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Unexpected Visitors in the Driveway
Gabe
Okay, we lost power, go back to bed.
Jason
There's a family in our driveway.
Gabe
There is not a family in our driveway. Huh. Who is that?
[looks outside]
Jason
It's a family.
Gabe
Y'all scared of a family?
Zora
The boogeyman's family
Gabe
Okay, all right, enough... enough of that.
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Desire to Leave Amidst Overwhelming Feelings
Adelaide
Gabe, I wanna go.
Gabe
Where you tryin to go?
Adelaide
I can't be here, I...It's too much.
Gabe
You serious?
Adelaide
Being here, it, um...It feels like there's this, um... black c-cloud just hanging over me and, uh...I don't feel like myself.
Gabe
I think you look like yourself.
Adelaide
Okay, yeah. When I was a kid, I went to that boardwalk with my parents. I wandered off. I don't know why, I just did. I ended up in that hall of mirrors. There was another girl in there. She looked like me. Exactly like me.
Gabe
You were in the hall of mirrors...
Adelaide
She wasn't a reflection. She was real. She was real. Sh-She... I ran as fast as I could. My whole life, I've... I've thought that she's a devil coming for me.
Gabe
Okay, well, whatever happened, happened a-a long time ago, right?
Adelaide
You know, how sometimes things line up?
Gabe
Yeah.
Adelaide
You know, like, coincidences? Since we've been here, they've been happening more and more. I think... I feel like it means, like, she's getting closer.
Gabe
Who? The mirror girl?
Adelaide
You don't believe me.
Gabe
I-I-I do. I do. I'm processing, okay? It's just... I can't believe you kept all this inside you so long. You know I'm here, right? I'm pretty sure I can kick your ass so if she looks like you, then... Okay, bad joke. All right, I'm sorry. My bad. I'm just trying to lighten the mood.
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The Connection Between Light and Shadow
Red
Once upon a time, there was a girl and the girl had a shadow. The two were connected, tethered together. When the girl ate, her food was given to her warm and tasty. But when the shadow was hungry, she had to eat rabbit raw and bloody. On Christmas, the girl received wonderful toys; soft and cushy. But the shadow's toys were so sharp and cold they sliced through her hands and fingers when she tried to play with them. The girl met a handsome prince and fell in love. But the shadow at that same time had Abraham. It didn't matter if she loved him or not. He was tethered to the girl's prince after all. Then the girl had her first child, a beautiful baby girl. But the shadow, she gave birth to a little monster! Umbrae was born laughing. The girl had a second child, a boy this time. They had to ]. The shadow had to do it all herself. She named him Pluto, he was born to love fire. So you see, the shadow hated the girl so much for so long...until one day the shadow realized she was being tested by ].
[[Caesarean section|cut her open and take him from her belly; [God]
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Calling for Help in a Crisis
Kitty
Ophelia, call the police.
Ophelia
Sure. Playing "]" by ].
[[w:Fuck tha Police|Fuck tha Police; [w:N.W.A|N.W.A]
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Self-Reflection and Awareness
Taglines
Watch Yourself.
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Self-Conflict as Humanity's Greatest Challenge
Taglines
We Are Our Own Worst Enemy.
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Debating Safety and Escape Plans
Adelaide
We need to move and keep moving. We take the coast. We go to Mexico.
Gabe
Mexico?
Adelaide
Okay.
Gabe
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa! We got everything we need here. Food, water, backup generator. We're safe here as we're gonna be anywhere.
Adelaide
Tell that to Josh and Kitty. They're right here.
[pointing to the dead bodies]
Gabe
You're scaring the kids.
Zora
Too late.
Jason
Too late.
Adelaide
They think like us. They know where we are. They won't stop until they kill us. Or we kill them.
Gabe
Then, let's make some traps or somethin', like some ] type stuff. That way, if she comes...
[[Home Alone]
Adelaide
Tell me you did not just reference Home Alone.
Gabe
You know what I'm talkin about.
Adelaide
Gabe, they've been planning this. They have the upper hand. This is the time to run, not to be sprinkling ] on the floor.
[[w:Micro Machines|Micro Machines]
Jason
What are Micro Machines?
Zora
What's Home Alone?
Gabe
We're not going anywhere. And that's final.
Adelaide
You don't get to make the decisions anymore!
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The Tethered's Fight for Existence and Identity
Red
How it must have been to grow up with a sky. To feel the sun, the wind, the trees. But your people took it for granted. We're human too, you know. Lives. Gave them hands, teeth, and blood. Exactly like you. And yet, it was humans that built this place. I believe they figured out how to make a copy of the body but not the soul. The soul remains one shared by two. They created the Tethered so they could use them to control the ones above. Like puppets. But they failed and they abandoned the Tethered. For generations, the Tethered continued without interactions. They all went mad down here. And then there was us... You remember? We were born special. Fate brought us together that night. I never stopped thinking about you. How things could have been. How you could’ve taken me with you. Years after we met, a miracle of life happened. That's when I saw God. And He showed me my path. You felt it too. The end of our dance. The Tethered saw that I was different. That I would deliver them from this misery. I had found my faith. And I began to prepare. It took years to plan. Everything had to be perfect. I didn't just need to kill you. I needed to make a statement that the whole world would see. It's our time now. Our time up there. And to think, if it weren't for you, I never would've danced at all.
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Confrontation of Identity and Nationality
Gabe
Who are you people?
Red
We're Americans.
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A Family Dispute Over Who Drives
Zora
I'm driving.
Adelaide
No way.
Gabe
I told her no.
Zora
Dad's leg is messed up, you're handcuffed. It's not safe, I'm driving.
Adelaide
Zora, no!
Zora
I have the highest kill count in the family.
Adelaide
You don't have the highest kill count.
Zora
I killed both twins.
Adelaide
Wrong. I just killed the second one.
Jason
I killed Kitty.
Gabe
So that's one, one, one and two. I killed two. I killed myself and Josh, so...
[pointing at the family]
Adelaide
It doesn't matter! Zora, get in the back!
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