Post by Merry Christmas on Dec 28, 2017 21:04:25 GMT -5
INT. HONEY'S DAD'S HOME - KITCHEN - 29TH DECEMBER
Walter pours the hot milk from the saucepan into three cups. The chocolate milk gives off steam but he twitches as he hears grunting from the next room and the rip of tape along.
Walter:
"What are you doing?”
"What are you doing?”
He says walking into the front room.
CUT TO:
FRONT ROOM
Walter says looking at Franklin tapping bubble wrap around a mound.
Walter:
"Are you getting a head start on wrapping up next year's presents?”
"Are you getting a head start on wrapping up next year's presents?”
Franklin finally exhales and looks up to Walter. He mops his brow with his wrist and sits back before folding the tap down to not lose it.
Franklin Smith:
"What I am trying to do is make Honey's ring gear for that utterly insane match she's got to wrestle in. Barbed wire steel cage! I, for one, am not letting our one and only daughter come back like some mangled and punctured football.”
"What I am trying to do is make Honey's ring gear for that utterly insane match she's got to wrestle in. Barbed wire steel cage! I, for one, am not letting our one and only daughter come back like some mangled and punctured football.”
Walter:
"And your solution is bubble wrap?”
"And your solution is bubble wrap?”
Walter walks around the bubble wrap pants being made on a pair of wrestling tights.
Franklin Smith:
"I did bid on a full iron man suit, unfortunately I lost the bidding war to some Stark fanboy. So this is plan B. Padding in case that freak tries to break her back again.”
"I did bid on a full iron man suit, unfortunately I lost the bidding war to some Stark fanboy. So this is plan B. Padding in case that freak tries to break her back again.”
Walter:
"How are you going to convince Honey to wrestle looking like a UPS discount packaging mascot?”
"How are you going to convince Honey to wrestle looking like a UPS discount packaging mascot?”
Franklin Smith:
"I'll tell her she is Baymax, she loves that movie.”
"I'll tell her she is Baymax, she loves that movie.”
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HONEY'S BEDROOM
HONEY:
“There. All clean!”
“There. All clean!”
Honey says looking over her clean bedroom. Wearing an oversized white t-shirt and some polka dot pyjama bottoms. Honey's room was nice and cosy with her white and blue bedspread matching her curtains. She found herself drawn to Pepper the Penguin, her oversized penguin that sat in the corner and hugs her.
HONEY:
(WHISPERING)
“I hope he's ok”
(WHISPERING)
“I hope he's ok”
Honey says spending a little time in the hug with the toy won for her at a fair. The second she's done with the hug, an impulsive Honey feels the need to open her new pack of Pro Wrestling trading cards. Hoping to find a card as she narrows her eyes, she peels open the pack featuring multiple talents.
HONEY:
(HOPEFUL)
“Please be in this one!”
(HOPEFUL)
“Please be in this one!”
And Honey opens her cards. The usual five cards came with a white info pack and a cardboard piece at the back. On the back of the cards Honey saw the brand. Before she turns over the first card. Honey's face begins to boil with excitement.
HONEY:
(HYPER/EXCITED)
“I got an Angie Card!!!”
(HYPER/EXCITED)
“I got an Angie Card!!!”
Honey says looking at her friend from Mexico. Honey had her tongue between her teeth with a smile thinking about Angie wishing her luck in the Cage match. She was sort of a reminder to her of Trixie, her cousin who, like Angie, competed wherever she could. Angie did too. Honey's compete everywhere she could following of Trixie took her to GOL where she became the Super Falcon. Not only that, but Guerrero of the Year as well as a huge match for the Rey de Reyes and the main event at Dia de Los Muertos.
Honey looked over Angie's card in ACM and pondered about being more like Angie and more like Trixie and step out of her bubble a bit. But then she turned over a card to see a male.
HONEY:
“An Empire card too! Jay Sinclair!”
“An Empire card too! Jay Sinclair!”
She says looking over the former Canadian Champion, reminding Honey she had held a title herself but never lost it. Vacated it with the exit of someone close to her that made her swallow hard and have to impulsively move to the next card. She pulled the card away from her in disbelief and shock she got it.
HONEY:
“Kenzi! I got Kenzi!”
“Kenzi! I got Kenzi!”
The card making Honey slowly transform from the reminder into a happy dance she got her friend who showed her the Hexx set. However once she remembered the entire trip and who was her guest, Honey's dance slowly diminished until she turned over the next card.
HONEY:
“I got Roxi! Super Duper Roxi!”
“I got Roxi! Super Duper Roxi!”
Which shocks Honey into a pause, aiding her from the troubling riff into a happier, stable medium. She seems delighted to score such a high talent in the GOL roster to be on her collection and someone who Honey definitely saw as inspiration to her career. And then she finally turned over the final card and gasped, covering her mouth with her free hand.
HONEY:
“Hammerstein!”
“Hammerstein!”
