Today’s Lucky Winner

Dinosaur Valley Trip

November 30, 2020 Dimension Door Season 1 Episode 6
Today’s Lucky Winner
Dinosaur Valley Trip
Show Notes Transcript

Dawn and Rita have some down time before their mysterious full moon rendezvous.  Rita verbally threatens someone at a sample kiosk. The gals take a trip, in more ways than one. Rita meets and old friend. Like, a REALLY old friend. The girls share their tips on making the most delectable, garlic butter roasted artichokes you’ve ever had. (Pssst...the secret ingredient is drugs.)

P.S. Hey. Hey, you. Are you new here? Is this your first time listening? What are you doing at episode 6? This is a serial. Go back to the first episode. Go on, GIT!

Cast:
Narrator, Crank - Sean Turner @seanwkturner
Dawn - Emma Fuentes @og_emmakid
Dinosaur, Senator Owens -  Kyle Coughlin @kale_simplykale
Sunny, Rider, Sample Person, Interviewer - Violet Lantz @ultraviolet222
Rita, Wolf - Brianne Leeson @brianne_leeson

Writer, Director, Assistant Editor
Brianne Leeson

Editor
James Leeson

Original music written and performed by Sean Turner
Cover art by Bryn Keenum @brynandbristles

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Scene One: TexClub: 10 AM


(SOUND) Grocery store ambient sounds


1. NARRATOR: Upon opening her refrigerator, Dawn saw that they were once again out of food. Rita had been eating enough for a family of four. Dawn couldn’t waste time making two grocery trips a week. She had a murder to solve, and her budget was finite. She thought of a solution, woke up Rita, and they hopped in the ice cream truck. A short drive later, and a long wait at the membership counter, the ladies braved the Saturday crowds at their local membership-only bulk store, TexClub. 


2. RITA: [mouth full of food] What else is on the list.


3. DAWN: More peanut butter. Remember, the bulk container is for sharing. It’s not single serve. It’s a gallon of peanut butter. 


4. RITA: [sigh, mouth still full] FINE.


5. DAWN: Oh! And I forgot to put it on the list, but we need duct tape. Whatever that full moon meeting is about, I don’t want to have an exploding Rita on my hands, if things go bad.


6. RITA: Thank you. I really don’t want to explode. 


7. SAMPLE PERSON: Hi! Would you like to try a sample of our chipotle BBQ-


8. RITA: Yeah, thanks.


9. DAWN: Maybe I can take you to the bulk store every week so you can get your fill on food samples. 


10. RITA: [mouth full] These samples are so small. It would take all day. Anyway, why are we here? There are only two of us. You’re rationing me. Why do we need to buy in bulk?


11. DAWN: I’m still feeding two people. And it saves so much money! [pause] Like this 20 pound bag of rice, the unit price per ounce, compared to the regular grocery stores 32 ounce bag, comes out to-


12. RITA: OH MY GOD, I’M SORRY I ASKED.


13. DAWN: Whatever. Cost effectiveness aside, I don’t want to waste any of the year I have making a bunch of trips to the store. Between solving my murder and my bucket list, we’re gonna stay pretty busy.


14. RITA: Ohhhh! Did you finish your list?


15. SAMPLE PERSON: Ya’ll want to try a sample of our chocolate covere- 


16. RITA: [snatches cup out of hand] Yeah, thanks.


17. SAMPLE PERSON: [taken aback] Oh!


18. DAWN: Yeah. Let me pull it up on my phone. Maybe if you’re paying attention to that, you’ll stop trying to get third and fourth samples from the nice lady with the sugar cookies.


19. (SOUND) Dropping an item into a grocery cart 



20. RITA: [mouth full] She gave me 1/4th of a cookie at a time! I think I can ask for a whole cookie. 


21. DAWN: Here. Here’s the list. I’ll keep shopping while you make bitchy comments about it.


22. RITA: Lil’Buddy, I would never joke about someone’s bucket list. You humans are only here for the blink of an eye. I have a lot of respect for the things you want to experience before you go. It’s a very important thing for you finite little critters. [noogies Dawn’s head]


23. DAWN: [annoyed] Christ! Stop giving me a fucking noogie. I’m 33. 


24. RITA: Bruh, this is a spreadsheet. 


25. DAWN: Yeah?


26. RITA: It’s a bucket spreadsheet! This isn’t a list!


27. DAWN: I have it organized to help us figure out which ones to work on first! [pause] Can you hand me that 24 pack of duct tape? I can’t reach it.


