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(Melissa, Zack, Mort, Bradley and Joni are eating outside.)
Neal: (comes outside of the Hut) Hey! Zack and Melissa, right?
Melissa: Oh hey, 'Neal from the Comic Shop.'
Zack: Have a seat, 'Neal from the Comic Shop.'
Neal: (takes a seat) I do have a last name.
Melissa: Sure you do. I'm pretty sure it's 'from the comic shop.'
Zack: Yeah, Mr. from the Comic Shop, sir.
Neal: Heh, okay. I'm only two years older than you.
Zack: Whatever you say, old man. Hey where's Milo?
Melissa: (Looks at her phone) He'll be here soon. Barring any unforeseen catastrophes.
Neal: Right, the 'Murphy's Law' thing. How does he deal with that? I mean, what's like to be Milo? How can he possibly be so calm and so prepared all the time? (Melissa puts her phone away.)
Zack: Well...like, today is new comic book day so he's going to the comic shop right?
Comic Shop[]
(Bell chimes as Milo walks in)
Melissa: (Narrating) Milo's picking up a copy of the new Doctor Zone Universe Limited Series for Sara.
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Zack: Always thinking of others, our Milo. He offers Melissa his nachos.)
Melissa: (takes a nacho) He's a peach.
Comic Shop[]
(Milo leaves it)
Melissa: (Narrating) He usually takes the same path every week. (Map is shown detailing as she explains it) Skirting that construction site downtown, he'll take the shortcut past the Crayon Factory, past the coffee shop and then head over the bridge and meet us here.
Zack: (Narrating, the map rolls back) But first he's got to pack his backpack. (The map ends in Milo's room with Milo getting out bed)
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Zack: (moving to stand on the table) The backpack is like the key to all of this. (On table) Have you guys played Caverns and Creatures?
Bradley: Duh, it's only the biggest online game.
Zack: I think being Milo is like living that game. His whole life is a quest.
Milo's Bedroom.[]
(Milo is preparing his backpack)
Zack: (Narrating) It's like he's a wizard. (Scene transform into a Wizard scene, objects disappear as Zack mentions them till it's back to Milo's room) Except without the pointy hat and the beard and the robe. Oh and any other wizardy stuff you might be imagining.
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(Zack is now sat down again)
Melissa: So basically, he's just Milo.
Zack: No, he's Milo the Great and his Trusty Backpack of Holding!
Milo's Room.[]
(An experience jar, inventory list, HP and lives system appear over the scene as Milo packs)
Zack: (Narrating) See, his 'Backpack of Holding' is enchanted. It can't ever be filled up, can't ever be emptied. Well almost never, and it may even be alive! (Milo puts the backpack on and it burps)
Backpack: Excuse me.
Melissa: (groans)
Comic Shop[]
(Milo leaves, same overlay as previous scene)
Zack: (Narrating) He might just re-pack it every day, but that's boring, so forget that!
(A Scroll appears on the screen - Achievement unlocked. You just procured a story scroll! It shall be stored in your enchanted backpack of holding)
Scroll: You just procured a story scroll, It shall be stored in your enchanted backpack of holding! (Milo puts the comic in his bag and the scroll disappears)
(Camera turns to face the street)
Zack: (Narrating) Once he has goods in hand, (video game music plays) he'll head past the construction site.
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Neal: There is a disproportionally large amount of construction going on in this town.
Construction Site[]
(Same details as previous scene as Milo walks up to it)
Zack: (Narrating) A construction site where anything that can go wrong, will. (The ropes break on a crane hoisting a steel beam, Milo moves out the way and it crashes into a Cement mixer, the mixer section rolls off and hits a Truck Mounted Crane which rolls down the hill, Milo pulls out a Spyglass) His backpack of holding, um, holds (shot of the bird park) All the solutions to the problems at hand. (Birds screeching as they spot the incoming crane and they fly off, Milo throws a Lava Lamp at the crane which lowers the crane arm so the arm digs into the ground bringing the crane to a stop, Milo gains enough experience for a level up)
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Zack: But no task is impossible for Milo the Great, Wizard of Murhyosity. (Neal clasps)
Bradley: (walking over) Milo's no Wizard. (puts his empty drink in the trash) He's more like a Super Villain!
