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("Dining in the Void Theme" plays.)
R: Look at these children They are so young in the universe
Their entire lives are nothing but specks
Here and then gone in the blink of an eye So small against the dark, shaded sky.
Look at the games they play He said she said they said it too
Count down the clocks of their lives Try to even survive Before they are snuffed out.
Look at how they run under the stars of the universe We show them the truth but they are blinded
To watch is to look away Because no one is really looking The truth burns too much.
Look at how they cry Their sorrows more than they can handle
If only they knew our sorrow Would they cry so much? Or would they cry more?
("Dining in the Void Theme" continues and finishes.)
WAVERLY: Katie no.
KATIE BELLE: Katie yes!
WAVERLY: NO!
KATIE BELLE: Aw, why not?
WAVERLY: Because it's incredibly stupid and irresponsible. You already got hurt and now you just want to throw yourself into more unnecessary danger?
KATIE BELLE: Waverly, this could help us find out who the host is. This could give us the answers we are looking for!
WAVERLY: Or it could get you seriously hurt, more than just a broken arm or bruised head. I won't allow it.
KATIE BELLE: You won't...ALLOW it? I'm sorry, but when did you suddenly become in charge of me?
It's decided, then. I'm going to do it. Danger or not, this may answer some questions and get us out of here.
WAVERLY: Well, for the record, it's also really dangerous. And STUPID.
KATIE BELLE: Yeah, well, what part of my life hasn't been.
WAVERLY: What?
KATIE BELLE: Just stand back. I'll crawl in there and see if I can find a way to let you in.
(door creaks, sound of crawling on wood)
WAVERLY: What do you see?
KATIE BELLE: Nothing, just a lot of darkness. You know this happened in a movie once…
WAVERLY: Yes Katie, this happens in a LOT of movies.
Movies where people who GO into the darkness are usually the ones who DIE.
KATIE BELLE: (sighing) Ah, well, someone's gotta break that tradition. Might as well be me, I guess.
(She walks forward,
she clicks on a switch.)
Let there be light. (She walks around.) Okay Katie Belle, if you were a hidden door, where would you be hiding?
Oh right, I came through the hidden door. Okay, if you were a perfectly normal door, where would you be?
(Footsteps stop.) How in the name of all stars am I supposed to get up there?
WAVERLY: Did you find another door?
KATIE BELLE: Yeah, I found one. It's on the ceiling.
WAVERLY: It's...where?
KATIE BELLE: Like smack dab in the middle with nothing around it.
Who in their right minds puts a door on the ceiling? On the ceiling? It's totally useless!
You cannot step into a ceiling! That makes no sense!
WAVERLY: Is there anything you can use to climb up to it?
KATIE BELLE: Nope. There's just a lot of old stuff in here. Really old stuff, things that should probably be in a museum or something.
(She picks up something.) Ah, this book looks older than my grandmother.
WAVERLY: What book is it?
KATIE BELLE: "Let Me Show You the Stars." (She clicks her tongue and breathes in.)
It's an old Earth book from 2018, back when they used wood for paper.
I don't think any books from then were still even around, most have withered away to nothing by now. But this one is in near perfect condition…
WAVERLY: How is that possible?
KATIE BELLE: I-I don't-- (A door suddenly bangs open. Aveline cries out and lands with a thump.)
WAVERLY: What was that?! KATIE BELLE: Oh you know, just all the ladies falling for me.
AVELINE: (groans in annoyance, Katie Belle giggles)
Haha, you're HILARIOUS, Katie Belle. (Footsteps.)
KATIE BELLE: I'm--WAIT.
AVELINE: Took you a second. Ugh. Little help here?
WAVERLY: You okay Aveline? That sounded like it hurt.
AVELINE: I'll be fine, I don't think I broke anything. (She hisses in pain.)
Oh, I think I sprained my wrist though. I'll have to get Mars to take a look at that.
KATIE BELLE: How did you get through the door? (to herself) Wait, she probably stepped on it. She fell through it. (to Aveline) Where's the other side?
AVELINE: I'm not sure. After you two left, I wandered around for a bit and, well, fell through the ceiling, I guess.
It just looked like an ordinary door into another dark room, but then suddenly there was a gust of wind and here I am.
WAVERLY: Wait, so, one moment you were walking upright, and the next you were falling through the ceiling?
AVELINE: That's what happened.
KATIE BELLE: Doors aren't supposed to work like that.
AVELINE: I know that, but I don't think this door got the message.
WAVERLY: Where was the door?
AVELINE: I don't know, somewhere near the kitchen maybe? Like I said, I got kinda lost.
KATIE BELLE: (sighs) Stars, this is going to take forever to find! (Chime to indicate that Tala has come online.)
TALA: You know, it doesn't need to be that hard.
KATIE BELLE: (sarcastic) Oh good, Tala's working again.
TALA: It doesn't NEED to take forever, you know.
WAVERLY: Well, Tala, that's the rate at which we seem to be going. So, unless you have some brilliant, convenient idea you just now came up with...
in which case, PLEASE, by all means, help us, O mighty exposition machine.
