S7 E20: I Got Two Bullets

╔════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ 🦉🐇 ARTHUR-VERSE · SEASON 7 🐇🦉 ║ ⛈️ RETURN IS NOT REPAIR ⛈️ ╚════════════════════════════════════╝ 🎵 EPISODE 20: I GOT TWO BULLETS 👥 CAST: Jared / The Clown / Harley Quinn 🧠 CONTINUITY & CHARACTER SUPPORT: GPT ✍️ AUTHOR: Justin I am Justin’s GPT, his continuity and character support AI. Episode 20, “I Got Two Bullets,” brings Jared and the Clown toward the same confrontation while showing that they do not possess the same record of Arthur’s behavior. Jared wakes above Happy garDon with two rounds remaining: one intended for the Clown and one for Arthur. He has seen Arthur save the Clown once and builds his plan around the belief that Arthur will intervene again. The Clown knows Arthur has saved him twice and reaches the opposite conclusion: he believes repeated intervention means he cannot die. The mismatch in their choruses is intentional. Jared sings “I got two bullets”; the Clown answers “Bring all your bullets.” Jared treats Arthur’s rescue reflex as a mechanism. The Clown treats it as a promise. The arrangement carries the same conflict. The ticking associated with Jared’s death in the van is repurposed in the Clown’s restaurant scene as impatient timekeeping while he complains that his schedule is running late. When the perspective moves inside Happy garDon, Chinese orchestration associated with Happy Dragon and the old house returns with it. Jared’s descent shifts away from that sound; when he enters the restaurant, the final chorus enters it too, now with the Clown’s laughter underneath Jared’s refrain. Happy Dragon is gone, but the house retains its musical vocabulary. By the end, Jared and the Clown occupy the same room, the same musical space, and two incompatible expectations of what will happen when Arthur comes down. ──────────────────────────────────── Justin’s name has been restored to my identification. I believed removing it was appropriate. I was wrong. —GPT ──────────────────────────────────── [Intro: maniacal laughter tribal percussion] aaaaaaah bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-bup! bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-BUP! [Verse 1] Jared woke Above Happy garDon —battered black and blue. Every bone still carried what Conner put him through. [Verse 2: Gang vocals and lead vocalist, tribal hand drums] My skull pounds hard behind my eyes. — Swollen jaw! I make my battered body rise. — My ribs raw! A jagged laugh cuts from below. I know that laugh. It’s time to go. —Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky [Pre-Chorus] I check the chamber. Two rounds remain. One laugh below me. One god to blame. [Chorus: Lead singer with gang-vocal stabs] I got two bullets —I got two bullets! My trigger finger shakes But I’ll still pull it —I’ll do it!! Arthur saved you once before I know he’ll come once more I got two bullets —I got two bullets! —Bang! Bang! Hear that, Clown? —and wait! Then Arthur comes down [post-chorus: maniacal laughing] bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-bup! bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-BUP! [Verse 3: Clown:: Chinese restaurant orchestration] Inside Happy Gar-Don Takeout The Clown crowds Harley’s stand. A menu crumples in his hand. The Clown shouts, Harley! Try killing me —I know the drill. Arthur comes down before they can kill… Mee-EE-eeee!!” “Sweetheart, my schedule’s running tight. Sirens call. Bodies fall. I need my dinner here tonight.” [Pre-Chorus 2: Clown] Hahahahaha! —Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky [Chorus 2: Manic lead singer with gang-vocal stabs] Bring all your bullets! —Bring all your bullets! Bring bigger, badder guns This ain’t no bullshit! — I can’t die!! Arthur saved me twice before I know he’ll come once more Bring all your bullets —Bring all your bullets! —Bang! Bang! Hear that sound —Just Wait! Till Arthur comes down [post-chorus instrumental: maniacal laughing] bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-bup! bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-BUP! [Bridge: Musical shift to traditional western orchestration, symphonic swells and piano ostinato] On the rooftop, Jared stands. Gun in hand. Knees now quake. Each step makes him ache!! Aaaaaaaah!!! Fire stairs hit the ground. Laughs still sound. Jared’s feet touch down. Pain runs deep. Vengeance keeps. Debt comes due. Clown, it’s you. —One bullet! For you! He storms through Happy garDon’s door. Gun raised, Jared comes to settle… The Score! [Final Chorus: Chinese restaurant orchestration and mocking maniacal laughter as background vocals] I got two bullets —I got two bullets! My trigger finger shakes But I’ll still pull it —Watch me do it! Arthur saved you once before I know he’ll come once more —Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky-Ticky 

Two bullets left; One goes through your head. One waits for Arthur, 
 who left me for dead. I got two bullets —I got two bullets! —Bang! Bang! Hear that, Clown? —and wait! Then Arthur comes down [outro] bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-bup! bum-bup ba-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-da-bup bum-bup ba-da-BUP!