28. (SOUND) Duct tape dropped into a grocery cart


29. RITA: And the color coding?


30. DAWN: That’s a visual indicator of how important I’ve rated that item. Green is high priority, yellow is moderate, and red is something that would be nice to do, should we have time after completing the green and yellow category tasks. 


31. RITA: [trying to be nice] This...this is...this is super.


32. DAWN: You really want to laugh at the spreadsheet.


33. RITA: [pained] I’m feeling the spirit of bullying moving within me.


34. DAWN: Is it gonna come out?


35. RITA: [pained] LORT GODDDD SHE WANTS TO. 


36. DAWN: Well, I wrote a formula to help organize the items by a few different criteria that may affect our ability to accomplish them. The fist tab is my desire to do the task.


37. RITA: Oh, it’s got multiple tabs. TABS. 


38. SAMPLE PERSON: Free samples! Would you like to try this-


39. RITA: Yeah, thanks. 


40. (SOUND) Gulp


41. RITA: [grossed out] Blech. The fuck is this?


42. SAMPLE PERSON: Uhhh..It’s a spirulina, kale, ashwagandha-


43. RITA: [grossed our noises]


44. SAMPLE PERSON: I...uh...


45. RITA: [intense] Listen here [looks at name tag], “TAYLOR”. If that’s even your real name. I have been to hell. I have lived there. I would only wish that on my worst enemies. But for feeding me this swill? You can go to hell, Taylor.


46. DAWN: [pulling Rita away] OKAY! Come on, let’s go. Sorry about her. [aside to Rita] I should hurry before you get us banned.


47. RITA: GO TO HELL, TAYLOR. [grossed out noises] 


48. DAWN: STOP. 


49. RITA: It had kale in it! And I don’t even know if those other two things are food!


50. DAWN: Can we get back to the spreadsheet.


51. RITA: Sure. Keep an eye out for a sample stand. I need to get this taste of old leaves and fish ass out of my mouth. 


52. DAWN: The second page has them listed based on monetary cost, the third is organized by difficulty, the fourth is organized by time it would take to accomplish...


53. RITA: How the fuck do I know which ones to help with first?


54. DAWN: The fifth combines all the previous categories into a list that cross references all the previous tabs.


55. RITA: This isn’t a judgement on your list, but maybe that should have been the first page. 


56. DAWN: Whatever. I figure since the full moon thing in Plano isn’t for a few days, we can try to knock a couple of things off of the list. 


