Ashley
Mark, you can’t leave me.
Ashley
I am in so much pain.
Mark
I don’t know what happened, babe.
Mark
I’m trying to get back but all I see are these reflections of myself.
Mark
It’s like I’m in another dimension.
Ashley
Please get out of there and help me!
Ashley
I’m hurt so badly. There’s blood all over the place. I feel like I’m going to pass out.
Mark
Babe, why would I make this up?
Mark
There’s nothing more I want to do right now than help you.
Mark
But I don’t know if I can ever even get out of here.
Mark
I don’t fucking know!
Ashley
Okay, baby. I’m sorry.
Ashley
I believe you, I guess…
Ashley
I just feel like life is conspiring against us.
Mark
I know, babe. I just have to get out of here.
Mark
Just these reflections of me…
Mark
I mean, they’re not really reflections.
Mark
They’re like different representations of me.
Mark
They all look like me, but it’s as if each one is projecting a specific personality.
Mark
One of the reflections looks angry.
Mark
Another one looks sad.
Ashley
Well, find the smart one and ask how to get the fuck out of there!
Ashley
What are they saying?!
Ashley claws at the damp, cold grass.
Then she stares forlornly into the bright screen of her phone.
Ashley
I’m fading, Mark. I don’t know if I can make it much longer.
Mark
The reflections are telling me something.
Mark
They’re all saying “love,” Ashley.
Ashley
I wish you would say that.
Mark
I do. I love you so much. You know that.
Ashley
Then prove it. Come save me from this goddamn place.
Mark
Babe, I don’t know how to get out of here!
Ashley
There has to be a way.
Mark
They just keep on saying love Ashley.
Mark
Maybe that’s the answer.
Mark
I’m not sure, babe. But you have to try.
Ashley
I don’t want to die out here all alone.
Mark
You have to save yourself first, babe.
Mark
You need to call for help.
Ashley
911 isn’t working!
Ashley
And no one wants to help me anyway.
Ashley
You have always been the only one who stood by me.
Ashley
I’m invisible to everyone else.
Mark
What about your roommate? Can’t you call her?
Ashley
She won’t pick up. She just thinks I’m weird.
Ashley
She never even invites me out.
Mark
She just doesn’t understand you, babe.
Ashley
No one does. Everyone makes fun of me.
Mark
Makes fun of you for what?
Ashley
Everything! My clothes, my hair. Even the app I created.
Mark
Your app?? Your app is genius!
Ashley
People think it’s stupid and pathetic.
Mark
They’re just jealous. You’re brilliant.
Ashley
I wish you could tell this to me in person.
Ashley
I feel like I’m losing you.
Ashley
What is happening, Mark?
Mark
The reflections of me are disappearing.
Mark
They’re going away, one by one.
Mark
Is that going to happen to me too?
Mark
Am I going to disappear too?
Ashley
I don’t know, but I feel really faint.
Ashley
I can’t go on without you.
Mark
Hold on, babe. I’m not going to let you go.
Ashley
I’ve been through too much.
Ashley
This pain is unbearable.
Mark
I know how you feel…
Ashley
Do you know what it feels like when people make fun of you behind your back but you can hear them?
Ashley
Or when they don’t even acknowledge you?
Ashley
Or even know your name?
Mark
You can’t worry about other people, Ashley.
Mark
You just have to love yourself.
Ashley
That’s so much easier than it sounds.
Mark
But it’s true and I love you.
Ashley
I’m so lucky to have you.
Ashley
I feel like I don’t deserve you in my life.
Mark
Of course you do. We are meant to be together.
Mark
We’re going to make it through this.
Mark
No matter what happens.
Ashley
What do you mean by that?
Mark
Something is happening to my body…
Mark
It’s disintegrating.
Ashley
Don’t leave me, Mark!
Mark
It’s going to be okay, babe.
Mark
You’ll always have me.
Mark
In this or the other world.
Ashley
There’s no other world, Mark.
Ashley
There’s only this one!
Ashley digs furiously into the wet soil.
Ashley
Your wallet! I found it here in the ground.
Ashley
You have to come back now.
Ashley
Mark, please god. Please come back to me.
Mark
My body, it’s coming back to me. What happened?!
Mark
The reflections. They’re coming back too.
Ashley
Oh thank god. Mark, this must be a sign.
Ashley
There’s got to be a way for you to get out.
Ashley receives a text from her roommate Samantha.
Samantha
Ashley, where are you?
Samantha
The front door of the house is wide open. WTF?
Ashley ignores Samantha’s text.
Ashley
Mark are you there??
Mark
Yes, but it’s happening again…
Mark
My body is disintegrating.
Samantha texts Ashley again.
Samantha
Ashley, are you okay?
Samantha
Please answer me!
Samantha
I’m really worried.
Ashley ignores the texts again.
Ashley
Stay with me, Mark.
Ashley
I don’t want to lose you.
Her conversation with Mark is interrupted by a frantic yell.
Mark
I’m almost gone, babe.
Mark
It’s going to be okay.
Samantha rushes over to Ashley’s limp body. She takes out her phone and calls 911.
Dispatch Officer
911. What is your emergency?
Dispatch Officer
Can you tell me what happened?
Samantha
It’s my roommate! She’s been stabbed! She’s bleeding!
Samantha
Really badly. Please just send someone.
Dispatch Officer
Do you see anyone else there?
Samantha
No. But I’m scared. Please come help!
Dispatch Officer
Okay, we’re coming, miss.
Dispatch Officer
Can you tell me where the wound is?
Samantha
On her stomach. Her shirt is soaked with blood.
Dispatch Officer
We’re sending an ambulance now.
Dispatch Officer
What is your location?
Samantha
253 Blue Pine Road.
Samantha
Right off Fraternity Row. Hurry!
