Otter Island Episode 2 A place in the sun Cast: Oren: Narrator Tiglath (weredolphin) Amanda Oren Eala: Truman (speaks with American or British accent. always shivering if early scenes) Canopus (Big, burly star otter with booming voice) Martin: Nero (recurring) Nageel A Ashenfox: Sheldon (Has Russian accent, but is very articulate) Blalok (recurring) Kaninus: Polar bear (Heavy russian accent, deep, bestial voice. Has difficulty speaking, except to self.) Nageel Captain Jude: Brim (very cheerful sea otter) Nageel B Xan: William (recurring) Poof-poof (recurring) Susan: Jarna (grating voive) Ophelia (toon) Celia (recurring) (Introduction) Narrator 001: Welcome to a place unlike any other, a living island. Home to a civilization of strange and wondrous animals. Gateway to hundreds of millions of other dimensions. Welcome to Otter Island. Narrator 002: Today's episode takes us far away from our familiar locale. Welcome to Siberia, where a small zoo plays host to a pair of otters. One of which has a bit of a problem. Scene 1 (zoo, outside) Truman 001: what time is it, now, I wonder? From the position of the stars, it looks like... about midnight. Such a long time until morning. It's so cold. So very cold! How in the world can you sleep through this, Sheldon? Sheldon 001: Not very well with you complaining like that. Truman 002: Sorry. I didn't think you could hear me. Sheldon 002: How could I not? Even when you're not talking, the chattering of your teeth is enough to keep me up. Truman 003: It's just so cold. I can't take this cold like you can, Sheldon. How can you lay there in the water when it's so cold? Sheldon 003: Because it's not cold. Not to me. Truman 004: Figures. You've lived here in Siberia all of your life. You're used to it. Sheldon 004: Actually, I am from America. I only grew up in Russia. Truman 005: Really? What part of America? Sheldon 005: Alleutian Islands. Alaska. Truman 006: Figures. Sheldon 006: My dear friend, Truman, why do you not return to your burrow and curl up in your nice warm blanket? Truman 007: That blanket isn't much protection against a leaky window and a cement floor. Besides, it smells like unwashed humans. Sheldon 007: I wish I could help you, but I have no covering to offer but my own fur, and I am keeping that. Truman 008: (pause) I know Sheldon tries to sympathize with me, but he just doesn't undertand what it's like. I wish I could get away from this zoo somehow. I wish I could go and find someplace sunny and warm and... *sigh* Bear 001: Why you do not leave? Truman 009: Hunh? Who's talking? Bear 002: I am over here in next cage. Truman 010: what? You? The polar bear? Were you just speaking? Bear 003: Da, it is me who is speaking to you. Truman 011: (amazed) You're a bear. And you're speaking in Baku. How is that possible? Bear 004: is true I am not otter, but bears not stupid. I listen to otters for many seasons. I learn many words. Truman 012: Oh. (pause) uh... you were saying? Bear 005: Why you do not leave? Truman 013: I'd love to, but how? I mean, in case you haven't noticed, I'm in a cage. Bear 006: This eyes see many otters come and leave. I listen. They say there place all otters know how to find. You are otter. You find way to get there. Truman 014: I've heard of it, too. It's called Otter Island. But I'm pretty sure it's just a myth. Bear 007: Why you say that? Truman 015: Think about it. A living island? A gateway that opens onto other worlds? a whole village of people who turn into humans? Sounds a BIT strange, doesn't it? Bear 008: You speak fast. I not understand all you say. Truman 016: (slowly) It's too strange. It can't be real. Bear 009: Maybe real. Maybe not real. If real, you can find way. If not real, you lose nothing when try to find way. Truman 017: You have a point, I guess. (pause) Look, shooting stars. Bear 010: You know what otters say about shooting star? They say star otters diving into sea from high in sky. Truman 018: I wish one would come and take me with him. Bear 011: You find way. I know you find way. Scene 2 (inside den) Sheldon 008: Truman? Truman? Truman 019: Wha? what is it, Sheldon? Sheldon 009: I just had this weird dream. This... very weird dream. Truman 020: Yes? sheldon 010: a strange otter appeared to me. He... she... IT looked more like landscaping than a living otter. Truman 