Part 1/16
Three scientists — Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli — and their assistant Igor, who work at NASAL, start getting interested in creationism. Their superiors, worried, send them to a psychologist, Professor Faggioli, a questionable character determined to get them fired by making them look crazy.
We are in Faggioli’s office, where Papaia is undergoing a psychological evaluation.
Faggioli
And you? What happened?
Papaia
They put us in a foster home…
FLASHBACK – FOSTER HOME, DAY
Social Worker
This is the foster home. You’ll all be comfortable here, it’s a protected environment.
A couple, the foster dad and foster mom, wait for them smiling.
Foster Dad
Welcome.
Foster Mom
Would you like a snack? 🤣
Papaia looks at the house, which looks like a small prison with toys and bunk beds.
Papaia
Ugh!
A few hours later.
The calm is broken by loud noises and slamming doors.
Mino runs around twirling a broomstick over his head.
Mino
I’m Bruce Lee! No, better… a Power Ranger!
The broom hits a small cabinet full of ceramic souvenirs, smashing them all on the floor.
Foster Mom
Stop, Mino! You’re breaking everything! 🤣
Nino, who found a rubber ball, kicks it hard and hits the TV, which crashes noisily to the floor, breaking.
Foster Dad
Oh! No! The new TV! It was 33 inches! 🤣
A firecracker explodes under the foster mom’s feet.
BOOM
Foster Mom
Mino! Where did you get the firecrackers?
Mino
Secret ammo! Ha, ha, ha!
The chaos continues.
Foster Dad
Papaia… do something!
Papaia
Am I going to be punished? 🤣
Nino has gone to the kitchen.
Nino
Hey, Mino! Come see! We’ve never tried this… Minerva firecrackers on the lit stove! 🤣
Mino
Yeah! It goes boom! 🤣
Foster Mom
NO! DON’T DO IT!!
Too late. The fuse is lit.
Foster Dad
EVERYONE OUT! NOW!!!
BOOM!
Darkness.
End of flashback.
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Part B. Igor and the Foster Home
Igor
The first thing the foster mom asks the kids is if they want a snack.
Here’s the missing part where Mino answers: “No, thanks. We just had a snack. Can we go straight to destroying your house now?” 🤣
… When Mino, thinking he’s Bruce Lee dressed as a Power Ranger, destroys the souvenir cabinet in the living room, the foster mom tells him he’s “breaking everything”…
… What does Mino reply then?
… “Wrong! The house is still standing”? 🤣
… Or… “I’m not breaking everything. I’m just violently renovating.” 🤣
… “Bruce Lee inside me says it’s time to change the furniture.” 🤣
… When the foster dad sees the new TV shattered on the floor because of Nino’s ball kick, the only thing he can say is “It was 33 inches”! 🤣
… What else could he have said?
… “Now the TV is ‘ultra-flat,’ just like my bank account.”? 🤣
… “Goal? No, that was a counterattack!” 🤣
… “Congrats Nino, you scored… against technology!” 🤣
… “And with that, you’re winning: Nino one, TV zero!” 🤣
… “This is the first case in soccer history with a red card from the living room.” 🤣
… “You just won the Lead Ball Award.” 🤣
… “If you wanted to change the channel, you just had to say so, Nino!” 🤣
… “It’s official: the TV was too realistic. You really believed you were at the stadium!” 🤣
… “You know how it is, some shots go straight to the heart… and to my wallet.” 🤣
… Ah, ah! Imagine if this were a movie and there were subtitles too… 🤣
… Subtitles kindly provided by “Goodbye TV Productions” 🤣
… Scenes shot by professionals. Don’t try this in your living room. 🤣
… TV destroyed under safe conditions. No remote controls were harmed. 🤣
… Special effects by Nino’s ball. 🤣
… Coming soon to all broken screens… 🤣
… Sponsored by the Committee for the Art of Domestic Disaster. 🤣
… Technical supervision: Nino, master of the wrong shot. 🤣
… Filmed with zero budget and lots of recklessness. 🤣
… The foster dad asks Papaia to do something, and Papaia replies, “Am I going to be punished?” 🤣
… In fact, when the brothers caused trouble, for Papaia that was a conditioned reflex! 🤣
… Mino says “Minervas on the lit stove,” and Nino replies “They go boom!” 🤣
… Hard to say! 🤣
… They really had to try it to find out! 🤣
… Mino and Nino were two little geniuses! 🤣
… Even if Papaia doesn’t tell us, I’m pretty sure they became scientists too! 🤣
… The boom? Yes… Nino, one very well-executed boom! 🤣
… They even heard it downtown! 🤣
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Part C. Mom Gets Out of Jail
Faggioli’s office
Faggioli
So, did you make it?
