Take 1
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, absence makes the heart grow fonder, absence makes the heart grow-" She yelled out in surprise, as the bike lost momentum and flew backwards down the catwalk. She cried out in surprise as the bike came to a sudden stop and tipped over, dropping the girl onto the cold metal "Ow! Medic!" She shouted.
Take 2
Ruby hops onto the swing, looking around nervously.
"Ruby!" Iris called. Ruby stiffened and looked to the window, where the shadow of said cyclops and her flying worm was silhouetted on the window. "Where are you?" Suddenly, the vine holding the swing snapped and Ruby was deposited on the floor.
"Ow!" She shouted. Then the hole opened under her and she fell down crying "Meeeeedic!'
Take 3
Ruby shoots out of the roof, propelled by state of the art thrusters, the director spared no expense for this scene. The jetpack would be edited out later. The same could not be said about her parachute, as when she pulled the cord, it came out in her hands. She cried out in surprise, as the jetpack ran out of fuel, and she plummeted. Thankfully, the director was smart enough to put out a safety net.
"Ow! Medic!" She cried out. The director sighed smally at the fact he would have to spend another few hundred just to shoot the girl up again.
Take 4
Ruby went shooting up, and she tugged on the new parachute, which deployed successfully... the only problem was the wind was blowing the opposite direction of where she was supposed to land and she floated off...
...
Poe smacked at his beak with his notepad, in a vain attempt to kill the bee that was bothering him.
"Yeah, kinda like that. What do you think I should do Poe?" She asked the crow. The bee managed to fly straight into the bird's "ear," this sudden and uncomfortable experience caused Poe to lose grip on his monocle and it fell to his chest. The bird shook his head to dislodge the pest, without luck. He decided to give his advice anyway, his voice loud without adequate hearing.
"What we have here is a situation where you friends are... acting out of character! Weird... if you will. My reasoning is... they are not themselves." He said, shining his monocle on his vest.
"Gee, I never thought of it that way." Ruby said almost snidely.
"Anytime." Poe replied, and swat his beak hard, in an attempt to catch the pestering insect. Instead his chair pitched back and crashed to the floor.
"Guys!" The director yelled at the larger of the crows. "Why didn't you catch him?" The director's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the two gentlemanly crows back to back on the floor, sleeping. His patience was wearing thin with all the screw-ups
...
Take 1
"I wish I knew what happened that day... if only I could-" Ruby stopped as the voice came over the speaker to do the typewriter bit.
"What really happened that doy." A guy read as he typed out a sentence. He stopped and cleared his throat and backspaced, looking sheepish off camera. "Day."
Take 2
"I wish I knew what happened that day... if only I could-" Ruby stopped as the voice came over the speaker to do the typewriter bit.
"What really happened that die." The guy coughed. "Day! I meant day!"
Take 3
"What wheelie happened that day." The guy said and growled in frustration at it all.
Take 4
"What really fattened hat day." The director was tapping his shoe angrily.
Take 27
"Hats ceiling patterned what fay?" The typist groaned, slipping even further.
"Enough! We'll use the FIRST take!" The director yelled, tearing bits of hair out of his head.
...
"Now, back to the surprise party!" Ruby yelled happily, pulling out her list. "To do: Maple."
"Ow! I'm good!" Iris shouted off camera. Ruby did not look surprised in the slightest
"Oh, hi Iris." She said simply.
"Hi Ruby, I'm bummed!" Iris said happily as she ran up to her. "I wanted to do aerial routines with Squig, but it is hard to do without windsheild wipers" She said, cheerfully. A comical short played of Iris riding Squig into a tree during the rain.
"I sure do admire your adventurous spirit, Iris. Hey, there's a lot of adventures right here in these bookshelves!" She said, gesturing to the books beside her. "Help yourself." The red headed girl said as she walked off.
"Good idea, Ruby. Thanks." The cyclops watched the girl leave before browsing the books. "Thriller, read it. Comedy, read it. Romance, gag, forget it!" She said, rolling her eye. She looked back to the books. "Hmm... Ruby's dia- HEY!" As she pulled out the book a bucket of mud fell onto the girl's head. A mischevious laughter came off set
"I am regretting hiring that ghost." The director murmured to himself. "Hey! Boo Boo! You are out of the first episode!"
