Script for Pilot 09/2024
Scene 1 Sunrise, open field Bunny picking up flowers looking tired, transition to him riding his bike down the streets back home
Scene 2 Leaves bike leaning against a wall, opens door looking hesitant, trying to be quiet. Enters thinking no one is awake yet until he hears someone from the kitchen
Cam: Bun, is that you? (she sounds groggy and quiet)
Bunny: yeah... it’s me
Cam: Well uhh make sure you get something to eat before you leave for school and… just do your best today kit
Bunny: (pause) do you have work today?
Cam: Oh. Yeah, it’s a double today. Coffee shop this morning and the hospital tonight but Maggie and Hollis are both going to be home so they’ll be in charge of dinner and stuff...
Bunny: I’ll see you when I see you then I guess... love you
Cam: Love you too kit (seen walking back to bedroom)
Scene 3 Bunny is now alone and is seen grabbing coffee They walk into his own room and is briefly seen grabbing various clothing pieces and getting dressed He checks the clock and it reads 6:30, he rushes out the door and walks quickly to a bus stop where he gets onto a bus after a moment
Scene 4 Transition to them at school, it’s a lot sunnier now and viewer is looking at a clock slowly turning to 12:00 and a bell rings. Bunny is seen waking up suddenly as several classmates giggle quietly and he glares at them. Two students start walking towards him, one looking somewhat excited with headphones wrapped around his neck while the other has a pretty cold expression with a box of old looking technology in her hands
Lune: Dude! You won’t believe it but Mitski just released a new album!! (rest of conversation he’s jumping/fidgeting)
Saki: Bunny, please make him shut up... My guy hasn’t stopped talking about this since I got here
Bunny: You’re strong enough to deal with Lune of all people Saki (he has a slight grin to his face)
Saki: Yeah, yeah... Anyways have you eaten today? (slight pause like she’s waiting for an answer but knows she won’t get a good one) I brought my mom’s new loaf of sourdough and pumpkin stew
Bunny: I’m really not that hungry...
Saki: I’m still making you eat this
Lune: You better listen to her or I’m not letting you borrow this sick cd
Bunny: alright... (said with a bit of a groan)
Scene 5 Transition to the group sitting on the rooftop anime style with their lunches B is clearly hesitant with eating at all Lune has one headphone in and is bobbing his head as Saki lays out in between them eating her food and fidgeting with B
Lune: Highs and lows so far this week y’all?
Saki: hmmm... high is the collection of vintage computer parts that Mr. Marchetti brought into class this morning! uhhh... As for a low it’d be losing Saturday’s race to that freaking kid from Trout Private of all places (last part is said with a glare and obvious frustration- B pats her head gently)
Bunny: I uhh think my high’d be the flowers I got this morning and my low is Cam having double work days multiple times this week... (L slowly pushes a cd over to him)
Lune: Well my high is of course that cd, I mean the album improves on every single aspect of the previous and like the lyrics just speak to me... (continues on but more mumbly/rambly- B pulls slightly on L’s hair) heh... for my low, the new drink that Hickory conjured up at the shop is really just too complicated
Bunny: Yeah, it asked me about my opinion on the drink and I guess my response made it think that the drink was far too simple or something
Lune: (as he flicks B’s forehead) It’s not your fault Hickory’s so over the top, I mean did you see its bass solo at the show the other night, like it was great but so... theatrical
Saki: Ha! You got that right it is a theatre kid through and through
Bell rings
Lune: See you later Bun, try an take care of yourself will ya?
Bunny: Yeah yeah, bye you two
Scene 6 Transition to after school where Bunny is arriving back home with several papers in his hand, all with very mixed grades written on them He opens the door and can now hear a mix of loud music and several people talking excitedly- two are in the kitchen and the other voices are coming from a laptop
Maggie: Kit! How was your day? How’d that Picture of Dorian Gray essay turn out? Are Lune and Saki doing good? (said in rapid succession with a caring/curious look)
Hollis: Slow down Maggie, you’re gonna scare the kid back to their room (said as Bunny seems to be trying to fade into the background)
Bunny: Saki and Lune are both doing decent I think and well I got a uh 98 on the essay
Maggie: That’s freaking awesome Bun! See, I told you you’d be fine... And since your sister is at work tonight, Hollis figured they’d go get some thai food to go
Hollis: Yeah! So when you get the chance write down something on this (they hand over a crumpled piece of paper with two items listed) Oh and say hi to Melanie and Hickory!
