CAT_KIDS CRAIG HOSPITAL_KIDS JP KELSEY LIL_LIL MAYA MOLE_KID MOLE_PAW OLD_WOMAN OMAR RED_PONCHO XAVIER CRAIG previously on “craig of the creek!” OMAR kenneth’s cube… this cube is one piece of a whole puzzle that belonged to kenneth, the first king of the other side of the creek. twenty-six pieces in total. OMAR before he left, he scattered them across the land, some entrusted to his closest allies… others hidden within the creek itself. OMAR when put together, the puzzle cube apparently unlocks some super secret treasure called the heart of the forest. KELSEY you’re not going anywhere with that cube! OMAR wait, you think maya’s the red poncho?! OMAR MAYA omar, you’ll never-- OMAR how could you do this to me?! i know you’re the red poncho! hey! MAYA this is mine! hey! OMAR maya, i-- MAYA i really wanted to make things right… but if you’re never going to trust me, then what’s the point? XAVIER CRAIG this is xavier, aka the red poncho. CRAIG these are the puzzle cubes, a.k.a. our map to the heart of the forest, a.k.a. the magical entity that will grant any kid their deepest desires. KELSEY craig… wait, are you talking to us? cuz we’re like literally the only kids in the creek who already know this information. JP well, other than xavier. OMAR JP who we don’t need to talk about right now, sorry… CRAIG look, guys, i put hours into this presentation, so you’re gonna sit there and listen. CRAIG now look, if xavier finds the heart of the forest, he could ask it to make him king of the creek all over again! and then wreak havoc everywhere! okay? we’re talkin’ here! here! uh… and here! and he’s definitely gonna take over this spot, c’mon! what are they gonna do about it? nothing! okay? this is all gone! he’ll take this place over of course! alright? and… here! any questions? JP yeah, can you take it easy on my dry erase pen? also, is this gonna be on the test? CRAIG a… a test? there’s no test, jp! JP ohhh… OMAR ugh… man, i can’t believe i accused maya of being the red poncho! of course xavier’s the one trying to get the puzzle cubes before us! just when things were going so well with me and maya, he just swoops in and ruins it! again! KELSEY omar, it’s okay. all of us suspected her of being the red poncho. JP yeah, we should all feel bad about ourselves! CRAIG we’ll find a way to make things right with her. but for now, we have to make sure xavier doesn’t find the heart of the forest. and the only way to do that is if we find the rest of the puzzle cubes before him! CRAIG alright! there are twelve more puzzle cubes out there! let’s go find them! JP and fast!! OMAR and fast!! KELSEY and fast!! KELSEY aah! aaah! beeeeeeeees!!! CRAIG well, we’ve gathered a lot of good leads. according to our notes, these “mole kids” might know something about the cubes. you guys seen anything? KELSEY nope! nothing! OMAR i dunno, they’re supposed to be around here somewhere. JP oh… oh boy! i hope this doesn’t end with one of us falling into a hol— KELSEY OMAR CRAIG okay, well i guess i’m next. CRAIG okay, i’m next. CRAIG alright… CRAIG uhhhh… do i have to do this my-- CRAIG there it is-- OMAR CRAIG ow… where are we? MOLE KID what was that? ‘ay bub, watch where you’re steppin’, we don’t appreciate youse highlanders stompin’ near mole city! CRAIG this is mole city? MOLE KID ha! classic highlander! only know the cities on the surface, huh? you and your crew just busted up main street! MOLE PAW wait! this was the prophecy, just as the legend foretold! your bird! KELSEY huh? MOLE PAW you must be… the sky kids! come to unearth our sacred treasure! MOLE KID holy moley, they are the winged ones the prophecy foretold! pray, forgive my foolishness, your excelencies. come! we have prepared a sacred gift for thee, hidden under an x! CRAIG oh guys! i bet that’s where the puzzle cube is! MOLE KID but first, let us regale you with the legend of our people… CRAIG say what now? MOLE KID it was years ago that king kenneth came down from his throne above to break dirt with us and the worm folk, our ancestral allies… CRAIG uh… yeah… hey dude, i don’t mean to interrupt, but what exactly is under-- MOLE KID or at least they were… CRAIG okay… MOLE KID until the great betrayal! CRAIG right, okay. MOLE KID the worm wars raged through a four day weekend! but from the conflict came a prophecy… CRAIG hey man. seriously, i just want to know what’s under there. i love the story, but… what’s under there? MOLE KID a gopher goddess! a girl named sheila! KELSEY craig. we gotta go. CRAIG yeah, i’m just gonna do this myself. MOLE KID we were told to wait for the day our savior would appear and show him the way to our treasure… MOLE KID wait! wait! CRAIG woh! MOLE KID there’s more to the story! and pagentry! CRAIG is this it?! CRAIG oop! MOLE KID heads