Star Ocean: The Second Story:
Episode 1 ( Pilot Episode ): The Switch-Over:
Ashton can be seen shoving his hands in Claude's face, in Claude's Brandywine Hotel room....
Ashton: See these hands? They're spatula hands....
Claude: Spatula hands? They look normal to me....
Ashton: Are you kidding? I think they're beginning to *square* off a bit....
Coming up... NEXT!!!!
The series might be over, but the story isn't! Brace yourself for:
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***** Beginning Tag *****
-3:30 PM - Brandywine Tavern-
***** Beginning Tag *****
Chisato, Claude, and Ashton are seated, talking to each other. Chisato is sifting through a bunch of her coupons, and showing them off to Claude and Ashton....
Chisato: ( excitedly ) Look at this, Claude, look! 15% off on a package of eggs, 12% off on milk...; 25% off on cheese... this is a lot of money that I could be saving....
Ashton: Are you kidding!? Coupons are such a big hoax! All's those big corporations have to do is stick some sort of ~negative~ sign or something on there, and you'll have to give away your money! Besides, even the ones which ARE good don't add up to that much savings....
Claude: I'd have to go with Ashton on this one, Chisato - unless you're a FOL-pincher, there really is no use for such....
Chisato: ( drumming her fingers on the table ) Aah, THAT'S why I'm going to get a second mailing account....
Ashton: A second mailing account? What good would that do?
Gyoro and Ururun growl in agreement....
Chisato: Don't you see? If I have another mail address, I can get twice the number of coupons!
Ashton: What? Just to get more coupons? They won't give you more just because you have a second mail account....
Chisato: Aah, don't worry... I'm going to get it under a new ID....
Claude: What? A new ID?
Chisato: Right! That way, they can't verify that it's me....
Claude: But what if they check for fingerprints or DNA or something....?
Chisato: Don't worry, it's not illegal, you know. In fact, I know a lot of people with a double identity....
Ashton: Sheesh...; like... who?
Chisato: Well, there was this guy named Barry...; a psychologist convinced him to change it to Baron the Shlob...
Claude: Eh....
Chisato: And I should tell you about Wilfred Giles - a duplicate job ID convinced him that he, in fact, has a sort of non-alter alter ego....
Ashton: But what will YOUR new name be, Chisato?
Chisato: ... Chisa Misa!
Claude: ... Chisa Misa? Is that some sort of potato chip dip? Like Salsa or something? 'Hey, please pass the Chisa Misa here!'-
Chisato: -But with my new name, I'll be SURE to get double the amount of coupons!-
Claude: COME, I NEED SOME CHISA MISA!!!!-
Ashton: Maybe it's more like a charity, you know. Like, perhaps... 'The Chisa Misa Fund!'
Chisato: ....
Claude: Or, perhaps, it's not a food, but a slogan FOR a food! Like 'pizza pizza' was for one of those ancient Earthen restaurants....
Ashton: ~Chisa ~Misa. ... It COULD work....
Both Ashton and Claude nod in agreement.
Chisato: Uh, guys....
Claude: But where IS this new address going to be located, anyway?
Chisato: That's the bast part.... ( with a heavy grin ) In the bathroom....
Claude: In the BATHROOM????
Chisato: -IN the bathroom!
Ashton: Why there?
Chisato: Well, it's automatically connected to the plumbing, and just a few *minor* alterations could transform it into a realistic room - I can't have the postal service coming up to an apartment with no bed, no stove, or anything like that, you know....
Ashton: ( taking a bite out of his hamburger ) Urgh... speaking of cooking... what sort of quality cows do you think they used to make these burgers?
Claude: What kind of question is that? Can't you see that I'm trying to eat-
Ashton: But how could you eat THIS???? It's hard, grainy; overcooked - you could chip your enamel and have it get wedged between your wisdom teeth or something....
Claude: 'It' as in the enamel, or the burger?
Ashton: ....
Chisato: Are you thinking that you could do better or something?
