Chapter 3: One Last Message
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↓ Transcript[A low-lit room is scattered with water bottles, some of them empty. Sami's shoulder bag and shoes sit on the floor a few feet away from a camping pad and sleeping bag, where Sami's eyes are just cracking open.][…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[Hannah raises her head, her face scrunched up and sleepy. Sami looks toward the front of the store at the sound of Andy's voice.] Hannah: Mmm, what? Andy: (off-panel) I'm out here! [Andy stands beaming next to a loaded-up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[The girls sit cross-legged on the floor around their pilfered food. The floor is littered with empty soup cans, water bottles, boxes, and opened packaging. Sami: So… what are we doing? We've got supplies… what next? Andy: I dunno.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[A close-up on Hannah; her eyes are not visible.] Hannah: I came here lookin' for answers and I got nothin'. [Sami sits back up. She and Andy look at Hannah sympathetically.] Hannah: To be honest, I don't know what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[Sami closes her eyes pensively, balling her fists up in her lap.] Sami: This is my home. I don't WANT to leave… But… I don't want to STAY, either. [Andy gives her a pat on the knee.] Andy: It's[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript[Somewhere along the Olentangy river, the injured alien has washed up on the bank, face-down.] [On the bank, a metallic boot steps into the foreground before the unconscious body.] [From an ant's-eye view, an alien stands over its unconscious[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript[In the foreground, the rescuer alien taps on its holographic screen as two of its fellows drape their injured friend's arms around their shoulders. The injured one hangs limply, battered and sodden.] [A wide shot of the riverbank and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[A tall panel spanning two rows shows some of the destruction to a neighborhood that's been reduced to burnt rubble.] Andy: So once you've got the flames going, how do you wield them? [Hannah walks ahead of Andy, who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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↓ Transcript[Sami looks up, her expression subdued.] Sami: Yeah. Why…? [Close up on her eyes as they snap open wide.] [Through the grey haze, Sami's house stands before them, immaculate and unharmed, in stark contrast to the dismal landscape. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…