- Stage: empty
- Setting: roller coaster
- Section: middle
- Puppets: Mika, Lionel, Lori, Poke
- Props: Cab
- Music:
- SFX:
AMB-04 (cave ambience)
lights out
1001 - steps on gravel
Lori: "Are you sure, this is the way they went?"
Mika: "Yes, I've been following their tracks. And they're leading right this way."
Lori: "We could at least have taken one of the torches with us. It's so dark, I can't see anything!"
Mika: "Ah, don't worry, I'm a cat! A feline nose is one of the most sensitive things on earth! I can smell our enemies clearly, and as long as I don't lose the track, we will find them! Trust me!"
STOP 1001 - steps on gravel
1002 - fart
Poke: "Aaah! What a relief!"
Lionel, Lori and Mika cough
Mika: "Bleah!"
Lionel: "Poke, that was not necessary! Mika, lead on! Where do we have to go?"
Mika (nose closed): "I don't know ... I lost my sense of smell!"
Lori sobs
Poke: "Aww, so that's what you get when you let a girl navigate! Now, step aside and let a man handle this! All we have to do is follow the wind, because, if there's wind coming from a tunnel, there must be an exit on the other side! I saw this on television."
Mika: "You mean, we have to go chase your fart?"
Lionel: "Don't be so cynical. Poke's right for a change."
Poke: "Yes I am. Now follow me!"
1003 - steps on metal
Lionel: "Hey, that's strange ... this tunnel has a metal floor."
Mika: "Yeah, and it's getting steeper and steeper ..."
Lori: "Uh oh ... I think I know what's going on."
Lionel: "What is it, Lori?"
Lori: "I think, we're on a ... sliiiide!"
1004 - sliding
Lionel, Lori, Poke, Mika: "Aaaaah!"
1005 - impact
Lionel: "Argh ... Is everyone all right?"
Mika: "I'm here ..."
Poke: "I'm here!"
Lori (muffled): "Mmm mhh!"
Mika: "I wonder, where the slide dumped us."
Lionel: "I don't know but ... it feels like ... we're still moving."
1006 - lorry accelerates & rail noises
Lionel, Lori, Poke, Mika: "Nooooo!"
light on the lorry
the cab comes slowly into view
The puppets are screaming all through the ride
Poke: "Fuck! We are going way too fast!"
Lori screams for all she's worth
Lionel: "Everybody hold on tight! There's a left turn coming up!"
1007 - left turn
tilt the cab to the left, then back again
Mika: "So this is what you get when you let a guy navigate!"
Lori: "And he always calls me a bad driver!"
Lori screams
Lori: "WAAH! Right turn!"
1008 - right turn
tilt the cab to the right, then back again
Mika: "Does anybody know where the heck we are going?"
Lori: "We're all gonna die!"
Poke (cynical): "Hey, stop complaining! We're going to die in the name of Lionel's father! We should be proud of ourselves, shouldn't we, Lionel?"
Lori sobs
Mika (angry): "Be careful what you say! We didn't force you to come with us! Feel free to jump if you want to!"
Lionel: "Shut up you two! This is neither the right place nor the right time for discussions!"
Mika: "NO! I kept my mouth shut long enough! This is precicely the right time for discussions! Lionel! I need to have a word with you about you and your father! It can't go on like this! It's very important that you finally-"
Lori: "Oh my God, it's going down!"
1009 - going down
Lori, Mika, Lionel and Poke look over the edge of the cab, then back to the audience
The cab disappears down
Lori, Mika, Lionel and Poke disappear
Lori, Mika, Lionel, Poke (off): "Aaaah!"
short pause
Lori, Mika, Lionel and Poke slowly reappear
The cab slowly appears again
Lori, Lionel and Poke huddle together on Mika, whimpering
Mika: "*hrrgh* grrmph Get off me!"
They step aside
Mika: "I can't believe that grown up men can be such cowards! Where was I? Ah, yes! Lionel, I-"
Lionel: "Mika, I really appreciate your involvement, but ... in case you haven't noticed, we're in a runaway lorry, going steeply downhill!"
Mika: "Yes, and so this may well be our last chance!"
Lori: "No! I don't want to die!"
Lionel: "Lori, we are not going to die, okay?"
Lori: "Okay ..."
Mika: "Lionel, listen to me! We all know you made mistakes in the past. But sometimes you just have to put your past behind you. We've been going all the way with you and-"
Poke: "Hey, look! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!"
Lionel: "What?"
very small spotlight on the lorry, slowly growing
Lori: "Yes, I see it, too! We're saved!"
Mika: "Wait! It's coming closer!"
Lionel: "Yes, it's coming closer way too fast!"
1010 - oncoming train
Mika: "That's not the exit! It's a train!"
Lori: "It's coming right at us!"
Lionel, Lori, Mika, Poke scream
the puppets lean to the left
tilt the lorry to the left
Lionel, Lori, Mika and Poke scream again
the spotlight turns rihgt and disappears
tilt the lorry back
Lionel, Lori, Mika and Poke pant
Poke: "Whew! That was close!"
Lionel turns to Mika.
Lionel: "Mika, I'm sorry, but I completely forgot what you were about to say. You wanted to tell me something about my father. Now, tell me, I'm listening."
Mika: "All right, I said: We all know you made mistakes in the past-"
Poke: "Come on, get to the point!"
Mika turns to Poke
Mika (shouting): "I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GET TO THE POINT!"
