WATCH OUT FOR THE JERSEY DEVIL . . .
He wears many faces.
RAIN QUEEN
"Mia" - (applicants can also be considered for "Eri")
"Kenji" - (applicants can also be considered for "Kenji's Friends")
"Detective 1" - (applicants can also be considered for "Detective 2,""Police Officers,""Generals 1 and 2," and "Military Officers")
RAIN QUEEN
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Location 1: Rice Patty Field (Drought)
TITLE: JAPAN 1809
A THREE MONTH DROUGHT HAS DECIMATED THE RICE PATTY FAMING COMMUNITY
Location 2: Farmhouse (modest)
(ESTABLISHMENT SHOT)
MIA'S PARENT'S ARGUE OVER FINANCES
MIA DECIDES TO GO TO TOWN TO TRY TO HELP
MIA COMES ACROSS A BOOKSTORE WITH A MAGIC VIBE
(ESTABLISHMENT)
SHE GOES INSIDE
HERE IS WHERE SHE BUYS THE BOOK
SHE BRINGS THE BOOK TO HER GRANDMOTHER TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS ALL THE WORDS CORRECT
HER GMA RELUCTANTLY HELPS BECAUSE THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR FOOD AND MONEY
(full moon btw)
SHE GOES OUT INTO THE FIELD AND SAYS THE INCANTATION
AFTER A FEW MOMENTS IT BEGINS TO RAIN.
AS THE RAIN GETS HARDER AND HARDER THE FAMILY TURNS
FROM HAPPY TO NERVOUS
THE NEXT DAY THE LOCAL MILITARY FINDS ALL FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE DIED FROM DROWNING AROUND DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE FARM
TOKYO JAPAN - 2025
(ESTABLISHMENT)
WE SEE THE BOOK BEING DUG UP AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE
THE BOOK IS FOUND BY A TEENAGE BMX BIKE RIDER NAMED KENJI WHO IS RIDING THE GRAVEL PIT WITH HIS FRIENDS
KENJI TAKES THE BOOK HOME TO HIS ROOM TO LOOK UP ON HIS COMPUTER THE EXACT TRANSLATION OF THE LOVE VERSION OF THE RAIN QUEEN CHANT
THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL WE SEE THE GIRL SMILE AT KENJI
6 MONTH LATER KENJI'S BODY IS FOUND IN A PARK
DETECTIVES 1 AND 2 DISCUSS THE CASE AND EVENTS SURROUNDING IT
DETECTIVE 1 GOES TO KENJI'S HOUSE WHERE HE QUESTIONS HIS MOTHER AND FINDS THE BOOK IN KENJI'S ROOM
POLICE STATION
(ESTABLISHMENT)
DETECTIVES 1 AND 2 DISCUSS THE BOOK AND THE LEGEND OF THE RAIN QUEEN
NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL HATURO SOTO IS BEING BROUGHT IN BY OFFICERS
DETECTIVE 1 TELLS THEM TO PUT SOTO IN AN INTERVIEW ROOM AND HE TELLS DETECTIVE 2 TO SECURE THE BOOK IN HIS OFFICE
WITH THIS FREE TIME WITH SOTO, DETECTIVE 1 DISCUSSES A DEAL FOR AN EXTENSION ON HIS GAMBLING DEBT WITH HARUTO'S BOSS
DETECTIVE 2 READS ABOUT HOW HE WILL BE THE ONE WHO ENDS UP WITH A FINANCIAL BURDAN IF DETECTIVE 1 SUMMONS THE RAIN QUEEN FOR HELP. HE IS OBLIVIOUS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT 1'S DEBT TO BEGIN WITH
DETECTIVE 1 IS LEFT TO DECIDE IF HE WILL SAVE HIMSELF AND DOOM HIS BEST FRIEND BY USING THE INCANTATION FOR THE RAIN QUEEN IN THE BOOK HE FOUND IN KENJI'S ROOM
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