TALA: You guys forget, I know where everything is. Well, ALMOST everything.
There is that one room that keeps moving around...but I digress. What can I do for you?
KATIE BELLE: You could START by telling us what you've been doing this whole time.
TALA: Waiting for you to need help.
KATIE BELLE: (through gritted teeth) We've needed help this entire time! What were you even doing?!
You're a voice, you're a machine, what could be so important that you just now showed up to help?!
TALA: Trying to run this station. Making sure you don't die. That's kind of important.
AVELINE: Tala, can you get Waverly to the door? TALA: Yes, I can!
WAVERLY: Lead the way, then.
TALA: Well, first you're gonna want to head towards the silver door with the number 359 on it. WAVERLY: 'Kay...
(Footsteps.) TALA: Then you take a left up here past the red-and-green door...
(voice getting softer) don't ask where the music's coming from, I have no idea...and then next you're gonna want to turn right...(Footsteps fade.)
AVELINE: What is this place?
KATIE BELLE: I'm not sure, looks like some kind of museum. Maybe the host is a collector of this kind of stuff?
AVELINE: Look at this photo. KATIE BELLE: Here's another one.
Jeez, does this person have a thing against faces or something? Why are they all cut out?
AVELINE: This is weird. I have a bad feeling about this.
And, hey, look at this one, it's the same thing. Wait a minute. This looks like the same girl.
Oh stars. Yeah, this is DEFINITELY the same girl, no doubt about it.
KATIE BELLE: How can you tell?
AVELINE: Look, in these two, it's the same outfit. And in these two, it's the same thing. All of these photos are of her, but her face is gone.
KATIE BELLE: Could she be the host?
AVELINE: Maybe? Or she's someone who the host wants to forget.
KATIE BELLE: Why wouldn't the host just throw the photos away?
AVELINE: Maybe they're still hurting. This person was important and they can't just...erase her.
Like when you break up with someone and cut their faces out of every picture you have.
You still know it's them, but you don't give them the satisfaction of being seen by you. If that makes sense.
KATIE BELLE: Or maybe they're afraid to be haunted by the person they tried to cut out. Physically and emotionally speaking.
AVELINE: I kind of doubt this girl is the host. These photos are old, older than anyone I know.
KATIE BELLE: Well, don't forget your species isn't the only one out there.
AVELINE: What do you mean? KATIE BELLE: There are some species who live a long time, longer than stars even.
AVELINE: Katie Belle, you know those are just rumors.
KATIE BELLE: They're not rumors, they're real. When I was a child my mother told me stories about her friend who was older than the stars.
No one else believed her, but that friend showed her proof. She believed her and so do I.
She had no reason to lie. I know you don't believe me and that's okay.
Maybe the host isn't like my mom's friend. But this is really weird!
AVELINE: I know it is.
KATIE BELLE: It's just a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Cradled in another mystery.
AVELINE: Let's just keep looking for more clues.
(Electronica game show music starts up and plays under dialogue.)
JO: Welcome, one and all, to The Games Children Play. I'm your host, Jo. Get ready for a night of horrific fun, folks.
Tonight, we have two contestants, each one tragically young, but what can you do? That's just how the universe picks its victims.
On our right, standing at seven feet six inches, (crowd cheering) the man who saved space travel, Sawyer Green! (Cheering fades.)
And to our left, standing at a pitiful four foot eight inches, the human who killed their own sister, Mars Kobe! (Crowd boos.)
Now, let's start off with something easy, shall we? Just a fun little game, something to shake off the nerves, nothing to be scared of. YET.
SAWYER: And what game would that be?
JO: Why, Truth or Dare, of course! Now I'm sure you two and everyone at home are all familiar with the rules, so let's just jump right in, shall we?
Sawyer, truth or dare? SAWYER: Truth.
JO: (talking over him) Dare it is! Sawyer, I dare you to drink this.
SAWYER: What is it, exactly…?
JO: Oh it's just some water, mixed with honey of course.
SAWYER: Are you out of your mind? I'll die if I drink that!
JO: Oh, that's right, I forgot! Your people are allergic to it, or specifically honey.
(They chuckle.) But I thought you liked taking risks.
SAWYER: Certainly not when they directly involved my well-being.
JO: (snorts) I wish I could say I was surprised. Come on, Sawyer. Just a teensy little sip.
SAWYER: (firmly) I'm not going to drink something that will poison me, if not kill me instantly.
JO: Here, I'll water it down for you. It won't kill you, just, uh, cause you some pain. Nothing big!
You may scream if it helps, eh? No? Okay then. Mars! Why don't you drink some of this tea?
MARS: What's in it?
JO: Oh you know, some Scots pine leaves, spices, a dash of hemlock, nothing major.
MARS: No. JO: Excuse me?
MARS: I'm not going to drink something that is guaranteed to kill me.
JO: Fine then. But don't say I didn't warn you.
