# 0001 - Friedrich’s Mother - Scene Card > [!warning] Orange: Light Spoilers > [!example] Scene Links > - Scene Cards: [[0001 - Friedrichs Mutter - Szenen-Karte|deutsch]] & [[0001 - Friedrich's Mother - Scene Card|english]] > - Draft 01: [[0001 - Friedrichs Mutter - Entwurf 01|deutsch]] & [[0001 - Friedrich's Mother - Draft 01|english]] > [!quote] Scene Card > # Doris invites Peter to Friedrich’s birthday party > *Myth Origin Story* > > > [!multi-column] > > > > > [!example] **What happens?** ✅ > > > - [[Doris Schneider]] runs into 7 year old [[Peter Pankratius Pek - Old Version|Peter]] who’s dancing and dreaming alone in the school coridor, exploiting the rare opportunity that Ms. Kahler allowed him to escape from athletics lesson, asking him to fetch the measurement band she had forgotten in the classroom > > > - [[Doris Schneider|Doris]] and [[Peter Pankratius Pek - Old Version|Peter]] engage in a suprisingly deep conversation, with Peter intuitively sensing the mother’s bitterness and need for connection, creating listening space for her to share a moment from her childhood and her longing for a different life, and Peter tuning in on her needs, resisting the urge to tell about his own despair and problems, mostly with bullying classmates and parents that fail to do something about it > > > - When Doris becomes aware of this, she pulls herself together, assumes her usual role as caring mother, and uses her son [[Friedrich Schneider|Friedrich]]‘s upcoming birthday as a conversational bridge, inviting Peter to join. > > > - [[Peter Pankratius Pek - Old Version|Peter]] turns akwardly calm, reflecting about the invitation and it’s consequences, while Doris encourages him to join > > > - [[Peter Pankratius Pek - Old Version|Peter]] abruptly changes topic, asking about [[Doris Schneider|Doris]]’s habit to drive [[Friedrich Schneider|Friedrich]] to school every morning, which she confirms > > > - There’s another akward moment of silence > > > - [[Sabine Kahler|Ms. Kahler]] comes looking for Peter and ends the conversation, annoyed by Peter’s delay, and sends him back to the yard. > > > > > [!question] **Why important?** ✅ > > > - Peters initial goal is simple - stay out of athletics torture for as long as possible > > > - Peter feels alien in the world of his classmates - confused, haunted, and bullied. As often as possible, he escapes into his own world of dancing, dreaming, and creating phantasy worlds where they are a princess on a white unicorn, a dancing elve, or any other lightweight and epheral being. So when [[Doris Schneider|Doris]] walks in on him, he’s deprived of something important - and reacts angry and frustrated, masking this with silence. > > > - When Peter discovers that his silence leads to [[Doris Schneider|Doris]] sharing a personal story, he discovers for the first time two of his superpowers: emotional empathy and listening. He immediately understands its relevance - as he feels rarely listened to himself, and the sensation as he can feel her pain is strong and mindblowing > > > - Also, in her story, he kind of sees a likeminded person - doomed to sense the pain and complexity of the world, but powerless to do something about it. So for the first time in his life, he is confronted with the possibility that he’s not the only person on earth living in their own world (apart from his own parents, but he didn’t understand it there because, well, it’s just his parents, they don’t count) > > > - The birthday invitation means the world to him - because of several reasons > > > - He’s never been invited to any > > > - Because of his summer holiday birthday, he even never got a school or Kindergarten birthday party > > > - He is deeply convinced that he can’t do anything about it, because he has tried everything - adressing it with his parents (who didn’t get the point), asking his kindergarten teacher (too late, so she forgot and he changed school), recreating the imagined party on his own (which was fun, but didn’t do the trick) > > > - Also, he doesn’t really want it, it’s more something he considered after seeing it in others, but that also confuses him. So the invitation would be a research opportunity, finding out what all the fuss is about > > > - And finally, he suspects that there’s a connection between being bullied and not being invited to birthday parties by simply observing the correlation between the two in his classmates > > > - However, he hesitates to confirm, mostly because he’s extremely unsure about what actually happens at such an event and how to behave > > > - He asks about the car ride because he suspects that this might be an easier way to escape the bullying by simple avoidance - and confirms the birthday invitation only because it offers an immediate way to be protected from bullying > > > - At the end, he couldn’t reach his initial goal - he didn’t have his moment in his own world to recover from class, and he couldn’t show his responsibility to [[Sabine Kahler|Ms. Kahler]] - but he gained something more important: a safe means of transportation for every day that will allow him to skip the bullying > > > [!multi-column|no-wrap] > > > > > [!error] **Consequence?** ✅ > > > [[Peter Pankratius Pek - Old Version|Peter]] accepts the invitation while running back to the yard. > > > > > [!important] **Realization?