Characters[]
Location[]
- Star City, OR
- April 21st 2016, 1622 Local Time
VOX Archive[]
- Buddy Baker: [muffled:] Okay, babe! I'm leaving to get that milk. Text me if I need to grab anything. [door opens, footsteps, door closes, footsteps, whistling, car keys jingling, footsteps down steps, whistling]
- Ellen Baker: [muffled rapid footsteps, door opens] Buddy?
- Buddy Baker: Yeah, babe?
- Ellen Baker: Get some paint?
- Buddy Baker: Uh... Sure... Okay. I can grab that on the way back.
- Ellen Baker: Get it first. The art store closes at 5:00.
- Buddy Baker: [sigh] Okay... Fine. Sure. What colors do-? Wait, no... Hold it there. Text me the colors so I can just show the girl.
- Ellen Baker: Will do, but they're pretty simple colors...
- Buddy Baker: [sigh] What colors are they?
- Ellen Baker: Malachite, gamboge, fallow, and razzmatazz.
- Buddy Baker: [chuckle] Yeah, you're going to need to text me those... and I'm pretty sure you made up at least two of those.
- Ellen Baker: [sigh] Fine, I'll text you. Just hurry back, okay? Cliff has parent/teacher conference tonight and I need you to watch Maxine while I take a bath because- [gasp]
- Buddy Baker: [silence: 2.1 seconds] Looking like what, babe?
- Ellen Baker: Buddy, uh, you have company.
- Swamp Thing: [loud footsteps, footsteps] Father of Life... We must speak...
- Buddy Baker: [sigh] You got to be kidding! We just got back from a crazy adventure, Alec! Remember? We literally went to Hell and back!
- Swamp Thing: This I know... yet... we are both... guardians of... delicate balance. We must remain... ready and vigilant. Ours is not... an easy burden.
- Abby Holland: Hi Ellen.
- Ellen Baker: Hi Abby. [sigh] You want some coffee while these two talk?
- Abby Holland: Oh, yes, thank you! [footsteps]
- Ellen Baker: You do what you got to do, Buddy... Just make sure you get over to the art supply shop before 5:00, okay? I love you! [door closes]
- Buddy Baker: [sigh, footsteps] Come on. We can talk on the way into town. Oh, can you, uh, fit in a station wagon?
- Swamp Thing: [sigh] I suppose so... but this matter... is of grave concern... We must not delay.
- Buddy Baker: Right... Right, and we won't, Al. I promise... I just got to get that one thing.
- Swamp Thing: Why is... paint... so important?
- Buddy Baker: [chuckle, car door opens] Oh, come on. You're married, Al. You know how it goes.
- Swamp Thing: [loud footsteps] Your marriage will survive... We must not risk... upsetting the balance.
- Buddy Baker: [chuckle] We're in complete agreement, Swampy. But marriage is itself a balance, is it not? Happy wife equals happy life, you know? Now... get in the damn car.
Trivia and Notes[]
- Debut of Buddy and Ellen Baker.