Any Day Now/Transcript

Sketchpad: Ah! Speaker?

Sketchpad: [sighs]

Pan Flute: ...says this place is all boxed up. D'oh, Sketchpad. Uh-- Sorry. I'll- I'll leave you alone then.

[At Tophat's place...]

Folder: Tophat! Hello?

Tophat: Come in.

Folder: Hey, buddy. How you holding up?

Tophat: Hm.

Folder: I brought you some groceries.

Tophat: Thanks.

Folder: Anyways, I ran to a bunch of our college friends the other day. It had been a while since we last talked to them. They heard about that news with, uh, GPS and all that crazy stuff and it really spooked them. It must've been really hard on you, I told them that they could come visit you since I feel like you might need a bit more company around this place anyways. [her voice becomes more muffled as she continues talking]

Folder: [muffled] Tophat? Tophat...

GPS: Tophat?

Folder: Are you alright?

Tophat: Yeah? Yeah.

Folder: It's... been a few weeks, you should really get some fresh air.

Tophat: I know.

Folder: And you really need to clean this place up, everything's a mess.

Tophat: I know.

Folder: I'm serious. You can't just sit around here forever.

Tophat: I get it, I get it. Look, it's just been really hard these past few weeks, okay?

Folder: And I get that. Maybe sometime outside is what you need.

Tophat: Well, maybe what I need is some space. I appreciate you trying to help me out and all, but.. I'm fine. Really.

Folder: [sighs] Alright, just... call me when you wanna hang out or something.

Folder: [muffled] Door's locked.

Tophat: Thanks.

[Tomorrow...]

[Sketchpad knocks on Tophat's door.]

Tophat: [groans] Coming.

Sketchpad: Uh, hi.

Tophat: So, uh, how have things been?

Sketchpad: [sighs] Could be better.

Tophat: Why are you visiting anyways?

Sketchpad: Well, I don't really have much to do these days. It'll be a while before a department assigns me a new partner.

Tophat: You're not part of the investigation team?

Sketchpad: I am, I just... haven't been able to help out as much, is all.

Tophat: Uh, dude, why are you on the TV?

Sketchpad: Oh, yeah, I tried looking for other jobs on the way here.

[Sketchpad is shown at different stores. They're all on fire.]

Tophat: Well, how did this one turn out?

Sketchpad: Uhm...

[Sketchpad is shown at another store. It's also on fire, including a customer.]

Tophat: Uh...

Sketchpad: ...yeah, it kind of sucks.

Tophat: No kidding, I sure hope all those people can recover from the fires.

[Silence]

Sketchpad: Wait, you just gave me an idea! Recover! A recovery center! If we just build one, that'll bring Speaker and GPS back.

Tophat: What are you on about?

Sketchpad: We should build a machine that could bring them back from the dead.

[Tophat doesn't get it]

Tophat: What?

Sketchpad: Come on! Let's go!

Tophat: I am not going with you-

[Sketchpad carries Tophat out of the apartment.]

[At the store...]

Sketchpad: [crashes through the window] We're here!

Tophat: Can you just hurry this up please?

Sketchpad: Don't worry. I came prepared with a list of materials, you see.

Tophat: Seriously, I just wanna go ho...

[A song plays as a shopping montage with Tophat and Sketchpad getting materials from the store is shown. Sketchpad then builds a "Recovery Center" with the materials he took as the song ends.]

Tophat: Are you sure this is a... recovery center?

Sketchpad: It's a recovery center alright! All we need to do is put in their names and we'll see them again.

Tophat: Sketchpad, I don't think it's that easy.

Sketchpad: Nonsense! [types in "Speaker" incorrectly as "Speeker"]

[The recovery center doesn't works, as it explodes, and burns.]

Sketchpad: Oh, well at least it didn't explode. Well, at least it's not on fire. Well, at least it's not-

Tophat: Yeah, no, I think I'm done.

Sketchpad: H--hey! We're not finished yet! This is just... [picks the burnt pieces out] the first prototype.

Tophat: Let's just go home already. It's pointless.

Sketchpad: [puts the burnt pieces on] Are you saying trying to... bring back Speaker is... pointless?

Tophat: They're gone, Sketchpad. We can't just make some magical machine to bring them back.

[He walks away.]

Sketchpad: Well, Speaker might still be here if you didn't bring your friend along!

Tophat: What!? We don't know that. The investigation isn't over.

Sketchpad: We've borh saw what happened, Tophat. It might be good for you to believe that someone else was controlling him, but maybe GPS actually did it all by himself. [walks away] And you can't accept that!

Tophat: [groans]

GPS: Dude, you really messed up. Big time.

Tophat: Why do I keep seeing you everywhere I go? It's freaking me out.

GPS: Because deep down, you're holding onto me like Sketchpad is holding onto Speaker. At some point, you... have to start moving on.

Tophat: I... I am.

GPS: Really? [bends his arm on him] Wasting away in the apartment for several weeks, shoplifting a hardware store, and building a... recovery center to bring us back? And to top it all off, you know that there's small chance... that I'm some crazy mansions murderer. But you chose to hold onto that fringe theory you were told about all those weeks ago. You could've walked away from all of this, but... you didn't. And now, you're just... talking to yourself.

[Tophat now feels sad]

Tophat: I miss you, GP.

GPS: I know, [points to Sketchpad] go talk to him.

[Tophat slowly walks to Sketchpad.]

Sketchpad: I... I miss him so much. Speaker taught me everything he knew. But the one thing I'll never forget is that he told me that no matter how dark things get... always look at the world with a smile. Find the good and worst in situations, y'know? I just thought that... maybe if I believed hard enough, that I could... see him again.

Tophat: Life isn't easy, Sketchpad. It's good that you're optimistic and all, but the reality is that they... can't come back. They're gone. Right now, it really hurts. And that sucks. But that doesn't mean we can't get back up from it, right?

[Sketchpad is feeling a little better.]

Sketchpad: [sniffs] Yeah... I... I guess you're right.

Tophat: So, the best thing we can do is keep our chins up. And keep moving forward. And I'm pretty sure that's what Speaker would've wanted.

[Sketchpad smiles.]

Sketchpad: And... GPS too.

[Tophat smiles, too.]

Tophat: Yeah. Him too.

[The screen shows the sunset, and it scrolls down to them watching the sun.]

Sketchpad: Whatever happens, we should totally stick together.

Tophat: I'd like that.

[The end]