[PRE-NOTES] Volcadera Screenplay by: Ordinarywriting204966 Episode 1: Arrival Based on the video game Snoot game by Cavemanon Which is based on the video game goodbye volcano high by KO_OP 5/22/2023 [/PRE-NOTES] EST. From a high view, we see a pterodactyl family of four, a mother, a father, a young boy, and his sister. Enjoying a nice sunny day on a beach. We then cut to an overhead shot of the young pterodactyl boy (age 7) lying down on the sand, looking up at the sky. He has charcoal-colored skin with tiny non-feathered wings on his back, along with a crest on his head. Off in the distance, a young pterodactyl girl is shouting for him. That voice belonging to his sister Young pterodactyl girl Hey, what are you doing!? The girl (age 8) runs up to the boy and kneels beside him. We get a look at her from the boy's POV. Her skin is a bright-looking grey, along with short silver hair. She has small feathered wings on her back,she looks like the complete opposite of the boy. Young pterodactyl boy Just looking at the clouds. Cut to a close-up of his eye, then a shot of some seagulls flying high in the sky. Young pterodactyl girl Come on, don't you want to build a sandcastle or something? Young pterodactyl boy Ok. Cut to the children building a sandcastle. Young pterodactyl boy Hey? Do you think we can fly with our wings? Young pterodactyl girl Yeah sure, of course we can. (she says in a joking manner) Young pterodactyl boy Really!? That's so awesome. They both laugh for a few seconds. Young pterodactyl girl Hey, can you go get the shovel so we can finish building the Castle? The boy gets up and runs into the distance excitedly. Then cut to a shot of the girl continuing to shape the sandcastle. Young pterodactyl boy Hey! Watch me fly! We then see The boy at the top of a small cliffside in the distance. Young pterodactyl girl Wait, I was just joking, don't do it! But it's too late as the boy jumps off the small cliffside, frantically flapping his wings to no avail as we cut to a POV shot of the ground and see him falling with the screen going black as his body fills the frame while falling. Once the screen goes black, we hear the voices of his parents and sister shouting his name which we can’t make out. Cut to show intro. INT. Anon’s room - early morning Anon (age 18, human) wakes up with a jolt from his bed as if waking up from a nightmare. He looks around for a second before getting up. We then get a good look at him as he stands, he is of average height with straight black hair that reaches down to his neck and bags under his eyes. We then hear a knock on his door. Mr. Carter (Anon’s father) Anon Are you up yet? (through the door) Anon Yes sir! Mr. Carter Good, breakfast is ready downstairs and make sure to double-check that you packed everything you need. (through the door) We then hear Mr. Carter walk away. We then cut to Anon looking at all of his packed-up belongings, just two suitcases and a carrying bag. Cut to Anon going down some stairs and then into a kitchen. We get a look at his parents sitting at the table already. His father (late 30s) is of average height with short black hair, while his mother (late 30s) is rather small in stature with dark blonde hair. Mrs. Carter Hey honey how did you sleep? Anon I slept ok. An awkward silence follows as Anon sits down and starts eating with his parents. It gives off the impression that they aren't very close as a family. Mr. Carter Anon, are you absolutely sure you want to go? Cant, you just stick it out for one last school year here? Anon Yes sir I'm sure, I don't think I can make it through another school year here. Mr. Carter sighs before speaking. Mr. Carter Alright then, but remember after high school it’s the military or college, and if you can’t even bother doing either of those then we won’t support you in any way after high school. Anon’s mother doesn't even bother interjecting in the conversation. She just stares down at the table awkwardly for a moment. Anon I understand sir (in a defeated quiet voice) Ext. The Carter residence - morning We see Anon and his parents standing in their driveway until a taxi pulls up. Anon then turns around towards his parents. Mrs. Carter Alright Anon, stay safe and do good in school honey. She then gives Anon a hug which he reciprocates. Anon then looks at his father. They then both exchange a handshake with no words spoken. Anon then walks towards the taxi and gets in. We then cut to a shot of Anon getting out of the taxi once they reach the airport. Cut to a shot of Anon