Enconters

STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
You were viciously murdered too?
Well no, but like, I was in Connolly, yeah? And there was this pigeon.
Real proud looking fucker, picking at bread crumbs and doing pigeon
things. And I thought to myself, I thought: "Why does the pigeon get
to be so happy, when nobody knows him. When nobody ever knows
him, and all he does is live off the scraps," Well then I got angry, so I
chased him, yknow, to knock him off his high horse, to spook him a
little. And well, wasn't it just my luck that I fell off the track as soon as
the train decided to come along.
Jesus.
I wrote a rap about it. (Turns to the audience) who wants to hear it?
NO! Sorry, I mean, how old were you when it happened?
Seventeen. You?
Twenty two.
A shared look of newfound understanding passes between them
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
STEPHANIE:
WILLIAM:
You know, seeing as how we're only have, what? Like, five minutes of
consciousness left? And this may be our last chance to know, live
again. So, why don't we ...
Are you serious?
What?
Are you seriously hitting on a murder victim in a crowded room of
witnesses?
I was just thinking, maybe we could ...
Stop, just // stop
... hold hands?
MARY smiles despite herself. She outreaches her hand.
As soon as contact is made we
SNAP TO BLACK:
SNAP UP TO FULL LIGHT
The possession has ended. Return to initial position. The fourth was has been rebuilt.
MARY and JOHN are completely oblivious to the effects of their "spell".