Tales From The Psyche - Transcript

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Chapter 51 - Tales From The Psyche

Angle on Randoms Tower

Cut inside to the Randoms Elite Meeting Room. CBot Mini stands on the board table, and plays a holographic projection of Jameson

Jameson

“Robert Eager and Dr... Braveheart or something... they’ve been designing a robotic army so powerful, even Malcom won’t stand a chance! We’ve built hundreds, and we’ll attack from all sides! Not to mention, we have a spy inside Randoms Tower. He’s going to assist us in more ways than one...”

CBot Mini shuts it off

CBot Mini

“That’s all I recorded”

Zoom out, the Randoms Elite, kids, and P-Sauce are all watching horrified

Malcom

“Well, this is disturbing...”

Sally

“What do we do?!”

Malcom

“About what? The robots or the spy?”

Sally

“Both!”

Malcom

“We’ll figure something out! We’ve got this!”

Sally chuckles unconvinced

Tucker

“I’ll up our defenses!”

Ricardio

“I’ll, uh... actually stay I guess... instead of running? That good enough?”

Jessie

“I’ll start looking at possible outcomes”

Tim

“What do we do?!”

Malcom

“Kids! You have a very important job! Go to sleep”

Alex

“What?! No fair!”

Malcom

“Completely fair! You did good, and you can help more tomorrow!”

Tim

“Wait, first... we have something to show you...”

Malcom

“What?”

Lily

“Robert’s laptop had this image on it... mean anything?”

Lily lifts up her phone, with the picture of Malcom, Sally and Carl on its screen

Malcom stares

Malcom

“I’m... Robert’s laptop?”

Lily

“Yeah”

Malcom

“I see... can I borrow that phone?”

Lily

“Uh, sure... it’s not my good phone anyway”

Malcom takes it, as the kids leave

Malcom

“Mmm”

Sally

“What is it?”

Malcom

“Well...”

He shows her, and she looks shocked

Sally

“But... you don’t think?”

Malcom

“I think it’s time I ask something of Tucker...”

Intro plays

Ricardio, Jessie, and Tiny Turret exit the meeting room

Malcom

“Okay, bye guys! You know your tasks, ah-“

He stops Tucker

Tucker

“Er, what?”

Malcom

“I need to talk to you”

Tucker sits down, and looks at Malcom and Sally

Tucker

“What?”

Malcom

“So, Tucker... you remember Carl, right?”

Tucker

“Of course, your best friend... it’s a... tragedy what happened...”

Malcom

“For years I’ve been blaming myself for Carl’s death, it’s been a motivator to do better... but now? I... well look- I’ve been trying to make up for his death for decades, and if there is any chance he’s alive I need to take it... ”

Tucker

“So what exactly do you need?”

Malcom

“Do you have that spell Tim and Alex used to learn about Sally?”

Tucker

“No, but I have something similar, I’ll be right back. Wait here”

He summons a part of his hedge and enters

Sally

“Malcom what are you doing?”

Malcom

“Sal! There’s a chance Carl could be alive! I need to take it!l

Sally

“Yeah, okay. You could do that, or... you... couldn’t? Like... just let it go? No need to incorporate dark magic right! Please”

Malcom

“Sally, you know I usually listen to you-“

Sally

“Not recently! Ever since Capital City you’ve been shutting down everything I’ve said!”

Malcom

“I-“

Malcom realizes

Malcom

“Oh... wow... Sally I-“

Sally

“It’s cool... it’s fine...”

Malcom

“Sally no, it’s- it’s not your fault... I’ve been... keeping something quiet...”

Sally stares at him, interested. Then Tucker bursts from the hedge, holding a small vial

Tucker

“Got it! This serum will allow you to study your memories in your sleep, crazy huh?”

Malcom

“Perfect!”

Sally

“Mmm”

Malcom

“You always know what to do Tucker!”

Hard cut to Robert and Jameson’s lair, inside the factory, the super deadly droids are being crafted

Jameson

“Woo! I love preparing our wave of destruction”

Robert

“Right...”

Jameson

“Well, continue work Exy! It’s time for me to go to bed!”

Robert

“Yeah, what?”

Jameson

“What?”

Robert

“You’re going to sleep... why? We have work to do”

Jameson

“No, you have work to do! Have fun”

Robert

“Mmm”

He walks off

Jameson

“Aw c’mon Exy! Ey? Huh... I get the feeling you don’t respect me! Really? Still?! Even with my scepter? Okay...”

Jameson sits there for a minute, before suddenly looking kinda down, then he gets up and marches off to his bedroom

Jameson

“Okay, Robert’s a jerk now, great. This is fine, I don’t need his appreciation! I’m the one with the scepter, I’m the one I’m charge of this whole operation!”

He plops into his bad

Jameson

“I’m in the right here! Entirely!”

Hard cut to Malcom, he drinks Tucker’s serum and slips into bed, before shutting his eyes. We cut back and forth between Jameson and Malcom, seeing them both getting to sleep... finally, they both fall asleep, mere seconds apart.

