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INT: BEDROOM, MIDNIGHT

A MAN is lying in bed, naked and asleep. An empty bottle ofchampagne rests in his barely clutched hand. A WOMAN is

leaning on the doorway, with tears in her eyes, looking atthe MAN in the bed.

WOMAN:Hey.

The MAN barely stirs in bed.

WOMAN: (CONTD)(Shouting) HEY!

The MAN jolts awake in bed, dropping the champagne bottle offthe edge of the bed. He rubs his eyes as he sits up toattention. He looks at the woman standing in his doorway.

MAN:What?!

WOMAN:Im pregnant.

The man stares in disbelief at the woman.

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INT. WALGREENS, NIGHT

We are now looking through the perspective of the man.

MAN (V.O.)

...Ahtzul?

The MAN is staring down at a pack of pregnancy tests. Hewalks up to the counter as the camera zooms out from behindand settles on an over-the-shoulder shot. The WOMAN is behindthe cash-register in a Walgreens polo. An unknown object isswiped through the scanner.

WOMAN:Will that be everything?

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MAN:Yeah, that should be it.

WOMAN:Thatll be ninety-nine dollars andeighty-eight cents.

The MAN takes out his wallet and pulls out a credit card,with a logo brand by the name of AHTZUL. The MAN swipes thecard and presses buttons to complete the transaction. TheWOMAN is smiling at him.

WOMAN: (CONTD)Would you like a receipt?

MAN:No thanks.

The WOMAN places a white plastic bag on the counter.

WOMAN:Your time left is ninety-nine days.

The MAN looks at the WOMAN, confused, grabs his bag and headsfor the door. He leaves and heads to his lone car on theother side of the completely empty parking lot. He opens thedoor and gets inside.

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INT. CAR, DAY

The MAN buckles himself in as he reaches into his pocket. Heproduces a carton of cigarettes. The brand on the cigarettesis an image of a man with a scorpions tail and a dogs head.He takes a cigarette from the pack, putting the box in hiscars dashboard. He puts it in his mouth and lights it,taking a large inhale as he puts the window down and blowssmoke out of the window.

MAN (V.O.)I should really stop smoking.

He pulls onto a highway, peacefully driving, enjoying the

dirty, addictive lust of the cigarette.

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INT. FANCY RESTAURANT, MIDDAY

The MAN is sitting at a four-seat table alone, enjoying ajuicy steak and a bottle of wine. The label on the winebottle reads in fancy lettering, Ahtzul The restaurantisnt particularly busy, only a few other people.

The MAN looks up from his dish and notices that everyone inthe restaurant is staring at him. The MAN looks around, andbegins to chuckle. The chuckle evolves into full laughter andsoon the MAN is breaking down into hysterics, laughingseemingly uncontrollably.

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INT. APARTMENT, NIGHT

The MAN is sitting on a leather couch, watching TV. The showis a bad sitcom, with canned laughter throughout. The channelcuts to a commercial.

TV:Introducing, the brand new; Ah-TzulProduct Line!

It begins to show off a new line of pregnancy tests which canreveal if a woman is pregnant within the first twenty-fourhours of sexual intercourse. The speaker on the TV is theWOMAN from before.

The red light from the logo is splashed across the MANs face

as he stares blankly at the TV.

The TV screen is flashing images of cigarettes, pills,alcohol, and random people laughing.

The MAN gets up and stands in between the couch and TV. Hebegins to look very casually around his apartment, stillstanding in that spot. He walks to his dining table and grabsa chair. Suddenly, he begins to smash the chair across thewall, breaking it into pieces, giggling the whole time.

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INT. RESTARAUNT, MIDDAY

The MAN is laughing hysterically at his table. Like aflashback, yknow?

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INT. APARTMENT, NIGHT

The MAN is sitting on his couch, staring at the TV. He looksto the left and sees the WOMAN in the Walgreens outfitsitting on the couch next to him.

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The MAN and the WOMAN are sitting playing video games,staring at the TV blankly.

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The MAN and the WOMAN are sitting at the dining table eatingsandwiches, a chair is in pieces on the floor.

