Short Story Script
Short Story Script
Scene 1
Settings : at villa.
Hannah :(screams)
Scene 2
Bella : (holds a picture) ah, it’s been a long time since we met
each other. I still remember we used to hang out so much...
The Gamelans. Oh yeah, Jessica, she was the best. OMG, I miss
her so much! (contacted Jessy)
Hey Jessy Silly! How are you? I’m doing more than fine! Hey by
the way, I was cleaning my house and somehow, I stumbled upon
a picture of us and gosh it just makes me eager to meet all of
you. I really miss you guys so much! Wanna hangout this
Saturday? What about… we make a reunion potluck? Great! I’ll
inform the others in the group! See you babe!
Scene 3
Scene 4
Jessica : What the hell!! Not coming?! Wasn’t she who planned this?
Hannah : Relax, relax. Hm, it’s like we’re missing another person.
Grace?
: OMG yes, where is Grace?
Rose
: I know right. Well apparently, they are the only ones who
Stacey have things to do in life. (sarcasm) (Rolls her eyes)
Ruby
:(Hannah’s phone rings) Wait, it’s Grace! (Picks up the phone)
Grace? Hi! Are you on your way? Yeah, we’re on the road. No, I
Hannah wasn’t driving. Where are you? Oh, you’ll be late? (suddenly
in low voice) Okay, see you there then. (then suddenly uplifts
her voice in joy) Oh and um... I have a surprise for you.
You’ll see then. Yeah, okay, bye.
: Umm... Nei?
Jessica
: Hear that? Who knows if she’s busy lounging, entertaining
some old man? For money? Or maybe she’s entertaining more than
Hannah one?
Jessica
: Can you stop? Make up some random stories? She’s our friend!
Stop talking trash!
Hannah : Well, I’m just being honest. Living is hard these days...
Especially in the modelling career... Heard a lot of rumors
saying models received more than they deserve?
Jessica
Roselle
Scene 5
(Jessica and Chelsea fights and then the music on the beat)
Subscene 5
(Cody stunned)
Rose : Yeah, it’s been so long. You know what? Our LDR is so hard
but we survived. I always miss you when I was in UK.
Cody : Yeah, I miss you too. By the way, I want to give you this
flower.
Rose : It’s been 3 years since you gave me flowers. And I heard you
are a great detective now. Solving many cases.
Scene 6
Jessica : Oh no! Not the ice! We need ice! Are you kidding me?
Cocktails never tastes good without ice!
Cody : Jessica, it’s just a small matter. I can go and buy it.
Chelsea : You wanna go with me? (Chelsea gets flirty with James)
(Jessica seems jealous and rolls her eyes. She follows Hannah
to the kitchen)
: Eww, can you guys please stop? I had enough (jess leaves and
Jessica continues to mumble alone)
Scene 7
Stacey : Yeah, she was so furious. The crooks on her face? *looks at
ruby* Oh my god? *Points to Ruby* The crooks still there!
: Jessy! Excuse me Jess. I’m busy with these dishes. Can you
Rose help me cut the Pandan cake?
: Yeah sure. How should I slice it? In the past we used to
Jessica just bite a part of this, hahahhaha. How disgusting we were
back then. Eeww...
Scene 8
(Stacey leaves)
(Rose pours some plain water into the cup, drink it and left
it beside the cake, looks at the cake)
(Grace arrives)
: Hello everyone! I’m sorry for being late. (happily walking
Grace to the kitchen to meet everyone)
:(takes the smaller piece) I’ll just have the small one. I’m
on a diet but... I guess I must try some of these. (took a
Grace bite) Well, it really does bring back lots of memories. (start
touching her neck) ermm... Pass me that glass please...
Stacey : Thanks. (drinks the water) (takes another bite of the cake)
(touches her neck) (puts the glass on the table) (coughs)
Grace (holds her throat firmly then stands and starts to walk to but
fails and collapses)
Jessica (Stacey helped Hannah to wake grace up, but she didn’t wake up
obvi then sees bubbles out from her mouth)
:(clears her throat) I’m sorry guys but... I believe that she
had swallowed a poison, cyanide. (looks at everyone)
Ruby : Poisoned?