Ashton: ( drumming his hand on the table ) ~Right~ on the money! I'm going to look into it....
Claude: ( a smirk crossing his face ) Good luck, Ashton....
Ashton: Very funny, Claude - very funny....
Simplistic Maturity Recall:
This Just in: The Physiological Method of Growing up, Simplistic Maturity, has proven defective. That's right - *defective*! Not only is it's proof of working zilch, but it also does more harm than good!
Why is this, you might ask? This is simply because it fosters a split personality! The urge to mature will conflict with that to stay young, fruitful, and active! From right under your nose, you will become TWO people - and have no idea that it's happening!
So, do yourself a favor, and let maturity come naturally, not simply....
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-4:15 PM - Claude's Brandywine Inn room-
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Claude is sitting in his hotel room, reading a book....
Claude: ....
Claude quickly flips some pages in the book, as if he is bypassing reading them. As he does this, Precis enters the room, carrying a medium-sized case of sorts....
Precis: Ya know, Claude, that's a horrible habit....
Claude: ( still looking down at the book ) I know, but I just can't NOT look ahead... it's the curiosity that gets me....
Precis: W~EEEE~ll, I might not be able to fix THAT problem...; but I'll soon be able to fix a lot of OTHER things.... ( a huge smile appears on Precis' face )
Claude: What do you mean? ( looking upward, seeing Precis' box ) And what is that box you're holding for?
Precis: It's the Neo Toolkit, I got it through mail-order. It's named for the company's owner, Steven Neo....
Claude: Who, Neil?
Precis: Not Neil, Neo!
Claude: Oh, Neil!
Precis: NOT Ne-I-l! It's Ne-Oh! ( spelling it out ) 'N'... 'E'... 'O'!
Claude: Oooh...; what's in it, anyway?
Precis: Oh, a bunch of wrenches n' stuff, I guess...; do you have anything for me to test it out on?
Claude: Nope, sorry....
Precis: Drat! Oh, I guess I can just tighten up my mailbox... that thing has begun to really loosen up. I don't want it to fall OFF now....
Claude: So, I'll see you later?
Precis: Yep.
Precis leaves Claude's hotel room. Several seconds later, Ashton enters.
Claude: Oh, hey there Ashton. You just missed Precis, you know-
Ashton: ( shoving both of his hands, palms upward, into Claude's face ) Claude, take a look at my hands, will you?
Claude: Ashton, what are you doing?-
Ashton: See these hands? They're spatula hands....
Claude: Spatula hands? They look normal to me....
Ashton: Are you kidding? I think they're beginning to *square* off a bit....
Claude: ( in a tone of skepticism ) No, your fingers still show that surface of curvature. ( skepticism fading ) ... Is this about those hamburgers back down at Brandywine?
Ashton: You *BET* it is!
A phone rings in Claude's room. Claude proceeds to pick it up....
Claude: Hello? Claude Kenni speaking. Who is this?
-Scene shifts to Chisato's room-
Chisato: It's me, Claude! Do you want to come down to my place for a second?
-Scene shifts back to Claude's room-
Claude: What is this about?
Ashton gestures to find out who it is. Claude dismisses him.
-Scene shifts back to Chisato's room-
Chisato: It's my second mailing address. I want you to see it in action. I even ordered some pizzas, too! You can bring along anybody else you want, too!
-Scene shifts back to Claude's room-
Claude: Ok, great - I'll be there....
Claude hangs up the phone....
Ashton: Who was that?
Claude: It was Chisato; she wants to show me her new address in action. Would you like to come? She said that she was going to order some pizzas....
Ashton: Sorry, no can do...; want to meet up with Precis - I need to ask about my spatula hands in proper order, you know....
Claude: ....
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-4:23 PM - The halls of the Brandywine Inn section-
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Precis can be seen tightening the mailbox to her room, using a wrench from her new tool kit....
Precis: Almost... almost...; there!
As Precis finishes tightening up the bolts of her wall-mounted mailbox, Ashton comes upon
her....