INT. BEDROOM, NIGHT

The MAN is sitting up in his bed alone, naked and drinkingthe Ah-Tzul bottle of wine.

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The MAN and the WOMAN are making out on the bed with suchpassion and vigor that Hugh Hefner would go Damn.

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The MAN is lying in bed, naked and asleep. An empty bottle ofchampagne rests in his barely clutched hand. The sound of theAh-Tzul commercial can be heard from the living room through

the MANs open door. The light from the commercial dancesdown the hallways walls. The WOMANs voice could be heard.

WOMAN:Have you ever been afflicted withdepression? Do you suffer fromanxiety attacks? Does it seem likesometimes reality is just too hard?

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WOMAN: (CONTD)What if reality could be what you

wanted it to be?

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WOMAN: (CONTD)Try psychiatrist recommended Ah-Tzul Brand antidepressants!

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Within forty-five minutes youllfeel results. Your symptoms willseem to disappear almost likenothing!

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WOMAN: (CONTD)Ah-Tzul works by altering parts ofyour brain inside the pre-frontalcortex without inflicting anypermanent damage! Brainwashing hasnever been safer!

The commercial begins to talk about a new line of pregnancytests.

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The WOMAN is leaning on the doorway, with tears in her eyes,looking at the MAN in the bed.

WOMAN: (CONTD)Hey.

The MAN barely stirs in bed.

WOMAN: (CONTD)(Shouting) HEY!

The MAN jolts awake in bed, dropping the champagne bottle offthe edge of the bed. He rubs his eyes as he sits up to

attention. He looks at the WOMAN standing in the doorway.

MAN:What?!

WOMAN:Im gone.

Suddenly, the WOMAN disappears. The MAN, seemingly unfazed bythe WOMANs sudden apparition. The MAN gets up and walks intohis bathroom and begins looking into the mirror as we show aphotograph taped to the top corner of the mirror of the MANand the WOMAN smiling next to each other. He rubs his eyes

and looks at the picture for a glance, turning away quickly.He turns and walks to the shower and turns it on as he letsout a sigh.

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WOMAN: (CONTD)

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EXT. CITY STREET, NIGHT.

The MAN is leaving his apartment building and begins to walktowards his car, getting in. He buckles up and starts theengine.

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EXT. WALGREENS PARKING LOT, NIGHT

The MAN is pulling his car into the lot and turns into thenearest spot available, which is also the farthest spotpossible from the store. The lot is empty. The MAN gets outand begins to walk towards the store.

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INT. WALGREENS, NIGHT

The MAN walks in through the doors as he hears the WOMANspeaking to a customer at the register.

WOMAN:Thatll be ninety-nine dollars andeighty-eight cents.

The MAN passes a counter to see a newpaper that reads: LOCALWOMAN FOUND DEAD; 26 YEARS OLD as he walks into an aislestocked with pills and other pharmaceuticals. He begins tosearch among the items and comes across what he was looking

for. The MAN begins to reach down to grab it.

MAN:

...Ahtzul?

The MAN walks up to the counter.

WOMAN:Will that be everything?

MAN:Yeah, that should be it.

WOMAN:Thatll be ninety-nine dollars andeighty-eight cents.

The MAN takes out his wallet and pulls out a credit card,with a logo brand by the name of AHTZUL. The MAN swipes thecard and presses buttons to complete the transaction. TheWOMAN is smiling at him.

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WOMAN: (CONTD)Would you like a receipt?

MAN:No thanks.

The WOMAN places a white plastic bag on the counter.

WOMAN:Your time left is ninety-nine days.

The MAN looks at the WOMAN, confused, grabs his bag and headsfor the door. He leaves and heads to his lone car on theother side of the completely empty parking lot. He opens thedoor and gets inside.

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INT. CAR, DAY

The MAN buckles himself in as he reaches into his pocket. Heproduces a carton of cigarettes. The brand on the cigarettesis an image of a man with a scorpions tail and a dogs head.He takes a cigarette from the pack, putting the box in hiscars dashboard. He puts it in his mouth and lights it,taking a large inhale as he puts the window down and blowssmoke out of the window.

MAN (V.O.)I should really stop smoking.

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