57. RITA: That sounds good. We’ve been busy playing detective. I think we’ve earned a filler episode.


58. DAWN: A what?


59. RITA: Nothing. [pause] Ohhh! Number 14 is a surprise to me. That’s illicit. 


60. DAWN: Number 14? Oh! [stage whisper] The LSD.


61. RITA: Yeah! No judgements from me, obviously, but you don’t seem like you’d want to trip balls. 


62. DAWN: So many famous thinkers used it. Francis Crick, Richard Feynman, Kary Mullis-


63. RITA: Three crusty white dudes, got it. 


64. DAWN: But I don’t even know how to get it. 


65. RITA: Yeah, don’t worry about that, I can always- HO-LEE SHIT.


66. DAWN: NO. No. Get away from the end cap display.


67. RITA: Please! If you get it, we can knock several things off of your bucket spreadsheet!


68. DAWN: That’s most of the grocery budget!


69. RITA: SO?! Just skip all this produce and get some ramen.


70. DAWN: We need produce. I’ve been living off junk food with you.


71. RITA: Oh, is someone still under the illusion that she needs to eat “healthy” food so she can live a “long time”.


72. DAWN: Yeah, I- [realizing she only has a year] Oh. 


73. RITA: Yeah, “oh”. The phrase “I’m here for a good time, not a long time,” uniquely applies to Lucky Winners. 


74. DAWN: Fine. I’ll take a few veggies off the list. [looking at grocery list] You can live without this case of soda. 


75. RITA: [gasp] 


76. DAWN: And the 3lb tub of cookie dough is gone.


77. RITA: Why do I lose two of my things and you get to keep your stupid vegetables?


78. DAWN: BECAUSE IT’S MY MONEY.


79. RITA: [sigh] Fine. But this can go in the cart?


80. DAWN: It won’t fit. Let’s finish our shopping and ask someone to grab it for us.


81. RITA: [clapping] YES! I’m so excited. [pause] Oh! Can we get marshmallows?


82. DAWN: You know what? Yeah. Let’s get some graham crackers too. 


83. (MUSIC) Interstitial




Scene TWO: Radio Show: 11AM


1. (SOUND) Static


2. (SOUND) party horn


3. CRANK: Wazzapppp, North Texas! It’s C-c-c-CRANK-


4. (SOUND) Loud muffler noise


5. WOLF: -AND THE WOLF. 


6. (SOUND) Wolf howl


7. CRANK: We’re making your weekend work commute a blast-


8. (SOUND) Explosion


9. WOLF: and hanging with you DRUNK degenerates who went too HARD on the bottomless mimosas at brunch today.


10. (SOUND) Barf 


11. (SOUND) “Check please” Femme voice.


12. CRANK: We’re rounding out our shift here this morning at the K-U-N-T studios, but we thought we’d fill you in on a final weird story out of DFW today.


13. WOLF: Weird is right! We know politicians don’t act like normal human beings, but Texas’s own Senator Ralph Owens-


14. CRANK: Old Ralphie BOY! Now you know we’ve gotta be nice about old Ralphie. His entire family DID just die in a plane crash.


15. WOLF: Oh, for sure, Crank. For sure. That’s why we’re just gonna talk about his TV goof, and not his toupee or his voting record.


16. CRANK: Old Ralphie BOY sounded like a dang demon on national TV yesterday!


17. WOLF: DO you think it was really his voice, or technical difficulties?


18. CRANK: I don’t know, but the internet is having a field day with it. I’ve heard three different dance remixes of it today. 


19. CRANK: Don’t spoil it for them, Wolf. Do we have the audio for that?


20. WOLF: Brayden! Hey Brayden!


21. CRANK: Ya’ll know our little Gen-Z TURD intern, Brayden.


22. WOLF: You find that audio, Brayden? [pause] What? [pause] Yes? 


23. CRANK: Then get your thumb out of your ass and play it, Brayden!


24. WOLF: Yeah, play it, you little piss boy!


25. (SOUND) Peeing in urinal


26. CRANK: [feigned disappointment] Wolf! You know they told us we had to stop saying “piss” on air. 


27. WOLF: Whoops!


28. CRANK: BUT THAT’S OUR JUST OUR EDGY BRAND OF HUMOR! ROLL THE AUDIO, PISS BOY!


29. (SOUND) Beep


30. INTERVIEWER: The committee voiced concerns that voting “yes” on the Telomere Bill would only commodify U.S. healthcare even further. And there’s quite a bit of controversy, given that one of the major contributors to your reelection campaign was a Carmilla Gwyar, CEO of Sanguis Pharmaceuticals. Do you have anything to say to people that question your motives on this bill?


