Before BFDI/Week 2

This is the second week in the Before BFDI series. Part 1 is this page over here!

Plot Synopsis
Here you go!

Characters
Here you go once again!

1. The Triángolo's house
Scene: Pencil is watching a news report about the crash landing. [Exit Pencil.]
 * Teleprompter : [holding a microphone whilst standing in ice] This just in, an Unidentified Flying Object has fell and landed in the middle of Greenland; nobody knows what could have happened to it when it ice landed in the crash, w—
 * Man: It's "crash landed in the ice".
 * Teleprompter : I'm sorry, I've only anchored for the last 56 years! Anyways, to continue, it landed in the ice and all that was left is some scrap metal. How useless!
 * P e nci l : This show is, like, terrible. An' besides! I 'ave to go!

2. In the car
Scene: The family is driving home after church. Needle and Nelson are strangely ecstatic, whilst Pencil and Estigua scoff at an idea like that. [Estigua swerves in shock.]
 * Nelson : Wow! Church was fun!
 * Needle : It was! I mean, I've never said anything like this before!
 * P e nci l : I thinks it was the bread. It tasted kinde' diff'ren'.
 * Estigua : É esse novo químico.
 * P e nci l : Aye, I remember'e! The rares' chemical in the world! "See h'if 'e die?" "Tea h'off bee sky?" Wote'er, I really don' need ter remember'ee. Jus'ee't'was in Match's 'air.
 * Nelson : Can we turn on the music? It's too quiet! I think I want to … to—
 * Needle : Oh no …
 * Nelson : Mpbleeeekhhhhhhhhhhh! [vomits in the car]
 * Estigua : Não é o carro!
 * P e nci l : Y'know, Nels, if you wan' to vomit jus' open yer window an' do h'it out there.
 * Needle : Why, that's disgusting!
 * P e nci l : [sighs] Mum, turn on the radio now!
 * Estigua : Bem. [turns on the radio]
 * J u k e b o x : [on the radio] And that's why you should never call an elephant a cow. Next on obscure trivia is science.
 * Nelson : Ooh, I love science!
 * J u k e b o x : A thing that many people are not aware of is that there is a new chemical combination. Scientists at the Pediatricians' Apothecary of Nairobi discovered Benjaminfranklinium deuterium iodide, better known as BfDI.
 * All: Ah!
 * P e nci l : Mum, watch out!
 * Estigua : Sinto muito. Mas agora eu tenho que … que [vomits in the car] Bleeeeeekhhhhhhhhhhhh!
 * Needle : Oh great, that's two!
 * P e nci l : Wot's worse is that BFDI is now known outside of school.
 * Needle : By four people. How many people listen to these facts anyway?
 * P e nci l : This is one o' the most well-known radio stations in all o' Kenya.
 * Needle : Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
 * P e nci l : 'Ey, relax, Needy!
 * Needle : [slaps] Don't call me Needy! But no.

3. The house
Scene: Pencil is reclining on the couch anxiously with a telephone calling people. [Enter Estigua.]
 * P e nci l : You heard it too Book? Ok, bye. [hangs up and calls Bubble] Omg, Bubble, did'ee hear about … that's wot I was callin'ee 'bout.
 * P e nci l : 'Ey, mum.
 * Estigua : Penél'ta, acho que precisamos conversar.
 * P e nci l : Oh no! Is this like one o' they converzations where I'm ol' enough to talk 'bout me? Or thet converzation when'ee finds out I have a B+ in me Kenya 'istory?
 * Estigua : Tens um C na história queniana?
 * P e nci l : Sorry, that ain't suppos' to come out.
 * Estigua : É por isso que vim aqui. Sua escola é realizar uma feira universidade.
 * P e nci l : But it's also fer clubs!
 * Estigua : Haverá professores lá, então você deve estar no seu melhor compo— [noticing she's gone] Penélope?

1. The house
Scene: Night. Everyone is sleeping, when suddenly … [Needle and Nelson wake up] [Enter Estigua.] [Omnes exeunt.]
 * P e nci l : Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
 * Needle : What's wrong?
 * P e nci l : My eraser, it 'urts!
 * Needle : Did you take anything?
 * P e nci l : No!
 * Needle : Well, I think it was the— [has pain] Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
 * Estigua : Têm dor também?
 * Nelson : Yes!
 * Estigua : Saiam da cama. Vamos para farmácia agora.

