Dialogues

The Jackal and the Ostrich

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Biggest Little Fur Con | 2016

Elias Leopard

Len

Farallon

August

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Project Premise

Spy Thriller

In the war on terror, a bold new enemy has risen. Jackal and Ostrich are the codenames for a pair of bold terrorists that have attacked some of the most senstive targets in the Middle East, drawing international attention. But while their attacks have been bold, their motives have been less clear, with the top agents from many nations trying to figure out their next move, struggling to see what will become their most unexpected challenge yet.

Scene Description

Jackal has been in August's custody for a week, where the canine has refused to give any information on Ostrich's whereabouts. Things get worse when bad intel botches an operation leaving Cherry captured by the elusive Ostrich. With Len at the boiling point, desperate to rescue his hawk partner, he's been fighting the cool desk agent August for access at jackal, determined to get information out of him, not realizing August had been gathering valuable intel all this time.

Len Red Fox

August Canada Goose

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        [FLIPPING TABLE] AAAUGH!                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        That looks helpful.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Don’t start with me, August. Don’t start with me. God, I can’t even look at you right now.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        Calm down, Len. Anger isn’t going to rescue Cherry. Finding Ostrich will.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Then get it out of Jackal. Grab a towel and a bucket, soak it out of that sand-caked mongrel.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        He won’t bark when Ostrich’s location is the only thing keeping him here.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        He’ll bark when I’m clipping off his dewclaws.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        [FIRMLY] Len, stop focusing on Jackal.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Don't talk to me about my focus, goose. Don’t forget which one of us does the chasing.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        I know. And you’ve been chasing the wrong thing.                                                    

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                                                        [BOOK LANDS HEAVILY ON TABLE]                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        What’s this?                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        The Bible. Read it.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Not really in the mood.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        Just that passage.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        [READING] “They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but all its princes shall be no more. And thorns will grow in its palaces, and it shall be a habitation for jackals, an abode for ostriches.”                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        That phrase appears five times in the Testament. Never in the Christian Bible, never in the Quran.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        What does it mean?                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        It means we’ve been looking the wrong direction all this time.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Jackal’s Sunni. We established that.                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        But Ostrich isn’t. We thought they had a religious agenda, but it was never about that.                                                    

                                                        Len                                                    

                                                        Then what is it about?                                                    

                                                        August                                                    

                                                        The thing this passage calls for. Anarchy.

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The Jackal and the Ostrich