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None of the following is canon. It is Gargoyles/West Wing.
Yes, you heard that right.
Huggles and warm fuzzies to Quindar, who inspired this.
Apologies for the bad script format.
JOSH LYMAN VOICEOVER: "Don-NA!"
[Fade from black on the second syllable, then pan right across a rather nice cubicle farm, mainly done in wood and glass. Lots of people are walking around and working at desks with a sense of frenzied, deliberate purpose]
[Stop pan, focus on the only person who reacts to the yell: TATE KNIGHT, a young adult gargoyle. No one spares more than a quick glance for the horns, wings, giant clawed feet, or green skin. There is the occasional double take at the tail, but mostly due to the vague tendency for it to lash into the path of those walking by. He's staring at a door labled as belonging to "Deputy Director"]
TATE: Is this normal? [He's talking quietly to himself, more a nervous habit than a genuine question. A slim blonde strides past him at a swift walk, not giving him a second look even as she replies]
DONNA: Around here, this is quiet. COMING! [She easily dodges the swinging tail that is the only sign that TATE is surprised. She goes to the door of the office, which is opened a beat later. JOSH steps into the doorway, already yelling.]
JOSH: DON- AAH! Don't do that!
[He waves a piece of paper at her, but she doesn't even blink]
DONNA: "Don't do what, Josh? Appear whenever you bellow?"
JOSH: "Not right there in front of my door! How long were you skulking there, anyways?" [Josh is clearly distracted, settling in for a moment of banter.]
DONNA: "Thirty milliseconds. What do you want?"
[JOSH stares at her for a moment, then blinks and recovers. He shakes the letter at her again. In the background, TATE is moving casually closer in order to hear better. His expression is somewhere between fascinated and horrified - somewhat like watching a train wreck]
JOSH: The collection agency sent this to me.
DONNA: I know. I get your mail, remember? What'cha forget to pay?
JOSH: I didn't! They say I never paid a parking ticket!
DONNA: Did you?
JOSH: Wh- no, I never paid it, I never even got it! I NEVER got a parking ticket! So unless there are roving bands of parking ticket thieves, this is the sort of red tape idiocy that the Republican Party ties us up with!
[JOSH has been gesturing dramatically; this is clearly an evening with much stress from the opposing party. At the last bit of his tirade, he tosses the paper into the air, and TATE carefully catches it. He glances at it, and does a double take]
TATE: Well, if this is right, then you got a ticket at night. Do meter maids even work at night?
DONNA: Yes, actually. Some of them are charming and kind people, but never try to room with one. It just doesn't work.
[TATE blinks and shakes his head] TATE: Well, that would explain why we have so much work.
[JOSH finally registers that there is, in fact, a gargoyle listening in on his conversation. He give TATE a look, starting at the horns, then down to the massive, clawed feet.] JOSH: Who are you?
[TATE is clearly uncomfortable] TATE: Uh, hi. I'm just an intern, actually - it's for a class, believe it or -
JOSH: No, I mean who are you, wandering around the West Wing in that get up?
DONNA: Jooosh. [She pulls him aside and speaks softly] Do you remember that talk we had last week?
JOSH: [beat] Yeah.
[DONNA clearly doesn't buy it. She gives him a Look.] DONNA: The one about gargoyles.
JOSH: You mean the pop culture hysteria... thing about... gargoyles...
[He looks over at a clearly embarrassed TATE, finally putting 2 and 2 together. ]
JOSH: Oh.
[He quickly rallies, with all the aptitude that is typical of JOSH] JOSH: Well, I mean, I just don't get how the tail, and you know, the uh, the wings - where do you shop? Is it hard to find shirts with wing holes in them?
[TATE is clearly trying to roll with it, and is caught between a blush and laughter] TATE: Most of it's either modified by anyone in the clan who has anything like sewing skills, but no, this was made. Um, special.
JOSH: Oh, ok then.
[moment of uncomfortable silence. Being who and where they are, it is a very short moment.]
