EXT. GARDEN BASE, NORTH RUN - WARM EVENING (NO MOON)
[IVO is nebulous contra-phase "stereo-inside"]
All is calm; TfNi is occupied …
(00:00 wind, wave - Pax Deorum/Enya - IVO)
She pauses … listening …
(00:08 +string builds an exordium)
Looks away …
The GROUND SLIGHTLY SWAYS ONE WAY,-- AND BACK,--
Wood-knocker WIND CHIMES TINKLE politely on vine-strings …
(00:14 +throb build)
TfNi, alert to the chimes,- looks about …
GROUND SWAYS more intently thrice: TREES SWAY, TfNi braces, watching LONG-POLES TOPPLE, pottery falls, SMASH, CLATTER …
TfNi removes, searching the horizon …
(00:30 voice)
The GROUND HEAVES SLIGHT-SLOW;--
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![]() TFNI
(calls)
Adam! Eve!
(listens)
Eve: Where are you?!
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(00:41 dark string)
EXT. FAR ALONG NORTH RUN
Adam, Eve, in fishskin cloths, meandering, noticing about …
The GROUND moderately HEAVES-SWAYS, TREES and all …
TfNi (OS) calls in the distance--
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![]() TFNI (OS:SOUTH)
Adam! Eve! Answer me!
![]() EVE
(calls back puzzled)
Mommy!?
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EXT. PART WAY NORTH RUN
TfNi turning about, hears behind her, distant:--
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![]() EVE (OS:NORTH)
(calls worried)
Mommy…!?
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![]() TFNI
(hurries towards them)
Eve!-- Where are you?!
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![]() EVE (OS:NORTH)
(again)
Mommy!
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(01:25 voice)
THE GROUND SLOW-HEAVES;- TfNi steers against the sway …
(01:36 second voice)
THE GROUND SLOW-HEAVES BACK … ROCKS, ROLLS …
PRECEDING: TfNi, half-sprinting, half steering …
SMALL GROUND-VENTS SPURT GASES AND DUST:
(01:58 crash clash)
SHORT RIFTS OPEN … GROUND SOFTENS,-- TREES TILT …
(02:10 crash)
RIFTS MULTIPLY … OIL POOLS, GROUND LIQUIFIES, TREES FALL …
(02:12 voice)
OIL SPURTS … SOME GAS VENTS FLAME-UP …
(02:24 crash, big clash)
A SINUOUS ROARING GAP OUTRUNS TfNi, with
A RIPPING SHEET OF FLAMES …
Heaving Ground finally tosses TfNi stumbling shy of--
(02:37 chime, voice, lull)
Adam, Eve, stumbling-about to hands and knees amid the collapsing garden, as TfNi slides to--
A BROAD GAP BETWEEN.
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![]() TFNI
(breathing refrain)
Eve! Adam! Are you all right?!
![]() EVE
(crying on all four)
Mommy!…
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The ground calmer, Adam stands; TfNi to one knee.--
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![]() TFNI
Adam! Take Eve! Leave the garden! Run to the north!- Stay back from the river tonight!
(points north forward)
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Adam grips Eve's shoulder.
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![]() EVE
(wailing)
Mom-my!!
![]() TFNI
Eve! Stay with Adam!- Go now!
![]() ADAM
Mother: We can't leave you alone.
![]() TFNI
Adam! Take care of Eve! She'll be your mother now. Go!- Run! Now!
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Adam considers Eve quizzically.
(03:26 strum, rebuilds)
THE GROUND SWAYS;-- TfNi braces.
