And so it was that SO MUCH was FLO-ing through RC’s head that he knew he just needed to do some wandering around of his own before even thinking about meeting up with the JEDEMI LP GANG.
His thoughts have landed on, of all things, GRUMPY CAT, which triggers bouts of laughter (and lots of folks crossing the street to stay away from him).
Let’s listen in. There’s lots to unpack here… —The Gang
FADE IN:
EXT. DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ
And sure enough, RC is somehow managing to WANDER-WALK without getting SQUISHED.
RC THE GREMLIN
Nothing like having the equivalent of a visual ear-worm… an unshakeable…
RC THE GREMLIN
There’s… I should circle back and see but… Can’t escape that visual and now, come to think of it… THIS is one of those, ‘ASK FORGIVENESS, NOT PERMISSION’ things which I coached up Katie on a lot during her Suit days.
RC’s looping Visual Ear-Worm…
The images zoom through his mind and then he shakes it off as he attempte to pay more attention to where he’s walking.
He reaches a street corner and changes his mind.
RC THE GREMLIN
Abbott Square. This time of day? Could be…
Rerouting…
RC wanders around. Smiles when he sees the Downtown Cat & Cloud.
C&C Downtown…
RC THE GREMLIN
The vibe… so… Can confirm: Westside the Best Side!!
After scoping out other food establishments his eyes land on the MUSEUM.
RC THE GREMLIN
That’ll be a good place to settle down and… let the brain do the wandering while taking a load off my feets!
…let the brain do the wandering…
NOTE: What RC didn’t know was… He was being followed. Tailed like in those detective stories? Not exactly. But stealthily, a JOBY DRONE — silently observed his movements.
Drone-edition
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. JOBY DRONE
And so it seems that the JEDEMI LP GANG had some RECON of their own underway. Excited to have LANDED on the other side of the HILL, it was essential to get an overview of their new digs.
The drone, a mini-me version of a JOBY eVTOL has captured the imagination of ZUP (AKA St. X), so he’s happily manning the controls.
View from above…
DOC is all wide-eyed, scanning the shoreline while another part of him is curious about all the places to explore in TOWN as well as their new WESTSIDE hang.
DOC
Joey… Your eyes adjusted yet? We can get you…
Before he completes the sentence, Music pipes in.
JEDEMI JUKEBOX
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades… Gotta wear shades…
DOC
Pretty cool how the ENCHANTED JUKEBOX finds us wherever we are, eh?
JOEY
I’m good… Feel’n alright…
He’s silently observing and smiling.
DOC
Looks like RC tucked into the MAH. Shall we follow him, or…?
JOEY
Sea! Let’s SEE if we can keep up with MR SQUEEK…
DOC
Tall order… DOORKAT Squeek has really leaned into his native persona of WONDER / WANDER (WANDER / WONDER) Kat.
JOEY
Just … curious… Ya know?
DOC
Oh… I know. And then there’s that saying: “Curiosity killed the cat…
JOEY
Yes, and… There’s an apparent add-on: …but satisfaction brought it back.”
Shakes his head.
JOEY
Feels forced tho…
DOC
Yuck, yea!!
JOEY
Also… From what I GOOGLED… “Curiosity killed a cat; but it came back” was the original and then someone plugged in the word: “satisfaction”.
DOC
I don’t get though… SATISFACTION…
They both laugh and Doc remarks.
DOC
It’s ALIVE! Yea!!
JOEY
I know. I know. When I do a deep dive I’m like LOCKED IN… So, thanks for the assist er… intervention…
DOC
Gotta TEXT the team: IT. CAME. BACK. !! (AKA JOEY).
JOEY
Alright already…! Now you were saying…? About…
He points and Doc nods while motioning to Pilot ZUP to fly towards the SEA.
JOEY
Wow! Lots to take in. Maybe we can do a loop and then follow the coastline…
Doc completes his sentence.
DOC
…back. Promised the others we’d do a meet up back at KATIE’s. So… I got it!
[DING!!]
DOC
Carpe moment!! Such a clear day…! We can do a loop close to WILDER… then do a fly over Seymour then back inland.
Joey just nods, as he is observing with child-like wonder and probably has no idea what Doc said.
FADE OUT.
Stay tuned…
That’s a Wrap…
And so it was that 3-members of the JEDEMI LP-Gang got themselves acquainted with their new “HOME”, putting the pursuit of RC on hold. Meanwhile, back on the WESTSIDE, at former Suit KATIE’s place, the other four are doing their own exploring as they have gained access to the GEAR GUY’s “NO GIRLZ ALLOWED” Shed.
Please stay tuned to find out WHAT. HAPPENS. NEXT… Thanks for hanging with us! -The Gang
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