Somewhere in Danville.[]
(Milo is running along the street, an instrumental version of 'The Beak.')
Bradley: (Narrating) He revels in the chaos that he creates! (Milo places the comic away and pulls out a mask) He's captain chaos!
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Melissa: (cuts in on Bradley) Oh, please! You think he's doing this on purpose? That's even more ridiculous than the ridiculousness that is his life already.
Bradley: It's my turn to talk. I have the staff of Krum-Hai! (holds it up)
Melissa: (surprised) You kept that thing?
Bradley: Souvenir. Milo isn't a 'victim' of Murphy's Law.
Somewhere in Danville[]
(Milo is talking along with a cape and mask)
Bradley: (narrating) Being Milo is easy. (a water tower breaks and falls into the Crayon factory) Make a mess. (A Crayon crashes into the factory's colour mixers and it flows outside, young children on a bus are shown) Then fix it. (Milo laughs evilly)
Trucker Ted: I told you guys it would only hold ten rolls of paper. (It's revealed his truck cannot close) Now the last one is sticking out! (Person on the phone speaks indistinctively) It's not my problem that's why I'm calling you.
(Milo pulls out the comic and a record, put the comic back and throws the record at the rope holding the truck door)
Trucker Ted: I had some twine, but I don't think it'll hold for the drive. (The record cuts the twine and the roll rolls out) Never mind.
(The roll protects the children from the crayon wax and the children get out, as Milo kicks the wax pile which crumbles into a statue of him)
Bradley: So he causes problems just to fix them...(the children cheer) and be praised for his 'heroism'. (The children draw him on the paper roll with crayons)
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Bradley: It's like getting an award for cleaning up your room, after you messed it up! (walks off as Sara walks in)
Sara: Cleaning down. (Sits down next to Neal) Hey 'Neal from the Comic Shop.'
Neal: (gently elbows Sara) Hey, 'Sara from the Comic Shop.'
Bradley: (back at his table) What's 'Cleaning Down'? (sits down)
Sara: Something Milo used to say when he was little. 'Cleaning down' is Murphy's Law. It's what happens before you clean up.
Melissa: And besides, Milo always puts other people first. (Glances at Bradley glaring) That's the opposite of a villain, Bradley.
Bradley: (Stands up) It's about about him! Milo, Milo, Milo!
Sara: Bradley, you're just upset because you still have a plant arm.
Bradley: How did he save everybody in town except for me?
Sara: Yeah, that was weird. (Mort puts his hand up)
Melissa: Yes, Mort, do you have something you'd like to add?
Mort: I think Milo is an explorer on the astral plane.
Bradley: What does that even mean?
Danville Street[]
(Milo is walking along before changing into a astronaut outfit)
Mort: (Narrating) He sees all. He's sensitive to the ebb and flow of the universe (Milo jumps into space) and receptive to it's guidance. He realizes there is no beginning, there is no end (Milo sprouts star wings and flies), there is only the eternal now. He's an Astrological Astronaut.
Neal: He is?
Mort: Oh wait...no. (Milo falls from the sky as the space theme ends) I was thinking of me.
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Mort: Hehe. Sorry. (Sits down)
Chad: (Offscreen) Mort may be confused, but he's not entirely wrong, (It's revealed he is sitting in the shadows) when he talks about places and dimensions beyond our own. But I warn you, the true tale of Milo's existence is far more (out of the shadows) spooky, than any of you are prepared to hear.
Zack: Was Chad sitting here the whole time?
Melissa: He's got food.
Neal: I like scary stories.
Chad: (scary voice and waving his arms in a ghost like way) Spooky stories.
Zack: Please Mr. From the Comic Shop, don't get him started.
Chad: (walks over with a Parasol) To tell this tale, I must first set the mood. (grunts as he places it in the hole in the centre of the table, before walking round the open it) If you could just a...move back. (Everyone on that table leans back a little as he puts it up) Just a little lower. (raises it instead) Oops wrong way. (lowers it) There. That is sufficiently spooky enough. (Sits down)
Melissa: Stop that.
Chad: Okay. Milo's spooky secret is...(turns the light on his phone) He sees dead people.