2. TT's Pharmacy
Scene: The Triángolos try to find parking at the centre, but all the spaces are full. [''They exit the car into the door. Test Tube is greeting everyone as the crowd rushes in.''] [''Everyone rushes into line. Estigua is in the middle of the line. Pencil, Needle and Nelson slip into the crowd when they see their friends.'']
 * Needle : Is everyone here?
 * P e nci l : Prob'ly.
 * Test Tube : Come one, come all to TT's Pharmacy, where you c— [nearly is trampled by everyone. She jumps behind the counter] —AN BUY YOUR ANTI-BFDI ITCH CREAMS! I SPEAK ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE AND SCIENCE!
 * Canadian Dollar : Everyone in the crowd, lower your voices to a whisper please!

3. The alliance's portion of the line
Scene: The alliance, though sandwiched between many people, are talking to each other.
 * P e nci l : [to the alliance] Omg, h'everyone, 'ow'd'ee get all together like thet?
 * Bo ok : We all had a study session!
 * Ruby : My mom doesn't want me in the house anyway, so I just went with them.
 * Bo ok : She had no choice.
 * Bubble : I had no yoylecakes.
 * P e nci l : So how'd ye felt about th' attack last night?
 * Bo ok : Attack? Oh! I think you're using it incorrectly, you really mean—
 * Ruby : Bigger problems, Book.
 * Bubble : I had a popping spoism!
 * Bo ok : My pages felt older.
 * Ruby : I lost my shininess by 2%!
 * P e nci l : I felt a tinglin' in my eraser.
 * Ruby : Oh! So … where's Match and the rest?
 * P e nci l : Match got weekend detention.
 * Bo ok : Ooh … according to my research of our school, nobody has been in weekend detention since 92 years, 2 months and 19 days ago!
 * Ruby : Really?
 * Bubble : What aboit Blocky and the rest?
 * Bo ok : I said been in a weekend detention.
 * P e nci l : You says "been" funny, Book.
 * Bo ok : Love you too, Pencil.
 * Bubble : Woit, Match isn't with us?
 * Bo ok : No, the school forbids that students leave school even for medical reasons during detentions!

4. The front of the line
Scene: Estigua is now second in line, behind Mr. Czecherson, the mean teacher from detention.
 * Czecherson : Thank you, sir, I need some for my children. They are all with my wife.
 * Estigua : [quietly] Aquela coisa mal tem uma esposa e filhos?
 * Test Tube : Bye! And I'm a ma'am! Next!
 * Estigua : Preciso de creme coceira! E fazer que quatro.
 * Test Tube : [not looking] One itch cream coming right u— [looking up to her] Senhora T? É você?
 * Estigua : ''Estou mais surpreso de ver você aqui.
 * Test Tube : Yeah …
 * Estigua : Por que estás aqui?
 * Test Tube : I retired!
 * Estigua : …E lo renomeaste à Farmácia de TT.
 * Test Tube : Sim!

5. The alliance's position in the line
[Exeunt Estigua out of the door with Needle and Nelson.] [Exit Pencil.]
 * Ruby : Omg, yes!
 * Estigua : Penél'ta, temo-lo!
 * P e nci l : I think me mum be callin' me.
 * Bubble : Boyo!
 * P e nci l : Kwaheri!
 * Ruby : See you at school!
 * Bubble : Noyo!
 * P e nci l : Wait, there ain't school today?
 * Bo ok : The clubs and colleges fair is in school today!
 * Ruby : See you at the fair!
 * Estigua : Sair da porta!
 * P e nci l : Comin' mum!

6. In the car
Scene: Estigua is driving the kids to school.
 * P e nci l : Wait, why're'ee drivin' to school?
 * Estigua : La feira!
 * P e nci l : Oh! Am I th' only one who never realised'e?
 * Estigua/Needle & Nelson: Sim!/Yes!
 * P e nci l : Omg, I feel so left out.

