHIER: YOU COULD WAIT TIL MORNING, THE QUEUE'S NOT CLOSING
WOODY: MY CONTACTS WON'T LET THEM ME DOWN, FROM MILITARY BASES TO UNDERTONES GIGS.. NO ANSWER.. ANYWHERE
Caption: DESPERATION AND GREED REARS IT'S UGLY HYDRA HEADS
WOODY: GO ONE TAKE IT, YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE IT, THERE'S NO CONUNDRUM IN THERE
WOODY: FAITHFUL CYBER CAFE WITH YOUR RICH LATTES AND YOUR BROADBAND ACCESS YOU WON'T LET ME DOWN.. OH
DEALER: TIMES UP
PUNTER: ONE MORE GO PLEASE
WOODY: THE WEAKEST ON EVERY STREET CORNER WITH THEIR LAST PENNIES
Caption: FACED WITH OVERWHELMING BAD LUCK. I RETURNED HOME AND COULD EVEN FACE THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE STAIRS TO BEDFORDSHIRE.
SON: MUMMY IT'S BROKEN
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Caption: THE NEXT MORNING WAS A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
Sfx: RING
WOODY: ERIC, ANGELA WHAT'S GOING DOWN?
Caption: WE WERE FROG MARCHED INTO A LIMOUSINE
REPORTER: IT IS TRUE? LET THE VIEWERS SEE
WOODY: WHILST I SLEPT MY SON HAD SOLVED THE CONUNDRUM AND NOW OUR FAMILY STOOD TO COLLECT A MILLION CREDITS.
OFFICER: CONGRATULATIONS, THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT PAUSE WHILE WE VALIDATE YOUR CLAIM
OFFICER: THE CLAIM IS VALIDATED, THE PRIZE MONEY IS YOURS
WOODY: WELL DONE SON
SON: DO I STILL HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL
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Caption: SUSPICION IS MY JOB, I PROBABLY LEFT MY HANDBAG BEHIND IN THE EXCITEMENT ON PURPOSE SO I COULD RETURN
Caption: BEARDS AND WHITE COATS MAKE ME SUSPICIOUS. AS THE CONUNDRUM WAS HANDED OVER TO THEM MY SHORTHAND BEGAN SHRINKING
Caption: I FOLLOWED THEM DOWN INTO THE BOWELS OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKED DECIDEDLY ALIEN
OFFICER: BILLIONS OF YEARS IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEIR COMPUTERS TO CRACK THE SAFEGUARD, BUT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DID IT IN JUST A FEW DAYS
OFFICER: CONNECT THE DEVICE OF THE ANCIENTS
SCIENTIST: TERRAFORMING MODE ENABLED
OFFICER: LET US RETIRE TO THE MOTHER SHIP
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