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"The Smelly Janitor"
by Trent
 


“A digital short about a Janitor in a small store who discovers a magical mixture of colognes that causes women to uncontrollably throw themselves at him.  Does he use the colognes?  Would you?  Be careful what you wish for.”
 


     Inside a small store called The Treasure Store, at the perfume and cologne counter, we see a Well Dressed Handsome Man looking at the cologne.  We also see a not so handsome overweight man, The Janitor, cleaning the floor and closely watching him.  After the Handsome Man tries on a particular cologne, a Gorgeous Woman seems to come out of nowhere and begins to shower him with little kisses.  The man struts out of the store with his newfound treasure.

     The Janitor sniffs himself and decides to give the cologne a try.  He checks his empty surroundings and creeps over to investigate this obviously powerful and magical cologne.  He picks up a bottle and we see its title - “Love.”  He sprays a little in the air as we see a close up of his happy face and closed eyes thoroughly enjoying the aroma.  He tries some on.  He is surprised when a Cute Girl appears out of nowhere and begins to shower him with little kisses on his cheek and neck, while running her hands through his partially bald head.  Thoroughly happy, but not quite satiated, he picks up another bottle and inspects its label.  It reads - “Lust.”  He tries it on and another Cute Girl appears and mirrors the first girl’s action on his opposite side.

     Although two Cute Girls are pawning over him, he still wants more.  He picks up a third bottle that reads - “Run.”  He looks perplexed, but tries it on anyway.  He puts on way too much.  Then he uses more and more from all of the bottles.  It is entirely too much for one person for even a year’s worth of use.  The Cute Girls have lost all sense of reason and begin to writhe and claw at him violently and begin having their way with him.  They become way too rough.  They seem to devour him with their biting kisses and rip at his clothing uncontrollably.

     The Janitor’s enjoyment turns to fear as the Cute Girls seem to be ripping off his limbs.  The Janitor can no longer take this torture that was once pleasure, so he runs fearfully out of the store ripping his way out of their clutches.  The Cute Girls are clawing at their very reason to live.  As he runs out of the store, we see fear in his eyes that no man should ever have to bear.  Closely behind him we see the Cute Girls chasing him as if their life depended upon it.

     We now see a city street with normal daily activity, with the exception of a chubby running Janitor, with lipstick marks and clothes that are askew, and two Cute Girls screaming for the center of their universe closely behind.  While he runs down the street, men look perplexed at him and the screaming girls that pass by.  We see women, however, sniffing the air and finding that they also are succumbing to the uncontrollable urge to join this mob and chase the most amazing smelling man of all time.  We see a Business Woman, a Punk Rocker Chick, a Cheerleader, a Crossing Guard, a Homeless Lady, an Old Women with a walker, a group of Japanese Girls, and a Mom pushing her Baby Carriage joining the fray.

     We also see that The Janitor has caught up to the Well Dressed Handsome Man and his Gorgeous Woman from earlier.  The Gorgeous Woman curiously sniffs the air, and as The Janitor and the ever growing mob passes by, she abandons the Handsome Man to join the chase.  The Well Dressed Handsome Man is left lonely and distraught.

     We see many cuts and angles of the chase along the street and through an alley.

     The Janitor runs into a side alley and finds himself trapped at its end.  The crowd has him cornered.  With his back to the wall, we see the women’s faces and claws coming towards the camera to devour their prey as we cut to The Janitor’s strained face and clenched eyes.  We hold on his closed eyes as he breathes heavy expecting the worst.

     Nothing seems to happen.  As The Janitor slowly opens his eyes, we find ourselves back in the store at the moment right before he begins to try his magical cologne concoction.  He looks around and ponders for a moment contemplating the torture he assumes he will endure if his vision turns out to be true.

     He looks at the camera with a sheepish grin, and of course, he begins to try on all the colognes.
 

Trent
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