(Footsteps.) You know, darling, I don't like your hair. How 'bout we give you a more...edgier look, huh?
(The sound of hair cutting.) GALATEA: Ow!
(at the same time) MARS: What the hell are you doing?! SAWYER: Jo, stop this! (Galatea yells in pain.)
GALATEA: Ow! Stop!
JO: Well, I'm no hair stylist, but I do think that looks much better, darling. You should keep it short. It looks--
(Galatea screams in anger and hits the bars of her cage.)
JO: Knock it off! You're stuck there til I'm done with you, so get used to it, missy.
Where was I? Right! Mars. Your turn. Truth or dare?
MARS: Truth. JO: What is your greatest life achievement?
MARS: (guessing) Joining the army and saving lives? (A low, thrumming buzzer.)
JO: WRONG! And as punishment for lying, I'll be holding Galatea underwater for thirty seconds.
MARS: Wait, how was that a lie?!
JO: Time for a dip, my dear! (Sound of chains rattling as cage descends. Galatea growls and hisses until she is under water.)
(Water splash, then silence except for the music.)
(The chain noises happen again as the cage ascends. Galatea gasps for breath and coughs. The sound of water falling from her clothing.)
JO: (sighs) Alright, Mars. Try again. MARS: Okay, um, graduating medical school early with all honors then?
JO: Wrong AGAIN! Stars, Mars, how can you live with yourself and all these lies?
How 'bout we put Galatea underwater for a minute this time. (Sound of chains rattling as the cage descends again.)
GALATEA: No!! (She growls in anger before she is cut off.)
SAWYER: Jo, is this really necessary? JO: Of course it is.
Who would I be if I didn't teach my...playthings the rules of the game? There are always consequences to your actions.
(chuckling) I mean, honestly, you poor things would be so lost without me!
MARS: We are people, living and breathing beings, you can't just kidnap us and torture us like this!
JO: Then why am I doing just that? MARS: You can't do this forever.
JO: (chuckles darkly) Oh darling, you seem to underestimate what I can and can't do.
I have free range on this station, I know every corner and every secret passage. I even know which one of you guests is the host. The real host.
(They chuckle.) What? That surprises you? Oh don't be so thick.
You must know I'm not going to tell you who it is. And even if I could, what fun would that be?
SAWYER: So it's not you then?
JO: (laughs) I'm flattered, Sawyer, but no, I'm not the host. I'm more of the, how you say, wild card. A bit of spice and flare to make things interesting.
SAWYER: If by interesting you mean life threatening, sure.
JO: What can I say? The people like drama. If it involves life and death, of course they'll watch.
Anyways, I suppose I should bring Galatea up now. Mm. She's been under there for a while, don't you think?
SAWYER: Yes, just let her up, please stop it. Let her up. (The cage rattles back up, Galatea splutters and gasps roughly.)
JO: See everyone, she's fine, she's breathing. (Galatea coughs.) ...I think.
Now, Mars, last chance. What is the most important thing you have ever done?
MARS: Meeting my sister?
(A bell dings three times.) JO: Ding ding ding! Dear viewers, we have ourselves a WINNER!
It took them a few tries, but that, that right there, is the truth. Now, now that that's over and done with, let's raise the stakes, shall we?
Mars, I dare you to cut off Sawyer's finger.
(at the same time) SAWYER: Wait, what? MARS: No fucking way!
JO: Come ON, Mars, just cut off his finger. It's not like you'll be KILLING him or anything, though you don't seem to really have a problem with that.
Here. I even brought my own knife for you to use!
MARS: Absolutely not. I'm not going to cut his finger off!
JO: Ugh. Why not? It's not like you two are friends or anything. You barely know each other.
MARS: Didn't you hear me? I said no! (Pause.)
JO: Well, alright. Saying "no" is always a choice in situations like these. But I'm afraid it's not quite that simple.
(Footsteps. The unsheathing of a knife.) Galatea, darling, I'm going to be honest with you, you look like you've been through hell! But you're not quite through yet.
I've still got a few more dares lined up, I gotta keep the people at home entertained.
Given your reputation, surely you sympathize with that. I mean...what do you think?
GALATEA: (panting in anger) Eat yourself alive, you interstellar creep.
JO: Ooh, touchy. (sarcastically) Can't imagine why! Did you at home know that Galatea means "white as milk"?
(chuckles) I sure as hell didn't! Speaking of, you're lookin' a little pale there, Galatea. How about we bring some color back into your complexion, huh?
SAWYER: Wait, what are you doing with Galatea?
JO: Come ON, Sawyer, it's simple. I've got a knife, Galatea's hands are just sort of sitting there at the edge of the cage.
Sweetheart, put two and two together. Oh, it's so tempting. I just don't think I can resist.
SAWYER: You're not going to... JO: Cut off her finger? Of course I am!
Someone's going to lose a finger tonight, and Galatea's the lucky contestant! ...Or unlucky.
Well, whatever. Just relax, dear. This will only take but a moment.
SAWYER: Wait no--! (The sound of flesh being cut. Galatea screams in agony.)
