INT. SHRINK'S OFFICE - DAY
James sits on the red leather couch again. He looks like absolute hell. Bloodshot eyes. Skinny. Tired.
DR. NEKAWA (O.S.): James?
James quickly looks up.
JAMES: Yeah.
DR. NEKAWA: Are you alright?
James just laughs crazily.
JAMES: No, doc. I am not alright. I'm losing my damn mind due to lack of sleep! And when I do sleep, the same stupid nightmare wakes me up! (beat) I can't eat cause everything tastes like SHIT! Oh, and my friend was taken by some faceless freak, and everyone has forgotten that he even existed! Not to mention I am trying to take care of a baby by myself!
James huffs and puffs heavily.
DR. NEKAWA: (calmly) Why do you suppose no one remembers him?
JAMES: What?
DR. NEKAWA: Your friend, James. Why do you suppose no one remembers him?
James tries his best to compose himself.
JAMES: I don't know! It's like he never existed. I asked my mom if she's heard from him, and she said she never met him.
DR. NEKAWA: Has she?
JAMES: Yes, she's met him!!
Nekawa just waits patiently for James to calm down.
James takes a few breaths.
DR. NEKAWA: Have you taken the medication that I gave you yet?
James reveals the medication bottle and rattles them like a crazy person.
JAMES: Got 'em right here! (beat) I don't feel like I need medication, doc.
DR. NEKAWA: So you haven't taken any yet?
JAMES: No, doc, I haven't. I told you I don't need meds! I just need someone to listen to me.
DR. NEKAWA: I listen to you.
JAMES: All you do is ask questions.
DR. NEKAWA: I am trying to help you. You must focus. Only you can fix this—
JAMES: Quit telling me that! Everyone says that to me lately! Is this the damn word of the month! I can't "focus."
DR. NEKAWA: James, please. I am trying to help you realize—
JAMES: Realize what?!? I thought I knew what was going on! I just don't know what to do about it.
DR. NEKAWA: Maybe you are not ready yet.
JAMES: This's bull-shit!
James storms out of the room and leaves the door open.
DR. NEKAWA: (yelling after him) You're running out of time, James. You have the power to end all of this. You must realize the truth! YOU MUST SEE!!
James ignores Nekawa's pleas.
INT. HOSPITAL - NINA'S ROOM - DAY
James sits next to Nina. His head on her stomach.
JAMES: Nina, please wake up. I need you. Tell me how to help you. I know you are trying to reach me.
James closes his eyes for a moment. A soft VOICE speaks.
VOICE: (whisper) See.
James springs up.
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Mountain Falls (Screenplay)
Korku** ~ Winner in the 2020 @EYHO_AWARDS ~ ** Two weeks after James and his pregnant wife are knocked into a coma by a freak accident, only James awakens but into a personal hell: a decaying world plagued by a faceless wraith, where time doesn't seem to...
