Chapter 10

## Characters

New characters in this chapter:

## Locations

New places unlocked in this chapter:

* Cat Room
* Dave's Room

Unfinished places to renovate:

* Butler's Room

## Tasks

Player needs to get 47 stars to complete the chapter.

* Begin Next Chapter
* Talk To Ted
* Clean Cat Room
* New Walls
* New Floor
* New Curtains
* Choose Planters
* New Lamps
* Meanwhile...
* The Truth
* New Rug
* Hello, Mother...
* New Sofa
* New Chair
* New Sofa Table
* Bad News, Ted!
* Save Ted!
* Choose Milk Fountain
* Choose Feeding Station
* Choose Cat Corner
* The Open Road...
* Nightcap With Daphne

> BUZZ BUZZ!

> **Flo**Zzz..HUH! Rupert's calling?[Flo gets up from the bed]**Flo**Rupert? What is it, honey?
> Wait... Stop what?
> Your dad is a MEME? Internet famous? In a bad way?
> Sweetie, I'm afraid I still don't understand. I'll talk to you later, okay?**Penny**Um... Flo. You should see this.

> **Flo**Oh my gosh! I thought he went home last night?!**Penny**You NEED to talk to him, Flo.**Flo**WHY didn't you just go home, Ted... you stubborn... passive... GAH!**Penny**Oh, and be careful what you say...[Flo runs up the stairs]**Penny**...in front of the press. Wait! Flo!

#### Talk To Ted

> [Outside, Flo walks down the Entryway steps][Three paparazzi surround them]**Flo**Ted, we need to talk! Rupert just called and...[Ted stands as Flo jumps in surprise when Dirk walks over]**Dirk**If it isn’t the Mansion Mom herself!
> Or should we go with Suburban Swindler?**Flo**I’m... just Flo... here to help...**Dirk**Yes, to HELP YOURSELF to a fortune!
> Fortune-Hunter Flo! That’s it.**Flo**No, I just had to keep Violet away...**Dirk**So you ADMIT you kept Daphne’s only family away?**Flo**No, I couldn’t...[Daphne stands at the top of the steps]**Daphne**Out of the pool, kids! Never swim with sharks![Paparazzi rush to surround Daphne]**Daphne**Go on in and work on the Cat Room. I’ll show the sharks a good time...[Daphne dances]

#### Clean Cat Room

> [Flo and Ted walk into the Cat Room]**Flo**What's wrong with you, Ted?**Ted**Um... my butt is a little sore but otherwise I'm fine.**Flo**You just sat on a staircase for 12 hours! And now you've become a MIME on the internet.**Ted**You mean a Meme?**Flo**Whatever! Look, Rupert is very upset. We... \*sigh\*... we should try and work this out.**Ted**That's why I'm here! so... how do we do that?**Flo**You've had 12 hours to think and you're asking ME what to do?**Ted**Well... yeah. Where do we start, Flo?**Flo**Oh! I don't know, Ted. Maybe if we clean up this mess YOU could try and figure it out.**Ted**Okay, dear. Whatever you say.

Transition Dialogue

> [Flo and Ted clean the room]**Ted**Okay! All cleaned up. So... what's on your mind, Flo?**Flo**What's on YOUR mind, Ted?**Ted**Um... I... well...**Flo**Okay, so here's an idea.
> Why don't we fix up this room together and see where it takes us?**Ted**That's an excellent idea, Honey!

#### New Walls

> [In the middle of the Cat Room]**Flo**Okay, do you see what needs to be done next?**Ted**I...
> Um...
> Maybe...ah...**Flo**Of course not. New walls and panels! Ready, go!

*Player chooses an option*

*Player chooses another option*

> **Ted**Those were nice choices, dear.**Flo**Thank you! You should try making choices sometime!**Ted**Okay, dear, if you think that’s best.**Flo**O-KAY, still not getting it. Why do you think I was gone for a week?**Ted**Um, groceries?**Flo**FOR A WEEK?**Ted**I guess that’s not logical.
> Let me think while we do some more decorations.