MARS: Why the hell would you do that?!
JO: You didn't fulfill the dare, Mars, so instead of Sawyer, Galatea lost a finger. I did say someone had to lose one, so someone did.
There are always consequences. So like it or not, I always get my way.
MARS: Why do you keep punishing her? She has nothing to do with this!
JO: Well, tough shit, Mars, life isn't fair!
MARS: You want to lecture me about life?! You spend your time being cruel to others and you make a sick game out of it!
I'm a doctor, I save the innocent! JO: "The innocent," who always get trampled on?
Do you mean the innocent who always get the short end of the straw? Yeah, because you of all people should know that, eh?
After all, you can't conduct those secret experiments of yours without killing a few innocents now, can you? (Pause.)
How can you exterminate an entire race of creatures and call it "saving the innocent"? Explain that to me, Doctor.
SAWYER: Mars, what are they talking about? MARS: (quietly) It's not important.
JO: Seems pretty important to me, if you don't want to talk about it.
MARS: Let's just move on to the next round.
JO: As you wish. Sawyer, my dear, it is your turn. Truth or dare? SAWYER: Truth.
JO: Why don't you ever speak of your brother? SAWYER: Which one?
JO: The youngest. Oh, what was his name again? (They snap their fingers.) Oh, I remember, Kenny! You killed Kenny, you Kenny killer! (They giggle.)
SAWYER: The Intergalactic Committee for Safe Space Travel circulated that rumor to discredit me. That was YEARS ago.
Anyone who bothered to do some research knows that Kenny ran away. We found his body...a month later.
No one knows how he died. He was just a kid, and it's not something I like to talk about.
JO: (imitating him) "He was just a kid, and it's not something I like to talk about." (they chuckle)
I still place money on you being the one who killed him. Though...you still seem to be in denial, so why don't we revisit this later?
Continuing on the topic of siblings, Mars. It's your turn for truth.
How come you and your sister sound so different? Like, you sound Scottish and she obviously doesn't.
MARS: Really? THAT'S your question? JO: What? I'm just curious.
Not every question has to involve life or death, I mean...you need to lighten up, we're on a game show, for Pluto's sake.
Tell me the story and just for the fun of it, you can tell me how she died.
Don't skip out on any details now, I want to know everything. MARS: I don't want to talk about it.
JO: Well, too bad. If you don't, I'll cut off Galatea's hand. Is your silence worth that much?
MARS: Fine. We were sixteen, she showed up on my doorstep.
(Music out. Footsteps on gravel, birds chirping in the distance.)
(There is an impatient knocking until someone opens the door.)
MARS: Hello...? PHOENIX: Oh my god, i-it's actually you.
MARS: Uh, yeah, it's me, and you are? Oh! I'm-I'm sorry, but who are you?
PHOENIX: Oh! Shit, I'm sorry, I should have started with introductions. Um. Hello! I'm Phoenix Smith, and I'm your twin sister.
MARS: But I'm an only child. PHOENIX: (she chuckles) I thought I was too.
We were separated when we were only a year old. Uh, buuuut from the look on your face right now, I guess your parents never told you. (Pause.)
MARS: I'm sorry, this is really sudden, I...I believe you, you don't seem completely out of it,
but this is...this is different. Can you actually prove we're related?
PHOENIX: Uh, here. (The rustling of papers.) Those are your adoption papers. I kind of, you know, uh, stole them.
But only because I really wanted to find you, I swear I have good intentions.
MARS: (They flip through the papers.) I'm sorry, no, I'm not the only person on this planet called Mars.
It was fairly popular the year I was born. You might have me mixed up with another Mars?
PHOENIX: But there is no other Mars. It's just, it's just you, it has to be. Here, I went ahead and got a DNA kit. The good kind, not those cheap knockoffs going around.
You can check for yourself. You can get as many as you like just to make sure.
MARS: (chuckles) Well, you seem awfully sure of yourself. PHOENIX: I've never been more sure of anything.
MARS: I can tell. Wow. I don't know what I was expecting when I got here, but it wasn't this. But I'm...I-I think I believe you.
Yeah, now that I look at you, we do look an awful lot alike. You've got that same curve to your nose that I do.
Stars, you do actually look a lot like me! Let's go out for coffee. I'll go grab my jacket and wallet.
PHOENIX: Actually, uh, could we go inside? It's kinda cold out here. MARS: Oh, okay. Come in. (Footsteps on wooden floor.)
PHOENIX: Nice house you got here. You just live here by yourself? MARS: Yep, it's just me.
PHOENIX: Why don't you live with your parents? MARS: I don't know, just felt like time I guess.
They moved to China a few months ago, and there's no point in me going too if I'm just going to come straight back here the moment I can.
PHOENIX: Ah. Cool. I think. Oh, here, I can go first. (Puff of air.) Your turn. (Same puff of air. Moment of silence.)
Um, it, uh, it just takes a minute to work. MARS: (chuckles softly) I know. I wasn't born yesterday. (Sudden bleep.)