Malcom wakes up, in the Randoms Elite Meeting Room. A quick look around shows him he’s in the middle of a meeting, Carl is indeed there along with everyone else.

Malcom

“Holy cow, it worked?! HA! IT WORKED!”

Younger Malcom

“Okay, first order of business. Sorcerer war updates, Tucker ha decided to temporarily join us in order to give us the information. Tucker?”

Tucker

“They’re getting bolder. Travis’s armies are growing to massive size, they aren’t planning on attacking Porta just yet, I believe Neon City is in the most danger”

Carl

“Neon City? Don’t we have agents there?”

Sally

“For their safety we’ll have to evacuate them!”

Carl

“I agree”

Ricardio

“Or they could do their job? Protect the people? But ignore me, I’m just the highest ranking Elite member”

Younger Malcom

“My biggest regret”

Malcom

“Ha! This guy gets it”

Malcom glances over at Carl, who gets up and starts walking off

Carl

“I’m gonna go call off those agents in Neon”

Younger Malcom

“Good call, I’ll fill you in on Tucker’s other updates”

Jessie

“Yes, Tucker please continue”

Malcom decides to follow Carl

Cut to Jameson, as we see him asleep... then suddenly the Eye of Agoro lights up, and we zoom into Jameson’s head. He’s falling through a horrible void of nightmares

Jameson

“AAAAAAAAAAAA-“

He crashes onto the ground... which is made of trampolines? Jameson looks around seeing massive field, of trampolines, multiple nacho cheese chips factories, Oddity INCs are everywhere, and everyone Jameson has ever felt attachment is there

Jameson

“Whoa...”

Dreamy Safety Ninja

“Hey guys look! It’s Jameson!”

Dreamy Anne

“No way! He’s the best!”

Dreamy Robert

“I love that guy! He’s attractive and powerful!”

Dreamy Joseph Mameson

“I’d die for him!”

Jameson chuckles

Jameson

“I could get used to this!”

Cut back to Malcom, following Carl. Carl enters a room filled with computers. He activates one, sending a message to the agents in Neon City, telling them to leave.

Malcom

“Your were always the best of us... surely you didn’t...”

Carl looks back at the door, sees that no one is there, then starts typing something onto the computer

Malcom

“No...”

He finishes, prints out a map, then walks off

Malcom

“He’s not... I can’t believe-“

Malcom takes a step into... Jameson’s cloud paradise

Malcom

“Wait what...”

Pan back to Jameson, in his paradise

Jameson

“So what do we do for fun here?”

Dreamy Safety Ninja

“Sing your praises, obviously!”

Jameson

“Oh okay!”

Suddenly all the people start singing at Jameson, a song titled “Wow, you’re really great!” It’s going fine until

Malcom

“WHAT’S HAPPENING?!”

Jameson freezes, turns around and sees Malcom

Jameson

“Huh... why are you in my dream? I hate that guy! Remove him!”

Malcom

“Your dream? No I was... just... what’s happening?!”

Jameson

“Uh, you’re here, we just did a musical-“

Malcom

“No! I mean WHY AM I HERE?!”

Jameson stays quiet for a minute

Jameson

“Good question, I’d never willingly dream of you! Unless we’re talking about two years ago-“

Malcom

“Oh my lord! I was doing something important too!”

Jameson

“Me too! Ex-Lord’s totally playing the ‘genius’ card on me!”

Malcom

“What?”

Jameson

“I can’t stand it! He just thinks he’s so full of himself!”

Malcom

“Mmm... y’know actually, I’m looking into Ex-Lord... you know who he really is?”

Jameson

“Oh yeah, he’s Robert Eager”

Malcom

“Yeah, but before that?”

Jameson just looks at him

Jameson

“Robert Eager?”

Malcom

“But before Robert Eager?”

Jameson

“Nonexistent? What are you getting at?”

Malcom

“Agh! Of course, this is probably just my dream. Tucker’s stupid potion probably wore off... but then why am I still feeling so conscious?”

Jameson

“I’m awake in my sleep!”

Malcom

“You feel like that too? Hmm... maybe we could figure this out together?”

Jameson

“Ooh! Yeah! Team up, I love it! Also reveal the safest attack positions from outside Randoms Tower, I’m joking, kinda!”

Malcom

“Mmm... so what would’ve caused our dreams to connect?”

Jameson

“I dunno, I have been having weird dreams recently, but you’re never there!”

Malcom

“What kind of weird dreams?”

Jameson

“This creepy deep voice talks to me, and y’know, it gives me ideas for the raid! I think it’s my muse”

Malcom

“What?! That’s a bit... questionable... you okay buddy?”

Jameson

“Yup”

Malcom

“Okay, I’ll worry about that... slightly later... for now, how do I get back into my dream?”

Jameson

“Try jumping?”

Malcom

“Y’know what? Sure! Why not?”

He hops, and the universe transforms into Malcom’s dream, the important one

Malcom

“What?! That worked?!”

Jameson

“I’m cool!”

Malcom

“Okay, let’s find Carl, what day is this?”