31. SENATOR OWENS: Well, voting yes on the Telomere Bill...it’s not about money...it’s about- It’s about legally being able to research treatments for something that kills all of us. It’s about the disease of aging. And if we can treat aging like a-


32. (SOUND) DEMON VOICE, NEXT CUE


33. SENATOR OWENS: Disease, we can-


34. INTERVIEWER: S-Senator...Are you okay? Are we having technical difficulties?


35. SENATOR OWENS:[normal voice, slightly flustered]Excuse me! Must have a frog in my throat.


36. (SOUND) Beep


37. CRANK: Yeah, a demon frog from hell!


38. (SOUND) Ribbit Ribbit


39. WOLF: What do ya’ll think that was? Wonky microphone? Did the Senator finally hit puberty?


40. CRANK: [laugh] Leave us a message at (972)-555-FART, and our favorite explanation wins a $50 gift card to-


41. (SOUND) click, radio turned off


42. (SOUND) Static





Scene THREE: Dinosaur Valley State Park: 9:00AM


1. NARRATOR: Dawn, Rita, and Sunny trudged across a rocky trail on a humid morning. All three of them carried backpacks. In addition to her backpack, Sunny had a bag on her shoulder. That bag held the new tent that Dawn and Rita had purchase at the bulk store. 


2. (SOUND) Nature Sounds whole scene


3. (SOUND) Feet walking on dirt, whole scene


4. RITA: Jesus. Skateboarding. Christ. [agonized groan] I’m sorry I bullied you into buying the tent.


5. DAWN: Thanks for carrying the tent, Sunny. It’s a little much for me to carry along with my backpack. I thought Rita could use her reaper strength to carry it.


6. (SOUND) Bug buzz


7. RITA: [scared of bugs noise]


8. SUNNY: It’s no big deal! I’m happy to lend my vampire strength. Thanks for inviting me. It’s been half a century since I’ve gone camping. 


9. DAWN: Of course! You can thank Rita for bullying me into buying a four person tent.


10. RITA: [loud groan] Can’t I just poof us to the camp site?


11. DAWN: No!


12. RITA: I HATE WALKING


13. SUNNY: You’ve really never been camping?


14. DAWN: Nope. My mom used to say that camping was just for middle class white people who like to make believe that they’re poor. 


15. SUNNY: That’s not entirely wrong. 


16. DAWN: My uncle Nate was going to take me camping with him and his boyfriend for my 13th birthday, but he died three weeks before my birthday. Car crash.


17. SUNNY: I’m so sorry! You lost a lot of people in your short life. 


18. DAWN: Yep. People are never around long.


19. RITA: GOD DAMN IT. I STEPPED IN SOMETHING’S POOPOO!


20. SUNNY: Come on, Rita! It’s just a 2 and a half mile walk.


21. RITA: [whines] It took us two hours to drive here. I have to carry all this stuff, and we had to walk through a raging river.


22. DAWN: Children walk through the Paluxy River to look at dinosaur footprints. Small children. 


23. RITA: And, okay...If this is called “Dinosaur Valley State Park”, where are all the FUH-KING dinosaurs? Huh? COME OUT, YOU MAJESTIC BEASTS. 


24. DAWN: Dead. They’re dead. This place is named for all the fossilized dinosaur footprints. [pause] You said you reaped dinosaurs, how do you not know-


25. RITA: Hold up, which century is this?


26. SUNNY: The 21st.


27. RITA: Oh! Okay, the dinosaurs won’t come back for another few centuries.


28. DAWN: What?! Come back?


29. RITA: Shhh. You’re not supposed to know that. 


30. SUNNY: If I hold your hand for the rest of the walk, will that change your attitude about hiking?


31. RITA: [bashful] Heee...I. OKAY! [giggles]


32. SUNNY: Is that better?


33. RITA: [bashful] Yes. Hiking is fun. Hiking is so pretty, and strong, and smart. And she smells like patchouli. [sigh] Hiking is the best. 


34. SUNNY: [laughs] Hiking likes you too. [pause] What are we gonna do once we set up camp? Maybe we could get some good brainstorming done on your murder.


35. DAWN: Yeah! That’s a-


36. RITA: Uh-Uh. No way. I’m events coordinator for this bucket-spreadsheet endeavor. There will be no talk of the murder case once we get to the camp site. This is a recreational outing. 


37. DAWN: But-


38. RITA: But nothing! You have to rest and recharge, or you’re going to be no good in two days for that full moon outing from the flash drive. I will allow discussion of the case on this walk ONLY.


