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This article is a transcript of the episode "The Twin Tapes" of Infinity Train.
(The camera opens with a screen full of static)
One: This is how it always begins.
(Zoom into the screen where static occurs. It then goes to when Ryan and Min-Gi were born)
(Ryan and Min-Gi as newborns appear on-screen)
Ryan's Father: That one's yours?
Min-Gi's Father: Yes. Our first.
Ryan's Father: Lucky. I can't get off the ferry without tripping over another one. [chuckles] Well, I should get back to Yui. Looks like we got a couple more PL kids on our hands, huh?
We're over in Cranberry, where are you guys?
(A family gathering in a backyard)
Min-Gi: And one for you!
Min-Gi's Mother: Aw, thank you, Min-Gi.
(A musical drawing reads, "Live Show!")
Min-Gi's Mother: Are you sure you don't want your viola instead of that toy?
(Min-Gi looks down at his mini-synth.)
Ryan: Min-Gi!
(Ryan waves him over)
Ryan: Did everybody get one?
Min-Gi: Mm-hmm!
(Ryan peers out from a bush with a red lightning bolt painted onto his face.)
Ryan's Siblings: (Aah!; Stop touching me!; Can we get this over with already?)
Ryan: Ready?
(They exchange a thumbs up and Ryan leaps theatrically out from hiding while Min-Gi steps out from behind the bush and waves timidly. Ryan spins a microphone and drops it before looking over at Min-Gi, who nods.)
Ryan: Heh-heh! Ah!
[microphone feedback]
Ryan: 5-6-11-12! I'm gonna dress my cat in a toque! I'm gonna dress my dog in a toque! I'm gonna dress my cat in a toque! I'm gonna dress my dog in a toque! I'm gonna dress my cat in a toque! I'm gonna dress my dog in a toque! I'm gonna dress my dog in a toque!
Ryan's Sister: Hey, get off of me!
(Mr. Akagi smacks his child with a spatula before wiping it on his apron.)
Ryan: I'm gonna dress my cat in a toque! I'm gonna dress my dog in a toque...
(Min-Gi pauses and Ryan gives him a thumbs up.)
Ryan: I'm gonna dress my cat in a toque!
(Years later, Ryan and Min-Gi sit in Dumpty's Diner.)
Ryan: And after we're famous in Canada, which'll probably only take a few months, probably, we'll take my dad's van across the border--
Min-Gi: Your dad'll never let me drive it!
Ryan: He will. And then we'll become rockstars and play...
(Ryan drums on the table and circles a city on the map.)
Both: New York City!
Min-Gi: Our lives are gonna be great.
Ryan: Oh yeah. That is... if the world isn't destroyed by the Worm first!
Both: [laugh]
(Min-Gi and Ryan jam in Min-Gi's living room.)
Ryan: Oh, I almost forgot! You ready for battle?
Min-Gi: What? Maybe? Why?
(Ryan holds up a Battle of the Bands poster and wiggles his eyebrows.)
Min-Gi: Uh...says you have to be in grade 12.
Ryan: Whaaat? We could just lie.
Min-Gi: No!
Ryan: Okay. [mumbles]
Min-Gi: They're not ready for Nevsky and the Prospekts anyway.
Ryan: Wait, I thought we were gonna call ourselves Chicken Choice Judy?
Min-Gi: It's just not a proper band name.
(Ryan seems dismayed.)
Mrs. Park: Min-Gi! Your viola teacher is here! Ryan, it's time to leave. I packed you some oranges.
Ryan: Oh, I don't need any oranges. Thank you.
Mrs. Park: Aigoo, you should eat oranges. They are very healthy for you! Here, fresh oranges. They're very good for you.
Ryan: Uh....
(The screen flips to the exterior of a high school. Inside, a band plays onstage in the auditorium. Ryan stands backstage with a thoughtful expression as Min-Gi arrives.)
Ryan: Where've you been, man? We're almost on!
Min-Gi: Sorry. I was, I... have something for you.
(A white and pink shirt featuring a rock and roll chicken reads, "Chicken Choice Judy." )
Ryan: Ha!