(03:31 voices)
Adam grips Eve's arm, hand, pulling-up, taking steps away …
CHASING: Both stumbly running onward: [northward]
(03:53 choruses)
GROUND HEAVES-THROWS Adam, Eve, about to hands and knees …
(04:-- clash)
GROUND RIPS; TREES FALL; GAS VENTS, FLAMES; Adam, Eve, dodge about,- resume stumbly running, avoiding;
(04:20 high voice)
GROUND SHAKES, QUIVERS, ROARING VIBRATIONS increasing …
(04:-- big clash)
A GIANT ERUPTING GAS-VENT BLASTS;-- they briefly wary of it … IT TORCHES, GLEAMING … towering above the trees …
(04:33 dark voice)
GROUND TILTS as, Adam, Eve, run on beyond the giant torch …
(04:37 fade)
(04:52 -out-)
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CUT IN:
EXT. TOPPLED GARDEN, SOUTH WAY TO RIVER - SUNSET (NO MOON)
(NB. EARTHER VOICES MAN-NORMAL)
TfNi walks through the toppled garden broken grounds …
(00:00 strings - The Memory of Trees/Enya)
Many trees are fallen; Broken irrigation water flows-about.
(00:10 down stir)
The compost-pile is spilled.
(00:23 pluck up-well)
Goat, still tied, is crushed under its fallen palm tree.
(00:39 piano, "mmm")
Other pets are gone; Drying crockery is smashed on the ground; She approaches the fruit hut now spilt open …
(00:54 over)
Tables are tossed, teepee-cooler toppled, stores broken and scattered about.
(00:59 +ahh)
She picks-up Eve's doll, and ponders her childhood …
(01:09 boom forte, chorus)
Breaks to full cry … and leaves the grove …
Up the slope … into the sunset … to the river's edge …
(01:24 aah, harpsichord)
The boat-raft is impaled on rocks.
She picks up pieces of Adam's broken clay toy-spaceship …
(01:38 boom forte, chorus)
Breaks again to cry, staring across into reflected sunset …
(01:54 grind -fade-)
Noisy MERCHANTMEN approach along the shore, intoxicated, angrily jabbering arguing their losses, courtlike as JUDGE, PROSECUTOR, DEFENDANT wearing shell necklaces of several strands, carrying a jug, and CODEFENDANT TURNED-WITNESS … articulate, consonantal, rapid, slurred, emphatic, abutted:
(01:56 -stop grind-)
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![]() PROSECUTOR
Y lft th rp un-td.
![]() DEFENDANT
(points Turned-Witness)
H drpd th oar.
![]() JUDGE
(hand on his shoulder)
Y tpd th bt ovr.
![]() DEFENDANT
(exasperated)
I ws hldng th ls bxs …
(holds-up jug)
I svd th brly-brw …
(flashes a brave grin)
![]() TURNED-WITNESS
(cockily)
I ws hldng th dnky;-- W'd stl hv, th dnky: if th rp ws td.
![]() PROSECUTOR
(cockily)
Th dnky wld hv drwnd whn th bt snk: if th rp ws td.
![]() JUDGE
Th bt wld hv fltd n th bxs: if th rp ws td.
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They notice TfNi watching them from a clearing near the water's edge, And approach her:
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![]() PROSECUTOR
Wh is ths wmn?
![]() JUDGE
Prtty ct wnch.
![]() DEFENDANT
(serious)
Th mn rn wy.
![]() PROSECUTOR
(more serious)
Th mn cldn't kp hr.
![]() TURNED-WITNESS
(most serious)
Th rp ws un-td.
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They guffaw and bust a coarse-laugh …
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![]() PROSECUTOR
(to TfNi)
Wr is yr hsbnd?
![]() TFNI
(fully voiced match)
Hello, gentlemen.
![]() DEFENDANT
(aside)
Ls wmn:-- nt gd.
![]() TURNED-WITNESS
(shirks blame)
Hw dd y, gt hr?
![]() TFNI
I live here, This is my home, thank you.
![]() JUDGE
No bdy lvs in ths plce.
![]() PROSECUTOR
Wht is ths ncklce,- Ths is nt a wmns ncklce?
![]() TFNI
It is my necklace;- I have worn it many years.
![]() DEFENDANT
Tis wrth hlf a bx of swt spce.
