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The University Squad
Season 1, Episode 1:
A New Place, New Faces
By Princess Gem
ACT I, SCENE I
(We open up on a warm, sunny day in Des Moines, Iowa on a small, white house where we see our first main character: Avery Toller. They were seen packing up their bags of various items such as clothes, shoes, and toiletries. As they were packing, a knock and voice was heard from behind them.)
Voice: "Honey, it's mommy!"
Avery: (sighs and rolls their eyes) "Come in mother."
(The door opens to reveal Mrs. Tolley, Avery's mother carrying a tray of food such as a PB&J Sandwich and Graham Crackers; along with a glass of milk.)
Mrs. Tolley: "Oh sweetie, I made you your favorite meal one last time before you go!"
(Mrs. Tolley shows her offspring the tray, though Avery themselves looks at both her and the tray with unamusement.)
Avery: "I'm not six years old anymore, mother."
Mrs. Tolley: "Oh I know that, but I just can't believe that you're finally going to college tomorrow and I (begins to tear up a bit) just w-w-wanted to make my l-l-l-little sweetheart happy one more time!"
(Mrs. Tolley sets down the food tray and begins to drop to her knees as she starts to weep as well. The noise caused Avery's father, Mr. Tolley to come in and intervene.)
Mr. Tolley: (deadpan) "Way to go son, you got her all crying again."
Avery: (rolls their eyes one more) "Dad I'm not,"
Mr. Tolley: (interrupting them) "Yeah yeah, I know, technically not male anymore. Yadda ya ya." (calms down) "Look son, I'm not use to the whole 'I'm neither a boy or girl trend.'"
(Avery is about to speak again, but Mr. Tolley continues.)
Mr. Tolley: "Yeah yeah, not a trend either, but regardless, I'm not use to it and I might not be. Maybe; just not yet."
(A small pause happens between them before Mr. Tolley speaks again with a slight smile.)
Mr. Tolley: (slighty smiles) "I still love you though, and you're always welcomed back."
Avery: (slighty annoyed face) "Whatever you say dad."
Mr. Tolley: (pats Avery's shoulder) "Outta…kid."
(Mrs. Tolley has just stopped crying and gets herself back up. Even wiping the dirt off herself.)
Mrs. Tolley: (takes a deep breath) "Okay, now that that's done," (smiles big and takes out a camera) "Let's get one more photo as a family!"
Avery: "Mom!"
Mr. Tolley: "Come on kid, for your mother."
(Avery sighs out of defeat)
Avery: "Alright. Can't wait until I'm out of here."
(Our scene transitions to a train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where a young woman, our second character: Veronica Vonner, was making her way through the train station as she was about ready to hope aboard on a coach with her luggage as her own folks were following her in a hurry.)
Announcer: "Train A on Gate A, about to board in five minutes. Please make sure no personal items or family members, including pets, are left behind. Thank you and have a nice trip."
Veronica: (all excitedly) "Come on, mom and dad, hurry!"
(Veronica finally made it to the coach of her train and was ready to aboard it, along with her luggage. Not before the Conductor stopped her.)
Conductor: "Ticket please, ma'am."
(Veronica felt and searched all through her pockets and out of relief, found her ticket and handed it over to the Conductor. Once that was done, she placed her luggage above the cargo. Later, she saw her parents knocking on her window and she rolled it down; greeting them with a big smile.)
Veronica: "I'm gonna miss you guys so much!"
Mrs. Vonner: "We're gonna miss you too, sweetie! Have fun in New York!"
Mr. Vonner: "Don't forget to call and take pictures!"
Mrs. Vonner: "Oh and say hi to Aunt Gertrude if you can, please!"
Veronica: "I love you so much, bye!"
(With her words now said, the young woman waved goodbye to her parents as the train now took off.)
Mrs. Vonner: (with tears in her eyes) "Well, there's our little girl, now grown up and off to college."
Mr. Vonner: (placing his hand on his wife's shoulder) "We raised her to be a happy and confident girl, now she's going to go spread it while gaining her own set of wings."
(The scene now transitions to Los Angeles, California where our third character: Another young woman named Rita Jones is at the LAX on the phone with her mother and rolling around some luggage with her.)
Rita: "Yeah mom, I just got off the phone with the moving driver, they said it would take about two days until they reach my apartment. Yeah, I'm so lucky that I live five blocks away from the university. Not sure about a roommate yet, but I know living in New York is my first step to Broadway, mom. Okay, I gotta go, terminal is about to open. I love you mom, bye."
(Hanging up, Rita quickly makes her way to boarding her plane while getting out her airline ticket and making her way to her assigned seat.)
Rita: (placing her bag above her) "Thankfully, my bag only contains five main important things for my 2 day motel stay: Clothes, toiletries, supplements and vitamins, electronics, and guidebooks on " 'How to Overcome Stage Fright.' (breathes in and out; sit downs) Alright, I'm all ready to go."
(A stewardess passes by her )
Veronica: "Excuse me madame, do you have any vegan meals or snacks? I can't tolerate any meat and dairy makes me sick."
Stewardess: (impatiently) "Yes, but unfortunately, you're gonna have to wait, just like all the other snobby, little bitches that need certain types of food, all because God forbid, one little piece of cookie triggers you to the point where you have to pull out your little Gen Z iPhone and go on social media to whine and complain, and throw a goddamn fit about it makes you feel so oppress all because of "this conspiracy theory" or "that conspiracy theory," or "the crab people taking over America."
Rita: (flabbergasted) "Y-you know celiac disease is a real thing, right?"
Stewardess: "We have a berry and vegetable salad without the dressing. Can you wait until one hour when everyone's aboard?"
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