Playing Hide and Seek (transcript)

"Playing Hide and Seek" is the 27th episode of the series "My Better Autistic Life".
==Transcript ==
(The episode starts by taking place at Debbie's house. Then it zooms into Haley's bedroom instead of Maraya's. Maraya and Haley are playing hide and seek together. Haley starts counting to 10 while Maraya hides somewhere)
Haley: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come! (thinking) Hmmm…now where would Maraya be hiding?
(Maraya giggles)
Haley: Huh?
(She looks to the side and then sighs)
Haley: Phew.
(Maraya giggles again, then Haley gasps and sighs. Meanwhile, Maraya giggles for a third time)
Haley (thinking): I think I know where Maraya is…
(She walks and opens the closet, where Maraya is sitting on a bed)
Haley (mad): Maraya, there you are!
(Maraya gets off the bed and walks over to Haley)
Haley (mad): Maraya, you're a terrible hide and seeker! I don't want to play with you anymore!
(Maraya gasps suddenly and walks away sadly. The scene changes to where Maraya gets to her bedroom and becomes sad)
Maraya (looking at camera): Aw! I can't believe my sister said that I was a terrible hide and seeker. I wish I had someone to teach me how to play it!
(She tries to think of an idea until she thinks of getting Ruff to teach her)
Maraya (looking at camera): I know! I'll get Ruff to teach me! That way, I can have fun playing hide and seek! (she crawls to where her computer is) All I need to do is to make Ruff come to life. Viewers, to make Ruff come to life, we need to say the magic spell. Say the magic spell with me.
(Maraya starts to look down at her computer so she can say the magic spell with the viewers)
Maraya: Computer, computer,
Let me see Ruff 
Let me see Ruff 
So life won't be tough!
(After she says the magic spell, some magic dust comes out of the computer and forms into a tornado. In the meantime, Maraya hops back to her side of the bed and pretends to be sad again. While on the other side, Ruff starts to come out and lands on the floor as he crawls over and greets her)
Ruff: Hello, Maraya. What can I help you with today?
(But Maraya doesn't answer him. She becomes sad and sighs instead)
Ruff: Aw, what's the matter, Maraya? You look kinda sad today. Is there anything I can do to make you better?
Maraya (sad): Ruff, my feelings are hurt, because my sister, Haley, said that I don't know how to play hide and seek.
Ruff: You don't know how to play hide and seek?
Maraya (sad): No, and plus that's my problem for today.
Ruff: Well, I can teach you how to play hide and seek.
Maraya (surprised): Really?
Ruff: Yes.
Maraya: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I'm going to be taught! Yay!
Ruff: Okay, here's the rules of how to play hide and seek. You cover your eyes and count to ten while someone hides. But if you're hiding, then you have to hide somewhere where no one can see you. And, oh! Be sure to not make any noise because those are clues that the person can find you easily.
(Maraya looks up)
Ruff: Okay, Maraya. You count to ten while I hide.
Maraya: No, Ruff!
Ruff: Huh?
(Maraya shows Ruff that she wants to hide first by pointiing to herself)
Ruff: Oh, you want to hide first, Maraya?
Maraya: Yeah!
Ruff: Okay, then. You hide while I count to ten. Ready?
(He covers his eyes and starts counting)
Ruff: One, two, three...
(While Ruff was counting to ten, Maraya runs by the drawer and hides under it)
Ruff (not seen): Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! Ready or not, here I come!
(Ruff starts looking for Maraya and finds her easily under the drawer as he walks over to her)
Ruff: Maraya, I found you easily.
(When he lent his hand to Maraya, she grabs it while Ruff helps her get up)
Ruff: Didn't you understand the rules of hide and seek, Maraya?
(Maraya shakes her head at Ruff hard and looks up at him)
Ruff: It's easy, Maraya. You cover your eyes and count to ten while someone hides somewhere. 
(A moment of silence occurs)
Ruff: Let's try that again. And Maraya, hide somewhere where someone can't see you, okay?
(Maraya nods her head at him)
Ruff: Okay. Ready? (he covers his eyes) One, two, three...
