19 Nocturne Boulevard - FORCE MAJEURE - Reissue of the week
b'What can it mean when a man knows the exact date and time he\'s going to die?\\xa0 And what does THAT mean to the people he hires to save him?
Cast List
Rena - Julie Hoverson
Matilda - Kate Waterous
Fred Quarry - Carl Cubbedge
"Bud" - Anthony D.P. Mann (Horror Etc. Podcast)
Infernique - Julia Belyea
Ma - Angela Kirby
Music by:\\xa0 Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Editing and Sound: \\xa0 Julie Hoverson
Cover Design:\\xa0 Brett Coulstock
"What kind of a place is it?
Why it\'s a bar parking lot, can\'t you tell?"
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FORCE MAJEURE
Cast:
[Opening credits - Olivia]
Rena
Matilda
Fred Quarry, fat male comedian
Beelzebud
Infernique
Ma
OLIVIA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Did you have any trouble finding it?\\xa0 What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?\\xa0 Why, it\'s a parking lot of a low life honky tonk, can\'t you tell?\\xa0
MUSIC
SOUND \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0DISTANT TRAFFIC, MUFFLED VERY LOUD MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN, MUSIC GETS LOUDER, SOUND OF A FIGHT
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS, FOOTSTEPS SET OUT ACROSS PARKING LOT
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR QUICKLY OPENS AND SHUTS, SECOND PAIR OF FEET SCUTTLE AFTER FIRST
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [coming on]\\xa0 Come on!\\xa0 I\'m sorry about that!\\xa0 I really needed to know if you\'re as good as you\'re hyped up to be.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [Snort]\\xa0
QUARRY \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I - I need some help here!\\xa0 there\'s no place else I can turn.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [low uninflected growl] Bite me.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOT_DOOT OF CAR DOOR REMOTE
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 QUARRY\'S FEET STOP
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I - I\'m about to be murdered.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 RENA\'S FOOTSTEPS HESITATE JUST A SECOND, THEN CONTINUE.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CAR DOOR YANKED OPEN
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 QUARRY\'S FEET NERVOUSLY DASH FORWARD
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No one will take me seriously - my agent, my wife.\\xa0 Certainly not the police.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [quiet] Big surprise.
SOUND \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0THE CAR SQUEAKS AS SHE CLIMBS IN.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [beginning to squeal] I\'m desperate here!\\xa0 Can\'t you just listen?\\xa0
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [squeaks as the door almost catches him]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 RUSTLE OF PAPER
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'ve got money!\\xa0 If this isn\'t enough, I\'ll write you a bigger one!\\xa0 Whatever you want!
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CHECK SLAPPED FLAT AGAINST THE WINDOW
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 INSIDE THE CAR, NO NIGHT NOISES.\\xa0 QUARRY\'S VOICE IS VERY MUTED
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Anything!
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sighs]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BUTTON PUSHED, WINDOW COMES DOWN, PAPER SNATCHED
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Get in.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 THE DOOR LOCKS CLICK.
MUSIC\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 JAZZ, UP AND THEN UNDER AS IT PLAYS ON THE CAR STEREO.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STARTS DRIVING AS THEY TALK
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What if this guy that\'s got you wee-ing yourself gets you while I\'m out looking for him?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s...he\'s not gonna kill me \'til Saturday.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He sent an itinerary?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [very evasive]\\xa0 It was all in the note.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [skeptical]\\xa0 But you believe him?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where are we going?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We\'re just going.\\xa0 [beat]\\xa0 Why\'s he after you?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why?\\xa0 I mean why does anyone do something wacko?\\xa0 He probably just wants to be famous.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And killing you would make him famous.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [duh] Well, yeah.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\'t you - you don\'t... know who I am?\\xa0 I\'m Fred Quarry!\\xa0 I told you that back in the bar.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I was a little busy fighting off your thug.\\xa0
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The Fred Quarry - you know, with the sitcom, and the late night talk show?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I don\'t watch much.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I was on the cover of T.V. Guide twice last year - don\'tcha shop at supermarkets?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [still flat] Oh, THAT Fred Quarry.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 That\'s what I\'ve been saying.\\xa0 I\'m famous.\\xa0 Even you must have heard someone say- [catchphrase>] "No!\\xa0 Reeeeally?"