Papaia
We did, just in time. But the foster dad…
Faggioli
Terrible! It must have been scary!
Papaia
In a way… we got used to it. 🤣
Faggioli
I see. And how did it end?
FLASHBACK
Inside, women’s prison – early morning
The metal cell door opens with a sharp creak. The corridor light floods the small space. Guard Anna, sturdy and smiling, leans on the bars holding a bunch of keys.
GUARD ANNA
(smiling)
So, you managed to do six months without chasing anyone with a baton. I’m proud of you.
PAPAIA’S MOM
(with a satisfied smirk)
Only because they confiscated my baton. 🤣
They exchange a knowing look. The guard offers her hand.
GUARD ANNA
If you ever pass by here… as a visitor this time… bring me one of your tarts. The lemon cream ones.
PAPAIA’S MOM
You’re the one who taught me how to make it, don’t forget that. 🤣
They hug briefly but sincerely.
Outside, prison gate – a few minutes later
Papaia’s mom steps out. The crisp morning air tousles her hair. She stops just past the gate, takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Then opens them and looks at the sky.
PAPAIA’S MOM (voice-over)
Nino, Mino, Chantilly… and little Papaia. I wonder what you’ve done this time.
She smiles faintly. Adjusts her shoulder bag and walks down the dirt road.
Outside, foster home garden – late afternoon
Papaia’s mom walks down the path. The door still creaks like six months ago. Nothing has changed, yet everything has.
She stops near the hydrangea bush, looks around carefully, then kneels and starts digging with her bare hands.
The earth gives way quickly. After a few seconds, a black plastic bag emerges from the ground. She opens it. Inside: a baseball bat wrapped in a pink floral cloth.
She pulls it out, grips it. Weighs the handle. Her gaze hardens. Then she smiles.
PAPAIA’S MOM
Home, finally. 🤣
The camera rises as she stands up, bat resting on her shoulder, and walks toward the house.
Fade out.
—
Igor
Sorry, sorry, sorry! Wait a minute! So, Mino blows up the house, the foster dad dies trying to save them, and the only thing Papaia can say is “in a way, we got used to it”? 🤣
… In which way? Are you telling me this happened more than once? 🤣
… Yeah? And how many have you taken out? 🤣
… Tell me you can still count them! 🤣
… Papaia’s mom had a baton in jail. But they confiscated it. That’s why she didn’t use it for six months! A true case of sincere repentance! 🤣
… Mino commented: “Good thing Guard Anna taught Papaia’s mom how to make a decent tart! At least next year, at my birthday, there’ll be one dessert that doesn’t burn my tongue or taste awful!” 🤣
… Mom comes home and the first thing she does is dig up the bat hidden in the garden! 🤣
… Then she says: “Finally home”! 🤣
… Are you telling me that to feel at home, Papaia’s mom needs a baseball bat? 🤣
… And the neighbors were thinking she was looking for spare keys under a rock! 🤣
… Mrs. Papaia, just a baseball bat isn’t enough to feel at home!
Banani
Oh no? What else do you need?
