Luyện nghe bài hát Because The Internet Screenplay - Part 4

[VISUAL "DEATH BY NUMBERS"]

*******[PLAY SONG "FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR" AT THIS

INT. - DAY

The Boy wakes up. He's in a gown. His eyes feel heavy. The TV is on in his room. "Golden Girls" to be specific. One of the ladies just said something cause there's a lot of laughter
Sitcom laughs always freaked him out. Because most of those people are dead. Those are ghost laughs. Laughs that are supposed to be gone forever on earth after every mid 90s joke about teenage sex or someone saying "don't go there". Looking for their mouths, never finding them because they're gone. The laughs don't feel good because they're dead laughs. Those laughs aren't what they stood for anymore. They've been reappropriated. Now they're just sounds monkey descendants make when amused to cue other monkey descendants when to make the sounds at home

...my eyes heavy

A comes in

       WHITE GUY Hello Mr.[EDIT]. How are you feeling?
       THE Like I'm about to get talked to by someone about- (gestures) All this

Nurse a "yep" look

       WHITE GUY NURSE: You're friends you in-
       THE BOY: not my friends
       WHITE GUY NURSE: I don't think they'd like you saying
      BOY: Doesn't matter. It's the truth. But also, they know. We're not friends. There's a mutual benefit to our relationship, but I can't trust them for shit
      GUY NURSE: Then why save you?
       THE BOY: Cause their lives are far easier me around. It's survival
       WHITE GUY NURSE: I you should talk to someone
      BOY: We're talking
       WHITE GUY NURSE: A
       THE BOY: Why? You don't care. You're not gonna make sure I do. (then) Our lives precious, man

Silence. The Nurse to clean up

       WHITE GUY NURSE: You
      BOY: I was trying to be
       WHITE GUY No you weren't. Cause, guess what? It's not hard to do

Nurse

INT. WAITING ROOM - THAT DAY
The Boy walks out of the doors. Steve, Swank, and Fam are sitting there. They look up wearily

       THE BOY: I don't wanna talk. just go be awkward and quiet together at Chipotle. Alright?

They all just stare. Swank gets up and walks over

       SWANK: Man...we didn't if we should wait or tell you later, man

The Boy makes a ["WHAT?" EMOJI]

       SWANK (CONT'D): Man...your pops died, man. Got the

       THE Okay

(hum of a jet engine...)

SONG "ZEALOTS OF STOCKHOLM" AT THIS POINT]*******

INT. JET - EVENING
The Boy lays his head against the plane window, the oil from his hair leaving smudges all over the window
His father in Stockholm. A family member was needed. Didn't realize that they were each other's only family til this very moment. When you lose that, you basically lose most of your memories, at least the accuracy of your own memories
He to be cremated
The Boy didn't really know anyone in Stockholm, but he also didn't want to be in his hotel room his father for a day. Even if he was just ashes. So he decided to search through his followers for someone from Sweden

Some girl named "Hello_Pity_" Dm'd him back and they were supposed to meet up after all the whatever he had to do. Her profile bio said she was french. She looked pretty in her avi: an inverted Hello Kitty. But that really doesn't mean anything at all, especially since her instagram was blocked, which is something he's learned not to trust at all
So he looked through her tweets, figured out a night she went to a club, used one of his dummy profiles and pretended that they'd met at the club that night. She had trouble remembering because, according to her feed, she was "fuckin turnt, [CRAZY TONGUE OUT EMOJI] lol". She added this made up as a friend on Facebook. Now The Boy could see her pictures
The rest of her pictures confirmed she was indeed
This girl loves Justin Bieber though. New Justin Bieber. The "fuck you" Bieber. She loves Justin Bieber in the way you love that on Maury who's like "my favorite flavor popsicle is DICK!", which is close to sincere love, but nowhere near it at the same time

INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
The Boy is sitting at a desk, across from a man. An urn sits on the left side of the desk
The man slides it to The Boy

       SOLEMN MAN: I'm for your loss

Silence. Don't you have to ask someone before you cremate their father? I don't know how these things

      MAN (CONT'D): These were found with him

He gives The Boy a large paper bag

INT. HOTEL ROOM -
The Boy on the foot of his bed. He's DMing back and forth with "Hello_Pity_" whose real name is Alyssa

      where u at
       Hello_Pity_: bar called box. u here?
       thegoldmolar:
       Hello_Pity_: u meet my boyfriend. he loves you

      sure
       Hello_Pity_: [CRYING LAUGH EMOJI] LOL. Don't worry. It's not like
       thegoldmolar:
       Hello_Pity_: [CRAZY OUT EMOJI] see u soon

He puts his down

EXT. STOCKHOLM STREETS -
There's a buzz going on. Very people walk hand in hand on the street. There are people saying things, giving opinions, feeling interesting. Everyone has a purpose tonight. It's a great time
A walk by:

       SUPER HANDSOME GUY: Swedish blah blah roscoe's wetsuit hahahaha!
       SUPER PRETTY GIRL: blah blah, blah blah roscoe's wetsuit!

