Scene 3.16 - Body Shots
EST: INT. Eliza, Hallway, Quebec Section - Early Afternoon
EST: ASIMOV and LEAH getting aboard through a secret hatch near the ground, with bag.
PEDESTAL UP
ZOOM IN
TRUCK RIGHT/COUNTER-CLOCKWISE
(We see a massive hole, as most of the tail was sliced from the ship, wreckage hangs limply. The women cautiously lean over the edge, looking to the ground, far below.)
AZALEA
Well, ladies, it looks like the tail must have broken off, so I don’t think we’ll be getting any supplies from the mess hall. I should go to the bridge and see what’s going on.
LOTUS
What should we do? Some vacation. They promised Hotel Halceron. This sucks. We wanna party.
ROSE
Not to say we aren’t grateful that you woke us up, Azalea.
AZALEA
What are sisters for?
(They walk back into the ship, down a corridor, stopping at Kilo.)
PIXIE
Is there any booze on board? We looked everywhere last time. We couldn’t find it.
AZALEA
That’s because they replicate it from the flasks they carry on their belts.
(Everyone gets it.)
DAISY
So we gotta hunt these men down just to get a drink?
AZALEA
Nah, there’s a hidden replicator behind the painting in Captain Verne’s quarters -- the painting of the two girls kissing each other. There’s another one in the toilet-tank in Chief Simak’s latrine, and there’s a pocket replicator under the stack of dirty magazines in the guard-shack in the brig, and finally, the doctor’s virtual-beaker in his laboratory can be programmed to make just about any kind of mixer you want, so blender drinks are on.
(The women jump with excitement.)
IRIS
Where should we have the party?
AZALEA
Let’s do the captain’s quarters, he’s got a mini-fridge loaded with snacks. I tell you, that man can shovel in a ton of junk-food and he doesn’t gain an ounce. Me? One pastry and I might as well be singing opera.
OTHER WOMEN
(Ad libs:) Oh I know, ain’t that the truth, uh-huh, you said it.
POPPY
It figures. So the captain’s quarters, then? Where are we going to get ice?
AZALEA
I’ve been around a little longer than you girls; let me handle it. I’ll run up to the sick-bay and grab the juicer, the beaker and the chiller.
LILY
The chiller?
AZALEA
Some first-aid gizmo. It’s for ankle-sprains and warts, but it can make a drink frosty in seconds.
DAHLIA
So where are all the men? What kind of party is it going to be without men around?
PIXIE
I dunno, we do just fine having a party without them most of the time.
LILY
Yeah, but I have to agree, I kinda miss that feeling of having somethin’ all up in-
AZALEA
Sisters! Just hang for a spell and I’ll bring back a man. I know what flirts you all are.
ROSE
Tease you mean. Don’t give nothing without a little something in return; can I get an amen?
(The women agree and ad lib, You know it! You go! Amen! More than a little! etc.)
AZALEA
Okay, here’s the captain’s quarters. (Keys entry code.) You can do body shots with water-chasers while I’m gone. The pizza is super-supremo-Italiano, so if you’re vegan, fahgetaboutit. Also, the bucket of wings include antacid tablets and I recommend taking them. If you think that the five-alarm-Charlie is hot going into your body-
POPPY
Wow, he’s got a big bed.
AZALEA
Peace, I’m out. Back in a flash.
ROSE
(Lying back on bed, pulling up shirt, revealing pierced belly-button.) Okay, who wants to do the first shot?
IRIS
Where’s the salt?
LOTUS
(Climbs on bed.) I’ll lick your tummy, Rose.
DAISY
(VERNE has an over-sized print of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss in gold and black, which is used to cover his secret wall-safe replicator. We see how adept she is at making a round of drinks. From behind the opened painting, she produces nine shots of something wicked, a bowl of sliced limes, a salt shaker and a small bottle of hot sauce in no time flat.) I get to be first.
(We watch many women do body-shots on various parts of their bodies. LEAH and ASIMOV enter. Note: LEAH knows everything that AZALEA knew up until the coma/terribly-long O-B-E, she just doesn’t let it be known.)
PIXIE
Hey, that was quick. You brought a man? Where’s that chiller thing?
LOTUS
What’s with the outfits? Is it an island theme?
POPPY
Yeah, I like the wig, you’re even more hot when you’re blue. Kinda kinky.
LEAH
This is Zack. Zack, say hello.
ASIMOV
Hello, ladies.
IRIS
Why don’t you come over to the bed and do a body-shot with us, Zack?
LILY
(Lowers bra-strap, revealing shoulder:) Want to do one with me, Zale?
LEAH
Sure, Lil’. We haven’t done one since Vegas.
(The women all huddle on the bed around ASIMOV, who is carrying a small duffel bag. LILY and LEAH trade body-shots. After LILY licks LEAH’S stomach and downs her shot, we hear:)
DAISY
What you got in here, Zack?
ASIMOV
Flowers, flowers for all of you.
(They all look in saying, ain’t that sweet, how nice, awwww, what a sweetheart, oh baby, etc. We see a cloud of baby-powder explode from the huddle. The women are all dusted and glittery. More spacey music. Note: People are glittery, not flour-covered-looking after being dusted.)
LEAH
We should make our way to the bridge.
(The women all file out, each taking a flower and leaving a mess of VERNE’S bed.)
DAISY
Yes. We need, meat. New meat.
ALL
New... Meat... New... Meat...
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