Igor
You also need someone to hit with it! 🤣
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Part D. Decaying Magnetic Field
Ravioli
Are there other proofs?
Paco
There is the Earth’s magnetic field.
Banani
What is it?
Paco
The Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that protects living beings from solar radiation. Without it, life couldn’t exist.
Ravioli
Okay. But what does that have to do with the Earth’s age?
Paco
Scientists were surprised to discover that the field is deteriorating rapidly.
Banani
Ah, okay! I’m starting to understand! It’s deteriorating way too fast!
Paco
Exactly! At the current rate, the field — and therefore the Earth — couldn’t be more than 20,000 years old.
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Part E. Who’s Ringing the Doorbell?
Faggioli’s Office
Papaia
… and we went from house to house, until my mom got out. And then the judge called us.
Flashback.
Interior, living room of yet another foster home.
Shouts, laughter, the unmistakable sound of an antique vase breaking. Nino is climbing a bookshelf. Mino jumps on the sofa holding a tennis racket. Chantilly is putting on makeup in the bathroom. Papaia sits in a corner, trying to do his homework.
NINO
Cheese puff bomb! 🤣
He throws a cheese puff that splats against the wall, along with ten others that were there.
Suddenly, the doorbell dings. Silence. The three freeze like statues. Nino mid-air, Mino with one foot on the overturned table, Papaia holding his notebook. Chantilly with half her mouth made up.
Caregiver
Here come the rescuers! Finally!
MINO
Who rings at four in the afternoon? 🤣
The door opens slowly. It’s the social worker.
SOCIAL WORKER
Pack your things.
The caregiver wipes her forehead and sighs with relief.
NINO
Level 7 complete! On to the next house! 🤣
SOCIAL WORKER
No, no! No more houses for you! I’m taking you to the judge!
MINO
To the judge?
PAPAIA
Here we go… now they’re sending us to reform school!
CHANTILLY
Oh no! What about my makeup? 🤣
As they walk out onto the path, the social worker reassures them.
SOCIAL WORKER
No! Don’t worry. They’re not sending you there. Come in.
Interior, social services minivan – shortly after
The four siblings sit in silence, each with a guilty and offended expression.
NINO
At least we could have finished the TV-throwing game… 🤣
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Part F. User Comments.
Igor
Nino and his “cheese puff bomb”! Always better than Nino’s “minerva on the stove” explosion! 🤣
… at least the only thing exploding here is a cheese puff on the wall! 🤣
… Mino asks, “Who rings at four in the afternoon?” Let’s guess:
… here are some user suggestions…
@GrandmaWithTheKatana
It’s the postman of emotions. Delivering trauma.🤣
@TakeMeAwaySadness
It’s the ghost of the broken TV. Rings to claim revenge.🤣
@MetalSponge78
Obviously Chuck Norris. Looking for Bruce Lee. Rings only to break down the door.🤣
@LittleButBad92
It’s the couch motivational coach. Wants to know why it hasn’t collapsed yet.🤣
@BananiCousin
It’s a scary clown asking to come in for “just one minute.”🤣
@RetiredGymTeacher
It’s daylight saving time knocking to confuse you once again.🤣
@HiddenCat123
It’s the pizza nobody ordered but everyone will eat.🤣
@UncleTonyTheTractor
It’s the mother from the previous foster home. Wants back the keys, the microwave, and her honor.🤣
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Part G. Measurements of Decay.
Waiting Room.
Ravioli
So, if the Earth were billions of years old, shouldn’t we have no magnetic field left to protect us?
Paco
Exactly! The magnetic field is slowly disappearing.
Banani
How do they know that?
Paco
Several measurements confirm it. Since measurements began in 1845, the total energy stored in the Earth’s magnetic field has decreased at a rate of 5% per century.¹ Archaeological measurements show the field was 40% stronger in the year 1000 A.D.² Recent data from the International Geomagnetic Reference Field, the most precise ever recorded, show a net energy loss of 1.4% in just three decades (1970–2000).³ This means the field’s energy halves approximately every 1,465 years.
