CHERRY_BLOSSOM CRAIG JP KELSEY MAYA OMAR SHAWN WOLFGANG OMAR i’m not omar! i’m coach booger! MAYA ahh man… that gets me like every time. OMAR what? no way! we’re not gonna fight! right, maya? MAYA you were a good friend, omar, but not the best! OMAR MAYA OMAR why’re you trippin’? MAYA if we lose, then there is no king and there is no bff! and if there’s no bff… who am i? just someone who betrayed their best friend for nothing. MAYA hm. OMAR hey, maya! OMAR huh? CRAIG omar? omar? omar? CRAIG can you hand me that stool over there? we need another seat for maya. OMAR oh… yeah… OMAR thanks for coming with me to meet up with her. it’s just, you know, i asked her if she wanted to hang out and she said yeah, but i felt like it would be weird with just the two of us because of our history. you know? CRAIG yeah, it’s no problem. OMAR you know, because we were friends, but then we were enemies because maya was working for king xavier, and i was the green poncho- CRAIG yeah, yeah, i know how the story goes. OMAR what’s she going to think? is she different? am i different? does… does this look good? maybe we should move over there to that table! CRAIG omar! this table’s fine. you’re going to be fine. and meeting maya will be fine. OMAR yeah. i just miss her, man. and i don’t miss. OMAR hn?? CRAIG hn?? OMAR she’s here… CRAIG maya! good to see you! sit! sit! OMAR sup? MAYA hey, omar… i, uh— SHAWN here ya go! three choco milk dunkers! OMAR thanks. so, i— SHAWN and some napkins for my messy-bessies. MAYA thank you. i— SHAWN i’m sorry, and did you order the sprinkle paws or was that— CRAIG hey hey hey, they’re trying to have a moment here. SHAWN oh! heh heh, my apologies… MAYA so… what’ve you been… up to? OMAR and so before king kenneth left the creek, he scattered these little cubes all over! MAYA cubes? OMAR yeah, like the pieces of a puzzle cube. and if you put ’em together… they create a map that leads to a magical place called… the heart of the forest! MAYA hmm. OMAR i know what you’re thinking… it’s just a rumor. but together, we found a bunch of cubes! CRAIG what’re you doing, man?! we can’t just be yelling that kind of information out in public! look… according to kenneth, the heart of the forest has powerful magic… king-maker magic. OMAR how’d you like to join our quest for the… OMAR the thing? MAYA hm, sounds cool but… i can’t. i got baseball practice. i made the team! OMAR oh… oh! congratulations! that’s great! MAYA yeah, so my afternoons are pretty busy. OMAR of course… heh, yeah… totally understand… that must be awesome. MAYA yeah, it’s nice being on a team. no one asks whose side you’re on. OMAR well, i’m glad coach booger finally got the snot out of his brain and made the right choice. yah! oop! WOLFGANG ack! WOLFGANG yaaaaa! OMAR WOLFGANG who… threw that?!?! OMAR that was my bad! WOLFGANG the green poncho!! first, a bubblegum arrow in my hair and now this!? how about i give you a bald spot!?! rahh!! MAYA get down! MAYA yah! WOLFGANG grrrr! WOLFGANG take! this! WOLFGANG raaaahh!! SHAWN wah! WOLFGANG MAYA WOLFGANG huh? WOLFGANG WOLFGANG unh! WOLFGANG SHAWN ooooh ’kay. i think it’s time to go. WOLFGANG this isn’t the end of this! i’ll make you all sorry for crossing wolfgaaaaang!!! CHERRY BLOSSOM sheesh! maya, you always play too rough! MAYA tch! he started it! OMAR hey… you good? MAYA yeah… i gotta go. see ya, omar. OMAR see ya… CRAIG alright! peace, maya! KELSEY so, jp, mortimor and i got a tip from an 8th grader who we saw hanging around outside the herkleton mills library, and she said that she vaguely remembered seeing king kenneth playing in a cave around here. JP don’t worry, my nose is acutely attuned to dank, dark spaces, and either someone forgot to