![]() TURNED-WITNESS
(snide)
Unls sh wrs, the spce, dncng fr us!
(laughs rudely)
![]() TFNI
(rebukes)
It's broken: It doesn't do anything for you: It's not worth your spice.
![]() JUDGE
(argues)
I cn b th jdg of tht:-- Shw m yr ncklce.
(grabs, examines watcher)
![]() DEFENDANT
(fingers cheap necklace)
Th wrth is one strng of shl ncklce.
![]() TFNI
(strives for harmony)
My necklace is not for bargain, thank you,
(emphasis)
Gentlemen.
![]() TURNED-WITNESS
Mn dnt brgn wth ls wmn:-- Lt us brgn wth yr hsbnd.
![]() TFNI
(reemphasizes)
Thank you, again, Gentlemen:
(backs away to taut)
The necklace is not your bargain.
![]() JUDGE
(ires red to her face)
W thnk w cn brgn fr a ncklce:-- Gt yr hsbnd, wmn!
(free hand pushes her)
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But her necklace holds taut;
Surprised at its strength, He shoves her backward with both hands while gripping the watcher tight;--
She stumbles back, down,-- her necklace pulling him atop ….
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![]() JUDGE
(vis-a-vis fiercely)
I wl gv y wht a wmn dsrvs.
(glares-grins)
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He squirms on TfNi,-- She struggles …
Fingernail-scrapes his cheeks bloody,- but he ignores the abuse,- checking her arms …
She top-head bashes his nose;--
He withdraws uncertainly, begrudgingly loosing the watcher,
Hand-and-knees back, face and nose oozing blood, free hand nursing his nose …
She stands … He crouches, backing away stooped toward the others, wiping his cheeks, nursing his nose …
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![]() TFNI
(exasperated)
Stupid mankind, doesn't know which side of a woman they're on:-- How will they ever know which side of the planet-Earth, they're on?!
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Except wounded Judge, They grin and guffaw mutually,--
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![]() TURNED-WITNESS
Tp-sd, I hp;-- Nd lvng it.…
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All slightly laugh.
They back away … and at a distance, saunter-on, following the stream, Judge tending his wounded face …
TfNi waits 'til they are gone …
And resorts to the water's edge …
EXT. RIVER BANK - EDDY POOL - SUNSET (CONTINUOUS; NO MOON)
Self-inspects blood on hands, face, fur clothes …
Tries to rinse-wash …
Pauses … Breaks to tears, and
Cries, staring across the waters into the sunset,--
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![]() TFNI
(implores to next music)
Why?…!
(grimaces … cries)
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She remains at the waters' edge, crying tears to the sunset as though the sun blocks her progress …
She removes and tosses her furs into the shallows.
Examines and throws the watcher into the shallows.
Begins to wash herself again …
(00:00 - To Go Beyond#2/Enya)
She cries,
Face-up, tears welling …
Calms …
Weeps into hands …
Calms …
(00:06 voice dahdah)
Stoops,-
Scoops water to face,-
Washes down …
Stands …
Breaks to wail.…
(00:39 +oompah)
Tries again:
Stoops,--
Scoops water to face,-
Erotic wipes down chest …
Breaks to empty wail …
(01:18 strain)
Slowly sinks-stoops … to sit curled before the sunset, face down on knees, sobbing …
(01:21 -stop before violin-)
TIME LAPSES - SUNDOWN PASTEL HUES, MOONRISE (CONTINUING)
TfNi is still sitting huddled the same.