up! KELSEY ow! CRAIG nice catch, kels! KELSEY CRAIG yes! one down, eleven to go! MOLE KID wait! don’t you wanna hear our song and dance? MOLE PAW we practiced. CRAIG uh yeah, sorry about that. uh, y’know, ordinarily we’d love to slow down and get to know you all and the ways you play and stuff, but you see now we’re in a bit of a time crunch here, so… bye! KELSEY can somebody help me out? oh, okay, thank you! JP you guys wanna hang out next week? CRAIG we’re out! CRAIG so, where to next? hospital kids or cat kids? KELSEY hooooospital kids please! KELSEY CRAIG tweezers. OMAR careful, carefuuuuuul… KELSEY so how’s it going down there? CRAIG steady… CRAIG yaaaaah!!! JP we gotta do something quick! we’re losing him, doctor! HOSPITAL KIDS OMAR not on my watch. give it here. OMAR HOSPITAL KIDS CAT KIDS KELSEY so… these are clearly the cat kids. CRAIG hey, uh, so we were-- uhh, ‘scuse me-- i don’t know what’s going on here. JP don’t worry, i got this. i’m a cat person. JP i have so much work to finish on this nice, warm keyboard. work work work! time crunch time crunch! CAT KIDS JP ohh—ho-ho-ho-hooo! aww, such good kitties! CRAIG yes! CRAIG no! guys! the cube! CRAIG after it! CRAIG the red poncho! KELSEY hey, red poncho! that cube is ours! hand… it… over! CRAIG yeah! and you can take off that stupid mask! we already know who you are! RED PONCHO nobody knows who i am. i am the shadows when all hope is lost. i am a pb & j with the crust left on, baby! i am that panic when your mother told you to thaw out the icelandic wild-caught salmon, but you forgot, and now she’s five minutes away and there’s nothing you can do! i… am… CRAIG you’re xavier. RED PONCHO nuh-uh! your face is xavier! CRAIG what does that even mean? RED PONCHO see here… if i was the handsome king of the creek, xavier, ask me when his birthday is. i wouldn’t even know. JP uhh… we don’t know that either. XAVIER argh! it’s june third! i was your king, for goodness sakes! it should be a creek-wide holiday by now! CRAIG a-ha! we got you! XAVIER oh well, guess my secret is out. XAVIER i’m awesome now, people! i’m strong, i’m tough, i do backflips in my sleep! and on top of all that, i’ve already collected four of your precious cubes. oh wait, make that five! and you know what? it’s going to be me, xavier, who’s gonna beat you to the heart of the forest! OMAR you’re going down! XAVIER see ya later, ya babies! KELSEY JP CRAIG OMAR XAVIER ow! sombody needs to cut these! KELSEY did he mod his drones to shoot candy? what kind of kid can afford to waste candy?! JP mmm! imported too. i got guava. KELSEY mine’s durian, heh. JP ooooh! you wanna switch? OMAR i got banana. i hate artificial banana! and i hate artificial people! OMAR come on! we gotta do something! CRAIG look, xavier beat us to a few cubes. we’re just gonna have to deal with that later. but for now, we’ve gotta get to the rest before he does. OMAR okay. but the banana thing… that’s unforgivable, man. CRAIG come on! let’s go to the next location! CRAIG phone ready! KELSEY dialing! KELSEY hiiiii! CRAIG alright, place the phone in here… CRAIG cover it back up… CRAIG and… there! CRAIG officer jp, take her down! JP roger! OMAR rumor has it, many summers ago, this was the home of the frog kids. but after the water went still, the kids left. CRAIG i’m not seeing anything here. jp, i think we need to go deeper. JP mm-hm. CRAIG oh! there, there, there! a cube! it’s here! waitaminute… what is that? is that a… submarine?! CRAIG XAVIER yes! another one for team red, baby! later, losers! CRAIG xavier! KELSEY aaargh! CRAIG aaargh! wow, so this is the hidden underground library. OMAR aaargh!yup… an ancient library of manga and comic books. they say when parents threatened to take kids’ comics away, they stored them all here for safe keeping. CRAIG if kenneth hid a cube anywhere, it’s gotta be in one of these manga. KELSEY ugh, nothing here either. KELSEY if i were a king, where would i hide a cube? hmmm, let’s see… comic… manga… a textbook? what’s this doing here? KELSEY of course! in order to keep the cube hidden, it must be in a book so boring, no kid would ever want to read it! KELSEY ha! easiest cube yet! KELSEY KELSEY KELSEY KELSEY you!! XAVIER shhhhhhh. keep it down please. you’re in a library, y’know. OMAR no, you’re in a library! CRAIG shhhh! we’re all in a library. LIL LIL welcome, one and all, to the greatest magic show in the creek! can i have a volunteer from the audience? JP ooh! ooh ooh! ooh ooh! me! me! LIL LIL yes, you with the sleeves, come on up! CRAIG so… i guess kenneth really liked magic. OMAR yeah, word is he came here for the 3:30 snack time show every afternoon. LIL LIL what’s your name? JP jp. LIL LIL and jp, i hear you’re looking for something? JP just looking for