Melissa and Zack: What?
Chad: (drops his phone and goes to retrieve it) Oops, sorry dropped my phone. (Pops up between Melissa and Zack) I warned you this tale would be spooky.
Melissa: So let me get this straight. Milo sees dead people?
Somewhere in Danville.[]
Chad: (narrating) First, you must understand that Danville is the most haunted city in the whole state. (Milo is walking along, with a few ghosts in the background) Milo is like a paranormal investigator walking the city. It's filled with ghosts. Ghosts that are unable to move on for mysterious reasons and they speak to Milo. (Milo stops next to a ghost)
Ghost 1: Hi, Milo! (Milo continues walking)
Ghost 2: Afternoon.
Ghost 3: Hey, Milo! (Waves)
Ghost 4: (As she walks past) Good afternoon.
Ghost 5: (As he flies past Milo) Hey, Milo, look. I can fly now. Look at me! Man I love flying!
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(Chad is now between Melissa and Sara)
Melissa: So, the ghosts are all friendly?
Chad: No, no, no, only, like half the ghosts are friendly, the other half are.. (in a spooky voice) evil.
Melissa: What does any of this have to do with Milo or Murphy's Law?
Chad: That's the thing. There is no Murphy's Law.
Mort: (With his own phone torch slides over) Bum-bum-baaaaa.
Somewhere in Danville.[]
Chad: (narrating) It's really just the ghosts that are causing all the damage and destruction that gets attributed to Milo. (Milo stops infront of a ghost)
Ghost 6: Why did they have to make my latte so hot? (He flies up and starts knocking over drinks on the outside tables of the cafe)
Ghost 7: (as he walks up) Someone took the bolt I needed. It's a just a five-eights. (spots a parking meter) Is this my five-eights? (He puts his wrench near the base and screws pull out, the meter falls over and hits the parked car next to it. The ghost moves to the 'Old Sign Company' sign, removes it's bolts and it falls) Who took the bolt I need? It is a five-eights.
Chad: (narrating as Milo lays his backpack on the car's bonnet) Milo wanders through town, looking for clues. (Milo opens his backpack to reveal various items and elixirs) to why these souls are trapped here. Using mystical and cursed objected collected from across the globe (Milo mixes the contents of a bottle and what looks like hay, he lights the mixture) that he carries around in his backpack, he helps to free the dead. (Milo removes a screw and walks over to the ghost looking for his screw, who has moved onto a fire hydrant)
Milo: I found the bolt you lost. (The ghost takes it before disappearing. Milo walks over to the latte ghost with a sports drink) Here's a cold sports drink. (The ghost takes and drinks it) Much better than lattes. It might feel good on the throat. (The ghost disappears and the can drops to the floor)
Chad: (narrating) Or exorcise the really bad ones. (A zombie like ghost is walking through a gas station, knocking things over and destroys a pump spilling gas. Milo walks near, gets his knees and lays out a astrological poster (?) before laying the Dr Zone comic, placing another bottle down, sprinkling some powder and applies tape to the comic. He applies another liquid, which makes the comic glow. Milo holds it up to the zombie ghost. He throws the other bottle at it, making a 'seal' on the floor, which the ghost tries to run from)
Milo: Back! The power of this Doctor Zone comic compels you. (Forces the Ghost Zombie back with the comic, it falls into the 'seal' which vanishes as he does)
Zack: (Over the story) Wow, I never even consider that as a possi-
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Melissa: (cuts him off) Murphy's Law is absolutely real, I've been there when it's happened. How do you explain that time we were trapped (flashback to "Love Toboggan") on that runaway-sled?
Chad: (the ghost bobsledders appear in the scene) Ghost bobsled team.
Melissa: (Flashback to "The Little Engine That Couldn't") Runaway fire truck?
Chad: (ghost firemen appear in the scene) Ghost firemen.
Melissa: (Flashback to "The Island of Lost Dakotas") Runaway Hamosaur?
Chad: (It appears in the scene) Ghost Dragon.
Zack and Melissa: Ghost dragon?
Chad: Yes. There are many forces at work here, I mean...I mean look at the backpack that he was given by, uh, nevermind.
Zack: Wait, just where do you think he got his backpack?
