This document is part of the Ocean Girl Archive — Last update: 2011-10-23 — source — meta
(Whale sounds)
| Dianne: | He’s back. This is the fifth day in a row. |
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| Winston: | And his little friend is with him? |
| Dianne: | It’s gotta be a dolphin |
| Winston: | Or a mermaid. |
| Dianne: | Do you know what I think? I think this guy is just as interested in us as we are in him. |
| Winston: | Both of them. |
| Jason: | She can’t keep coming here. |
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| Brett: | I’m going to have a double scoop – no, I’ll have a triple scoop. Choc-chip and strawberry surprise. |
| Jason: | She’s going to get caught. |
| Brett: | I’m going to have the biggest, greasiest hamburger I can find. |
| Jason: | Brett – this is serious! |
| Brett: | So’s shore leave! Maybe I’ll have the burger first. |
| Jason: | Mum’s seen her heaps of times on sonar. Every time she swims with Charley, the tag transmits that back to the lab. |
| Brett: | Okay, they know it’s another creature but they don’t know it’s Neri. They think it’s just another whale. |
| Jason: | And Vanessa knows we’re hiding something. |
| Brett: | Vanessa thinks it’s just a cleaner on a day pass. |
| Jason: | If Vanessa gets one look at that pass you came up with – |
| Brett: | Oh, Vanessa, Vanessa! Come on. Hurry up. |
| Jason: | I look like a dork in this uniform. |
| Brett: | That’s because you are a dork. |
(music)
| Lee: | Sure, Jodie. |
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| Jodie: | He does. |
| Lee: | It’s just your imagination, that’s all. Jason and I are just friends. |
| Jodie: | Then why is he always looking at you? And going out of his way to be nice. |
| Lee: | He is? |
| Jodie: | Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed? |
| HELEN: | This is the final call for all personnel scheduled for shore leave. Please assemble at the turbo lift reception area. |
| Commander: | On your best behaviour, you two, remember, you’re representing ORCA. |
| Jason: | No, sir, we won’t forget. Oh, no! You shouldn’t have come! Not today! |
| Brett: | We’re going on shore leave. To port douglas. |
| Neri: | Douglas? Who is douglas? |
| Brett: | Not who, It is a place on the mainland. |
| Neri: | Is it fun? |
| Brett: | Is it ever! We’re going to have a great time! |
| Jason: | Now, we’ve got to get you out of here. |
| Commander: | Bates! It’s too late to go back to get anything. Stay with the group. |
| Brett: | Oh well. She’ll have to come with us. |
| Jason: | Are you kidding? |
| Brett: | Well, no one’s been counting heads. Besides, we can’t leave her here on her own, can we? |
| Jason: | Let’s hope we don’t end up regretting it. |
| Vanessa: | What’s she doing here? |
| Brett: | She’s coming along – if it’s any of your business. |
| Vanessa: | I thought she was a cleaner. So why isn’t she cleaning? |
| Brett: | She forgot her broom. |
| Damien: | Hey, Lee, didn’t Neri just arrive? |
| Lee: | So? |
| Damien: | It’s funny, don’t you think? Why come all the way out here on a boat and then turn around and have to go back again? |
| Lee: | Maybe she just wants to be with you, dags. |
| Damien: | What? Nah, not me. Wow. |
| Dianne: | Winston, come here. The other creature – the little one – it’s gone. |
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| Winston: | But where? |
(music)
| Jason: | We’ve got to find somewhere safe for her. |
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| Brett: | The hamburger shop! |
| Jason: | Oh Brett, stop thinking about your stomach and start thinking about Neri. |
| Brett: | I bet Neri just loves hamburgers, don’t you, Neri? |
| Driver: | (Honking horn) (squealing tires) Strewth! This is a road, not a footpath! |
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| Neri: | This road? |
| Brett: | Neri! |
| Jason: | Sorry – she’s new in town. Are you crazy? You could have got yourself killed. |
| Neri: | Why these trees grow wires? |
| Jason: | They’re not trees. They’re power poles. You know – like, electricity. |
| Neri: | Electricity trees. |
| Jason: | Ya, sort of. |
| Brett: | Great afternoon this is gonna be. |
| Jason: | Tourists love that sort of junk. Like this. |
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| Brett: | Hey, Jase, check this out! |
| Jason: | It’s too big. |
| Brett: | Not for me, dummy. For mum. |
| Store Owner: | Hey, where are you going with that?! |
| Jason: | Neri, you can’t just take it. |
| Neri: | I like. |
| Jason: | Yeah, well – you have to pay for it. With money. I might be back later. |
| Neri: | Who lives here? |
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| Jason: | It’s a church. |
| Neri: | Church? |
| Jason: | Kinda like god’s house. |
| Neri: | Big house. God has many friends. |
| Jason: | Yeah, I guess he does. |