Lori (shouting): "STOP SHOUTING!"
Mika (shouting): "I'M NOT SHOUTING! I'M SCREAMING!"
Lionel (shouting): "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY! PREFERABLY BEFORE WE DIE!"
1011 - bang, rattling, rumbling
Mika (stuttering): "Okay, Lionel. I just wanted to say that ..."
1012 - creaking wood
Mika (stuttering): "... I know that you made mistakes in the past and-"
the lorry breaks apart in the middle
1013 - tearing metal & wood
Lori: "Uh! Oooh! Aaaah! Help!"
Lori disappears
Pull the lorry apart
Lori hangs between the two parts
Lori: "Aaaah! Help! Help! Aaaaah!"
Mika: "Lori! Hold on!"
Lori (panic): "Help! HELP!"
Poke: "Welcome to the Runaway Lorry Thrill Ride! Please keep your paws, feet and tail inside the vehicle at all times!"
Lori: "That's not funny! Help me!"
Lionel: "We must get the two halves together again!"
Poke: "All right, but how?"
Lionel: "Grab Lori's tail!"
Poke: "Okay!"
Lionel: "And I'll grab her paws!"
Poke: "Okay! What now?"
Lionel: "We're going to pull!"
Lori: "NO! Don't pull! No!"
Lionel: "1 ... 2 .... 3!"
Poke and Lionel pull the Lorry together again
Lori: "Aaaaaagrh!"
1014 - creak, bang!
Lori whimpers
Lionel: "Lori, are you all right?"
Lori: "I'll live ... barely ... I guess I'll never have to wear high heels again, though."
Lori reappears
Mika: "Alright! Now, before anything else gets in the way: Lionel, it can't go on like this! We've been going all the way with you, and something's very obvious about the relationship between you and your father."
1015 - pirate music
a pirate lorry comes in from one side
Mika: "But you have to realize, that it's over now! Let me tell you something about when I was little: My mother had to work all day, so I was home alone all the time! And whenever I-"
1016 - incoming cannonball
tilt the pirate lorry for a second
Lori: "Aah! We're under fire!"
Poke: "Pirates!"
Lori: "They're going to kill us!"
1016 - incoming cannonball
Mika: "No, they're not going to kill us!"
Lionel: "Return fire!"
Poke: "Aye Aye, captain!"
Poke dives down
open the cannon flap on the lorry
Lionel: "Fire!"
1017 - return cannonball
Lori: "Aaah!"
shake lorry
Mika: "Too short!"
Lionel: "That was close! Aim higher!"
Poke: "Aye aye, captain!"
Lionel: "Fire again!"
1017 - return cannonball
1018 - Crash! Water bubbles ...
Mika: "Full hit!"
the pirate lorry sinks
Poke, Lionel and Mika celebrate
Lori: "Guys? Guys! GUYS! Are you all nuts? I don't care about your discussions! We've got to try and stop this thing!"
Poke: "Oh, stop this thing! What a brilliant idea! And how are we supposed to do it?"
Lori: "If you're not going to try it, I will try! I've got a license! Do you think, just because I'm a girl I am too dumb to drive?"
Lori clambers to the front
Lori: "Aaah ... all right, let's see? It's been a while ... Where are the brakes? Ah! This! This must be the brakes."
1019 - switch
hazard warning lights on
Lori: "Uh, no, wait a minute ... this was the wrong one ... It must be ... this one!"
1019 - switch
windscreen wipers on
1020 - wipe
1020 - wipe
1020 - wipe
Poke: "Oh, no! We're doomed!"
Lori: "Aw ... no ... all right ... one more try ..."
hazard warning lights off
windscreen wipers off
1021 - click, beep - "Welcome to traffic pro navigation system ... please wait ehile loading beep please wait while loading beep Locating vehicle beep Locating vehicle beep destination found: the Temple of Dunnowhat beep Distance to destination: 1 kilometer *beep*"
Poke: "Hey, that's pretty cool! We've been on the right track all along!"
Lori: "I knew it! I knew I could do the right thing!"
1022 - "Distance to destination: 500 meters."
Lionel: "Don't you think we're still going pretty fast?"
Poke: "The faster we go, the sooner we'll be there."
1023 - "Distance to destination: 300 meters."
Mika: "Did your father mention this in his book?"
Lionel: "If he did, I obviously didn't get the clue, because I don't remember."
1024 - "Distance to destination, 200 meters."
Mika: "Yay! We're almost there! Dunnowhat, here we come!"
Lionel: "I've got a very bad feeling about this ..."
1025 - "*beep* Warning! End of tracks in 100 meters. beep Warning!"
Poke: "WHAT?"
Lori, Mika, Lionel, Poke: "NOOO!"
Lorry disappears down
Lori, Mika, Lionel and Poke disappear down
Lori, Mika, Lionel, Poke: "NOOO!"
STOP 1006 - rail noises
1026 - big crash!
Lori, Mika, Lionel and Poke cough and groan
Lionel (off): "Okay, we have arrived."
1027 - "*beep* You have reached your destination! beep Thank you for using Traffic Pro. *beep*"
Poke (off): "Congratulations! Is everyone alive?"
Lori, Mika and Lionel groan
Lionel (off): "Okay ... I think, I'll need a moment to recover. Mika? Didn't you want to tell me something? Now is the chance."
Mika (off): "Did I? Uh ... never mind."
lights out