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Fearsome Critters and the Snoresome [Script]

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Fearsome Critters and the Snoresome [Script]

BEFORE READING, ALL CHARACTERS AND OTHERS ARE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RESPECTFUL OWNERS!!! AND I, THEREFORE, AM ANNOUNCING AN APOLOGY TO THOSE!

Xavier the Axe Handle Hound, Rita the Lumberjackalope, and Ruby the Rubberado from TROUBLESOME CRITTERS are copyrighted elements and property of Josiah Shockency (JCS)
Spriggans, Zuzanna the Snorebelly, Yanqinn, Zerelda Ann the Slumbelle, Zitkala the Xunitha, and many other creatures from the Sleeping Stories Universe (SSU) series are copyrighted elements and property of Mike aka NAYZOR and Jeff Plotkin aka EMPERORNORTONII.

SCRIPT ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY JEFF PLOTKIN, USED WITH PERMISSION.




SCRIPT:
PAGE ONE
FIRST PANEL
[Xavier the Axehandle Hound is speaking with Ruby the Rubberado]

Xavier: So then Aunt Xandra tells me...

SECOND PANEL
[Rita the Lumberjackalope comes up to them]

Rita: Sweet Wyoming! You ain’t gonna believe this!
Xavier: What is it, Rita?

THIRD PANEL
[Caption: “Well, Xavier, the other day, I was just choppin’ a tree down... In flashback, Rita swings her axe back as she chops a tree]

FOURTH PANEL
[Caption: “...when my axe slips right outta my paws! She accidentally lets go of her axe]

FIFTH PANEL
[Caption: “And suddenly, some weird portal-kinda thing opens up, and my axe goes right into it! She watches in amazement as her axe goes through a portal that opens in midair]

SIXTH PANEL
[Caption: “Well, I just hopped right after it. Axes don’t grow on trees, y’know!” She hops into the portal]

PAGE TWO
FIRST PANEL
[Caption: “I entered this weird world. At first, it didn’t look too differ’nt from ours... Rita is on the other side of the portal, where she picks up her axe. She is in a forest, not unlike the one she had left]

SECOND PANEL
[Caption: “But there was this constant kinda noise...” She listens to snoring going on]

Rita: Shoot my head off, is that snorin’...?

THIRD PANEL
[Caption: “But that didn’t make much nevermind to me, there was trees to chop down. She prepares to chop down what she thinks is a tree]

FOURTH PANEL
[Caption: “Only some of ’em weren’t really trees! She looks up in shock to see a sleeping spriggan]

FIFTH PANEL
[Caption: “I tell ya, Xavier, it was the weirdest forest I ever seen!” She is flabbergasted, surrounded by more sleeping spriggans, as well as cryptid races: hidebehind, squonk and snawfus, etc.]

Rita: Sweet Wyoming!!!

PAGE THREE
FIRST PANEL
[Rita looks over a pregnant SSU jackalope mother with her daughters, all of whom are asleep and snoring away]

Rita: Those don’t look like no jackalopes I ever seen!

SECOND PANEL
[She turns as an off-panel voice speaks]

Zuzanna [off-panel]: Well, you don’t look like any jackalope I’ve ever seen either!
Rita: Who said that?

THIRD PANEL
[Rita is face to face with Zuzanna the snorebelly]

Zuzanna: Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Zuzanna, and I’m a snorebelly.
Rita: What’s a snorebelly?

FOURTH PANEL
[They walk by a sleeping Jersey devil]

Zuzanna: Snorebellies are American snorivores.
Rita: Okay...what’s a snorivore?

FIFTH PANEL
[Caption: “So this critter tells me that snorivores and snorebellies actually feed on the snores of other kinds! Rita and Zuzanna stand over a sleeping coonigator. Rita looks at Zuzanna curiously, who rubs her belly and licks her lips]

SIXTH PANEL
[Caption: “We got to talkin’, and I told her a li’l bit ‘bout our world, and ’bout President Bradford an’ the F.C.U.A.*” Rita and Zuzanna chat as they walk past a sleeping SSU sasquatch. Caption underneath: *Fearsome Critter Unified Administration]

PAGE FOUR
FIRST PANEL
[Caption: “An’ Zuzanna told me a li’l but ’bout her world, in which jus’ ‘bout ever’body spent most o’ their time asleep an’ wearin’ bikinis. Have you ever heard the likes o’ which? A large selection of females, human and otherwise are seen asleep and snoring away]

