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10. Cosmic Cheeseburgers & The Empress

  Episode 10: “Cosmic Cheeseburgers & the Empress”

  [EXT. HILL OVERLOOKING HAPPY TOWN – SUNSET]

  (Carrie and Quibble sit near a rusted vending machine. Quibble throws a rock at a squirrel. Carrie’s pet skull, Skully, gnaws on a leaf.)

  CARRIE: “You ever feel like we’re… I dunno… destined to be in cosmic danger once a week?”

  QUIBBLE: “Carrie, we were literally turned into cereal last Thursday. I bathed in 2% milk.”

  CARRIE (smiling): “Right. Good times!”

  (BOOM. A massive spaceship crash-lands a few feet from them. It’s chrome, sleek, glowing in royal blue. Shaped like a curling fingernail.)

  QUIBBLE: “…Cool. Let’s break in!”

  CARRIE: “Sure! We probably won’t die.”

  (They enter the ship through a ramp. It closes immediately. The ship launches into space before they scream.)

  [INT. EMPRESS VYNTRA’S SHIP – OBSERVATION CHAMBER]

  The walls are filled with projections of exploding planets, stars collapsing, and unicorns dissolving. Quibble imagines a sandwich and it appears in his hand.

  QUIBBLE: “I love alien tech. This sandwich has anxiety!”

  CARRIE (banging on buttons): “I found the laser!”

  SKULLY: “Damn kids..”

  SHIP VOICE: “Firing on Jupiter.”

  (OUTSIDE: Jupiter explodes.)

  QUIBBLE & CARRIE: “HOLY–“

  [INT. EMPRESS VYNTRA’S THRONE ROOM]

  A massive observation deck. Gold panels. The stars warp outside. We enter: Queen Empress VYNTRA– stunning, glowing light-blue skin, midnight hair (as if), a suit peeled down to reveal her absurdly curvy body. She removes her helmet.

  VYNTRA (in a perfect blend of Scottish/Japanese accent): “…And who in the void are you?”

  CARRIE (cheerfully): “Hi! I’m Carrie and this is my non-boyfriend jester-jestro-guy, Quibble. You’re sexy..”

  QUIBBLE (blushing hard): “I—um—I have a girlfriend probably maybe—“

  VYNTRA (deadpan): “Charming. Intruders.”

  (With a flick of her fingers, metal restraints lock them in place.)

  VYNTRA: “This is my ship. This is my universe. You’re trespassing. And frankly… you’re hideous..”

  [INT. CELLAR ROOM – LATER]

  (Carrie and Skully are thrown into a dark chamber.)

  CARRIE: “She complimented me, right?”

  SKULLY: “Technically, yes..”

  [INT. COMMAND DECK – SAME TIME]

  Vyntra walks in circles around Quibble. She’s now in a silky black bodysuit.

  VYNTRA: “You amuse me. You’re pathetic, but strong. You could help me destroy galaxies~. Dreamkillers get perks.”

  QUIBBLE: “I like planets! Also, you remind me of every toxic ex ever… combined.”

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  VYNTRA (leaning in): “What if I just made you mine, instead?”

  QUIBBLE (nervous): “I—uhh—I—sandwich!”

  (He imagines a sandwich and faceplants into it to avoid eye contact.)

  [INT. CELLAR – FIGHT SCENE]

  (Carrie is breaking her restraints with Skully’s jawbone.)

  CARRIE: “You ever explode like, real big?”

  SKULLY: “Like in a relationship?”

  CARRIE: “No—like BOOM. Kaboom. Cartoon logic.”

  (She morphs into a giant cartoon bomb and explodes—destroying several robots.)

  Carrie bursts into the main room. Vyntra glares.

  VYNTRA: “Ugh. You again?”

  CARRIE: “Hi sweetie!! Miss me? I brought VIOLENCE.”

  VYNTRA (grinning): “You’re nothing but a manic little joke! HA!”

  CARRIE: “At least I’m funny. You’re like a hot DMV.”

  (FIGHT BEGINS. Vyntra summons photon orbs, launching them like grenades. Carrie dodges, shapeshifts into a spring, bounces into her, throws pies, then takes a direct photon hit.)

  CARRIE (wincing): “Oof. That hurt… my feelings. ??”

