1. SCRIPT – MYSTIC WOMAN & THE GANG<br />BY ARYA CHOPRA<br />INT – IN A HOUSE IN THE KITCHEN<br />Mariah Sanchez walks into the kitchen dressed in business wear. Her newspaper and coffee already out on the table for her, she sits down on the bar stool. She clicks her fingers and the radio turns on magically with a news story about the crime in Republic City increasing. Whilst the radio is playing she takes a sip of her coffee, she looks curious and discontent after about a minute she hears enough of the radio and clicks her fingers, it turns off.<br />MARIAH<br />What is the world coming to…<br />Her little sister Tamara then enters the room, dressed for school and holding the mail. <br />TAMARA<br />Here’s the mail<br />She passes the mail to her sister <br />MARIAH<br />I want you home early today, no staying out late<br />TAMARA<br />Yeah, sure whatever<br />Tamara leaves out the back door<br />Mariah looks at the mail and begins to open it<br />MARIAH<br />Junk…Junk…Junk…<br />She stumbles across an odd looking letter and opens it<br />MARIAH<br />What’s this?<br />She reads the letter out loud<br />MARIAH<br />‘You are one of few that have been chosen… Republic City and its citizen’s safety lie in your hands; meet me at the Argossi bar at 2100 hours…’<br />She sighs and throws it in the bin, and screws her face up.<br />MARIAH<br />Stupid Prank, haven’t kids got better things to do these days…<br />She then exits out the back door <br /> END SCENE <br />