--Faulen- (rot)
[yar, animated credits]
[rewind scenes]
(Heaven. Three people in white praying. Standing. Julia sits; obviously not praying, sort of daydreaming.)
Julia: (in yellow text because she’s thinking it) They have this habit of calling me an angel.
Friend: You aren't praising.
Julia: I can't today.
Friend: Why not?
Julia: This life, it doesn't change. It's all the same. Ev--
Bystander: Shhhh!
Friend: (in a low voice) Then why don't you change it?
Julia: By falling?!
Friend: Of course not. I'll cover for you, go take a break.
(Julia leaves and the camera stays on Friend as he watches her go.)
(Beach/park. Julia is doing something or other, reading or something, I dunno. Zack kind of just pops up.)
Zack: Interesting.
Julia: What?
Zack: You.
Julia: That pickup line could use work.
Zack: Not a line. Just an observation.
Julia: All right then. (puts away book and gives him her attention) What exactly is so interesting about me?
Zack: That's the trouble with really interesting things, you can't explain what makes them that way.
Julia: (looks uncomfortable.)
Zack: Sorry. I'm gonna go.
Julia: No, wait. It's all right. What’s your name?
Zack: Zack.
Julia: I'm Julia.
Zack: Julia…
Julia: What?
Zack: I like saying your name.
(A non-cheesy way to show the passage of time.)
Zack: So you're telling me you can't stay…because you're an angel?
Julia: Right.
Zack: And I'm supposed to believe that?
Julia: If you want.
Zack: If you don’t want to stay, just say it. Don’t make stuff up.
Julia: I didn’t say I didn’t want to.
Zack: Are you saying you do want to?
Julia: (lean on him) What you said earlier... you're right.
Zack: Huh?
Julia: The trouble with interesting things.
Zack: Yeah.
(Alright, big kiss. Fade out. Fade back in and they are in the same place except all asleep and junk. But on closer inspection, Zack has his eyes open and is white as a sheet and dead as a doornail, little blood dribbling out of the orifice of his choice. Anyways, Julia wakes up and runs some fingers over him all lovey and stuff. Goes to kiss him or something and sees that he's dead and flips, pushes him off and scoots away, and she’s giggling/crying.)
(In a dark space, three figures face us and are huddling around a light source, TV maybe.)
Demon 1: Would you look at that?
Demon 2: I would.
Demon 3: Didn't Zack know about messing around with angels?
D1: He knew perfectly well.
D3: Suicidal freak.
D2: So he’s gone?
D1: Doesn't matter, we can have fun with the girly at least. Her mind's half gone, I can smell it.
~steps out from behind tree~
D1: Well what a pretty dead body Zack makes.
Julia: I didn't do anything!
D3: Of course you did. People don't just…(looks over to Zack) rot and die, you know.
Julia: It's not my fault! I woke up and he was- (covers mouth to hide the outbreak of giggles)
D2: Don't you know what they say about angels and demons mixing?
Julia: (let it sink in) Demon? ...He's a demon?
D1: Was a demon.
D3: You shouldn't be walking around ignorant of yourself and others. We have to be careful don't we?
D2: You killed him.
Julia: Who are you people? (hands fly to head, denial.) He didn't tell me!
D1: Well, there isn't a whole lot you can do for him now. And not much you can do for yourself either…unless…
Julia: What?
D1: Kill and drink.
D2: Blood is life.
D3: And life is love! If you loved Zack, then he'll come back!
Julia: But I didn't love Zack! (disgust)
D3: (shoves the body away and laughs) Then who cares?
D2: Save yourself, he's the one who did it after all.
D1: Careless people deserve to die. Not you, my dear. Right?
Julia: ...Right...
D3: Don't forget the catch!
D1: That's right, how stupid of us not to mention it before. You must take the blood of only one kind.
Julia: What kind?
D1 D2 D3: Your own kind.
(Back to heaven, only this time Julia is at the bottom of the bridge shouting up)
Julia: Hellooo?
Angel: Yes? (sweet and smiley) What is it Julia?
Julia: (trying to hold herself together) C-could you come down here a minute? I forgot my access card.
Angel: Certainly!
(Angel comes up and Julia looks at her intensely for a moment. Angel says something and we don't know what. Julia grabs her and CHOMP.)
Angel: Oh my God! Oh my! (grabs at her neck and screams) What did you do!? What did you do!?
(sees blood and flips) Are you insane!!!
Julia: (camera focuses on her for longer than is comfortable)...I think I just might be.
Angel: (collapses)
(two other angels run up to the sounds of the screams)
A1: What's going on?
A2: (stands and stares at Angel's body covering mouth)
A1: What happened?
Julia: Leave me alone...
A1: (grabs Julia and shakes her) What did you do?
Julia: Why do you people keep asking me questions!!?? (grabs him and bites him, takes his blood with little fighting effort from A1. Julia lets him fall to the ground and looks ashamed.)
A2: Oh God...Oh please don't ...come near me...(backs up slowly and clutches himself, starting to cry)
Julia: I don't like it anymore than you do...(starts toward A2)
A2: (flips)
Julia: ...but it's either you die or I die...and I never really liked you anyways.
(In that dark room where the three demons first started out, Demon 1 is alone staring at the light source.)
Demon 1: She's rotting from the inside...
Devil: Enough. (Suddenly from nowhere grabs Julia from behind)
Julia: (screaming and trying to get away) Don't you see it!?!? It's here!! (points to heart) It's all here and I'm alive!
Devil: Do you realize how insane you are?
Julia: (stops struggling) You’re no better.
Devil: I think you'd better take a closer look.
(He whips her around and forces her to look at his face)
Devil: Those 3 fooled you. You're dying. You're rotting and you’re dying and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Julia: You're so dead wrong.
Devil: I that must be easy to believe -LOOK AT ME- but you will die.
Julia: (pauses for a moment) Then I'm taking the world down with me.
(Julia shoves him off and leaves. Devil is left alone with A2 who is still hyperventilating)
Devil: She's crazy. Or am I crazy? God...this whole world is crazy, and I'm too young for this stuff. (Leaves)
(Jackie is spewing up blood and you can see that she comes to the realization that she is indeed dying.)
She wanders to the foot of heaven and leans against the fence
Julia: I hurt myself today (slides down fence)
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that’s real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
everyone I know goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
(Friend slowly walks up to Julia. She's not startled, She reaches out and He takes her in his arms. He appears right after "everyone I know goes away in the end")
Julia: I wear this crown of s--t
on my liars chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feeling disappears
Friend: You are someone else
I am still right here.
Julia: What have I become?
My sweetest friend?
everyone I know
goes away in the
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
(desperately) if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way.
(Julia dies in Friends arms. Friend rocks her.)
(black screen ~ then Julia's eyes are in an extreme close-up)
Julia: I don’t know where angels go. When they die. Among other things.
(pan down to mouth)
I have so many unrelated things to tell you.
The End.
