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1.)
(Jack in bed at Casa Sombreta, awakened at 2 PM by his cell phone, still daysick.)
CAPTION: 2 PM
JACK: NO
JACK'S RINGTONE: TSS TSS TSS SEXY SEXY
2.)
(Jack sitting up in bed, anwering phone sleepily.)
JACK: Ryder? Who-- I mean
Wh-huh is it I don’t what
3.)
(Ryder on other end of call, in his room.)
RYDER: Sorry, you were sleeping? I was, uh, just reminding you about the convention today?
JACK: Oh yeah, sure baby... of course... Today. Convention. I remember that.
4.)
(Jack and Darren discuss.)
DARREN: Chicks, man. Amirite?
JACK: Chicks? --Hey wanna go to a--
DARREN: No.
JACK: Damn it.
5.)
(An hour later, Jack and Ryder kiss in a crowded stadium.)
CAPTION: 3 PM
6.)
(Jack and Ryder discuss.)
JACK: Soo what’s the convention about?
RYDER: Heheh well um...
7.)
("Harlan Horrorfest" reads banner above them.)
JACK: Ehhhh... right. I didn’t know you were into that.
8.)
(Poster behind them reads "Queen of Horror Elsinor P. Spot, Author....")
RYDER: Not really, there’s just an author I want to meet.I know you’ll think it’s so tacky.
9.)
(Close-up of Ryder's hands clutching Elsinor P. Spot book, his fingernail polish chipped.)
RYDER: I mean, I like her early experimental work... It’s so... visceral.
10.)
(Jack surprised by grinning blue clown face, looming behind him.)
RYDER: What’s wrong?
11.)
(Jack hides behind Ryder, observing face belonged to creepy nerd.)
RYDER: Oh, just Minchin fans...
12.)
(Ryder explaining the nerd, now joined by another in similar clown face.)
RYDER: Yeah, so lame. I don’t get the appeal.
13.)
(Jack and Ryder in line for signing, while lame music plays.)
LAME MUSIC : La la! Oh yeah teenage days doop doop
14.)
(Ryder looks disgruntled.)
LAME MUSIC: oh baby! Rockin my jukebox doop doop
RYDER: Who’s playing stupid oldies?! So inappropriate!
15.)
(Jack and Ryder approach frumpy woman.)
RYDER: Wow.. uh, Elsinor...?
LAME MUSIC: Doop dee doop
ELSINOR: Hey kids.
16.)
(Ryder and Elsinor discuss.)
RYDER: Y-you’re playing Guy Bopper?
ELSINOR: You know it!
RYDER: B-but I thought...
ELSINOR: That I was a dark queen of the night?
17.)
(Elsinor is creepy at Jack and Ryder. Jack looks amused.)
ELSINOR: Everyone grows out of that phase eventually. 'Keep boppin’ fellas!
If you know what I mean, huh huh huh...
18.)
(Jack and Ryder discuss while Chris, in background, is surprised.)
RYDER: I’m so sorry, I didn’t think this would be so weird.
I‘m really happy you’re here with me though. Hey um, you know they have rooms--
19.)
(Chris awkwardly butts in, Jack and Ryder looking annoyed.)
CHRIS: Oh wow! Fancy seeing you here!
Ha ha wow, um yeah, hey. Yeah. Ha. Horrorfest... how about that...
20.)
(Jack's face.)
JACK: Uhhhhhhh yeah.
21.)
(Ryder and Chris look awkward.)
CHRIS and RYDER: ...
22.)
(Vitus and Scylla approach Jack, who looks somewhat dismayed.)
VITUS: Jack. Hello. How about this sun. It just keeps being out all day. Crazy.
JACK: This city needs to get bigger.
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