39. DAWN: Fine. You have a good point. I am exhausted. 


40. SUNNY: Do you all have any new info?


41. DAWN: Weirdly enough, we may have gotten a clue from those dumbasses Crank and Wolf.


42. SUNNY: Shock Jocks gave you clues to a murder case?


43. DAWN: Not me personally. We had K-U-N-T on in the ice cream truck on the way back home from the bulk store. They played some audio of Senator Owens-


44. SUNNY: Yeah! What was that about? It sounded like he glitched. 


45. RITA: That’s not the Senator. That’s a mimic demon.


46. SUNNY: A what? 


47. RITA: A mimic demon. They’re these sentient mounds of gross, squishy flesh. They can take the shape of anybody, and they can mimic voices and mannerisms. They even take the person’s memories. They sound exactly like the Senator did when he “glitched”. That one probably hasn’t eaten in a while. They get glitchy when they’re hungry. The hell dimension I served time in was lousy with them


48. DAWN: What do they eat?


49. RITA: Brains.


50. DAWN: Yikes!


51. SUNNY: And what does this have to do with Dawn’s murder? 


52. DAWN: The biggest contributor to his last campaign was Carmilla Gwyar. 


53. SUNNY: Oh! That’s no good. [pause] I’m guessing she also had something to do with the plane crash that killed his family. 


54. DAWN: And he’s changed his vote on this Telomere Bill. He was firmly against it just a few months ago.


55. SUNNY: I heard about that bill! It sounds pretty cool, actually. If it passes, aging would be classified as a disease.


56. RITA: Why does that matter?


57. DAWN: If it’s a disease, you can develop medications to treat it. Researchers could develop ways to medically intervene to stop or slow the aging process. If it went from it’s current classification as a condition to a disease, it would create a whole new class of pharmaceuticals.


58. SUNNY: So the senator wouldn’t vote yes. Carmilla can’t persuade him, so she replaces him with a demon who will? 


59. RITA: That happens a lot more than you think in American politics. 


60. DAWN: That’s just one in a long list of questions we have. What is Carmilla? I doubt she’s a human. Why did my mom have a magic trunk and this gun? Why did Crawford call me my mom’s name? How did he know my mom? What workshop was he talking about? Who was that rider in the dream Rita and I had? What about all those mysterious deaths you’ve had come through the morgue? Why did Carmilla come to claim my body?


61. RITA: OH MY GOD. Do you know the muffin man? Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Do you believe in life after love? Where’s the beef? Who killed Laura Palmer? JEEEEEZUS LOUIZUS. Enough with the questions. WE HERE!


62. (MUSIC) Interstitial




Scene Four: Dinosaur Valley Campsite: 10:30 AM


1. (SOUND) Nature Sounds


2. NARRATOR: Dawn, Rita, and Sunny reached the dirt clearing that constituted their campsite. Some signs of previous campers still remained. Beer bottles and an empty hot dog bun bag were littered around the remnants of an old campfire. While Dawn and Sunny set up the tent, Rita rummaged through her bag and mumbled to herself.