021: (obviously intrigued) Yes... go on. Sheldon 011: This strange otter says to me to take metal coins and make a map on the floor of the pool. Truman 022: (deflating a little) Oh. Too bad we don't have coins. Sheldon 012: Oh, but we do! Truman 023: We do? Sheldon 013: Come. See for yourself. scene 3 (out in open) sfx: digging Sheldon 014: Every day, humans come and throw coins in the water. Truman 024: I've always wondered why they do that. Do you know? Sheldon 015: I have absolutely no clue. But, since the coins are so pretty and shiny, I have been keeping them. Truman 025: Keeping them? Where? Sheldon 016: Truman, why do you think I am digging here? Truman 026: Oh. Right. Sheldon 017: Here they are. Truman 027: Wow! There must be over a thousand rubles here! Sheldon 018: Is that significant? Truman 028: I don't know. To a human, I guess. They seem to like these things. That's why I wonder why they keep throwing them away. Sheldon 019: Take some coins. We will make a map, just like the dream said to. Scene 4 (same location) sfx: swimming Truman 029: That's the last of the coins. Sheldon 020: it is a beautiful map. This is how I have always pictured Otter Island in my head. Truman 030: Me too. Exactly like that. Hey, maybe there's something to the legend after all. Sheldon 021: wait a minute. Truman 031: What is it? Sheldon 022: Turn your head sideways and look at the map. What does it look like to you? Truman 032: Nothing. It looks like a... oh, wait, I see it now! It looks like an otter. Yeah... the mountain forms an arm, the sandbar looks like a leg... there's the tail and the head... that little island in the lake looks like an eye... Sheldon 023: Truman? Truman 034: Yes? Sheldon 024: Truman, do meteors ever stop and turn around in midair? Truman 035: Never. Why? Sheldon 025: Because one just did so and is coming straight for us! Truman 036: (muted) I'm halluscinating, Sheldon. I'm seeing a bright blue otter flying through the air. Sheldon 026: Oh. I thought I was the only one haluscinating. I see it too. Nero 001: Wut wut, luteh! Sheldon 027: Wut wut, stranger. Truman 037: what are you doing with that bottle? HEY! (sputter) why did you just pour dirt on me? Nero 002: Sorry about that. It's a little bit of soil from the island. The magic in it will help you to understand my language. Sheldon 028: He's right! He's not speaking Baku, yet I understand him! Truman 038: Then it's true? Otter Island is real? Nero 003: Is it ever! In fact, it sent me here to find you. At least, I assume it's you I'm looking for. Truman 039: It... sent you? Nero 004: It sent every star otter in the aerie. Said to look for an otter who was always cold. Truman 040: THAT'S ME! Nero 005: We've been looking for you all night. I was about to give up when I saw the morning sun glint off of something. I came for a closer look and saw what looked like a map of the Island. Sheldon 029: A signal! It had me make a signal! Nero 006: I can see why you want to leave this place. I've been in the vaccuum of space, but this place makes even me feel cold. BRRR! Truman 041: Can you take us to the Island? Nero 007: Of course I can. Do both of you want to go? sheldon 030: You'll take me, too? Yes! How could I pass up a chance like this? Nero 008: Stay here. I'll go get my buddy, Canopus. He's the choice for carrying a big fellow like you. Truman 042: Wait! Nero 009: Yes? Truman 043: Is there any way you could take my friend over there? Bear 012: (sound somewhere between a laugh and a roar) I no need to go, silly otter. I polar bear! I like cold. You not like cold. You go. Find place in sun. Nero 010: Here comes canopus. Canopus 001: Does somebody need a ride? Sheldon 031: We do! Canopus 002: Climb on my back and hold on tight. AGH! With your paws, man, not your claws! Sheldon 032: Sorry. I don't have fingers. Canopus 003: Ready? Sheldon 033: Ready! Nero 011: Ready? Truman 044: Ready! Nero 012: Up, up and away! sfx: comet (twice) Bear 013: I will miss those otters. I am thinking maybe I should have gone too. This place is freezink! (11 minutes) Scene 5 (ocean) sfx: wind sheldon 034: We've been flying for a long time. How far is it to the island? Nero 013: We're about halfway there. We could fly faster, but you two would end up awfully windburnt. Truman 045: Any chance we could stop to eat? Nero 014: Sure we could. In fact, I think I see a school of tuna down there. sfx: series of splashes Sheldon 035: I can't see the bottom. Canopus 004: I know. Sheldon 036: I can't see the bottom! Canopus 005: Of course not. Sheldon 037: I CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM! Canopus 006: OW! OW! Stop grabbing me, man! Of course you can't see the bottom. This is the middle of the open ocean. what did you expect? Nero 015: You're an otter. You can swim. Sheldon 038: (still scared) It's just so far down! Nero 016: You should try doing laps around Jupiter. Truman 046: Sharks. Nero 017: Hunh? Truman 047: SHARKS! HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US! THEY'RE GOING TO EAT US! GET US OUT OF HERE! TAKE US UP, NERO! DON'T LET THEM EAT US! Nero 018: (comes in right after "straight for us") Truman! Truman, calm down! They're not sharks! Truman, they're not sharks! Look. They're dolphins. Okay? They're dolphins. Truman 047: Dolphins? Oh. Whew. Canopus 007: And it looks like one of them is carrying an otter. Nero 019: Look who's leading the pod. It's Tiglath! Tiglath 001: Hi ho hi ho hi ho, otter nero, otter canopus. G'day, g'day, g'day! Nero 020: Wut wut, Tiglath. Who's your friend? Tiglath 002: Found him at sea, out at sea. swim a long way, long way! woulda drowned, woulda. Nero 021: Do you need help with him? Tiglath 003: No no no no no. We got him. We got him. He okay okay okay. William 001: (weakly) celia! I'm coming to find you, Celia! Tiglath 004: He say that alot alot. Talk talk talk in his sleepy sleep. we thinka thinka he losa daughter, little daughter. Take him to otter island, we do, we do. Truman 048: We're going to the island, too! We'll find this Celia and let her know you're coming. Tiglath 005: Thankee thankee, otter. we go go now. gotta go go. Bye bye, otter. Bye bye. Truman 049: First bears, now dolphins. I didn't know dolphins could talk. Nero 022: Normally, they can't. That was Tiglath. He's a were-dolphin. sheldon 039: A were-dolphin? what does that mean? Nero 023: Most kushtaka can turn into humans. He was born a little different. He turns into a dolphin at every full moon, then at the new moon, he turns back into an otter. Sheldon 040: weeeeeeird! Canopus 008: HA! You ain't seen nothing, yet! Scene 6 (sandbar) sfx: wind Truman 050: There it is! sheldon, look! Sheldon 041: Coccles and mussels! It's beautiful! Nero 024: aye, it's a beaut, all right. Sheldon 042: It's even better than I imagined! Canopus 009: And here we are at the sandbar. Just whistle if you want the ferry to take you across. Otherwise, it's a pretty easy swim over to the island proper. Sheldon 043: You're leaving us here? Nero 025: It's tradition! (fades out) Go on. Find your place on the island! sheldon 044: I guess we should get going then. Truman 051: Look over there, Sheldon. That big stone ring... that must be the gate that goes to other worlds. sheldon 045: why do you say that? Truman 052: Because I just saw something really bizarre come out of it and slip into the water. Sheldon 046: Around this place, I imagine that's standard fare. Truman 053: I guess you're right. Let's signal the ferry. (attempts to whistle, but only blows raspberries) Sheldon 047: (Shrill whistle) Truman 054: ACH! My ear! Thanks, Shel. Sheldon 048: Don't mention it. Scene 7 (swamp) sfx: faint song Sheldon 049: I never thought I'd ever walk this far in my life. Truman 055: Are you tired? Sheldon 050: Are you kidding? I'm far too excited to be tired. (pause) Sheldon 051: look. Buildings. Truman 056: Odd. You think there are humans here? Sheldon 052: I don't know. Let's go see. (pause) Sheldon 053: Excuse me, miss? Jarna 001: Yes? Oh, hello, there! Are you new here? Sheldon 054: Yes. We just arrived here. We were wondering... These buildings... did humans build them? Jarna 002: Humans? No, silly. Otters built these houses. Sheldon 053: Really? Jarna 003: Well, they had too! It's pretty difficult to keep a burrow from collapsing when the earth here is so soft. Truman 057: I hear music playing. Is there something going on? Jarna 004: Don't you know? Oh, I guess not. It's Xowie's birthday today, so we're having a party! In fact, I just came down from the farm village to join the celebration. My name's Jarna. (music dies down) Sheldon 054: I'm Sheldon. This is Truman. So... can