walking into the airport and looking at the departures list we then cut to a shot that zooms in on a departure labeled “gate 8A Volcadera bluffs international airport”. Cut to Anon in the plane sitting down and then looking out the window. He then pulls out some headphones and Sweet Maxine by the doobie brothers starts to play. Ext. Volcadera bluffs international airport - late afternoon The song continues to play as we cut to shots of Anon getting off the plane and leaving the airport then getting into a taxi. We then see a sweeping shot of the entire city afterward we see shots of humans and dino people walking through the streets. Then cut to a shot of Anon looking out of the taxi window with his headphones still on. We then cut to a shot of Anon getting out of the taxi in front of a dilapidated apartment building in a crappy-looking neighborhood. We follow him as he walks up a flight of stairs he then turns left at the top of the stairs and goes down a small hallway. He then puts a key in the door, we hear the door unlock then we follow him inside. He takes off his headphones and the song stops. We see the apartment is as basic and small as an apartment can get. A small kitchen, a bed frame with a mattress on it, An old crappy tv across from the bed, a small closet, and a bathroom. Anon (V.O.) Wow, dad really went all out in getting me a nice apartment. (in a sarcastic tone) Anon then puts his luggage down and collapses onto the bed, not even bothering to put sheets on the mattress. He just stares at the ceiling and starts to fall asleep. Cut to black Int. Anons apartment - early morning before dawn We see Anon wake up with a jolt just like he did at the beginning of the episode. He looks at the time on his phone and sees that it's 5:12 am. Anon (V.O.) Oh thank god, I have plenty of time to prepare for school. I don’t want to be late and look like an idiot on the first day. Anon then groggily gets out of bed and heads to the bathroom to shower. After he finishes up in the bathroom he wanders to the kitchen and realizes that there's no food. Anon then walks over to his luggage and looks through his carrying bag to find a bag of chips. Anon looks at the bag of chips with a face that says “Better than nothing I guess”. We then cut to Anon eating the chips while scrolling on his phone and then he quickly finishes the chips while walking over to one of his suitcases. He throws the empty chip bag to the floor before looking through his suitcase and then pulls out a backpack and some basic school supplies. Pencils, pens, binder paper, and a notebook. He then puts all of the supplies in the backpack and then proceeds to check his phone, it's already 6:30 am. Anon Oh shit! EST. It's an extremely foggy morning setting a dour atmosphere. Anon is walking down the sidewalk with his headphones on. Anon eventually gets to the school, we see him stop in front of the steps leading up to the entrance. The fog gives the place an ominous vibe and through the fog, we can see the name of the school on the front of the building reading “Volcano high”. Anon (V.O.) What a wonderful first impression of the place, it looks like the setting for some kind of horror movie. Anon checks his phone. Anon (V.O.) Great, I got here half an hour early, now what the hell am I supposed to do? Anon takes his headphones off then starts walking up the stairs which are occupied by a bunch of dino students who give Anon stares filled with confusion. Anon (V.O.) Those judgemental stares, the very thing I came here to escape from. I can only hope the shock of a human student being here will wear off quickly. Random dino student (O.C) Wait, is that a human? Random dino student (O.C) Hey where's your spear caveman? Anon continues walking up the steps ignoring the other student's comments. Anon (V.O.) I bet these pricks see me as some sort of circus attraction. A freakshow among this cereal box mascot-colored crowd. Taking acid probably wouldn't be anywhere near as colorful as going to this place. The students around him seemed to have finally lost interest in Anon. Anon then scans around the crowd and someone catches his eye. A pterodactyl girl with bright grey skin, long silver hair, and feathered angelic-looking wings is talking with her friends. Anon (V.O.) Talk about wanting to stand out, I never thought it was possible to look like you came out of a black-and-white cartoon. She then notices Anon and looks at him. Anon (V.O.) Of course, she looks at me with the same judgemental stare as everyone else. Everyone