JOSH: So, wanna meet the president? [TATE looks stunned, shaking his head and sputtering protests, but JOSH just keeps talking over him] It'll be cool, he was scheduled to head to the residence an hour ago, so if you don't mind a little wait, we can just head into the Oval Office in, oh, another hour and catch him doin' stuff. Just don't pee in Leo's closet.
[Both TATE and DONNA give JOSH bewildered looks, but off screen, a voice declares]
SAM: I heard that! [SAM walks onscreen, giving JOSH a look] I heard that, and that's not funny. You know I'm still trying to live that down!
[DONNA turns to stare at SAM. TATE looks like he's trying to sink into the floor]
DONNA: You peed in Leo's closet?!
JOSH: Actually it was Ainsley.
DONNA: AINSLEY peed in Leo's closet?!
SAM: No, she just thought it was a bathroom. [He turns to TATE, clapping him on the shoulder] So you're the new guy, right? What do you think so far?
[a beat as TATE looks around at everyone, then manages a grin]
TATE: Not too different from home. Um, I have to go get to a meeting, I think. Good luck with the thing. [he hands the paper back to JOSH and quickly heads off, leaving all three of the staffers staring after him. They take a moment to share a look that clearly declares that guy was odd, then go about their business.]
Yes, you heard that right.
Huggles and warm fuzzies to Quindar, who inspired this.
Apologies for the bad script format.
JOSH LYMAN VOICEOVER: "Don-NA!"
[Fade from black on the second syllable, then pan right across a rather nice cubicle farm, mainly done in wood and glass. Lots of people are walking around and working at desks with a sense of frenzied, deliberate purpose]
[Stop pan, focus on the only person who reacts to the yell: TATE KNIGHT, a young adult gargoyle. No one spares more than a quick glance for the horns, wings, giant clawed feet, or green skin. There is the occasional double take at the tail, but mostly due to the vague tendency for it to lash into the path of those walking by. He's staring at a door labled as belonging to "Deputy Director"]
TATE: Is this normal? [He's talking quietly to himself, more a nervous habit than a genuine question. A slim blonde strides past him at a swift walk, not giving him a second look even as she replies]
DONNA: Around here, this is quiet. COMING! [She easily dodges the swinging tail that is the only sign that TATE is surprised. She goes to the door of the office, which is opened a beat later. JOSH steps into the doorway, already yelling.]
JOSH: DON- AAH! Don't do that!
[He waves a piece of paper at her, but she doesn't even blink]
DONNA: "Don't do what, Josh? Appear whenever you bellow?"
JOSH: "Not right there in front of my door! How long were you skulking there, anyways?" [Josh is clearly distracted, settling in for a moment of banter.]
DONNA: "Thirty milliseconds. What do you want?"
[JOSH stares at her for a moment, then blinks and recovers. He shakes the letter at her again. In the background, TATE is moving casually closer in order to hear better. His expression is somewhere between fascinated and horrified - somewhat like watching a train wreck]
JOSH: The collection agency sent this to me.
DONNA: I know. I get your mail, remember? What'cha forget to pay?
JOSH: I didn't! They say I never paid a parking ticket!
DONNA: Did you?
JOSH: Wh- no, I never paid it, I never even got it! I NEVER got a parking ticket! So unless there are roving bands of parking ticket thieves, this is the sort of red tape idiocy that the Republican Party ties us up with!
[JOSH has been gesturing dramatically; this is clearly an evening with much stress from the opposing party. At the last bit of his tirade, he tosses the paper into the air, and TATE carefully catches it. He glances at it, and does a double take]
TATE: Well, if this is right, then you got a ticket at night. Do meter maids even work at night?
DONNA: Yes, actually. Some of them are charming and kind people, but never try to room with one. It just doesn't work.
[TATE blinks and shakes his head] TATE: Well, that would explain why we have so much work.