The Boy walks up to a pink, glowing, but very discreet sign that says "box". There's a big bald guy standing outside with no hat. There's coming off his head
A girl is standing outside smoking, at least to. She can't seem to get the cigarette lit. It's Alyssa

      BOY: Hey
       ALYSSA: Ah! you

She gives him a kiss on cheeks

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): Fancy meeting you this, huh?
       THE BOY: I know what you mean

She puts out her cigarette. two big puffs

       ALYSSA: go
       THE BOY: Didn't you me to meet your boyfriend?
       ALYSSA: That guy?

She points to a corner of the building, a few steps the front. A guy with long blonde hair (her boyfriend?)is making out with a girl in the cold

       THE BOY: What am I getting
       ALYSSA: Nothing. You're into nothing

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EXT. STOCKHOLM - CONTINUOUS
The Boy and Alyssa walk slowly through the streets. It's very cold, so they're the only doing that

       ALYSSA: What you DM me?
       THE BOY: I don't anyone here
       ALYSSA: why are you here?
      BOY: My dad died. I have to pick him up
       ALYSSA: R O U G H.
       THE BOY: Doesn't matter at point
       ALYSSA: I know right? It's always "how'd he die?" if you know all the ways, you'll avoid it. Silly

She

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): I don't believe in small talk. What's the longest relationship you've in?
       THE Five years
       ALYSSA: Wow. happened?
      BOY: I'm still in it
      Oh?
       THE BOY: She does private web shows. We're not together. But it's a relationship, for
       ALYSSA: I get it
       THE BOY: I used to watch her online a while back. Then she quit and started doing shows. Then it just started turning into talking. Mostly
      Wooooaah
       THE BOY:
      You're paying her to be your girlfriend or friend or whatever
       THE BOY: Yes. But most people are paying for one way or another
      No
       THE BOY: Your is making out with another girl right now. You don't really have room to judge
       ALYSSA: I trust that I can never trust him. We're clear on
       THE BOY: why have him at all?
       ALYSSA: Because he's honest. And I like that. He doesn't lie to either of us. That's to me

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

The two are on the bed staring at the urn on the table

      So that's your dad
       THE BOY: my dad. That's what's left of him
      You guys close?
       THE No
       ALYSSA: You talk about it
      BOY: No

      BOY (CONT'D): I'm going to make a drink
       ALYSSA:

The Boy gets up and goes into the living room. While he's in there, Alyssa up, takes the urn, and walks out of the room. The Boy hears the door slam

       THE Alyssa?

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*******[PLAY SONG "URN" AT THIS

EXT. HOTEL -
The Boy runs out of the front doors. His breath, clouding in the night. He looks both ways and catches Alyssa turning a corner. He runs to the corner and meets her on the other

      BOY: What's going on
       ALYSSA: Let's get rid of it. just bad for you
       THE BOY: You have a TON of nerve judging me and my father's relationship, so much so, you just walk out with his ashes? I feel like what you're doing is against the law, but much like the fact he was cremated before I arrived, I don't know if illegal. I'm still pissed though
      We're gonna do this together

The Boy is pissed. He's not to blow up

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): I had a sister. I did when she died
       THE BOY: Yes. gives you the right

Alyssa digs in her pocket and pulls out her phone. She turns it on and the background is Alyssa and a girl looks exactly like her. The Boy takes the phone

       THE BOY (CONT'D):
      Yes
       THE BOY: I know we agreed that it's to ask since we're all headed that way anyway, but-
      Brain cancer. It was bad

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): So

She LOLs. They're still walking this entire time. They stop at the water. They stand there making small for a moment

       ALYSSA (CONT'D): You to say something?

The Boy

       ALYSSA (CONT'D):
       THE Wait

The urn almost tips over the edge. She waits for him. He walks over and takes the urn and just holds it for a moment. Then he kinda hugs it. Laying his head on it, but turning his head so she can't see he says:

      BOY (CONT'D, whisper): I'm sorry we're alone

He out the ashes. He's gone

      How do you feel? Better?
       THE I feel...the same
      HEY!

Alyssa and The Boy turn around. It's Alyssa's

       BOYFRIEND: the fuck, bro?
      Oh, so you now you give a fuck

She pushes him back as he takes swipes at The Boy. The Boy is mildly annoyed. They're all yelling at other

       BOYFRIEND/THE BOY/ALYSSA: You're dead ass-hole!/ Relax, nothing happened/ you stop!