(00:00 aah - I Want Tomorrow/Enya)
(00:12 voice, cello)
PULL-OUT slowly up-bank …
Between CROWDING CURTAINS of Officer-dressed legs …
(00:42 ahh -stretch-)
HOLD; Officer NARRATOR (OS-IVO) reviews TfNi's credentials:
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![]() NARRATOR (OS-IVO)
(vital statistics)
Lieutenant Commander Tefnuit-Ra:-- InterSpace Forces: starcruiser detail: planet surface, Earth … Commendations: Twelve-Pleiads star-cluster diadem, Royal purple-and-gold sunburst epaulette … Recognitions: Rogue Moon Dawn Rendezvous knee-patch, highest class-honors … widowed on active duty.…
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(00:48 voice, strum -resume-)
RISE still on TfNi, slowly up legs … DROPPING-CROPPING CURTAINS of dressed elbows, up shoulders …
(01:18 clang -stretch-)
HOLD; Officer reviews TfNi's depiction:--
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![]() NARRATOR (OS-IVO)
Height: 5-9; Erect form; Complete outline; Mass: 160; Normal build. Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown …
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Mike's COMMUNICATOR TWINKLES-IN (OS): [COMM] (OS) reports--
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![]() [COMM] (OS)
Sir: We have one of the watchers; Another is three miles northward, leaving four miles per hour; Third is telemetry-non-respondent.
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TfNi rousing …
COMMUNICATOR (OS) TWINKLES-OUT,--
She shrieks, leaps-turns-backs-away half into the water, hands on shore-mud, cowering crouched, glaring back …
Then, hesitantly, recognizes--
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![]() TFNI
(puzzles-exasperates)
Mr. Michael…?!
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RISE, CLEARING shoulders to between heads:
CMDR Michael standing also nearby-right, watches her …
(01:23 voice -resume-)
FORWARD, CLEARING heads as TfNi runs up …
But halts just before his visage, bleary-eyed …
HER MUDDY FINGER, touches the reality of his chest,--
And she lunge-embraces him,-- hugging, sobbing …
(01:41 clang)
Hanging on him, mouthing almost words …
(02:06 shift)
ZOOM-IN: Their faces (MCU) …
(02:09 twang -stop-)
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![]() TFNI
(teared articulate)
I'm sorry … Mr. Michael … I understand, now.
![]() MIKE
TfNi: Dear one: It's alright: We've been watching for an opportunity …
![]() TFNI
(surprised lean back)
How long, have you been watching?!
![]() MIKE
(leans back too)
A few years, while we parametrized the planet surface.…
![]() TFNI
(checking her beliefs)
Years!?- And you didn't … Where did you go?!
![]() MIKE
We regrouped and rebuilt at Venus, next planet sunward, in the clouds on its sunny side, beyond easy view from on this planet …. The cruiser was damaged after separation from the space-city-freight-ship.…
![]() TFNI
That's what I felt … Oh, I'm sorry. Did Mr. Gabriel get back all right?
![]() MIKE
(shakes no a beat)
We haven't seen him;- We thought he might be staying with you and Adam.
![]() TFNI
(shakes no)
He didn't … He didn't return …
(winces worried)
Where could he have gone? We loaded the Shuttle with enough Zirc-96 for ten launches and decades of flying: more than a kilogram … just in case … But, Didn't he radio you?!
![]() MIKE
(shakes no)
No … No distress-beacon, no crash-beacon.… We've waited and monitored every frequency around the Earth … daily … for years … But we couldn't detect him … which is one reason we stayed-off.
![]() TFNI
(hesistant)
But he could have returned to help us:-- We haven't had trouble here with the native inhabitants;-- and no run-ins with spacer-types.
![]() MIKE
We were being extremely cautious, TfNi,- to avoid any possibility.
![]() TFNI
But do you suppose … Could they have … Was he captured?
![]() MIKE
No indication, TfNi: We had our own troubles with them,- but we found them highly fragmentatious and in need of cohesive leadership.
![]() TFNI
You've met them…?!
![]() MIKE
Yes, and joined communities in this solar system out beyond the Pluton watering-hole: They are compliant with reason, to the extent of their trust in their better sciences.
![]() TFNI
Why did they hit us when we came? Were they at war?
![]() MIKE
Not really.… They suffer a general autism: a fast-planetary mind-set … much as Adam did … We learned that, gradually:- he wasn't suited for spacer-living: Earth is really the best choice for … him ….