(While Maraya was still counting, she runs downstairs and decides to hide behind Debbie's chair)
Ruff (not seen): Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
(When he got to ten, Maraya disappeared from behind the chair)
Ruff (not seen): Ten!
(He is seen again, uncovering his eyes as the scene zooms in)
Ruff: Ready or not, here I come!
(He starts looking for Maraya. The first place he tried was under the desk, but Maraya wasn't there)
Ruff: Oh. She's not hiding here. Let me look in the bathroom. Maybe she's there.
(He opens the bathroom door and looks for her. The next place he looks for her was in the shower, but she wasn't there either)
Ruff: Aha! Oh. She's not there either. Let me ask Haley if she's seen her.
(He walks over to the next bathroom door and opens that. Then he opens the one that led to Haley's bedroom. Haley is seen looking at her phone until she heard Ruff come in)
Ruff: Hi, Haley. Have you seen Maraya in here?
Haley: Why don't you look?
Ruff: Okay.
(He looks under Haley's bed first)
Ruff: She's not under this one. Maybe she's under this one. 
(But Maraya wasn't hiding under there either)
Ruff: Oh. She's not under there either.
(He walks over to the closet and opens the closet door so he can look for her there)
Ruff: Maraya, you can run, but you can't hide. And here you are.
(Maraya wasn't in the closet either)
Haley: Ruff, why can't you look downstairs? Maybe she's there somewhere.
Ruff: Oh, yeah. Maybe she's downstairs. Thanks for the suggestion, Haley.
(He walks away out of Haley's bedroom)
Haley: You're welcome, Ruff.
(Ruff gets out of Haley's room and shuts the door as he goes downstairs to continue looking for Maraya)
Ruff: Maraya, I know you're hiding downstairs somewhere, and I will find you.
(While Maraya was still hiding behind Debbie's chair, Ruff looks under the drawer)
Ruff: There you are, Maraya.
(But she wasn't hiding under it)
Ruff: Oh. She's not hiding there. But Maraya always hides under things.
(suddenly, he notices Maraya hiding behind the chair)
Ruff (thinking): Hmmm...I think, that's Maraya hiding there. Let me see and check.
(Maraya is seen, still waiting for Ruff to find her until all of a sudden, he taps her on the shoulder)
Ruff: Hey, Maraya.
Maraya: Huh?
(She looks over at Ruff who's behind her as the scene zooms out completely)
Ruff: I found you, Maraya, I found you.
(He helps Maraya get up from the floor)
Ruff: Now, it's my turn to hide and you have to count.
(Maraya gets shocked)
Ruff: Do you know how to count to ten, Maraya?
Maraya: Of course I do. I'm fifteen.
Ruff: Then cover your eyes and count to ten while I hide. Ready?
Maraya: Ready.
Ruff: Then begin counting.
Maraya: One, two, three...
(Ruff runs upstairs and finds a place to hide)
Maraya (not seen): Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! (She is seen again) Ready or not, here I come! (thinking) Hmmm...
(She looks under the drawer and sees that Ruff isn't hiding there)
Maraya: Nope, not there.
(Then she looks behind the two chairs)
Maraya: Nope, Ruff isn't hiding behind any of these chairs.
(Moment of silence occurs)
Maraya: Maybe Ruff is hiding upstairs. (laughing)
(She runs upstairs to find Ruff. She looks under the drawer, but he wasn't hiding under it)
Maraya: Oh. Ruff isn't hiding under the drawer. (looks at camera) And plus, if he were hiding under the drawer, he wouldn't fit.
(A bubble pops up of Ruff trying to hide under the drawer, but didn't fit. Then the bubble pops away as Maraya runs to the bathroom)
Maraya (running away): Maybe Ruff's in the bathroom.
(Meanwhile, Ruff is humming in the shower, because he is waiting for Maraya to find her)
Ruff (looking at camera): Oh, hi. I'm waiting for Maraya to find me.
Maraya (not seen): Ruff, is that you humming in there?
(Ruff shakes his head)
Maraya (not seen): Well, I can hear you, so I'm going to find you easily.
