BIG_RED COACH_BOOKER CRAIG DRONES JP KELSEY MAYA OMAR RED_PONCHO ROGER SHAWN TOMAN WOLFGANG CRAIG the heart of the forest… a mysterious and magical place hidden deep in the creek. KELSEY it was discovered by a boy named kenneth, who made a great sacrifice, and in return, was made king. JP just like that, he went from lonely to thronely. OMAR before he left the creek, kenneth drew a map to the heart of the forest on a puzzle cube, and scattered the pieces far and wide. CRAIG we’ve been searching for these pieces daily. nightly. noonly. afternoonly. OMAR but another player has entered the game. KELSEY they stole a piece from right under us! and flipped their little behind right over us! JP yup. it is truly sad how y’all blew it. OMAR we blew it?! KELSEY we blew it?! KELSEY i didn’t see you do anything to stop them! JP uhh… i keep tellin’ y’all, i’m here for comic relief, not to mix it up! KELSEY oh ohohoh… i’ll mix you up! OMAR lemme get my spoon. my mixing spoon. JP you wouldn’t hit a pacifist, would you? CRAIG guys, beating up jp won’t solve anything. KELSEY you sure? JP this lack of teamwork is what’s got us into this mess in the first place! CRAIG look, someone else is after the heart of the forest, okay? someone dangerous, and we need to figure out who. so, we’re gonna solve this the way all great mysteries are solved… with dim lighting and a black and white filter. CRAIG now this red poncho, as the papers are calling them, has got to be someone in the creek who’s got a bone to pick with us. so, check out my beef list. i’ve assembled a lineup of all the kids we’ve ever had beef with and all the kids with whom beef continues to marinate and/or slow roast. OMAR uhh… are you talking about kids or food? CRAIG these are suspects. now, let’s catch us a super thief. hater number one: wolfgang, aka top hat tommy… CRAIG his motive? he swore revenge on omar for messing up his hair. plus, he was at the candy bar when we were discussing the heart of the forest. WOLFGANG a pint of gummy worms, my good man. CRAIG he could have overheard. WOLFGANG hm!? i said gummy worms! not gummy bears! does the disrespect never end?! SHAWN mm! mmm! WOLFGANG i will have revenge! you hear me, shawn?! on this cup! on this stool! on all of your familiesssss! OMAR no way wolfgang is the red poncho. he swears revenge on everybody. CRAIG very true. that brings us to the reddest kid in the creek... big red. and it ain’t just ’cause she’s red. right? CRAIG all right, let’s just move on. CRAIG her motive? i beat her in the sucker pucker challenge. and to this day, she’s still sour about it… TOMAN oooo! last dart, big red. you gotta hit the center or you lose! BIG RED well… get ready for a big red bulls—eyyyyye! BIG RED TOMAN ahhhhhhh-hahaha! you lou-huse! BIG RED TOMAN aka you can’t hit the broad side of a ba- harn! BIG RED aughhhhhh! hush up, toman!! KELSEY KELSEY can’t be big red. red poncho’s got way better aim. CRAIG hm, can’t ignore the facts. CRAIG so what about public frenemy number one: roger. CRAIG motive? unclear… ROGER CRAIG i’m tellin’ you, man… he’s a straaaaange dude. ROGER lips are kinda dry! well, what are ya gonna do! alley-oop! time for some soup! leaves… moss… and mayo. ROGER oh wait, it’s a salad… hmm. oh! can’t forget the croutons! ROGER aaaaahh— oh, hello! a riddle for some salad? JP yeah, roger’s innocent. he’s too busy being a kewlinary genius. CRAIG okay, not roger. now, on to the shade queen herself… eliza of the tea timers! CRAIG her motive? we discovered she was the thief mastermind, lady t, and ruined her evil plans. CRAIG but let’s face it, eliza’s too lazy to be the red poncho. OMAR well, now what? we’ve ruled out every suspect. CRAIG eeeuuuuggghhh… OMAR why are you being so weird? CRAIG well, we haven’t ruled out eeeeveryonnne… y’see what i’m sayin’? OMAR like who? wait! maya!?!? aw, c’mon! JP oh yeah, you did tell her about the cubes and the heart of the forest. KELSEY plus she’s got skills on the battlefield