(pauses)
![]() TFNI
Eve, is adaptable to any mental regime.… I do wish we had more interbreeding for them, but they'll survive: They're children: This planet is their home and school.
![]() MIKE
You can visit them anytime you wish.
![]() TFNI
(eyes sparkle)
I shall.… And we will scour, the wilderness, for Mr. Gabriel.…
![]() MIKE
… Speaking as much,-- We recovered Tefen …. He's well, a bit neutral, dry-air-headed, calm-eye-centered, quieter, these days … We nicknamed him, Shiuwe … He's taken the land of the abyss between here and Ptah and Ra's river out-west: They're all busy gold-digging these days.
![]() TFNI
(kisses his cheek)
Thank you: I'm glad he's alive.…
(reflects)
Shiuwe … Shiova … Sounds good … Gold?
![]() MIKE
Yeah, Gold:-- They've got plans for building a great civilization of mankind.…
(brightens)
Would you like to resume your duty, presently?- Lieutenant Commander.
![]() TFNI
(nods, stands back erect)
Yes, Sir!
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She eyes down his shirt-front … and grimaces:--
He self-inspects the mud-smear,-- and flicks it …
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![]() TFNI
Oh,-- Mister Michael!- You've never seen dirt …!
(takes his hand, gleeful)
Come! I'll show you how we clean in water, on a habitable planet.
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She pulls-leads him down to the waters' edge …
And releasing his hand, runs-dives-in and under.…
She comes back up clean, hair swept-back …
And wades to the water's edge …
Scoops a double-handful of water …
And he washes his shirt mud-smear: both giggling happy …
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![]() TFNI
Did you see the supernova in the north six years ago?
![]() MIKE
It's 3 light-years away:- Blueshift says a thousand years till its dust wave arrives and seeds global rains and mutation-plagues …. Adam's sons should be alright till then:- Local species have survived these …
(confides, draws on sky)
It should be dramatic when the dust wave arrives:- It'll dawn a horizon across the night sky and change the solar photospectrum; and then raise several feet of moisture from the oceans, and deluge for a month…!
(a brave smile; resumes)
Give another 4 thousand years till the nastier radio-thoride elements arrive: We might leave before then. We've parametrized the nearby giant stars for novae over six millennia…
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Mike's COMMUNICATOR TWINKLES-IN:--
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![]() [COMM]
(advisory)
Sir, We're finishing loading.… And, Sir: This region is still unstable: Leisure-time has been canceled:- Geosciences-scan estimates local subground activity within the hour.
![]() MIKE
(into voice-link)
We're coming:
(looks to TfNi's eyes)
Presently.
![]() TFNI
(nods yes)
Directly.
![]() [COMM]
Yes, Sir: Very well; End-out.…
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COMMUNICATOR TWINKLES-OUT.
TO LARGE GROVE, CLEARING - SUNDOWN DARKER SKY (CONTINUOUS)
(00:00 ehh, chimes - The Celts/Enya)
Mike, TfNi, stroll up from the waters' edge, arm around her shoulders, free hand gesturing Shuttle-flight operations:
(00:07 clang, strum)
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![]() MIKE
The Shuttle control-surfaces,
(hand wing-dome-wing)
are much the same as we had before…
(checks, points ahead)
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(00:11 twang)
They pause to ponder "a shiny-dark-teardrop-on-a-pedestal",
And resume strolling in, toward THE NEW SHUTTLE …
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![]() MIKE
(resumes)
We rebuilt and reprogrammed their stabilization routines
(palm flat down)
for improved compensation and freer handling: Less function, More flow:
(winds hand)
You'll have no trouble operating:- It can fly itself out of a tumble,
(wobbles hand)
--if you let-go the finger-reins,
(wiggles fingers)
or palm-saddle.…
(lifts heel, checks)
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(00:22 twang)
The Officer Crew, FIVE, are gathering, loading equipments.