"Oh, come on boss!" The ghost boy shouted as he floated up to the human. "You can't cut me out of this!"
...
Take 1
"Sometimes it is okay to keep a secret from your friends!" Iris read and gasped audibly. "Ruby has a secret? Why didn't she tell me?" She ran for the door to tell the others, when her leg gets caught up in a lamp cord and gets dragged, table and all, after her. Doom Kitty ran in front of her to stop her... but the edge of the table got caught on a loose floorboard and Iris went crashing forward, slipping out of the cord and onto Doom Kitty. The cat's arms were seen flailing under the girl. Frantic violin noises were heard from under her. "I think I twisted my ankle..."
Take 2
"Ruby has a secret? Why didn't she tell me?" The cyclops ran for the door again, her leg catching the lamp and dragging it undeterred behind her. Doom Kitty ran in front of her and stopped her. Iris just gave a blank, unknowing stare. Doom Kitty ran to the side, grabbed the balloons and ran back quickly. She took the small party favor from her side and before she could blow in it, the balloons lifted the cat off her paws. Doom flailed, not liking that she was suddenly closer to the ceiling than the floor.
"Boo Boo!" The director yelled
"I didn't do it!" The ghost yelled off set, flying away as fast as he could.
Take 3
The black cat pulled out the party favor and blew into it.
"Oh, a party!" Iris said, seeming to understand. Doom nods in relief. "Sorry Doom, no time for a party now! Ruby's got a secret!" She runs past the cat. The cat blows into the party favor again, just as the table connected with her back, bringing the cat along for the bumpy ride.
...
Take 1
Misery stood under the drainage pipe as water ran down her veil, muddying it slightly. To her surprise the water suddenly stops and she looks into it to see what was the matter. Mud and leaves dropped onto her head and she sighed to herself. Suddenly, a small cloud of something buzzing surrounded her head.
"AH! LOCUSTS! SHOO SHOO! AAAH!" She cried as she ran off set. The director put his head in his hands.
Take 2
"Misery, I have some stressful news!" Iris called as she ran up. The banshee, fearing the worse, looked up
"Is there a swarm of locusts in my hair again?" she asked as mud fell into her face.
"No. Ruby has a secret. Something so big, she is not even telling me!" Iris shouted. The two hear Ruby hum as she gets closer "Shh shh shh. Here comes Ruby. Act normal." She whispered. Misery spat out a leaf in reply. "Good one."
Ruby rounded the corner, carrying a large bag of party supplies. She stops as she sees the two girls. She quickly runs back where she came, the bag tilting as she did. Unfortunately, it spilled over, leaving a bunch of party favors all over the ground where she was before...
Take 3
"That's not good." Misery murmured as Ruby successfully ran away.
"Why is she carrying that big box?" Iris asked more to herself than her companion.
"Isn't it OBVIOUS?! Ruby's moving out!" Misery shouted dramatically, before letting out sobs. Iris gasped.
"I don't believe that." The cyclops replied.
"Well, I'd move out if I was my roommate." Misery replied.
"That explains it." Skull Boy said as he opened a window. "She was admiring my painting, but then she said she had to-"
"Are you naked?" Misery suddenly asked.
"I- What?" The calaca asked in confusion.
"You don't have your shirt on..." Misery continued.
"I have pants on!"
"Prove it." Misery replied, calling his bluff. Skull Boy went quiet and slowly ducked out of sight, closing the window...
Take 4
"It better not fail!" Misery cried, before being joined by Iris in a simultaneous cry of "Or Ruby won't be with us anymore!"
The cry echoed up the pipe and managed to reach Frank and Len. Frank opened his mouth to say his lines, but looks at Len and whispers to him. Len whispers back, nodding.
"Umm... I thought this was a kid's show."
...
"Not one single solitary minute!" Len said, hugging Ruby close.
"Yeah, let us know if there is anything we can do for you." Frank continued. Ruby slipped out of their grip.
"Uh, there is one thing. Can you hold this for me?" She asked, grabbing Len's wrist and placing it on the pole. Len cried out in pain as his hand also gripped the vine that was wrapped around it.
