We open on a close up of wide brown eyes, very dilated, backing up to see IZZY, sweating profusely, hair wild. She is being strapped into a gurney by an EMT. Reverse shot, we see a younger ROSE — both girls, actually, appear to only be in their mid-teens. ROSE stands outside the open back doors of the ambulance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ROSE: Where are you taking her?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 2: Please stand back hon, we need to close the doors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ROSE: Izzy! Hang in there, you’re gonna be okay.. [Her high pitched anxious voice says otherwise.] I’ll come visit you tomorrow. They’re gonna take care of you..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: [head rolling around frantically] I’m on a spaceship!! I’m gonna meet E.T.!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Shot of Rose, concerned, as the ambulance doors are slammed shut.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: I’m going to ask you a few questions, okay? And we just need to take your blood pressure, are you able to answer my questions? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: [laughing hysterically] Take me to your leader! Ha! You can’t fool me, ask away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: Can you tell me your date of birth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: What do you think I’m stupid? Of course I can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: [pauses a beat] … What is your birthday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: April 16. I’m an Aries, you hear me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: What year were you born?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: I was born before the wind… [she turns and looks with sudden fascination at the expired inspection certificate on the ambulance’s door] Where are you taking me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: We’re taking you to Mt. Sinai, the ER. Can you tell me what year you were born?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: 2001. I’m a star child, sent to Earth in the new Millennium to —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: Isabelle, how old are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Wha… I .. I just told you, I’m 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: Can you tell me what substances you took tonight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: [laughing] “Substances”. You be trippin’. Where that little alien at? I know he’s around here somewhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: Isabelle, try to focus on my questions, okay hon? Can you tell me if you took any pills? You been drinking alcohol?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Hahaha! I want my lawyer! And some peanut butter cups while you’re at it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: [to EMT 2] Call in a code pink, she’s non-responsive and heart rate pretty elevated, gonna need a psych eval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: A psyche val, like valium? Yes, please. I’m trippin’ BALLS hahahaha!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: Did you take LSD? Mushrooms? If you answer my questions we can make sure to get you the right help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[EMT 1, a short woman in her late 20s with long black hair, who is originally from Hawaii, hands EMT 1 a bottle of Evian]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 2: Drink some water, okay? You look like you’re burning up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Thank you, kindly good sir. [She accepts the bottle and lifts her head to drink wholeheartedly, spilling water down her her shirt.] You know, I don’t see how being from Hawaii is even relevant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[EMT 2 \/ Milana looks over curiously.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: I mean, in the meta-narrative. You feel me? It’s like.. well the aliens — they’re telepathic, right? — they’re saying… like. [Takes a big swig of water.] Like, you ever wonder why we’re like… It’s like we’re just characters in a play, okay? Stage left, stage right, do what you’re told. In your third eye, okay? But you’re not the *writer*. [she burps loudly.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EMT 1: You like theater? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Nah dude, listen to me. You, me, her, this is all… it’s a *story*. You can’t see what I can. I mean [laughs psychotically] FUCK this shit is heavy. I only took a half tab, and … I can see through time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MILANA: Alright, we’re here. We’re gonna roll you out, gonna be a little bump, it’s a bit cold outside, but we’ll get you to–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We see a flash of color, followed by more colors, strobing out the scene, morphing into a tunnel of lights, a wormhole? An inner experience? The music is compelling but odd for the genre, and then–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY is in a wheelchair, covered with a wool blanket, being rolled by a nurse into a beige room where patients sit around, some playing cards, a couple looking up at her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NURSE: Alright hon, this is the common area. We’ll be checking in with you in a few minutes, need to ask you some questions, but you’re free to hang out here or can go to your room and lay down if you like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Oh I like laying down, trust me. But sitting’s cool. And indoors, I like indoors. The walls… it’s —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRIS: Hello today! I’m Cris. Are you.. divergent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Come again? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRIS: Hello today! I’m Cris. Are you–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NURSE 2: Isabelle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: Don’t calle me Shirley! Hahaha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NURSE 2: We need to do intake, let’s go into this room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN emerges from one of the doors lining the hallway. He’s wearing crocs and pink pajamas, looks a bit sedated. He comes into the common room and takes one of the empty seats with two patients playing some sort of card game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: And then we’re gonna fly away? To the homeworld?