THE NEW SWINGTON ESTATE
0255HRS
CAIN MISON
Yeah! That is more like it. Fuckers! You are lucky I didn’t have to come
down there. [touches his temples]
Oh god, the headache…
* * *
ERIC KAPALDI
I guess they heard our pleas.
LEAH KAPALDI
Thank god. Now we can sleep in peace. We will still have to lodge a
complaint with the Mayor’s office. I told you it would have been better if
we have gotten a house further away from the road.
ERICK KAPALDI
I guess.
* * *
JAMES HORACE
That is enough excitement for one day don’t you think?
MARION HORACE
Sure, it is. It is good to have a bit of excitement. The ‘serene
neighbourhood’ can be very pedestrian sometimes.
JAMES HORACE
[coughs]
I guess this is our cue to go back in. Too bad we couldn’t decipher what it
was they were saying. It was odd too how they went silent. Just like that.
[Rubs his thumb and index finger and makes a clicking sound]
MARION HORACE
Maybe they are spies you know. They must have been sending an
encrypted message. Maybe they finished sending it.
[chuckles]
JAMES HORACE
I have been thinking. It could be aliens sending out interplanetary
messages.
MARION HORACE
[playfully punches James on the back]
Silly
* * *
JOJI KOJIMA
HOOPTE GOBBLEDYGOOK
No. No. No. No. No. Dammit!
[flings the controller onto the pouch across]
One more round and then I sleep.
[goes to pick it up]
Work tomorrow be damned. I need to finish this mission.
* * *
SARAH DJIMON
That is it for me. I will leave this place. I am done. This is not what the
realtor promised. ‘Serene neighbourhood’ my ass.
* * *
JOHN KNOWS
These are the side effects of a free country prescription. There is bound
to be a disturbance of the peace through misinterpretation of the laws
of the land. People will always want to do things that are beneficial to
the self. The shortcomings of a democratic society are well documented.
SIMON SENECA
True.
[rises up]
Well, John this calls for a good night. We still need to look into solutions
to this problem.
JOHN KNOWS
And we will. In due time. All in due time. Good night Simon.
* * *
DAK RUNDY
What do you know? They have stopped with the bullshit. The fun is
over? This calls for a celebration and much possible shuteye.
[refills tumbler]
Why would they come to Swington to cause trouble?
I piss on you Motleys.
[takes a swig]
* * *
JOE SMOCKER
[looking at Lenny, who is carrying various paraphernalia with evil
intent]
I can’t believe you roped me into this Lenny. You are bad for my health.
You really are the evil twin.
LENNY SMOCKER
No I am not.
JOE SMOCKER
You are a bad influence Lenny, father was right about you. I think you
need help.
LENNY SMOCKER
You mean we? I know you enjoy it. In your own quiet way.
JOE SMOCKER
Enjoy it? Being an arsonist, you mean, burning up shit. It is antisocial
Lenny. I am tired and retired.
LENNY SMOCKER
HOOPTE GOBBLEDYGOOK
We are not arsonists. We are pyromaniacs Joe.
JOE SMOCKER
I am not. I will not, be a pyromaniac. You are the pyromaniac.
LENNY SMOCKER
Not me. We are pyromaniacs. You and me.
JOE SMOCKER
You are sick.
LENNY SMOCKER
Indeed. It is a medical condition. They just did not diagnose it earlier.
They would have placed us on medication. If they did so we probably
wouldn’t be here carrying jerrycans of gasoline and a box of matches at
3 AM in the morning.
JOE SMOCKER
5 years was not enough medicine for you Lenny? I mean, we just got out
3 weeks ago! And how the fuck is it you got gasoline so bloody quickly
Lenny? And what the fuck is it with the explosives? Who stores
explosives around? What kind are they anyway? And where are they?
What if they explode? You know what? Never mind.
LENNY SMOCKER
One must always be prepared. What was it that Sun Tzu said? Know
thyself, know thy weakness. I didn’t know when the hunger would
strike. I needed to be prepared in case.
The capacity to be ready for opportunity.
The capacity to be ready for serendipity.
The capacity to be ready for magnanimity.
JOE SMOCKER
I didn’t know you had been hitting the prison library Lenny.
[puts on a mask]
LENNY SMOCKER
[Opens the tailgate to the van and loads the stuff in]
It is was eye opening that Library. The things I learnt. For example did
you know that Nero-
JOE SMOCKER
Whatever. And what about the curfew Lenny?
LENNY SMOCKER
What about it?
JOE SMOCKER
You are aware there is a curfew in effect?
LENNY SMOCKER
So?
JOE SMOCKER
So!
LENNY SMOCKER
Don’t be a defeatist.
Listen, the settlement is not being guarded and the patrols are not due
for another one hour or so.
JOE SMOCKER
How do you know all about this Lenny?
HOOPTE GOBBLEDYGOOK
LENNY SMOCKER
Listen, the important thing is-
[Lenny’s thoughts are cut short by the ‘Weuw weuw weuw’ that sings
from a distance.]
JOE SMOCKER
You were saying. The important thing…
* * *