Dauntless By Amir Siry Dayyan Sisson

Based On NBCs "The Office"

First Draft

EXT. LIBERTY STATION - DAY Branden is walking in the middle of the fields eating a bag of Hot Cheetos. From the sides of the screen, from behind the bushes, Josh, Frenchie, and Crockett run out. Josh is holding a phone as if hes video taping it. Crockett, who comes from in front of Branden has his back facing us and acts as if hes starting a conversation. Frenchie bends down behind Branden, and Crockett pushes Branden backwards, toppling him over. They all start laughing and run away, Josh lingering behind for a second getting the moment on video.

OPENING TITLE SCENES Shots of the actors and their names. Happy music in the background.

INT. THE CLOSET - DAY Students are sitting down for an interview BRANDEN I swear, I am sick and tired of these Fishbowl kids! HAMMY How often do they bully us? Its like every day. EVERY DAY! Hammy is sitting down alone at lunch. Crockett and Rodrigo come sit down next to her. CROCKETT Hey shorty. Dayyan in an interview. DAYYAN Do you even understand how many "Closet" jokes Ive heard..... (Making a face, in a mocking voice) DAYYAN (contd) Oh look Dayyans finally coming out of the closet. Huh huh! Yeah, youre so cool. Jeez...

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AMIR Okay, so yesterday, I found a penny glued to the floor. Shot of Amir finding a penny glued to the floor at Liberty Station, and vainly trying to pry it off the ground. AMIR (contd) And you know me... Makes a "cool" face. AMIR (contd) "Gotta feed the kids." So naturally, I try and get it out. Shows shot of him bent over trying to pull it out. From behind one of the pillars, Frenchie grabs his underwear and pulls it up. Amir screams. Frenchie runs away laughing. FRENCHIE Hehehe. Yeah.... that was a good one. Julian sitting in chair. Leans back and looks around a corner. Nods his head. JULIAN Retaliation. Nods, looks around a bit more. JULIAN (contd) Thats the way to go. Shot of Julian in classroom, passing out bandannas to Dayyan and Amir. He hands one to Branden, but pulls it away quickly. JULIAN (contd) Did I give one yet? BRANDEN No, not yet. JULIAN Okay. In the back, Amir is trying to put on his face, failing entirely. Dayyan in an interview.

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CONTINUED: (3) DAYYAN Hehe, theyre not even gonna see it coming.

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INT. THE FISHBOWL - DAY Josh is standing next to one of the windows to the fishbowl and his phone rings. He picks it up. JOSH Hello? (In Asian Accent) AMIR Hi, this is___________. JOSH Uh..... what? AMIR This is___________. Josh looks confused. JOSH Im sorry, I think you have the wrong number. I didnt order a ______. AMIR Yes sir, yes you did! Josh looks quizzically at the phone, and looks to his left out the window. He sees Amir and Branden on the phone giggling to themselves. JOSH Okay sir, give me a second. Josh in an interview. JOSH (contd) I swear, those Closet kids.... Shakes his head. He sighs. JOSH (contd) Oh, jeez. Josh in the Fishbowl, pointing at a door and looking at Rodrigo as he walks out of it. Josh looks back out the window. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) JOSH (contd) Yeah? Yes, sir Im reaaally, reaalllly not sure what youre talking about.

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Branden and Amir start giggling uncontrollably from behind the glass. In the background, you see Rodrigo come from the side and walk past, grabbing their backpacks. A shot of Rodrigo and Frenchie dumping out their stuff and turtling it. AMIR Are you stupid or something sir? You ordered 20 minutes ago! In the background, Rodrigo and Frenchie replace their backpacks, now turtled. Amir and Branden are still giggling. Rodrigo and Frenchie walk in front of them, smiling and fist bumping them. Branden goes up for a high-five, then denies them one and starts cracking up. Laughing he looks down at the backpacks. He starts freaking out, shouting and yelling. Amir looks down and begins to freak out too, hanging up the phone. Josh looks back at the camera and sighs. BRANDEN Okay so, maybe that first one didnt turn out so well.

EXT. NTC FIELDS - DAY Crockett is walking back from the fields with his backpack on carrying a water bottle. He opens the cap and starts to drink. He begins to gag and spits out sand. He looks mad-eyed at the bottle and turns it over, sand spilling out. A note falls out of the bottle. He picks it up and looks over it. (In a confused monotone voice) CROCKETT Hahahaha got you? The Closet? Crockett in an interview. CROCKETT (contd) Thats it! Thats it. They just declared war. Dayyan in an interview.

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CONTINUED: (2) DAYYAN We got em right in the open and were going to take em out! (Emphasizing take while making a recoil effect)

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EXT. NTC FIELDS - DAY Crockett is walking to the bay with a shovel. Amir walks by in the background and waves annoyingly. AMIR Hey buddy! Crockett doesnt acknowledge him. CROCKETT Just dont look back. Dont look back. Hell go away.... eventually. Amir in interview. AMIR Me and Crockett? Yeah we go way back. Shot of Crockett shoveling sand into his backpack. Frenchie is behind him tossing a rock up and down and laying in the sand. Amir in interview. AMIR Known each other for a while, but were pretty cool. He starts to look around. AMIR Wheres my backpack? Camera turns to Frenchie, whos in the background, shrugging.

