"The Purple Rose Saga": An otakufic by King Reanna
Episode
Three: "A Little More Intense!"
Written
November 15- ,1999
[Scene: The gym. Touga stands facing Reanna]
Touga: Reanna, do you realize that
it's been a two weeks since I began giving you kendo lessons?
Reanna: That long? Already?
(Touga takes something out of his pocket)
Touga: Give
me your right hand, Reanna.
Reanna: (seems to know what's coming, but can't grasp it) My… hand? (She raises it)
(Touga slips a Rose Seal onto her ring
finger. Reanna gasps)
Reanna: A… Rose Seal? But… only
members of the Seitokai wear these. I'm not ready…
Touga: You've just been made an
honorary member. That ring has an even more important significance. Do you know
what that significance is, King-san?
Reanna: Uh… *well*…
Touga: It means that you will
fight in duels scheduled by End of the World. Do you know who they are?
Reanna: End of the W—(Reanna goes into "thinking" mode and
frowns deeply)
Touga: I'm getting ahead of
myself, though. Come, I'll get you fitted in a fuku.
(Reanna follows in a bit of a daze)
Title: "A Little More Intense!"
[Scene: A certain wall at a random sunset. Grams: "Kashira Seijin" The Shadow Play Girls
appear)
B-Ko: Oh, dear girl, have you
heard the news?
A-Ko: Oh, dear girl, what do you
know?
B-Ko: The girl's life has just
changed completely, before her eyes.
A-Ko: The only thing is…
B-Ko: She's too busy thinking
about *other* things!
A-Ko: What could possibly be on
her mind?
Both: Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know what it is?
(Fade out)
[Scene: A hallway at Ohtori. We see Touga
waiting outside the girls' bathroom. Reanna comes out wearing a duelist
uniform. Its dominating color is purple]
Touga: It suits you. However, you
will have to dye your hair purple. Your hair color must match your uniform
color. Rules of the Seitokai, I'm afraid.
Reanna: (raises an eyebrow) Uh… okay.
Touga: There is a meeting
scheduled for today. Are you ready?
Reanna: A meeting?
(Touga
grabs her wrist and pulls her offscreen. We see the inside of the bathroom.
Nanami has had her ear pressed to the door the whole time. She looks
angry/upset)
[Scene: An elevator. Grams: "Densetsu: Kami no Na wa Abraxas" One by one, four, not three, silhouettes appear)
Touga: If it cannot hatch from its
shell, the chick will die without ever being born. We are the chick; the world
is our egg. If we don't crack the world's shell, we will die without truly
being born. *Smash* the world's shell…
All: For the Revolution of the
World!
(We see Touga standing with someone
[obviously Reanna] who is wearing a blindfold to hide most of her face. Her
hair is dyed purple!)
Touga: As
promised, I have trained a new duelist, and she is here with us today.
Juri: So what's with the blindfold?
Touga: Nothing at all. I believe
that you have both met our newest member. I wanted it to be a surprise. (Touga removes the blindfold)
Juri: Well, this is… a surprise.
(Miki clicks his stopwatch (:15) and notes the time shown, and looks up again)
Miki: Reanna-sempai, you're the
new duelist?
Reanna: (nods) Mm-hmm.
Juri: Demo, naze?
Touga: End of the World knows
what's best for the Revolution. (looks
to Reanna) Please, Reanna, sit down.
(Reanna
does so, and notices four drinks on the table)
Reanna: Hey, I don't think these
here a moment ago. What is it?
Juri: (smiles slightly) It's a random iced drink. Try it.
Reanna: (takes a sip) Tastes very… random. How did it get here?
Miki: I personally believe that
all random objects, including iced drinks, come from another dimension.
(Reanna
sweatdrops)
Juri: Is something wrong, Reanna?
Reanna: No, nothing.
Juri: I saw that sweatdrop appear
next to your head.
(Reanna
just takes another sip of her drink)
Miki: I've been seeing some
really strange random objects lately. I found this (Miki holds up a Pikachu keychain) in my dresser drawer this
morning. (Miki squeezes the keychain,
which says "Pika-chu!")
Juri: Mou? Well, I found this (Juri holds up a Mr. Bigglesworth toy)
on my table this morning. (Juri squeezes
it, and it says, "We don't gnaw on our kitty.") I'm not sure what it is, but what kind of a name is "Mr.
Bigglesworth?"
Touga: Well, then, this is
unusual. Until next meeting, keep an eye out for more of these random objects.
I would also, again like to welcome Miss King to the Seitokai. The meeting is
adjourned.
(Eyecatch)
[Scene:
The sitting room of Utena and Anshi's dorm. Nanami is already there. There is a
knock at the door]
Anshi: (pleasantly, as always) I'll get it!
(Anshi
goes to open the door. It's Miki and Reanna)
Reanna: Hi, Anshi!
Miki: Konban wa, Himemiya-san.
Anshi: Please, come in.
(Miki and Reanna enter)
Reanna: Hi, Utena! Hi, Nanami!
Utena: Reanna, is that a duelist
uniform?
Reanna: Hai, Touga made me a member
of the Seitokai. I'm a duelist now… I really don't know what to think about it.
Nanami: I don't believe my Oniisama
made you a duelist!
Miki: (as he sits down) Is there something wrong, Nanami?
(All are
now seated and getting out their books)
Nanami: Oh, nanimo! I was just
surprised! I didn't know that you know how to use a sword!
Reanna: Well, not really
originally, I guess, but Touga's been teaching me. He's a good teacher. Look! I
have a ring! (She holds up her hand) How
can I learn to use a sword as quickly as Touga expects me to…?
