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91 TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM
Evelyn reacts as if she just got hit in the face, shaking off piñata tissue paper from her shoulders.
JOBU
You’re everywhere. You’re like me.
EVELYN
That’s right. I’m the one you’ve been looking for. I’m the one who will defeat you.
JOBU
(rolls her eyes)
You still think that’s what this is about? All right. Hit me.
Evelyn rushes and throws a punch at Jobu but as they make contact THE DEEP RUMBLE builds:
91-1/2/3 FLASH FLASH FLASH: All in the Apartment, they’re playing chess, they’re on a tandem bike, one is choking the other, then vice versa. Finally we see one universe where Evelyn hits herself and another where she hits Jobu- BAM!
Jobu falls to the ground. Evelyn winces in pain, she looks at her own fist in confusion.
Jobu seems oddly excited.
The door swings open, it’s Waymond. Evelyn plays it cool.
WAYMOND
喔〜 Evelyn# 你還在這裏幹什麽?
WAYMOND
Oh. Evelyn, what are you Still doing here?
EVELYN
We’re just…… practicing for karaoke.
WAYMOND
你不是去送⽂件了嗎?
WAYMOND (CONT’D)
I thought you were going to drop off our paperwork-
EVELYN
別擔⼼.
(he starts to object)
I said, I’ll take care of it!
EVELYN
Don’t worry about that.
(he starts to object)
I said, I’ll take care of it!
With one last sad look, Waymond leaves.
Evelyn puts her hands up again to fight, but struggles to keep standing. Jobu plops down on the sofa annoyed.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
If you don’t want to fight…… then why…… why……
JOBU
Why was I looking for you?
Jobu picks up a potted fern and sucks on it like a bong.
She offers the fern to Evelyn, who refuses but tentatively Sits down. Her head is reeling. Jobu’s smoke rings come out in the shape of “Q A”.
JOBU (CONT’D)
If you haven’t A’ed that Q, then you’re not there yet. But you’re close.
EVELYN
Close?
JOBU
(jazz hands)
Spread out across infinity!
(looks at invisible watch)
But we can speed this up.
Before Evelyn can react, they both sink into the sofaA91 ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV ONTROL ROOM
Jobu flops into a chair in the not destroyed Alpha Verse RV, parked on the side of the road. Alpha Waymond is sipping on Some tea and doing a crossword.
ALPHA WAYMOND
Oh hi. Jobu? Did you just take over Joy’s body again?
JOBU
Yeah, I’m trying to give this Evelyn the whole spiel.
ALPHA WAYMOND
Do you think this might be the one?
Jobu shrugs as she picks up a pen and fills out a word in Alpha Waymond’s crossword. The lid on the urn that holds Evelyn’s ashes opens and closes and begins to talk. It’s Evelyn.
EVELYN (URN)
Alpha Waymond? You’re alive!? How?
Alpha Waymond picks up Evelyn Urn.
ALPHA WAYMOND
(chuckling)
Oh, did one of the Alphas Waymonds tell you to murder Joy because She’s some evil monster? Sorry about that. I used to be quite an extremist myself back in my day.
EVELYN (URN)
Wake up Alpha Waymond! Remember?
She’s building a Bagel. To destroy my world- all of the worlds- just like she destroyed the Alphaverse.
Alpha Waymond and Jobu share a knowing look.
ALPHA WAYMOND
You want to know what destroyed the Alphaverse? You did. Well, we all did. When you discovered verse jumping, suddenly anyone could find whatever version of the truth they wanted in the multiverse. Everyone got more and more opinionated and just kept fighting. So, there is no evil villain really, or nefarious plot or anything. Just a whole lot of confusing hubbub that’d I’ve decided to stay far away from.
He takes another sip of tea.
EVELYN (URN)
No…… Alpha Waymond……
ALPHA WAYMOND
Please, call me Waymond, I dropped the "Alpha" a long time ago.