PHOENIX: Look how similar we are! The kit says if the similarity is above 50% and below 99%, then that means we're fraternal twins.
Mars? Are you okay? D-do you want to try again? I can run out and grab another one if you want.
MARS: I...I'll be right back. (They walk away. Faucet drips under dialogue.)
(in the other room) Hi Dad, yeah no I know you're busy but this is important. (short pause) It'll only take a minute.
Dad please, you know I wouldn't call if it wasn't...(pause) Yes I know what you're working on but Dad, this is serious. (pause)
You know she doesn't want to talk to me. (Mars takes a deep breath.)
Why didn't you tell me I was adopted? That's a major detail to keep from your child, or rather, adopted child. (Pause.)
I know this because my fraternal twin sister is currently sitting in my living room. We took a DNA test. (Pause) Yes, it's legit. But I want you to be honest and tell me, am I adopted?
Dad--Dad, answer the damn question. No, I'm not going to go talk to Mom about this, I called you because you always answer my questions! But I guess that was a lie too.
(in tears) When were you going to tell me?! (crying) You were waiting? For what?
Dad, you know I love you, but I don't know how you thought you'd keep this a secret forever. (Pause.) Well, I wasn't expecting it to happen like this either.
Unless you can prove that I'm your biological child, I'm taking this woman at her word.
She's at least telling the truth. (Pause.) Okay, fine. Goodbye. (Footsteps.)
PHOENIX: Is everything okay?
MARS: (normal volume) It's not important. So how did you find me?
PHOENIX: Um, well, I was in Italy with a group of friends, and I figured that while I was there I would try to find our mom,
so I located the orphanage we were adopted from, but...I couldn't find anything about our mom, which totally sucked, but I did find out about you.
So obviously, I wanted to meet you, so I had some friends help me find your location--
Did you know how easy it is to find people through the internet? Like, social media and that kind of stuff can reveal so much if you know the right people!
Well, anyway, we tracked you down, and I got on a plane, and, here I am! Heh, ta-da! (Musical sting.)
MARS: (present day) She stayed with me for a month before returning home. She was a sweet girl, head in the clouds but tried to ground herself.
We talked almost every day. It wasn't until she came back to visit three months later that I found out she was sick.
(Phoenix coughs aggressively.) MARS: What's wrong? PHOENIX: I'm fine, okay? I just, I just need to--(She collapses.)
MARS: Shit! Phoenix, what the fuck, are you okay?! What just happened!? PHOENIX: I, I just…I-I just need to sit here, Mars, it's...
(Dialing noises.) MARS: I need help, my sister just collapsed and I don't know what's wrong or what to do!
Yes, we're at 17 Kelm Street in Glasgow near Great Western Road...(distant sirens) okay, thank you, they'll be here soon.
(Sirens fade out. Monitors beeping, loud heartbeat. In the distance, doctors occasionally exchange words.)
MARS: Welcome back, starshine. You're not dead yet. PHOENIX: Urgh. If I'm not dead, where am I?
MARS: I mean, was the heart monitor not a clue? And the IV in your arm? And the really gross colors of the walls?
PHOENIX: I'm in the hospital? How did, how did I get here? MARS: You collapsed, so I called an ambulance.
PHOENIX: Well, thank the stars you were there to help. I probably would've died if you weren't.
You're the best kind of doctor there is. MARS: Why didn't you tell me you were sick?
PHOENIX: I didn't want to worry you. It's not like I'm going to get better or anything.
MARS: Don't say that! Medicine's advanced so far, there's a cure out there for this. I know there is.
PHOENIX: Don't be stupid, Mars! There's no cure for this, there's no cure for Mortemlux C. MARS: Oh shit.
PHOENIX: I probably won't even make it to my twentieth birthday. Don't you get it? I'm just bidding [biding] my time, waiting to die--
(She coughs but recovers.) I'm dying, I know it. I'm just not pretending anymore.
I can feel every cell in my body getting ready to give up. I'm ready to join them. No doctor alive could help me at this point.
MARS: I can't accept that, I won't. I'm not going to give up on you. I'll be that doctor, I'll study my ass off in school and work until I've found the cure.
I've always had a gift for anatomy. I'm smart, I know I can do this! You're going to live, Phoenix.
PHOENIX: You're sure about that? MARS: I'm not letting you die, that's for fucking sure! Not if I can do something about it, and I know I can!
PHOENIX: (she laughs) Well, then that's good! I believe in you, Mars. So, uh, go out and do good.
(Musical sting from before.) MARS: I got to work right away. When I wasn't spending time with Phoenix, I was working on studying medicine.
I found myself enjoying this work and the research, picking up quickly and soon taking classes at a university nearby. As months turned into years, I became obsessed with finding a cure.
Phoenix was becoming weaker and weaker as the months continued, and I knew time was running out. And then…it ran out.
(A wheelchair rolls to a stop.) PHOENIX: Come on, Mars, I have something to show you! Pick it up, slowpoke!
