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1.)
(A bunch of white people in tropical dress carry their luggage off a cruise ship, and down a dock.)
NARRATION: DENIR, KOROMO
TOURIST: We left Harlan
just in time,
they think it’s
going to snow!
TANNED WOMAN: Oh shit...
my sunglasses.
2.)
(The woman jogs back up the ramp to the ship, making a 'tak tak' noise.)
3.)
(She finds her sunglasses on a table on the deck.)
TANNED WOMAN: Tch, thank
God.
4.)
(She pushes the sunglasses up on her forehead, and hears a sound.)
SOBBING (OFF SCREEN): *sob* *snf*
5.)
(She pushes open the door to a room, we see Theodore sitting on the floor in the foreground, covering his face and sobbing.)
TANNED WOMAN: Hello?
THEODORE: *sob*
6.)
(She speaks to Theodore.)
TANNED WOMAN: What’s wrong honey?
Where’s your family?
THEODORE: I don’t have
one.
TANNED WOMAN: Aw! I’m sorry.
Don’t you have
any friends then?
7.)
(Theodore shakes.)
THEODORE: No..!
8.)
(The woman leans on her knees to speak to Theodore, who is still not looking up at her.)
TANNED WOMAN: Oh dear... Do you need
some help?
9.)
(Theodore keeps his face covered.)
THEODORE: Yes.
10.)
(He grabs her wrist.)
11.)
(He looks up at her with tearful eyes.)
THEODORE: I’m so very
hungry.
12.)
(Theodore sits alone on a beach as the sun rises.)
13.)
(The sun lights the sky pink, and Theodore wears a pair of familiar sunglasses, using his shirt as a beach towel.)
14.)
(Establishing shot of a bare tree, shedding a few dead leaves.
NARRATION: A month later.
JACK: Aw, it’s still so early!
RYDER: Sorry... Stupid exam.
JACK: I guess I’ve already
had my way
with you so... OK.
RYDER: Ugh.
15.)
(Jack and Ryder walk down a calm city street, holding hands and passing by shops. Ryder points at a few errant snowflakes drifting down. The humans' breaths are visible.)
RYDER: Ooh look!
Real snow!
JACK: Surely it
will destroy
us all.
16.)
(They kiss.)
JACK: Bye sweetie.
17.)
(Ryder walks off, as Jack cheerfully watches the snow falling, his eyes glinting an eerie green in the dark. Karl Random walks by, not taking notice.)
SIGN: "NO BABIES OF ANY AGE!"
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