EVELYN
You brainwashed him like all those other people……
Jobu sighs and walks past a curtain:
92 TEMPLE UNIVERSE: INT. EMPRESS HALL
Evelyn and Jobu land in a grand white hall. Jobu is dressed like alien royalty. Evelyn is dressed like a peasant.
Evelyn looks around and sees many FOLLOWERS dressed like her, with an ASHY BLACK CIRCLE marked across their forehead.
On the opposite end of the hall is a large white veil with an ominous RUMBLING emanating from within.
EVELYN
The Bagel.
FOLLOWERS
Praise be Bagel!
Jobu smiles. Evelyn turns to run the other direction, but Jobu’s Followers led by Bagel Deirdre swarm around her, block her exit, and slowly force Evelyn towards the Bagel.
EVELYN
Please…… she has brainwashed you.
DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
No, Jobu Tupaki has brought peace to this world. Most care too much.
Have too much passion. Too much Self-righteousness. It clouds the mind. What happens when that gets Sucked into The Bagel? No more beliefs. No more war.
EVELYN
No. Our beliefs are all we have……
DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
Decree 1, rule 1: there is nothing more dangerous, than someone who believes they are right.
The Followers push Evelyn past the first veil, leaving Deirdre behind, and revealing a much bigger hall.
EVELYN
Look, please, just give my daughter back to me, and we can leave each other alone forever.
JOBU
Sorry, no can do.
EVELYN
Why not?
JOBU
I am your daughter. Your daughter is me. Every single version of Joy is Jobu Tupaki. Hi.
Jobu hands her a Dr. Seuss style children’s book titled “I am Your Daughter. Your Daughter is me.”
EVELYN
No. I saw my daughter.
JOBU
Tell me, which Evelyn are you really? The chef? The movie star?
That hot dog one?
EVELYN
I am NOT the hot dog one. I am only Seeing these things because my mind is broken like an old pot.
JOBU
It’s not broken. It’s being opened.
The pot was a prison, and you’re finally free, like me. I have felt everything your daughter has ever
felt. I know the joy and pain of having you as my mother.
Evelyn reacts as if she just got hit in the face, shaking off piñata tissue paper from her shoulders.
JOBU
You’re everywhere. You’re like me.
EVELYN
That’s right. I’m the one you’ve been looking for. I’m the one who will defeat you.
JOBU
(rolls her eyes)
You still think that’s what this is about? All right. Hit me.
Evelyn rushes and throws a punch at Jobu but as they make contact THE DEEP RUMBLE builds:
91-1/2/3 FLASH FLASH FLASH: All in the Apartment, they’re playing chess, they’re on a tandem bike, one is choking the other, then vice versa. Finally we see one universe where Evelyn hits herself and another where she hits Jobu- BAM!
Jobu falls to the ground. Evelyn winces in pain, she looks at her own fist in confusion.
Jobu seems oddly excited.
The door swings open, it’s Waymond. Evelyn plays it cool.
WAYMOND
喔〜 Evelyn# 你還在這裏幹什麽?
WAYMOND
Oh. Evelyn, what are you Still doing here?
EVELYN
We’re just…… practicing for karaoke.
WAYMOND
你不是去送⽂件了嗎?
WAYMOND (CONT’D)
I thought you were going to drop off our paperwork-
EVELYN
別擔⼼.
(he starts to object)
I said, I’ll take care of it!
EVELYN
Don’t worry about that.
(he starts to object)
I said, I’ll take care of it!
With one last sad look, Waymond leaves.
Evelyn puts her hands up again to fight, but struggles to keep standing. Jobu plops down on the sofa annoyed.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
If you don’t want to fight…… then why…… why……
JOBU
Why was I looking for you?
Jobu picks up a potted fern and sucks on it like a bong.
She offers the fern to Evelyn, who refuses but tentatively Sits down. Her head is reeling. Jobu’s smoke rings come out in the shape of “Q A”.
JOBU (CONT’D)
If you haven’t A’ed that Q, then you’re not there yet. But you’re close.
EVELYN
Close?
