Across The Lake - Another Bad Idea

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EXT. CONT'D - BOATHOUSE - NIGHT

The small building where all the canoes, swimming,
and fishing equipment is stored.

MARCUS(O.S.)
I hate all of you right now. Like, fuck all of y'all.
Dragging my ass to some scary ass, abandoned
summer camp.

INT. BOATHOUSE - NIGHT

Everyone walks along the wooden walkway, flashlights
illuminating the inside of the structure. On the left
wall are canoes hung up on the wall. On the right,
the lake water is exposed for shiner traps.

Skeet leads the group through the boathouse and
onto the dock.

JAKE
(to Marcus; chuckles)
Dude, you could've just stayed back at the
bunkhouse.

MARCUS
(serious)
That's an even worse idea... Leaving the black guy
alone... Have you ever even seen a horror movie?
Either way, I'm dead.

CHLOE
(to Marcus; joking)
Think of it as myth-buster. Does the black guy
survive? (laughs)

ANGLE ON MARCUS

He shoots Chloe a "that's not funny" look.

LANDON
(to Marcus)
Shit dude, just live in the moment. Life's
more exciting when you take a few risks.

MARCUS
(to Landon)
See, you on that white people shit now.

Everyone in the front can't help but laugh at
Marcus' extreme paranoia.

EXT. CONT. - BOATHOUSE - DOCK - NIGHT

The group proceed towards the end of the dock,
where they see a few canoes tied down, already in
the water.

ANGLE ON SKEET

SKEET
Shouldn't take no longer than 20 minutes to
cross to the other side. Just be sure to tie your
boats down when you get there.

AIDEN
Thanks, uh...

SKEET
(cuts him off)
Skeet. Everyone calls me Skeet. Head
groundskeeper... Come to think of it, the
only groundskeeper. (chuckles)

Aiden and Skeet shake hands.

AIDEN
(smiles)
Appreciate it Skeet.

SKEET
Hey, I was you kids' age one time or another.
curious and shit. (beat)
Just be sure to bring those boats back in one
piece. Christie's already breathing down my neck
about a million other things.

Everyone is lowering themselves down into the canoes.

AIDEN
Sure thing man.

Marcus only gets more paranoid.

ANGLE ON MARCUS

MARCUS
(serious; to Skeet)
If I don't come back. Have them put cause of death,
white people stupidity, on my grave.

EXT. ON THE LAKE - NIGHT

A fog rolls in halfway across the lake. The 3 canoes slightly drift
apart from one another.

In the first canoe is Aiden, Kris, Tj, and Liza
In the second, there's Landon, Marcus, Crystal, and Alex.
In the last, there's just Jake and Chloe.

ANGLE ON FIRST CANOE

Aiden and Tj are rowing, while Kris and Liza are
lighting the way and navigating.

AIDEN
Shit, this fog rolled in out of nowhere.

TJ
Reminds me of that movie with the ships in the fog.
(thinks)
What was it called?

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