SUNROSA CARE CENTER
written by
MINT S. DECOT
SUNROSA ENTRANCE - DAY
DR SUNROSA, an unkempt and tired-looking nondescript doctor stands in front of what is a large, grey and drab building.
She wears a lab coat, blue latex gloves, and grey sneakers. There are horns on her head, as well as a single wing that moves back and forth, sulkingly.
She is looking down for a few seconds as if unprepared or hesitant, then looks up.
DR SUNROSA
If you are ever feeling lonely, one hundred thousand friends live here at Sunrosa Care Center.
Just behind this door, you can find acquaintances, coworkers, significant others, family members, spirits, insects, pets, and most importantly, friends.
my favorite flower theme: an absurd presentation to an even more absurd audience, pointlessly detailed and with a strange cry for help
story time theme: shrimpule introduction and further detail on sunrosa care center
My Favorite Flower
Introduces a strange world.
Story Time
Gives information on shrimpule creatures.
SUNROSA:
Observations gathered over years of study are listed here
It takes 3 hours for a shrimpule to eat an aluminum can
Shrimpules love to sleep
Shrimpules’ saliva is purple and smells like warm paper
Remember to wear latex gloves when handling shrimpules
Shrimpules cry often, it’s funny and relatable
More observations will be written here as time passes
I wish it was easier to get help
Thank you for listening I love you
Anxiety of Back and Forth
Expresses the anxiety of communication and why I refuse help so needlessly.
SUNROSA:
A new attempt to translate shrimpule thought has proved successful in recent trials
Through the use of rare earth magnets, I can now understand what Shrimpules are thinking
SHRIMPULE:
Aluminum can
Soft
Nice lady
AH, I would like to know what it's like to love again
I like her face
Hungry
When am I going to die
SUNROSA:
It's really quite remarkable
SHRIMPULE:
Sesame seeds
I would like to be killed
The Life and Times of Parasite Loveche
A documentary of pop star-wrestler-entrepreneur Parasite Loveche.
On January 12 20[inaudible], Parasite Loveche was involved in a missile accident on a highway in Northern California. Her car fell 40 feet off a hill and was promptly hit by a missile. The entire hill then burned in a wildfire. The hill eventually fell apart in a mudslide. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
Her life is remembered today, a pop icon turned wrestler turned entrepreneur turned dead.
She was born on 19[inaudible] in a landfill in northern Ireland. Not much is known about her childhood besides what information we have here from this interview in 200X.
Parasite: I was born in a landfill in northern Ireland.
Her music career started in 19XX in a band called Biodegradable. The band dissolved into the floor and her solo career took a leaping start with a performance from the roof of a hospital.
The hospital was then demolished and replaced with a stadium where Parasite would debut as a professional wrestler.
She eventually got bored and made so much money that she bought the stadium and demolished it, where a new building was erected.
Sunrosa Care Center, named after the philosopher Ibis Sunrosa. The building was a retirement home for shrimps.
She was then hit by a missile.
Parasite Loveche
Go in expecting to lose. That way, when you win, it’s like a nice bonus.
(Picture of her first live performance with the words on a sign behind her, “I CAN’T SEE”)
I was born in a landfill. Look at what I’ve done!
(She vanishes into a white light)
(She’s handed someone a note. The note reads “I AM GETTING PAID TO LOOK AT YOU”. She is looking at you.)
(She is sitting on a chair and leaning back as far as she could. There is a pen in her mouth.)
Someone is looking down at a stack of papers stapled together haphazardly, completely baffled. They seem to be a company executive.
S-so, how does this work? How does any of this work? You can just-
(The seagulls around the landfill caw even louder.)
(She is eating a jello cup. She stands up and throws it into the landfill. )
The Parasite
The life and times of Parasite Loveche.
Someone who glides through life and, makes it, and eventually dies like nothing happened at all.
(Fizzing, then an endless white void)
(Parasite fades into view)
I want some yogurt
(Parasite standing up and eating yogurt)
How does this work? I don’t know how this works.
(Fizzing, but louder and more abrasive)
I am going to think about my life!
(Fizzing, quieter and into a whine)
(The landfill, sound of machinery, seagulls, wind)
(Parasite is sitting on top, eating yogurt)
So, how did it happ-
(CSB Video: Combustible dust fires and explosions.)
Healing Pods
Dissonant notes played on top of feverish dreamlike patterns and lines
Sunrosa
The human body is as malleable as clay.
If you are ever injured, you can get into this pod, wait a few hours while you are kneaded and repaired, then you are good as new.
Organs are modular, removable and replaceable.
Your brain, however, is not to be touched in any way.
(static starts to fade in, along with music)
My favorite modifications are my horns, and my wing.
I was not allowed another wing.
I don't like whoever makes these decisions.
(dreamlike patterns reemerge)
If you win the raffle, please take this voucher to the nearest cashier for your reward
You are rewarded, an AV cable and a case for a Nokia phone
(static)
My luck can be manipulated in many ways, here are my favorite
drink lots of alcohol
hold your breath until you pass out
become friends with someone who has good luck
run away into the forest
(patterns roll in slowly, voice distorts)
invent a new form of therapy
I am just so lucky!
fast and frantic cuts of building demolitions
wasp nest time lapse
Parasite short
(Chattering, shots of the environment, Parasite with a microphone)
Everyone gets a hammer
Hold it tightly in both hands
And just start swinging
There are no consequences
Thank you
(Music starts)
(A slideshow, brief summary of Parasite’s life)
Parasite
I was born in a landfill and I ate yogurt every day
I used tools from the landfills to demolish homes for money
I also started a band
I can’t see
Sunrosa
From the success of her home demolition business, pop music and wrestling career, Parasite Loveche planned to live in orbit around Earth as part of a TV show
(Pan over astronaut photo)