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INT. – ONE OF THE BUILDINGS – MONTAGE

We enter one of their buildings from the street level. No guards, no doors to the building. The entire thousand square meters of first floor, aside from the corridor, is undivided and full of worktables. Working our way to upper levels, all are the same. The same work clothes and color for the entire building. We quickly move to other buildings and it's all the same, except for the color of their uniform.

We go to one which looks like a hospital. No doctors or nurses! Aliens just pass through a scanner and a tiled directory instructs them to which tube they should go into. The tubes lower down from the ceiling. The tube then injects some gas or emits some laser beam from any part of it to treat whatever internal sickness or damage an alien has.

In another building that looks like a school, only children of young ages attend it. No teachers. Only a cinema-like TV screen that gives instructions to an entire floor filled with students of the same age. Discipline is excellent.

EXT. – STREETS OF ALIEN WORLD – MONTAGE

Back on the streets, as we look up the buildings are interconnected by ten-by-ten feet of box tubes, at every other level starting from the first floor. Down again and around, no vehicles, no restaurants or eateries, no standbys, no parks but just small patches of forest in its stead. The animals seen around are just like earth. We move away from the center to the outskirts where they have their farm. For food plants all automated from seeding, watering and reaping. For meat source nourishment, animals are kept in fixed corals, for pigs and cows. Poultry is kept in housings. The animals are not slaughtered. Animals pass through automated channels that extract some blood and meat cells. The extracts flow directly to a building with the harvested plants. There, it is automatically processed and the final results are small pills and small plastic-like bottles for liquid.

INT. – SPACECRAFT NEAR EARTH

SA-1 brings back his focus on the big screen. His attention is called on the control panel.

SA-2:

We finally deciphered and interpreted the languages they use on their broadcasts.

TA-1:

Can you now make the sound audible at the big screen?

SA-2:

Coming on now.

The regular comments of a basketball game are now heard.

TV COMMENTATORS:

(comments exchange from two commentators)

…coming down the court, Kid passes to Garter, sees an opening… goes straight and slams the ball home!

…with Kid and Garter on the same team now, other teams are given a run for their money! There are rumors that McGreedy would be joining them next season!

…well, that's another update! Who would want to face a team like that and has Lowitsky, Mulberry, Bryan, Sumcan and Stippen to boot!

MA-1 asks the panel crew to put the sound on mute.

MA-1:

What is that talk all about? Why would their people transfer from one team to another?

SA-1:

Maybe this is the time for some of us to join-in with earth people. We should learn more about the WEIRD ACTIONS they broadcast!

TA-1:

I will prepare our device then to make an outer copy of human beings and their clothing.

SA-1:

Please don't make a scale of your size, your height is too tall for people on earth.

TA-1 shrugs as if saying, "aw shucks, I thought I could come!" Before anything else, the audio on the screen is put back on for them to study how and why basketball is being played.

INT. – SPACECRAFT BELOW DECK - MONTAGE

The aliens think they have learned the game, constructed quickly a basketball court below the deck of the TV monitors. Their duplicating did all that in an instant, including balls, uniforms, rubber shoes, and referees' whistles. They formed two teams of five men each. They proceed to the center court for the toss-up. As with first-timers in the game, they were awkward! They did not have the intensity of play because they were not genuinely interested. When one tries to steal a ball from an opponent, the opponent just gives the ball to him. It is their nature to be kind and understanding. One is so engrossed on being able to dribble while running, forgets about the objective to shoot, slams onto a wall! They have an exceptional ability to jump because of their almost perfect body configuration. Four feet tall aliens could dunk the ball. They play the game just to imitate. The referees make no calls on violation because they do not commit fouls or errors. Their shooting ability is exceptional because of their eagle eyes. Any shot they imitate is ninety-nine percent accurate. But again we see only a modest smile or expressions of happiness on their faces, it is simple routine work for them.

They call for a time-out…

MA-1:

There is something different in how we do it? Earthmen have different expressions on their faces, while we don't!

SA-1:

That's the reason why we have to mingle with them. To know what makes expressions on face change.

MA-2:

Okay, so when do we go to earth and how many of us will go?

SA-1:

Only three. You, MA-1 and myself. We leave on the next earth day.

EXT. – EARTH, HOLLYWOOD, L.A. CALIF. – DAY - MONTAGE

On earth, MA-1 is disguised as an almost white African-American (Vin Diesel type), MA-2 is a Caucasian (Adam Sandler type), and SA-1 as a mixed-race (Danny de Vito type). Their bodies are not changed in size. Their voice boxes were implanted with a device that can make human beings hear them. MA-1 and MA-2 are wearing denim, basketball shoes and loose T-shirts. SA-1 wears black slacks, polo shirts, and basketball shoes. Landing in a lightly populated area . . .

SA-1:

(looking around)

They landed us here in Los Angeles because our crew monitored that most screenings come from this place.

MA-2:

(curious at the surroundings)

We have to walk the streets, their lanes are not like ours.

Getting on the main highway, the aliens see an SUV cruising leisurely coming their way. Their crew did not detail riding on earth vehicles, and think it runs automated.

MA-1 stands right in the middle of the lane and facing the oncoming SUV.

SA-1:

Yah, that might be the right way to get into those things. We don't have to walk.

The SUV's driver honks his horn and flashes his headlights to warn the alien.

MA-2:

Hey, maybe that's the sign that we could ride that thing!

The SUV screeches to a full stop. The driver with his head out yells to the alien.

SUV DRIVER:

(fuming mad)

HEY, YOU ASSHOLE! IF YOU WANNA DIE, DON'T INVOLVE ME! SHIT! YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!

The driver then moves his SUV around MA-1 and speeds away making a dirty finger to the alien.

SA-1:

Hey, did you see that? It's just like one of those we see on screen.

(gesturing a dirty finger)

I wonder what this means…

MA-1:

(walking in the direction the SUV went)

So, that's not the way how to get into those things. We should be getting on our way.

The two other aliens follow MA-1. A few more speeding vehicles pass them - then an old model pickup truck slows down alongside them…

PICKUP DRIVER:

(a hillbilly man)

Hey fellas! You might be going my way, do you need a lift?