and doesn’t have the best track record. OMAR that’s a lie! cuz she’s great at both track and field. okay, i get it… she’s done some sketchy stuff in the past, but she’s changed now. CRAIG look, i feel you, omar. okay, maya’s been super cool with me lately, and i wanna believe she’s changed, too. so, let’s just get some proof to make sure, and then we can rule her out. OMAR yo, she’s at baseball practice now. we can scope her out while she’s there, and then you’ll see she’s not the red poncho! JP oh, it’s moments like these when i wish my head wasn’t so long. OMAR hey look, there’s maya. MAYA ’sup, coach booker? COACH BOOKER get your fingers out ya nose, youngblood! now keep your eyes— —on the ball! MAYA don’t worry, coach. my eye is always on the ba— COACH BOOKER steerrriiike one! MAYA i was not ready! COACH BOOKER steerrriiike two! MAYA what?! that was clearly a ball! COACH BOOKER girl, i got snot in my nose, not my eyes! that was a swing! CRAIG ah, well she’s still got that fiery spirit. MAYA booyaa grandma!!! KELSEY so powerful! COACH BOOKER watch out now! waving ya arms isn’t gonna get that ball to you any faster now! JP she’s so fast! COACH BOOKER c’mon, little jon jon, you got it! COACH BOOKER sweet baby baseball that boy can throw! COACH BOOKER aw c’mon, alana! now tag her out! ohp! she done flipped her lol behind right over you! sssssafe! OMAR that flip! CRAIG as much as i hate to admit it, it looks like maya’s the only one in the creek that could pull off being the red poncho. OMAR it doesn’t make sense! things were just getting good between us. why would she betray our friendship like that again? JP sorry, omar. aw, y’know – and i think this will help – sometimes what we think is not what we know, y’know? and what we’ve known cannot be what we’ve seen, because… wait, unless… i mean unless we… unless we saw… the, um… yeah, it’s gone. which is sad, cuz it was gonna be super helpful, you guys. OMAR you know what? i’m gonna solve this mystery! i’ll prove she’s not the red poncho. ’matta fact, i’ma text her right now. OMAR yo maya, you wanna meet up and talk? dot dot dot, she’s responding... OMAR yo, glad you hit me up. i wanna tell you something. OMAR she probably wanna tell me she’s not the red poncho. JP okay, bud. OMAR is that… a puzzle cube…? MAYA omar, you’ll never-- OMAR how could you do this to me, again?!? MAYA bro— what? OMAR i know you’re the red poncho! MAYA i don’t know what you’re talking about! OMAR oh really? so you didn’t kick our butt in the astronomy cave and steal that cube from us? MAYA what?! you think i took this stupid— ow! what the? OMAR uh, this one of your lil gadgets? MAYA hol’up— ahh! hey!! OMAR ahh! hey!! MAYA agh! omar, what the heck! omar, what’s going on?! OMAR get offa me! MAYA hey! RED PONCHO heh heh heh… KELSEY yaaahr!!! KELSEY i got it! JP yes! nice! kelsey!!! CRAIG yes! nice! kelsey!!! KELSEY ahhh! oooh! ow! oh… oh wait, right there… oh yeah… oh nice… uh, a little to the left… ahahahahhhhh! RED PONCHO oh, the cube! JP you can hit, but you can’t run! RED PONCHO whatever! JP OMAR euh… thanks, jp. CRAIG you okay, kels? KELSEY duh, and i’ve got the cube! CRAIG great! MAYA this is mine! CRAIG what?! MAYA i didn’t give this to you. MAYA what the heck, man!? i can’t believe you! you said you wanted to be friends again, omar. i thought we were doing okay. that we were finally cool like we used to be. but instead, you think i’m some kind of super villain, running around in a stupid red poncho! OMAR maya, i-- MAYA i really wanted to make things right, but… if you’re never gonna trust me, then what’s the point? MAYA OMAR maya! KELSEY uh yeah… if maya’s not the red poncho, who is? CRAIG those drones… DRONES intruder alert! intruder alert! now commencing laser attack! CRAIG gah! CRAIG the red poncho is-- JP maybe the red poncho is a drone, and it is maya controlling all them machines. CRAIG nononono! CRAIG the red poncho… CRAIG is xavier! [Type text]0[Type text]0[Type text]