Ashton: Hey, Precis - do these hands look spatulated?
Precis: Huh? Whadda'ya mean?
Ashton: You know, like a spatula? The fingers are beginning to even out in length, I think....
Precis: What if you do?
Ashton: ( smiling ) Then, I'll get to cooking....
Gyoro and Ururun each give a resenting grunt....
Ashton: But, I'll need a way to protect my spatula-hands, you know...; I can't have them burning while I cook....
Precis: But that's not a problem! The solution to THIS would be a pair of heat-resistant gloves....
Ashton: You can make those for me?
Precis: Of course! I just need to buy some special flame-resistant latex. Want to come with me to the Tool Shop?
Ashton: You bet!
Ashton and Precis walk away, as they talk. When they're gone, Precis mailbox falls off the wall!
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-4:26 PM - Chisato's Brandywine Inn Room-
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Claude is standing outside of Chisato's room. He knocks on the door, which Chisato answers shortly thereafter....
Chisato: Oh, there you are, Claude! I was afraid that the mailman or the pizza guy would come before you....
Claude: So... is it official already?
Chisato: Yep! My bathroom is a designated hotel room now!
Claude: So I see...; did you install all of those 'essentials' which you mentioned earlier?
Chisato: Naah, I decided against it. I'd have to be two SEPARATE entities for that to be necessary. Chisa Misa, in fact, IS Chisato Madison... we're one and the same!
Claude: Chisa Misa...; where DID you come up with that one, anyway?
Chisato: It's an old take on a nickname my closest friends used to call me....
Claude: The Misa was part of it????
Chisato: Nope...; I needed SOME sort of last name, you know....
Claude: ....
A knocking on the door can be heard....
Chisato: I bet that's the you-know who.... Come, follow me!
Claude: ( reluctantly follows Chisato ) ....
Chisato opens the door. A mailman can be seen standing there....
Mailman: Brandywine Service, at your service! ( hands Chisato her mail ) Here you are, ma'am...; Chisato, is it?
Chisato: Yes sir, thank you very much....
Claude: ....
Suddenly, a pizza delivery guy comes upon the room....
Delivery Guy: You're a mailman, right?
Mailman: Yes, that I am....
Delivery Guy: Ok, then ( showing the mailman a piece of paper ) Do you know where this room is?
Mailman: I don't believe so-
Chisato: ( also leaning over, to take a peek ) Oooh, I know! Follow me, you two....!
The mailman and delivery guy both exchange reluctant gazes at each other, and then follow Chisato into her hotel room.
Claude: ....
Chisato retreats into her bathroom, shutting the door while she's inside.
Mailman: What are you doing, ma'am?
Chisato: ( talking through the door ) Ok, pizza guy, you can make your delivery....
Delivery Guy: This is it????
Claude: ....
Chisato opens the door, only allowing her hand to come out. She tacks on an address....
Delivery Guy: ... I guess so....
The exchange of pizza and FOL is made. Chisato then sticks her head out the door, and winks at Claude.
Claude: ....
They say that the myth of Drakonis, the Heraldic Dragon, was a rumor....
Was a lie....
But, Expel is about to discover, just how real Drakonis is!
Infernal Uprising!
Join Claude, Rena, and friends on a quest unlike any other! When the Mythological Drakonis is freed from his volcano-crater, his mere presence threatens the Expellian's way of life. Should Claude and Rena trust Zakidel, the Heraldic Wizard who attempts to guide them in the attempted assassination of Drakonis? Only time shall tell....
Or shall it?
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-9:38 AM - The next day, at the Brandywine Tavern-
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Claude is eating breakfast by himself. Chisato then enters the room, with a mad expression painted across her face....
Claude: Chisato? Is something wrong? You look a little upset....
Chisato: -Look at this, would you believe it!
Claude: What?
Chisato: Well, I was just browsing through all of my mail... the Brandywine Inn's making me pay DOUBLE the hotel room tax! Chisato Madison... 5,430 FOL for my room. 'CHISA MISA' - 4,360 FOL for my "room!"
