Story

(Reader should know that in the actual animation both Bert and Drabble are shown at the same time in the same scene. Bert in the upper right corner and Drabble in the bottom left corner.)

"Let's try again Drabble", Bert said. Bert was sitting comfortably on his chair and took a bite of a donut. "But this time let's do it even better", Bert continued.

Drabble was a little dragon in a computer game. Even though Drabble was just a character in the computer game there was kind of a human flavor in his being. Bert guided Drabble on top of a rock and set him to jump off the rock. "Fly Drabble. Fly like a real dragon, and get me those sweet experience points!", Bert yelled. Small dragon jumped off the rock and flew a tiny little distance away from the rock. Bert was quite happy to the result after he saw 50 experience points hovering on the screen. After all it was more than previous time.

Bert loved to develop his character's skills. Skills were developed by practicing certain tasks again and again. Each time the character gained more experience points. Bert had an ultimate target to produce a character with extremely high count of experience points. By that Bert could feed his twisted and arrogant ego.

Developing the character was basically the whole meaning of life from Bert's point of view. Bert hardly slept, he just ate donuts and drank high amount of drinks with caffeine. All the time he was awake he was developing his character's skills. This time Bert was developing Drabble's skill of flight. After all he was a dragon and dragon should be able to flight.

Drabble jumped again and once again flew a bit longer. Bert guided the dragon again on the rock, but suddenly Drabble didn't obey orders.

"I'm going to take a break", Drabble said tired and went to sit on a wooden log.

"What on earth?", Bert said and was surprised. "Definitely no breaks. Now go and jump. Experience points will not increase by sitting. Go on the rock and jump!"

"No I won't. I'm too tired. I just want to take a break. After all it's easy for you to say as you are just sitting on a comfortable chair", Drabble defended himself.

"I call that lazyness", Bert said arrogantly. "Extreme lazyness."

"Lazyness you say! I'll show you lazyness!", Drabble snuffled and climbed on the rock purposefully.

Drabble jumped with all the power and strength he had and he flew like he had flied all his life. Drabble flew a loop and as a big surprise for Bert 1000 experience points hovered on the screen.

"I'm far from lazy and I can fly fine enough already!" Drabble said and he was a bit surprised by himself also. "But because you are so lazy yourself you won't get these points!"

Drabble took his tiny knife and swing it through hovering experience points. The points scattered into small pieces on the ground. Drabble went back to sit on the wooden log.

"NOOOOOO!", Bert stand up and yelled. "My precious experience points that I earned with hard work!"

Bert beat up the desk with his fists. He was so intense that he lost his balance and felt. Actually Bert REALLY felt and he dropped into the same world where Drabble was. Bert was bouncing on the ground and eventually smashed on the same wooden log where Drabble was sitting. The wooden log swayed and threw the small dragon in a huge swing on Bert's comfortable computer chair.

Bert lounged on the log and he was surprised. Drabble on the other hand immediately understood what happened. Drabble understood that he had the control. He ruled. He could do what ever he wanted and he really knew what he wanted. He wanted to sleep.

"Good night", Drabble said and started to sleep.

"C'mon!", Bert yelled.

Bert left to bounce on the rock and yelled for a moment. Soon he understood that Drabble was already in deep sleep and his shouting was irrelevant. Bert stayed on the rock to wonder what just happened.

The story in Finnish.

(Lukijan tulisi tietää, että Bert ja Drabble ovat animaatiossa näkyvillä samaan aikaan samassa näkymässä. Bert oikeassa yläkulmassa ja Drabble vasemmassa alakulmassa.)

- Koitetaan uudelleen Drabble, sanoi Bert, istui mukavasti tuolillaan ja otti palan donitsia. - Mutta tällä kertaa vielä paremmin!