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![]() MIKE
(resumes)
It'll cargo twice what we're loading,
(two fingers up)
Or fly in half an atmosphere,
(same two fingers down)
For ten thousand hours--
(open hand up)
Before the Zirc-96 fission-fuel needs be super-reprocessed,
(snap fingers)
And the mechanicals inspected and overhauled;
(thumb-finger'o's)
We've been flying this one
(flat palm down-away)
Here for the last three years:
(three fingers)
It's one of the newest of seven …
(thumb, two fingers)
The Venus-cloud fleet
(finger+fist to sky)
Harbors a dozen more, And has logged a million hours.
(hand sweeps circles)
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(00:29 voice+doo)
Concluded, They proceed silently …
(00:39 +doo enhancement)
INSPECTOR with log-puter, near the Shuttle, and extra package under arm, notices them and comes …
(00:50 twang emphasis)
And meeting them,-- they stop:
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![]() INSPECTOR
(hands log-puter to Mike)
Sir.
![]() MIKE
Thank you.
(reviews it)
![]() INSPECTOR
(offers package to TfNi)
Lieutenant Commander.
![]() TFNI
Thank you.
(peeks-inspects)
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(01:07 twang off, strum-lull, lightens)
Mike returns log-puter; looks to TfNi as Inspector leaves--
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![]() INSPECTOR
Thank you.
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(01:12 voice)
She slips-on the inner-oxy-pressure-suit, torso-wide neck …
And they fit the arm and thigh collars …
She stretches variously, and they recheck, till fit right …
(01:42 clang)
They look for mutual readiness,
(01:46 twang)
And stroll to the Shuttle …
(02:04 voice+doo, resume enhancement)
IN THE NATURAL CLEARING AROUND IT:
Mike approaches and helps load, while TfNi surveys about …
(02:24 clang)
Inspector speaks into his communicator:--
(02:28 clang)
Crew quickens, concluding loading …
(02:33 clang)
And file into the Shuttle …
(02:37 clang)
Mike escorts TfNi in … and enters himself;
(02:41 clang+boo)
Inspector enters last.
(02:45 clang+refresh)
Shuttle door closes … and seals.
(02:49 clang+fade, pause)
Its "teardrop" sits wholly incongruent among trees: a last moment of Earthly ponderance under dimming late evening …
(02:52 end -out-)
EXT. BACK FROM SHUTTLE, AND LIFTOFF - (MOMENTARILY)
TfNi, Mike, inside its dark view shine, prepare to launch …
(00:00 organ, builds - On My Way Home/Enya)
Teardrop-mid-neck turbine collar extends up … blowing air downward, which aerodynamically sucks about the sides …
A STRONG DOWNDRAFT FOGGING below the wide girth and out …
(00:06 +chimes)
Increasing to DOWN-BLAST, FOG dissipating instantly away …
(00:10 pluck-roll -stretch-)
Shuttle elevates … to the tree tops …
And glides northward …
SHUTTLE - CROSSING THE GARDEN FLAMES
Approaching two figures running below …
EXT. GARDEN, NORTH RUN - CLEARING - SCATTERED FIRES
Shuttle descends clearing … behind Adam, Eve, running …
And gliding-out low, darkly quietly chases them …
Its down-draft fog blowing them;-- Eve looks back and--
Grabs Adam's arm, pulling him aside … Both stop ….
The Shuttle hovers at a few paces, breezily chilling them …
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![]() EVE
(pulls-holds, shivering)
It's cold…!
![]() ADAM
(stays; smiles confident)
It's a space-shuttle…!
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Eve considers what it might be … then surprised at inside--
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![]() EVE
(recognizes in window)
Mommy…?!
![]() ADAM
(looks about, at Eve)
… Where?
![]() EVE
Mommy!- There!
(points into Shuttle)
Where your reflection looks-back!- That's Mommy! … And …
(hesitates, cognizes)
A man…?!
