INT. ENTRYWAY TO BAR
Two Elevators bring down JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN, Elevator opens at the same time. Memories of their death are forgotten, clueless and confused the characters are.
JAQUAVIOUS
Where are........
INT. BAR
Lights light up leading up to a bar, both characters JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN walk forward towards both in awkward silence and confusion. RAMAIN looks scared and hasn't looked up from the ground. Dramen appears with the lights behind the bar.
DRAMEN
Welcome, both of you take a seat. Why
don't we play a game with your lives at
stake.
JAQUAVIOUS looks at RAMAIN who is still staring at the ground then back at DRAMEN. JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN walk over to the bar and sit down.
JAQUAVIOUS
So tell us, where are we?
Like bro. We show up to this
random place and you expect us to play a
game with our lives at stake! You must
be crazy bro. Like who do
You think you are!
The walls behind DRAMEN open to show his doll collection, to JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN it looks like dead bodies. DRAMEN’s Intimidation works. Silence ensues for 7 seconds. JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN sit down and are served Apple juice to both of them. DRAMEN still shows no emotion. RAMAIN is still silent
JAQUAVIOUS
So tell us what this game is.
RAMAIN drinks all the apple juice, then drops it(Accidently) then picks up one of the glass shards and hides it.
RAMAIN
Sorry, I didn't mean to
DRAMEN
It’s fine
After A panel with 9 squares drops down then lights up in 1 square randomly. DRAMEN walks over and cleans up the mess. RAMAIN looks at the ground but has a grin on his face. Thoughts of murder fill his mind.
DRAMEN
The game selected is Connect 4.
The rules are regular,
First one to get 4 in a
Row wins.
JAQUAVIOUS
What happens if
We lose.
DRAMEN
I can not tell
You that
JAQUAVIOUS looks surprised and is confused, connect 4 brings back memories from when he was alive(Still doesnt know he is dead). Stage to the right with a single table and the game show, suspense and seems what all attention is pointed at this single child's game.
JAQUAVIOUS
Hey kid, what's your name?
Were Both in this situation
but i'm sure the other person isn't
serious about our lives at
Stake and all.
RAMAIN mumbles back to JAQUAVIOUS
RAMAIN
My name's Ramain.
JAQUAVIOUS
Oh cool like Ramen with an extra I.
DRAMEN
Get to the stage
INT. STAGE
Both RAMAIN and JAQUAVIOUS head down the path to the connect 4 game, both sit down without a word scared and timid although RAMAIN sneaks a smirk. It is clearly shown that JAQUAVIOUS is nervous while RAMAIN sits perfectly calm and still.
JAQUAVIOUS
You go first.
RAMAIN and JAQUAVIOUS continue the game in silence, in the connect 4 board RAMAIN is destroying JAQUAVIOUS, JAQUAVIOUS looks like he isn't trying. Thoughts of what if the loser dies fill his head, He thinks science RAMAIN is younger he should live. The last play RAMAIN has to do to win the game occurs, before he can do it he is interrupted.
DRAMEN
STOP, rule change, switch sides.
Both characters are in shock but RAMAIN is angry and it shows.
RAMAIN
Jaquavious, im sorry
There's no other way.
Silence occurs because both JAQUAVIOUS and DRAMEN are shocked when RAMAIN talks. No one talks, the room ensues into awkward silence. JAQUAVIOUS and RAMAIN switch sides and while walking past each other RAMAIN stabs JAQUAVIOUS with the glass shard. JAQUAVIOUS falls with a grunt and slams the ground.
JAQUAVIOUS
Why….
RAMAIN
Ha this brings back good memories,
The pain on peoples face,
The sadness and anger the
Person shows, it really is the most
Fun thing to watch.
JAQUAVIOUS is overwhelmed by betrayal and triggers a past memory, his death, of him getting stabbed in the chest by his friend, the ultimate betrayal, JAQUAVIOUS cries from grief and sadness not pain, he looks at DRAMEN and DRAMEN understands he knows where he is. JAQUAVIOUS is aware he is dead. Meanwhile RAMAIN is putting in all his chips to win the game.
RAMAIN
I won, Jaquavious i’ll end
Your pain now, im really
Sorry or at least I
Think I am.
RAMAIN lunges for JAQUAVIOUS to finish the job but is stopped by DRAMEN who uses strings controlled by an unnatural ability to tangle him up. JAQUAVIOUS is still crying. RAMAIN remembers how he died, he hanged himself for killing his family. He was filled with guilt and decided to end it. He stops frozen from his memory.
RAMAIN
Where are we!
DRAMEN
Your here at the bar of the dead,
or that's what I like to
Call it
RAMAIN
That's not true,
you’re lying you have to be.
RAMAIN stares at the ground in deep thought. JAQUAVIOUS is crying softer now, it grows into a cry of soft sadness. RAMAIN is filled with grief, he made the same mistake as when he was alive.
DRAMEN
Follow me, both of you.
Don't try anything.
DRAMEN helps JAQUAVIOUS up and carries him.
INT. ELEVATOR
JAQUAVIOUS is put in an elevator full of light and blue color. RAMAIN is forced in a dark elevator with red color walls. DRAMEN walks away from elevators back to the bar. The elevators close and go up. JAQUAVIOUS is sent to a heavenly like place for reincarnation, a big lake with green grass around, a sign that says wait for your turn is in front of him. The wound from the glass shard is gone and no words can explain the emotion of JAQUAVIOUS. JAQUAVIOUS ran laughing and crying with joy that the horrid experience at that bar was over and the pain of his life could be released from him. Meanwhile RAMAIN is sent to a cliff edge over a pit. He knows he has to jump. He understands all the sins he committed and jumps. The jump all humans have to take, to take accountability for their actions.
INT. BAR
DRAMEN’S THOUGHTS
JAQUAVIOUS you truly
are a good
Soul, I wish the best in
my next life. As for RAMAIN
I was surprised, I guess
You can't trust someone on first
Impressions, I can't forget that.
Mistakes happen but this
Job really is important.