Melanie and Hickory: (from the laptop) Heeey Bun Bun!
Hickory: Thanks again for trying out the new drink, it’s been super popular with all the customers, I think I’ve gotten enough money from it alone to buy a new bass (it has a smirk on it’s face)
Bunny: Ohhh yeah for sure (nervously chuckles) Lune told me all about that
Hickory: All good things I hope?
Melanie: From my own experience that drink is freaking hell to make so I highly doubt that it was him complimenting you my dude
Bunny: Uhhhh yeah sorry, his rant pretty much boiled down to that
Melanie Well speaking of Lune, we better bounce cause we left the kid all by himself out front, so we’ll talk later!
Both do some gesture in bye and Maggie closes the laptop Bunny writes something down quickly on the list and goes into his room leaving Maggie and Hollis to stare at each other and then at B’s door
Scene 7 Que sequence of the lot having dinner and watching some movie, having a seemingly good time with each other
Scene 8 Back in his room B lays on their bed looking tired to the bone but doesn’t seem to be able to sleep, their door is slightly open so the viewer can see Cam get home and move around a bit before going to her bedroom Transition to the morning where B hasn’t gotten any sleep and is laying in the same position he was before, he gets up and their movements are slow and jagged when he gets dressed and heads into the kitchen to get coffee
Scene 9
Cam: Kit? I saw your grades drop again...
Bunny: Yeah I know.
Cam: Have you been doing all your classwork?
Bunny: For the most part I think... I ummm got a good grade on my essay though, right?
Cam: Yeah but that’s only 10% of your grade in that class, your homework and classwork grades are the rest
Bunny: I’ll do better next time...
Cam: (looking frustrated) But Bunny you’ve been saying that and- and you’re getting worse
Bunny: It just feels so hard sometimes to just try, you know?
Cam: (letting out a deep breath) We’ll talk about this later, you’re going to be late. (expression softens) I just want you to have a good life, okay?
Bunny: Yeah... I’m gonna go
Scene 10 He backs up and they rush out the door quickly, on the way to the bus he receives texts from Lune and Saki saying that they’ve both come down with something bad and aren’t going to be there
Scene 11 Transition to him after school and him locking himself in his room for several hours until he hears a bunch of noise coming from Maggie’s room Que music, the band is playing together and Bunny looks through the door to listen in
Maggie: Kit! You like the tunes we’re cooking up?
Hickory: Of course they like them, I went so hard on the bass playing! (Melanie punches it’s shoulder playfully)
Bunny: Yeah, it was great! Ummm, you wanted to talk Cam?
Cam: Yeah let’s go.
Scene 12 Transition to them outside on apartment landing
Cam: Okay, so I need to know what we can do to help you get back on track with school. (pause as she looks at B pointedly, he stays silent) With... mom and dad being only god knows where, your tuition is being paid mainly by scholarships and I sure as hell am not getting enough money to pay for it in full, so your grades are kinda necessary for you staying in that school
Bunny: I know that but-
Cam: Then why haven’t you done anything?! You keep saying you’re gonna keep trying but nothing changes and- and I’m stuck in the (she keeps talking but it sounds muted/muffled to the viewer)
Sequence of glitching and flashbacking to the last big fight that Bunny had with their parents before they left Cam’s expression starts softening and getting sad as Bunny gets more scared and anxious leading to him running off and taking the truck
Scene 13 Bunny drives off, you can see the night sky and roads going quickly past, he starts calming down and slows down the car Que Crash and transition to B slowly blinking up, seeing the [dream world characters] look down on them and then he closes his eyes one last time
To be continued screen and credits roll