[JOSH finally registers that there is, in fact, a gargoyle listening in on his conversation. He give TATE a look, starting at the horns, then down to the massive, clawed feet.] JOSH: Who are you?
[TATE is clearly uncomfortable] TATE: Uh, hi. I'm just an intern, actually - it's for a class, believe it or -
JOSH: No, I mean who are you, wandering around the West Wing in that get up?
DONNA: Jooosh. [She pulls him aside and speaks softly] Do you remember that talk we had last week?
JOSH: [beat] Yeah.
[DONNA clearly doesn't buy it. She gives him a Look.] DONNA: The one about gargoyles.
JOSH: You mean the pop culture hysteria... thing about... gargoyles...
[He looks over at a clearly embarrassed TATE, finally putting 2 and 2 together. ]
JOSH: Oh.
[He quickly rallies, with all the aptitude that is typical of JOSH] JOSH: Well, I mean, I just don't get how the tail, and you know, the uh, the wings - where do you shop? Is it hard to find shirts with wing holes in them?
[TATE is clearly trying to roll with it, and is caught between a blush and laughter] TATE: Most of it's either modified by anyone in the clan who has anything like sewing skills, but no, this was made. Um, special.
JOSH: Oh, ok then.
[moment of uncomfortable silence. Being who and where they are, it is a very short moment.]
JOSH: So, wanna meet the president? [TATE looks stunned, shaking his head and sputtering protests, but JOSH just keeps talking over him] It'll be cool, he was scheduled to head to the residence an hour ago, so if you don't mind a little wait, we can just head into the Oval Office in, oh, another hour and catch him doin' stuff. Just don't pee in Leo's closet.
[Both TATE and DONNA give JOSH bewildered looks, but off screen, a voice declares]
SAM: I heard that! [SAM walks onscreen, giving JOSH a look] I heard that, and that's not funny. You know I'm still trying to live that down!
[DONNA turns to stare at SAM. TATE looks like he's trying to sink into the floor]
DONNA: You peed in Leo's closet?!
JOSH: Actually it was Ainsley.
DONNA: AINSLEY peed in Leo's closet?!
SAM: No, she just thought it was a bathroom. [He turns to TATE, clapping him on the shoulder] So you're the new guy, right? What do you think so far?
[a beat as TATE looks around at everyone, then manages a grin]
TATE: Not too different from home. Um, I have to go get to a meeting, I think. Good luck with the thing. [he hands the paper back to JOSH and quickly heads off, leaving all three of the staffers staring after him. They take a moment to share a look that clearly declares that guy was odd, then go about their business.]
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Date: 2005-06-10 06:06 pm (UTC)WTF?
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Date: 2005-06-10 08:00 pm (UTC)*snerk*
While I haven't watched West Wing, I did enjoy the bit. :)
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Date: 2005-06-11 06:23 pm (UTC)As for West Wing, I find that so far (midway through season 4), I like seasons 1 and 2 best, but 3 is still spiffy as well. I really do recommend checking out season 1 - it's actually not so much about politics as the people involved. It's cool that way. :)
Just, you know, if you're ever looking for something else to watch. Speaking of, ever get around to that AMV list? No pressure, just asking.
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Date: 2005-06-11 06:52 pm (UTC)*nods* Well, I'll see if I can use my 'rents Hollywood video card and rent it if they have it on DVD. *L* I think about the only time I really watch TV now is when a Sacramento Kings game is on or maybe a little bit when out on a trip.
*facepalm* I had a list of videos I was interested in... and totally lost the list. I will try to get back to you soon. If you don't hear from me in a week, send me a reminder. ;)
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Date: 2005-06-11 05:55 pm (UTC)...
NOW GO WORK ON "SHEDDING STONE!" Do it noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohw!
; )
-LynatiPants
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Date: 2005-06-13 12:34 pm (UTC)I watch both shows. You nailed the Josh/Donna dynamic.
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Date: 2005-06-14 04:21 pm (UTC)Very, very glad you liked.