Ravioli
So it’s confirmed by measurements! And what do geologists say?
Paco
Supporters of an old Earth claim the Earth is over 4.5 billion years old, so they believe the magnetic field must be self-sustaining.
Banani
Self-sustaining? How?
Paco
They propose a complex theoretical process called the dynamo model, but this model contradicts some fundamental laws of physics. Also, it cannot explain the modern electric current measured on the ocean floor. Nor can it explain past magnetic field reversals despite computer simulations.
To save the old Earth theory and the dynamo model, some have suggested the magnetic field decay is linear rather than exponential, despite historical measurements and decades of experiments confirming exponential decay. Others proposed that the intensity of some components increases to compensate for the decay of others. This claim arises from confusion between the magnetic field’s intensity and its energy and has been categorically refuted by creationist physicists.
Ravioli
You said “electric current on the ocean floor”?
Paco
Yes. Creationists have proposed that the Earth’s magnetic field is caused by a freely decaying electric current in the Earth’s core.
Banani
What does that mean?
Paco
It means the electric current naturally loses energy, or “decays,” as it flows through the metallic core.
Ravioli
Ah, yes, the Earth’s core, which is made of liquid metal!
Paco
Although different from the commonly accepted conventional model, this is consistent with our knowledge of the Earth’s core composition.
Banani
And when would this current have started?
Paco
Good question! Based on what we know about the conductive properties of liquid iron, this freely decaying current would have begun when the Earth’s outer core formed.
Ravioli
However, if the core were older than 20,000 years, the initial energy would have made the Earth too hot to be covered with water!
Paco
Just as Genesis 1:2 reveals! Where it says the earth was formless and empty!
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Part H. Igor and Nino’s Videogame
…Nino thought he was in a video game where, to level up, you have to destroy a foster home… what was the title?
Family Crashers: Inheritance Edition?
And the commercial?…
Igor shows the phone to the camera.
Zoom in.
🎬 \[Opening shot of a grey building with a rusty plaque: “Family Home – Reeducation Section 7”]
🎙️ Deep, dramatic voice:
“It used to be a refuge…
Now it’s a war zone.”
💥 \[Mino, wearing a headband, yells: “This is my dojo now!” and kicks a cabinet.]
🧸 \[Nino throws a soccer ball at the new TV. A shower of glass explodes.]
📣 \[The caretaker, voice cracking, cries: “It was thirty-three inches… and we’d only had it two days…”]
🎙️
“In a juvenile care center…
where respect moved out long ago…
comes the game no one asked for:”
🎮 \[The logo appears: “Family Crashers: Inheritance Edition”, with sirens and screaming chickens in the background.]
🎙️
“Smash the furniture. Dodge the lectures.
And face your trauma with the only tool you’ve got: violent distraction!”
👠 \[Chantilly throws a twelve-inch heel at a glass case, shouting: “I don’t adapt to this foster home, I revolutionize it.”]
🍝 \[Papaia stares into space as a rain of plates crashes behind him. “I’ll be bringing this up in my next session with Faggioli…”]
🎙️
“Get the Deluxe Pack now, with the Galactic Air Fryer and Domestic Invisibility Gloves™. Just twelve bucks and you can stop taking responsibility!”
👵 \[From the wrecked TV, an automatic video call from Papaia’s mom in jail starts: “Kids… just don’t blow up the bathroom too…”]
🎙️
“Family Crashers: Inheritance Edition.”
If you can’t have a real home… at least you can destroy a fake one.
📺 \[Available on Console 8000.
Recommended age: only if your caretaker signed the form without reading it.]
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Part I. Returned to Sender
Interior – Juvenile Courtroom – Half an Hour Later
The three stand before the judge’s bench. Judge , elderly but sharp, observes them with an expression somewhere between curiosity and disbelief.