SECOND PANEL
[Caption: “It turns out a portal between our worlds had been opened by mistake by a group o’ witches in Salem. A family of witches is seen asleep by a cauldron]

THIRD PANEL
[Caption: “I wasn’t keen on travelin’ all that way, though. Luckily, Zuzanna found another way to help me...” Zuzanna rubs a red, white and blue genie lamp. Rita is surprised as red, white and blue smoke arises from it]

FOURTH PANEL
[Rita reacts in surprise as a yanqinn materializes]

Rita: Sweet Wyoming, it’s a genie!
Yanqinn: Actually, I’m a yanqinn.
Zuzanna: She’s an American genie!

FIFTH PANEL
[Caption: “An’ that there genie done zapped me back to our world!” A magic beam comes from the yanqinn’s navel jewel, and it hits Rita, making her dematerialize]

PAGE FIVE
FIRST PANEL
[Rita is with Xavier and Ruby, who look dubious]

Rita: What do y’all think o’ that?
Ruby: Sounds like you’re stretching a tall tale, Rita!

SECOND PANEL
[Close-up of Xavier]

Xavier: Critters that eat snores? How does that even work?!

THIRD PANEL
[The three speak]

Rita: So y’all don’t believe me?
Xavier and Rita: No!

FOURTH PANEL
[Zuzanna approaches the group. Xavier and Rita do a double take while Rita grins]

Zuzanna: Would you believe me?
Rita: Ya see? This here is Zuzanna!

FIFTH PANEL
[Zuzanna speaks as two other snorivores approach: a slumbelle wearing a belly jewel and a xunitha]

Zuzanna: I brought some friends along...

SIXTH PANEL
[Close-up of the slumbelle]

Zuzanna [off-panel]: This is Zerelda Ann, a slumbelle. She’s one of our Southern cousins!
Zerelda Ann: Hi y’all!

SEVENTH PANEL
[Close-up of the xunitha]

Zuzanna [off-panel]: And this is Zitkala, a xunitha. She likes American Indian snores!
Zitkala: Howgh!

PAGE SIX
FIRST PANEL
[Xavier shakes Zuzanna’s hand and looks flustered. Ruby looks on, looking surprised]

Xavier: Well...welcome to our world! I’m Xavier, an axehandle hound, and this is Ruby, a rubberado.

SECOND PANEL
[Xavier speaks to Zuzanna]

Xavier: So what brings you to our world?
Zuzanna: Well, I liked what Rita told me about your organization...

THIRD PANEL
[She points to Zerelda Ann and Zitkala]

Zuzanna: ...And my friends and I decided our kind would love to belong!

FOURTH PANEL
[Zerelda Ann and Zitkala speak]

Zerelda Ann: Yep, we wanna be part of it!
Zitkala: We wish to mingle our tribes!

FIFTH PANEL
[Zuzanna speaks to Xavier]

Zuzanna: So can we join your club?
Xavier: Hmmm..I guess...

SIXTH PANEL
[Close-up of him]

Xavier: We’ll have to take this to President Bradford at the F.C.U.A. Council!

PAGE SEVEN
FIRST PANEL
[Caption: Later... President Bradford the Bigfoot stands up at the council. He is surrounded by many characters, including Morris the Hidebehind, Princess Sally Snawfus and Minnie High Hatchet, who is at his right]

Bradford: My fellow critters, the Fearsome Critters Unified Administration council shall now come to order...

SECOND PANEL
[Close-up of Minnie, who has a teacup and saucer]

Bradford [off-panel]: I’d like to welcome our guest, Minnie High Hatchet, who shall be joining us today.

THIRD PANEL
[Close-up of Bradford]

Bradford: Now then, is there any new business?

FOURTH PANEL
[Zuzanna walks forward. In the background are Xavier and Rita in the audience]

Zuzanna: Yes, President Bradford...

FIFTH PANEL
[Zuzanna is with Zitkala and Zerelda Ann, who are seen from behind. They stand before Bradford and the council, who look at them curiously]

Zuzanna: ...We bring greetings from our world!

PAGE EIGHT
FIRST PANEL
[Zuzanna speaks, with Zerelda Ann and Zitkala at her sides]

Zuzanna: We represent the snorivorous races of America...well, our America, anyway...

SECOND PANEL
[President Bradford and Zuzanna speak to each other]

Bradford: And what does snorivorous mean?
Zuzanna: Well, we snorivores eat the snores of others.