JOBU
(jazz hands)
Spread out across infinity!
(looks at invisible watch)
But we can speed this up.
Before Evelyn can react, they both sink into the sofaA91 ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV ONTROL ROOM
Jobu flops into a chair in the not destroyed Alpha Verse RV, parked on the side of the road. Alpha Waymond is sipping on Some tea and doing a crossword.
ALPHA WAYMOND
Oh hi. Jobu? Did you just take over Joy’s body again?
JOBU
Yeah, I’m trying to give this Evelyn the whole spiel.
ALPHA WAYMOND
Do you think this might be the one?
Jobu shrugs as she picks up a pen and fills out a word in Alpha Waymond’s crossword. The lid on the urn that holds Evelyn’s ashes opens and closes and begins to talk. It’s Evelyn.
EVELYN (URN)
Alpha Waymond? You’re alive!? How?
Alpha Waymond picks up Evelyn Urn.
ALPHA WAYMOND
(chuckling)
Oh, did one of the Alphas Waymonds tell you to murder Joy because She’s some evil monster? Sorry about that. I used to be quite an extremist myself back in my day.
EVELYN (URN)
Wake up Alpha Waymond! Remember?
She’s building a Bagel. To destroy my world- all of the worlds- just like she destroyed the Alphaverse.
Alpha Waymond and Jobu share a knowing look.
ALPHA WAYMOND
You want to know what destroyed the Alphaverse? You did. Well, we all did. When you discovered verse jumping, suddenly anyone could find whatever version of the truth they wanted in the multiverse. Everyone got more and more opinionated and just kept fighting. So, there is no evil villain really, or nefarious plot or anything. Just a whole lot of confusing hubbub that’d I’ve decided to stay far away from.
He takes another sip of tea.
EVELYN (URN)
No…… Alpha Waymond……
ALPHA WAYMOND
Please, call me Waymond, I dropped the "Alpha" a long time ago.
EVELYN
You brainwashed him like all those other people……
Jobu sighs and walks past a curtain:
92 TEMPLE UNIVERSE: INT. EMPRESS HALL
Evelyn and Jobu land in a grand white hall. Jobu is dressed like alien royalty. Evelyn is dressed like a peasant.
Evelyn looks around and sees many FOLLOWERS dressed like her, with an ASHY BLACK CIRCLE marked across their forehead.
On the opposite end of the hall is a large white veil with an ominous RUMBLING emanating from within.
EVELYN
The Bagel.
FOLLOWERS
Praise be Bagel!
Jobu smiles. Evelyn turns to run the other direction, but Jobu’s Followers led by Bagel Deirdre swarm around her, block her exit, and slowly force Evelyn towards the Bagel.
EVELYN
Please…… she has brainwashed you.
DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
No, Jobu Tupaki has brought peace to this world. Most care too much.
Have too much passion. Too much Self-righteousness. It clouds the mind. What happens when that gets Sucked into The Bagel? No more beliefs. No more war.
EVELYN
No. Our beliefs are all we have……
DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
Decree 1, rule 1: there is nothing more dangerous, than someone who believes they are right.
The Followers push Evelyn past the first veil, leaving Deirdre behind, and revealing a much bigger hall.
EVELYN
Look, please, just give my daughter back to me, and we can leave each other alone forever.
JOBU
Sorry, no can do.
EVELYN
Why not?
JOBU
I am your daughter. Your daughter is me. Every single version of Joy is Jobu Tupaki. Hi.
Jobu hands her a Dr. Seuss style children’s book titled “I am Your Daughter. Your Daughter is me.”
EVELYN
No. I saw my daughter.
JOBU
Tell me, which Evelyn are you really? The chef? The movie star?
That hot dog one?
EVELYN
I am NOT the hot dog one. I am only Seeing these things because my mind is broken like an old pot.
JOBU
It’s not broken. It’s being opened.
The pot was a prison, and you’re finally free, like me. I have felt everything your daughter has ever
felt. I know the joy and pain of having you as my mother.
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