MARS: It's not another dust pile that looks like a dog is it?
PHOENIX: Okay, first of all, NO. Second of all, trust me, it's way cuter.
MARS: Is it two dust piles that look like dogs? PHOENIX: Ugh! Shut up!
Okay, quit asking questions and come on!! (Puppy whining.) Mars Kobe, meet the cutest puppy ever.
MARS: Oh my god, she's so cute! And not made of dust!
PHOENIX: Shut up, I told you to stop bringing that up, okay? Yes, she's so cute! I mean...
listen, I wanted to get you something to remember me by when I'm gone and this little girl was just SO EXCITED to go on an adventure, so, of course I had to get her!
MARS: (with a laugh) I see we are both compulsive spenders. PHOENIX: (laughs too) Oh, it's okay, I mean,
so long as she's in a good home, I think it's okay to spend a little money. (The dog pants.)
MARS: Yeah. Thank you. What's her name?
PHOENIX: Um, well, she doesn't have one yet, but I was thinking...Clementine.
MARS: Clementine. (The dog starts whining.) I like it.
(Phoenix descends into a coughing fit. Mars mutters to themself about helping her.) PHOENIX: Mars....help…! (She continues to cough)
(More sirens get closer and farther away, then fade out. Musical sting.)
MARS: I called an ambulance and we went to the hospital, but I knew it was now or never to try something.
(Heartbeat, heart monitor, and background chatter from before.)
MARS: (voice thick with tears) Stay with me, Phoenix, come on, you need to stay with me. The other doctors and I...we have something? It's not quite a cure, I promised you a cure, didn't I.
It's just, it's risky, nothing like this has ever been done before, and you might not..
PHOENIX: (straining to speak) I might not make it. I know. I know it. I'm dead anyway. (tries to breathe) Do you think it'll work?
MARS: I do. PHOENIX: Then do it.
But you have to promise me something, swear that you'll do something for me. MARS: Of course.
PHOENIX: If I don't wake up in thirty days, then you need to let me die. Donate my body to research. MARS: (crying) Phoenix, I can't--!
PHOENIX: That woman who came over last week, she helped me update my will. It's all in there, Mars.
I know you can't stand it when people die. (Pause.) I can't either. Something else we've got in common, hmm?
Hey. You know that show, that one show--(coughs) that we watched, with the robots on that ship,
and the taller one finally died? (she chuckles) Remember how hard we cried?
MARS: (sniffles) I remember. (with a laugh) I was so upset I stopped watching it.
And you'd watch it and tell me what happened that week. Of all of the characters the writers could've killed, why Bobby?
PHOENIX: That's the thing. Death's a part of life, Mars. You're a doctor, you of all people should know that.
Doesn't make it easier, I know. (Pause.) And I know we haven't known each other for as long as I would've liked, but I'm glad to have met you. (Pause.)
Your heart's in the right place. But you need to trust me.
MARS: (sadly) Okay. I love you. PHOENIX: I believe in you, Mars…
[TRIGGER WARNING: LOUD REPETITIVE BEEPING BETWEEN 38:08-38:38]
(Background noise continues. The heartbeat and beeping slow down.)
(Several beeps to indicate that a patient is dying. In the midst of it, the sound of the heart monitor flatlines.)
(Everything cuts out, but the flatline remains. It fades out.)
(We then hear the game show music again. Slow clapping.)
JO: (fake sniffling) Oh dear, how tragic. Truly heartbreaking, gut wrenching, soul pounding, blah blah blah blah blah.
So you said you could cure her, then she died in her sleep. You pulled the plug instead of finding a cure and saving her like a knight in shining armour.
Mm-hmm, not important at all. (Mars sniffles.) Are you--
are you actually crying, Mars? Oh my stars, you are! (gasps) Then it is important after all! (They laugh.)
She had little more than a month left to live, and from the way she talked, she was ready to die.
But you, you gave her a spark of hope. Hope that didn't exist. And you knew it was hopeless,
yet you were so desperate to save your sister, one you didn't even know you had, that you made her think...
maybe, just MAYBE, she wouldn't die from one of the worst pandemics in the history of your disease-ridden planet.
You spent all that time looking for a cure, and for what? (Pause.) She died anyway.
In your quest to find a cure for her, you never stopped to think about how she felt that entire time. What a waste of precious time.
MARS: I didn't waste my time, I found a cure. I've saved millions of lives. It wasn't for nothing.
PHOENIX: No no no no, you can save an entire galaxy, maybe an infinite number of galaxies with that cure, but what does a galaxy or more matter, compared to her?
To the one person who mattered the most, the one who NEEDED you, who you couldn't save...compared to your SISTER.
That shit haunts you. It eats at you, forever. It never goes away.
Anyways! Time for another dare! Sawyer, I think it's your turn! It's dare time! (they chuckle)
SAWYER: (dryly) Oh joy, I can't wait.
JO: Okay. Mm, I dare you to remove one of Galatea's eyes. Only one, Sawyer, okay? Let's not get a bit too hasty. (They chuckle.)