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No.\\xa0 Really.
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 COMPUTER NOISES [MAT] CLEANING A GUN [RENA]
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You buy it?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s hiding something.\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Most people are.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Not me.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 But you\'re a robot. [beat]\\xa0 Oh, come on.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It wasn\'t funny when when we were kids, and it\'s not funny now.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh] Fine.\\xa0 What now?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You find anything on Quarry?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s actually pretty clean, for a hollywood bigshot.\\xa0 Meteoric rise to fame, starring roles, gonna be roasted on comedy central.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 If this guy doesn\'t roast him first.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SLAPS THE SLIDE BACK INTO THE GUN
MUSIC
AMB\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CAFE
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Nothing?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Nothing. Your guy\'s in the wind. Invisible.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [dreadful revelation] Of course...
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He... well... [gasp, then panicking] Oh crap!\\xa0 Oh CRAP!
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TRYING TO SQUEEZE OUT OF THE BOOTH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What\'s up?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He said not until Saturday!!!
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [calm and dangerous] He won\'t do anything here.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You don\'t know that!\\xa0 Shit shit SHIT shit shit.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I won\'t let anything happen - we have an agreement--
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [squeals]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HE FALLS OUT ONTO THE FLOOR
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEET WALK UP AND STOP
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Are you supposed to be someone famous too?\\xa0 Or just a goomba hit man?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [affable] What could my pal here be telling you?\\xa0 He\'s a little sensitive, ya know?\\xa0 A little... over-imaginative.\\xa0 All good entertainers are.\\xa0 [dangerous] Arentcha?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [mumbled] Go away.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [tsks]\\xa0 You\'re just undignified on the floor like that.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CHAIR PULLS UP, BUD SITS
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Want a hand?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [squeal]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TRYING TO SCUTTLE AWAY
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What are your plans?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Plans?\\xa0 Just breakfast here with friends.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 MENU FLAPS
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [pretending to read] What\'s good here?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 For Fred.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Him?\\xa0 They gotta low-cal menu?\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I mean--
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [exasperated sigh] Look sweetheart, drop this.\\xa0 Whatever Fred here\'s told you, it ain\'t like that at all.\\xa0 [serious] This ain\'t a game you can win.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [whining]\\xa0 You said Saturday.\\xa0 You shouldn\'t be here.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What is it, then?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [chuckles]\\xa0 Ask your boy about his contract.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [high whine]
MUSIC
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And then he just left?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yup.\\xa0 But he dropped this.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SLAP OF PLASTIC CARD ON TABLE
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, please - how transparent.\\xa0 Either he\'s an idiot or he\'s setting up a meet.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Too early to tell.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [musing] But he didn\'t deny anything.\\xa0 Hmm.\\xa0 Did I get everything on the description?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 COMPUTER KEYS
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [reading]\\xa0 5\'6, narrow face, dark hair - slightly receding, crooked teeth, wiry, but looks tough?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yup.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Looks something like this?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [leans in]\\xa0 Yeah.\\xa0 Not the guy, but that same kind of look.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Great. \\xa0So we\'re hunting Steve Buscemi in a pale green leisure suit.
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HOTEL KEY CARD, DOOR OPENS SURREPTITIOUSLY
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 QUIET FOOTSTEPS
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 LIGHT SWITCH
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hiya.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disgusted noise, then resigned]\\xa0 My sister says--
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [chuckles] Yeah?\\xa0 Well, I ain\'t an idiot.\\xa0 C\'mon in.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disturbed, suspicious] Yeah.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SHUTS
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You wanna drink?\\xa0 The mini-bar ain\'t world class, but... it\'s on me.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I wouldn\'t drink anything "on you."
