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SCRIPT FRENZY 2010
TITLE: Black Albedo
GENRE: science fiction
PAGE COUNT: 140
SUMMARY: A space adventurer journeys across Mars on a mission from his mentor while an entreprenuer plots to reactivate Olympus Mons.
EXCERPT
INT. MCMURTY'S BAR
The bar is dark and dingy with red Martian sunlight filtering through a few slitted windows barred with a special steel alloy. A few twisted tables and chairs are scattered about the room. An old fashioned pool table stands in the center, its green felt peeling. There are a few scruffy looking patrons about. An equally scruffy patron is sitting at the bar counter where the bar owner cleans some glasses.
ARI
Lay another one on me, McMurty.
MCMURTY
That would be the third one you've had this afternoon.
ARI
You think I can't take it like a man?
MCMURTY
I think that if you do take another one, we'll have to carry you out on a stretcher. This stuff isn't water, you know.
ARI
Oh, so you think you're peddling high quality stuff, huh? I'll tell you why you think I can't take it. It's because it's adulterated!
MCMURTY
You're sloshed, mate. Let me get you some water. Or better yet, coffee.
ARI
(banging his empty glass on the bar top)
I am not going to drink that swill you call coffee. Why, when I was flying the Endeavor, we were given the high quality stuff. I remember when...
BAR PATRON #1
Give it up, Captain. Your glory days are far behind you. And we've heard the stories about a million times already.
ARI
You're just saying that to shut me up.
BAR PATRON #2
Maybe he was.
BAR PATRON #1
Yeah. Maybe I am.
BAR PATRON #3
Will you guys shut the hell up? I'm trying to concentrate here.
ARI
I am not going to shut up, Bub. If you want me to be quiet, get some damn earplugs. This is a free planet and I can say whatever I wish.
BAR PATRON #1
(to Bar Patron #3)
There, you got him going again.
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