JUDGE
Well. I’ve thought it over. It’s clear you’re unmanageable, impossible, and frankly… fascinating in your destruction. 🤣
(pause)
Luckily, there is one person in the world capable of containing you.
He gives them a piercing look.
JUDGE
If you agree, I’ve decided to… return you to sender. 🤣
The three look at each other. Then they all nod at once, fast.
ALL
Yes!
The courtroom doors creak open. Papaya’s mom enters—elegant and smiling.
PAPAYA’S MOM
There you are, my little creative geniuses! 🤣
The three run toward her and hug her full-force, nearly knocking her over.
PAPAYA
Mom!
NINO
We missed you!
The judge smiles. The social worker breathes a sigh of relief. Papaya’s mom hugs her children tight, then raises her voice:
PAPAYA’S MOM
Now, home. And heaven help the next one who touches another vase. 🤣
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Part J. Helium and the Radioactive Rocks
Waiting Room
RAVIOLI
What else is there?
PACO
There’s helium in radioactive rocks.
BANANI
What’s that about?
PACO
During the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium in rocks, a lot of helium is produced.
RAVIOLI
Helium? Isn’t that what’s in balloons?
BANANI
Yeah, last year I tried to build a blimp with it…
PACO
Exactly! Helium is the second lightest element and it’s a noble gas — meaning it doesn’t bond with other atoms. That’s why it tends to spread out easily (escape) and eventually dissipate into the atmosphere.
BANANI
Just like in balloons.
PACO
Yes, Banani. Helium diffuses so quickly that all of it should have escaped in less than 100,000 years.
RAVIOLI
Then why are these rocks still full of helium atoms?
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Part K. Igor Comments on the Verdict
IGOR
When the judge sees the four Papaia siblings, he says:
“It’s clear that you’re unmanageable, impossible, and frankly… fascinating in your devastation.”
…so the judge was fascinated by their devastation!
…maybe, as a kid, he had tried to smash a cabinet or some expensive piece of furniture himself — but didn’t quite pull it off! 🤣
We enter a flashback imagined by Igor…
INT. YOUNG JUDGE’S PARENTS’ HOUSE – DAY (1980s)
A flawless bourgeois living room, straight out of the ’80s. Silence. A clock ticks. On top of an olive green carpet, an eight-year-old boy, tidy and serious, stares at a glass cabinet with the focused gaze of someone on a mission.
It’s the future judge — but today he’s just a kid surrounded by too many rules and a blurry desire to rebel.
BOY (quietly)
Today I’m doing it. No one can stop me. Not even… grandma.
He grabs a small croquet mallet. Hesitates. Lifts his arms. Swings.
CLINK.
The cabinet wobbles but doesn’t break.
BOY (more determined)
You can’t be indestructible forever.
Another strike. This time, a door cracks. The boy smiles, triumphant.
He grabs the handle with both hands and pulls hard. The glass shatters.
CRASH!
Shards fly everywhere. The boy screams — he’s cut his hand.
IGOR (voice-over)
…or maybe he did manage it — and got hurt…
BOY (crying, panicked)
It’s… it’s… art?!?
MOTHER’S VOICE (off-screen)
Oh my goodness! Mario! What did you do!?
IGOR (voice-over)
…and maybe they rushed him to the emergency room…
INT. EMERGENCY ROOM – SHORTLY AFTER
The boy sits on a gurney with a clumsy bandage while a doctor looks at him, shaking her head.
DOCTOR
So… you wanted to destroy furniture… as a form of self-expression?
BOY (serious)
I thought… it would feel liberating. Like in the movies.
DOCTOR (dryly)
In movies, people don’t usually end up with stitches and glass in their pajamas.
IGOR (voice-over)
… and maybe he got scared and swore never to do it again…
MOTHER
Mario, were you scared?