Malcom runs off

Jameson

“I think it’s like mid-September? Oh snap the Raid is that soon? Nice”

Malcom

“Not what I meant, but it’s helpful”

Jameson

“Oh right, FORGET I SAID THAT!”

Malcom

“Mmm... there he is!”

They’ve arrived in the lobby, to see Carl talking to a client

Carl

“I’m sure Malcom will se you as soon as possible”

Client

“Okay good, I’m a little shaken”

Carl

“I get it! You can go straight up to his office, tell him Carl Franklin sent you”

Client

“Thanks!”

He runs off, Carl exits the building directly after

Malcom

“Oh dear...”

Malcom sprints after Carl

Jameson

“We’re running now? C’MON! We aren’t all immortal!”

Cut to Carl, turning into an alleyway. Malcom catches up and watches

In the alleyway stands a hooded guy

Hooded Guy

“So, you’re the guy? Machina-Lord? I’m underwhelmed”

Carl

“Right... well, I’ve brought what you wanted. One Plural Dagger, my own invention”

The Hooded Guy takes it, it’s a dagger with multiple blades

Hooded Guy

“Very nice... you made this?”

Carl

“Yeah, and you should press that button. It could help with the heist... rockets...”

Hooded Guy

“You could do this for real! You’re great at this!”

Carl

“Heh, no. I’m just doing this to make ends meet... Malcom’s pay hasn’t exactly been... satisfying recently...”

Hooded Guy

“Well either way, you’re really good... plus if it’s Malcom you have an issue with, well... lots of others do too”

Carl

“Well... I mean, maybe just for a couple months... until Malcom ups the payment again!”

Malcom stares in disbelief

Malcom

“I... I created Ex-Lord...”

Jameson

“You have good taste”

Malcom

“What?”

Jameson

“Huh?”

Montage time, Malcom and Jameson spying on Carl. He’s becoming more disinterested in Randoms, and falling deeper into the illegal weapons dealing career. Malcom slowly looking more and more upset as it goes on.

Finally, Malcom and Jameson are sitting, watching as Carl (now in the beta Ex-Lord costume) is talking up some criminals.

Finally we arrive during the night of the explosion... Malcom stays inside, only to see Carl activate a safety mechanism, and survive... he faked his death... and Malcom’s expression couldn’t be darker

Malcom

“That traitor”

Jameson glances at Malcom

Jameson

“You seem down, wanna talk about it?”

Malcom

“Not with you... or anyone... but, I mean... I guess I could vent...”

Jameson

“So what do you mean?”

Malcom

“So... recently I’ve been... starting to realize that I’m... old... and I don’t have much life left y’know... and I think it’s affecting my mental state...”

Jameson

“Uh, this is-“

Malcom

“I broke my one rule, the one thing that, no matter what circumstances, I’ve kept... I ended another human life, and why? Because I was angry?! That’s not enough! I’m a failure, even if the others don’t see it... I... I see it...”

Jameson stays quiet, and momentarily looks bad for everything he’s done to this broken man before him

Jameson

“Well then... you know who Ex-Lord is now, let’s go...”

Malcom

“Yeah, let’s go...”

Malcom walks off, Jameson follows, but then the universe vanishes around him

Jameson

“What the, WHAT-“

Jameson falls and lands in a forest

Jameson

“Ow...”

He looks up, he’s alone...

???

“You know what has to be done...”

Ex-Lord walks out of the shadows

Jameson

“Exy! Umm... y’know I’ve been thinking, maybe we shouldn’t raid the tower?”

Ex-Lord

“Why?”

Jameson

“Well... Malcom isn’t in... great condition! And I might feel bad for finally beating him”

Ex-Lord vanishes, as Safety Ninja and Anne appear in his place

Safety Ninja

“Oh c’mon! He’s Malcom! The amount of pain he’s caused you is ridiculous!”

Anne

“Isn’t this what you wanted?”

Jameson

“Well-“

Joseph Mameson appears

Joseph Mameson

“You’ve waited so long for vengeance, and now you spit in the face of your last chance!”

Jameson

“I don’t...”

All four voices overlapping

“It’s a shame really. You’re the one who deserves revenge. You’re in the right. You’re Malcom’s greatest enemy. Take the chance you idiot. He doesn’t deserve sympathy.”

Jameson looks at his hands, then clenches his fists

Jameson (weakly)

“Okay...”

And a new voice speaks. Not anyone Jameson knew... but someone we know all too well

Warwick

“Good... you’re so close Jameson... all we need is a little more time...”

Hard cut, Malcom wakes up

Malcom

“Oh my-“

He looks over, Sally is asleep

Malcom

“I...”

Cut, he’s in the balcony. Malcom is sitting, looking over Porta

???

“Room for four more?”

Malcom turns around, Tim, Alex, Sally and Lily are there

Malcom

“Of course, Alex... yes...”

They sit down next to him

Sally

“You gonna tell us?”

Malcom

“Not yet...”

They don’t question him further... instead, they gaze out upon the skyline... in peace and silence

THE END