: Yeah.
Rose
(Cody noticed something)
Everyone
Scene 9
Cody : Someone must go out from this shitty place and seek help.
Call the police and the ambulance so that they can take over
the case.
Jessica : Okay, who would go? And of course, we don’t want the person
to ran away. (glares at Hannah)
Hannah : What the hell!! Why the fuck are you looking at me. I won’t
run away. Cody had told everyone to stay until the murderer
is found! Can you please...
(Stacey, Chelsea and Jessy toss the coin first and get tail)
(Ruby and Hannah went out to get a phone line and call the
police and ambulance)
Scene 11
Cody I’m not sure but one thing that I am certain of is it won’t
end well for all of us.
Ruby : Yea, we went all around the villa. We have walked for almost
half a kilometer. But no, nothing’s changed.
Chelsea : This villa is isolated. That’s why. Why did Bella throw us
here in the first place?
Jessica : She did not throw us here! She’s just missed us! (stressed)
It is obvious that Grace died after she ate the cake. I don’t
wanna accuse anyone blindly but if the cake is really the
cause of her death, then Hannah could be the murderer.
Hannah
: What the hell, how dare you Jess. I brought the cake because
I wanted to bring back the nostalgic sense. (started to cry
little) We used to eat the cake together during our university
years. And now Grace is dead? You still thinking I AM the
murderer? (crying)
Cody
: You can’t just simply say things Jess. Look, everyone ate
the cake but apparently, Grace is the only one who got
poisoned. We can’t blame the cake yet.
Stacey
: Jess just stop pretending, you’re not a f**ing detective.
Just let the expert do his job. He has better knowledge about
this compared to you, this is in his field! (refer to Cody)
But if you ever ask me who is the murderer, I think Rose is
the potential murderer because she’s acting weird tonight.
Rose
: Acting weird!? What do you mean, you!? You can’t just accuse
me, you don’t even have proof. Grace took the cake by herself.
How is that my fault!? What about Jess? She looks like she’s
pretending to be so cheerful tonight. Wasn’t it weird? She
must’ve planned something!!
Stacey : Hahahaha, I can’t deny it but....
Cody : Everyone just calm down. Right now, anyone could be the
murderer here, we need to be careful and stick together
because there’s a possibility that the murderer is still
planning to commit another murder. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure
the culprit is exposed.
Stacey
: Wow. That’s a hero right there! The real detective is in
action! (Talking to herself out loud)
Scene 12
Cody : Right now, let’s get to the details of the incident. Grace
arrived late and she was sorry for it. She grabbed the cake
and then took a bite even though she’s says she’s on a diet?
Moving on, she said, it brought back old memories. Then, you
(points at Rose) said that she started to touch her neck and
asked for a drink but took another bite then again, held her
throat tightly before collapsed to the floor.
: Exactly.
Rose
: Then everyone was around her when James and Chelsea came
Cody
over.
(Cody looked at the bitten cake and the glass used by Grace)
Jessica : Hence, the three of you have had made a contact with the
cake.
Cody
: Seriously!? You’re trying to say that I’m the freaking
murderer?!
Jessica
: At least you’re not wrong, Jessica. We're the ones who have
been near to the cake.
Hannah
: Then please clarify how can I be the suspect? I didn’t
touch it. (says calmly)
Rose : You were there, so it doesn’t exclude you from being the
suspect, honey.
Rose
Scene 13
James : I know how the murderer did it! She just needs to keep the
“poisoned cake” for Grace and gave the cake to her. Periodt!
How come it be so difficult for you (Cody) to solve it?
Hannah : But there were two cakes on the plate. And 2nd slices were
eaten by Stacey. But nothing happened to her. That means the
second cake did not have poison. (in Cody’s note-if Stacey
didn’t eat it maybe the murderer waits for police report or
she eat it by herself)
: Why are there two cakes on the plate for the model like her?
James
: That’s what I’m talking about James. Maybe you should help
me rather than complaining. (sarcastic)
Cody
: Okay. I’ll be more behaved.
