Chloe and Theo Page #2

grew sick and ugly.

But still the refuse

of their ambitions spilled out.

Burning the ocean and spreading across

the great country itself.

And then, the sun grew angry.

Wait! Let me take this from the top.

- Your name is Teddy.

- Theo.

- And you are an Eskimo?

- Inuk.

- From Antarctica?

- The Arctic. North, not south.

- On a mission from God?

- From my Elders.

About the end of the world?

I need to speak to your Elders,

your leaders.

The ones who the people listen to.

You mean the President.

- You want to speak to the President!

- If he is the leader of the south.

The South?

But... let me get this straight.

Where you're from...

- everything is south, right?

- Yes.

So you want to speak to every president.

Every single one?

- You're screwed.

- No, he's not. No, he's not screwed.

Sancho, you're missing the one

crucial piece of this jigsaw puzzle.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- What?

- Me!

You're screwed.

My body is a friggin' temple.

- You play chess?

- No.

Mr. Sweet does.

He's like the best player in New York.

He makes a pretty good living

hustling college kids and tourists.

He's helped me out a lot in the past.

- Did you sleep okay?

- I adapt.

Yeah. You got to adapt, like water.

You put water in a glass,

it becomes a glass.

You put it in a bottle,

it becomes a bottle.

You put water in a teapot,

it becomes a teapot.

Be water, my friend.

- Bruce said that.

- He was wise.

Chloe! Come over here, girl!

He's kind of mad. I...

- Tyler.

- Hey, Theo.

He wasn't too happy to hear

Chloe was picking up strays again.

- What state you from?

- Non Ugak.

- Language?

- Inuktitut.

- Ever see a penguin?

- Only in books.

- Ever build an igloo?

- Yes. Many.

Yep.

- He's an Eskimo all right.

- Inuk.

In your what? Boy, I wasn't signifying,

I was testing you.

That was a test. And you passed.

That was one crazy story.

But I don't buy that end

of the world nonsense.

Look at him.

I've been looking and it looks

like he's telling the truth.

It may not end. It may simply change.

But we will all suffer.

Suffer? Have you seen

where we're sitting?

- It's time for a revolution.

- No, it ain't.

Okay.

So...

we in the south

is doing some real bad stuff,

and the sun got ticked

and is coming down to bust heads.

Now some dead dude is dreaming all this,

leaving your people to send you here

to warn the President.

- Every President.

- Yeah, yeah. Every President.

- Why New York?

- I don't understand.

- Why are you here in New York?

- They gave me a ticket.

They didn't explain.

- You didn't ask?

- No.

Why not London, or Paris, or Tokyo?

Do I need to be somewhere else?

I will go.

How, brother? How?

You got some wings I don't know about?

- I have legs.

- You can't be walking to Europe.

Ain't you never seen a map?

Where are you going now?

Away.

Ain't you been listening to me?

You need a plan.

- No.

- No?

- What will be, will be.

- Oh, come on.

What am I doing here?

What will be, will be?

Who do you think you are?

Some divine and glorious Buddha?

And I'm taking you serious.

I tell you what...

Why don't you stay here and Mr. Sweet

will split, 'cause I'm a busy man.

I've got things to do and you need

to stop picking up strays.

Thank you.

What a shame.

Hey, why are you so interested

in this guy?

Chloe. Chloe!

What I see in this guy?

I see innocence, and purpose,

and meaning.

I haven't believed in anything

for way too long.

So... you've been living here

the whole time?

Been here one time.

Once? How the hell did you find

your way back here from Harlem?

Inuksuks. On the tundra, there are

no landmarks, so we build them.

Here, there are many,

I don't need to build any.

Why are you so down? Mr. Sweets'

a smart guy, but he ain't always right.

This time he is. I don't know

anything about this place.

That's what you're worried about?

Look, right here is everything

you need to know about America.

It's the standard form of education.

Schools are just used for socializing.

...unbelievable riches.

The prize is the largest

in television history.

Over ten million dollars.

The stakes...

are everything you've got.

I got to go.

Bring the others.

There is plenty of room here.

Teach me.

I needed to learn more

about my new environment...

New York.

I have to observe my surroundings...

and the people.

When I was a boy...

we were taught

that we are stronger as a group.

For example,

I cannot harvest a Walrus all by myself.

I must have help.

Even with all this information,

the Elders have so much to learn,

so much is discarded.

But by using our resources,

we can find our place.

What I am realizing is that

when you are in an unfamiliar place

you must establish community

by reaching out.

Connecting with nature.

Communicating with the people

of the village.

And finally,

you can adapt.

This way you can find people

who believe.

I've been entrusted by my Elders

to deliver an important message.

And I cannot do this alone.

A lot of people are starting

to listen to your boy.

You think he's good for his cause?

A bunch of bums getting behind him?

It ain't a cause, it's a quest.

Tell him I know

why they sent him to New York.

- Why?

- Just tell him.

Check mate. That's fifty bucks, kid.

Double or nothing.

Isn't this the one area us girls

have never found a solution for?

Well, now we have,

with the Shake Weight.

Now we can shake our weight of firm

and fabulous arms and shoulders

in just six minutes a day...

I need to walk.

When I think about this place,

it's so easy to get lost,

to lose your way.

The people of the south

seem to be trying to find themselves...

find their grounding.

It's like they're being pulled away

from their center.

They have every convenience

in the world,

but they do not know what it is like

to walk under the big sky.

So I must learn to live in their world,

in the shadow of the skyscrapers.

An Eskimo.

He's an Inuk.

What are you doing here?

I'm listening.

He's here to save the world.

From what?

The sun.

Why don't you guys sit down

and tell us about it.

If you really think about it,

the environment is a school,

but without walls.

We must be open to everything

it is teaching us.

It really is a giver of life,

and we must protect it,

because things are changing

way too fast.

New York.

You were sent here for a reason.

- He's going to save the world!

- Easy, Tyler.

No, no, no, no. I said, "Here."

Now, why was he sent here

if he needed to speak

to all the leaders of the world?

- That's a good question.

- Why?

Mr. Inuk...

meet Mr. United Nations.

Of course, I'd already worked that out,

but coming from Sweet, it sounded better.

- ...but you still need a plan.

- And a suit.

She's right, you're going

to need a suit.

You can't go into that joint

looking like a...

well, like a friggin' Eskimo.

You got to look cool.

Or else they'll think you're crazy.

Though, they're going to think that anyway

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