Woppo: Who's hungry? Let's order pizza. I like liver on my pizza. Most people hate liver, but I love it.
Jasmine: I'm hungry! Vanna: You're always hungry. Jasmine: So are you. Vanna: True. I don't think liver pizza is quite the way to go, though. Jasmine: What is "pete's"? I thought it was the thing bogs are made of. Vanna: It's not peat, Jasmine. It's a large, flat type of food, with a base made of a special type of dough, then it's got cheese on the top, then it might have things like meat or mushrooms or something on top. It's Italian, but everyone eats it in the twenty-first century. Jasmine: So it's bread and cheese? Vanna: Not quite. It's lovely. One thing I miss about living in the twenty-first century is Dominoes. Jasmine: Why have we changed the subject? And we play dominoes too, I think the First have a box if you want to borrow it. Vanna: Never mind. I think the other kids have gone. Come back, please - don't leave us with the crazy alien! I'll let you play with my kitten!
Woppo: If I'm an alien how do you know I'm crazy? I could be normal by alien standards. Trixie: Are you? Woppo: No.
Ophelia: I don't have any money. And I don't want to have a lobotomy. Vanna: Don't give me a lobotomy! Please, no! Jasmine: Vanna? Vanna: Whew. I'm fine. Back before you all found out who I was, I was worried about telling someone because I thought that people would think I was mad. Hysterical, I know, but I was stressed. I kept having nightmares about being awake during a lobotomy.
Woppo: Lobotomies are not my only specialty. I also offer complete disappearance from the face of the Earth. Can't speak for other planets, though.
Jade: ...I think we missed a few things. Cara: Let's let this play out. Isabel: No, let's not. Let's get our asses out of here while we still can. Jade: Cara, tell your sister she has an obligation to stay here and make sure we don't die. Isabel: Yeah, and I wish I didn't. Do we have any pink Post-Its left? Because I think the time has come to bribe Jade with some. Jade: I have my own now. Isabel: DAMMIT. Cara: ...Jade, before you decide that we should stay here, remember that we have an ELA test on Monday and I will need help studying, so if you don't want to be my only helper, maybe we should get going. Jade: *rummages through bag* *pulls out index cards and pencil* Let's make flash cards, then. Cara: *sighs* Maybe later.
Vanna: Stay, please! Would you like to meet my kitten? Very sweet, isn't she? Her name's Emerald and she was a birthday present from people who technically didn't exist.
Jade: KITTY! Cara: I'm sorry, did you just say they technically didn't exist? Jade: BUT KITTY, CARA. KITTY. Isabel: Okay, yeah, cute kitten, but how do they not exist?
Vanna: Ha, ha. Not Kitty. Emerald. It was part of the Returning Spell that brought me here. It's an unbelievably complex spell and I have no idea how Ophelia did it, but when it brings you to your own time, it also restores to you everything you would have had, had you stayed there to begin with. For me, that was a cushy room in our house back in Kashmir, and, more importantly, your average 1930s parents. My mum was still in 2014, so she had to be replicated, and since my dad had changed a lot after sending Mum and me away, he had to be replicated too. But since I was at boarding school in Nottinghamshire, I wasn't seeing them, so they technically weren't there if you get what I mean. They just provided me with the necessary paperwork - a letter to say I could stay with Jasmine over the holidays, for example - letters, sweets, and on my birthday, they got me the latest Chalet School book - The Chalet School and the Lintons - and a pound to buy myself something nice, so I got Emerald. I later discovered that those things had appeared out of nowhere with a label saying Lots of love from Mummy and Daddy. Henrietta: Je suis où?
Isabel: That made absolutely no sense. Jade: *has recovered* Well, that's true, but let's not argue with the time-traveling witch. Cara: Yeah, let's not do that.
Jade: Eh, I read a lot. Sometimes I write, but not often. Cara: I do art. It's nothing special, but I like it. Jade: Don't mind her, she's incredibly modest. Her art's awesome. Cara: *blushes* Jade! Isabel: If you two are done flirting, I'd like to say my stuff. I'm on the cross-country team at school--have been since seventh grade--and I'm proud to say that I'm good at it. When I'm not at school, being crushed under mountains of homework or running, which isn't all that often, I like video games.
Vanna: Music. I love singing and playing my guitar. I also like reading. I love Dimsie! And I've recently taken up acting and dancing. St. Edith's lets you. Jasmine: I like playing games too! We should play chess together! Vanna: Video games are something different, Jasmine. And you can barely manage Snakes and Ladders. Jasmine: I can still draw, though. Elsie: I like reading, and playing with my puppy. Are you doing research? Henrietta: Ah. I see that here you speak English. Vanna: Yes, we do. And who are you? I assume you're French? Henrietta: Actually, no. I am Caballian. Princess Maria Henrietta of Caballia. We are next to France. I have lived in the Court all my life, though. Jasmine: And what do you do for fun? Henrietta: I enjoy reading, painting, embroidery and horse riding. I spend a lot of time at my studies, though.
Hellant: I've seen chess before, the nobles consider it a crime for a one of my background to play though. You've lived in court your entire life, it must be nice, not having to worry about the simpler things in life, though I assume there are more troubles on your mind than most people expect. I can nearly see them, my vision is a bit blurry here though.
JACK (V.O.) And this is the highest point of my day. We hear a female voice from the kitchen. GIRL How many fucking times do I have to say, don't turn up the fucking music that loud! JACK (V.O.) And here is my lowest. INT. APARTMENT BATHROOM - MORNING CLOSE on JACK's face looking down. The look of annoyance on his face is obvious. Looks behind himself, then sighs. JACK (YELLING SARCASTICALLY) Sorry, dear! JACK (V.O.) This flower of a woman is my girlfriend. As you can tell we have lots of sex. JACK (V.O.) Fine, I get lonely sometimes, but that's what your hands are for.
Vanna: Hallo, there. I do think Mr. Rishnaran's right, if you're going to swear then you really should try the bar. Also, who are you, and are you...playing out your story? This is more sort of a place for characters to chat about random stuff. Who are you? What's your story about? What do you do for fun - and I'd love to meet your girlfriend!
This is in no way a personal story, it is just two characters I made up from a screenplay I am writing, it is just for fun
Vanna: Are you...the author speaking? I'm sorry, but I think there's been a mistake. Authors aren't allowed in this chatroom, it's characters only. I was speaking to Jack, it would be nice to meet him and his girlfriend. So rather than doing whatever it is they do in your screenplay, your characters sit down with us and just chat. [To Jack] It's nice to meet you. I'm Vanna, I'm fifteen years old, and I go to St. Edith's Academy. In my book, I travel back in time from 2014 to 1934 and go pretty much undercover as an ordinary schoolgirl. Then I discovered I was a witch. Ophelia: Maybe if you want people to read our book, you should stop telling them that. Vanna: Well, I've told pretty much everyone in this Chatroom, anyway. So what do you do for fun? What's your screenplay about? We really would love to know. Jasmine: And how would your hands fix being lonely? Vanna: Don't answer that question!
Vanna: But you wrote yourself in. You're an author AND a character. We've established from the beginning that YOU'RE allowed to be here.
