DISH-PATCH (010): Hold Yer Fire...

Again we find former Suit Ms KATIE is galloping away as there are a whole slew of things she wants to share with Suit-in-Transition MEREDITH. An early morning visitor pleaded his case. Does she slow her roll? Let’s listen in… —The Gang

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. KATIE’S WESTSIDE HOUSE

And so it was… It’s early morning and on the kitchen table of former Suit KATIE is her JOURNAL along with a stack of books. She is writing up a storm. Glancing up and grabbing a book off the stack, she flips through it and writing some more.

Quietly in the background, her ever-present pal, RC the GREMLIN is observing.

DBRs Timer…

The TIMER on the table goes off. Katie reaches to silence it and is about to DOUBLE-TAP to get it going again when she receives a TAP on her shoulder.

RC THE GREMLIN
Please to stop. Let me help.

The Timer conveniently moves out of reach.

RC THE GREMLIN
Now let’s get some 4A MAGIC warmed up and… we can chat.

Katie is smiling the whole time as she knows the DRILL.

KATIE
I’m busted, aren’t I…

RC THE GREMLIN
Uh… Yup! Let’s …

They tap TRIGGER MUGs and take a sip.

RC THE GREMLIN
Couldn’t help but notice that incredibly huge stack of books on your table there… Like the “WHO’S WHO” or rather “WHAT’S WHAT” of your JOURNEY, eh?

Who’s Who of YOUR Journey…

Katie responds enthusiastically.

KATIE
Yeah… Thinking back to my first exposure to… THE ARTIST’S WAY, I started pondering… Er, revisiting the books that got me going… and I recall I was way interested in … adventure / journey reading… like about other people’s challenges … and weird stuff too.

RC THE GREMLIN
You mean… that whole side trip through the CELESTINE PROPHECY?

KATIE
I think my hair stylist recommended.

RC THE GREMLIN
MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER?

KATIE
A friend? Perhaps, or it jumped off the bookshelf at… CROWN or BORDERS or wherever I was at the time… seemed to fit the whole JOURNEY / CHALLENGE thing.

RC THE GREMLIN
And the rest of these? I see lots of TATTERED EDITIONS… now converted to LAY-FLAT… and then… WHAT THE THUNK???

KATIE
Gateway book? WORLD OF IDEAS… Sort of fit the POWER OF MYTH genre as in INTERVIEW format which as a SUIT… with a BUSY BUSY BRAIN… It’s what my mind could handle at the time. That and…

She points to a couple more books.

RC THE GREMLIN

The SEVENS??

KATIE
My brain could handle COVEY’S SEVEN HABITS and CHOPRA’S SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS. And even that was a stretch… I kinda like 3s.

I kinda like 3s…

RC THE GREMLIN
3s? That’s your MARKETING background! That 3-LEGGED STOOL thing.

Katie pauses to ponder before responding.

KATIE
Not exactly the… But I get where you’re coming from…

She then gets up to refill her ELECTRIC TEA KETTLE while behind her back, RC has cleared the table of all books. When she returns, she does a DOUBLE-TAKE.

KATIE
Okay, Buster… Where’d…?

Then she sees the books are now in a WHITE LAUNDRY BASKET that is set on the floor close to the table. He’s holding up his hand.

RC THE GREMLIN
That’s a HARD STOP, Amiga.

Her body language initially indicates she STRONGLY DISAGREES. Then studying him closely, she pulls out her chair and sits.

KATIE
TEACHING MOMENT?

RC THE GREMLIN
How did you know?

He laughs while giving her a light FIST BUMP.

RC THE GREMLIN
MY SILLY TYPE-A…FORMER SUIT…

KATIE
Alright already… Please to TEACH.

Pause to Ponder…

RC THE GREMLIN
I think its cool to give her a sense of YOUR PROCESS… We both know THIS. TOOK. TIME.

Katie laughs.

KATIE
THIS? It’s ongoing, pal. I’m making INCREMENTAL PROGRESS…

RC THE GREMLIN
By being PROACTIVE daily… Yes, it’s true!

KATIE
So…?

RC THE GREMLIN
INSPIRE & ENCOURAGE… PLEASE … However…

Katie leans in.

KATIE
Yes, Wise One?