Drabble oli pieni lohikäärme tietokonepelissä. Vaikka Drabble oli hahmo tietokonepelissä, hänessä oli jokin hyvin humaani vivahde. Bert ohjasi Drabblen kiven päälle ja laittoi lohikäärmeen hyppäämään kiveltä. - Lennä Drabble, lennä kuin lohikäärme ja kerää minulle ihania kokemuspisteitä, Bert huusi. Lohikäärme hyppäsi kiveltä ja lensi aivan pienen matkan eteenpäin. Bert oli kohtuullisen tyytyväinen, kun 50 kokemuspistettä leijui ruudulla. Se oli enemmän kuin edellisellä kerralla.

Bert rakasti pelihahmonsa kehittämistä. Hahmon kehittäminen tapahtui harjoittelemalla hahmolla tiettyä liikettä useita kertoja ja näin keräten hahmolle kokemusta. Hahmo sai harjoittelusta kokemuspisteitä, jotka olivat Bertin mielestä tärkeintä koko hänen elämässään. Bertin tavoitteena oli luoda hahmo, joka olisi paras hahmo koko pelissä ja näin hahmon ylivertaisuus ruokkisi Bertin kieroutunutta ja ylimielistä egoa entisestään.

Hahmon kehittäminen oli käytännössä koko Bertin elämä. Bert ei juurikaan nukkunut, söi vain donitseja ja joi paljon kofeiinipitoisia juomia. Kaiken valveillaoloajan hän vain kehitti hahmoaan. Tällä kertaa Bert kehitti Drabblen lentotaitoja. Täytyihän lohikäärmeen osata lentää.

Drabble hyppäsi taas ja lensi jälleen hieman pidemmälle. Bert ohjasi lohikäärmeen yhä uudelleen kivelle, mutta yht'äkkiä lohikäärme ei totellutkaan ohjausta.

- Pidän tauon, Drabble sanoi väsyneenä ja meni istumaan puunrungon päälle.

- Mitä ihmettä? Bert ihmetteli. - Ei mitään taukoja, mene hyppäämään siitä. Pisteet eivät kerry istumalla. Kivelle hyppäämään siitä!

- En jaksa, olen väsynyt. Haluan pitää tauon. Sitäpaitsi, hyvähän sinun siellä pehmeällä tuolilla olla, Drabble puolustautui.

- Kutsun tuota laiskuudeksi, Bert sanoi ylimielisesti. - Äärimmäiseksi laiskuudeksi.

- Vai laiskuudeksi! Kyllä minä näytän sinulle laiskuuden, Drabble puhisi ja kiipesi kivelle määrätietoisesti.

Drabble hyppäsi kaikilla voimillaan ja lensi kuin olisi lentänyt koko ikänsä. Drabble lensi silmukan ja Bertin suureksi riemuksi 1000 kokemuspistettä tuli ruudulle.

- Minä olen kaikkea muuta kuin laiska ja osaan jo lentää ihan tarpeeksi hyvin! Drabble sanoi ja oli hieman itsekin yllättynyt. - Mutta koska sinä olet itse laiska, niin en anna sinulle näitä pisteitä!

Drabble otti pienen veitsensä ja huitaisi sillä kokemuspisteitä. Kokemuspisteet hajosivat pirstaleiksi ja Drabble meni istumaan takaisin puunrungon päälle.

- EEEEEIIII! Bert nousi seisomaan ja huusi. - Minun vaivalla ansaitsemat pisteeni!

Bert hakkasi nyrkillä pöytää. Hän oli niin kiihtynyt riehuessaan, että horjahti ja kaatui. Bert kaatui TODELLA kunnolla ja putosi samaan maailmaan Drabblen kanssa. Bert pomppi maassa ja rysähti samalle puunrungolle, missä Drabble istui. Puunrunko heilahti ja heitti pienen lohikäärmeen isossa kaaressa Bertin pehmeälle tietokonetuolille.

Bert lojui ihmeissään puunrungolla kun taas Drabble tajusi tilanteen hyvinkin nopeasti. Drabble ymmärsi, että hänellä oli kontrolli. Hän määräsi. Hän sai tehdä mitä halusi. Drabble tiesi mitä hän halusi tehdä. Nukkua.