fun! CRAIG a puzzle cube!!! JP oh yeah, and a puzzle cube. LIL LIL oh, you mean… this cube? JP yeah! h-how did you--? what?! LIL LIL tell you what, my good man! i can give you this cube, all you gotta do is guess which hand it’s in. it’s as simple as that, no tricks, just guess the hand which the cube is in! JP uh… that one! LIL LIL ohp! sorry, wrong hand! LIL LIL here, i’ll give you another shot. just pick the hand, there’s only two options, you have a fifty-fifty shot of being a fool and a fifty-fifty shot of taking me to school. which hand? JP ohh… that one! LIL LIL oh, i’m afraid you’re wrong again! JP aww. LIL LIL i’ll give you one more chance, i’ll make it really easy this time, just watch the cube, where is the cube? XAVIER how about i give this a try! OMAR hey! CRAIG jp! XAVIER think you’re slick, huh? XAVIER behind the ear? seriously? XAVIER yoink! JP aw dangit! that ear was the next hand i was gonna guess! XAVIER sorry! looks like i beat you guys to the punch again! XAVIER XAVIER XAVIER uggghh… my goggles! OMAR consider it payback for sinking craig’s phone! XAVIER then consider this payback… for your payback! OMAR y’know, maya and i were finally becoming friends again and you just had to come along and ruin it again! XAVIER hey, whatever y’alls’ problem is when i’m not around, i can’t claim that… but i can claim this. XAVIER XAVIER maybe you should spend less time being such a little hater and a little more time keeping track of these cubes! XAVIER KELSEY i’ve been getting beat up all day, and i don’t even have a single battle scar to show for it. just stupid bruises that’ll heal! JP awww, kelsey, it’s… not so easy being the comic relief now, is it? JP i’m just sayin’! i’m just sayin’! CRAIG hm… OMAR so how many cubes have we gotten now? CRAIG well, after all of our efforts, our total number of cubes is now… fifteen out of twenty-six. OMAR fifteen!? i thought we’d have way more than that by now! how many did xavier take from us? KELSEY well, there’s the one he took at the frog pond, the ancient library, the magician… i think i bruised my fingers. JP the boba boys, the alien kids, the kid harmonic orchestra… there might’ve been more but those secret agent kids kinda wiped my memory. unless they forgot to? i don’t remember. OMAR ugh, we’re hopeless! we’re never gonna get all these cubes! CRAIG yes, we will, omar! we have to! or else he’ll become king again and ruin playtime for everyone at the creek! OMAR how do we know xavier doesn’t already have the rest? CRAIG hmph, guess there’s only one way to find out. KELSEY oh, i know how to find out! XAVIER mom! food’s here! pay the guy! ahh! XAVIER why are you here? CRAIG you know exactly why we’re here. XAVIER yeah, you have my braised shortrib order. pickin’ up some delivery work, good for you… CRAIG man, show us your cubes! XAVIER and why would i do that? CRAIG because… i think… that we’ve gotten them all. XAVIER hmmm… show me your cubes first. CRAIG fine, we have fifteen. how many do you have? XAVIER ten. CRAIG no way! XAVIER uh, yeah way! count them! CRAIG one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine… wow, you do have ten. XAVIER told you! CRAIG so, how’d you get those last three cubes? XAVIER well i have a life outside of yours, y’know. i go on my own adventures. plus, this one was just in kenneth’s room. CRAIG are you serious? XAVIER yeah, i was just trying to find a phone charger and there it was! i guess he forgot to give it out or something. CRAIG well, that’s twenty-five cubes… and there should only be twenty-six total. we’ve searched everywhere, who else would have a cube? CRAIG maya! XAVIER maya?! CRAIG heyyyy… so, um, yeah, i just remembered, i just got a call, so i gotta go… change my… cat. XAVIER uh, yeah yeah! i gotta get back inside to, uh… um… vacuum… my… my laundry. JP okay, well while you two ruin your chores, i’m gonna sneak off to maya’s house and get the last cube. duh. XAVIER see ya at maya’s house! OMAR i can’t keep up with him in that thing no matter how hard i ninja run! CRAIG oh oh oh! i know a short cut! turn here! JP guys! i’m stuck! you go on ahead without me-- oh, they’re long gone. XAVIER OMAR CRAIG KELSEY OMAR parquor! CRAIG KELSEY KELSEY ragum! fragum! XAVIER XAVIER aaaahh hahahahahaha!!! CRAIG good afternoon! OMAR water’s ready! OLD WOMAN what? what did you say? CRAIG we made it! OMAR maya’s house! XAVIER huh? CRAIG did you laugh the whole way here? why?! XAVIER i just kinda commited to it, y’know?! OMAR i get that. can we have your puzzle piece? XAVIER maya! maya! open up! please open up! can we have your puzzle piece? CRAIG maya! maya! open up! please open up! can we have your puzzle piece? OMAR please? XAVIER i’m guessing this is all your fault. [Type text]0[Type text]0[Type text]