who’s looked at me that way has always proved to be nothing more than an asshole. Anon decides to wander over to the side of the building and finds an old rotted-looking bench. He lies down on it and stares at the sky with a melancholic expression. Unknown female voice Would you happen to be Anon Carter? As Anon looks toward the voice the rotted bench breaks and Anon falls flat on his ass. As he looks up he sees a parasaurolophus girl, her skin is pink, and she has blue eyes. There was also a pterodactyl guy with her. He was tall and had charcoal-colored skin, one of his non-feathered wings was smaller than the other one and had scars on it, and he had a crest on his head. Female parasaurolophus Oh my goodness! Are you ok? Anon Never better She holds out her hand to help Anon up but he gets up himself Anon Don't worry about it I’m fine really Female parasaurolophus So your Anon, right? Anon Yeah, why are you asking? Naomi Oh, where are my manners, I'm Naomi, student council president and your guide. It's a pleasure to meet you Anon, oh and this here is my boyfriend Naser. She says the last part while putting her arm over Nasers shoulders. Naser Nice to meet you Anon Anon Nice to meet you to man Naser then turns to Naomi. Naser Hey I remembered that I gotta go take care of something, I’ll see you at lunch ok? Naomi Yeah sure see you then With that Naser walks off toward the front enterance of the school. Naomi turns to Anon. Naomi How about we get the tour started? We cut to Anon and Naomi walking through a hallway inside the school with other students going about and some just talking with friends. Naomi Alright, now that the tour of the campus is done can I see your transcript? Anon hands it to her. She starts reading for a few seconds before a surprised expression falls onto her face. She looks back up at Anon. Naomi It says here that you live in skinrow is that true? Anon Yeah, I just moved into an apartment there by myself yesterday Naomi Wait, you live there alone!? That’s the most dangerous part of the city. Why would you move there? Let alone all by yourself With a defeated look on His face Anon Let's just say I didn't have much of a choice Naomi gives Anon a slight look of sympathy. Naomi Well just make sure to watch your back there Naomi goes back to reading the transcript. She then puts on a fake-looking smile and looks back up at Anon. Naomi Oh it seems like we're both in the same first-period room Anon Oh ok… cool Naomi We should probably make our way there now, first period is about to start in seven minutes Anon and Naomi start walking again, while they are walking Anon side glances at two dino students having a conversation. Male student 1 Dude, are you sure that liquor store in skinrow sells alcohol to anyone? Male student 2 Absolutely, The owner doesn't give a shit if your underage or anything he just wants to make a buck Male student 1 All right then man, I’ll probably get myself something from there after school then, It's the one next to the laundromat right? Male student 2 Yeah that one We Then cut to Anon and Naomi walking into a classroom, both of them then sitting in a seat. The bell rings and the students in the room start to settle down as the teacher gets up from the desk. Mr. Tsuki Good morning everyone, I'm Mr. Tsuki, and before I move on to what we're going to be doing today I want to introduce a special student in our class. Mr. Carter, could you please come up here and introduce yourself? We cut to Anon looking nervous. He gets up from his desk and starts to move up to the front of the classroom. Anon (V.O.) Why did this guy have to single me out and put me on the spot like this? As if I don’t stick out enough already in this damn place Anon gets to the front of the room and faces the class. Anon Hey everyone, so my name is Anon, and uh… there isn't much to really say about myself, I don't really have any hobbies or anything like that Mr. Tsuki Well why don't you tell us why you moved here Mr. Carter? Anon gets visibly nervous. Anon Well I moved here because uh… A few seconds of silence go by and the other students in the room start to give Anon expectant looks to continue on. Mr. Tsuki You don't need to answer that if you don't want to, you may head back to your seat Mr. Carter Anon walks back to his desk, as he sits down we see he has a thousand yard stare on his slightly pale face. We cut to a large sleek looking cafeteria filled with students, we then see Anon in line paying for a slice of pizza. Anon then looks around for