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= **"SCP-9618"**

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= **Screenplay**
= **by**
= **Skelly the Skullflower**

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**Based on a document by Rose**

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**54th Iteration**
**April 1st, 2019**
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INT. BOTANICAL LAB-14 - AFTERNOON

A woman, ROSE (40's) wipes fire suppression foam out of her hair with a tissue. Her clothes and hair are dishevelled. She's exhausted but still smiles at SKELLY and SKULLY. The CAMERA MOVES around behind her into a wide shot of the group as she continues cleaning her hair. SKELLY and SKULLY sit in a monitoring station across from ROSE. Their pots are strapped to the floor with tape.

= ROSE
= (to SKELLY)
= Skelly, before I look at your newest document
= I need to ask you some questions.

SKELLY nods vigorously.

= SKELLY
= (to ROSE)
= Ask away!

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= ROSE
= Is the document written in Aramaic?
= Or any language I can't read?

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= SKELLY
= No.

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= ROSE
= Is it a jigsaw puzzle?

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= SKELLY
= Nope.

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= ROSE
= Will it suddenly grow arms that escape
= the screen and attempt to pull Skully
= out of his pot, forcing me to fight it
= off with a fire extinguisher?

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= SKELLY
= No. Skullflower's honour!

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= SKULLY
= (to SKELLY)
= You're lucky you're not lying, you dolt!
= Your attempt on my life has left 
= my roots feeling all weird and sticky.

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The camera zooms in on ROSE'S face. ROSE rotates her chair and faces the screen wall. She sighs. 

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= ROSE
= That's not an SCP document, Skully.
= It's a screenplay.

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The camera PANS OUT to a wide shot. SKELLY constructs a frown using his right leaf.

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= SKELLY
= Why can't it be a screenplay? And how do 
= you know that? You said you don't even 
= know how to make one.

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= ROSE
= I never said that. But more importantly,
= it's not that I can't make one. The
= problem is more complex than that.
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SKULLY forcefully tilts his stem to the left. His pot wobbles slightly, but is held in place by the tape.

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= SKULLY
= (to ROSE)
= Please explain.

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ROSE glances around the room. She focuses on a pile of fire suppression foam splattered across the floor near her foot.

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= ROSE
= It's... difficult to talk about.

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= SKULLY
= That's ok. I'm good at solving complicated topics.
= And once I do, I can use my turn to make the 
= perfect document that you're sure to love.

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= SKELLY
= (to SKULLY)
= Pfft, even after Rose tells us, your document
= will still be as bad as black fungus. How can
= you construct something that isn't boring
= and not full of long words I don't understand?

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= SKULLY
= (to SKELLY)
= Shut up, you illiterate twat. I want to hear
= Rose speak.

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SKULLY and SKELLY watch ROSE. She fiddles with the tissue and tears pieces of it off. They float down to the floor next to her feet. She pauses and looks at some wrinkles and sunspots on the back of her hand. 

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= ROSE
= I can write the document. Hell, I've really enjoyed writing
= it, even though it's not always been a walk in the park.

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= SKELLY 
= (to ROSE)
= Then why don't you like it?

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= ROSE
= It reminds me of how out of place I am here
= and how I've wasted so much of my life.

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= SKELLY
= (to ROSE)
= What do you mean? You look as
= spry as a sapling to me.

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Rose drops the tissue she's holding. She grabs another from her pocket and wipes her face. Her face is red and her eyes are glassy.

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= ROSE
= The average age of a Junior Researcher is
= late twenties, maybe early thirties. I'm in
= my forties. In terms of career progression,
= I'm far, far behind other people my age around
= here. I'm not jealous of them or something like 
= that. If anything, I can say I'm happy and
= proud of everyone's success and achievements.
= I just wish I had started sooner, you know? I
= wish I hadn't wasted half my life doing something
= I never loved.


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= SKULLY
= (to ROSE)
= I think it's great you're doing this now
= even if it's a little later in life.

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SKELLY flaps its leaves enthusiastically.

= SKELLY
= (to ROSE)
= I agree with Skully. I don't see anything wrong with
= what you're doing. And you shouldn't either.

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= ROSE
= That's what everyone says. They tell me
= I'm doing a brave thing, that it's good I'm
= doing something I really want to. But I feel
= so behind everyone. I see them all doing
= things I only wish I could do, and I feel
= like a failure.

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= SKULLY
= (to ROSE)
= You're not a failure, though. You're
= being too hard on yourself.

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= SKELLY
= (to ROSE)
= With a bit of time, I'm sure you'll
= prove to yourself yo—

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= ROSE
= Can we move on, please? 

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