(Ryan takes the shirt and slides it over his head before holding out his arms. He gives Min-Gi a hug. Min-Gi blushes.)
MC: Another round of applause for Puppy Academy!
Ryan: Oh, dude! My dad said we could have the van, so after we graduate we're going on the road!
Min-Gi: Wait, when?!
Ryan: Next week! You still have a week to pack.
Min-Gi: To pack my whole life?! Why didn't you tell me?
Ryan: I'm telling you right now. This was always the plan!
Min-Gi: B-B-But...
MC: Coming up next, it's...uh...a band without a name?
Ryan: Chicken Choice Judy!
MC: Uh, okay. Chicken Choice Judy!
Ryan: You ready, Min?
(Min-Gi has vanished.)
Ryan: Min?
(Ryan looks around as the MC steps through the curtain.)
MC: Hey, you're up! Where's your buddy?
Ryan: I...don't know...
(Min-Gi sprints out of the high school as Ryan hangs his head before closing his eyes with disappointment. The curtain is drawn and Ryan stands alone onstage with his guitar in front of a microphone. Meanwhile, Min-Gi keels over to catch his breath.)
Ryan: ♪ Some people say ♪ ♪ A smile is just an upside-down frown ♪ ♪ But me, I know the truth ♪
(Min-Gi works at Dumpty's Diner.)
Horace: I asked for eggs over hard! These are medium at best.
Min-Gi: Sorry, I'll get you a new plate.
(Horace appears unsatisfied, and Ryan drives down a country ride in his father's van. Min-Gi collects Horace's plate of uneaten food, revealing a placemat with a high-wing map of Canada. Min-Gi crumples up the map and throws it in the garbage, as Ryan drives his van and plays a show.)
Ryan: ♪ We're going straight to the top ♪
♪ Yeah, we're gonna live on the sun ♪
(Min-Gi sits in the bathroom stall playing his mini-synth before standing up and opening the door to find Horace waiting to use it. He walks out of the bathroom.)
Ryan: ♪ Whoo, we're going straight to the top ♪
♪ And we're gonna have fun ♪
(Min-Gi plays his mini-synth.)
Mr. Park: Isn't it time to put that away?
Mrs. Park: How are your university applications going, honey?
(Min-Gi sighs.)
Ryan: Hey guys, I'm Ryan, but for the next 15 minutes, you'll be hearing the sick licks of Gage.
♪ What's got four wheels and a groovy sputter? ♪
♪ My dad's van, my dad's van ♪
♪ What's got peeling paint and a photo of my mother? ♪
♪ My dad's van, my dad's van ♪
♪ Windows rolled down, steering wheel's hot ♪
♪ My dad's van is everything you're not ♪
(Min-Gi eyes his university application with a forlorn expression. Later, he opens a letter while a woman hops out of Ryan's van.)
Disco Girlfriend: I'm sorry.
(Min-Gi reads the letter with his parents and they sigh with relief.)
Mr. Park: Congratulations, Min-Gi.
Mrs. Park: Good job!
(Another woman hops out of Ryan's van .)
Punk Girlfriend: It's over, Ryan! Ugh!
(Ryan rests his head on the steering wheel. Later, he hops out of the passenger seat.)
Earthy Girlfriend: Wow, thanks for the van. But I'm still breaking up with you.
(The woman drives away leaving Ryan at a country gas station. Meanwhile, Min-Gi looks at a photo of him an Ryan as children. Ryan and Min-Gi reach out simultaneously to pick up a phone but stop and walk away. Horace at the diner holds up a brown paper bag.
Horace: Fella over there didn't finish his browns, so I'm taking 'em. Night, Min-gee.
Min-Gi: It's Gi! Hard G.
(Ryan runs toward the diner, as Min-Gi flips a sign on the door to read "Closed". Ryan sticks his foot in the door and Min-Gi looks up at him with surprise.)
Min-Gi: Ryan?