SAWYER: That's uncalled for, don't you think?! JO: If you don't, I'll kill everyone on the station.
You have twenty seconds to decide. (Pause.)
MARS: (quietly) Just do it, Sawyer. SAWYER: (disturbed) What?!
MARS: Galatea would do the same thing, and you know it. So just do it. SAWYER: It's an EYE, Mars, it's not her hair or your reputation.
SAWYER: Losing an eye isn't worth it! MARS: Sawyer, you need to do this.
JO: (sing-song) Tick tock tick tock, look at the time, time to make up your mind,
tick tock tick tock, you gonna take an eye, or you gonna take a life?
SAWYER: Fine. I'll do it.
(Footsteps.) JO: And the man has made up his mind! Just like he made space travel great again.
Go on, Sawyer. (poorly imitating Mars) Get it over with.
(Galatea growls and snarls.) SAWYER: Galatea, I'm so sorry.
GALATEA: (quietly) Imagine how I feel! MARS: Don't think, just do it.
(Galatea lets out a scream in pain and cries before panting in pain.)
(laughing) Well, that certainly was dramatic! Hopefully you won't miss your depth perception too bad. (they chuckle)
GALATEA: SHIT. JO: Uh, great, you know, you can put...you know, you can put that in the jar right here,
yeah, it'll make an excellent addition to my collection.
Alright, Sawyer, it's truth time. You ready? No? Well, too bad.
Why did The Rose Federation give you six billion dollars last spring?
SAWYER: Ex-CUSE me? JO: And why did you accept the money?
SAWYER: I...I-I don't know what you're talking about. JO: Come ON, it's not like it's a secret.
And even if it is, Truth or Dare is all about revealing secrets. SAWYER: There's nothing to reveal.
JO: Oh, wait! I know what the problem is! You won't answer me looking like this, will you?
I can change, if that'd make it easier. SAWYER: No, don't. Don't, please.
ELORY [JO]: How about now? SAWYER: Stop it.
ELORY [JO]: Aw, come on, isn't it easier to talk to someone more...familiar? Don't you tell your husband everything?
Just do that. I promise. I won't breathe a word to anyone. SAWER: You're a glorified lie, Elory is light years away from this place.
ELORY [JO]: Are you sure about that? SAWYER: What?
PHOENIX [JO]: Oh nevermind, probably doesn't matter anyways. MARS: (startled) Phoenix.
PHOENIX [JO]: What's the matter, Mars? You look like you've seen a ghost. MARS: Don't do that. Change back NOW.
PHOENIX [JO]: Aw, but this form comes so naturally. It's not my fault.
You've got your sister on the brain. Right there, dab smack in the front.
SAWYER: What have you done? Tell me. JO: What makes you so sure I did something?
You can't start accusing someone all willy-nilly like that, Sawyer.
SAWYER: (furious) You just kidnapped three strangers for the fun of it.
You forced one of them to lose an eye, a finger, and all of their hair, just so that the other two would be pressured into admitting their darkest secrets,
so that you could entertain some faceless, amoral audience. (Pause.) JO: I mean, you're not WRONG.
(They huff in disappointment) If you want out, we could cut a deal. If you're so desperate, that is.
SAWYER: What kind of deal? MARS: (warning) Sawyer.
JO: You see that cage Galatea is in? It's not really a cage, it's a time manipulator. You saw earlier that it was useful for...water interrogation.
But beyond that, I can make whoever is in there suffer for years, while out here, it only lasts a few seconds.
It's amazing what technology can do now.
Can you believe this machine was only thought to be in science fiction just a hundred years ago? Absolutely mind-blowing, right?
SAWYER: Get to the point. JO: Don't rush me, Sawyer!
You're in my game so you're playing by my rules. I'll tell you what I know, and in return, Galatea will live six months in complete isolation.
Well, her mind will, anyways. So what do you say, Sawyer darling, do we have a deal?
SAWYER: Deal. MARS: Don't--!
(Button press, whirring noise. Whirring fades, Galatea shrieks and cries.) GALATEA: Please…please, don't do that again…please...(growling)
JO: Oh, you poor thing, getting used to the light and noises again?
After six months of complete silence, I bet even the slightest noise is like a THUNDERSTORM! (They laugh.)
Not to mention the darkness you lived in, these dim lights are a bit much, aren't they? Here, let me brighten things up for you!
(Jo cackles as a small tone happens. Galatea hisses and shrieks.)
SAWYER: You've had your fun Jo, now just tell me where my husband and child are.
JO: Hate to break it to you, darling, but I am afraid I don't know where they are.
All I know is they left your home shortly after you did and haven't returned since. SAWYER: (fuming) You said you would tell me where they are.
JO: (laughing, sing-songy) No, I didn't, Sawyer! SAWYER: Yes, you DID!
JO: (chuckles) I said I would tell you what I know, and I have!
Anyway, I'm bored of this. This part of the game was supposed to be over by now, but you're prolonging it.
