{A/N: This scene is, in my opinion, adorable. Now... in this I'm NOT insinuating anything between Misto and Sandy. Sandy is a flirt who happens to flirt with Misto. Don't worry... although the ending might annoy Bomba/Tugger fans. Once more, I own nothing except for my own chars.)
SCENE 3
(once more, confusion sets in. SANDY'S voice carries over, and it's clear TUGGER is flirting with her. MISTY is trying to help the stage crew with disastrous results. MISTOFLEES is whistling to himself, and flirting slightly with SANDY, who has freed herself of the other flirt. ALONZO yells "Action" as the confusion dies down.)
(SANDY enters again with the book. This time she has a little sprig of mistletoe behind one ear and a scarf around her neck. Off-stage you hear everyone chiding MISTO, who makes no response.)
SANDY: So Tugger left, had his usual dinner at his usual tavern, went back to catch up on his business, and left for home. (the lights fade on her, coming up on TUGGER alone in a courtyard.)
TUGGER: (muttering to himself) What the-…
(his eyes are wide and he looks freaked out. MISTO and SANDY giggle from off-stage… obviously they are together. TUGGER ignores them and looks at MaCavity with an odd expression. The audience cannot see his face in the knocker, but TUGGER does and makes it evident. He opens the door, looks both ways and slinks into the house. There is the briefest blackout, and he is in his bedroom, which looks like the Elephant Room from Moulin Rouge.)
ALONZO: (off-stage) Not again!
TUGGER: (in a semi-audible monologue) Join my play, he said. I'll make you a star, he said. But then I get stuck with that dame Sandy… who doesn't like me at all… but likes Misto… and I get no one… (he stops when the sound of chains is heard. Every bell goes off, and TUGGER looks incredibly freaked out. Suddenly his door flies open and MaCavity stalks in. He is surrounded by an eerie light.)
TUGGER: Who-what--- what do you want with me?
MACAVITY: Much!
TUGGER: Who are you?
MACAVITY: Who was I, you mean. In life I was your partner, MaCavity.
TUGGER: Can you-would you like to sit down?
MACAVITY: (getting his meaning after standing stupidly for a few moments of silence) I can, and I will.
TUGGER: Do it, then…?
MACAVITY: You don't believe in me.
TUGGER: No, I don't.
MACAVITY: Why?
TUGGER: Because… you're not real. You're simply a figment of my imagination… sent to annoy me and frighten me. There's nothing logical to explain this. It's all nonsense!
MACAVITY: (emitting a cry, he unties a bandage. Flowers fall out, along with his jaw.)
SANDY: (off-stage to MISTO) Did you do that?
MISTO: Who else would? (both giggle as TUGGER falls out of his chair)
TUGGER: What do you want with me??? (quivering voice)
MACAVITY: Do you believe in me or not?
TUGGER: (grabbing his tail) I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks….
ALONZO: That's the wrong line!
SANDY: (flirting with MISTO) It's the wrong play… that's from "The Wizard of Oz".
MISTO: If we do that one, can I be the wizard, Alonzo?
ALONZO: Whatever (really tired of this.)
MACAVITY: (who froze in place while a fire engine screeched by) I am here, Tugger, to offer you a chance to escape my fate. This chain… I crated it while I lived, turning a deaf ear to the cries of the poor. But you… you may yet be spared of this terrible fate.
TUGGER: You always were a good friend, MaCavity.
MACAVITY: (glaring at TUGGER, who glares back) You will be visited by three spirits. Expect the first when the bell tolls one. Expect the second when the bell tolls one the next night. Expect the third…
TUGGER: When the bell tolls twelve the next night, right?
MACAVITY: Yes. My time is gone. Farewell, Tugger. (he disappears in a flash of brilliant blue light. MISTO laughs, followed by SANDY'S giggle.)
TUGGER: Macavity's not there!
ALONZO: (off stage, slapping his forehead) Not again!!!!!!
(blackout)
SCENE 3
(once more, confusion sets in. SANDY'S voice carries over, and it's clear TUGGER is flirting with her. MISTY is trying to help the stage crew with disastrous results. MISTOFLEES is whistling to himself, and flirting slightly with SANDY, who has freed herself of the other flirt. ALONZO yells "Action" as the confusion dies down.)
(SANDY enters again with the book. This time she has a little sprig of mistletoe behind one ear and a scarf around her neck. Off-stage you hear everyone chiding MISTO, who makes no response.)
SANDY: So Tugger left, had his usual dinner at his usual tavern, went back to catch up on his business, and left for home. (the lights fade on her, coming up on TUGGER alone in a courtyard.)
TUGGER: (muttering to himself) What the-…
(his eyes are wide and he looks freaked out. MISTO and SANDY giggle from off-stage… obviously they are together. TUGGER ignores them and looks at MaCavity with an odd expression. The audience cannot see his face in the knocker, but TUGGER does and makes it evident. He opens the door, looks both ways and slinks into the house. There is the briefest blackout, and he is in his bedroom, which looks like the Elephant Room from Moulin Rouge.)
ALONZO: (off-stage) Not again!
TUGGER: (in a semi-audible monologue) Join my play, he said. I'll make you a star, he said. But then I get stuck with that dame Sandy… who doesn't like me at all… but likes Misto… and I get no one… (he stops when the sound of chains is heard. Every bell goes off, and TUGGER looks incredibly freaked out. Suddenly his door flies open and MaCavity stalks in. He is surrounded by an eerie light.)
TUGGER: Who-what--- what do you want with me?
MACAVITY: Much!
TUGGER: Who are you?
MACAVITY: Who was I, you mean. In life I was your partner, MaCavity.
TUGGER: Can you-would you like to sit down?
MACAVITY: (getting his meaning after standing stupidly for a few moments of silence) I can, and I will.
TUGGER: Do it, then…?
MACAVITY: You don't believe in me.
TUGGER: No, I don't.
MACAVITY: Why?
TUGGER: Because… you're not real. You're simply a figment of my imagination… sent to annoy me and frighten me. There's nothing logical to explain this. It's all nonsense!
MACAVITY: (emitting a cry, he unties a bandage. Flowers fall out, along with his jaw.)
SANDY: (off-stage to MISTO) Did you do that?
MISTO: Who else would? (both giggle as TUGGER falls out of his chair)
TUGGER: What do you want with me??? (quivering voice)
MACAVITY: Do you believe in me or not?
TUGGER: (grabbing his tail) I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks….
ALONZO: That's the wrong line!
SANDY: (flirting with MISTO) It's the wrong play… that's from "The Wizard of Oz".
MISTO: If we do that one, can I be the wizard, Alonzo?
ALONZO: Whatever (really tired of this.)
MACAVITY: (who froze in place while a fire engine screeched by) I am here, Tugger, to offer you a chance to escape my fate. This chain… I crated it while I lived, turning a deaf ear to the cries of the poor. But you… you may yet be spared of this terrible fate.
TUGGER: You always were a good friend, MaCavity.
MACAVITY: (glaring at TUGGER, who glares back) You will be visited by three spirits. Expect the first when the bell tolls one. Expect the second when the bell tolls one the next night. Expect the third…
TUGGER: When the bell tolls twelve the next night, right?
MACAVITY: Yes. My time is gone. Farewell, Tugger. (he disappears in a flash of brilliant blue light. MISTO laughs, followed by SANDY'S giggle.)
TUGGER: Macavity's not there!
ALONZO: (off stage, slapping his forehead) Not again!!!!!!
(blackout)