Tough Love: Episode 4
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DUKE
She’ll lighten up after I tell her about the curse.
WILT
You really plan on telling Lana about that?
DUKE
Yeah. Why not? This way I might get to score some sympathy sex and convenient proximity sex.
WILT
But knowing Lana, she’ll be quick to call you out on your…
INT. – MAIN TEMPLE – MORNING
(Cut to a full shot of the temple’s main hall where the priestess is polishing one of the shrines. Lana’s voice loudly echoes in from off-screen grabbing the priestess’s attention.)
LANA
BULLSHIT!
(Duke, Wilt, and Lana walk on-screen and cross the room to meet with the priestess.)
DUKE
Ok, slow down. Where exactly did I lose you?
LANA
It does not take magic for you to hit on a crazy stalker and hump a married woman.
DUKE
I don’t know, it felt pretty magical at the time.
LANA
As much as I appreciate your enthusiasm on the subject, the gods are not real. They’re just a silly myth devised by the locals to try and make sense of the world around them. There are no gods, gorgons, minotaurs, sirens, or anything else. Also, I’d rather not hear the details about every girl you bend over a coffee table!
PRIESTESS
Ahem.
(Duke and Lana look up from their argument to see the priestess standing in front of them.)
LANA
(Fake Cheerful) Hello, Lana Lovan. We are the archeologists scheduled to study the temple today.
PRIESTESS
You’re late.
LANA
Sorry about that. We had...