(a beat, calls)
Mommy!…
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Adam pulls into the blasting fog, Eve shivering in tow …
Reaching a hand-- to touch the front at its widest girth …
But then, feeling his early-childhood memories intense,--
He abruptly two-handed HEAVES its girth up-and-back--
INT. SHUTTLE, SHOVED FRONT-UP-AND-BACK - (CONTINUOUS)
TfNi recovers the tilt-backing and jostle …
And looks again at them amid the flaming toppled garden …
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![]() TFNI
(resolves)
Earthers ….
![]() EVE
(looking in, calls)
Mommy!…
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(00:15 voice, resumes soothing)
TfNi controls:--
DOWN-BLAST INCREASES, FOG blowing them stiffly …
Shuttle ascends; Eve crying after--
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![]() EVE (TILL FAR OS)
Mommy! … Mommy! … Mommy!
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Above the trees and flames …
Above the fiery glowing expanse …
Into the smoky hazy late evening sky …
(00:24 +word)
The pre-eclipse moon rises E horizon amid hazy stars …
(00:36 chorus)
EXT. HIGH ALTITUDE - SHUTTLE RISING FAST - BLUE-BLACK SKY
(EPAULE) Tilting gradually to 60 deg; exhaust trailing …
Fog quits: GIRTH GLOWS RED…ORANGE… as
Turbine collar returns to flush …
(00:52 clang, exalt, exhilarates)
Shuttle gaining, passes upward ahead …
GIRTH GLOWS …YELLOW…WHITE…BLUISH… and
EXHAUST TRAIL ITSELF GLOWS transparent below the girth …
(01:23 lull)
Preceding … till tracking scopelike far beyond …
(01:26 voice)
EXT. SHUTTLE - ORBIT - EAST SUN, WEST MOON (HOUR LATER)
(AFORE) Its horizontal trail blooms wispy sheer-robe-like …
(01:52 "far in the distance")
BEACONS FLASH on the horizon directly behind,-- of the
CARRIER SHIP approaching the Shuttle, slowing relatively …
(02:04 clang, exalt exhilarates)
(AHEAD STANDING-OFF) Carrier Ship: Shuttle recedes to the huge flat-black dust-pavis-shielded former Rebel ship with its axial halves fore and aft slowly contra-rolling …
(02:33 fade)
EXT. SHUTTLE - PASSING CARRIER SIDE, FOR REAR
(02:35 lull)
Shuttle exhaust off,- its girth cools to red, to black …
Glides, passing back along … to the Carrier rear …
(02:38 +flute, easy-lightens, free-easy)
And passing behind … VERNIER BRAKES … and
Crosses to its rear-center … and waits …
(02:53 un-fade)
CARRIER REAR - SELF-FLOOD-LIT (CONTINUOUS)
Shuttle synchronizes with its axial rotation …
(02:57 pick-up, resumes exhilarating)
Its guide-and-flood-lighted rear CENTER GATE OPENS …
Shuttle VERNIERS FORWARD …
(03:00 chorus, guitar)
And just enters over mid Pacific Ocean …
(03:11)
INT. CARRIER WELL (VERTICAL) - DIM LIT (CONTINUOUS)
Shuttle ascends the central bore, passing window views of personnel, head-tops, Some looking up-out to watch …
(03:31)
INT. SHUTTLE - DISPLAYS LIT (CONTINUOUS)
TfNi, helmetted, elated to be home, controls readily …
Yaws Shuttle 360 deg. while Mike checks docking-readouts ….
(03:51)
Sync'ed to dock, she stops the Shuttle rise … and awaits …
DOCK BRIDGING EXTENDS from a wall-well Portal.
(04:02 dum+oompah)
DOCK ATTACHES,- and draws the Shuttle to the Portal …
(04:12 -melt before confident voice-)
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EXT. ELEVATOR - OPENS - GLASS WALL ON BRIGHT HANGING GARDEN
Mike, TfNi, Officer Crew enter, and--
INT. ELEVATOR, DESCENDS - (CONTINUOUS)
They admire the altitude-like view …
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