7. Outside Mrs. T's room
Scene: Mrs. Tannenbaum's room finally gets light. Match is still in weekend detention. [Enter Mrs. Tannenbaum with Sparky.] [She sees the alliance talking to each other.] [The alliance looks at her like she's crazy.] [Everyone is confused.] [The rest of the alliance laugh.]
 * Ma tch : So dark. Yet so light.
 * Mrs. Tannenbaum : Oh there you are! The weekend's been over!
 * Ma tch : Yaaaaaaaaaay. [slowly walks out. As she leaves the room, a crowd has formed, spreading throughout the school.] Omg!
 * Ma tch : Omg, there's everyone! [pushes through the crowd] Sorry … exceeeyoooooose me … thanks.
 * P e nci l : Match, you're free!
 * Ruby : And you look like you're a mess!
 * Ma tch : I've been there for, like, two days and haven't gotten any food or light or sleep or anything!
 * Bo ok : Well–
 * Ma tch : Do you know how much time I've, like, wasted in there? I don't think anyone's got a weekend detention since, like, 92 years, like, 2 months and 19 days ago.
 * Bo ok : Correct!
 * P e nci l : Wot should we give 'er?
 * Ruby : Morals.
 * Bubble : Good one, Ruby!
 * Ma tch : Omg, let's, like, check out the clubs!
 * Bo ok : Yeah!
 * P e nci l : I feel like we're missin' some'n.
 * Bo ok : Yup …
 * Ma tch : Whoever it is, like, it doesn't matter.
 * P e nci l : OMG! We're missin' Pen!
 * Ma tch : I was right; he doesn't matter.
 * Bo ok : Match!
 * Ma tch : I mean …
 * P e nci l : We have ter run around the school 'til we find'e!
 * Bubble : Hoyw can you find him if there's a croyd?
 * P e nci l : I GPS'd 'is cap.
 * Ma tch : No wonder I hear him complain!
 * P e nci l : [trying to find] Ah! I can't find me GPS!
 * Bo ok : Oops, I accidentally stole yours from the party. Yeah, I'm a rebel!
 * P e nci l : Like … thank you, Book, you're a lifesaver!
 * Li fe S a ve r : Actually, that's my job!
 * P e nci l : 'E's at the club stands.
 * Ma tch : Club stands? Then why are you so, like, excited?
 * P e nci l : So I can sign up wit' the same clubs as 'e!
 * Ma tch : I want to go so I can find boys there!
 * Alliance: WOW.
 * Bubble : Clubs? What about colleges?
 * Ruby : Or universities?
 * P e nci l : Umm … why do all o' ye seem to know 'bout wot there are 'ere?
 * Bubble : Uh … we can't soy.
 * P e nci l : Weird. But won't'ee be weird if we sign'd up fer the same clubs?
 * Ruby : Well what if it's something you don't really like?
 * P e nci l : Don' be silly, Ruby, there ain't nothin' me boy loves that I don't.
 * Ruby : How about sports?
 * P e nci l : I love sports!
 * Ruby : It could be—
 * P e nci l : Wot else?
 * Ma tch : How about the taste of olive oil?
 * P e nci l : Omg, Match! I can totally, like, eat Pen's traditional Grecian food like the terrible wonderful olive oil!
 * Bubble : What aboit other goyrls?
 * P e nci l : Other girls? [sees the club stands] I doubt Pen'd sign up with— [sees him signing up for a club ] OTHER GIRLS!!

8. The club stands
Scene: Pen is signing up for football when the girl at the other club looks flirty to him. [The girl at the next stand, Lola, breaves heavily in rage.] [Enter Pencil and her alliance.] [Meanwhile with the rest of the alliance.] [Exit Book.] [Exeunt Match, Ruby and Bubble.] [Exeunt Pen and Pencil. The alliance follows them.]
 * Sci ssor : Yih, all our football positions were left by Trophy … but then he poimanently left.
 * P en : You mean dropped out—
 * Sci ssor : DON'T SAY THAT!!!
 * P en : Sorry!
 * Sci ssor : Look, kid. You wanna try out? I see you runnin' all the time.
 * P en : Wow, football's the same time as track?
 * Sci ssor : No, I also coach goils' softball.
 * P en : That explains the squealing.
 * Sci ssor : Mm. Now, if you wanna do it, you'll need training. Hard training. Then again, you'll be playin' fo the best team in the country!
 * P en : All because of Trophy?
 * Sci ssor : All 'cause of Trophy. [signs up] Y'know, while he was here he had several wives!
 * P en : Wives?
 * Sci ssor : Yep. Not girlfriends, wives. The big man vif kampas.
 * P en : Why?
 * Sci ssor : Let's just say he attracted many goils. Like 37% of the school.
 * P en : Goils?
 * Sci ssor : Goils! You know, G-I-R-L-S.
 * P en : Oh, that! That's gi—
 * Sci ssor : NO! But is that what you want?
 * P en : Well, I kind of … definitely … do have a goil girlfriend.
 * Lola : Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn!
 * Sci ssor : Goil. Ya scared? This guy's gonna be on the football team!
 * P en : Well, a- actually, I was debating on—
 * Lola : You have a girlfriend!?
 * P en : Yeah!
 * Sci ssor : This conversation boys me.
 * Lola : Y- YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!?
 * P en : Yeah, why?
 * Lola : I don't know!
 * P e nci l : Pen, get yer cap 'ere right now an' explain why you're talkin' to thet girl!
 * Sci ssor : Ooooooooooh, this just got nas-ty! [awkward silence] Go ahead.
 * P e nci l : [to Lola] Who's she?
 * Lola : What's that?
 * P en : She's my girlfriend.
 * Ma tch : Omg! Let's go check out, like, the a-na-gram club. There's a really cute guy, like, there! Wanna come?
 * Bo ok : [gasps] I see gurus!
 * 1st Gu ru : Come all, come none, to the Indian Cultures Club!
 * 2nd Guru : Where you don't have to learn about the Indian culture!
 * Needle : You don't have to learn? Oh goodie!
 * 2nd Guru : No, you do have to learn; it's Indian Cultures Club for a reason.
 * 1st Gu ru : मैं आप ज़ोर से या शांत करना चाहिए?
 * Bo ok : Wow, so interesting! I'm going.
 * Ma tch : Wait! [wanders her eyes to the fashion club] Like, what about the IPFT club? Can you see the leader? Ooh la la …
 * Bo ok : I "pft" you!
 * Ruby : Match, what does IPFT mean?
 * Ma tch : Only, like, the I nter- P lanetary F ashion T rends Club!
 * Bubble : I don't soy how fashion trends from oyther planets pertoin to the conversoition!
 * Ma tch : Don't, like, worry Bubble, we'll find something for you.
 * P e nci l : Like, totally. [to Pen] Okay, let's go, this girl's creepin' me out.

