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GRANDFATHER - INNER SANCTUM

Black. There is a distinctive sound of ticking, sounds of metal grinding and parts clicking and rolling together.

An Etherelle Production fades onto the screen with the letters moving in a clockwork fashion. They fade away.

Tobias (v.o)

Hey, I think I found it!

The camera begins to extract itself from the darkness, which is actually a hole in a great machine. A crescent wrench is pulled out of the hole and a hand is reaching in. As the camera pulls farther away, it reveals a man reaching in with his entire arm into the hole, scavenging around with his tongue protruding from one side of his mouth. He pulls out a twisted pair of tongs that have been stuck inside the machine and holds them out at an arm's length. Disgust blooms on his face and he leans out from the wooden swing he's hanging on and looks down.

Tobias

(angry)

Hey, Mikkel, you forgetful little punk, look what you left in the gears!

As the camera pans down, down a face of gears and other clockwork and machinery, there are more of the beginning credits.

Below the area where Tobias is, is another scaffolding. Another young man, looks up from where he, too, is working in the gears. He is the youngest and he looks up, leaning far back and holding onto the sides of the metal scaffolding so he doesn't fall back.

Mikkel

(frustrated)

That's not mine, it's Gael's! Why do you think it's always me?

The camera tilts up to Tobias, who's leaning over his work bench.

TOBIAS

Because you're the one who's always making mistakes!

Eneas (V.O.)

And because you're the youngest!

As the camera keeps moving, the credits are embedded into the clockwork and into the scenery.

There's laughter from all around and Mikkel groans in apathy.

MIKKEL (V.O.)

Those are Gael's prongs!

TOBIAS

(throwing his arms up into the air)

Well, where is he?

The camera moves over to Eneas who is hanging in a harness.

He's reaching into his pocket belt and pulling out some rags. At the same time, he's spraying and polishing the gears.

ENEAS

(gesturing towards another direction)

Where he always is! He doesn't move from that work bench of his! Look for yourself.

The camera shifts towards where Eneas is gesturing.

Gael looks up from where he's working on his bench, below all of the others. He pulls up his glasses from his face and shifts his goggles up further on his forehead. He doesn't have a clue of the conversation of what was happening.

GAEL

Huh?

TOBIAS (V.O.)

Hey, Gael!

GAEL

Yeah?

TOBIAS (V.O.)

Catch!

Gael tries to catch the twisted up tongs and he fails, throwing his arms, instead, to cover his head; he watches weakly as they clatter against his desk and send most of his trinkets and screws all over the place and then onto the floor. Gael gives a defeated sigh and gets up from his bench to bend over and clean up the mess. Suddenly, a trapdoor from just in front of Gael's work desk, flies open and Pherick Pip emerges from the hole, covered in grease and sweat.

Pherick Pip

(very angry)

What the hell are you throwing and who threw it?! You all know the rules: no throwing anything...ANYTHING...in here!

The camera has been slowly moving back after following the action so that it can capture all of the mentioned characters in an upward angled shot.

ENEAS

(laughing)

Way to go, Gael!

GAEL

(exasperated)

I'm sorry!

TOBIAS

I should have known not to throw something to you! You can't catch anything! If you had caught it, he wouldn't have heard!

MIKKEL

You're the one who broke the rules! Come on, we're almost done.

ENEAS

(starts laughing)

Ha ha!

PHERICK PIP

Be silent, all of you! Mikkel's right, get back to work; we have ten and three minutes until the next end of the hour and then we'll be done for the day!

There is a gruff chorus of agreement as nearly everyone turns back to their work.