Summary[]
Your first day off in Coyote Skull! But where is everyone?
Cast[]
Mission Requirements[]
Collect all of the required items to unlock this mission!
- Completed Season 1, Mission 5
- 12KM Distance Badge
Rewards[]
Narrative Items[]
Potential Rewards[]
- Rubber Fragments
- Floppy Disk NFT - Common, Uncommon, or Rare
Transcript[]
SCENE 1: The Rooster Run[]
INT. DUSTCAP’S ROOM Finally, a new soundscape! We’re in an airy, sunny bedroom. This is where the DUSTCAP is going to live at Coyote Skull. We can hear people outside, the pleasant burble of conversation and a town going about its morning business .
FX: ALARM NOISE. SOMETHING OSTENTATIOUS AND HEROIC BECAUSE IT USED TO BE PERCY’S HEADSET AND PERCY IS BOTH OSTENTATIOUS AND HEROIC.
SKETCHY: Good morning, Dustcap! Hope you’re rested up from your adventures. I promise you, no caves. No vultures but definitely breakfast. Do me a favor, go step out onto the balcony while you’re warming up.
FX: BIRD SONG AND TRANQUIIL NOISES INTENSIFY
SKETCHY: Welcome to Coyote Skull! To your east is the wall, beyond that is the Glass Hills and I promise we’re not going back there for a while. Look a little to your…right? Yep? Sere that! That’s me! I’m waving! I’m working out of one of the Wall comms hubs this morning. See? Waving! Hello! To the West, the town! Coyote Skull! Thriving post-apocalyptic town, home of the best Dustcaps in the business and the last, best hope for pretty much all of us. I know you haven’t met anyone yet but today that changes. The Mayor’s throwing a big welcome breakfast for you. Whole town’s going to be there. It’s going to be great
FX: Distant Explosion
SKETCHY: That…let me deal with that. Dustcap, get some steps in. Head for the bell to your south.
SCENE 2: Voice from the Past[]
EXT. THE ROOFS OF COYOTE SKULL Wind, the sounds of a town around, and if possible, below us.
SKETCHY: Great job. I checked into it and that noise was one of the old mining charges go FX: Door crashes open
THE F AKTAION: DID YOU THINK YOU COULD BEAT ME?!
SKETCHY: (horrified You?! You died?!
‘AKTAION’ NONE SHALL KILL THE DOGS OF WAR.
FX: Mic is seized GIVE ME THE BOX, DUSTCAP! FX: Fight noises. Scrabbling.
SKETCHY: RING THE BELL! SOUND THE ALARM!
FX: Crash and SKETCHY yells in pain.
‘AKTAION’: PREY IS ALL THE SWEETER WHEN IT’S MEAT IS AFRAID. ISN’T THAT RIGHT, MY WOLVES OF JUSTICE?!
FX: Howls. Awful. Metallic. And made by human throats. All in Coyote Skull. All getting close.
‘AKTAION’: HAVE THEM BRING THE BOX TO ME! TELL THEM, GALORE!
SKETCHY: BITE…me…
‘AKTAION’: (Leaning in close. LOVING this.) That. Comes. Later. (Back to frenzied) TELL THEM!
FX: Sketchy mashes buttons.
SKETCHY: RING THE BELLS, DUSTCAP! RING TH
FX: A dull thud. Sketchy falls over.
‘AKTAION’: (Exultant) RUN TO THE HILLS! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
SCENE 3: The Big Man’s Plan[]
EXT. THE ROOFS OF COYOTE SKULL Alarms now. One bell ringing constantly in the background. Commotion.
HOUND OF JUSTICE: Dustcap! You don’t have to do this. None of these people have to die! Just give us the Box and this is over!
FX: Commotion escalates. FX: Breaking glass. FX: Parkour noises intensify
HOUND OF JUSTICE: I’m close, Dustcap! I’m on your trail! I can see your fear! I know you aren’t good enough! I know you aren’t fast enough! AND SO. DO. YOU.
FX: We hear the sound of something very loud and metallic being banged against something else. Hammer on anvil noises.
HOUND OF JUSTICE: (Absolutely flat out) Last…few…seconds…Dustcap! How does it F-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!
FX: Whatever a 400 pound blacksmith bodychecking a parkour ninja through a wall sounds like.
MORRIS: Talk too damn much. (To Player.) Hey. Morris. You’re the new Dustcap. Get to the other bell. Ring it, now.
FX: That awful cybernetic howling again.
MORRIS: Go. I’ll buy you time.