| Damien: | Are you sure she went in there? |
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| Lee: | Positive. |
| Damien: | Oh, no, here she comes now. What am I going to do? |
| Lee: | Ask her. |
| Damien: | What if she says no? |
| Lee: | Then you can go away and let me finish my book. |
| Damien: | Hi. |
| Neri: | Hello. |
| Damien: | I just thought maybe – you know – if you didn’t have anything on today – and, you know, we could – I mean yourself and myself – |
| Brett: | What are you raving on about, dags? |
| Damien: | Do you want to go to the movies? |
| Jason: | Uh, Neri hates the movies. |
| Neri: | What movies? |
| Damien: | Do you mean to tell me you’ve never seen a movie? Wow! |
| Lee: | Really? |
| Neri: | I should go? |
| Damien: | Of course, it will be really fun. Come on. |
| Brett: | You’d better do something quick. |
| Jason: | Do you want to go too? |
(Dialogue from movie)
| Actor: | Janette. You shouldn’t be here. It’s much too dangerous. |
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| Actress: | I didn’t feel safe with it loose in the city. It will never be able to find us here. |
| Actor: | But you might have been followed. We have to be careful. |
| Actress: | It’s after the antidote. It won’t think to look here. |
| Actor: | How do you know? It’s much smarter than we are. It seems to know everything. Look what happened to the others. You didn’t see it, Janette. It was horrible. |
| Actress: | It will be all right, Michael. We’re safe here. |
(Rumble of thunder) (screeching cats)
| Actor: | What’s that? |
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| Actress: | Nothing, Michael. Just relax. Enjoy the fire. That’s better. Mmm. Who taught you to kiss like that? |
(Screaming) (gunfire)
| Damien: | Gross. |
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| Jason: | You were supposed to watch her! |
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| Brett: | I had my eyes shut. |
| Commander: | How long’s he been out there? |
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| Dianne: | Since about nine this morning. It’s like he’s lost something. |
| Commander: | What about the smaller one? |
| Winston: | Swam right up to the front door. |
| Commander: | And? |
| Winston: | And… Vanished. |
| Jason: | She’s got to be around here somewhere. |
(Horn honking) (percussive sounds)
| Jodie: | Hi |
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| Neri: | Hello |
| Vanessa: | Neri, you’re here! I mean – hi. |
| Neri: | So many clothes. |
| Vanessa: | Yeah, it’s great, isn’t it? Maybe Jodie can help you chose something. |
| Jodie: | Oh, right. I mean – sure. |
| Vanessa: | Won’t be a sec. |
| Jodie: | That’d look great on you. Would you like to try it on? |
| Neri: | I can? |
| Jodie: | Sure! No. In the change rooms. |
| Vanessa: | Jodie, would you help me? The zip’s stuck. |
(Commotion outside)
| Local Boy: | No! No! |
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| Tough Guy: | What are you doing here, man? This is our turf. |
| Local Boy: | Get outta here. |
| Tough Guy: | Oh, nice bracelet. |
| Tough Guy: | Bracelet, huh? |
| Tough guy 2: | What a loser. |
| Tough Guy: | Come on. |
| Vanessa: | At last, we’ve got her. |
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| Jodie: | Breathe in. |
| Jason: | No Jason Bates to save her this time. We’re finally going to get to the bottom of this. |
| Jodie: | Got it. |
| Vanessa: | Okay, Neri, let’s have a little talk. |
| Local Boy: | Why are you following me? |
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| Neri: | They hurt you. |
| Local Boy: | I’m all right. Just picking on me ’cause I’m different. |
| Neri: | I’m different too. |
| Local Boy: | You sound kind of different. |
| Neri: | I saw the boys take something. It was special? |
| Local Boy: | A bracelet. My mum made it. |
| Neri: | She can make another? |
| Local Boy: | She died. I’ve got to get it back. |
| Neri: | I will help you. |
| Local Boy: | Lot of good you’ll be. |
| Jason: | We’ve looked everywhere. |
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| Brett: | Twice. The beach, the shops, the streets, the beach again. |
| Jason: | The beach. Maybe she needs to get wet. |
| Brett: | We’ve already looked there. |
| Jason: | Well – where else could she go to get wet? |
| Brett: | The shower? |
| Tough Guy: | Hey, pal, how’s it going? Oh, I’m sorry. It slipped. What are you doing here, man? |
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| Boy: | What are you doing? |
| Tough Guy 2: | Look who’s here. |
| Tough Guy: | Oh! |
| Boy: | Going fishing? |
| Local Boy: | I want it back. |
| Tough Guy: | You want a swim. That’s what you want. |
| Neri: | Why did you take it? |
| Tough Guy: | Who’s this? |
| Tough Guy 2: | Ha! One of them ORCA kids. |
| Neri: | Please give him back his bracelet. |
| Tough Guy: | What a wimp! |