She peered down to her leg and saw it in the doctor recommended brace and slowly healing back to a 100% as predicted. She slowly holds them out on her desk.
Walter (O.S):
"Honey! Dinner!”
"Honey! Dinner!”
Honey hears and piles the cards up into a single pile and holds them close to her heart.
HONEY:
(HUSHED)
“Hopefully I'll find that one soon and send it to him.”
(HUSHED)
“Hopefully I'll find that one soon and send it to him.”
She says putting her shiny Hammerstein, Kenzi, Angie, Jay and Roxi cards on her dresser before running downstairs.
CUT TO:
FRONT ROOM
At the bottom of the stairs that curve going up stands Honey in her attire, peering at the Honey shrine now featuring two new plaques. GOL Luchador of the year and GOL Match of the Year 2017.
Franlin Smith:
"Honey, look, I'm making you a Baymax wrestling outfit for Hecho en Mexico.”
"Honey, look, I'm making you a Baymax wrestling outfit for Hecho en Mexico.”
Walter:
"He's using "Make" loosely.”
"He's using "Make" loosely.”
HONEY:
“I love Baymax!”
“I love Baymax!”
Honey then fist bumps Franklin and flutters her hand up.
HONEY:
“Balalalala”
“Balalalala”
She says quoting the movie.
Walter:
"Can you Rana wearing half a pound of bubble wrap, Honey?”
"Can you Rana wearing half a pound of bubble wrap, Honey?”
Honey shrugs and looks up at the ceiling thinking about it.
HONEY:
“Ummmmmmm.”
“Ummmmmmm.”
Walter:
"She doesn't need a suit. Our little girl became Super Falcon without looking like a discount snowman, and she won Luchador of the year without wearing a poor person's dog training suit.”
"She doesn't need a suit. Our little girl became Super Falcon without looking like a discount snowman, and she won Luchador of the year without wearing a poor person's dog training suit.”
Making Franklin stare at him with unmentionable evil eyes.
Franklin Smith:
"It's very easy to criticize. How about empathize?”
"It's very easy to criticize. How about empathize?”
Franklin Smith:
"Honey, are you sure that you, maybe, just maybe, don't feel a little feverish? Something that might make you miss Hecho en Mexico?”
"Honey, are you sure that you, maybe, just maybe, don't feel a little feverish? Something that might make you miss Hecho en Mexico?”
Franklin's hand goes to Honey's forehead and feels her temperature. Honey chortles and pulls his hand down.
HONEY:
“I am ok, Daddy! I'm, like, fit as a fiddle and stuff!”
“I am ok, Daddy! I'm, like, fit as a fiddle and stuff!”
Honey smiles.
Franklin Smith:
"Maybe you could phone up and call in sick?”
"Maybe you could phone up and call in sick?”
Causing Honey to gasp and cover her mouth with both hands.
HONEY:
“That's lying! I can't do that.”
“That's lying! I can't do that.”
Honey then begins to lightly elbow Walter.
HONEY:
“Can you believe that, Walter?”
“Can you believe that, Walter?”
Walter:
"Honey's got a lot of confidence in herself.”
"Honey's got a lot of confidence in herself.”
Franklin Smith:
"Clearly. Honey, darling, I thought you were scared of the steel cage match.”
"Clearly. Honey, darling, I thought you were scared of the steel cage match.”
He looks towards Honey who jumps to life as she remembers who coached her from being a worrier to a warrior.
HONEY:
“Um, I did. Like, I was. But I had a nice conversation with my friend, Coda. She said, like, to be a strong because I can go through it.”
“Um, I did. Like, I was. But I had a nice conversation with my friend, Coda. She said, like, to be a strong because I can go through it.”
Franklin Smith:
(Whimpering/Muttering)
"But barbed wire can go through you!”
(Whimpering/Muttering)
"But barbed wire can go through you!”
Franklin says behind his fist and takes a big breath.
Franklin Smith:
(Voice still slightly breaking)
"Ok, we can try it your way…”
(Voice still slightly breaking)
"Ok, we can try it your way…”
Honey then licks her lips and sniffs the air.
HONEY:
“Mmm! I can smell some yummy chili!”
“Mmm! I can smell some yummy chili!”
Walter:
"I followed your recipe to the dot.”
"I followed your recipe to the dot.”
Honey smiles and sways her hips as she waits politely for her dads to be ready.
Franklin Smith:
"Ok, ok, let's eat. Build up Honey's strength to…”
"Ok, ok, let's eat. Build up Honey's strength to…”
He holds his hands up and avoids spoiling dinner with work talk.
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HONEY'S ROOM - LATER THAT EVENING
Honey stands before her camera set up on a tripod with a tiny empty bowl of chili on her dresser sitting upon a purple tray ready for Honey to take it downstairs as she helped herself to a snack portion. Disney's Ratatouille where the dark critic is on screen looking at the newspaper. Honey points to Anton.
HONEY:
“Anton Ego came to Gusteau's Restaurant trying to, like, ruin their rise to be the tip top restaurant in France! Qui!”
