Scene 6.07 - Father Knows Best
EST: EXT. CLIFF WALL - CASTLE CALDERON - NIGHT
(PORSCHE, double-checking that he zipped-up, looks for a place to chuck the paper towel he used to dry his hands after urinating and leaving the men's room entryway [cordoned like it is at an airport] and moves to the hall. Of course he washed his hands afterward -- he is nobility, after all. He passes the damp, crumpled towelette to a passerby mover-dude after spying his pappy. He skips over to meet his father near the wall. Mover-dude just drops it as soon as PORSCHE is past him.)
PORSCHE
(Diffident:) Father-
DUKE CHEETO
Thank you for joining me, Porsche. (Tired:) It will be good to get to our new home and have all this upset behind us.
(They look out over the sea of lava. A huge eruption gushes from below. The Duke turns to his son.)
DUKE CHEETO (Cont'd)
(Inner voice:) My son. (Out loud:) Surfer Hazmat has served House Mercedes three generations.... He swears you are the finest student he's ever taught. Loogy, Smarty and Bunko say the same.... It makes me feel very proud...
PORSCHE
I want you to be proud of me.
(PORSCHE smiles up at his father. The wind blows the Duke's hair and behind him stands the castle and the blue and black Mercedes banner against the night sky beyond. PORSCHE takes a closer look at the banner moving in the wind.)
DUKE CHEETO
(Studying the glowing sea below:) I'll miss the lava sea... but a person needs new experiences, new highs... they jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something creeps inside us... and seldom intoxicates... The creeper must intoxicate. The creeper must get you wasted, the creeper must be bakin'...
(PORSCHE attention goes to his father's hand where he sees the Duke's signet mood ring. Again he smiles at his father.)
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