Utena: That's the Bara no Kokuin,
all right.
Reanna: I have no idea why Touga
made me a duelist. It takes years to learn how to use a sword properly, doesn't
it…?
(Suddenly,
Nanami notices a huge statue of a penguin sitting next to her)
Nanami: (freaks out) Penguin! What's a penguin doing here?! Penguins belong at the South
Pole!
Utena: It's a statue.
Miki: You're right!
Reanna: Another random object,
Miki?
Miki: I think so. No one ever
sees them appear. You just kind of… notice them. What do we do with it?
(Suddenly
an everyone notices an Oddish. It begins walking laps around the table)
Oddish: Odd-ish odd-ish odd-ish
odd-ish odd-ish odd-ish…
Utena: Who's that Pokémon?
Everyone else: It's Oddish!
Miki: This is really strange!
(A great many random objects appear: A Darth
Vader helmet over Nanami's face, a potted plant, minus the plant, on Reanna's
head, a CD player playing "Shake Your Groove Thing," a Furby in Anshi's lap,
which begins saying "Ooh! Ooh! Again!", a kawaii Miki catcher doll on the table
right in front of Miki, and a string of Christmas lights, which are somehow lit
up, appear draped on Utena)
Anshi: (picks up the Furby) How kawaii!
Nanami: Don't worry. My Oniisama
will come up with a way to solve this.
Utena: Somehow, I doubt it.
Nanami: I find your lack of faith
disturbing.
[Scene: The music room. Miki and Reanna sit
at the piano. Reanna is just finishing playing "Hikari Sasu
Niwa."]
Miki: That's really good, but
see, your fingering could really be better.
Reanna: Yeah, I…
Miki: See, here, you should start
on your middle finger.
Reanna: (plays a few notes) Ahh. Okay.
Miki: (Turns to Reanna) You know, I told Touga about the random objects incident last night.
Reanna: And?
Miki: He's as puzzled as we are.
(They notice two random iced drinks on the
piano)
Reanna: I'm really getting sick of
those. Why not a random strawberry shake or something?
(Suddenly, Reanna stands up, knocking over
the piano bench and Miki. She begins
dancing around)
Reanna: It's cold! It's cold!
Something's dripping down my back!
(Miki
gets up, and as Reanna calms down, notices something pink on the back of the
neck of Reanna's uniform. He touches a finger to it and tastes it)
Miki: Strawberry. It's pretty
good. Where is all this stuff coming from? (Miki
looks up, and his eyes go wide) Reanna-sempai, abunai!
(Miki
pushes Reanna aside as a random Tiffany lamp falls to the floor where she was
standing)
(An endearingly blushing Miki gets off an
equally endearingly blushing Reanna.
Reanna: This is getting way out of
hand.
(A
random Beanie Baby plops down onto Reanna's head. Then, approximately five
hundred more follow, followed by the shouts of Reanna and Miki)
(Just as they dig their way out to the sounds
of a random Steve Martin singing "King Tut," the door to the music room opens. Enter Nanami)
Nanami: Micky, I—hey! What's half
of my Beanie Baby collection doing here?
Reanna: (sprawled out with about two hundred Beanie Babies on top of her)
(weakly) Half?!
Miki: We're having another random
object crisis.
Nanami: Well, then, I'm getting out
of here.
(A
shadow gets bigger and bigger over Nanami, who looks up and screams. Something
round, about 4 feet in diameter and two inches thick, and is light and fluffy
falls on top of her)
Nanami: (As she crawls out, we see that her hair is slightly disheveled) WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! I
WANT MY ONIISAMA!
(Miki and Reanna approach her. Reanna takes a
piece off this new random objects and eats it)
Reanna: It's a random giant
pancake.
Miki and Nanami: Pancake?!
Steve Martin: Gotta condo made o' stone-uh…
Miki: Who's that guy over there? (Points with his thumb)
Reanna: He's a ramblin' guy.
Nanami: What's next?—Never mind!
I'm not staying to find out! (Turns to
leave)
Reanna: (looking up) Oh, no!
(The
others look up just before 20 gallons of random maple syrup lands on all three
of them)
Miki: (coughs, wiping syrup out of his hair) Come on! Let's get out of
here!
Reanna: (wipes syrup out of her eyes) Good idea!
(Everyone
slips and falls in the syrup, and in a POOF! The general area, and all three,
are covered in confetti, party hats, streamers and balloons. Each one of them is also wearing a party
hat. They help each other to stand up)
(We see the outside of the music room. Kozue
strolls by to hear rapid knocking on the door)
Miki's voice: Open the door!
(Kozue opens the door and balloons come
flying out. We even hear a party whistle. A pile of Reanna, Nanami and Miki
falls to the floor. Nanami is clutching several Beanie Babies.)
Kozue: (Kneels down) Micky! What kind of party were you having in there, anyway?
(Reanna,
Nanami and Miki only gasp for breath)
Kozue: Never mind. I don't want to
know.
(Fade to
"To be continued" screen)
Preview of next episode:
(Grams: "Jikai
Yokoku." We see Reanna at the piano
with Miki, a Seitokai meeting, Reanna with Akio, Reanna taking a drink of
something, and Kozue looking smug)
V.O. Miki: Well, Reanna, you're a
member of the Seitokai now.
V.O. Reanna: Yes, but I've been having
some troubles lately.
V.O. Miki: Troubles?
V.O. Reanna: Yeah, namely with the Dean.
But I never expected to have troubles with Kozue!
V.O. Utena: Next time on "Shoujo
Kakumei Utena:" "Reanna's Moment!"
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