Melancholy

Part 2. Isaiah's Introduction

INT. PARKER HOUSEHOLD - EARLY MORNING

Isaiah awakens in a small, Filth ridden living room, Pizza boxes And bags of fast food that could fill the streets of New York City. Mountains of moldy and grimy Dishes, a heaven and resting place for Spiders and flies a like. Isaiah is sleeping on a broken, beaten, and just extremely old couch, covered with stains and cockroaches in every crevice, A Deadman's wonderland, a depressing wasteland with the only place going for it is Isaiah's various drawings scattered around the home, a place shared with his mother and two siblings. A tragic death, led to an even more tragic aftermath. Isaiah's alarm goes off singling it's time to go to school.

He grabs his phone off of some pizza boxes and checks the time, it reads 5:12 am August 12th 2020.

He sits up on the couch and just glances around the dark, empty void of the living room, sadness in the silence. Looks in the fridge and cabinets to see nothing but an empty Void.

He takes a shower.

Dries off.

Puts the same clothes on as before.

He combs his hair.

Brushes his teeth.

He grabs his backpack.

Looks at an old family photo that includes his father. He notices his mom on the other side of the room, in an old, beaten and disgusting recliner as she gazes at the glaring tv screen, on the news channel, the Tv channel is currently discussing a missing child by the name of Maddie Velasquez  

ISAIAH

Morning mom.

CLAIRE

Morning Sweetheart.

ISAIAHA

Any news on if they caught dads killer?

CLAIRE

Nope, just some bullshit about another missing kid.

ISAIAH

Another one? That's like the 11th one this week.

CLAIRE

Yeah, it's a real tragedy, don't know why it's the main thing people are talking about, those kids will most likely never be found.

ISAIAH

Are you going to be okay mom?

CLAIRE

I don't know Isaiah.

ISAIAH

Right, well I'm going to school.

CLAIRE

Do you mind picking me eggs up at the market, ima try to get back into the swing of things.

ISAIAH

I'll see what I can do mom.

CLAIRE

Thanks, have a great day at school sweetie.

ISAIAH

Thanks mom.

Isaiah puts on his hoodie and headphones and Feel Good Inc by gorillaz's  begins to play as Isaiah exits his house. 

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EXT. STREETS OF RYDESTONE- EARLY MORNING

Isaiah Exits his house, the sun is emerging from the darkness, shining a bright yellow and orange mixture over the desolate and despair filled town of Rydestone. Some buildings small and broken and some buildings Large and shinny clean. He sees some posters for missing children in the area.

Isaiah Sees a black and white, skinny food deprived Cat digging in a large, blue trash can.

He sees A group of teenagers doing the devil's letus and spray painting some walls. 

He sees two adults making out, possibly doing more in a alleyway.

He sees a full on Robbery take place.

He sees two police officers brutally beat up a black kid.

EXT. RYDESTONE CEMETERY - EARLY MORNING

Isaiah enters the cold and desolate cemetery, nobody around and shielded from the world by trees that stretch high above the clouds and enshrouded With wet, grass with a dull green, with a tall, broken, and run down Church towering over him. He approaches a grey and lonely grave stone, secluded from all the other grave stones, it reads "Amofah Desmond Parker, 1970-2020" the father of Isaiah Parker, he has flowers in hand.

He lays the flowers on the tomb stone.

ISAIAH

Hey dad, it's Isaiah again, I avoided coming here, I was afraid, didn't know what I would say, or if you could even here me, I started to feel like I was disrespecting you, I mean we were so close and I couldn't even gather the courage to visit your grave, so if you can hear me: I love you dad, I love you so much(starts to tear up) feels like lately I've been losing control, feels like I'm going insane, I actually feel like I'm ready to just dive of a cliff or tie and knot around my neck, the only reason I'm still going is because of you, you wanted the best for me, you wanted me to live my life, but I promise dad, I won't stop until I catch your killer, I won't stop til he is fucking executed, I love you dad, but anyways I gotta go to school. Talk to you later.

CUTS TO:EXT. RYDESTONE HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY MORNING

Isaiah approaches the old crumbled school building, with The paint molding and and dirt stuck in the cracks of the unstable and broken building infesting the building with Ants and Cockroaches, some windows boarded up and some completely gone. A complete shit whole, a complete safety hazard. Isaiah is sweating and looking hopeless ready to just get this over with.

ISAIAH

So, this is where I'm spending the next 4 years? This School must be breaking some safety regulations. Whatever. It's only 4 years I can do this.

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