James : So why there are only two cakes left for Grace instead of
one?
Cody
: Rose asked me to cut the cake in 10 slices because it is
easier to make it same size. You know right, equality?
Jess
: So, where the other one slices? 7 of us and then 2 slices
for this plate and the other one?
Cody
: She ate it in while we were preparing it in the kitchen
(being sarcastic to jess)
Hannah
: How is you eating the cake considered equal?
: Cody, how did the murderer know the cake would be eaten by
Grace? It just like the probability to kill her is not 100
Rose percent. With two cakes on the plate, how can he or she make
sure Grace took the right cake? Maybe the murderer didn’t put
her target on Grace? Because the cake can be taken by anyone.
Hannah : Hannah, relax. Let Cody do his job. Believe in him k? (Calm
Hannah down)
: Maybe the murderer already put the poison inside the cake
slice when it was still in the kitchen and isolated it from
the rest of the slices.
James : But when Hannah served the cake, she just took two random
slices to be kept for Grace. If the murderer were really
targeting Grace, the probability for Grace to take the
poisoned cake is rather impossible.
Jessica
: So, the murderer might put the poison into Grace’s cake
after the other cake slices were served to all of us. I am
sure that he or she did this when no one was around.
Chelsea : Yeah, I also saw that. She was indeed the center of
attention when she came in... (tries to hold back her tears)
Stacey
: Hmm.... (thinking) That might be something as well.
Cody
Scene 14
ruby : Now the cake was cut evenly, it must have been magic, that
bloody trick fooled everyone.
(Cody runs towards the two remaining cake that was left for
Chelsea and James and pretend to arrange the cake or
something)
James : I’m not sure if you think I’m an asshole but if you do, I
will respect that. I’m sorry for not being a good friend to
you all these times. Just, tell me if you need anything. I’ll
try to help.
Scene 16
Cody : (take a deep breath) Okay now, we know the cake hasn’t been
poisoned when it came out of the kitchen because we ate the
cake, and we’re still alive. Except the 2 isolated slices that
were taken randomly by the victim, Grace. The murderer cannot
put the poison onto the cake before it was served to all, if
so, the murderer would commit a random homicide. Anyone could
die.
Hannah : That’s what normal people would say, but have you ever
thought that it might be cause of an optical illusion?
Cody
: Optical Illusion!?
Everyone
: How did a freaking illusion kill a person? Nonsense!
Jessica
: before that, James. Ruby, can you bring me the remaining
Cody cake of Chelsea and James on the table?
: Yup
: What did Grace say before she took the cake? (While Cody
bring Chelsea to the cake on the table)
Everyone : She said she really misses us or something like that...
: But the cake was cut in same size all the time. It would be
impossible.
Ruby
: Yeah, I thought so too. (Move her hand to take the cake and
focus at the cake) Fuck!? The cake behind is smaller from this
Cody side!
: How can it be? You did cut it in the same size, right?
(points at Jessy)
Chelsea
: Yes, they are the same size, Hannah. (glaring)
: The cake is in the same size all the time. (Cody arrange the
cake to make it become double layer)
Jessica
(everyone mesmerized) Also everyone: WOW!
Stacey
: This is Jastrow Illusion, an optical illusion by the
physicist, Jastrow himself. Based on the illusion, our eyes
tend to make a wrong perception about the image nearest to
them. See the length between the two of them.
: So that’s how the murderer make Grace took the smaller cake!
Cody By deceiving her with illusion!
: To put the poison, the murderer must have been close enough
to the cake. So, the person who can be the suspects are you
(points at Hannah) and you, Jess. (points at Jessica)
Cody : Didn’t Rose was close too? Her drinking cup was near to the
cake!
: Hey, even Stacey is in this. She’s the one who pushed the
plate to Grace and ate the rest.
Chelsea
: Cody and I were never close to the cake while Chelsea and
James went out. So, we can exclude ourselves from being the
suspect? I don’t mean that we can’t be the culprit. But the
Stacey
culprit must need the time to put the poison onto the cake,
right?
Ruby : True. She was always with us and it was just so obvious.
