Hobgoblin Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Alright, I have some futa on male stories that I wanted to write. I pretty much have an idea on how I want each of them to go except for the 999 one. The way the script goes seems like it could fit in the Op. Room, but I have no idea how to lead into that. I kinda wanted Clover's "condition" to tie in to her whole "John and Lucy" speech. Pairing is Junpei and Clover. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Script excerpt in the next post. Edited April 10, 2011 by Hobgoblin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 SPOILER: Operating Room (w/ Clover Bookmark) Seven: Hey, hold on. Junpei stopped, about to put the key into the doorknob. Junpei: What's up? Seven: Where's Clover? Junpei: Huh? Junpei turned around. Clover was nowhere to be seen. Junpei: Goddamnit. Where the hell did she go? Junpei: Arg. Okay, just hold on a minute. I'll go get her. Seven: Sure thing. Junpei left Seven at the door, and headed back to the operating room. He found her, standing next to the operating table. She was staring at the mannequin. Junpei: Hey, Clover, what's wrong? C'mon, let's get outta here. Clover: ... She didn't respond. If she hadn't been standing up and breathing, Junpei might have thought she was dead. Junpei: What're you doing? Junpei: Did you want to come back here and say good-bye to John? It wasn't the best joke, but it was something. An attempt to lighten the mood. Clover didn't laugh. She stood stock-still, and said nothing. Junpei: Hey, Clover, can you hear me? Perhaps it was something he'd said, or perhaps it was...something else. Suddenly, her mouth opened, and she whispered in a dry, dead voice... Clover: My brother...might be dead... Junpei: ... Clover: ... Junpei: Huh...? Clover: That's why we couldn't find him. Clover: If he's dead... Clover: ...I'm going to be next. Suddenly the operating room felt very, very cold. Junpei: Wh-What are you talking about? Junpei: What's wrong with you? He gave her a small shake, but she still didn't respond. The silence grew heavier. Junpei... <...Gave her the 4-leaf clover.> Junpei: Oh, yeah... He didn't know why, but suddenly, Junpei remembered something he'd been given earlier. He reached into his pocket, and dug it out. A 4-leaf clover... Santa had given it to him in the 2nd class room. He held it out to Clover. Junpei: Did you know that each leaf on the 4-leaf clover means something? Junpei: Hope, faith, love, and luck. Junpei: Take it. Use it as a good luck charm. He pressed the 4-leaf clover into her hand. Junpei: Listen to me, Clover. Junpei: No matter what happens, you can never lose hope. Junpei: You have to remember what's most important, and that's to have faith, and to have love. Junpei: If you can remember all of those, that'll bring you good luck. Clover: ... Junpei: Snake--I mean, your brother--... He's not dead. Junpei: He's alive, somewhere. I'm sure of it. You've just gotta believe in that... Clover stared at the 4-leaf clover in her hand. He could see tears start to form at the corners of her eyes. Clover: Thank you... Her voice was tiny and broken, and as she spoke, she started to cry. She tried to hide her tears by looking at the floor, but it did little good. She wiped away tears with the baggy arms of her jacket, but more quickly took their place. No matter how she tried, she couldn't stop crying. Her tears made small wet circles on the floor. Clover: Thank you... She said it again. Then she looked up at Junpei, and seemed to choke down the last of her grief. She did her best to smile. Junpei wiped an errant tear from her cheek with his thumb, and gave her the best smile he could manage. Junpei: Now come on. Seven's waiting for us at the exit. But still, she didn't move. Clover: Wait. Before we go, there's one thing I want to ask you. Junpei: What's that...? Clover: What do you think when you hear the word "experiment"? For a moment, his mind froze. Then he came back to his senses, and realized the word meant nothing to him, aside from the dictionary definition. Junpei: Uhh... What? Clover: Oh... Huh... Clover: I guess it was just a coincidence, then... Clover: I mean, that you knew about the 4-leaf clover... Junpei: Uh... Look, I'm sorry, I don't want to be a jerk, but... You are making less than no sense right now. Clover: Oh no no no! It's nothing. Just forget about it. Junpei: Oh don't give me that. You really think I could just drop this? Junpei: What is this "experiment" you were talking about? Clover looked away. The 4-leaf clover was still in her hand. She stared at it for a long moment and then, finally, spoke. Clover: You...promise you won't tell anyone? Junpei: Cross my heart. Clover: Really? Junpei: Really. Clover: I can...trust you, right? Junpei: Of course you can. Clover slipped the 4-leaf clover into her pocket. Her eyes still red from crying, she looked up at Junpei. Clover: Okay then. I'll