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [ouch noise] Brass tacks, then.\\xa0 You want to know why you should drop whiny boy\'s case?\\xa0 Try this.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FLIPS OUT BUSINESS CARD
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Beelzebud - Recruitment - F-M-C"?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FLASH FLAME
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasps, blows on fingers] Beelze-what?\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Just call me Bud.\\xa0 I hate being mistaken for that other guy.\\xa0 It\'s not like I\'m Joe Estevez.\\xa0 [beat]\\xa0 Frank Stallone?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [she\'s not getting the joke] Nice card.\\xa0 Flashpaper?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disgusted sigh]\\xa0 All right-- [voice begins to change]\\xa0 How plain do I have to make this?\\xa0 Tell your sister [raises his voice] or is she listening right now?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasp]
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter, quiet] What the--?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [still raised] Get on the internet and look up demons.\\xa0 [voice very demonic]\\xa0 There\'s a particularly good Web site at www dot legion dot H-E-L, but I\'m not sure you can access it.\\xa0 [coming back to normal] It ain\'t exactly ... user friendly.\\xa0 And god knows it ain\'t Vista compatible.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [flat, unbelieving] You\'re a demon?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh] Whaddaya want, horns?\\xa0 That\'s such a drag - always having to fix my hair again once I get done showing off.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yeah, that\'s a lot of grease to reapply.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [long intake of breath, then sucks his teeth]\\xa0 I like you.\\xa0 You don\'t scare.\\xa0 [beat] You guess my interest in Freddy boy yet?\\xa0 How bout you phone a friend - eh, sis?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter, getting it] A contract.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A contract...?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Bingo.\\xa0 I held up my end, and now he wants to welsh.\\xa0 So who\'s really in the wrong?\\xa0 \'Sides, there\'s nothing you can do - I get his life.\\xa0 One way or another, Quarry\'s gonna die.\\xa0 He might slip in the shower, choke on a herringbone, or have a turtle drop out of the freakin\' sky on his head - but he will die.\\xa0 I don\'t even gotta be there.
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 POUNDING ON A DOOR
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [squeak]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CHAIN LOCK OFF, STARTS TO OPEN DOOR, BUT IT SLAMS OPEN ON HIM
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [Starts to scream, is muffled]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BODY UP AGAINST WALL
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I believe this is yours.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BUNCH OF PAPER FLIPPED OUT ALL OVER FLOOR
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [squinched up] You said you don\'t give refunds.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m making an exception.\\xa0 You\'re lucky I don\'t feel like breaking my "I don\'t beat the crap out of my employers" rule, too.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CRUMPLING MONEY
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [crying piteously] Look at me - oodles of money, married to a supermodel, top of the world - and it\'s all ashes.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You made your own bed.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [getting a bit tough]\\xa0 So I don\'t wanna die - is that so wrong?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Everyone dies.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 But me - I\'m gonna die day after tomorrow!!!\\xa0 And you won\'t even help!\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Does the word "demon" ring a bell?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Wouldya have believed me?\\xa0 I don\'t think so.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [mocking his catchphrase] No.\\xa0 Reeeeally?
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DRIVING IN A CAR
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on filter]\\xa0 Too bad.\\xa0 He is Fred Quarry.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I still don\'t care.\\xa0 He\'s a weasely little shmuck.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Too bad you didn\'t keep the check - once he\'s dead, that signature\'ll be worth big bucks.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, please.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I have the soul of a collector.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And the taste of a crazy cat lady.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [huffy] I have never tasted a crazy cat lady in my life.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [snort, almost a chuckle]
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SNORING [rena]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PHONE RINGS
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FUMBLING FOR PHONE, PICKS UP
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [barely awake] What?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, eh?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yup.\\xa0 Thanks for calling.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STARTS TO FUMBLE PHONE BACK
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter, getting smaller] Wait-wait-wait!\\xa0 Should I call back after you have some coffee?\\xa0 Lithium?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh]\\xa0 Speak.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] This ain\'t exactly something I wanna discuss over the phone.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where?