anywhere to sit, a hand then grabs his shoulder, he turns around and it’s Naser. Naser Hey man, I was wondering if you wanted to sit with me and Naomi so we could get to know each other better Anon Alright sounds good We then cut to Anon, Naser, and Naomi sitting at a lunch table. Naser and Anon are in the middle of a conversation. Naser You spend most of your spare time listening to music? Anon Yup, There ain't nothing that makes me happier than listening to some good music man, there's just something really special about music I don't know how to put it really… I just think that music is really important in life you know Naser I understand what your saying, I like listening to music a lot myself, speaking of music though my sis— sibling, Fang is performing in a concert after school today, there's gonna be free pizza if you want to stop by Anon perks up at the mention of free pizza seemingly not caring about the whole concert part. Probably not wanting to even bother with any type of school event like that. Anon Well I’m not really one for big public events like that but free pizza is free pizza so sign me up Naser Sounds good, I’ll see you there then We then cut to a shot of a clock that says 3:15 pm along with the sound of a bell ringing. Anon, Naser, and some other students are waiting outside of the school auditorium for the show to start. Both of them are looking at their phones until the auditorium doors finally open. A tall muscular man with long black hair and eyeglasses wearing a suit is holding one of the doors open for people to go inside. As Anon is going inside the man says something to Anon. Tall muscular man Anon could you step aside for a second, I would like to have a word with you Anon and the man move to the side of the auditorium Principal spears I’m Principal Spears, I just wanted to check in with you to see how you're doing on your first day here, I assume it hasn't been easy since you're the only human student here, has anyone been giving you any trouble? Anon Today’s been exhausting to be honest, but no one has been giving me trouble sir Principal Spears The first day is always exhausting I know but still, it’s good to hear you haven't had any problems, anyway go enjoy the show With that done Anon looks around to see Naser at the refreshments table. Anon walks over, There are stacks of pizza boxes on the table. Anon Jesus dude did you pay for all of these? Naser Sure did, you might as well grab a whole box for yourself, plenty to go around Anon grabs a box of pizza, the logo on the box says Dino Moes. Anon So when does the show start? Naser Let me give Fang a quick call and ask Naser pulls out his phone then after a few taps he puts it up to his head, Eventually, Fang picks up. Naser Hey, Fang is the show almost rea— Naser gets cut off by an unintelligible loud shrill voice. Naser Yeah ok ok I understand The call ends and Naser turns to Anon Naser I gotta leave now Anon Why? Naser Fang said I’d ruin the show somehow Anon Is Fang always like this? Naser For the most part, yeah they're just so… Anon Difficult? Naser Yeah that's the word, I just don't know why though Naser sighs. Naser Anyway I should get going before Fang still sees me here, I’ll see you, tomorrow man Anon Yeah see ya Naser then leaves the auditorium with a defeated walk. Anon walks over to sit down in one of the seats in the far back of the auditorium. He then takes a seat and starts eating his pizza while waiting for the show to start. After about ten seconds the lights dim and the curtains on the stage are drawn. We see the band, A Pterodactyl Girl standing in front of the microphone with a bass guitar. It’s the same pterodactyl girl Anon took an interest in when he first arrived at the school. The drummer is a pink-colored velociraptor dude with shaggy pink hair. Then there was a short purple triceratops girl with curly purple hair, she also had a bass guitar. They don't even introduce themselves and just start playing. The music is horrible. Anon (V.O.) Wait, why in god’s name are they using two bass guitars? and the lead singer, that's gotta be Naser's sister, her horrible screeching isn't helping with the god-awful sounding bass guitars and why was Naser referring to her as “sibling”? Anon looks at the rest of the crowd to see their reactions. We hear the crowd turn on the band. Random concert goer Haha, they still fucking suck! Random concert goer 2 Get off the fucking stage losers! At this point the whole crowd is standing, all of them jeering and laughing at the