BOY
Yes, a lot!
MOTHER
Promise me you’ll never do anything like that again.
BOY
I promise! I really promise!
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Part L. Chantilly Goes Viral
Igor is imagining an alternate story with the judge and the four Papaia siblings.
IGOR (voice-over)
…imagine if someone had filmed the kids at work…
INT. FAMILY LIVING ROOM – AFTERNOON
The living room is a disaster zone. Pieces of a cabinet are scattered across the carpet. A cushion smolders gently. Mino is still yelling “KIAAA!” as he somersaults over a destroyed couch. Nino practices kicking soccer balls at a chandelier that long gave up its purpose.
Chantilly stands amid the wreckage, fixing her hair. She’s holding her phone, front camera on. She doesn’t look fazed. She smiles, perfectly calm.
CHANTILLY (to the camera)
Hey followers. Today, we’re giving our vintage living room a little makeover. Let me know if you prefer “elegant destruction” or “post-apocalyptic chic.”
She turns, revealing the wreckage. Behind her, a vase slowly rolls and shatters.
CHANTILLY (without turning around)
That one was vintage, I think. But I don’t live in the past.
IGOR (voice-over)
…and maybe she posted it on social media…
EXT. A FEW HOURS LATER
On a phone screen: notifications exploding.
💬 “Genius.”
💬 “Conceptual art.”
💬 “This girl just redefined home decor.”
💬 “Where can I get that burning rug?”
View count: 3.7 million and rising.
IGOR (voice-over)
…and it went viral…
INT. KITCHEN – MINUTES LATER
Mino stares at Chantilly’s phone, eyes wide.
MINO
Wait… we’re famous?
CHANTILLY (without looking up)
I am.
NINO (biting into a whole apple, skin and all)
But we wrecked everything!
CHANTILLY (bored)
Yeah, but I wrote the caption.
IGOR (voice-over)
…just imagine their caretaker watching the video…
INT. CARETAKER’S ROOM – SAME TIME
The caretaker watches the video on an old tablet. His hands tremble. He slowly opens the drawer where he keeps his anxiety pills. Takes two. Then five.
CARETAKER (sighing)
We’re trending again…
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Part M. Helium Found During Drilling
Ravioli
And how do they know about the helium?
Paco
During the drilling of Precambrian granite rocks (pre-Flood) in New Mexico, geologists extracted zircon crystal samples (zirconium silicate) from various depths. The crystals contained not only uranium, but also large amounts of helium.
Banani
The hotter the rocks, the faster the helium should escape.
Ravioli
And the deeper you go, the hotter the rocks get!
Paco
Exactly! And that’s why the researchers were surprised to find that the deeper, hotter zircons (at 387°F or 197°C) contained much more helium than expected.
Banani
Really? How much?
Paco
Up to 58% of the helium that the uranium could have generated was still present in the crystals.
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Part N. Dest-royal
Igor is imagining an alternate story with the judge and the four Papaia siblings.
Igor
… And what if they had even given themselves a stage name…
INT. KITCHEN.
The four siblings are having dinner while their video plays on the news.
Papaia
Looks like… we made it big.
Mino
We need a name… I mean, for our group.
Nino
How about “The Couch Bruce Lees”?
Chantilly
Awful! I’ve got the name! We’ll be called “Dest-royal”!
Papaia
Dest-royal? I like it.
Mino
OK. I’m in!
Nino
Deal!
The phone rings.
Caretaker (from another room)
Chantilly! It’s the newspapers… what do I say?
Igor
… And what if a fan club had been born…
INT. LIVING ROOM IN A RANDOM HOUSE – NIGHT – MONTHS LATER
A group of teenagers is crammed on a couch, surrounded by chips, soda cans, and a projector hooked up to YouTube. On screen: a wild compilation of Dest-royal videos — Nino smashing a door with a bicycle wheel, Mino destroying a cabinet with karate chops shouting “it’s conceptual art!”, Chantilly giving glam influencer commentary while things burn behind her.