3. RITA: So if I take the whole sheet and...okay, so that leaves. One for Dawn...Sunny gets how much? 


4. SUNNY: Hey Rita, whatcha doin’? 


5. RITA: I’m trying to do some drug math. I’m good at the drugs part, but I’m not so good at the math part. 


6. SUNNY: What kind of drugs math?


7. RITA: I’m trying to figure out how we split these.


8. DAWN: How did you get LSD? When? I just mentioned it yesterday! 


9. RITA: Do you really want to know the answer to that?


10. DAWN: *sigh* No, probably not. 


11. SUNNY: [anxious noise] I haven’t done LSD since I was human. I don’t know how my vampire body will react to it. 


12. RITA: You probably just won’t trip as long. That’s why I was calculating. I think you’ll need more than one tab.


13. SUNNY: You think it’s okay? I don’t want to hurt anybody.


14. RITA: Who are you gonna hurt? You don’t want to eat me and Dawn. It’s just us and some dead dinosaurs out here. 


15. SUNNY: [resolute/determined exhale] You’re right. This is probably the safest place I could try it. Okay. 


16. RITA: How many you want, Sunshine? 


17. SUNNY: One please!


18. DAWN: What should I do before we take it? Are we taking it now?


19. RITA: If you’ve gotta take a shit, I suggest you do it now. 


20. DAWN: Gross. I’m good. 


21. RITA: Okay! Don’t come to me later. I will NOT wipe your ass for you. 


22. DAWN: I think I’d rather have a shitty ass than have you do that. 


23. RITA: Then here you go, poopy baby. Put this under your tongue. You have 30 minutes. 


24. DAWN: [anxious sigh] Here we go! 


25. RITA: [mouth full] And here I go!


26. SUNNY: Are you chewing on an entire sheet of blotters?


27. RITA: [mouth full] Three of them.


28. DAWN: WHY?!


29. RITA: [Mouth full] Reaper metabolism! Remember last time? 28 hits got me about 20 minutes. If I did my math right, and I probably didn’t, this should have me covered for about 6 hours. 


30. SUNNY: There’s probably about 300 doses there


31. RITA: Yeah.


32. SUNNY: That would be about 3 hours total, based on your dose to time ratio you mentioned. 


33. RITA: [mouth full] Huh. I am bad at math. [pause] Oh well, I’ve got more in the bag. 


34. DAWN: Oh no, we should have started a fire before we took these. 


35. RITA: I’ve got it! I’ve also got these.


36. SUNNY: Why do you have a box of artichokes?


37. DAWN: [slightly embarrased] They’re on the bucket list. I’ve never eaten an artichoke. They’re an intimidating looking vegetable. 


38. RITA: So we can check three things off of her bucket list: Camping, LSD, and artichokes, I guess. 


39. NARRATOR: Rita and Sunny gathered up kindling while Dawn reclined on a blanket in the tent. She didn’t own a sleeping bag. She wasn’t about to buy one for this trip. The smell of garlic and butter drifted into the tent. She followed the enticing scent to the campfire, where Rita pushed a spoon in a cast iron pan.


40. DAWN: Are you cooking?


41. RITA: Yes. 


42. DAWN: Artichokes.


43. RITA: YES. 


44. DAWN: The only green thing I’ve ever seen you eat is a gummy worm.


45. RITA: I contain multitudes. Are you going to eat these roasted artichokes or not?


46. NARRATOR: Dawn was three artichokes deep when the drugs kicked in. She enjoyed artichoke number one. Number two was delicious. Number three transcended the boundaries of human tastebuds. Had she found the 7th taste? Why hadn’t she been eating artichokes her whole life? When the small pool of garlic butter at the bottom of her bowl began breathing, she realized she was tripping. She sat her bowl on the ground and fell back onto her blanket. 


47. DAWN: You’re okay. This is okay. Just breathe.


48. (SOUND) Hoofbeats in the distance


49. RIDER: [voice on the wind] Dawn.


50. DAWN: Hello? Who’s there?


51. (SOUND) Hoofbeats closer 


52. RIDER: [closer than before] Dawn.


53. DAWN: Rita? Is that you?


54. NARRATOR: Dawn sat up to look for Rita. She found her reaper, kneeled in front of a tree, holding a bag of marshmallows over her head. Rita’s trip had taken a different route than Dawn’s.


55. (SOUND) Dinosaur roar


56. (SOUND) Dinosaur stomps


57. DINOSAUR: You dare come to OUR valley, the valley of the dinosaurs, when you did nothing to save us from that meteor?


58. RITA: [crying] I’m so sorry. I couldn’t do anything! I didn’t have a physical form!


59. DINOSAUR: We all died, RITA. 


60. RITA: [still crying, sniffling] Please Mr. Iguanodon. I offer you the most valuable thing I have as recompense. It’s not much, but it means a lot to me. 