INT. THE CLOSET - DAY Dayyan and Julian are walking down the hallway towards the entrance to High Tech High. Dayyan has two Coke bottles in his hand, and Julian has a stick of mentos. Julian turns to the camera. (CONTINUED)

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JULIAN Coke plus Mentos equals BOOM!!! Makes eccentric faces, waving his hands around frantically. Dayyan turns around and gives the camera a crazy look.

EXT. OUTSIDE HIGH TECH HIGH - DAY Branden comes running towards the camera. BRANDEN Theyre coming, theyre coming! Dayyan shakes the Cokes violently. He then runs to the sidewalk, putting them down, accidentally kicking one of them over in the process. He replaces it, then darts around the corner. Rodrigo and Josh are walking down the path when they see it. They both pick it up, look around to see if anyones watching, then open it up. The Cokes explode in their faces. Julian and Branden are in the background, laughing.

INT. THE CLOSET - DAY Hammy in an interview. HAMMY Those boys are so stupid. What the hell do they even think theyre doing? She reaches for her water bottle and tries to open the cap. She fails, and tries harder. Shot of Crockett putting super glue on the water bottle. Back in the interview, Crockett runs by and bangs on the window. HAMMY (contd) Okay! I wasnt even! Ugh!

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EXT. OUTSIDE HIGH TECH HIGH - DAY Crockett and Rodrigo are sitting under the tree, eating snacks, not speaking. Hammy falls down from the tree onto Rodrigo and starts assaulting him. She hangs onto his back as he gets up. Crockett tries to pry her off of him. Shot of Frenchie filling up a lotion bottle with glue. Julian pours the "lotion" on his hands and starts to rub it all over his face, then makes a face as he realizes what happened. Frenchie runs by throws little pieces of paper, which stick to his face. Dayyan is hanging with Hammy and Branden and Josh walk by. Dayyan stands in his way. DAYYAN Hey Josh! Wanna play a game? JOSH Um......sure? DAYYAN You know how to play "Fronthand/Backhand"? JOSH Nope, never heard of it. DAYYAN Its easy, you just say "Fronthand" or "Backhand". JOSH Oh, okay. Uh.... backhand. Dayyan backhands him across him the face.

INT. BOYS BATHROOM - DAY Julian is washing his face in the bathroom, muttering inaudibly under his breath. Rodrigo walks into the bathroom and turns off the lights. JULIAN Wha... hey! Thats not.... son of a....

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INT. THE FISHBOWL - DAY Crockett is sitting at his desk inside of his classroom. He gets a phone call, but just as he reaches for it, it hangs up. Branden and Dayyan are sitting down outside the classroom with a cellphone giggling. DAYYAN Haha! Do it again, do it again! Branden chuckles and dials again. They peer back into the classroom. The phone starts ringing again, and Josh walks back to go pick it up. Branden very visually hangs up. Josh looks around accusingly as it turns off again. He leaves again and the phone goes off again. He dives for the phone but it turns off again. He gets extremely frustrated and walks away. The phone rings, but he doesnt come back.

EXT. OUTSIDE HIGH TECH HIGH - DAY Hammy is walking around the building. HAMMY I havent seen Amir all day. She walks around the corner and sees Amir dumping out the sand in his backpack. He gives her a large cheeky smile. AMIR Found my backpack.

INT. THE FISHBOWL - DAY Frenchie and Josh in an interview. JOSH Okay, this is sort of getting out of control, and honestly kind of ridiculous. Frenchie nods in agreement.

EXT. HTH FIELDS Julian is sitting at the fields outside of HTH. Frenchie and Rodrigo walk up behind him.

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FRENCHIE Hey, uh.....Julian. Julian turns around and jumps, then snaps his fingers. From seemingly out of nowhere, Dayyan and Branden come out with water guns yelling loudly. DAYYAN Get down! Get on the floor right now! Put your hands up! BRANDEN Drop your backpacks and give them to me! I SAID DROP IT!!! Frenchie and Rodrigo take off their backpacks, drop to their knees, and put their hands behind their heads. Julian shakes his own as they quiet down. JULIAN Silly silly fishies. Did you expect to brave me and my men? Frenchie looks at Rodrigo. FRENCHIE Uh....no.... we just wanted to stop this. Rodrigo gives a weak smile and pulls a white flag out of his pocket (really just a piece of torn paper on a stick). Julians expression changes. JULIAN Oh...well then....that changes things. Rodrigo nods. RODRIGO Yeah...... Amir is getting interviewed, the other students in the background. AMIR I think today was good. Made some enemies, my bag got all sandy, but I think we learned a lot from today.

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In the background, Josh and Crockett come from behind the group of boys and tackle Dayyan and Branden to the ground, taking their water guns from the pile and mercilessly spraying them with it. Meanwhile, Amir smiles. AMIR Yeah, I think weve got all our differences settled, so we can be friends again. Dayyan starts yelling the background. Amir looks around quizzically. AMIR Hmmmm.... He looks back, then back at the camera, sighs, then gets up and begins walking over.

FINAL CREDITS

EXT. HTH FIELDS Dayyan is sitting down, soaking. DAYYAN Amir is..... Dayyan sighs.