anyone join the party? Jarna 005: Of course! Everyone is welcome! Come on, they're going to start playing the drum. Tom Farhorses always comes out and dances in his feathery outfit when they play the drum song. I love to watch him dance! Scene 8 (Village) Ophelia 001: Is everyone having a good time? All: YEAH! Ophelia 002: Thank you for that flipper-tapping melody, Konanda. and now here are Moon Rises, Moves Like River, Sunflower, Hismanyarrows and Biting Fish, playing the trail song. (drum song begins) Truman 058: Are my eyes playing tricks on me? That girl looks like a painting. Brim 001: That's Ophelia. She's a toon. If you think she's strange now, you should see her fight nageel. Hi, I'm Brim. Sheldon 055: Well wut wut, Brim! I say, it's been years since I saw a fellow sea otter! Brim 002: Then I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. Around here, though, we say "kalan" instead of "sea otter". Sheldon 056: Of course. Just about everyone here would qualify as a "sea" otter, wouldn't they? (drum stops suddenly) Brim 003: Exactly. We all swim in the sea at one time or another. Sheldon 057: What happened to the music? Truman 059: (frightened) Sheldon? sfx: screams Truman 060: That thing I saw leaving the gate? It's here. Sheldon 058: What is that? It looks like a tree made out of squid ink? Brim 004: It's a chifrew! They're nasty creatures from another dimension. They absorb any and every kind of energy. Keep clear of it or it will freeze you solid! Sheldon 059: We've got to do something! There are children here! We can't let it harm the pups! Brim 005: Don't fret. Ophelia is a member of the coastal patrol. She's trained to handle things like this. Ophelia 003: Taste my giant puffy boxing gloves of fury! sfx: Bee-oing! bee-oing! Ophelia 004: Wait a minute... Something wrong here. I can't get free! oooooh, that's riiight! I'm made of pure energy and this creature sucks up energy! What was I thinking? I'm such a noodlehead! Truman 061: Grab her feet! We need to get her out of there! Sheldon 060: I've got her tail! PULL! sfx: POP! Ophelia 005: Thanks guys, but I was okay. I was planning to give the blighter a horrible case of indigestion. Sheldon 061: How do we fight this beast? Brim 006: It feeds on energy. You've got to take it where there is litle energy. No light, no heat, no sound. Ophelia 006: The ice caves! Truman 062: Not more cold! all right, where are the ice caves? Ophelia 007: There's a hidden entrance just this side of the forest. I'll take you there. Brim 007: No, no, Ophelia. I'll take them there. Ophelia 008: And what do you want me to do? Brim 008: Be the bait. Ophelia 009: Right. I'll just get out the old hot-dog suit.... sfx: ZZZIP! Ophelia 010: HEY, UGLY! HOW ABOUT A NICE JUICY OTT DOG? Scene 9 (ice caves) Brim 009: This is the place. We don't normally use this entrance because... well, you can see the overhang for yourself. Sheldon 062: It is becoming very dark. Brim 010: That's the island trying to help. It's using clouds to block the sun so that the chifrew can't absorb as much light. Truman 063: Here comes Ophelia! Brim 011: Get ready. We have to force it deep into the caves. Ophelia 011: GANGWAY! Brim 012: Hide. We have to let it pass us, then try to drive it on. Sheldon 063: Here it comes! Truman 064: It stopped. It's just standing there. Sheldon 064: It's coming back! Brim 013: Jellyfish! It knows it's a trap. Don't let it out of the cave! sfx: sounds of struggling (no impacts) Sheldon 065: I'm hitting it, but it's not doing anything! I can't even hear my paws hitting it! Brim 014: It's absorbing the energy of our blows! Truman 065: There's only one thing to do! Sheldon 066: Truman, no! Truman 066: You two run! sheldon 067: Truman, don't do it! sfx: Crystal crashing, avalanche (20 minutes) scene 10 (hot springs) sfx: soft bubbling Truman 067: Huh? Where am I? Am I dead? Sheldon 068: You should be dead, you tremendous fool! You nearly froze to death under all that ice you brought down on yourself. truman 068: Did I win? Brim 015: Aye. You killed the chifrew. You saved the Marsh Village. You're a hero! Sheldon 069: Thanks to sheer dumb luck. we almost gave up trying to dig you out of that mess. Truman 069: Really? Sheldon 070: Really! No... not really. I would not have left you. Truman 070: This... this water I'm sitting