(Min-Gi pushes open the door and lets Ryan into the diner. Ryan walks in and scans the restaurant thoughtfully as Min-Gi steps behind the counter.
Min-Gi: Just, uh, give me a sec. Gotta close out.
Ryan: Oh yeah, take your time.
(Ryan gestures to a framed photo of Min-Gi on the wall.)
Ryan: Wow, shift manager. Even got a framed photo and everything.
(Ryan knocks it askew.)
Ryan: Oops. [chuckles]
Min-Gi: You think that's gnarly? Check these out. Keys to the Dumpty Kingdom.
Both: [laugh]
(They sit in a booth.)
Ryan: Yeah, I thought writing lyrics was gonna be hard, but it's super easy! You've just gotta make it rhyme. When your parents said you'd be here, I kinda thought you'd be eating...not working.
(Ryan drips water from a straw onto a wrapper.)
Min-Gi: Well, I mean, I also eat here. So you were sorta right? So how are your...
Ryan: I've got a show in New York! Like, a real life, actual show in a couple days, just like we talked about in this booth back in middle school.
Min-Gi: It was that booth.
Ryan: Are you sure it was that one?
Min-Gi: Yep. That booth.
Ryan: Okay, well I'm going tonight, and I think you should come with.
(Ryan hands Min-Gi a one-way ticket to New York.)
Ryan: Chicken Choice Judy rides again! We can do it, together, and...
Min-Gi: Ryan, I can't.
Ryan: But music's what we always wanted!
Min-Gi It's what you always wanted. I got into uni. I'm gonna major in finance with an emphasis on risk assessment.
Ryan: Oh. You excited?
Min-Gi: Ryan, I'm sorry, but I can't just leave on a whim.
(Ryan grabs hold of Min-Gi's keys and runs away.)
Min-Gi: Come on, Ryan.
(Ryan runs out the door.)
Min-Gi: Ryan?
(Min-Gi watches him disappear into the night.)
Min-Gi: Ryan!
(Min-Gi runs after him in a panic.)
Ryan: [laughs] Whoo!
(Min-Gi chases him.)
Min-Gi: This isn't funny! I have to lock up!
Ryan: If you won't follow your dreams, then I'll make 'ya!
Horace: Follow your dreams somewhere people aren't sleeping!
(They run into a train station and Ryan darts into a train's open door.)
Min-Gi: Ryan, no!
(Min-Gi follows him onto the train.)
Min-Gi: Ryan!
(Min-Gi runs down the aisle before slowing.)
Min-Gi: Uh, 'scuse me, sorry. Uh, I just gotta get over to him. He has my keys.
(Ryan opens a sliding door and darts into a connecting car. Min-Gi appears frustrated and Ryan turns around to face him. He turns around again and flings open the car door. A passing train whizzes by and both boys watch in amazement. As it slowly comes to a stop in front of them, an orange door opens in front of them revealing a portal surrounded by glowing energy. They look at it in awe before Ryan eyes the keys thoughtfully. He locks eyes with Min-Gi who shakes his head.)
Min-Gi: Mnh-mnh.
(Ryan cracks a devilish smile and tosses them into the portal. The keys vanish.)
Min-Gi: Ryan!
(Ryan leaps into the portal with a green flash, and Min-Gi sighs before running through it. A flash of green light emanates from the train car. Black and white static from a large screen appears. A strange robotic creature walks in front of it and approaches Ryan and Min-Gi, who lie unconscious on a glowing green pool. The machine etches the number 202 into their palms and a young woman turns to face it.)
Amelia: Two in one? What is this, some sort of destiny rubbish?
One: No, it is mathematics, Amelia. My algorithms are designed to account for a statistical probability that anything can happen on the train.
Amelia: Anything?
One: It depends, of course. But even if the odds are highly improbable, given enough time, yes. Anything. But once these two arrive at their seat, it is up to them to sort things out.
Amelia: And if they don't?
One: Then they die here.
(A pod containing Ryan and Min-Gi accelerates on the top of the Infinity Train and disappears off into the horizon. Green neon letters read, "Infinity Train".)
(Credits Roll)
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