| Brett: | There she is! |
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| Jason: | And she’s in trouble. |
| Brett: | And there’s three of them. |
| Local Boy: | Give it back to me! |
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| Tough Guy: | Come on. Come and get it. You want it, don’t you? Come and get it. I’m gonna drop it. I’m gonna drop it. |
| Tough Guy: | Aaah! |
| Jason: | Come on. Let’s get out of here. |
(music)
| Lee: | You weren’t really scared, were you. |
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| Jason: | Of course not. |
| Lee: | So, why did you run out? You weren’t scared of me, were you? |
| Jason: | No. |
| Lee: | I’m glad. |
| Damien: | The cop pulls out his gun and he starts firing. And the skeleton explodes. Blam! And there was slime and there were worms everywhere on everyone. It was unreal. |
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(music)
| Damien: | Did you buy that? |
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| Neri: | Jason. |
| HELEN: | Would all personnel please note that reports must be logged in the appropriate data banks. |
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| Jason: | Are you all right? We’ll meet you on the island tomorrow, okay? |
| Neri: | But – |
| Damien: | How would you like to go and see what’s happening in the rec room? |
| Neri: | Okay. |
| Damien: | Yeah? Okay, ace. |
| Jason: | Well, We’ve got the place to ourselves. |
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| Lee: | That’s good. |
| Jason: | Anyway, what I wanted to – |
| Lee: | Shhh. |
| Commander: | What’s going on? Bates? |
| Jason: | Nothing. We were just – |
| Lee: | Just talking, daddy. We were just talking, okay? |
| Commander: | Well, I’m glad to hear that. |
| Jason: | Well, um, I’d promised I’d help Brett with his physics. ’Bye. |
(music)
| Neri: | Tell me about – kiss thing. |
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| Brett: | What? |
| Neri: | You know. |
| Brett: | Oh, yuck! No, that’s only for grown ups. |
| Neri: | What’s it like? |
| Brett: | Disgusting. I don’t know why anyone would want to kiss a girl. |
| Neri: | Does it taste good? |
| Brett: | About as good as this thing. And if you don’t believe me, go and kiss someone. No way! |
| Neri: | Damien? |
| HELEN: | Attention all day pass holders. Please report to reception prior to departure from ORCA. |
| Neri: | Have to go now. Bye, Damien. |
| Damien: | Wow. |
(Whale sounds)
| Dianne: | All right, all right. I’m listening. |
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| Winston: | Don’t you see? He’s listening too and now he’s answering. |
(Whale sounds)
| Dianne: | Something’s talking to him. Our little friend? |
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| Winston: | Right! I know a chap in Seattle. He’s a sound freak. He has a laser operated, multi-channel separator – ultra high, ultra low frequency. We should be able to adapt it. Patch it into our system – so it hears the electric impulses. If he is listening, we’ll be able to listen too. |
| Dianne: | Oh, Winston, we’re a long way from Seattle. |
| Winston: | A week, 10 days maximum. Soon, no more secrets. |
| Dianne: | We’ve had a breakthrough. We’re getting some new equipment. We always thought the whale was communicating with another whale hundreds of kilometers away. |
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| Brett: | You mean like talking? |
| Dianne: | Not exactly talking. But not until today. You should have heard them. It was like a video-phone conversation. Except we could only hear one side of it. |
| Brett: | Ah… With this equipment… |
| Dianne: | We will be able to hear both. You know the little bleep that is always following the whale around? |
| Brett: | Ya, we know that one… |
| Dianne: | That is who we think the whale is talking to. Not some other whale in some other ocean. |
| Brett: | So with this new equipment. You gonna find out heaps of stuff? |
| Dianne: | Ya, more then we ever dreamed of. We’re this far away from discovering who the other little creature is. This could solve the riddle. |
| Brett: | That’s great, Mum. |
| Dianne: | Jason? What? You don’t think so? What? What is it with you? Just once I would like to think you actually cared what I am trying to do here. |
| Jason: | It is not that. |
| Dianne: | Then what is it? I mean can’t you just pretend you care. It is like you don’t want us to succeed. That’s it, isn’t it. You really don’t want us to succeed. |
| Jason: | It’s not exactly that. It’s… |
| Dianne: | Well please tell me. I don’t get it. Tell me what it is. |
| Jason: | I can’t explain. |
| Dianne: | No, it’s not that you can’t explain, you don’t want to. |
| Jason: | We can’t tell her. |
| Brett: | Well, they’re gonna find out, aren’t they? |
| Jason: | Yes, they are gonna find out. We’ll have to think of something. |