- Hyvää yötä, Drabble sanoi ja alkoi nukkumaan.

- Älä nyt viitsi! Bert huusi.

Bert jäi pomppimaan ja huutamaan hetkeksi kivelle. Hän kuitenkin ymmärsi, että Drabble oli jo syvässä unessa ja hänen uhoamisensa oli turhaa. Bert jäi ihmettelemään tilannetta kivelle.

Characters

Bert - an addicted computer game player. Bert hardly never sleeps and he plays the game constantly night and day. Main ingredients in his diet are donuts and something liquid that contains caffeine. Bert is very arrogant and he is only cared of his computer character's experience points.

Drabble - a little dragon who is the character in the computer game that Bert is playing. Drabble is very tired of getting his experience points higher and higher. Drabble just would like to sleep. That's the only thing that he would like to do.

Script

  Bert is sitting on his chair. Drabble is slowly moving towards the rock.
Bert Let's try again Drabble.
  Bert takes a bite of a donut.
Bert But this time let's do it even better.
  Bert uses his mouse and keyboard. Drabble moves on top of the rock.
Bert Fly Drabble. Fly like a real dragon, and get me those sweet experience points!
  Drabble flyies a tiny distance away from the rock. Bert smiles a bit. 50 experience points are hovering above Drabble.
  Bert continues to use his mouse and keyboard. Drabble goes on the rock and flyies again. Again 50 experience points are hovering above Drabble.
  Bert continues to use his mouse and keyboard. Drabble goes towards a wooden log. Drabble looks tired.
Drabble (tired) I'm going to take a break.
  Drabble sits on the log. Bert looks surprised.
Bert What on earth? (small pause) Definitely no breaks. Now go and jump. Experience points will not increase by sitting. Go on the rock and jump!
Drabble No I won't. I'm too tired. I just want to take a break. After all it's easy for you to say as you are just sitting on a comfortable chair.
Bert (arrogantly) I call that lazyness. (small pause) Extreme lazyness.
Drabble (snuffled) Lazyness you say! I'll show you lazyness!
  Drabble climbs on the rock purposefully.
  Drabble gains all his strength, jumps and flyies a loop.
  Both Bert and Drabble looks surprised. 1000 experience points hovers.
Drabble I'm far from lazy and I can fly fine enough already! (small pause) But because you are so lazy yourself you won't get these points!
  Drabble tooks his tiny knife and swings it through hovering experience points. The points are scattered into small pieces on the ground. Drabble goes back to sit on the wooden log.
  Bert stands up.
Bert NOOOOOO! My precious experience points that I earned with hard work!
  Bert beats up the desk with his fists.
  Bert losts his balance and fells to the world of Drabble. Bert bounces couple of times and smashes on the same log where Drabble is sitting.
  The log sways and throws Drabble in a big swing on Bert's chair.
  Bert lounges on the log and looks surprised. Drabble gives a small smile.
Drabble Good night.
  Drabble goes to sleep on the chair.
  Bert bounces on the rock and waves his hands.
Bert C'mon!
  Drabble continues to sleep calmly. Bert stays on the rock and wonders.

Concept Art

 
The first concept art sketch of Bert - an addicted computer game player. Actually the sketch contains a picture of Daniel Lambert. D. Lambert was about 309 kg weighted prison guard and lived in 1800 century. There were no computers in his time but the picture of him is something like night'n'day donut eater would look like.   The first concept art sketch of Drabble. Drabble should look cute. That's why he has big head as babies have. He also has relatively big legs, arms and stomach. Drabble has relatively short body. There are tiny wings. Head needs serious redrawing. [ bigger image ]
     
   
    Next concept art sketch of Drabble. [ bigger image ]

Story board

Story board will be made after the concept art sketches of scenes and characters are matured enough.

 
Copyright © 2007 Tomi Pihlainen