Claude: Well, 'Chisa,' it looks like Brandywine's counting your bathroom as a separate hotel room now....
Chisato: I'm going to have to complain to the Clerk. It looks like I'm going to have to move back into my single apartment room....
Claude: I'm sorry that Chisa Misa couldn't work this out, either....
Chisato: ....
Ashton and Precis enter the Brandywine room. Ashton can be seen wearing a pair of gloves. The two sit at the table with Claude and Chisato....
Precis: ( with a huge grin ) Hey hey! How are you all!?
Claude: ( noticing the gloves on Ashton's hands ) Oh, no - you didn't-
Ashton: That, I did-
Chisato: ( confused ) What?
Claude: I think Ashton has just taken his spatula hands one step further....
Ashton: Yep. I'm an official spatulate cook-book-man now!
Gyoro and Ururun howl in happiness....
Chisato: Well, I'm off - I think I'm going to complain to the Clerk now....
Claude: This - I gotta see....
Claude and Chisato leave the table....
Precis: Well, it's just us again....
Ashton: Well, do you have anything to cook? I *really* need to test these gloves out....
Precis: Eeh, no, sorry Ashy....
Ashton: Well then, I think I'll shop around a bit. I going to buy a *gas grill* of sorts....
Precis: Ok... bye bye, Ashy....
Ashton leaves Brandywine....
Precis: I think I'll catch up to Claude and Chisato....
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-9:44 AM - Still at the Brandywine Tavern area-
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Claude comes on to Chisato, who has just finished talking to the Clerk. Chisato still looks displeased.
Claude: Did it work out, Chisato....?
Precis approaches the two....
Precis: Hey, everyone! What's going on?
Chisato: Oh....; well, I can't keep both apartments, you know....
Claude: What? Why not?
Chisato: The Clerk couldn't do anything to cut down on the second property tax. It looks like I have to give up my bathroom address after all....
Claude: Sorry to hear that....
Clerk: ( calling out to Chisato ) Hey, miss?
Chisato: Yes, what is it?
Clerk: About the removal of your address....
Chisato: ... Yes?
Clerk: Actually, it's your original apartment which you can't keep.
Chisato: What????
Clerk: I'm sorry to say that, but it's part of the new postal route now...; we have to use it to get to Chisa Misa, you know....
Chisato: But *I'M* Chisa Misa as well!
Clerk: Sorry, miss - even if you two are essentially the same entity, the differing ID's register you as two different people. And because of our strict set of rules of service, Brandywine is bound to treat each individual equally. And that includes individuals which exist by only the definition of a legal document, as well....
Chisato: So, I guess this means that I have to live in the bathroom, after all!
Claude: Alright.......... 'Chisa' ..........
Chisato: ....
Precis: You're living in the bathroom, Chisato?
Chisato: I have no choice....
Precis: Wow, this is bad! R~EEEE~ally BAD!!!!
Claude: Why's that, Precis?
Precis: Chisato, *don't* you know what's going to HAPPEN if you keep this up? ~You're going to divulge deeper and DEEPER AND D~E~E~P~E~R into your own self! And all of that *JUNK MAIL* - you'll have ~waste exiting that room in more ways than one, if ya' know what I mean....!
Claude: Can't afford the double discharge....
Chisato: I'll manage....
Precis: Well, I'm leaving... I'm going to have to check MY mail....
Claude: Have you seen Ashton anywhere?
Precis: He want away a WHILE ago... he said that he was looking for some sort of *gas grill*....
Claude: ... For the spathula hands!
Precis: Well, I'm leaving - and DON'T get me involved in that bathroom for a room, either! It just makes me squ~EEEE~am-ISH!!!!
Precis walks away....
Claude: Oh, no... this IS bad....
Chisato: Why's that?
Claude: Well, in good time, your old room will be all cleared of your possessions, almost furnished into an extension of the hallway....