FX: Morris clangs his tools together. FX: Howling intensifies.
MORRIS: GO.
SCENE4: Last Stand[]
EXT. ROOFS OF COYOTE SKULL More alarms. Shouting. Occasional explosions. Nothing too serious though which is a tip off to what’s really happening.
‘AKTAION’: WE’RE IN YOUR TOWN, DUSTCAP. WE’RE EVERYWH
FX: Static noises.
JADE MEADOWS: Dustcap, this is the Mayor. Ring that second bell. It’ll bring everyone to the square. We’re trained. We can fight them off. We just need you to get there.
FX: Static noises.
‘AKTAION’: YOUR FRIENDS DIE WELL! WILL YOU?!
FX: Static noises.
JADE: He’s trying to rattle you! DO NOT LET HIM. Second bell, almost there and…Hit it!
FX: Bell is VERY much rung.
JADE: GREAT! Get to the square, we nee
FX: Static. She’s cut off.
‘AKTAION’: BRING FORTH THE DREADNOUGHT! YOU WILL BURN, DUSTCAP. THIS TOWN WILL BURN AROUND YOU!
FX: Someone is stabbed.
‘AKTAION’ Gasps, coughs in pain. Ham this up a bit if you want. We’re almost at the end of this little charade and the folks doing it are going to be a little giggly.
SKETCHY: (Clearly in pain) …back on the…air…
FX: Headset frequency changes.
JADE: Thank the Dust, you’re still here.
Sketchy, can you make it down to the square? We’re making a stand.
SKETCHY: Not…fast enough. FX: Pounding on the door of Sketchy’s workspace. They laugh. Or at all.
JADE: Dustcap, get here as fast as you can. Sketchy hang in there. Help’s coming. Dustcap we’ve got eyes on you, hit the ground, take the next left and…
FX: Wild surprise and cheers. Like an entire town going crazy with joy.
SKETCHY, JADE, MORRIS, ‘AKTAION’, HOUND OF JUSTICE: SURPRISE!
SCENE 5: Unmasked[]
EXT. INGRAM SQUARE We’re at…an outdoor brunch? And it’s actually really nice? Initial sounds of applause fade to happy conversations and the sound of food being laid out.
JADE: I am so sorry. We know that probably seemed a little unfair after what you’ve been through, but we needed to see you work under extended stress. Besides, my Dustcap Primary likes to test themselves against new arrivals. Don’t you,
Raven? HOUND OF JUSTICE: FX: Takes mask off halfway through. Keeps me sharp, boss! That was a solid effort! Well done! I’m Raven, Dustcap Primary for Coyote Skull. That was the Rooster Run. We all do it.
MORRIS: (Appreciative) Outran YOU.
RAVEN: (Smiling) This time. Would have caught them too if you hadn’t put me on my arse.
MORRIS: (Suddenly worried. Trying to be cool.) You okay?
RAVEN: Course I am, big man! I know you pulled the shot.
MORRIS: (Bashful as Hell.) Cool. JADE: Raven? Do you have the suit?
SKETCHY: (Outside, not in the booth.) Actually, boss, I asked for that honor. (To player) Hi Dustcap. I’m Sketchy. Pleasure to meet you in person. Especially on this, the day of my death at the hands of the ‘Evil Aktaion’. Who hammed every one of his lines.
FX: Sound of JAXON, currently wheelchair bound, wheeling up.
JAXON: That was method, Sketchy.
SKETCHY: That was hammy, *JAXON* And I know HAMM
JAXON: I bet you do
FX: JADE delivers the most significant cough in human history.
SKETCHY: Sorry, Jade.
JAXON: Sorry, mom. Mayor. Mayor Mom.
JADE: (Affectionate. And so done.) Sketchy.
SKETCHY: This is a Halcyon Suit. It’ll keep you cool, keep you hydrated, keep you protected and keep you alive. It means three things: You’ll never run the Dustlands unprotected again. You’ll be able to add whatever you want to it. Just…maybe not that silver cape from NAS? SO last season. And last of all…I know Kettlemine’s gone. I know what you’ve lost. This represents what you’ve gained. A home, here with us. A family. (Beat)
RAVEN: Even Jaxon. (Everyone busts up).
JAXON: Even Jaxon! What?
JADE: You’ve done so well and there is so much still to do and right now? Your most important task begins; (We can hear the smile) BREAKFAST. Sit down, grab a plate. Welcome home.
(Lots of room for fun improv here as the characters all grab plates and start filling them, talking and bickering and laughing like the ramshackle group of magnificent assholes they are.)