Three scientists \u2014 Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli \u2014 and their assistant Igor, who work at NASAL, begin to show an interest in creationism. Their superiors, worried, send them to a psychologist, Professor Faggioli \u2014 a shady figure determined to get them fired by making them seem insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re in Professor Faggioli\u2019s office, where Ravioli is undergoing an evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli is recounting the time he used to hide fish in his pocket during company dinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Flashback \u2014 Exterior, evening. Downtown is nearly deserted, storefronts are closed, and the streetlights flicker. Ravioli exits a fancy restaurant.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[His lab coat is half unbuttoned. The pockets are bulging and slightly greasy: pieces of fish are inside.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli (thinking to himself):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I have to… I have to tell them eventually. I just need the courage. No more fish in the pocket.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[He walks a few steps, clutching the coat awkwardly. Then a memory flares up in his mind.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Flashback within the flashback \u2014 Interior, home kitchen. A strict woman points her finger at him.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli\u2019s Mom (shouting):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You\u2019re not leaving the table until you eat ALL the fish! NO games! NO friends!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Another flash: Young Ravioli, sad, sitting at his school desk at sunset, staring at fish on a plate as punishment.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Back to the present. Ravioli shakes his head, dejected.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli (thinking, lowering his gaze):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“No… I can\u2019t do it…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[As he walks close to the walls, a colorful flyer stuck to a cracked bulletin board catches his eye.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[He approaches. It\u2019s a crumpled flyer.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NARRATOR (Ravioli\u2019s inner thoughts while reading):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
> “Tired of hiding fish in your clothes? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026Afraid to say you don\u2019t like fish? You\u2019re not alone. Join \u2018Anonymous Fish Hiders.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 First session free. We\u2019re here to hear your silent pain.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[Ravioli stands frozen, the wind rustling the edges of his lab coat.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli (whispering, in disbelief):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“…I\u2019m not alone?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[He closes his eyes for a moment. His right pocket deflates \u2014 a sardine drops to the pavement with a loud slap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026Ravioli sighs.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Cut: the flashback fades, and we return to the evaluation office. Faggioli is staring at him, wide-eyed.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Igor later commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A flyer about a group of fish hiders, huh? Well, it would\u2019ve been useful to him. At the very least, if the group didn\u2019t help, he could\u2019ve used it… to wrap the fish!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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