#### New Floor

> **Flo**Okay, this room really needs a new floor.**Ted**It sure does...**Flo**I’m thinking this one looks good...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Ted**Well, that looks nice...
> But tell me, who are all these other people?
> The old lady, the biker guy, and the nice red-headed girl...**Flo**I’m relieved that you’re interested!
> The young woman, Penny, was getting married, and I was helping her...**Ted**Helping her?**Flo**Oh, yeah, I’m a wedding planner now. We never talk.
> The big biker is Dave. You’d like him. Pretty much a Buddha in leather.
> And Daphne? She’s someone we could all take some lessons from...

#### New Curtains

> **Flo**Okay, Ted. What’s next?**Ted**Um... I'm thinking...
> How about...
> Some more... stuff?**Flo**More STUFF... that's almost helpful...**Ted**Yeah... you know. To get some of that Feng Shui going, right?**Flo**It's SWING FAY, Ted. Ask anyone! Here, help me pick the curtains...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Ted**Those curtains look nice.**Flo**Gee... thanks, Ted.
> Okay, so... I'm gone for a week and you don't know why. Isn't that weird to you?**Ted**Well... I did text you once and you replied you were busy, so...**Flo**Busy for A WEEK?!**Ted**I just... didn't wanna disturb you, dear.**Flo**You're my husband, Ted! You are SUPPOSED to disturb me. To CARE for me!
> ...
> Let's just move on with the room...

#### Choose Planters

> [They walk over to stand by the Cat Room doorway]**Flo**Okay, new planters!
> Here’s what I think the cats will like...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Ted**If I were a cat, I’d like those just fine.**Flo**Aren’t you curious how I got here? Why I’ve stayed?**Ted**Yes, I was going to ask...**Flo**Well, I rented this cool car from a sketchy guy, Penny and I took a spin...
> And then I swerved around Blue Sweater Cat, who we now know as Blue Sweater Cat...
> And one crashed car later, I found myself fixing a house!**Ted**...**Flo**It’s important to me, Ted. The fixing. The house.
> What I’m saying is, this project is really special. I need you to understand.

#### New Lamps

> [By the windows]**Flo**Okay, new lamps!**Ted**Yeah, maybe that'll lighten up your mood a bit, haha!
> OH! I just thought... a little humor...
> So... um... those lamps, huh?

*Player chooses an option*

> **Flo**Hey... that DID lighten up my mood a little.**Ted**So, why WERE you gone for a week?**Flo**Glad you asked, but I wish you had at least had SOME idea.**Ted**Um... Alien abduction?**Flo**TED, this is serious. You can't joke your way out of this.**Ted**I'm sorry... I... I don't have a clue why you were gone for a week.**Flo**I needed a break, Ted.**Ted**From me?**Flo**From us. From... everything.
> These couple of days... I can't remember the last time I've felt so... alive!
> And I didn't even think about us. Mostly. And that scares me.**Ted**Scares me, too. So... let's keep working on the room.

#### Meanwhile...

> [Outside, Mike walks towards Dirk and mob of paparazzi]**Dirk**Oh my, the police have arrived!
> Time to arrest the interlopers?[Penny walks down the steps]**Mike**Penny? May I talk with you? In private?**Penny**Sure, Mike. Privacy sounds really great about now.**Mike**Okay. My car...

#### The Truth

> [Screen pans over to Mike and Penny walking out to his car]

*A short drive later...*

> **Penny**So what’s on your mind, Mike?**Mike**I like you, Penny. And I really want a friendship based on honesty.**Penny**That sounds like a great...**Mike**The car in Daphne’s yard...
> Off the record, between you and me, I need the truth about that.**Penny**Well... Flo rented it, it was stolen, we crashed it, and it belonged to Dave.**Mike**Okay, thank you. That matches what Violet sent me...**Penny**VIOLET?**Mike**I know, she’s making trouble. But please understand, I’m a cop. We have rules.**Penny**And I respect that.**Mike**You didn’t know. And Dave won’t press charges. But I have to go away and think.**Penny**Away?**Mike**I need to figure out if I can be a good cop... or a cop at all.**Penny**But why AWAY?**Mike**I have to think clearly about my career, away from... personal feelings.**Penny**So... I won’t see you?**Mike**Not for a while, no. I’m sorry.[Penny walks up the drive]

#### New Rug

> [In the Cat Room]**Ted**So... um... What do we do now, Honey?**Flo**...**Ted**...**Flo**Okay, this will be the sofa area...
> Let’s start with a cozy rug to go underneath everything...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Flo**That’s nice and soft. Good for cat lounging.**Ted**But Flo, I just don’t understand...
> Why are you upset with me? What did I do?**Flo**Nothing! There is a decided lack of action on your part!**Ted**So, you’re mad because of what I DIDN’T do?**Flo**Yup, and that’s a long list.**Ted**But, I can do better! I promise!**Flo**Okay, Ted, YOU decide what we do next![Ted walks over to stand on the rug]**Ted**Oh, I don’t know. The sofa? Or a chair?
> If that’s okay with you...

