Escape of the Palisman

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[Open on a Slayground in the middle of Bonesborough. Several baby-track students are there. A sign at the front gate reads "THE SLAYGROUND funded by the Bonesborough department of parks & wreck". Cut to a sign above a bench that reads "ALL BLOODTHIRSTY MONSTERS MUST BE LEASHED".  Eda, Lena, and Luz are sitting on a bench under the sign.]

Luz: [Visibly nervous.] What if he gets hurt? What if the kids are mean to him? 

Lena: [Gasps.] My motherly instincts are freaking out, man.

Eda: He's fine. Look at him.

[Cut to King trying to climb the slide.]

Luz: It does look like he's having fun.

[King grunts.]

Luz: Aw. I wonder what cute little game he's playing.

Lena: Luz! He's not cute!

King: Stand back, cretins. [Grunting as he reaches the top.] Yes! Yes! This is a throne worthy of a tyrant. Bow to me you snotty underlings. Bow!

Kids: [Share a look.] Okay.

[One does a handstand while the other does a backbend.]

King: Yes, appease your master.

Usurper: This isn't for standing, it's for sliding. You try. [Shoves him.]

King: Whoa, whoa! [Screams, grunts.] Eda! [Runs to his friends, clings to Luz's leg.] That monster took my throne.

Eda: You mean the baby?

King: No, the usurper. I want you to go over there and blow him up. Kaboom!

Usurper: [Riding a spring rider.] Kaboom!

Eda: [Unscrews Owlbert from her staff.] Yeah, I'm not using Owlbert to blow up a five-year-old.

[Owlbert hoots.]

Eda: He's got better things to do. Like this... [Pets him.]

[Owlbert warbles.]

Luz: Aw, what a sweetie. How did you get him?

Lena: Luz!

Eda: Get? I made Owlbert from the branch of an ancient tree.

Owlbert: [Hops onto Eda's hand, hoots.]

Eda: Oh, he's my and we're bonded for life. [Owlbert hops to her shoulder, nuzzling her cheek.] I'd annihilate anyone who'd hurt him.

King: Fine. Don't help. Revenge will taste all the sweeter if they fall by my hand alone. [Laughs.]

Eda: Oh, man. Here we go. King's squeak of rage.

King: [Stands.] Nyeh... nyeh... [Squeals while wriggling and punching on the air, pauses, then continues squealing as he charges after his rival.]

Eda: [Laughs.] He is like a little teakettle. [Snorts.]

[Owlbert scratches at his face.]

Luz: Hey, what's that? [Points to Owlbert's foot, which seems to have a hole.]

Eda: That's his interlock. So he only fits on to my staff. Every palisman has one.

Lena: Whoa!

[As she speaks, everything but her, Lena, her staff, and the bench disappears.]

Eda: [Gasps.] Luz?

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