GIRL IN FLUORESCENT SHIRT (excited):
Chantilly is like the Frida Kahlo of destruction. But in heels.
BOY WITH PLASTIC BRACELETS (moved):
The way Papaya stares into the void… it holds the pain of a badly assembled IKEA shelf.
ANOTHER BOY (grabbing phone):
We need to start a fan club. Now. Let’s call it… “Anonymous Smashers”? No, too sad.
GIRL (thrilled):
“Dest-royal Global”! With the “y” and the hyphen, just like them! Let’s organize the first meetup! My uncle works at a hotel!
Igor
… Like… T-shirts… sign-ups… conventions…
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – THREE-STAR HOTEL – DAY
A huge room with a makeshift stage. Badly printed banners: “Dest-royal: Break to Understand”, balloon chairs twisted into broken shapes, kids wearing headbands like Mino. The first annual Dest-royal Fan Club meeting is in full swing.
Fans wear T-shirts with famous quotes:
“It was 33 inches!”
“I’m not breaking it. I’m freeing it.”
“This house doesn’t contain me.”
Thunderous applause as the crew steps onstage.
CHANTILLY (flawless, as always):
Thank you. You’re not just fans. You’re… certified emotional destroyers.
MINO (raising a tiny plastic hammer):
To anyone scared of breaking something… I say: break more!
PAPAIA (deadpan):
I just said I needed a pillow. Now I’m signing autographs.
NINO (taking selfies with everyone):
Pose with me, but make your face like an explosion.
The group signs slippers, game controllers, wooden scraps — even a table leg. A grandma takes a picture with the team and asks Papaya to symbolically smash her old lamp “to let go of the past.”
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Part O. The Judge, Their Fan
Igor is imagining an alternate story with the judge and the four Papaia siblings.
IGOR (voiceover)
… And what if the judge had seen the video…
INT. BEDROOM – LATE NIGHT
The room is dark, lit only by the bluish glow of a tablet. The judge is in bed, wearing fancy pajamas, holding a cup of chamomile tea, with a soothing gel mask on his forehead. Total silence, except for a click.
SFX: CLICK – The video starts on YouTube.
On the tablet screen: a destroyed living room, Mino yelling “KIAAA!”, Nino throwing things, a vase exploding. Chantilly smiles into the camera with flames behind her.
CHANTILLY (in the video)
Tell me if you prefer “elegantly destroyed” or “post-apocalyptic chic”! 💅
The judge remains still. Then… a faint smile. Eyes glistening.
JUDGE (whispering)
Brilliant.
IGOR (voiceover)
… And what if he became their fan too…
He scrolls through the comments. Reads them one by one. Then opens a playlist titled: “The Original Wreckers 🔨🔥”.
IGOR (voiceover)
… And what if he went into his garage at night, when no one could see him, to destroy some fine furniture…
INT. JUDGE’S GARAGE – MOMENTS LATER
Flickering light. The judge is wearing work gloves over his pajamas and a construction helmet. In front of him: an expensive mahogany bookshelf.
JUDGE (very serious)
Art… can only be understood by living it.
He picks up a sledgehammer. A solemn pause. Then…
SFX: BOOOM! CRASH!
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Part P. Fast Helium
Waiting Room
Ravioli
Couldn’t it just be a miscalculation of the helium release rate?
Paco
The rate at which helium escapes has been determined in multiple experiments. All the measurements agree. Helium diffuses so quickly that all the helium in those zircon crystals should have leaked out in less than 100,000 years.
Banani
So the fact that so much of it is still there means they can’t be 1.5 billion years old, like the uranium-lead dating suggests.
Paco
Exactly! In fact, using the measured diffusion rate of helium, these pre-Flood rocks have an average “diffusion” age of only 6,000 (± 2,000) years.