tell you. Clover: I'll tell you what happened on this ship, 9 years ago... Junpei: Wait Wait wait wait wait! On this ship!? Clover: Yeah. This ship. He was entirely lost. He had 1000 questions, but... It was probably best, he thought, to save them until Clover had finished. Clover: It was an experiment, to test some sort of psychic thing. Clover: Something about... Clover: Communicating through these fields that you can't see. Junpei: ...Fields that you can't see...? He'd heard something like this before... Clover nodded. Clover: Like, think about this... She pointed at the operating table. On top of it was a somewhat mis-matched medical mannequin whose parts had been swapped with another mannequin. Clover: This is John, right? Clover: But...is he really John? All Junpei could think was "She has finally completely lost it." Clover: Isn't this like Locke's socks? Clover: Or the Ship of Theseus...? Junpei grew even more confused. He'd never heard of either of those things, although they...sounded smart... Clover: You don't know? You haven't heard of those paradoxes? Junpei shook his head. Clover laughed. Clover: Okay, well pay attention then. This is how Locke's socks works. Clover: Let's say I've got a pair of socks. They're my favorite socks. Clover: One of them gets a hole in it. Clover: What would you do if that was your sock, Junpei? <Patch it up.> Junpei: Well, I guess I'd patch it up. Junpei: Get some cloth and close up the hole. Clover: But what if another hole opens? Junpei: I'd add another patch, I suppose. Clover: What if another hole opened after that? Junpei: Um... Another patch, I guess? Clover: Well, let's say you just keep adding new patches... Clover: Until eventually, the original cloth of the sock is totally gone. Clover: Once you get to that point... Clover: Can you really say they're the same socks you started with? Junpei: H-Hmmm... That's...uh...that's tough... Junpei crossed his arms. Junpei: So... That's the Locke's socks thing? Clover: Yeah. The Ship of Theseus is a lot like it. The Ship of Theseus... If you keep fixing the damaged parts of a ship, eventually it ends up with none of the parts it started with. Can you really say that ship is the Ship of Theseus that you started with? And what if you took all the old parts from the first ship, and build another one, somewhere else? Then which ship is the real Ship of Theseus? The one you repaired? Or the one you built with all the original parts? Junpei: Hmm... It was an interesting question. Clover could see Junpei was intrigued. Clover: Hey. Do you think it's the same? Junpei: What's the same? Clover: These guys. Is this John? Or is it Lucy now? Junpei looked at the operating table again. A mannequin full of body parts from a different body... Clover had been right. It was just like Locke's socks and the Ship of Theseus. The part of the body that holds a person's identity is the head. Of course, for many hundreds of years, conventional wisdom had held that a man's identity resided in his heart, or any of a number of internal organs. John's head and heart were both his... But apart from that, and a single arm, the rest of his body had once been Lucy's. Was that mannequin really John? Clover: We're just like these mannequins. She looked at Junpei again. Clover: Think about it. Clover: The cells in our body change every day. Old ones die, and new ones are born. Clover: Maybe part of my arm is made of stuff from a fish I ate once. Clover: Or maybe part of your right side is made from a cow you ate. Clover: If you take it a little further... Clover: Those cows and fishes are made from something else too, right? Clover: That's how we're all connected. Clover: Through fields that can't be seen with the naked eye... The silence was broken by Seven. Seven: Hey! What the hell is taking you 2 so long?! Seven's head appeared in the doorway. He was not happy. Seven: How long are you gonna make me wait?! Seven: We don't have time to screw around! Junpei and Clover looked at each other. Clover looked at Junpei as if to say there was more she wanted to tell him. She shook her head. Whatever she had to tell him, she didn't want to tell him in front of Seven. Seven seemed to catch on... Seven: Oh? What were you 2 doing? Was this some sorta secret meeting? Clover: No. It wasn't. Clover: We were just... Seven: Just...? Clover: Playing... With the mannequins. Seven: Huh? Clover: Let's go, Junpei. Moving a little bit too fast to be entirely innocent, Clover headed toward the exit. Seven stared after her, then turned to Junpei with an amused expression. Seven: Playing with mannequins, huh... Seven: Didn't know you were into that kinda thing, Junpei... Junpei: ... Seven: ... Junpei: You're a dick. Junpei dashed past him, and traced Clover's path out the door. With a short laugh, Seven followed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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