There was so many people. Besides, she just served the cake
after Jess cut it. So, when could she put the poison?
: are you gonna say that Stacey is the murderer. She must know
which cake is poisoned so that’s why she confident to eat the
cake
Chelsea
: I don’t even know a thing!
Jessica : By the way, that’s not my point. I had asked all the details
from different person. To make this such illusion, the cake
needs to be cut in the same size.
Cody : And your point is?
: The murderer must’ve made sure the cake had been cut in
Jessica same size.
: No, what he meant was that you only cut the cake, but the
one who asked you to cut the cake was....... Rose (everyone
Stacey looks at Rose)
: Wait are you accusing me? I didn’t even handle the bloody
cake!
Cody
: Babe, you didn’t, but you were close enough with it. You
weren’t really drinking, were you? (Hesitantly) You... did you
poisoned the cake?
Chelsea
: What the fuck. No! I drank the water! I left the cup there!
Cody How could you say such things? (getting on rage)
(Rose realized)
Cody
: You are found guilty. After Ruby and I check Grace that was
just collapsed after she ate the cake, you told us to manage
her body. I mean how can you be so sure that grace died while
Rose Ruby and I still haven’t verified her death?
: You were the who gave the instruction to cut the cake.
Rose : You were the one who told Jess to cut the cake into 10
slices because you need to make a camouflage out of it. To
hide your action, from everyone so you won’t take the blame.
You took advantages on Jessica’s sudden bubbly character. You
Cody
knew she wouldn’t notice your intentions, so you told her to
cut the cake. In other words, you used her to diverge
everyone’s attention away from you.
: You also left the cake for Hannah and asked her to isolate
the cake, so she’ll be the next target.
(Rose tears)
: HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA... Cody you are a great detective, but
your deduction is lame. If I were the murderer, please check
the entire house and show me the things that you mentioned
just now
Jessica
: Rose. It’s hard for me to you tell this. I don’t know what
Cody happened to you. Why are you acting like this?
: Shut up Cody. You don’t have to say any sympathy word for me
if you can’t find any prove.
Hannah
: You know what? The dangerous place is the safest place. I
Rose believe the poison bottle is still with you and you plan to
throw it away when we are searching for the thing that you
used to wipe the poison. When the police come and find the
fingerprint on the bottle, it would be the strongest evidence
Cody to judge your crime.
: I... I... No, I... (blows out air: sighs) (shaking) (slowly,
I understand) (trying to deny it but the proofs are too strong
to deny)
: She knew that copper in old 20 cent would react with cyanide
and show the sign of corrosion. That’s why she took the 10
cent which won’t react with cyanide. So, it’s not obvious.
Cody
: But, Rose, why?
Rose
Cody
Jessica
Cody
Hannah
Rose
Everyone
Jessica
Scene 17(flashback)
Settings : in University.
(Rose chuckled)
Brian : Thank you very much Rose. You have no idea how much I value
your help. Math seems so easy when you are here, helping me
through the questions.
Scene 18
Settings : In class
(Grace was late and there was only one seat left)
(The seat was next to Brian)
(Grace dragged the chair away so that she can sit with the
other students)
Scene 19 (flashback)
Settings : In class
Lecturer : Students, all of you are assigned with a new project. Pair
up with your friend and make sure that the both of you commit
to this project equally.
Scene 20
Scene 21
: Rose, wait, please. What about us? Sh... should I wait for
you, Roselle?
Cody
: I love you, but my heart died when he died. There will be
Rose someone for you, Cody. Someone who will love you with her
whole heart and make you her whole world. And you’re gonna
make her the luckiest woman alive. But, it’s not gonna be me.
I’m sorry for breaking your heart. Just pretend that I never
existed in your life. I know it hurts but what else can you
do; you can’t undo things that had been done. I’m sorry.
(tears run down her face, rose turns away and never looked
back, ushered by police).
: Take a deep breath, Cody. I know it’s hard for you to accept
this. Just hold on okay, and everything is gonna be fine.
James (pats Cody’s back).
Hannah :(Cody nods, stand up and walks together with James into the
house)
-Fin-