May 6, 2009
#579: The Race: Part 3 explain
[Nathan, Cueball, and Summer Glau standing around with electric skateboards.]
Nathan: Meet a few of my friends. This is-
Cueball: Summer Glau! You were the best part of Chronicles.
Summer: I eat my bodyweight in food every 31 days. That’s slightly faster than the human average.
[Summer stares off into space.]
Nathan: Yeah, there’s a reason she only plays strange roles.
Cueball: Ah.
Summer (from below): I’m part of the floor now.
[They find Jewel Staite working on a skateboard’s engine.]
Nathan: And this is Kaylee.
Jewel: My name is Jewel, Nathan.
Nathan: Kaylee—
Jewel: Jewel.
Nathan: —Jewel is fixin’ up my new board.
Jewel: Almost done!
Cueball: So wait. Summer’s actually weird, Jewel’s actually a mechanical whiz…
Cueball: …will Morena Baccarin be here? Is she really a—
Nathan and Jewel: No.
The racers set up
[Nathan and Jewel are to the far left of a full-width panel. Nathan is standing on his skateboard holding a controller. Cueball is on his skateboard which is careening out of control on the far right of the panel.]
Nathan: Kaylee, I’ve been gunnin’ the radio hand throttle thingy for a while, but it ain’t movin'.
Jewel: Oh, I must’ve set it to the wrong frequency!
Cueball (riding around on haywire board): AAAAAAAA