War/Peace - Part II. Clarissa Daisy Huntsman
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TOUCHES NIKKI'S FACE. HE RUNS A FINGER ALONG HER BOTTOM LIP.
NIKKI TAKES A DEEP BREATH, AND THEN MATT'S HAND - AS THOUGH ALL IN ONE FLUID MOTION.
NIKKI
Can I kiss you?
MATT LIES DOWN. HE TAKES HOLD OF NIKKI'S WAIST.
SAMANTHA
Whoa! Cohesion. Well illustrated, Matt.
NIKKI EXHALES. THEIR BODIES CONNECT.
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- 8 Mile - Eminem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxVoZjyP1w&feature=fvst)
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INT. HONEYBEE HIVE - LEVEL TWO BELOW - DAY
(BRIAN, CLARISSA, BEK)
WE'RE STILL WITH BRIAN AND CLARISSA.
BRIAN
How can you be sure?
CLARISSA
Because they love this place, almost as much as you do. They love us. It's only right we return that love.
BRIAN
Get to know them. You need to get to know them. And you should have done that outside the Hive. We can't let anyone just walk in here off the street, especially cops.
CLARISSA
What about Bek? Remember when Bek first arrived?
CLARISSA WINKS AT BEK - SHE'S TAP DANCING NOT FAR FROM CLARISSA AND BRIAN. THEY APPROACH HER.
BRIAN
Sure.
BRIAN LAUGHS.
BRIAN
When we needed wine for the party we thought it would be fun to have line dancers squeeze the grapes. And fortunately Bek stayed with us.
CLARISSA
Yep. Straight off the street, so to speak.
BRIAN SIGHS.
BRIAN
I don't know. I just don't like cops.
THEY WATCH BEK AS BEK TAPS OUT A LOVE STORY [1.]; ONE OF THE MANY HIDDEN IN HONEYBEE HIVE, THEIR BUZZ NO MORE COMPREHENSIBLE THAN MORSE CODE TO THE LAYMAN. SHE FINISHES TAPPING A FIGURATIVE LINE, AND HER EYES CAST HER FISHING LINE GAZE TO REEL IN BRIAN AND CLARISSA - WHO ARE NOW THEMSELVES TAPPING A FIGURATIVE LINE OF COKE.
BEK
Hi Brian. Clarissa. What's up?
CLARISSA
I think Brian here might have forgotten how to dance.
BEK OFFERS BRIAN A HAND. HE SMILES.
HE TAKES HER HAND.
Let me show you how we entertain; watch the feet, then the legs . . . then my hips . . . then my lips. I want you to learn the moves Brian; they really suit you.
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- Fight For You - Jason Derülo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV36OEBWRvU)
[1.] Love Story - Taylor Swift (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob=av2n)
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INT. HONEYBEE HIVE - LEVEL ONE BELOW - NIGHT [DREAM]
(MATT, CLARISSA, SAMANTHA)
THIS IS A DREAM, AND THE SCENE IS TINTED. WE'RE MATT'S EYES; WE SEE WHAT HE SEES. IN THE DREAM SCENE HE'S VISITING ONE PART OF HONEYBEE HIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME, A ROOM WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S A ROOM FULL OF COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS WITH LARGE SCREENS THAT ADORN THE WALLS LIKE WALLPAPER. EVEN THOUGH THE IMAGES ARE NOTHING BUT A BLUR WE RECOGNIZE THE ODD SYMBOL, THE ODD HEADLINE, THE ODD TABLOID COVER.
CLARISSA PRESENTS ONE SCREEN TO MATT, INTRODUCING IT TO HIM WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM.
CLARISSA
You'll recognize this title; The Buzz. I'm sure you've seen this paper on the newsstands.
MATT
Yeah.
SAMANTHA
Already has more readers than The Sun, and The New York Times. We write better, simple and plain.
CLARISSA
Because we're all writers; those who work for The Sun, those who work for The New York Times, and we who work for The Buzz. Obviously. You well know by now that no news is true? The world is invented by creative writers, and now you have the opportunity to write a script, a story, an item; to essentially create a new dimension for the people of the world to vicariously explore. Will we finally find life on Mars? What new sea creatures will we discover this week?
MATT
I can write? Write the world?
SAMANTHA
Save the world. We publish stories that make people feel good, that give people a sense of accomplishment be it real or perceived. We're their favorite soccer team, their favorite baseball team, their favorite NBA team. If we tell them we've found something, they feel they have helped find it; they're a part of our team.
CLARISSA
What do you wanna find Matt?
SAMANTHA
What are you looking for?
MATT
Love.
CLARISSA
Write about how Israelis and Palestinians are now gathering at the border, passing flowers to one another, losing their clothes and embracing one another; write about how borders are being torn down or turned into communal thermal bathhouses [1.]; write about the new diving expedition being carried out by a team consisting of Americans, Chinese, and Russians; write about the new dance movement in North Korea - the massive scale music video being produced wherein citizens of the north dance gracefully down to the south to meet up with long lost relatives; write about new megachurches that incorporate features of churches from all different religious denominations and look rather like beehives; write about . . . me . . .
CLARISSA WANDERS CLOSER TO MATT . . .
CLARISSA
Feel me? How do you feel?
SHE EXHALES, HER LIPS FORMING THE OUTLINE OF A BUBBLE.
SAMANTHA
Wake up, Matt.
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- Notorious - The Saturdays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen...)
- Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIxScJ5rlY&ob=av3e)
[1.] Thermal Baths (http://szechenyibath.com/) [Let's set the scene, yeah?]
- RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation (http://t.co/uLAAOsjG) [6 minutes, 8 seconds in: Empathy].
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INT. LONE STAR - CUTLERY - DAY
(LANA, CLARISSA, SAMANTHA, MATT)
WE'RE AT THE BACK OF LONE STAR,