Writing Thanks A Latte [PG-LV]

[Dragon Warrior]

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The following is a series created by White and myself. It's plotted between the two of us and I write it. Thank you for reading.[/center]

[size=1][b]In a small town somewhere out there in a state that?s not particularly important (probably Wyoming), there was a coffee shop called Thanks A Latte. It not only had a clever name, but excellent coffee beverages and assorted other drinks and snacks. Still, despite its popularity, it was forever at war with its neighboring rival store, a tea shop, called Teabag Palace. The name was less catchy (and to some, offensive), but it was still able to compete with Thanks A Latte and at times even crush the competition.

Thanks A Latte has recently come to hire two strange individuals. Two strays off the street, to be exact?Stephen the white cat and Gavin the Dog with the funky hat. The two weren?t bad at their jobs, but at times it disgusted the customers that they find hair in their coffee. Nevertheless, the shop continues to profit and life goes on?[/b][/size]

[center][size=4]The Episode Where They Get Robbed[/size][/center]

[FONT=Courier New][indent][I]Fade In. Open to the Thanks A Latte interior where STEPHEN is curled up comfortably on the service counter. He is sleeping and no customers are present. It is mid morning. GAVIN runs in through the front door with the morning paper.[/I]

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GAVIN (taking the paper out of his mouth): You sleep too much, Steve.

STEPHEN: Cats need their beauty sleep.

GAVIN: You sure do :^D

STEPHEN: STFU :^(

AUDIENCE: Hahaha.

GAVIN: I brought the paper. (Plops paper down on counter, scaring STEPHEN)

STEPHEN: We already get that when the store opens every morning.

GAVIN: I know, but I had to use it.

STEPHEN: You need to get flippin? potty trained. That?s nasty.

AUDIENCE: Hahaha!!

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Ew :^(

MANAGER (walks in from back room door): Yo, boys.

AUDIENCE: (claps and cheers at MANAGER?s entrance)

MANAGER: How be duh bizziness today?

STEPHEN: Crappy. I have to say, this place can kinda suck.

MANAGER (sprays STEPHEN with spray bottle): Bad cat! Don?t be dissin? muh bizziness, yo!

STEPHEN (hisses): AHHH! Not the water bottle! >:^O

AUDIENCE: lol

CUSTOMER (walks in): Hi. Is this place open?

MANAGER: Gotta jet, yo. You take care of these two.

WHITE: Are you stoned again?

MANAGER: No, why?

WHITE: There?s only one of them.

MANAGER: Oh. Hah! Maybe I am. :^D Peace! (walks into back room)

STEPHEN (hopping down from counter): Hello. What can I get for you?

CUSTOMER: Do you serve tea?

STEPHEN (hisses): Hell no!

GAVIN: This is a coffee shop!

CUSTOMER: I?m sorry :^( I just wanted tea!

STEPHEN: There?s a tea shop right next door.

GAVIN: Yeah, called the Teabag Palace. Bunch of teabaggers, they are. They?re always teabagging.

STEPHEN: Psh, yeah >:^(

CUSTOMER: Do you? do you mean that literally? O.o

GAVIN (ignores CUSTOMER?s question): It?s not like we want to help our competition, but we can?t stand people like you bustin? in asking for tea when there?s a shop next door in plain daylight.

STEPHEN: He might as well want chocolate too!

GAVIN: Yeah! Just go down the street a little ways to Choco Rocko?s. All they are over there are a bunch of fudgepackers.

STEPHEN: Yeah >:^(

CUSTOMER: I?m serious. Are you guys being literal? O.o

GAVIN (ignores CUSTOMER again): Now scram!

CUSTOMER: But I changed my mind! I want an espresso!

GAVIN: How about I kick your ASSpresso?!

AUDIENCE: Haha!

CUSTOMER: But? :<

GAVIN: Get out >:^O

CUSTOMER: Yipes ;_; (runs out)

AUDIENCE: (applauds and cheers)

STEPHEN/GAVIN: We?re good. :^D

AUDIENCE: LOL

MANAGER (walks in): Man, wtf was all that commotion, yo?!

STEPHEN: Some pesky patron bothering our corporation with misunderstandings and insulting us with our rivalry.

[I]Pause.[/I]

MANAGER: WTF did he just say?

AUDIENCE: Haha.

GAVIN (to STEPHEN): Let me handle this. (to MANAGER) Man, sum whackjob comin? in and throwin? salt in muh game, yo. He all like, ?yo? and I all like, ?Wuuut? and he all like, ?give me some tea, yo!? and I say, ?You trippin?, dawg, get with the motha flippin? times. Dis be a coffee shop. Now get yo? skanky ass outta here. This is muh house, bitch!? He was off like a prom dress.

MANAGER: Coo?. Dat?s sum fine customer service, man. Keep it fo? real, yo.

WOMAN (walks in): Hello.

GAVIN: She smells yucky :<

STEPHEN: Shh >:^O

WOMAN: Need service?

STEPHEN: Uh, yes, you can get service right here, ma?am.

MANAGER: Uh, no. Actually, dis one is mine, boys. (walks over and takes WOMAN by the hand and leads her towards the back) I, uh, have business wit? her. Yeah, dat?s it. Peace! (disappears in the back with WOMAN).

AUDIENCE: Hahaha!

AUDIENCE MEMBER: She?s a whore :3

GAVIN: Man, what time is it, STEPHEN?