9. A corner
Scene: A corner darker than the rest of the school. Pencil and Pen stay there from hiding from Lola. [Meanwhile, at the club stands.] [Exit Lola ''after them. Meanwhile, with the alliance.''] [They back away slowly.] [They back away quickly.] [The alliance sees a giant screen TV. ]
 * P e nci l : Omg, who is she?
 * P en : I don't know. But she freaked out when she saw you.
 * P e nci l : I h'ain't thet intimidating ain't'I?
 * P en : No …
 * Bo ok : Hey.
 * P e nci l : 'Ey.
 * Ma tch : We, like, signed ourselves up for every club in school.
 * Bo ok : We raced to see who could be the fastest!
 * Ruby : I won!
 * Bubble : She is so foist!
 * Bo ok : Alright. So we signed all of us up for the A students club (except for Match), Alphabeting Club, Arabic Club, Attic Greek Culture Club, Anagram Club, Ambigram Club, and when I went to the university section by myself I was interested in the University of Arugula, the University of …
 * Lola : I'm gonna get you, Pencil Triángolo! [kicks over the club stand] Aaaaaaaaaaah!
 * Nearby students: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
 * Lola : This arts and crafts club is over!
 * Conch : Does that mean we signed up for nothing?
 * Lola : YES! I only came here because I knew Pen would like football, but instead he blew me off!
 * Conch : Isn't that a go—
 * Lola : NO! Now, out of my way! I need to go!
 * Bo ok : … and the Zzyzx Roadrunners' Club. I didn't get a chance to see the r—
 * P e nci l : Omg, I see thet thing! [sees Lola knock down other people to get Pencil]
 * Lola : Pencil Triángolo, I'm comin' to get you!
 * P e nci l : She knows me las' name!
 * Lola : Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn!
 * Bubble : Not this again!
 * Conch : [quickly] Lola! Come here!
 * Lola : Gqaaaaah, what now!
 * Conch : Quickly! The real Arts and Crafts club leader would like a word with you!
 * P e nci l : Omg, thet TV's playin' me favourite show!
 * Ruby : You like Gems Daily?
 * P e nci l : No!
 * Bubble : That's interesting! I'm woitching Yoylebaking!
 * Ma tch : I, like, see a new fashion series!
 * P en : Tales of the Ambassador for me.
 * Bo ok : History of Kenya: Director's Cut.
 * P e nci l : I'm watchin' Tuesday Afternoon Football
 * P en : In that case, so am I!
 * P e nci l : Really? 'kay. Who's winnin' right now.
 * P en : The team with the … uh … thing.
 * Conch: Oh, you mean the New York Jets? You see, I'm good at reconigze NFL teams. And- *gets pushed by Lola* Ouch! Lola! What are you doing?
 * Lola : Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn! Hh-nn!
 * Bo ok : That growling sounds familiar.
 * Ruby : It's Lola! Quick! Hop into the TV!
 * Ma tch : Omg, don't be ridic', nobody can hop into the— [hops to the TV at the same time as Ruby]
 * Bubble : Boyo! [goes in]
 * Bo ok : Yeah … see ya! [goes in]
 * Lola : [teleports nearer to Pen and Pencil as Evil Leafy would do] Omg! It's finally … you! … I know … everything about … you. Your … favourite colour … is cerulean … you have … sang at … the K for a year … as of now, lived … in Canada—
 * P e nci l : Okay, let's go in! [She jumps in. Then arms come out of the TV and drag him in. Lola follows, but hits her head on the screen.]
 * Lola : Why!?
 * Everyone: Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahah!