Story & Screenplay by Nick Gustafson

Based on Gore High Created by Bill Waddell

Scene #1: (Outside of a factory which looks suspiciously like the interior of a darkened classroom.) NICK I did it! I did it!! I got an A+!! A+!! A----aaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!! (screams) (cut to a oncoming van) (cut to Nick holding arms in front of face in terror; suddenly Nick stops as though frozen... or paused) BILL (abruptly) Hey Nick man, you're up for beers. (A dark shape briefly obscures the scene, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, a fridge door opening, clinking glass, beer caps popped) (Motion resumes) (zoom out to reveal a television displaying scrolling credits. The scene is opened onto the living room of a comfortable apartment in Burlington. Observe NICK and BILL watching GORE HIGH II: THE MADNESS IS JUST BEGINNING. Seated beside BILL is his fiancée, CHRISTINE; a small grey cat named FELIX lurks nearby) BILL What? I edited in that myself. NICK It was very convincing. Wasn't this the one where Chuck Norris appears blowing up some Vietnamese villages or something? BILL That was only in my special director's cut. NICK Anyway... (sets down beer bottle) It's time I was heading to work. BILL (coughs loudly) Call in sick!! NICK I've been doing that too often lately. You know, if I don't show up to count that inventory... Nothing will happen. But still...(stumbles toward door) Scene #2: (Warehouse interior. A large group of unhappy people dressed in navy golf shirts are standing around bored, while AMIR converses with the warehouse manager) AMIR I think I've heard everything I need to. Time to send my drones, I mean people, to count your warehouse. MANAGER Wait! Shouldn't your drones be wearing these radiation suits? This is a toxic waste warehouse. AMIR No. It's not in the budget. NICK Umm...isn't there some labour law against doing stuff like this? AMIR Who told you about those laws? Was it Paul? NICK (shrugs)