'The Interstellar Complex'

Written By

Jake Bryant

Address: jakejbryant.blogspot.co.uk

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EXT. SPACE - NIGHT

FADE FROM BLACK:

SCENE INTRODUCES THE ASTRONAUT, THE TIME AND DATE AND HIS CURRENT TIME SPEND ON ROTATION.

THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON THE DARK SIDE OF EARTH IN SPACE. THE ESPERANTO SPACE STATION (E.S.S) FLOATS INTO CAMERA VIEW FROM THE UPPER LEFT UNTIL FULLY IN VIEW.

(QUIET ATMOSPHERE BECOMES INTERUPTED BY AN ALARM)

INT. ABOARD THE E.S.S - NIGHT

QUICK CUT:

HADDOCK-REISS SLEEPILY AND SLOWLY TRAVELS DOWN THE STATION'S CORRIDOOR AND ENTERS THE COCKPIT. REISS PUSHES A BUTTON WHICH IS SHOWN TO RELAY RECONAISSANCE IMAGES BACK TO GROUND CONTROL.

(SUBTLE PIANO MELODY PLAYING, RADIO STATIC SOUNDS FROM THE COMMUNICATION LINKS)

REISS WALKS BACK TO HIS SLEEPING QUARTERS.

INT. ABOARD THE E.S.S - SLEEPING QUARTERS, REISS' DREAM - MOMENTS LATER

QUICK CUT:

REISS CLOSES HIS EYES AND GOES BACK TO SLEEP.

FADE TO BLACK:

SCENE INTRODUCES THE NEW TIME TO SPECIFY HOW LONG HE HAS BEEN ASLEEP.

FADE IN:(FRACTURED PIANO MELODY EASES IN FROM WITH THE FADE)

REISS BEGINS DREAMING WHERE HE ENVISIONS A MARIONETTE BEING

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MANIPULATED WITHOUT A PUPPETEER OVER THE SOUND OF A FRACTURED PIANO MELODY. THE PUPPET MOVES IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY, MIMING ACTIONS WHICH RESEMBLE A PIANIST BUT IN AN USUAL WAY. DURING THE DREAM THE PUPPET TAKES REISS' FORM WHICH CAUSES HIM TO WAKE UP FRANTICLY TO THE SOUND OF THE ALERT SIREN.

(ALERT SOUNDS)

INT. ABOARD THE E.S.S - COCKPIT - NIGHT

REISS TRAVELS BACK DOWN THE HALLWAY TO THE COCKPIT TO INPUT THE CODE TO SUBMIT HIS NEXT SERIES OF IMAGES. REISS SITS DOWN IN THE PILOT SEAT AND PREPARES TO RELAY HIS PHOTOGRAPHS. TO REISS' CONFUSION HE BEGINS HALLUCINATING SEEING HIS OWN HANDS AND ARMS LIKE A PUPPETSEVEN THOUGH HE IS FULLY AWAKE.

FLASH IN:

REISS RECALLS HIS DREAM AND PICTURES THE VISION OF HIMSELF AS THE PUPPET OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT IN THE DARK OF SPACE.

FLASH OUT:(MELODY FADES IN AGAIN)

HE NOTICES THE UNUSUAL MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE PUPPET MOVES HIS HAND AND RECOGNISES THE MOVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PERFORMED. HE UNDERSTANDS THE ACTION RESEMBLES THE ORDER IN WHICH HE PRESES THE KEYS TO SUBMIT HIS IMAGES, BUT IN REVERSE. REISS SUBMITS THE CODE IN BACKWARDS.

(SOUND OF TYPING WHILE IN TIME WITH THE KEY NOTES OF THE MELODY)

ONCE THE CODE HAS BEEN ENTERED, THE VIDEO LINK TURNS ON AND REVEALS THE BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES OF THE TRUE NATURE BEHIND HIS DUTIES IN SPACE.

(SOUND OF SCREEN TURNING ON AND VIDEO STATIC. SLIGHT, SUBTLE WAR AND EXPLOSION SOUNDS PLAY OVER THE IMAGES)

REISS REALISES HE HAS BEEN MANIPULATED AGAIN, AND UNDERSTANDS HE IS A KEY FIGURE IN THE GENOCIDE WHICH IS

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HAPPENING ON EARTH. IN DISMAY, REISS SLOUCHES IN HIS CHAIR AND BOWS HIS HEAD. RIDDEN WITH GRIEF AND GUILT REISS SPENDS A FEW MOMENTS IN SILENCE.

(COMPLETE SILENCE)

HE EVENTUALLY STANDS WHILE SHEDDING A TEAR AND BEGINS TO TYPE IN ANOTHER CODE INTO THE CONTROL PANEL.

(SOUND OF TYPING WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LAST KEY, THEN A DIFFERENT ALERT SOUNDS)

REISS TURNS AND MAKES HIS WAY TO THE END OF THE CORRIDOR, TOWARDS THE RELEASE HATCH. AS HE WALKS HE HALLUCINATES SEEING STRINGS FALLING FROM HIS LIMBS.

(SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS WALKING AT A STEADY PACE)

INT. ABOARD THE E.S.S - AIR LOCK

REISS REACHES THE AIRLOCK AND OPENS IT.

(SOUND OF PRESSURE RELEASING)

HE STEPS INSIDE THE ROOM AND SEALS THE DOOR SHUT IMMEDIATELY.

(REISS LETS OUT A QUIET BUT TREMBLED SIGH AS THE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATES)

REISS IGNORES HIS SUIT AND RELEASES THE HATCH.

(SOUND OF HANDLE TURNING AND HATCH DOOR OPENING)

HIS BODY GLIDES SLOWLY OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

EXT. SPACE - DAWN

REISS FLOATS TO A SAFE DISTANCE AND WATCHES THE SPACE STATION EXPLODE INTO A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT.

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(EXPLOSION WHILE A PIANO MELODY FADES)

AS REISS FLOATS OUT FURTHER INTO THE VOID, THE PIANO MELODY BEGINS PLAYING GRACEFULLY; THIS TIME IN ITS ORIGINAL UNFRACTURED STATE.

(PIANO MELODY PLAYS)

THE PILOT LOSES BREATHE AS HIS BODY DISAPPEARS INTO AN EMERGING SUNRISE WHILE THE PIANO MELODY FADES AS HIS OXYGEN DEPLETES.

(ONE LONG BREATHE OUT, PIANO MELODY FADES OUT)

FADE TO BLACK.

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