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It's (Not) the End of the World


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As I tirelessly slave over Heroes of Ladland, nitpicking and revising until my eyes bleed so I can get everything ready for it to start this summer (I'm aiming for mid-July), I figured I need something to take the edge off while at the same time making me focus on keeping a schedule.

To do that, here's a silly story I came up with. I'm writing it screenplay-style instead of as prose, purely out of convenience (because "film" is the first on Celtx's list). I'll continue posting this each week until I run out of things to say about it.

 

 

So. Sit back, boys and girls.

And enjoy the end of the world.

 

 

 

INT. COFFEE SHOP
 
It's early afternoon. 2, 3. That time in the day when you start to feel your 9am coffee wear off so you either need to take a nap or have another coffee, but you don't want to waste time taking a nap so you go get a coffee instead.
 
It's that time.
 
GRAHAM KELLER (23) and WALLY COTTON (21) are getting a coffee.
 
It's a quaint enough coffee shop. The type of place that has free wifi and seats by the windows where you'd probably see the author of this script sitting as he writes. They have mediocre paintings done by local artists hanging up on the walls.
 
Graham and Wally are sitting at a three-person table with the third seat empty. They sit opposite each other with the empty seat in the middle. Graham has a triple shot of espresso in front of him; Wally is sipping on a mocha. Graham thinks his espresso will make him seem more sophisticated. Wally just likes chocolate.

Wally is wearing pretty nice clothes. Blue slim fit button down, tucked into a pair of khakis. Black belt. Thick black glasses. He's wearing those shoes that are casual enough to be casual but dressy enough to be dressy if the occasion called for it. 
 
Graham is wearing regular guy wear. Dark jeans, a maroon t-shirt, and white Converse. He has been wearing these clothes for the past 48 hours.
 
Graham's life is falling apart.
 
GRAHAM

My life is falling apart.
 
He thinks it's the end of the world.
 
WALLY
 
It's not the end of the world.
 
GRAHAM
 
It is. It really is. I feel it. The Earth is coming to a screeching halt. Soon we'll all tumble through the air like we just fell out of a moving train.
 
Graham takes a sip of his espresso, thinking it'll help make his life better.
 
It won't.
 
He looks at his cup wistfully, thinking maybe it wouldn't be so bad if he got mauled by a bear or two.
 
GRAHAM
 
Perfect. Coffee's burnt, too.
 
WALLY
 
The coffee's always burnt, Graham. It was burnt last week, yesterday, today, and it'll be burnt tomorrow too.
 
GRAHAM
 
Lemme try yours.
 
Graham grabs Wally's cup and takes a sip.
 
GRAHAM
 
This isn't even a mocha, Wally! You're just drinking hot chocolate!
 
WALLY
 
Yeah! Because the coffee's always burnt! I hate coming here, Graham, and you know that. You don't even like coming here!
 
Wally grabs his cup back from Graham, hoping Graham didn't backwash (he did).
 
GRAHAM
 
I like coming here...
 
Graham sips on his burnt espresso a little more.
 
WALLY
 
No, you don't. You know who liked coming here? Jocelyn. Jocelyn liked coming here. And she only liked coming here because she was friends with the baristas! What are we doing here?!
 
Graham sips on his burnt espresso a little more. He looks down and to the right. He's not looking at anything in particular, he just felt that looking to the right was more natural than looking to the left.
 
Wally puts his cup down, having not taken a sip from it since taking it back from Graham. He puts his elbows on the table and tries to look Graham in the eye.
 
WALLY
 
Tell me what happened.
 
Graham looks up.
 
His mouth opens.
 
GRAHAM
 
 
Before Graham can get a word out, he's rather rudely cut off by the sound of the world ending.
 

 

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Woah. Sounds really good so far. Well done, I'm excited for more of this.

 

Thanks! I'm excited for more of it too. And thanks for being the one person to comment on it instead of like it. I like comments more than likes.

 

 

 

 

EXT. MAKE-OUT POINT
 
It's noonish. Early afternoon, actually. 2, 3. That time in the day when you start to feel your 9am coffee wear off so you either need to take a nap or have another coffee, but you don't want to waste time taking a nap so you go get a coffee instead.
 
It's that time.
 
JOCELYN GREENE (22) and HANNAH ROSE (22) have decided to not have another coffee and are instead wasting time taking a nap.
 
Make-out point is not an entirely popular area to be in the middle of the afternoon. These two girls are the only ones here. An empty car is parked four spaces down from them. Make-out point overlooks a forest.
 
Jocelyn and Hannah are laying on top of the hood of a '94 Cadillac DeVille. Jocelyn looks out to the forest while Hannah's eyes are closed. Hannah's not actually sleeping, she just hates nature and doesn't want to look at it for any longer than she has to.

Hannah is wearing a black leather jacket one size too small, a hot pink shirt, a black skirt, and dirtied up white shoes.

 
Jocelyn is wearing a white button-down shirt with black polka dots and black leggings. Her flats are off and to the side. She has been wearing these clothes for the past 48 hours.
 
Jocelyn's in a pretty good place.
 
JOCELYN
 
I think I'm in a pretty good place.
 
She thinks it's probably not the end of the world.
 
JOCELYN
 
I'll get through this. Yeah? It's not the end of the world.
 
Hannah is now actually asleep.
 
Jocelyn shoves Hannah off the hood of the car to wake her up.
 
HANNAH
 
Uncalled for! Jeez!
 
Hannah gets up and dusts her skirt off. She leans up against the front door of the car.
HANNAH
 
Do you actually think you're good or are you just saying that so you don't backslide?
 
Jocelyn brings her knees up to her chin, she wraps her arms around her legs and hugs herself. She's really not entirely sure, but she wouldn't admit that.
 
JOCELYN
 
I think it's going to be weird... but it'll be a weird I have to go through. I want to be over this.
 
See? Told you she wouldn't admit it.
 
Hannah takes out a cigarette, puts it in her mouth, lights it. She takes a drag and exhales.
 
HANNAH
 
Bullshit.
 
JOCELYN
 
Hannah!
 
HANNAH
 
Jocelyn, seriously. You're not fine. There's literally zero other people here, you can talk about it. No one's around to make fun of you.
 
JOCELYN
 
I'm fine! I don't want to talk about it!
 
Hannah takes another drag.
 
She exhales.
 
She looks at Jocelyn.
 
JOCELYN
 
...Okay. I want to talk about it.
 
Just as Jocelyn is about to talk about it, she's rather rudely interrupted by the sound of the world ending.
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