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PARK AMB
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEET ON GRAVEL
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Your sister on the line?\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yeah.\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where what?\\xa0\\xa0 She\'s at our office.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She always is, isn\'t she?\\xa0 She don\'t get out much.\\xa0 I mean where\'s the mike?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Does it matter?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I don\'t like being bugged.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I can always leave.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, no.\\xa0 Well, if she\'s gonna be part of this deeply personal conversation - introduce us, wouldja?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Matilda.\\xa0 Bud.\\xa0 Happy?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thrilled.\\xa0 And you?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m thrilled too.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Your name.\\xa0 You know mine.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'ve already forgotten it.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Bud.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Rena.\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re lucky I\'m not charging by the minute.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Fine. \\xa0I gotta trade for ya - I leave your boy sucking air, and you do something for me.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s not my boy.\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well.... see if you can get back on the payroll, and take him for as much as you can get.\\xa0 [sigh] I wouldn\'t even consider any of this but you don\'t strike me like someone who\'s gonna laugh me out.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter, quiet]\\xa0 Wow, finally your lack of a sense of humor actually comes in handy.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [uncomfortable] See, I ain\'t had a date in a really long time--
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Not interested.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STARTS TO WALK AWAY.\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter, quiet]\\xa0 I might be.\\xa0 I loved Fargo.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [demonic voice] LISTEN.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEET STOP
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No offense to you, sweet cheeks, but dating a human is like having a freaking hamster for a pet.\\xa0 Cute and cuddly, but the relationship has the lifespan of about a week.\\xa0 [lighter]\\xa0 Besides that wheel just gets on your freakin\' nerves.\\xa0 [laughs]
RENA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0That "funny". How\'s that working for you?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m an acquired taste.\\xa0 So... [long breath] I spotted another demon.\\xa0 A real looker.\\xa0 Last night at a club.\\xa0 Dark hair, sleek body...\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Do I look like a yenta?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [urgent] Find out who she is and get me a date.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A... date?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yeah, a date - I don\'t mean you gotta guarantee "va-va-voom" or nothing, just get her to go out with me.\\xa0 If I can\'t take it from there, well... that\'s my problem.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And Quarry goes free.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well... Instead of death, I can settle for total ruination.\\xa0 People come back from worse every day.\\xa0 Look at Rob Lowe.\\xa0 Marion Barry?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'ll call Fred!
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 OUTSIDE, APPROACHING A NIGHTCLUB
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [musing] Goblin and the Trolls - Delightful.\\xa0 Bad sixties rehash or cheez metal?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Give me a second.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It was rhetorical.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Cheez.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The band.\\xa0 They sound like Gwar without the bodily fluids.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Woo. \\xa0This better work.\\xa0 How do I turn it on?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BOX OPENS; CHIMEY HUM, MUTED - GETS LOUDER AS SHE GOES THROUGH THE DOOR.\\xa0 MUSIC IS PLAYING
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Dunno - Bud just said that crystal would lead you to--\\xa0 Oh, jeez.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CHIMEY THING GETS LOUDER.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Feedback. \\xa0Call when you turn it off.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 MATILDA OUT
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, goody.
MUSIC
MUSIC MUTES WITH THE SHUTTING OF A DOOR
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SINK RUNS, THEN STOPS.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 LIPSTICK OPENS.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER TOWELS
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [very uncomfortable] Hi.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s not your color.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, I--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Weren\'t you asking to borrow my lipstick?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, I--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Then... [smacks lips] No, I\'m not into chicks.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No!\\xa0 I--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh] What, then?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [fumbling, flustered]\\xa0 This is going to sound... well, like something out of junior high school.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Dissection?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I have a sort of a ...friend who wants me to tell you that he thinks you\'re ... attractive - and he wants me to - he wants to ... ask you out.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And he\'s what ... shy?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, he\'s one of - your kind.\\xa0 He saw you here last night--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 That iguana in the leisure suit?\\xa0 I don\'t think so.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BUSINESS CARD SLAPPED ONTO COUNTER
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Just in case, here\'s my--
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BODY SLAMMED UP AGAINST WALL
RENA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[gasp]
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [suddenly intense] Don\'t try to set me up, bait.\\xa0 I happen to be honest.\\xa0 If you\'re some kind of half-ass demon-hunter, you can bite me, [demonic whisper] and I don\'t mean in the nice way.\\xa0
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 MUSIC STARTS
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BODY SLAMMED BACK INTO WALL
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Gotta go, sweetheart - my boys are on.