61. DINOSAUR: Hmmm...4 pounds of marshmallows?


62. RITA: H-how about I make you s’mores? You like s’mores? 


63. DINOSAUR: Who doesn’t like s’mores?


64. RITA: I can make them my special way, with peanut butter on them! You like that? Peanut butter s’mores?


65. DINOSAUR: Oh, shit. That sounds tasty.


66. RITA: Hell yeah, it does! I make you peanut butter s’mores, and we’re good about the whole “me not doing anything about your extinction” thing?


67. DINOSAUR: Consider the beef squashed, sister. 


68. RITA: Yes! Oh, Iguanodon. You were always my favorite. I’ll be right back! [panting while running]


69. (SOUND) Boots running on dirt


70. NARRATOR: Dawn watched Rita leap from the ground and run to the bag of food by the campfire. She was mumbling something about peanut butter and dinosaurs. As she observed Rita, something in the periphery of her vision caught her attention. A strong breeze had blown a pile of leaves up into the air. The swirling motion of the foliage in the sunlight looked like amber brushstrokes. The painterly leaves hadn’t been tossed into a chaotic cloud, though. They coalesced into an arrow. They pointed Dawn into the woods. 


71. RIDER: Find me, Dawn.


72. DAWN: Find you? Who are you?


73. (SOUND) Footsteps on dirt and leaves, slow


74. RIDER: You need to set me free.


75. (SOUND) Footsteps on dirt and leaves, slow


76. SUNNY: Dawn? Where are you going? Are you okay?


77. NARRATOR: As Dawn walked across the campsite toward the woods, Sunny was going on a journey to the center of her own mind. Her thoughts flowed freely, and she was carried away with them. 


78. (MUSIC) psychedelic tunes 


79. SUNNY:[vocal effect to denote this is in her head?] 


 -Just because I’m dead, doesn’t mean I have to stop living. 


-I’m only dead if I choose to reject the living. 


-My thoughts exist, therefore part of me still lives.


-FOCUS! Where was Dawn going? The woods are dangerous for a human. I need to follow her. 


-I need to follow what brings me joy. 


—I’ve been happier since I met Dawn and Rita. 


-Rita. Has Rita been happier since she met me? 


-Am I bringing anyone joy? 


-DAMN IT. GET UP. FOLLOW DAWN. 


80. NARRATOR: As Sunny attempted to extricate herself from her own mind, Dawn had already reached the tree line. Bathed in a sunbeam piercing trough the canopy, the Rider from her dream with Rita sat atop their horse in the distance. 


81. DAWN: It’s you!


82. RIDER: Free me. Save yourself, and free me. 


83. DAWN: What does that mean? Who are you?


84. (SOUND) Footsteps running on dirt


85. DAWN: Let me talk to you! Why did you help us with the water bear? How did you know? 


86. RIDER: I-I can’t tell you.


87. DAWN: Why? Why can’t you.


88. RIDER: They won’t let me. I-I can’t.


89. DAWN: Who is she? How do we free you?


90. RIDER: I’m so tired. Please, witch. Please make it end. 


91. DAWN: Hold on, witch? 


92. RIDER: You are, just like the others. But you’re not like the others. You’re the one who can do it. 


93. (SOUND) Hoofbeats canter away


94. DAWN: Come back! Where are you going? I’m a witch? 


95. (SOUND) Footsteps running on dirt. 


96. (SOUND) Dawn trips, falls


97. DAWN: [grunt as she falls]


98. NARRATOR: As Dawn awoke, she saw that it was now night time. Her head was propped up on a pillow, and Sunny was looking down at her. She smiled. 


99. SUNNY: Rita, she’s waking up! [to Dawn] You were passed out in the woods. I looked you over. It didn’t look like you hit your head. 


100. RITA: Hey Lil’Buddy! You spooked us. I made like 60 peanut butter s’mores. I only smashed about a dozen of them into that tree over there. Long story short, I thought I was feeding a dinosaur, then the drugs wore off. You want some?


101. DAWN: [groggy] Sunny, can you get me a list of the names of the weird deaths that have come through the morgue lately?


102. SUNNY: Of course. I can get you a list on Monday. Why?


103. DAWN: I need to see if we all had something in common. 


104. SUNNY: Like what?


105. DAWN: I need to see if we were all witches.