shower or there’s a cave… that way! KELSEY c’mon! he’s got the scent! CRAIG omar! c’mon! OMAR hm? oh. yeah. KELSEY this must be it. CRAIG man, how come these tips never lead us to anywhere well lit with a nice friendly ambience? KELSEY a tip’s a tip, man! go in and check it out! CRAIG uh, it’s your tip. you go check it out. JP guys! you are being a bunch of scaredy cats! let me handle this… omar, you check it out. OMAR lemme try somethin’… CRAIG glow-in-the-dark stars… and it looks like they lead somewhere. CRAIG omar, you got any more lighting options? OMAR say cheese! CRAIG whooooa… JP whooooa… OMAR whooooa… KELSEY whooooa… CRAIG it’s like a whole galaxy of stars… JP with some very nice seating. KELSEY and a telescope! what is this place? OMAR it’s like a planetarium. you know, one of those places in museums where they shine stars to the ceiling. my brother-in-law took me to one once. i got freeze dried astronaut ice cream and fell asleep in one of those comfy little recliner chairs. best museum trip of my life. CRAIG it must have belonged to some astronomy kids from king kenneth’s time. if there’s a cube here, i bet it’s hidden in the stars. omar, got any more flash arrows? OMAR i only have one left. these phone-less cameras are hard to come by. CRAIG then make it count. KELSEY i see the big dipper! and i see a littler dipper… JP there’s the lobster’s belt… oh! the penguin with horns! and, of course… the hamburger cluster. OMAR the hamburger what? JP oh, i make up my own constellations. but um… somebody made up normal ones so why should i go by theirs, y’know? CRAIG cube… cube… cube… cube, where are you, cube? CRAIG no! nononononono! aww man! OMAR sorry, craig. CRAIG it’s not your fault. we just need more light. this galaxy needs a sun— CRAIG what was that? JP hello? bigfoot? mediumfoot? smallfoot, but it’s proportional so you’re cool with it… foot? CRAIG well, like i was saying… we’re going to need a better light source. let’s meet back up tomorrow at the stump. i’ll come up with a plan. CRAIG the light goes here, and the aluminum foil reflects it all over the cave. CRAIG with this we should be able to super charge the stickers long enough to find that cube. just need to gather a few more materials. KELSEY then cubie, here we come! CRAIG i’ll get the foil. JP and i’ll check the dumpster outside the old lamp shop. and this time, i’ll be lookin’ for lamps! CRAIG phew! took a long time to build, but we did it! OMAR uhhhh… how are we supposed to get this thing out of here? KELSEY oh… CRAIG whew! that took a long time to rebuild, but we did it! ready on power, kelsey? KELSEY ready! CRAIG alright, everyone put on your protective eye wear. CRAIG here we go! KELSEY oooooooooh… JP oooooooooh… OMAR oooooooooh… OMAR argh! aahh! KELSEY argh! aahh! CRAIG augh! KELSEY it worked! CRAIG hmm… no… nope… there! it’s a cube! and there’s the cube! OMAR ah, i think i could get it with a suction cup arrow, but i’m gonna need more light. CRAIG i gotchu! get ready, everybody! CRAIG huh? it’s… it’s not working. OMAR did it break? KELSEY wait… it got unplugged somehow. CRAIG that’s weird… JP hey, um… i’m gonna say this, and it doesn’t make sense but… i think those stars are moving. CRAIG aaah!! JP aaah!! OMAR aaah!! KELSEY aaah!! KELSEY it’s a cave beast! OMAR in a… poncho? CRAIG hey! that’s ours! KELSEY you’re not going anywhere with that cube! KELSEY oh… uh… i didn’t think flipping was an option. JP hey, omar… when you were the green poncho, you didn’t happen to have like a sidekick… of the red variety? OMAR bro, what?! i don’t know who that was… CRAIG well, whoever they are… looks like we have some competition for the heart of the forest. [Type text]0[Type text]0[Type text]