- -Noodle trouble - By: Ken. Kim
-Opening-
Int. Bedroom- morning
Light shines through an open window and stops on the rumpled bed sheets of the character; Maddison.
*in a few seconds, an alarm clock starts ringing on the small table next to her bed*
-the camera picks up a hand as it comes flying and slaps the alarm clock’s snooze button-
With a yawn Maddison sits up on her bed and rubs her eyes
*her hair is messy like any normal person*
she makes her way to a small dresser where she plops down and brushes out her hair lazily. then the camera stays as she moves away hiding her from view.
*her pyjamas fly past as she gets changed*
- She comes back into view normally clothed with her braid done up -
Act 1
Int. hallway and kitchen- morning
She makes her way through a small hall where the camera picks up Maddi as she pauses briefly and picks up a small picture (with her and her father when she was a toddler) before smiling and putting the picture back in place tenderly.
she enters a small kitchen with dirty plates (showing she’s quite neglectful of her hygiene..)
*The camera follows her around as she gathers a pot from the cupboard and a large bowl of instant noodles with the assorted light-weight, wooden chopsticks.
She turns on the tap and gets some water in the pot before placing it on the element.
*Clicking her fingers, she conjures a small flame and puts it beneath the pot and before too long the water is bubbling away*
As she watches the water boil, A large framed picture of her father and mother hanged over the kitchen side catch her attention as she looks at the mother she never quite knew and the father who was taken from her far too early. Her mother had beautiful auburn hair flown behind her shoulders and tender blue eyes. As for her father, Maddison still remembered a lot of his features such as the slight sparkle of mischief he showed as he grinned at her or the way he used to move when he used to take her for those long walks down the citadel park. People say her mother looked just like Maddi when she was younger but no matter how hard Maddison looked, she could just never quite see it.
-looking at her mother was something Maddison actually did quite frequently as she tried to envision what it could have been like if her family had stayed whole and then this would only welcome her forlorn mood so Maddi usually tries to stay away from staring at the picture for too long-
Sighing, she proceeds to peel open the bowls lid half way and pours in the hot water; gets the chopsticks and puts them on the lid.
*Noodle lid creeps open and chopsticks roll onto the table*
Act 2
Int. Kitchen- morning
Maddison looks at the bowl emptily; still enveloped in her own thoughts then places the chopsticks back on top.
*noodle lid comes back open once again accompanied by the light sound of the chopsticks falling back to the table*
Somewhat annoyed now, Maddi firmly places the chopsticks back on but within a few seconds the lid flicks back open.
Curiously, Maddi stares at the bowl of noodles and cautiously places the chopsticks back on top.
*Flick*
The noodle lid flicks the chopsticks harder this time actually managing to get one of them to drop to the ground.
*Maddi bends down and snatches the chopstick off the ground*
Now quite angrily Maddison places the chopsticks back on the lid but as lid tries to flick open, she harshly forces it back down and the lid retaliates by flicking back open.
*This process repeats a few times*
Maddi glares down at the bowl of noodles intensely.
*All the while, the precious heat thats supposed to cook the noodles steams away from the open lid*
Maddison places the chopsticks back onto the bowl but as the lid stubbornly flicks back open, this time, the chopsticks fly and stab into the ceiling.
*she lets out a growl of frustration, suddenly her face lights up as she comes up with a new idea and she walks out of the room only to comes back with an immensely large text book and slams it onto of the noodles and smiles triumphantly.
But just as she finally settles back down into the chair, the lid flings open and sends the text book flying into Maddi’s face. Almost comically, the text book slips off her face as her expression slowly turns from frustration to just outright anger.
Act 3
Int. Kitchen, outside Maddi’s house- morning
She runs out of the room and comes back with her knapsack where Maddi then proceeds to pull out several items including three more large textbooks, a lacrima orb and a pouch of her collectable bottle caps before retrieving the chopsticks off the ceiling only to slam everything down on the bowl.
*lid actually stays closed this time*
Maddi’s eyes light up in hope as she keeps her eyes on the noodles.
-Moment of tenseness-
*Lid flicks open and everything fly off before one of the text books smashes into Maddi’s ribs; winding her and as she falls back, her pouch of collectable bottle caps falls on her face, spraying them everywhere.
-Something snaps inside of her-
With a death roar, Maddison leaps up and conjures a large flame in her hands before blowing it into the table.
*camera is outside her house as smoke shoots out Maddi’s open window accompanied by the sound of an explosion*
Camera goes back inside and Maddi is sitting in the middle of a charred kitchen.
-By this time she is breathless and flustered-
She looks around and her eyes fall back to the framed picture of her parents. Her face turns shocked when she sees the bowl of noodles slapped onto her father’s face slowly dripping down. Eventually the bowl slides off enough so that maddi can see her father who's handsome features now had noodles clinging all around him.
-She gets up and removes the bowl and stares at her father-
*She bursts out laughing*
Maddi: “I guess nothings changed much has it dad”.
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