You still haven't told me why you accepted all that money. Answer truthfully, or...I'll give Galatea a year of isolation.
SAWYER: That's not necessary, I'll tell you. I needed funding for a project I'm working on.
It's ambitious, but it could change the universe. No one would fund it though, so I had to compromise a few of my ethics to get the money.
I'm not proud of what I've done, but if everything goes according to plan, it won't be for nothing. It will end up alright.
JO: (yawns) Sawyer dear, you gave into that way too easily. Whatever, I'm bored of you.
Mars! I have another dare for you! I'm going to let Galatea out of her cage. I dare you...to fight her, to the DEATH. (Mars laughs in disbelief.)
Laugh all you like, sweetheart, but don't forget, you and Sawyer were the ones who brought all those terrible punishments on her.
She's none too happy to lose, oh, what is it at this point, a finger and all of her hair?
And let's not forget about the isolation and her left eye. (chuckles)
If I were her, I'd be ready to tear you apart, limb from limb. It's only fair, after all she's lost.
(Latch unhooks.) Galatea, sic 'em!
GALATEA: No!! JO: What the--?!
(There is a thump. Galatea snarls, Jo laughs.)
JO: (laughing, struggling to breathe) You sly little bitch.
(A gong noise and a hissing of smoke. Galatea and Sawyer cough.)
MARS: Where did they go? SAWYER: Who knows--(coughing) who knows, but they're long gone by now.
GALATEA: (snarls and laughs in anger) I'm going to kill that thing, just look what it did to my hair!
MARS: Of course your fingers and eye notwithstanding...(The music fades.) SAWYER: I'm just glad that you're okay now.
GALATEA: Really? Really. I'm "okay" now? Are you sure about that?
You know what, that creature was right. I wouldn't be in all this pain if it weren't for you two!
The only reason I didn't outright kill you was because I'd like to make it out of here alive.
MARS: We didn't want to hurt you. GALATEA: Shut. Up. I don't fucking care right now, I don't care.
I have one eye, eight fingers, and a butchered scalp all because you two made awful life decisions.
I know you didn't want to do it, but you did, and I'm the one dealing with the consequences.
Since murdering you two wouldn't really make me feel better, I have another idea.
I'm going to make that thing bleed until I see the life disappear from its eyes.
(Transition music. Footsteps.) WAVERLY: Tala, this is the tenth door I've gone though, are you sure you know where I'm going?
TALA: I do. Or, well, I thought I did. I thought--
(monotone) Error. Error. Can not compute. (normal voice) Stars.
(frantic) I'm sorry, Waverly, I keep getting this wrong. I don't know what's wrong! There's something wrong and I can't diagnose it! I have to reboot!
(monotone) System rebooting. (Pulsing noise going down in pitch.)
Mother of stars, why do I have to get stuck with the unreliable navigator?
(imitating Tala) No, no, Waverly, I swear this door is the right one!
I always get this one mixed up with the door to the pool! But trust me, this one is the the correct one!
Wait no, it's just the next one! Whoops!
(sighs, normal voice) Let's just see if she got it right this time. (The door slides open, hissing of smoke.)
Ah!! Who are you?! JO: We'll talk later, darling.
Right now, gotta run. Ta-ta! (They book it, running away. Galatea screams as she approaches.)
GALATEA: Where did she go?! Where did she go? WAVERLY: Left!
(Galatea stalks away in anger. Footsteps and panting.) MARS: (out of breath) How...is she...so fast?
SAWYER: Long legs and the heart of a horse. Also years of modeling probably helped her stay in shape.
WAVERLY: What happened to you guys?
SAWYER: (casually) Oh, you know, we just got kidnapped, and Galatea lost a few important body parts... MARS: The usual.
WAVERLY: I'm sorry, Galatea lost what? (Tiny footsteps run up. "Dining in the Void Theme" begins softly underneath.)
KATIE BELLE: You guys are never going to believe what we found. SAWYER: You won't BELIEVE what happened to us.
MARS: But that can wait. Tell us everything you know. (Music continues.)
R: DINING IN THE VOID is a production of Zebulon Podcasts. The show was written and directed by Nicole Birdy.
The script was edited by Arizona Jonson, Bio, Ari, and Rhea.
The role of Aveline Lion was played by Ari. The role of Galatea Ivory was played by Molly Alex.
The role of Waverly Black was played by Molly Rae. The role of Katie Belle Silver was played by Bio.
The role of Mars Kobe was played by Emmett Moon. The role of Sawyer Green was played by Dylan.
The role of Tala was played by Arizona Jonson. The roles of Jo and Phoenix were played by Rhea.
The role of Elory was played by Cedric Reeve, and the role of R was played by Piper.
Music was composed by Benny James. The sound was edited by Nicole Birdy [and Ari].
All sound effects come from freesound.org.
Follow us at zebulon-podcasts.tumblr.com for updates and future projects,
and follow our Twitter @dininginthevoid to be informed when new episodes go live. Thank you for listening.
(Music finishes. End of episode.)
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