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT, SMACK TO STEERING WHEEL
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I hate bitches.\\xa0
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PUNCHING BUTTONS ON A CELLPHONE
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Especially DEMON bitches.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I take it the date\'s off?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PHONE FALLS TO FLOOR, STILL RINGING
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [completely surprised]\\xa0 What the crap?\\xa0 How\'d you get into my--
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Demon"?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right.\\xa0 That.\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] What\'s up?\\xa0 Hang up your phone.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s on the floor.\\xa0 Yes, she wouldn\'t go for it.\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Figures.\\xa0 Classy deme like that.\\xa0 [sigh]\\xa0 It was worth a try.\\xa0 I owe you something.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No thanks.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Nonsense.\\xa0 I always pay up.\\xa0 How about a new car or something?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Answer some questions.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 If I can - some things man ain\'t meant to know.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 This demon bitch said she\'s "honest"?\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The way she said it, it seems like it meant something ... more.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [trying to decide] Hmm.\\xa0 Yeah, you can know that.\\xa0 Ok, I think your basic problem here is that you\'re thinking demons are the enemies of god, right?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Go on.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 See, what you\'re forgetting is that in a big business, the janitors work for the same boss as the executives.\\xa0 Get me?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Interesting.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 God made folks able to choose right from wrong.\\xa0 He wants \'em to choose, right, sure, but if wrong ain\'t enticing, it ain\'t a fair test.\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Makes sense.
BUD \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0So, you get a bunch of mooks like me running around tempting people.\\xa0 If they\'re good clean folks who would rather do the right thing, then they just don\'t take us up on it.\\xa0 Otherwise...
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Sort of like if chocolate tasted like celery, we\'d all be a size 8.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Matilda says--
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Skip the replay - I can hear her.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So, "Honest"?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right, um.\\xa0 We have rules.\\xa0 We don\'t lie to make a deal - we omit everything under the sun, but can\'t tell an actual untruth.\\xa0 We can only offer stuff, in return for... stuff.\\xa0 We can\'t threaten folks - you know, say something like "if you don\'t sign, we\'ll kill your dog", y\'know?\\xa0 [joking] And it\'s murder if you pull out the red-hot pokers.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] So why hasn\'t he - sorry, why haven\'t you - tried to tempt us?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re not my type.\\xa0 Uh, no offense - my department is fat male comedians.\\xa0 You may have seen some of my work.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Really?\\xa0 Like John Belushi?\\xa0 John Candy?\\xa0 [ghoulish] Fatty Arbuckle?\\xa0
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Far be it from me to name names, but let\'s just say how else would Tommy Boy and Black Sheep both get made?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter] Wow.\\xa0 So what do you... do?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Actually, not much.\\xa0 I mean, the way I roll is I don\'t make talentless gobs into stars - much easier to scout the ones who actually have what it takes but no luck, catch \'em at a low point, and scoop them and their haagen dasz up like sand on the beach.\\xa0 Do a little work - pretty much like any other agent - and reap the rewards.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re a shit.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Pretty much like any other agent.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Your percentage is a little high.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Look, babe.\\xa0 It\'s my job.\\xa0 It may be a crap job, but I\'m good at it.\\xa0 Always in the black.\\xa0 And you don\'t want to run over on these kinds of projects - the accounting department - whew!\\xa0 I mean, you wanna see bureacracy, go to hell.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [filter]\\xa0 But you could - decide not to kill Quarry?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well, it seems like a wash now, but yeah - I gotta little discretion.\\xa0 Won\'t be a gold star on my record, but I stay ahead enough - basically he\'d be a small loss, like losing money for a tax writeoff.\\xa0
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 RUSTLE OF PAPER, EATING NOISES
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TV, COMPUTER, PLAYS IN BG
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [around food]\\xa0 Hold on, um, here--
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 REMOTE CLICKS, T.V. SOUND UP
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on T.V.]\\xa0 No, Reeeally?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on T.V.]\\xa0 MUSIC CUTS TO COMMERCIAL, SOUND DOWN
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s still an idiot.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You don\'t feel sorry for him?\\xa0 At all?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right.\\xa0 Next I can feel sorry for the chain smoker who\'s going through cancer and the gangbanger who gets caught in a drive by.\\xa0 Let\'s just help everyone.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [tsks]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Got it.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CREAK OF CHAIR, FOOTSTEPS, LITTLE METAL PEEPHOLE DOOR
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [outside] Can we talk?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disgusted sigh, calls over her shoulder]\\xa0 Incoming!