"Thorn! Thorn thorn thorn!" He cried in pain, waving his arm.
...
"You know how you admire my adventurous spirit? Well, I thought you could join in!" Iris said happily, running outside with Ruby in tow.
"That's okay, I am kinda busy." Ruby replied.
"Here, sit yourself in this cast iron tube thingy while I light the big candle!" Iris said happily. Ruby raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Okay, but just for a sec." Ruby replied. Iris ran behind her and adjusted the angle on the cannon.
"Now the best way to land is on your feet! Okay, have fun!" Iris shouted.
"Land?" Ruby asked. The cannon shot her up, and she came down in a ball of fire, before landing in the pool of water near the crypt. A soggy, charred Ruby comes out, shooting daggers at anyone. "A CANNON?!" She shreiked in anger
...
"Wow, there are two stages?" Len asked his brother.
"Listen, if you guys don't tell anyone I will give you extra cucumber sandwiches at the... event" She said, thinking she was on the same page.
"Deal!" Len replied as Frank shook her hand. Ruby skipped off happily.
"Bargaining. Third stage."
"But how can she make sandwiches when she's... waaaah!" He sobbed. He let go of the pole to lean on it... right on another thorn. "No! Ow! OWWW! Not again!"
...
Ruby was frosting some cupcakes, humming quietly to herself.
"Ruby! Time for your portrait!" Skull Boy said happily. Ruby looked at him in surprise as she heard him paint quickly. "Finito! I call it... Mona Ruby" He said as he tugged off the white cloth. Nothing was underneath. "Huh?" He looks inside the cloth... where the paint had come off inside. "Woops!"
...
"Okay!" Ruby cried to the ceiling. "I didn't mean this much space!" The echo was all that replied.
"Space, space, cookie, space!" It shouted in reply.
"Huh... that's odd... my echo must be broken"
...
Frank and Len were strumming on their guitar, humming lyrics. As Ruby came up they hopped onto the gravestone and Len put his hand on the pole...
"Ouch! Can't Frank get a turn to grab this thing!?"
...
"Can you hand these invitations out? I can't seem to find anyone." Ruby said, handing the small stack to her siamese friends.
"We'll be happy to deliver out your final request. I guess it's time for our final goodbyes." Frank said mournfully. He waited for Len... but...
"I won't hug it!" He shouted. "It's evil!"
"Stop being a baby Len, just hug the pole." Frank said angrily.
"NO! I won't do it!" He shouted. Frank grabbed his brother's arm and wrapped it around the pole "OW! I hate you!"
...
"Yeah. And I don't have a huge canker sore in my mouth." Misery replied, opening her mouth for Ruby to see. Ruby covered her mouth and her cheeks bulged. She managed to turn around and puke, missing the others but drenching the table...
"Oh, come on!" The director yelled angrily.
...
"Um, okay. You are right. I was leaving before, but I decided that you guys are so great that I could never leave you. Ever." Ruby replied.
"But, But I thought..." Poe began but was ignored.
"Can you take me back?"
"Yes!"
"Of course!" The group ran slowly over to Ruby. Misery suddenly let out a cry of pain and hopped around.
"I stepped on the box! I stepped on the box!"
...
Take 1
Frank and Len sat, strumming their guitar on their table. Across from them was a giant picture of Ruby, with all sorts of candles around it. They bowed their heads in quiet respect. The sound of Ruby's footsteps drew the twins attention as Ruby entered the room. Frank and Len hopped onto the table and before Frank could say his line, the picture of Ruby caught fire. Ruby ran off set to grab a fire extinguisher
Take 2
Ruby walked into the room and Frank and Len hopped onto the table, screaming.
"Ruby, you're- WOOOOAH!" He cried as the table tipped and the twins fell to the floor. Ruby stood over them, a small smirk on her lips
"Smooth move."
...
The director leaned back in his chair and sighed. They had somehow made it through the first episode. He grabbed the water, bubbles fizzing from the medicatoin inside it. He gently sipped at the drink, hoping to calm his nerves. This was not going to be as easy as he thought it would be