(Maraya is seen walking in the bathroom while looking for Ruff)
Maraya: Ruff, where are you?
(She turns herself around and sees a shadow behind the curtains)
Maraya: Hmmm...that shadow looks familiar. I wonder if that's Ruff.
(She opens the curtain and gasps because she found him)
Maraya (gasps): Ruff, I found you.
(Ruff gets out of the shower)
Maraya: Ruff, you made some noise while you were hiding. And you told me that that is one of the rules of hide and seek.
Ruff: Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I do that all the time while I wait.
(Both laughing)
Ruff: Okay, Maraya. It's your turn to hide again. I'll cover my eyes and count to ten while you hide. Ready?
Maraya: Ready.
Ruff: One, two, three...
(Maraya runs downstairs to find somewhere to hide. She suddenly finds a place to hide and hides in that room)
Ruff (not seen): Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
(Maraya shuts the laundry room door hard)
Ruff: Ready or not, here I come!
(He looks under the drawer, but she isn't there)
Ruff: Nope. Not here. Let's check the bathroom.
(He opens the door that leads to the bathroom and checks behind the shower. Maraya wasn't there either)
Ruff: She's not hiding there either. Let's look downstairs.
(He runs downstairs and looks in the living room)
Ruff: Hmmm...Maraya's not hiding under this drawer, and she isn't hiding behind any of these chairs either. But I think I know one more place where she's hiding.
(The scene changes to where Ruff gets into the kitchen. He runs over to the laundry room and starts to look at the camera)
Ruff (looking at camera): I think Maraya's hiding in the laundry room. Well, let's find out.
(Ruff takes his eyes off the camera as he opens the laundry room door. He sees Maraya in there and gasps)
Ruff (gasps surprisingly): There you are, Maraya.
(Both laughing)
Ruff: Hey, Maraya. I think we're running out of places to hide. But still, it's my turn, so count to ten, okay?
Maraya: Okay. (she covers her eyes) One, two, three…
(Ruff runs outside to hide somewhere while Maraya is still counting)
Maraya (not seen): Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! (she is seen again) Ready or not, here I come!
(Maraya walks around while thinking where Ruff hid)
Maraya (thinking): Hmmm…I wonder where Ruff hid. Here?
(But Ruff wasn't hiding under there)
Maraya: No, he's not hiding here. Let's look in the laundry room.
(Maraya walks over to the laundry room and opens the door so she can look for Ruff. He wasn't hiding in there either)
Maraya: Nope. He's not hiding here either. Let's go outside. Maybe Ruff hid somewhere there.
(Maraya runs to the door and runs outside. When she got outside, Maraya starts telling the viewers something)
Maraya: There's no way Ruff hid out here, because there aren't that many places to hide outside. Hmmm…I wonder where he is.
(She looks for Ruff in the backyard, but he wasn't there)
Maraya: Nope. Ruff is not hiding here in the backyard. Maybe he's in the front yard.
(She walks over to the front yard. While Maraya was thinking of where he was hiding, he peeks out of the tree again and again)
Maraya (thinking): Now where could Ruff be hiding? Hmmm...
(While a moment of silence was occurring, Ruff peeks out of the tree again, which causes her to gasp)
Maraya (gasps): I think I know where Ruff is.
(She walks over to the tree and looks behind it. Behind it was Ruff who was hiding there)
Maraya: Ruff, there you are!
(They start laughing together again)
Maraya: Ruff, can we play again? Can we play again?
Ruff: Okay, but just one more game. Then I have to go.
Maraya: Okay!
Ruff: Are you ready, Maraya?
Maraya: Yes!
Ruff: Then let's do it one more time. (he covers his eyes) One, two, three…
(Maraya runs back inside while he was still counting)
Ruff (not seen): Four, five, six…
(While Ruff was still counting, Maraya decides to hide in the basement)
Ruff (not seen): Seven, eight, nine, ten! Ready or not, here I come!
(The camera switches over to Ruff, who's still outside)
Ruff: Now where could Maraya be hiding?
(He walks over to the garage and goes to find the front door, which was inside of it)
Ruff: Where could Maraya be hiding? Here?