He seems to have magically produced a PAGE from the DRAGONBUSTR FRAMEWORK document and is tapping on it.

From DragonBustR Framework…

RC THE GREMLIN
Remember? TEACHING A MAN TO FISH…

KATIE
Right with…

She reads off the slide at the part he’s tapping.

KATIE
The goal is for people to be self-propelled. AH…

RC THE GREMLIN
REWINDING…

He makes a visual motion as though holding a REMOTE CONTROL.

RC THE GREMLIN
Your struggles were pretty much LUKE IN THE CAVE… You were fighting yourself and … as you transitioned, you got…

KATIE
Right… STRONGER… A stronger CORE… A core that…

RC THE GREMLIN
Couldn’t be MUCKED with… You built up your CONVICTION and DETERMINATION and …

He air-quotes.

RC THE GREMLIN
Magically discovered COPING mechanisms to keep yourself ON THE PATH, so to speak… Remember? The VISUALS and… the MUSIC?

COPING mechanisms…

KATIE
PAT BENATAR… CASSETTE played OVER AND OVER…

As Seen (Heard) in…

Realization and resolve…

RC THE GREMLIN
Dating yourself there, but yeah. And the VISUALS.

She’s laughing.

KATIE
PICK 3 I will…

RC THE GREMLIN
Touche my friend.

KATIE
For sure… BUGS BUNNY kissing ELMER on the nose… Great for diffusing and … redirecting.

RC THE GREMLIN
Yes, and…

KATIE
Goes hand-in-hand with PIE in the FACE from vaudeville days.

RC THE GREMLIN
I’ll give you a 1A & 1B for that…

KATIE
Well… HOCKEY got me through a lot. A powerful CHECK that blasts someone across the ice, that felt good… DROPPING GLOVES too. Many a visual I had of doing that to someone who frustrated me and then… when I saw them I was… cordial? Beyond my own belief. I kinda was like… YOU BE YOU. I’ll be ME and we’ll CO-EXIST.

RC THE GREMLIN
Simple to say now. I know that was a battle. (pause) Okay that’s two. How about…?

Katie jumps up and goes to her SLABBY THING and taps to load a YOUTUBE VIDEO.

KATIE
MUSIC… So many functions!! So circling back… beyond my PAT BENATAR experience…

RC THE GREMLIN
Go on…

KATIE
Ludicris… GET BACK… You don’t know me like that… Visualize singing it to anyone trying to muck with me or people I care about.

She let’s the music roll.

RC THE GREMLIN
The MUSIC VIDEO?

KATIE
NAH… I want to leave more to the imagination, so I’m going for the AUDIO only.

RC THE GREMLIN
Gotcha.

She stops that VIDEO and fires up another.

KATIE
I’m pretty sure this song was from the JEDE-MIC evening in my OG CHRONICLES. Now this IS okay to watch because… I never saw the MUSIC VIDEO before. My brother would have loved a REACTION CAM to be recording me.

RC THE GREMLIN
SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT… Yeah… You’ve gravitated to it before and YES, I can see what you mean…

KATIE
Reminds me of… after seeing ROCKY in the theater, my team-mates and I were JOGGING back to the car… so pumped.

RC laughs and fist bumps her.

RC THE GREMLIN
Yes, my friend and AGAIN, you’re dating yourself.

Shrugging her shoulders.

KATIE
Ya know… I say… HASHTAG WHATEVs…

RC THE GREMLIN
My turn to circle back… with a suggestion. GUIDE… Listen unconditionally… anticipate and unveil some options, then LET GO… Let’s see where MER goes… what SHE WANTS TO DO next, go it?

Getting up to rinse their TRIGGER MUGS.

KATIE
Yes, WISE ONE! COPY THAT…

RC THE GREMLIN
Cool Beans! Now … while we RE-SHELVE your collection, why don’t you give me a general sense of today’s AGENDA.

KATIE
Our FLEX-N-FLO ears WIDE-OPEN agenda?

He nods and smiles.

FADE OUT.

That’s a Wrap…

That’s a Wrap…

And so it was… After being GENTLY redirecteby by her Pally Pal RC, Ms Katie got on with her day… off on another FLEX-N-FLO adventure with a huge smile on her face.