STEPHEN (looks at his paw): 10:13.

GAVIN: It?s about time for my morning walkie ;)

STEPHEN: #@&% no >:^O Remember last time I took you for a walk?

[I]Scene changes to outside a house. A man is lying dead on the ground. GAVIN and STEPHEN stand over him.[/i]

STEPHEN: Great, GAVIN. I let you off your leash for five seconds >:^O

GAVIN: I?m a dog >:^O We were destined to chase mailmen. It?s in our blood.

STEPHEN: Well, I?m not taking you for a walk anymore.

GAVIN: Oh, that?s what you said that other time?

[I]Scene changes to the coffee shop.[/I]

MANAGER: Uh, no. Actually, dis one is mine, boys. (walks over and takes WOMAN by the hand and leads her towards the back) I, uh, have business wit? her. Yeah, dat?s it. Peace! (disappears in the back with WOMAN).

GAVIN: Man, what time is it, STEPHEN?

STEPHEN (looks at his paw): 10:13.

GAVIN: It?s about time for my morning walkie ;^)

STEPHEN: #@&% no >:^O Remember last time I took you for a walk?

[I]Scene changes to outside a house. A man is lying dead on the ground. GAVIN and STEPHEN stand over him. STEPHEN looks queerly at GAVIN.[/i]

STEPHEN: GAVIN, that hasn?t even happened yet.

GAVIN: What? O.o

STEPHEN: This is a flashback to what we just flashbacked.

GAVIN: Now you?re just not making any sense.

STEPHEN: Ugh, end the flashback!

[i]Scene changes to the coffee shop, present day.[/I]

GAVIN: O.o

STEPHEN: o.O

GAVIN: That was confusing.

STEPHEN: Now do you see why?

GAVIN: C?mooon.

STEPHEN: No. Besides, our boss is busy in the back on business. We can?t leave the shop unattended.

GAVIN: Sure we can :^D (pulls out cardboard cutouts of STEPHEN and GAVIN)

AUDIENCE: lol

STEPHEN: O.o What the? are those supposed to be convincing replicas of us?

GAVIN: No.

STEPHEN: Then what are they for?

GAVIN: This. (knocks STEPHEN out with them)

[I]Scene changes to down the street of the town. STEPHEN is unconsciously walking GAVIN on a leash when he wakes up.[/I]

STEPHEN: Huh? We?re walking?

GAVIN: Yep :3

STEPHEN: I can?t believe you actually knocked me out and got away with it.

GAVIN: I?m good like that.

AUDIENCE: Hehehee.

STEPHEN: I?m even more impressed I was able to unconsciously walk down the street as if I were awake O.o

GAVIN: Yeah, that is a bit odd?

MANAGER (pulls up in his phat and fresh car): Yo!

AUDIENCE: Woo! (applauds)

MANAGER (bouncing up and down with the hydrolics): Get yo? asses back to duh shop. Dere be an emergency!

GAVIN/STEPHEN: Uh oh :<

[I]Scene changes to the coffee shop, which is completely trashed as if robbed.[/I]

GAVIN: Wow :^O

STEPHEN: What happened here?

MANAGER: We was robbed, bitches. All cuz you weren?t here to do yo? job.

AUDIENCE: Ooo?

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Oh, snap!

STEPHEN: Who robbed us?

MANAGER: Some very fine ass lady.

GAVIN: Some very fine ass lady? =/

MANAGER: Yeah. One who is at a good price too. Haha.

AUDIENCE: lol

AUDIENCE MEMBER: I agree :<

STEPHEN: It was that hooker, wasn?t it?!

MANAGER: What you talkin? ?bout, Willis?

STEPHEN: STEPHEN.

MANAGER: Yeah, whatev. It wasn?t her, even if she?s hott.

GAVIN/STEPHEN: >:^O

MANAGER: Okay, okay, it wuz.

AUDIENCE: (laughs)

MANAGER: We all in trouble now.

STEPHEN: Man, what do we do? Teabag Palace is probably racking up the profits!

MANAGER: Yeah. Even the less popular hotdog shack, Taste My Weiner, is doin? better. We?s gotsta think of somethin?!

GAVIN: Hey, I can still smell that nasty smell.

MANAGER: Man, I took a showa! If you can still smell it, it?s in my clothes, ?cause my friend did say it clings like a mofo, yo and-

GAVIN: No, I mean, that hooker?s perfume. I can smell it.

STEPHEN: GAVIN! If you can follow that scent, maybe we can catch her.

MANAGER: Coo?. I?ll stay here and keep the bizziness runnin? from the back, if ya know what I mean. Heh. I?ve got paperwork to do.

GAVIN: Yeah, okay.

STEPHEN: Let?s go, GAVIN! (runs out of the shop with GAVIN)

MANAGER: Now to get down to sum serious bizziness. (walks into the back) Let?s git dis party started, ladies!

AUDIENCE: lol! (cheers)

[I]Fade Out.[/I][/indent][/FONT]

[Ellerby]

[COLOR=DimGray][FONT=Tahoma]Beautiful, Gavin. :toothy:

You pieced all of our ideas together perfectly using punchlines as glue. It's got that classic DW-randomness touch and it works. I was a little bit worried about the whole cat and dog thing at first but it works well.

I'm glad we decided not to make it an OB parody. That would piss people off! :)[/FONT][/COLOR]