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Hearts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRIS: Rummy. Hearts are for horses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Alright. I’ll just watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAUREN: [in whispery tones] you.. can.. play.. the next.. hand.. if you… <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Thanks, I’m okay. Don’t even remember how to play, to be perfectly frank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRIS: Frank, have you met Shirley? She has pink hair. I think she just got here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Oh hey, doc!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The doctor stops mid-stride, looking very doctorly in his neatly pressed khakis and horn-rimmed glasses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Yes, Mr. Murphy, what is it you need, sir? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: I just was wondering, when are you thinking I might be discharged?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Ah, yes, I see. Well, you have been taking the medications I prescribed. But we need you to fill out your wellness plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Yeah, I mean. It’s kinda hard, you won’t let us have pens and I’m always either in group or trying to get a shower, and–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: We have crayons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Right. But so, what is a wellness plan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: [Looks at his watch] Would you like to meet now, we can go into your room, is that okay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Okay, doc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN enters the unlit bedroom, followed by the doctor, and sits down on the simple wood framed bed, pushing aside some coloring pages and a large plastic cup with attached straw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: So, uh, Duncan, can you please tell me, sir, have you still been having the intrusive thoughts about being a time-traveler from the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Uh, no. Nah, doc, I am feeling a lot more, uh.. more grounded. I remember saying that stuff, but I realize it was part of my illness. Feel like the pills are helping there, for sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: That is good. Can you tell me, where are you now? What place are you in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: This is a hospital. St…. Minae? Hopsital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: It’s Mt. Sinai. Can you tell me what today’s date is? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Uh.. It’s… June 15?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: It is actually July 16th. Can you tell me what year it is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Good. And can you tell me, what are some things you will do when you do leave this hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Oh, well, if you’re telling me to lay off the Brazillian insanity peppers, I’m way ahead of you. [He chuckles. The doctor stares at him.] No, er, I mean. I know I need to take the medications, and will have to let the paper know I’ve been unwell, been getting help. But I feel ready to get back to my work, just back to normal routine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: I see, yes. Those are good things. And can you tell me, who is Telly? Is this you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: [looking nervously around the room] Um… Telly? I don’t know who that is…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Good. It was a trick question. There is no one named Telly. Mr. Murphy, you are doing well. I’m going to be gone over the long weekend, we can meet again Tuesday, but I think you may be ready to be discharged by middle of next week, maybe sooner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: [brow furrowing] Oh, I see… okay well, I mean, I could be ready to leave tomorrow, if you–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Tomorrow, Dr. Fenstock will be covering. Over the weekend I believe you will see Dr. Burke, but we can meet again on Tuesday. I want to make sure you are stabilizing on the new medication. By the way, have you experienced any diahrrea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Uh.. no…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGO: Any hot flashes or chills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGO: Any shortness of breath, or thoughts of hurting yourself or others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: No, none of that, doc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGO: This is encouraging. Different people experience different side effects, and some experience none at all. These can include homicidal feelings, wobbliness, dry mouth, seizures in some cases, and rarely, inabilty to sleep through the night. But the important thing is that we want you feeling better and on your feet again, yes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: I.. yes, I really just want to get back to my life, I’m feeling a lot better now..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY pokes her head in the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: You’re the main character!! It’s not a rom-com, not a thriller, it’s a mystery!! We are all individuals, while they twist our minds and smash our —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NURSE R: Isabelle, that’s not your room, please don’t intrude into other patients rooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IZZY: You’re not even real!!! Hahaha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: I’ll have what she’s having! Haha.. ha…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Okay, well I’m encouraged that you are feeling better. Why don’t you continue to go to groups, and get rest over the weekend. Okay? We will meet again next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DUNCAN: Okay, doc. I… I feel this is the start of a beautiful friendship. [The doctor continues to not find Duncan’s jokes funny. You the audience are sort of annoyed as well. But you have free will, and the scene is almost over, so relax.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DR. SHIVAGOO: Okay, thank you Mr. Murphy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exit stage left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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