THIRD PANEL
[Bradford speaks to Morris at his left side]

Bradford: Critters that eat snores? Morris, have you ever heard of the like?
Morris: No, Mr. President. I’ve heard of those that eat dreams and those that eat souls, but not those that eat snores!

FOURTH PANEL
[Xavier and Rita are seen in the audience with Ruby, Sylvester the Squonk and Snuff Snawfus]

Xavier: I had a feeling these new critters might cause some confusion.
Sylvester: Any major dude could have told ya that!

FIFTH PANEL
[Zerelda Ann turns toward the audience, and Zitkala reaches for her tail]

Zerelda Ann: Ah thank Ah’d lahk to address y’all critters in the audience...
Zitkala: Zerelda Ann! We’re here to see the chief critter!

SIXTH PANEL
[Zitkala grabs Zerelda Ann’s tail and yanks it, causing the jewel to pop out of her navel]

Zerelda Ann: Eep!

PAGE NINE
FIRST PANEL
[The jewel falls to the ground and splits open]

Zerelda Ann [off-panel] Oh, look what ya did, Zitkala! Ya made me lose mah favorite navel jewel!

SECOND PANEL
[Zerelda Ann looks down at her belly while she and Zuzanna speak]

Zerelda Ann: Ah wore it so’s mah belly’d look its best...
Zuzanna: Wasn’t it your sandwoman friend who gave that to you?

THIRD PANEL
[Xavier and Snuff stand over the broken gem, with some other critters to the side]

Xavier: It’s broken.
Snuff: What’s that? Some kind of powder...?

FOURTH PANEL
[Close-up of his nose near the little mound of sand]

FIFTH PANEL
[He is about to sneeze]

Snuff: Ah...ah...

SIXTH PANEL
[The snorivores look concerned]

Zuzanna: Look out! That’s sleep sand...!

SEVENTH PANEL
[He sneezes, losing the flowers and leaves off his antlers. The sand scatters into a cloud]

Snuff: ...CHOO!!!

PAGE TEN
FIRST PANEL
[The sleep sand cloud descends on President Bradford, Minnie and Morris]

SECOND PANEL
[Bradford yawns while Minnie drifts off to sleep]

Bradford: How strange, I...YAWN...suddenly feel so...tired...
Minnie: ZZZ...

THIRD PANEL
[The sleep sand cloud descends on the audience. Some of them yawn]

Rita: What’d ya do, Snuff?
Snuff: I’m sorry...
Xavier: Well, this is...YAWN...weird...

FOURTH PANEL
[Some critters are seen falling asleep]

FIFTH PANEL
[The snorivores stand looking around, as the council and audience are all asleep and snoring away]

PAGE ELEVEN
FIRST PANEL
[The snorivores rub their bellies]

Zerelda Ann: Well, Ah declayah!
Zuzanna: Mmm...delicious snores!
Zitkala: Just like back home!

SECOND PANEL
[Close-up of Zerelda Ann]

Zerelda Ann: But Ah reckon they ain’t gonna let us join theyah club now, are they?

THIRD PANEL
[Zuzanna puts her arm around Zerelda Ann]

Zuzanna: Maybe they just need to, y’know...sleep on it first! Ha ha ha!
Zerelda Ann: Yeah...tee hee...YAWN...

FOURTH PANEL
[The snorivores get down on the ground]

Zitkala: After a feast like that...YAWN...I could do with a nap!
Zerelda: Yeah, let’s join the slumbah party...YAWN...

FIFTH PANEL
[The snorivores fall asleep in the middle of the scene, with all other critters asleep and snoring away]

- The End -

What you are about to read is a digital comic script for an upcoming comic Jeff Plotkin aka EmperorNortonII :iconemperornortonii: and Mike aka Nayzor :iconnayzor: collaborate ideas with my legendary series, TROUBLESOME CRITTERS and their work of the SSU. I thought it would be fun if I can have the right post this for folks to read. By then, it will create an interest for seeing this turning into a comic. Basically it's when Rita goes to the SSU world and meets one of the creatures. Just then, her friends, Xavier and Ruby came in. The SSU creatures begin to hope to be part of the FCUA (the Fearsome Creature Unified Adminstration). As they negotiate, something happens, which causes every to fell asleep. Hope you enjoy this and be on a lookout for that comic!

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Ari-Dynamic's avatar

Starting to like Snuff and his sneezing fits lol. X]