#### Hello, Mother...

> [Daphne walks into her bedroom with Pink Sweater Cat]**Daphne**Phew! What do you think of this circus, Pink Sweater Cat?**Pink Sweater Cat**MRROWWL!!**Daphne**Yes... I am exhausted too. A little bit of rest will do me good.[Violet pops out from behind the Screen]**Violet**I hate to interupt your little conversation...**Daphne**GAH! So your new tactic is to give me a heart attack?**Violet**I’ve just come to make you an offer, dear mother.
> Flo is wrong for this. Cut her off, cut me in, and restore some order.**Daphne**Never! Your flying monkeys from the tabloids are having NO effect!
> In fact, there’s NOTHING you can do to me that will break me![Violet walks a few steps to the Bedroom doorway]**Violet**Oh, I know I can never break YOU... but FLO looks very breakable.**Daphne**DON’T YOU DARE!**Violet**Give me a better choice, Mother.[Screen pans to Daphne's desk]**Violet**Papers are on your desk...**Daphne**...

#### New Sofa

> [In the Cat Room][Flo and Ted stand in the rug]**Flo**Okay, Ted, what kind of sofa should we have?**Ted**Well, gosh, they’re all so nice...**Flo**But since we need a DECISION, let’s go with this...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Flo**See? That was really not hard.**Ted**Yes, dear. I like what you chose.**Flo**Hey, look at it this way... if they’re all nice, your choice will be good!**Ted**Yes, I suppose you’re right.**Flo**So... maybe actually TRY it sometime?

#### New Chair

> [In front of the sofa]**Flo**Okay, big guy, we need a sofa chair here. What kind?**Ted**Just whatever you think is best, dear.**Flo**NOT the answer I was looking for! Decision time...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Ted**You’re good at this, dear.**Flo**And YOU could be good at it, too! Just try!**Ted**Okay, dear, if you think so.**Flo**If I think so. Yeah...
> We’re really not making any progress with this, are we?

#### New Sofa Table

> **Flo**Okay, Ted, I’ll give you ONE more crack at this...
> A table would be great between the sofa and chair. So which one?**Ted**I just can’t make up my mind...**Flo**True! So I’ll make up mine...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Flo**Well, the good news is, we have some attractive furniture here.**Ted**And the bad news?**Flo**The bad news is you did NOTHING as usual and I am ready to explode.**Ted**Oh, explosions sound bad.**Flo**They are bad, Ted. So let’s just talk. That’s hard enough.

#### Bad News, Ted!

> **Ted**Is this going to be one of THOSE talks?**Flo**...
> Something has to change. And I’ve been trying to tell you what I need.
> But you’re really not getting it...
> I want out.**Ted**Out?**Flo**Out of the marriage. Rupert’s old enough to handle it.
> And we haven’t had a spark of adventure for years.**Ted**Whatever you say, dear.**Flo**No, Ted, that’s the problem, right there! Have a spine!**Ted**Okay, I will. If that’s okay with you.**Flo**AHHH! THIS IS EXHAUSTING![Flo walks out as Dirk and paparazzi walk in]**Ted**No... Flo... wait. I can change...[Ted starts crying]**Dirk**Look! Sad Ted just got even SADDER!

#### Save Ted!

> [By the window, Ted cries as Dirk and paparazzi surround him]**Dirk**What is it, Sad Ted? This DISASTER of a house bringing you down?[Dirk turns as Dave runs in]**Dave**Out of the way, you hyenas! He’s a better person than you![Dave runs to Ted, picks him up under his arm and runs out of the room]**Dirk**Wonderful! I hope you’re getting good pictures of this, boys!

