Adopt N' Survive/Transcript

## Characters

 Troy LeCadet | Supporting

`**Bus**
-------``*[We see Travis sketching Terence being eaten alive by Jaws]*``* **Travis:** Terence, Terence, Terence. That's all "mommy & daddy" ever talk about! When, if ever, is he gonna just keel over and die already!``* **Duke:** Travis?
* **Travis:** *[Turns around to see Duke's head on his chair]* D-Duke?! I was just... *[shoves the sketchpad in his backpack]* get away, Grader. Your hygiene is stinking up my odor!
* **Duke:** Sorry, Travis. I guess I got carried away by your sketches. They're so aesthetic.
* **Travis:** *[Folds arms]* Yeah, well, whatever. I don't need your stupid comments. I can be *[Air-quotes]* "aze-thetic" if I wanted to. *[Looks out window]* [whispers] You remind me of him.
* **Duke:** Of Who?
* **Travis:** My stupid brother! He does everything perfect just like you an—
* **Bus Driver:** Franklin Street! Anybody gettin' off?``*[Travis huffs once at Duke and exits the vehicle]*``**Travis's House**
------------------``*[Travis looks up to see christmas lights decorated around the house. He throws his backpack to the side and searches the dining room. Izzy and Troy pop outta nowhere]*``* **Troy:** Welcome back, Terence.
* **Izzy:** Hey, Hon—``*[Both see it just Travis]*``* **Troy:** Oh, it's just the-other-guy-that-lives-here.
* **Izzy:** Daaarn, why couldn't you have been Terence?
* **Travis:** Sorry to disappoint you by being your own SON!``*[Living room door opens and hits Travis. Terence comes through]*``* **Terence:** Mother! Father!``*[Travis comes from behind the door with a dinted head. Terence unawarely drops his bags on him]*``* **Troy:** Welcome back, Terence.
* **Izzy:** Uh, you smell great.
* **Terence:** I *am* great, Mother. *[Searches the room anxiously with a smile]* Wait a second! Where's my wittle bwother?``*[Travis unburies himself from the pile of bags]*``* **Terence:** There you are, Travi!
* **Travis:** *(bitterly)* Yep! It's me, Terry!
* **Terence:** *[Swats hand and chuckles]* Uh, you are such a stinker. Quit goofin' about and come give your brother a big cuddle! *[Hugs Travis, then departs]* You're growing into such a handsome man, Travis.
* **Travis:** Oh, yeah, I'm a real magnet, alright.``**Dining Room**
---------------``*[We see Izzy & Troy eating with Terence. They are all laughing]*``* **Troy:** *[Wipes tears from his eye]* Al-Alright, Terence, tell us another one.``*[Both parents look anxiously at Terence]*``* **Terence:** Very well. What did the lumberjack say to the miller? *[Pauses]* *[deepened voice]* "Hey! You just jacked my tree post!" *[All three laugh. Terence peeks over at Travis—who's sitting in a corner eating his dinner] [normal voice]* Hey, Travi. Come over here and sit with us.
* **Troy:** Aw, let'em sit there. 'S not we have room at the table anyway.
* **Izzy:** Now, Travis, did you remember to thank Terence for generously borrowing your seat?
* **Travis:** Yesss, Moooom.``*[All laugh at Travis's attitude. Travis gets up and walks into the kitchen. There, he turns on the water and taps his utensils rhythmically]*
*[Songs starts]*``\*Well, Dad spurns my shadow in his backseat\*
\*And Mom's casually standing there ignoring me\*
\*I get lost by a vacant lot by Third Street\*
\*Only to find I'm the only one who loves me\*``\*Though I don't have to make a sound\*
\*I still get what I need\*
\*What I need is a ho-oh-ome\*``\*Folks loves only those who reach perfection\*
\*Not those with a galloping defection\*
\*High fives for the Terence-man's affection\*
\*Nine-lives for the-other-guy's rejection\*``\*Still I don't have to make a sound\*
\*Cause I get what I need\*
\*Makes me ask, "Why-why?"\*
\*Feels just like I'm a wet fly\*
\*On the edge, I might cry\*
\*Why am I the only one who loves me?\*``\*Must I\*
\*Be the one to defy\*
\*Any love from what lie\*
\*Why am I the only one who loves me?\*
\*Only the who... Only one who\*
\*Only one who loves m-\*\*
*[Song stops]*
*[There's a sudden crash in the dining room. Travis runs inside to find Terence with a broken leg, moaning]*`