ROAD TO THE TRIUMPH CUP Part 1 – A NUMERACY WIZARD STORY

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1. INT. THE PLACE BY THE THING WITH THE MATH STUFF

Jung Wei slowly
extracts a ruler from his pencil case, and places it on his desk.

Gretta filled with
panic stricken eyes, looks on. Unable to move from her seat mere
meters away from the scene unfolding.

Jung Wei meticuously
removes a pencil from his pencil case.

Gretta’s legs begin
to shake in fear.

Jung Wei takes a
piece of white paper from inside his desk. Placing it softly like a
feather on top.

Gretta’s hands hurt
from tension, preventing her from running.

Jung Wei looks into
Gretta’s eyes, his determination melting into Gretta’s soul.

JUNG WEI

Today, we will be drawing triangles!

Jung Wei picks up
the pencil. He takes the ruler and lines it up with precision on the
paper.

Jung Wei draws a
line along the straight edge exactly three centimeters long.

JUNG WEI

It is like the paper, longs to be part of the triangle.

Jung Wei looks into
Gretta’s soul.

JUNG WEI

Two souls to be one.

Gretta shakes.

JUNG WEI

To be one.

Gretta stares
blankly into Jung Wei’s eyes, powerless to avoid his glaring gaze.

Jung Wei shifts the
ruler on the paper, connecting one of the line to the ruler and
another into the emptyness of the void of the white paper.

JUNG WEI

Two sides of a triangle together lead to nowhere. The sides forever
joined, as though they were always meant to be.

Gretta’s minds
breaks, she screams into the gymnasium. Her voice echoing from wall
to wall.

Jung Wei smiles. He
feels the uncontrollable excitement of triangles. Their sheer
intensity, their smooth forms, how they work together in a rhythm all
to its own.

JUNG WEI

And now for the end. We connect the two lines together to form a
unison. One experience, one moment of perfection.

Jung Wei draws the
final line from end to end of the two lines. His arms shake as he
progresses, unsure if he can bring this perfection to the paper. To
share with Gretta.

Grett’s eyes widen,
her breathing eratic, her cheeks red.

Li Jie enters the
gymnasium.

LI JIE

Jung Wei you foul fiend, release Gretta from your vile torture.

JUNG WEI

Li Jie, you always come in too soon. Perfection does not like to wait
for you.

LI JIE

Perfection. Ha, Ha. I laugh in the face of perfection. The only
perfection you bring is unsatisfied desires.

GRETTA

I cannot take it any longer. Help me, Li.

LI JIE

Of course I will help you Gretta. But first I must defeat Jung Wei.

Li Jie takes out a
pencil, and a piece of purple paper. Slowly walking to Gretta’s
location.

LI JIE

I give you the square. Four sides of sheer equality. No side getting
more than the other.

JUNG WEI

You lie, nobody can handle the square. Not even you.

LI JIE

We will just have to wait and find out. Together as though there were
three sides in this place, at this time. As though the three of us
form a imperfect triangle.

JUNG WEI

Do not diminish the Triangle of Perfection.

LI JIE

You did not even finish it. We are still waiting.

Li Jie now next to
Gretta.

Jung Wei picks us
his long lost mistress totally forgotten, because of the unfortunate
intrusion of Li Jie.

Jung Wei shaking
uncontrollably, focuses on the paper, to realign his ruler on the
incomplete line. One mistake would ruin the moment. Sweat coming from
his brow, threatening to drop on the paper and ruin everything.

Jung Wei draws the
line. A smile crosses his face. He has done it, Li Jie cannot stand
against his triangle. Li Jie’s threat of a square is impossible, and
he has won.

Jung Wei looks up.

Nobody is there. The
sound of a gymnasium door echoes.

Jung Wei is
paralyzed.

2. INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

Li Jie and Gretta
are running down the hallway.

LI JIE

Run, run to the Drama Room. He will never enter there.

GRETTA

What’s your name?

LI JIE

I am Li Jie, The Numeracy Wizard. I am here
to rescue you.

GRETTA

Thank you!! What about you?

LI JIE

I will be right behind you.

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