“Anton Ego came to Gusteau's Restaurant trying to, like, ruin their rise to be the tip top restaurant in France! Qui!”
HONEY:
“And Hammerstein is like Anton, he came to my Gusteau restaurant which is, like, GOL. And tried to make my fun and, like rise be all squished and flat and ruined.
But like Remy the Rat, I don't go down easy. I might be smaller than Hammerstein and, he did beat me fair and square in the Christmas Brawl, I have to bring all my experience!”
“And Hammerstein is like Anton, he came to my Gusteau restaurant which is, like, GOL. And tried to make my fun and, like rise be all squished and flat and ruined.
But like Remy the Rat, I don't go down easy. I might be smaller than Hammerstein and, he did beat me fair and square in the Christmas Brawl, I have to bring all my experience!”
Honey holds the remote to skip ahead to the rats cooking food after the actual chefs left the restaurant.
HONEY:
“Because wrestling is like a kitchen. You want to win and make the yummiest food, like ever. But it takes a lot of work and practice to start cooking. There is a lot of metal and fire and hot stuff in the kitchen, like, dangers and stuff but that doesn't stop me from cooking!
So the dangers in the cage match, like, the barbed wire and stuff. It won't scare me! No no nope.”
“Because wrestling is like a kitchen. You want to win and make the yummiest food, like ever. But it takes a lot of work and practice to start cooking. There is a lot of metal and fire and hot stuff in the kitchen, like, dangers and stuff but that doesn't stop me from cooking!
So the dangers in the cage match, like, the barbed wire and stuff. It won't scare me! No no nope.”
Honey says shutting her eyes and shaking her head. She grabs the top card from the dresser and shows it to the camera. Shiny Hammerstein, Seattle Pro Tag Team Champion. But every other card in the pile referenced Hammerstein. Like Angie, he competed quite largely in a number of places like Kamikazi, GOL, Seattle, Lions Road. Like Jay, he'd been a former champion. Honey knew of two titles in Seattle he'd held, spookily like his two year streak as Christmas Brawl winner. Like Kenzi, Hammerstein was in a strong group, Midnight Horsemen who were in Honey's other stomping ground NGW, and the group, despite its recent split was strong and Hammerstein contributed to that. And lastly, like Roxi, Hammerstein had a longer tenure with GOL and Pro Wrestling. She knew the calibre of her opponent and spoke slightly softer.
HONEY:
“Hammerstein wanted to come into GOL. Like Anton wanted to expose the restaurant as a fraud of being good, so does Hammy, like, he said for the Christmas Brawl.
But once Anton Ego tasted the good food, he turned over a new leaf, umm, napkin? He became a goodie! And, like, made his own restaurant. Once I cook up my lucha libre, ranariffic, um, Smackdown sandwich. Then Hammerstein will turn over a new leaf too! He can make friends with Ruby Lance again, um, maybe repair the Horsemen and then…!”
“Hammerstein wanted to come into GOL. Like Anton wanted to expose the restaurant as a fraud of being good, so does Hammy, like, he said for the Christmas Brawl.
But once Anton Ego tasted the good food, he turned over a new leaf, umm, napkin? He became a goodie! And, like, made his own restaurant. Once I cook up my lucha libre, ranariffic, um, Smackdown sandwich. Then Hammerstein will turn over a new leaf too! He can make friends with Ruby Lance again, um, maybe repair the Horsemen and then…!”
Remembering a rare peaceful interaction between him and her on social media where Honey talked about puppies. The goodness Hammerstein had which is why Honey felt, like the Ratatouille critic, he'd turn over to be good.
HONEY:
“We can be good friends again!”
“We can be good friends again!”
Honey smiles, showing her forgiving nature and seeing the best in everybody.
HONEY:
“Because I will be Brave and strong when I walk into, like, the pointy steel cage and stuff. I am not a baby or, like, the devil Hammerstein thinks I am. I bring the Sunshine and fun and stuff! Congratulations on winning the Christmas Brawl, Jacob Hammerstein but in my first Cage Match I will learn, study and prepare myself to be Hardcore Honey.
Strong. Tough. Brave and Resistant.
And maybe you'll find the goodness after the nasty battle is over. I see it, Hammerstein. Be the good person you know you can be.”
“Because I will be Brave and strong when I walk into, like, the pointy steel cage and stuff. I am not a baby or, like, the devil Hammerstein thinks I am. I bring the Sunshine and fun and stuff! Congratulations on winning the Christmas Brawl, Jacob Hammerstein but in my first Cage Match I will learn, study and prepare myself to be Hardcore Honey.
Strong. Tough. Brave and Resistant.
And maybe you'll find the goodness after the nasty battle is over. I see it, Hammerstein. Be the good person you know you can be.”
And Honey leaves her sweet smile before collecting the tray to do her dishes before bed. Leaving the camera to film Pepper the Penguin as the closing moments of the video.
