Open Book/Transcript

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(Steven reading a book.)

Steven: *turns page*

(Steven closes book.)

Steven: *exhales*

Connie: Ehem.

Connie: So...

Connie: What did you think of the ending?

Steven: Uh, I thought it was on page 917?

Connie: I thought it was a disaster!

Steven: Uh..

Connie: All the books leading up to the scene to be taking on and subverting these "Witch Tropes".

(Connie stands up and walks.)

Connie: Really self-aware about being a pastiche, you know?

Steven: Uhm-

Connie: But in the end, none of that even mattered.

Connie: Lisa and her talking falcon, rebels challenging the stifling traditions of the magical bureaucracy, I loved that.

Connie: Then, her falcon turns into a human and they get married?

Connie: It completely dropped all the anti-authoritarian stuff and         a wedding cake for fifty pages!

Steven: Yeah, that cake was worthy for twenty pages, tops.

Steven: There weren't even any strawberries on it.

Connie: I bet, since the books got so popular, publisher put pressure on the author

(Steven looking uneasy.)

Connie: To water down the end for a larger audience appeal.

Connie: Unlike art, the real world can always win against the iron chains of authority.

(Connie lies down sighing.)

Connie: That's my theory, anyway.

Steven: Hmm..

Connie: It's just disappointing.

Connie: Considering, I invested extra money in the hard cover copies, with maps.

Steven: I wish I could give you a new ending..

(Looks at each other.)

(Steven's gem glows activating Rose's Room.)

Steven: The temple door!

Steven: It opened for me!

Steven: *gasp*

Steven: I can make anything I want in there!

Steven: I can make us a new ending!

Connie: Really? Well, what are we waiting for?

(The two run inside Rose's Room.)

(Skips to them inside the room.)

Steven:Uh,ta da!

Connie:Cool.

Steven:This is my mom's room.I can control it,like this.I want a tiny floating whale to give me some fin.(summons whale and hi-fives it as it disappears.)

Connie:Un-believeable!How does it work?

Steven:The room can make stuff out of clouds.We can make anything.

Connie:Anything?How about the Infinity Fair,from book 4.With merchants from a million lands,selling goods from cultures long gone and yet to be.

Steven:We should probably keep it simple.We don't want to overload the room.

Connie:How about half the Infinity Fair...no that's still infinity.Simple.Okay,well what really matters are the characters.You should be Archamicarus.

Steven:Okay.Room,I want to be a falcon!(changes clothes to costume of a falcon with falcon background.)Oh,yeah,gotta keep it simple.

Connie:(clapping.)Amazing.Okay,my turn.Room I want to be Lisa.Do I need to be more specific?You were pretty general with the falcon thing.

Steven:Oh sorry,I guess the room just makes things when I want it.Maybe this won't work after all....

Connie:How about you make a costume shop?

Steven:Oh yeah,good idea.Room,I want a costume shop.

(Connie runs inside the shop.)