The boyfriend breaks free her

       BOYFRIEND: Do you who the fuck I am?

      Please don't. Please don't do this
      BOY: Nah, man. I don't know who you are
       BOYFRIEND (CONT'D, scream): WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY! (silence) I. Wrote. That. That's my shit. I'm the nigga dressed like a fox. all me
       THE What?

The starts making the noises a fox makes in the song

      That!
       ALYSSA (resigned, to The Boy): Like the song and
       THE I've never heard of it
       ALYSSA AND BOYFIREND:
       ALYSSA: I you "were the internet"?
      BOY: That's a tagline. No one is the actual internet. I just must've missed it when it was popular
      Uh, by "when it was popular" do you mean, uhhh, RIGHT THE FUCK NOW?!
       THE Relax
       BOYFRIEND: Two hundred and million views on Youtube. Two hundred and twenty million. That's most of the earth
       THE Not true
       BOYFRIEND: An village wrote to me-
       THE BOY: The village did?
       BOYFRIEND: -and told me that my song taught them foxes. They don't have foxes there. I introduced the idea of a fox to an entire continent...(then) And you wanna fuck my girl?

       THE BOY: I do not fuck your girl. I don't want to be here. I am going home now

The Boy walks away. Alyssa and her boyfriend start a argument in the cold as he disappears

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INT. LA VEGAN - NIGHT
Fam, another girl, and The Boy sit in a booth at the restaurant. Fam and the girl are talking. The Boy is silent. know if he's just bored or jet lagged from Sweden. Either way he's bumming everyone out

       ANOTHER My friend should be here soon

The Boy say anything. Fam and the girl look on
A girl walks up to the table. The Boy looks up. It's the girl the party

      Hi

The Boy doesn't say

       ANOTHER GIRL: This is Naomi. (then)
       FAM: He's dumb. You just sit and ignore him

She down

      You're the guy that almost hit my arm
       THE Yes
      You guys order?
       THE BOY: No. I hate vegan. I think she's us eat here
       NAOMI: I'm the vegan. I asked to eat

       THE I hate vegan
       NAOMI (saying it dumb): Duhh, "I vegan"

In his head, he was lol-ing. In real life, he just kinda down

       NAOMI (CONT'D): What's the deal. Why you always act your parents died

The Boy

      BOY: They did

Awkward.

       ANOTHER GIRL: I'm so

Fam and The Boy at each other for a moment. Then laugh. Another Girl and Naomi do not

       FAM (to The Boy): parents are dead, man
       THE My parents are dead yo

slowly stop laughing. Naomi thinks The Boy is weird. But she doesn't run

INT. - NIGHT
Fam and Another Girl are sitting on the swings smoking and talking something they will never remember and don't really care about
Naomi and The Boy sit in the room

      What did he do?
       THE BOY: I know
       NAOMI: How'd he all this?
       THE I don't know
      Then how can you afford all this? He leave you a lot?
       THE BOY: Creditors were after him. I don't if he had anything left. I'm not concerned. (serious) I'm gonna sell drugs

LMAOs

      Whaaaaaat
       THE BOY: Fam can hook me up. I've been watching him for a minute. He runs out of here
       NAOMI: I don't think you me to tell you you're an awful dealer
       THE BOY: How would you even
       NAOMI: You make everything feel awkward. You can't connect with anyone. How is anyone to feel like they can trust you?
       THE BOY: Yeah, that's what drug are known for. Their comfort
       NAOMI: They are, dumb-ass. You gotta know how people work. You're only good with online

He slowly turns to her. "how does she that?"

      (CONT'D): I looked you up
       THE BOY: After the party or now
      Just now. I'm a writer too
      BOY: Oh really
       NAOMI: Yup. And I know I'm good cause people stealing my shit

She hits the

       NAOMI (CONT'D): I tweeted this. (holds up her phone) Is that not my poem verbatim? I them together. This nigga just rapped this like it was his
       THE BOY (looking at her phone): first mistake is being a poet past the year 1974, by the way
       NAOMI: how good my shit is. I'm bringing the whole form back
       THE You're cocky when you're high
       NAOMI: No. I'm talkative when I'm high. I'm cocky all the time, but I'm silent for of it...like you

He looks up. She lifts an eyebrow. He smile. She goes cross-eyed. No response. She stops, then sighs

       NAOMI (CONT'D): You ever think we're in hell? This is all hell. Living on and being the only ones aware that it's all ending slowly

       THE No
       NAOMI: I read something that said than likely we all just do this all again. It's all a cycle
       THE BOY: I that theory
       NAOMI: Yeah. (then) You're not such a lonely boy

She LOLs and his face with her hand. The Boy smh, but smiles