** ✅ > > > While running back, he realizes what just happened - that he seems to actually be less helpless than he thought: He could use his superpowers of empathy and listening in order to sense what others need, give it to them - and therby earn their protection. “Asking for help never worked - but giving a powerful person what they need will secure me their protection.” > > > > > [!check] **And so…**: ✅ > > Peter is energized to test his new weapon on other powerful people, selecting [[Sabine Kahler|Ms. Kahler]] as his next test object ^42a90d [Novelcrafter Link](https://app.novelcrafter.com/novels/32xvRoKS9QDIVY7PNfQa7dpEoot/manuscript/chapter/32xxAg5Ji26DFdTrpZDUKZRd4S6/32xxAe97FpNkSIrJn9sqb03iIWi/707) [[0001 - Friedrichs Mutter - Entwurf 01|Draft 1 Link]] Draft 2 Link ## Launch *Doris Schneider runs into 7 year old Peter who’s dancing and dreaming alone in the school coridor, exploiting the rare opportunity that Ms. Kahler allowed him to escape from athletics lesson, asking him to fetch the measurement band she had forgotten in the classroom* ### Establish Protagonist Peter, 7 year old, dreaming and dancing in the school coridor ### Initiate Action Doris running in on him, interrupting his play ### Establish goal Stay away from athletics as long and alone as possible - and proof to Ms. Kahler that he’s responsible enough for future opportunitites Peters initial goal is simple - stay out of athletics torture for as long as possible ### Location/Setting School coridor of the [[Primary School Bad Kleinhausen|school]] ## Middle *Doris and Peter engage in a suprisingly deep conversation, before Doris invites Peter to Friedrich’s birthday party and confirms she can drive Peter to School. ### Complication 1 - Withholding, Danger Peter can’t escape the conversation (so he’s not alone, plus this might lead to Ms. Kahler disaproving of his responsibility) *Peter feels alien in the world of his classmates - confused, haunted, and bullied. As often as possible, he escapes into his own world of dancing, dreaming, and creating phantasy worlds where they are a princess on a white unicorn, a dancing elve, or any other lightweight and epheral being. So when [[Doris Schneider|Doris]] walks in on him, he’s deprived of something important - and reacts angry and frustrated, masking this with silence.* ### Complication 2 - Uncertainty, Conflict between his goal, being polite, and dealing with the role switch Doris starts oversharing, further prolonging the conversation, but also making Peter feel her pain and a deep uneasyness on how to behave When Peter discovers that his silence leads to Doris sharing a personal story, he discovers for the first time two of his superpowers: emotional empathy and listening. He immediately understands its relevance - as he feels rarely listened to himself, and the sensation as he can feel her pain is strong and mindblowing Also, in her story, he kind of sees a likeminded person - doomed to sense the pain and complexity of the world, but powerless to do something about it. So for the first time in his life, he is confronted with the possibility that he’s not the only person on earth living in their own world (apart from his own parents, but he didn’t understand it there because, well, it’s just his parents, they don’t count) ### Complication 3 - Uncertainty whether to accept, withholding of an answer, danger from the bullying memory Doris asks Peter if he wants to come to Friedrich’s birthday, causing a long chain of thoughts that freeze Peter The birthday invitation means the world to him - because of several reasons - He’s never been invited to any - Because of his summer holiday birthday, he even never got a school or Kindergarten birthday party - He is deeply convinced that he can’t do anything about it, because he has tried everything - adressing it with his parents (who didn’t get the point), asking his kindergarten teacher (too late, so she forgot and he changed school), recreating the imagined party on his own (which was fun, but didn’t do the trick) - Also, he doesn’t really want it, it’s more something he considered after seeing it in others, but that also confuses him. So the invitation would be a research opportunity, finding out what all the fuss is about - And finally, he suspects that there’s a connection between being bullied and not being invited to birthday parties by simply observing the correlation between the two in his classmates ### Complication 4 - Conflict between dialogue expectation and inner thoughts, danger of not getting her protection and being exposed to the bullies Peters inner shift to the bullying and the school way question, causing even more akward silence and a disappropriate question, leading to blurting the car-question However, he hesitates to confirm, mostly because he’s extremely unsure about what actually happens at such an event and how to behave He asks about the car ride because he suspects that this might be an easier way to escape the bullying by simple avoidance - and confirms the birthday invitation only because it offers an immediate way to be protected from bullying ## Dramatic Moment *They are interrupted by [[Sabine Kahler|Ms. Kahler]] who sends Peter back to the yard. Peter accepts the invitation* ### Scene goal outcome *Time achieved, but responsibility reputation damaged, and alone time also demaged, so mostly a fail* At the end, he couldn’t reach his initial goal - he didn’t have his moment in his own world to recover from class, and he couldn’t show his responsibility to Ms. Kahler - but he gained something more important: a safe means of transportation for every day that will allow him to skip the bullying ### Reveal (A-Ha Moment, Discovery Understanding Revelation Ultimate Conflict) *he realizes what just happened - that he seems to actually be less helpless than he thought: He could use his superpowers of empathy and listening in order to sense what others need, give it to them - and therby earn their protection.* ## Ending ### Reflective (think worry wonder) *“Asking for help never worked - but giving a powerful person what they need will secure me their protection.”* ### Question raised? *How will Peter ever make friends, given how functional he approaches the birthday* *Peter is energized to test his new weapon on other powerful people, selecting Ms. Kahler as his next test object*