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SEVERAL LOCKS UNLOCK, DOOR OPENS
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [coming in] I brought someone to talk to you.\\xa0 Maybe it\'ll help.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [old and feeble] Hi.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I thought she was a supermodel.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Huh?\\xa0
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re thinking of Divana, his wife.\\xa0 I\'m his mother.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Is that--? \\xa0[laughs] \\xa0No, Reeeally?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disconcerted] Uh, who\'s that?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 My sister.\\xa0 She\'s a big fan.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [quiet] Oh.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You stay here, ma, and talk to this nice lady, I\'ll go sign an autograph or something.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Um. [quietly] So, you\'re a friend of Fred\'s?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No.\\xa0
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, uh - Fred\'s such a nice boy.\\xa0 He paid off my mortgage.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Good for you.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And he even bought me a new hip.\\xa0\\xa0 You should really help with whatever--
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [from off] Oh my god!\\xa0 Is that Mamma Farnaby?\\xa0 Bring her on over!
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [losing the cutesy old lady] \\xa0Oh, Crap.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOOTSTEPS, KICKING A BAG ASIDE
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You know her?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [mumbled]\\xa0 She\'s my... mom.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She plays his mother on the show.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I tried.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Come on over, I gotta get your autograph too!
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CAR DOOR CLOSES, KEYS INTO IGNITION
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [talking to Mat] Yes, I got them.\\xa0 Um-hmm, The frosted kind, not the glazed--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [pointed sigh]
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, I should have mentioned the black-eyed bitch in the back seat.\\xa0 Why are you here?
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 To make a deal.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How\'d you find me?
INFERIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You left me your card.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Funny how that connects up to catching me in the car at the grocery store.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m here to make a deal.\\xa0 A one time offer.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Deal?
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I will go to [disgusted] karaoke, or miniature golf, or whatever appeals to your... [slur] friend.\\xa0 But you have to do something for me.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m listening?
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'ve run a bit over budget for my "current project".\\xa0 You do understand what I\'m talking about?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'ve got the basics.\\xa0 Hell.\\xa0 Bureaucracy.\\xa0 Budgets.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Good.\\xa0 My current client is the "singer" for that ...band.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m sorry.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And I need someone to kill him.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [beat, but still even] Isn\'t that... cheating?\\xa0
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\'t ask.\\xa0 Don\'t tell.\\xa0
MUSIC
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 LOCKS UNLOCK, DOOR OPENS, FOOTSTEPS
[laughter]
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TV PAUSES
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [coming in] They only had a dozen-- oh.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off] There won\'t be enough to go around.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off] What\'dja bring?
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off] I\'m off grains anyway.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEET
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I take it you weren\'t on the cans the whole time I was gone?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sharp]\\xa0 What?\\xa0 You said you got the frosted ones, then hung up.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Shit.\\xa0 Get your ears on.\\xa0 I\'ll step outside.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [eager] We could - you know - leave.
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I do have a rolfing session at 5.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, all right.\\xa0 Come back sometime, ya hear?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOOTSTEPS
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [calling]\\xa0 Bye!\\xa0 Thanx again for hanging out!
MA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Bye, dear.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Give me one, willya?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [beat] She means you.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right. [deep breath, then in character] No, Reeeaally?
MATILDA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[laughs delightedly] \\xa0Yay!