band. The band had stopped playing at this point, the drummer was starting to inch his way off stage while the triceratops girl looked like she was about to cry, but the singer stood her ground. Fang Fuck all of you! She throws her bass guitar aside and displays the middle finger on both hands. She then grabs the triceratops girl’s arm and walks off stage, the drummer had left already. We then cut back to Anon who was now laughing with the crowd. Anon then gets up and makes his way to the exit, leaving his pizza box behind. Anon then notices Principal Spears standing by the exit, Spears makes his way over to Anon. Principal Spears Come tomorrow I don’t want to hear about any of this, I expect some goddamned maturity from you Anon, I also expect it from everyone else in here as well so don’t think I'm singling you out, now listen here Anon, as generic and cliche this may sound it’s still a fact and that fact is that you're not the only person in the world, everyone is fighting their own battles, now go home Anon turns and fast walks out of the auditorium. While he's walking out he hears Spears shout something directed toward the crowd. Principal Spears All of you better shut up right now before I give everyone in here detention for two weeks! EXT. Skinrow liquor store - late afternoon near dark We see Anon walking out of the small liquor shop with a bag full of snacks and a prominent bottle of whiskey. It looks like it's about to rain. We cut to a front-facing shot of Anon walking, the background is blurred. As he keeps walking we hear two cars colliding, the shot unblurrs as Anon turns around to see two old beat-up cars that crashed into each other 50 feet away from Anon. Three dinos get out of one of the cars all of them holding pistols, while four humans get out of the other one, One holding a shotgun while the others had pistols. The human with the shotgun shoots immediately at the dinos, and from there it's an all-out shootout. As soon as the first shot went off, bystanders nearby started to scream and run. Anon immediately starts running back to his apartment while screaming obscenities. Anon Jesus Christ, holy fucking shit! INT. Anons apartment - night We cut to the door of Anon's apartment flying open, Anon quickly runs in and shuts the door while panting heavily, his clothes are wet from rain. He then slumps down onto the floor with his back to the wall. We then cut to him flicking on the lights as he moves into the kitchen and puts away the stuff he bought at the liquor store. Anon then walks into the bathroom and we hear the shower start running. We then cut to Anon walking out of the bathroom he looks over at the TV and finds the remote on top of it covered in dust. He grabs it then sits down on his bed and pushes the power on button. The TV turns on displaying a local news station. A human newswoman on the screen and the tagline reads “Another violent shooting in skinrow”. Newswoman First off on tonight's news, another shooting in skinrow today, between opposing gangs. The shooting was between three dinos and four humans, one of the dino members and three of the human members died during the shooting with the surviving human gang member getting away and the two dinos in custody. Luckily there were no civilian injuries or casualties, chief of Police Ripley Aaron will give a statement to the press tomorrow on how the department will continue to combat violence in skinrow Anon then shuts off the TV, we see his face is pale as he rubs his eyes. He then gets up and walks over to his luggage and rummages around for something, ultimately pulling out a video game console along with wires and a controller. We cut to Anon setting it up on the TV stand, He then powers on the TV and the console. As the console boots up Anon goes and gets the whiskey out of the freezer along with a glass, he then pours himself some of the whiskey and adds ice to it, he turns off the lights and walks over to his bed, the only light in the apartment now coming from the TV. He then pulls up Spotify on the console and picks a song while drinking some whiskey, he then lies down on his bed and stares at the ceiling While Walk on Water (demo version) by Ozzy Osbourne starts to play, Anon sighs. As the song keeps going we cut to a shot of Anon lying in his bed. The shot moves up through Anon's roof and keeps going up as we see a thunderstorm going on outside with the city in full view in the background. After we see and hear some thunder we cut to black as the song keeps playing. End credits