Chad: (Stands up) I'd rather not say.
Melissa: (Demandingly) Chad, where did you think he got it?
Chad: Bigfoot.
Melissa: (stands up, gets increasingly dismissive) Okay, (pulls the parasol out) we're all done here. (throws the parasol on the floor) Please return to your spooky chair in the shadows (Chad does try to defend himself, but it's indistinctive, Melissa sits down) Thank you. Thank you.
Chad: (Walks away realising he's gonna get nowhere) Aw. I knew you weren't prepared to hear this tale. But when Bigfoot attacks, don't come crawling to me.
Neal: All of this has been very educational, but what's your take Sara? (puts his hand under his chin) He is your brother after all.
Sara: I think Milo sees the world the way everybody does, he just focuses on the solution instead of the problem. Either that or he's magic. He's wizardy.
Zack: See?
Melissa: Close. I used to wonder if he was more like a robot? You know like the 'Milo-nator' (takes a sip of her drink)
Neal: Steep.
Zack: (with his hands in fists, in a cheer motion) Yes! Finally! A robot for a friend!
Bradley: A robot? But that's impossible.
Melissa: Exactly! (puts one finger to the air)
Near the Danville Bridge.[]
Melissa: (Narrating as Milo arrives at the bridge) Like right now, he'd be at the bridge and something impossible will have happened. (Pipes roll of a truck after the chain holding them on breaks, it hits a implant concrete tube which hits truck, flinging the mixer into the air) But Milo would already be three steps ahead. (Milo becomes a robot) He thinks so fast and has seen and experienced so much, he can analyse things like relative speed and threat risk level (The Milo-bot runs a simulation) in the blink of an eye. (The simulation runs with a badminton net) It's as if time stops for him. (The simulation fails) And he can then maneuver through any obstacle thrown in his path, (the simulation runs with a Pogo stick) save the day and commit the event to memory to help him the next time something similar occurs. (The simulation fails, it runs with an air bag this time) This would allow him to run alternatives and worst-case scenarios in his mind, (the simulation passes) helping analyse the best, most prudent course of action. (Robot Milo pulls out a giant airbag, which stops the mixers, Milo climbs up it)
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Melissa: For the impossible Milo Murphy... nothing is impossible.
Milo: (grunts as he arrives at the table) Hey, guys.
Neal: Whoa!
Milo: Sorry I'm late. (sits down)
Neal: Hey Milo.
Milo: Hey, Neal from the Comic Shop.
Zack: Right on time, Milo the Great.
Sara: (pulls Milo in for a one arm hug around the neck briefly) Hey baby bro.
Milo: Hey, Sara. (Opens his backpack) I'm sorry. I brought you a comic, but there was some cleaning down I had to clean up. (puts backpack back on) You know how it goes.
Sara: (Holds up a comic) I already picked up two. (Milo smiles)
Milo: Wow, Sara. (Takes the offered comic) You're so wizardy!
Sara: Runs in the family.
Milo: So what'd you guys do this afternoon?
Neal: Tried looking at the world through someone else's eyes.
Diogee: (off screen barks, before running on screen, sliding across the table and sitting between Sara and Milo)
Milo: Diogee. (puts the comic book down) You're not supposed to be at the Three Little Pigs Pulled Pork Vegan BBQ Hut) (Through Diogee's eyes) Bark, bark. Bark. Diogee go home. (Opens his backpack to reveal dog biscuits) Bark, bark. (offers one to Diogee)
Diogee: (barks, grabs the biscuit and runs off)
Milo: (now normal) Go home. (closes his backpack again)
Melissa: So, tell us what your has day looked like.
Milo: Okay, um...well it all started when I was packing my backpack this morning and....(a kite breaks free from it's string and hits a power line) (Having spotted it) Oh, wait..(The kite catches fire, severing the power lines, the pole falls over into the Three Little Pigs Pulled Pork Vegan BBQ Hut sign) Could we just scooch three feet this way? (Neal, Sara, Milo, Melissa and Zack all leave move closer to the building)
Neal: What? How did...how did he know?
Melissa: This is Milo's world. You're just living in it.
Zack: We're all living in it.
♪ We're all living in it ♪