Transition Dialogue

> [In the Kitchen][Ted sits at the island with Dave standing opposite him]**Dave**Drink some tea, brother. Let me tell you something that might help...

Transition Dialogue

> [Penny walks into the Cat Room]**Dirk**And here’s Miss Runaway Bride! Having little chats with the police lately?**Penny**Write whatever you want. I have work to do.

#### Choose Milk Fountain

> **Dirk**No time to discuss your LEGAL TROUBLES?**P**Not unless they involve selecting a milk fountain for the cats...[Penny and Dirk walk over to the windows]

*Player chooses an option*

> **Dirk**REALLY? So Daphne is the ultimate Crazy Cat Lady?**Penny**If we didn’t make nice things, you’d just report on that, so...**Dirk**Clever girl. You know this game well.**Penny**Your game hurts people’s lives.**Dirk**Hurting lives... it’s a living...**Penny**A title for your memoir?**Dirk**Sweetie, my memoir writes itself as I go...

#### Choose Feeding Station

> [By the fountain]**Dirk**Crazy Cat Lady stuff?**Penny**Cats gotta eat. So, one feeding station, coming up...

*Player chooses an option*

> **Dirk**The cats live in luxury, while the lady lives in ruins...**Penny**No comment.**Dirk**That’s a comment.
> But say, wasn't that police officer here earlier in an AWFUL sweater?**Penny**...**Dirk**So you’re FRIENDLY with this cop?
> So maybe your dealings with the law have... an INSIDER angle?**Penny**...**Dirk**So many cats... one of them’s got your tongue.

#### Choose Cat Corner

> [By the feeding station]**Dirk**This cat obsession is REALLY over the top!**Penny**And it features a luxurious cat corner, like this...

*Player chooses an option*

*Player chooses another option*

> **Dirk**This is clearly insane, even for my line of work.**Penny**Note the features that every cat will enjoy...**Dirk**Haha, I like this unhinged Penny. But what about Flo?
> What do you think of the way she’s treating Sad Ted?**Penny**...**Dirk**I didn’t think anyone could make Ted sadder, but that Flo...**Penny**Note the mirror for cats to gaze at themselves...**Dirk**You’re good. I could get you infomercial work.**Penny**...perhaps imagining rival cats in another dimension.

Transition Dialogue

> **Penny**Sounds like ANYTHING I say will be used against my friends.**Dirk**Seems like a reasonable arrangement.**Penny**So I might as well just haul off and...**Daphne**HEY! What’s a cat room without CATS?[Screen pans to Daphne at the opposite end of the room]**Daphne**You wanted a show? We’ll give you a SHOW![Daphne peforms a trick with Blue Sweater Cat]**Dirk**An actual Cat Circus! Astounding!**Daphne**You want a Crazy Cat Lady story? Might as well have a good one!

#### The Open Road...

> [In the Butler's Room][Flo lays on the bed][Dave walks down the stairs]**Dave**Flo?**Flo**\*Sniff\* Go away, Dave.**Dave**Ted is leaving now. Might be nice if you said Goodbye.**Flo**I don’t know, Dave. Might be better to make a clean break.**Dave**I think you’d have regrets, my friend. Come on, you can do this.**Flo**I suppose you’re right...

Transition Dialogue

> [Outside the gates by the Road][Dave watches Flo walk to Ted]**Ted**Hey, Flo.**Flo**Hey.**Ted**I just had a long talk with Dave...**Flo**Short version, please. I can’t take any more.**Ted**Dave is lending me his bike. I’m going to be on the road for a while...**Flo**For a while? What about your job? And Rupert?**Ted**Rupert likes the house to himself. Let’s give him some space.
> And as for the job, I was already taking time off for us...
> ...and now I’m taking that for me.**Flo**Sounds like you’re making... DECISIONS.**Ted**Yeah. The open road is calling. Take care of yourself, Flo.[Ted gets on the motorbike]

> **Flo**...
> What did you say to him, Dave?**Dave**Not much. Just a little reminder...

#### Nightcap With Daphne

> [In the Trophy Room, Daphne, Penny and Flo are sat on the couches with drinks in hand]**Daphne**Well, things just get wilder by the day!
> And now the medicine is kicking in! So what would you like to ask?

*Player chooses an option between "**Mike?**" or "**Ted?**"*