in... it's warm! Brim 016: Of course it's warm. Hot springs tend to be warm. Sheldon 071: You were so cold when we found you, we brought you out here right away. Truman 071: (laughing) warmth! Beautiful, gorgeous warmth! Ha ha! I found it! I found my warm, sunny place! sheldon 072: And you never have to leave these place again! Brim 017: Welcome to your new home! Truman 072: Actually, there's one thing I have to do, yet. Scene 11 (outdoor classroom) Blalok 001: Very good, Koji. The answer is indeed "eyebrow whishers". Now who can tell me what this word means? sfx: chalkboard Poof-poof 001: Ooh! Ooh! Teacher! Blalok 002: Yes, poof-poof? poof-poof 002: You have a visitor, teacher! Blalok 003: Almost, but not quite. This word, Hungi, literally means "may I eat with you?" Amanda 001: Mister Blalok, I think poof-poof means that YOU have a visitor. Blalok 004: I have a... OH! I DO have a visitor! Good afternoon, Sir. Truman 073: Wut wut, friend. You must be Blalok, the schoolteacher. Blalok 005: Quite correct! And I have the pleasure of addressing...? Truman 074: Truman of Siberia. Well, formerly of Siberia. Blalok 006: Students, please say hello to mister Truman. Students: Hello, Mister Truman! Poof-poof 003: Ooh! Teacher! Teacher! Blalok 007: Yes, Poof-poof? Poof-poof 004: I gotta go potty! sfx: giggling children Blalok 008: Go ahead, and be sure to bury it when you're done! Truman 075: (confused) That boy... He's a stuffed toy. Blalok 009: That's right. Truman 076: And he's going to the bathroom? Blalok 010: When you've got to go, you've got to go. Truman 077: Right. Um. I have a message for someone. Is there a Celia in your class? Celia 001: I'm Celia. Truman 078: I promised a friend of yours that I would tell you that he's on his way. Celia 002: A friend? Amanda 002: Do you think he means Willie? Celia 003: (excitedly) WILLIE IS COMING! WILLIE IS COMING! He's coming! He's coming! my boy is coming for me! Oh, I'm so happy! Truman 079: (Over Celia) My work here is done. (23 minutes) Scene 12 (underwater) Narrator 003: And so all ends well for Sheldon and Truman. sheldon became an urchin farmer and settled near the base of Mt. Sploosh. Because Truman saved the Marsh Village, the queen determined that he'd already done more than enough to contribute to society. Thus, he was allowed to live out the rest of his days in a cozy little den next to the hot springs. Narrator 004: But happy endings are short lived. No one knew what was brewing beneath the ocean at that moment. Nageel A 001: When we gets up there, I'm gonna capture me a kushtaka and eat 'im all up, just by myself. Nageel B 001: When I gets up on the island, I'm gonna have me a house next ter the hot springs an' decorate it wiv otter bones. Nagel Captain 001: Stow that talk, mates. We ain't doin nothin until them vermin is gone offa our island. First thing's first. Nageel A 001: When we going, Captain? Nageel B 002: Yeah, Cap. We wants what's coming to us! Nageel Captain: You wait until the emperor gives the word. The moment his royalness is ready, the nageel army invades otter Island! Epilogue Oren 001: Hello. I'm Oren Otter. Truman 080: And I'm Truman. Oren 002: We'd like to talk to you for a moment about a very important subject. Truman 081: Creatures of darkness from other dimensions are something we should all take seriously. Oren 003: Unless you are a proffessional toon, you should NEVER dress up in a hot dog suit and try to get a monster to chase you. Truman 082: We are professionals. Do not try these stunts at home! Oren 004: In our next episode, meet the coastal patrol as they welcome their newest member, who faces a baptism by fire during a full-scale invasion. Truman 083: Tune in next month for the next installment, right here on OttrTunes! Oren 005: Via con Dios. Good night! credits This has been the Otter Island Radio Show. Otter Island is a production of the Riverside Players and stars Oren otter, Eala Dubh, Ashen fox, Kaninus fox, and Jude the rat. This episode was written and directed by Oren Otter. Additional sound engineering provided by Eala Dubh, including music gratefully borrowed from Peter Howell and Paddy Kingsland. Otter Island is made possible by the Pandora families of comics which may be seen at www.ottercomics.us and has been broadcast on the OtterTunes Shoutcast radio network.