And so it was that for a day off, former Suit KATIE had quite a bit on her plate. Shortly after pal RC the Gremlin / Storyteller left Katie’s house, she made her way out the door and off towards WEST CLIFF for a leisurely morning run. While out enjoying the sights and smells, she “hears her ears” the sound of a vehicle slowing down. That sound puts a smile on her face. Let’s listen in for WHAT. HAPPENS. NEXT. –The Gang.
FADE IN:
EXT. WEST CLIFF – SANTA CRUZ
Katie is running along WEST CLIFF DRIVE to an internal beat (no PODS or EAR-BUDS), so she’s fully engaged with the environment.
Turning her head, she speaks to THE SLOWING VEHICLE…
KATIE
Scanning for surf perch this day, my Guy?
Her husband, the GEAR GUY, was in his truck cruising down the street with the passenger window open.
GEAR GUY
You do that without looking…?
KATIE
Your truck… distinct sound…
What’s the GP? Surf casting?
GEAR GUY
Well… Gotta do a shake-out of new equipment before the next FISH-OUT event… so … heading to a sneaky squirrel spot I read about.
Katie nods and is still running. He keeps pace. Both are watching for dog walkers, joggers and surfers, so there’s a bit of zigging-and-zagging going on.
GEAR GUY
What’s on your agenda this day, my Lady?
KATIE
Catch-up stuff and… Oh yeah… TheSEA just opened up the Wharf for the season…
GEAR GUY
Been a while. Date night you’re thinking?
KATIE
Yes and… Apparently the end of the Wharf has been repaired. Just re-opened. We can do a walk-about…
Having arrived at Katie’s turn-around point, she motions her change of direction.
GEAR GUY
Gotcha. Text you later to set a meetup time at the house.
Katie gives him a thumbs up and picks up the pace as she bounds towards SWIFT street.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. CAT & CLOUD
It is now just past the lunch rush hour where the C&C is experiencing a lull as its day winds down. Katie, having completed everything on her To-Do list, decides to swing by to get some reading and writing done.
Upon arrival, she looks about and a huge smile crosses her face.
KATIE
Woo Hoo! VIV TABLE is clear…
She settles in after obtaining her beverage and inquiring about Happy Barista / Uber Driver KIMBA.
KATIE INTERNAL
Huh… Apparently she was scheduled but did a trade… Wonder what she’s up to…?
Settling into her writing, she FLOWS away and then…
KATIE INTERNAL
Hmmm… I wonder if… Nah! That would be a coincidence, right? I mean… well…
Closing her eyes she sees the Kimba mobile Ubering VIPs … Her passengers, sporting dark shades, look like MR SQUEEK the WANDER/WONDER (Wonder/Wander) KAT and her RC.
Katie wonders…
KATIE INTERNAL
Right?
She laughs and sketches out the scenario she sees her eyes before pulling out a GREEN LAY-FLAT with POST-ITs from her SATCHEL-PAK.
KATIE INTERNAL
Too funny that this re-surfaced.
And [NOW] with earbuds in place, Katie enters her READING ZONE to reintroduce herself to a piece SHE WROTE years ago as the first episode of the JEDEMI CHRONICLES after the LAUNCH TRILOGY. She looks at the cover…
First episode after the Launch Trilogy
KATIE INTERNAL
Hope I don’t hate it…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. CAT & CLOUD
It is about 20-minutes later, and Katie has just paused to stretch, she sees Kimba pulling up outside.
Jumping up (and leaving her Green LAY-FLAT EURO ADVENTURE behind)), she bounds towards the door –opening it at the same time Kimba goes to pull.
KIMBA
Getting stronger I am…!
KATIE
Right? Greetings, Sister-Friend!!
KIMBA
Didn’t see your… Walk you did??
KATIE
Beautiful day, so yeah.
KIMBA
Cool beans… My “Spidey” sense said you’d be dropping by, so…
KATIE
Ah! Checking on me… And I… was just checking on you— a shift trade?? VIPs to ferry around??
Just then Kimba waves at the barista behind the counter.
KIMBA
Yeah… You could say that… Glad timing worked out…
KATIE
Sort of… Closing time… So we can’t hang here, yes?
Katie is pointing to her wrist…
KIMBA
That would be correct.
Kimba retrieves a STRING-CLOSURE INNER-OFFICE ENVELOPE from a shelf under the front counter and follows Katie back to the VIV table where she sees the LAY-FLAT.
KIMBA
Can I…? Which one is that…? And… GREEN??
There’s a pause…
KIMBA
Ah! You’re here to … finally work on… that CHEF story? Did-ja bring your SLABBY THING?
KATIE
Good memory… and very good guess… but NO. This is something ELSE I wrote…
Kimba is straining her eyes to see the TITLE.
Green?
Katie hands it over and Kimba flips the pages making a note of where the POST-ITs are…
KIMBA
Interesting… INSTINCTS, eh??
She looks at the cover finally and then…
KIMBA
I thought you stopped after the launch TRILOGY to… re-group or something like that… No??
KATIE
Just got a reminder… how far I went with the Chronicles though… I really don’t recall if it was officially released… Mention it a bit on the website.
KIMBA
Gotcha! Wow! Lots of reading material is available on JEDEMI…
KATIE
True… revisiting a particular THEME which bubbled up again…
…INSTINCTS? Your bubble up…?
KIMBA
INSTINCTS? Your bubble up…?
KATIE
Starting with the song… You know it??
Katie is about to load it on her MOBILE when the fill-in worker brushes by…
KIMBA
Let’s move on. She needs to close.
KATIE
Copy… Meeting GEAR GUY for date night, so I can’t venture too far away…
KIMBA
Okay… another time… pick this up, we shall…
[DING!]
DING! Happens…
KATIE
AH!! Up for some STOOP time??
KIMBA
Stoop??
KATIE
Hang at our house… stoop … until my Guy gets back… You cool with that?
KIMBA
Sure… I’ll UBER us there!
FADE OUT.
That’s a Wrap…
We’ll close with an EPILOGUE.
And with that, Kimba and Katie end up doing a brief hangout of their own…
What we see next is a page from KIMBA’s MORNING MUSINGS…
Astonished to say the least…
KIMBA’S MUSINGS
OMG! Entirely TOOMGAS!! This woman… a content producing machine!! TRILOGY + A EURO ADVENTURE +PLUS… What I’ve been handed… that TOLLHOUSE TALE…
Enjoy I will, but… I don’t know … The Guys really want me to … meet-up with Happy Puppy’s human… she’s in marketing and apparently, IN-transition… whatever that means… Will ponder though…
Stay tuned for WHAT. HAPPENS. NEXT…
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-The Gang
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