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SHUTS, BUT PEEPHOLE DOOR OPENS
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [talking loudly]\\xa0 It was that demon chick.\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [both quiet and on filter] You don\'t have to yell.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She said if I killed her "client", she would get Bud to let Quarrie off.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You shouldn\'t--
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yeah, that singer with the band.\\xa0 I just don\\u2019t think I can do that.\\xa0 Even for ten times the money.\\xa0 I\'m just... not a killer.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [quiet] \\xa0But you are a conniving bitch.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I guess I can think about it, but your pal\'s time is nearly up.\\xa0 [overly dramatic sigh]\\xa0
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How will you get him there?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I suppose it can\\u2019t hurt to go and see the band tonight.\\xa0 See what the vic\'s like.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [chuckles evilly]\\xa0 I suppose it can\'t.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A MOMENT, THEN LITTLE METAL DOOR SHUTS
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Did he give you a new check?
MUSIC
AMB\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BACK ALLEY
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Goblin\'s not dead yet.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasp, slightly irritated] You really need to stop doing that.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s part of my charm.\\xa0 Ask your little "friend."
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You said that as long as Goblin\'s dead by midnight, you\'ll--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Must I say it again?\\xa0 "go out with that... fellow."
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Bud.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [as if it\'s offal]\\xa0 Bud.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right.\\xa0 Thanks.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 See you later.\\xa0 [slowly sounding demonic] Don\'t jerk me around.\\xa0 You wouldn\'t like to see me angry.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [unruffled]\\xa0 Yeah.\\xa0 Betcha get ugly.\\xa0 I\'ll be inside.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STEPS, DOOR OPENS
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Was that wise?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Promising a dead goblin?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Uh, no - pissing her off.\\xa0 [avid] Not that she ain\'t seriously hot when she lets the red out, but--
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s fine.\\xa0 And you\'ll be in the black.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on radio]\\xa0 Though I\'ll bet he\'d rather be "in the red" ... at least if she\'s steamy enough...
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hah!\\xa0 You gotta dirty mind, babe.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Darn.\\xa0 And all I got was looks.
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 3 GUN SHOTS
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What the--?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hold on.\\xa0 [waits a second]
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [whispered] I don\'t hear nothing.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Ok.\\xa0 He\'s coming.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Had to make sure there weren\'t any more.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What--?
SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [under his breath] Omigod! Omigod! Omigod!
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Over here.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [realizing]\\xa0 Oh? \\xa0Oh! \\xa0That\'s beautiful!
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I gotta get out of here!
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Do you have your story?
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Story?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Play the crazy card.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Crazy - Look, ask him-- no, I\'ll ask him-- [yelling off]\\xa0 Am I out?\\xa0 I mean, are we square?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [smug] We\'ll know in just a sec, won\'t we?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Fred, focus.\\xa0 Crazy talk.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why?
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re gonna get caught.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No!\\xa0 I mean - why?
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She\'s right.\\xa0 About a surprising lot of things, Freddy babe.\\xa0 You can\'t walk away free and clear, but--
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s dead.\\xa0 [mock sympathy] Before you could even get in there.\\xa0 Too bad about that.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [long squeal] Noooo!
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Ah, crap.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [calm] I never said I was going to kill him.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You--
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I specified "as long as he\'s dead by midnight--" and you agreed.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on radio]\\xa0 You want a playback on that?\\xa0 For your records, maybe?
INDERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Blast you!
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You can blast me, babe.\\xa0 But... you know you gotta come through.\\xa0 For her.
INFERNIQUE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [long hissing breath as she decides]\\xa0 Fine!\\xa0 But you may just rue this day later.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Freddy there will.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m just tickled there is a later.
BUD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, yeah.\\xa0 You\'re clear.\\xa0 [to Inf]\\xa0 Shall we?\\xa0 I know this cute little place where they make the best lobster calzone.\\xa0 Mwa! [to Fred] Make sure your check doesn\\u2019t bounce.\\xa0 Those chicks\'ll fuck you up.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yup.
QUARRY\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Cash it quick.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Now for the crazy talk.
MUSIC
TV NEWS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 --Remanded for psychiatric evaluation after he broke down on the stand and claimed that the devil demanded he kill or be killed.
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Tsk.\\xa0 They should be nicer to that poor boy.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The rest of the news is all politicians and disasters.\\xa0
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s a rarity.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A celebrity criminal?
MATILDA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Someone actually telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
RENA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [almost a chuckle]
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