Script for Bio film

- DNA specific
- glanding
- designer food/pets/prosthetics
- designer drugs

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INT TEENAGE BOY'S BEDROOM


 SFX: knocks followed by sounds of hasty cleaning

DOOR OPENS

MUM:
just what are you doing young man?

SON
Nothing, mum, just a bit of writing.

MUM
writing eh? what's this, a sampler? what do you need one of these for?

S
It's for a project at school, mum, honest: we're writing our own morphers

M
I don't care what you're doing you know what I think about these ... things... it's un-natural, look what happened to your father

S
I know mum but I need to know this to..

M
To what? to get a good programming job? like your father! I forbid it. You've seen him, kept in that quarantine; everything they try gets chewed up and spat back out. You are not following him down that path.

S
But mum it's much safer, those genomes are restricted. Hell, most samplers/writers can barely write a virus that has an effect longer than 3 hours, they're struggling: the body is smart. It's difficult to write something that works anywhere near as well as dad's...

M
Don't lie to me I know the truth it's difficult to write it well and make it safe.

M snatches a device from the table.

M
no more, if I catch you with one of these again you'll be grounded, I'll just go and explain to your teacher what the situation is.

S
Mum... I need it, how else will I be able....

M [interupts]
Not another word from you - finish your maths and then go to bed, I'm sorry I ever let you even look at that subject....

M leaves

EXT ALLEY

S loitering looks up as a person, A, approaches then relaxes as he's recognised


S
how'd it go?

A
perfect, they're all tripping balls and none the wiser....

S
excellent, keep it that way or otherwise we're both dead: you when they find out and me if my mum finds out.

A
I still don't know how you did it, especially after your mum nabbed your sampler..

S
Well by that point it was pretty stable and the models are good now... that and my dad's notes are awesome

A [worried now]
They're not going to end up like him are they?

S
As if you care

A
I do if it means the cops or bios are brought in

S
it's fine Dad left some detailed notes and I spotted the error he made.. just wish I knew how to fix it

[pause]

A
Just to check I can't pick up that virus can I, I mean I was careful but I'd rather not spend the next day seeing pixies all over the place if it's the same to you..

S
Don't worry I made sure that both your's and mine genomes were well exempt and if you're truly worried use this

S hands A a vial

S
it's an antidote will clean you nice and clear, that being said you might enjoy the expierence: either way enjoy and don't get dyed blue again!

Exit S
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 INT KITCHEN
A is in the garden and B is in the kitchen

A:
B, did you remember to introduce that virus into the circulation like the engineer said we should, I need to empty the bin?

B:
[exasperated] Yes, dear, I did it last night. It should be mostly converted now so we can restart the composter.

SOUND OF A BIN BEING EMPTIED


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INT SITTING ROOM
a couple sit watching the TV

NEWS REPORTER:
....Police are still looking for the murder and advise the public to be on the lookout for someone using a fast type genome modified pet.

A brushes his hand against a gel-like surface [maybe glue,  jelly] and the TV mutes

A
I can't believe the cops allow those FT genomes, they seem to cause more trouble than their worth.


B
I don't know, they make my job easier. I have two goos to monitoring the inbounds and sorting them and a symb that deals with trouble makers.

A:
Yes but you work in a hospital, it's a pretty controlled environment, you have to get clearance for every retro-viral you put into those FT's. You can't exactly set them to



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A & B stand over C who is on the floor obviously in pain

A: did you try any of the goo he had?
B: hell no, I hate that stuff at the best of times, even just letting the machine do the scan makes my skin crawl
A: so you've tried it?
B: only a few times, and never with something as shady as this set up.

C convulses letting out a louder moan, as he does he rolls over revealing goo covering part of his face

A: What do you think he was doing then?
B: well it looks like a cheap narco-unit, read in the 'NA [SAID 'neigh'] spit out the perfect meal
A: sounds fun.. what do you think went wrong
B: Well looks like he was using illegal codes for it

C groans again, a stronger convulsion

A: Anything we can do for him or should we just let it run it's course
B: It looks like it's getting worse lets do a quick clean up run

B pulls out a device similar to the one beside C but better looking, detaches a pipe that runs to a large store of goo and plugs in his own device. he then runs the device over C letting some of the goo touch C's hand [device could be phone or something similar in largish box or possibly out of shot only the pipe showing - vacuum cleaner?]

B: there that should stabilise him until the ambo gets here.
A: think he'll make it?
B: of course, the guy was only making dinner, looks like some git pranked him more than anything.
A: so you never use those?
B: I do but only the one at home, it already has my genome so it doesn't need to scan me, why don't you?
A: I don't see the point, I tend to eat out anyway so I just grab something from a corner stop