  (Vyntra extends her arm like rubber, grabs Carrie, and throws her into space. Carrie lands on a tiny pink planet.)

  [EXT. PLANET BELOW – CRATER]

  (Carrie stares up as Vyntra descends in her ship.)

  VYNTRA: “This planet contains a gem that will grant me omnipotence. I don’t need trauma. I don’t need revenge.

  I like ruining people~??

  I enjoy watching hope die.”

  CARRIE: “So you’re basically a mean Tumblr post with god powers?”

  VYNTRA: “I am a God—GRR!!! With that gem! My infinite power will be enough to rule and even erase the endless-sized-universe!!”

  She fires a beam at Carrie—destroying her Matter and breaking her down as she cries in pain.

  [INT. SHIP – QUIBBLE’S TURNAROUND]

  (Quibble, still dazed, takes off the mind-control helmet mid-snack.)

  QUIBBLE: “Oh look. Free will…”

  (He presses a button. A giant glove-hand grabs Vyntra mid-sentence.)

  VYNTRA: “YOU IDIOTIC PIECE OF SHIT—I AM THE EMPRE—!!”

  SNAP! The glove SLAMS her into a space dumpster.

  [ESCAPE SEQUENCE]

  (Carrie, Skully, and Quibble hijack the escape pod.)

  CARRIE: “Let’s crash this baby!”

  SKULLY: “Statistically that’s a bad plan…”

  CARRIE: “Good. Let’s do it twice!”

  [EXT. EARTH – HILL – IMPACT]

  (The escape pod traveled out of the galaxy and into the original galaxy they were in faster than the speed of light. Carrie, Quibble and Skully felt the pressure but resisted. We They crash into the hill where it all began. The blast is Vesuvius-level, just like the same power it caused. Fire. Trees flung like spaghetti)

  CARRIE (covered in soot): “Well, that happened.”

  QUIBBLE (coughing): “You okay???”

  CARRIE: “Just hungry.”

  (Quibble imagines a cheeseburger. Carrie eats it in one bite.)

  [EXT. HAPPY TOWN – EPILOGUE SCENE]

  (Rudy, in a tank, is demolishing old broken buildings.)

  RUDY (yelling): “WHO BUILT THIS PAPER MACHE BANK?!”

  (Carrie and Quibble walk into town, dazed.)

  RUDY: “Where the hell have you two been?”

  QUIBBLE (dead serious): “Space. A naked lady tried to kill us with photon sex beams. We also rode her ship which was capable of demolishing planets, stars and even black holes. Oh and she’s a dictator.”

  RUDY (nodding): “Hm. Checks out.”

  (Carrie hugs Rudy, then pulls Quibble in.)

  CARRIE: “Group hug or I explode. Again.”

  QUIBBLE: “Oh god no—NOT AGAIN—DO IT!!”

  SKULLY: “I hate this town. I love this town.”

  RUDY: “Together… WE are Happy Town…”

  NARRATOR: “Huh? SHIT!!! IM LATE AGAIN?! Ughhhh… whatever… wait… I could always rewrite the plot of this story!! HAHAHAH!! These fools don’t know that I’m…”

  PENTUIS: “…ME..”

  PRINCESS: “….Or am I Princess? Or am I…”

  STIX: “…Stix??”

  NARRATOR (Changing Voice): “Who knows…”

  TEXT ON SCREEN:

  Season 1 — END

  Queen’s Throne Beacon hidden in another part of “the universe” (shes referring to her spaceship haha). But in case the Spaceship blows up, she will instead posses the body of another being and still contain her own powers and memories. She has a strong hate for anything cute or stuff that aren’t destroyed. She also hates when people try to make her laugh, if they do, she kills them. As an alien, she’s able to endure extreme conditions in space.

  Reality Disintegration Lasers:

  


      
  • Can shoot beams that break matter or erase people from memory and existence.


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  Omni-Beam Array:

  


      
  • Fires hundreds of beams simultaneously, auto-locking across “dimensional” phases.


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  • Can target dreams, thoughts, or soul-resonance signatures.


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  Speed flight:

  


      
  • Can travel faster than light, phasing between galaxies and realities instantly.


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  • Can open portals to across different realities entirely


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  Offensive:

  


      
  • Creates any weapons instantly.


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  • Can turn invisible.


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