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Off-Camera
Friday, July 12, 2024
Office of Seleana Zdunich
Zdunich Zoological Gardens
Los Angeles, CA
8:14 AM PDT
Sitting at her desk on a Friday morning was nothing new for the owner and director of Zdunich Zoological Gardens. It happened quite often, especially the Friday before an SCW show where she was booked to have a match as she was this week. As she looks at paperwork before her, Seleana Zdunich looks up to see her best friend and head veterinarian, Dr. Michelle “Chavy” Chavez, walk into the room, causing Seleana to smile brightly.
Seleana Zdunich: Heya, Chavy, how’s it?
Dr. Chavez can’t help but only half smile, a bit of melancholy shining through.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Situation normal…
Seleana nods knowingly as Dr. Chavez continues with her explanation.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Marlene was fussy this morning. She never likes it when I leave and I think she knows Teddy has to take her for a check-up today and was putting in her protest.
Seleana almost snickers at the thought of the nine-month-old Marlene putting her little foot down on going to the doctor’s office.
Seleana Zdunich: Aw, pobrecita…
Dr. Chavez nods, smiling in kind.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: King Louie’s having his check today. He’s been grumpy too, as he usually is. Thank God he’s used to Dr. Florian or this could go south in a hurry.
Seleana’s smile brightens even more.
Seleana Zdunich: We were lucky to get him on our team so I am glad even Louie has taken to him, ja?
Dr. Chavez nods her agreement.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Yeah, we were. He’s been great.
As she trails off, Seleana frowns in confusion and concern.
Seleana Zdunich: Chavy, what is it?
Dr. Chavez nods to the door.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Elijah’s sitting in front of the snake case again on the little bench he likes there. There’s no group scheduled for today and he doesn’t talk to many people here. He just sits there watching Nagini sit there in her favorite place.
Seleana’s concern only grows.
Seleana Zdunich: Who has tried?
Sighing heavily, Dr. Chavez just shrugs slightly.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Razorback gave it a shot and so did Joe.
Seleana nods.
Seleana Zdunich: Nothing?
Dr. Chavez shakes her head.
Dr. Michelle "Chavy" Chavez: Nope.
Seleana sighs, slides back from her desk and stands.
Seleana Zdunich: I will talk with him.
Dr. Chavez nods happily and the two women exit the office heaving in opposite directions. Seleana walks over to where the small boy is sitting and sits next to him.
Seleana Zdunich: Heya, Elijah, how’s it?
The young boy just nods to her.
Elijah: Hi.
Seleana smiles sweetly for him.
Seleana Zdunich: You like it here, ja?
Elijah nods.
Elijah: It’s nice and quiet here.
Not expecting this answer, Seleana’s mouth almost falls agape.
Seleana Zdunich: It is not elsewhere?
Elijah shakes his head.
Elijah: No.
Seleana cocks her head slightly, interrogatively.
Seleana Zdunich: It is not at home?
Elijah shakes his head.
Elijah: No.
For Selean, this begs a seemingly obvious question.
Seleana Zdunich: Your mom…
Elijah cuts her off abruptly.
Elijah: I don’t have a mom.
Seleana nods.
Seleana Zdunich: My mistake, ja? Your dad…
Again, the small boy cuts her off.
Elijah: I don’t have a dad.
Seleana frowns.
Seleana Zdunich: You do not?
He shakes his head.
Seleana Zdunich: Where do you live?
Elijah shrugs as if the answer should be obvious.
Elijah: At the home.
Seleana nods, taking it all in.
Seleana Zdunich: You do not like this?
He shakes his head emphatically.
Elijah: No!
Taken aback, Seleana just stares back in shock.
Seleana Zdunich: Why not?
Elijah bows his head in sadness and shame.
Elijah: They hate me.
Seleana can’t believe her ears.
Seleana Zdunich: And school…
Elijah shakes his head, tears starting to form in his eyes.
Elijah: They’re mean. They hit.
Seleana nods understandingly.
Seleana Zdunich: So you feel safe here, ja?
Elijah nods and Seleana holds out a hand to him.
Seleana Zdunich: Can I sit with you then?
For the first time, Elijah smiles as he accepts the hand. Seleana smiles back at him and starts answering his questions about the snakes and eventually, the other animals. The whole time they sit there, Seleana has one thought floating through her head…
“I must look into this story. It cannot be true, ja?”
On-Camera
Friday, July 12, 2024
Hilton/Caldwell/Zdunich
Hollywood Hills
Los Angeles, CA
6:04 PM PDT
The camera opens upon Seleana Zdunich sitting on a wooden folding chair in the garage near an open space away from the vehicles.
Seleana Zdunich: Andrea Hernandez has returned, ja?
She nods disgustedly.
Seleana Zdunich: It was only a few years’ time ago that she was a fanny to everyone. She was obsessed with my wife and used me to anger her. She was a complete fitta to me and everyone else and did not care who she did anything to as long it benefitted her in the way she wished it to….
Seleana stares into the camera.
Seleana Zdunich: So why are we supposed to just accept you now?
She shrugs, anger radiating off of her.
Seleana Zdunich: Because you ask?
Seleana scoffs at the notion.
Seleana Zdunich: If that does not work for anyone else, why should it work for you?
She nods, pointing into the camera.
Seleana Zdunich: If you want redemption, you need to start with all those you wronged, ja?
Seleana stands up, visibly not happy to even have to address this.
Seleana Zdunich: If you have apologized to people, even insincerely, I have not received one yet.
She shrugs.
Seleana Zdunich: I do not know if you have started making the rounds yet or not. Even if you have, I will be last because I am the one you will see as least important and so nothing will have changed at all…
She points into the camera again.
Seleana Zdunich: You have to prove there has been a change made and not just once or because you say there has been. You must show it and you must show it again. You must show it repeatedly until none can question the change anymore outside of the ons who will never not question simply because they are contrarian fannies themselves.
She shakes her head sadly.
Seleana Zdunich: If you do not, all you prove is the suggestion of a change as a lie meant for you to put one over on everyone one more time. You were the same as always, doing something because there was something in it for you just as you were before.
She nods pointedly.
Seleana Zdunich: I will see you in the ring where you have the chance to prove this change and I sincerely hope there is a change to be found in you. I am tired of shuddering with disgust at the mere mention of your name. I do not like holding onto dislike but until you give a reason, I am forced to, ja?
She moves in closer to the camera.
Seleana Zdunich: I hope we see I no longer need to and can put that baggage down. I am tired of carrying it for you.
She turns and walks off as the camera fades out.