(He opens the door that led to the laundry room so he can look for Maraya)
Ruff: Nope. She's not hiding here. Let's look in the dining room and see if she's hiding there.
(He shuts the laundry room door and walks into the dining room next. Maraya is not hiding there either)
Ruff: She's not hiding there either. Maybe she's in the living room.
(He walks out of the dining room and goes into the living room to look for her. But she wasn't there either)
Ruff: Wow, she's not hiding here either. Maybe she's upstairs somewhere.
(He walks up the stairs and into Maraya's bedroom to look for her, but she wasn't hiding there)
Ruff: She's not hiding in there either. Maybe she's in her bathroom.
(He walks into the bathroom and opens the door that leads to the shower, but Maraya wasn't hiding behind it)
Ruff: Whoa, she's not hiding behind the shower either. Maybe, she's downstairs somewhere.
(Ruff walks downstairs to look for Maraya)
Ruff: I think maybe she's in this bathroom.
(He walks over to where one of the bathrooms were and looks there)
Ruff: No, she's not hiding here either. Maybe, she's in Debbie and Steve's bedroom.
(Ruff walks in there and continues looking for Maraya)
Ruff: Maraya, where are you? Maraya!
(He walks in the bathroom and tries to look for her)
Ruff: Maraya, where are you, my little autistic girl? Maraya!
(But Maraya wasn't hiding in their bathroom either, so Ruff sighs. The scene changes to where he gets back into the living room)
Ruff (sighs): I've looked for her everywhere, but she's not anywhere. I wonder where she is.
(Suddenly, he discovers that there is one place left to look for her)
Ruff: Huh? I wonder what this door leads to.
(When he opens the door, he sees that there is a basement under there)
Ruff (gasps): The basement! Why didn't I think of that? Maybe Maraya's hiding there.
(As he goes down the first step, he shuts the door behind him and continues walking down)
Ruff: Wow! Look at all this stuff.
(He looks around until he sees a four wheeler parked in there)
Ruff: Whoa, is that a four wheeler parked in the basement? I never saw anything like this.
Maraya (giggling): Ruff!
Ruff: Maraya! There you are. 
(They hug each other)
Ruff: Maraya, that was a really good place to hide. Better than mine.
Maraya: Mm-hmm!
Ruff: Come on, Maraya. Let's go back up, okay?
Maraya: Okay.
(Ruff grabs Maraya's hand while they go back upstairs. Then the scene changes to where they get back in the living room)
Ruff: That was a lot of fun playing hide and seek, wasn't it, Maraya?
Maraya: Yeah!
Ruff: And now that you know how to play hide and seek, I got to go.
Maraya: Aw, why, Ruff? I don't want you to go.
Ruff: Don't worry, I'll come back.
Maraya: You will?!
Ruff: Yes. I will.
Maraya: Great! Goodbye, Ruff! See you soon!
Ruff: See you soon too. And I think that your sister will let you play hide and seek now that you know how.
Maraya: Awesome! Goodbye, Ruff!
Ruff: Goodbye, Maraya! See you real soon!
(He disappears into the computer, and then Maraya thanks him for helping her today)
Maraya: Goodbye, Ruff! Thanks for helping me play today!
(After Maraya says goodbye to Ruff, she also thanks the viewers)
Maraya (looking at camera): And thank you, viewers, for helping me too. I could've done it without you. And now that you and Ruff have helped me today, I now have a better autistic life. Now let's have some fun playing some hide and seek with my sister! (laughing) 
(She runs away while the scene zooms out of Debbie's house and fades out, which causes the episode to end)
==Characters==
*Maraya
*Maraya's Computer
*Ruff
*Debbie (non-speaking)
*Haley 
*Steve (non-speaking)
==Trivia==
*It is known that Maraya doesn't know how to play hide and seek, which is a game that most children know how to play.
*This is the first episode where it shows Debbie's basement.
*Debbie and Steve do not speak in this episode.
*While Maraya and Ruff played hide and seek, Maraya and Ruff each disobeyed one rule of it.
*Skill(s) that Ruff helped Maraya with: playing hide and seek with her (he did this by teaching her how).
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