Chisato: Yeah, so?
Claude: So, remember those 'essentials' that you decided against earlier?
Chisato: Hmmm... I think I'm going to need those again.
Claude: But, who do you think has the capability to do most of the work at this point?
Chisato: ... Precis..........?
Claude: Right.
Chisato: ....
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-10:36 AM - At the Reverse Edge Tool Shop-
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Ashton can be seen taking to the owner, Arnon. The two are observing Ashton's palms.
Ashton: -So, do these look like spatula hands to you?
Arnon: Yes... Yes...; the finger lengths are beginning to level off a bit....
Ashton: Naah... it's more of a *squaring off* phenomenon....
Arnon: Aah, so I see. Do you have plans for these hands of yours?
Ashton: Well - Arnie, could I call you?-
Arnon: I much prefer Arnon.
Ashton: Alright, Arnon...; I have these special gloves, which enhance these spatulate hands which I own. Do you, by any chance, have a gas grill of sorts stowed away somewhere?
Arnon: Are you kidding!? I have a *bunch* of gas grills in back! Come, why don't you take a look. I'm sure that you'll like the nice, wide selection....
Ashton: ( smiling ) Of course!
The two head toward the back room....
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-1:18 PM - At Claude's Brandywine Inn room-
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Claude is sitting in his room, talking to Precis....
Precis: -And when I got back to my Hotel room, my mailbox was gone!
Claude: Gone? Just like that?
Precis: -JUST like *THAT*!!!!
Claude: Well, it couldn't have got up and walked away on it's own....
Precis: -You don't know that....
Claude: ....
Precis: I'm telling you, something happened to my mailbox!
Claude: Somebody probably took it - but why?
Precis: And HOW? It's not like they would spend the time un-tightening the bolts or something....
Claude: Hmmm....
Precis: It'd be too risky...; unless... ( a look of realization approaching her face ) ..........
Claude: Precis?
Precis: Maybe it was when *I* tried to tighten the bolts to my mailbox!
Claude: Did you follow the tightening rule?
Precis: Lefty, loosey... righty tighty...; YEP!!!!
Claude: If that's such, then the toolkit must have been defective....
Precis: Drat! I really liked that Neo Toolkit, too! It looks like I'm going to have to file in a complaint or something sometime soon-
Claude: But WHO stole it is still questionable....
Precis: ....
Suddenly, a sound comes from outside the hallway.
Claude: What could that be?
Claude and Precis go to investigate....
Precis: ( smiling ) Well, let's find out!
Claude opens his Hotel room door, and the two take a peak outside. There, Claude and Precis see Ashton struggling with a huge box of sorts....
Claude: Ashton, what are you doing? What *is* that????
Ashton: Ooh, it's my new gas grill. I had to put my spatula hands to use *somehow*....
Claude: But, won't you get burned if you use your hands on the stove?
Ashton: Nope. Precis made me a special pair of flame-resistant spathulate gloves!
Precis: Yep, I sure did!
Claude: Well, Ashton - just *where* do you expect to install this grill?
Ashton: Oh, I don't know - perhaps somewhere with a sense of ventilation....
Chisato comes upon the group....
Chisato: Hey, Ashton - that gas grill is looking mighty fine!
Ashton: Yep - straight from Arnon's Tool Shop....
Chisato: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Ashton: Hmmm?
Chisato: I'm living it large in my bathroom! Me, Chisa Misa! Ashton, would you mind having that grill installed in my bathroom? It could serve as a double purpose, you know - as a buffer for your spathula hands to become acquainted to, AND as a necessity for my survival....
Ashton: ... Alright, I'll do it! I'll do it!
Gyoro and Ururun bark in support of Ashton.
Precis: Well, count me out. I'm not going into that bathroom for ANYTHING!!!! Besides, some of the tools in my Neo Toolkit proved defective....
Chisato: We need some sort of ventilation. I'll hollow out the ceiling, while you can install the grill, Ashton.
Ashton: ... Ok....
