The Disastrous Detectives Script, The Power Cut

{First scene, David is introducing the Amazon Echo to Craig}

David} Craig, come check this out .

Craig} What is it ?.

David} Introducing , the Amazon Echo .

Craig} Woah, what the heck is that ?, it looks like an alien .

David} It’s the Amazon Echo , pretty sick, ay ?.

Craig} Yeah, what does it do, exactly ?.

David} You ask it questions and it answers them , why not give it a try ?.

Craig} Ok, { Starts speaking into it}

Craig} Hello { Says it in a really weird way}

David} You don’t need to say hello, you just get straight into it .

Craig} Ok, { Talks into it, again}

Craig} What’s your name ?.

David} Craig, are you being serious, ” What’s your name?”, it doesn’t have a name, it’s a machine , ask it something else .

Craig} Ok, What’s the weather ?.

Amazon echo voice} It is 5 . 2 celcius .

David} Pretty cool, ay ?.

Craig} Yeah , it is, how the hell did you smuggle this into work ?.

David} I smuggled it in this bag .

Craig} Yeah, but, what if Collin finds out ?.

David} I’m pretty sure he won’t notice .

{ Collin walks in the room}

Collin} Hey guys .

David} Hey, Collin .

Amazon echo voice} Who the hell is Collin ?.

Collin} What was that ?.

Craig} What was what ?.

Collin} There was a voice , where is it coming from ?.

David} There was no voice .

Craig} Yeah, it’s probably coming from outside .

Collin} Nah, don’t think so .

{ Walks towards David}

{Collin pulls out the Amazon Echo}

David} What the hell was that, man ?.

Collin} What is this ?.

David} It’s an Amazon Echo .

Collin} What the hell is an Amazon Echo ?.

David} Come on Collin, don’t start up with this generation shit , it’s not gonna get you anywhere .

Collin} Is it ok if I try this ?.

David} Sure .

Collin} So what do I do ?.

David} You ask it questions .

Collin} Oh ok, { Starts talking in to it}

Collin} Why did David smuggle you into here ?.

Amazon voice} I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that .

Collin} What did you say ?.

{David and Craig laughing}

Collin} This is shit .

{ Light turns off}

Collin} Woah, what happened, why are the lights off ?.

David} I have no idea .

Craig} Are the aliens invading us ?.

Collin} Nah, it’s just a power cut , aliens aren’t real .

Craig} How dare you say that ?.

David} How are we gonna work in this condition ?.

Collin} You aren’t gonna be doing work, today, you are gonna be figuring your way out of this nightmare .

David} Oh geez .

Craig} Hold on, if the electric’s off, why is the Amazon Echo still on ?.

David} Hm, let’s see, it’s wireless , it doesn’t require chargers and electric .

Collin} Yes of course it does, what are you, dumb ?.

David} Bloody hell, how are we gonna see , in the dark ?.

Craig} I don’t know, there’s a thing called night vision, you should get one , they are useful , especially in times like these .

David} No Craig, night vision doesn’t exist , where are you, in Zelda ?.

Craig} Oh, this is a bloody nightmare .

Collin} Guys can you just stop, you are rambling on about crap .

David} Hey, we can do what we want .

Craig} Yeah, and you have the job of working out the lighting problem .

Collin} Why did you bring the bloody Amazon Echo ?.

David} Oh shut up, Collin, you are just throwing shit in the wind, and it just comes back to you , it’s getting silly now .

Craig} Oh look, the light’s almost coming on .

David} No it’s not, look at it, it’s not even flashing .

Collin} Why did it do this ?.

David} Collin, stop thinking that it was the Amazon Echo, it’s not, it didn’t do a curse .

Craig} Oh god, I’m getting really hungry .

Collin} Yeah, go ahead and rage my fridge, get yourself a coke and a bloody sandwich , help yourself .

David} Hey, I read this fact in a book, and it said that , people can communicate better in the dark .

Craig} What a lot of crap that is .

Collin} Yeah, and where did you read that ?.

David} I read it in a book that I brought .

Collin} If that is a book that you got in a library, you need to send it back and get a refund , asap .

David} I’m not even joking, it’s a true fact .

Collin} Ok, you know what, if it is true, I’m gonna put it to the test .

Craig} Oh come on Collin, don’t do this .

{Collin starts speaking gibberish}

Collin} Hello, hello, hello, are you there ?.

David} Craig, I Physically feel ill .

Craig} I don’t think Collin understands the science of it .

David} We shouldn’t of even told him .

Craig} So why did you even bring it up ?.

David} I tried to distract him, alright ?.

Collin} Starts talking normally again .}

Collin} What do you think ?.

David} I think that you should get sectioned and get admitted to a mental asylum .

Collin} Me, that’s wrong, you should get admitted to a mental asylum for making me talk in that bloody machine .

{Light turns on}

David} Oh look, the light turned on .

Craig} Finally, otherwise we’d have to get intimidated by Collin , thinking that he has communication powers .

Collin} Hey .

End of script .