125. Closed Circuit - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. CCTV MONITORING STATION - EVENING


• JON watches a bank of monitors that cover a whole range of human activity.


• He watches as people walk along streets, huddle in corners to converse, fight, and make-out.


• He slouches in his chair, watching everything closely.


• A WOMAN walks onto one of the bottom screens and he notices right away sitting up straight.


• He flips an array of buttons, and begins following her journey down the sidewalk.


• She walks at comfortable pace.


• He watches for a moment, then slowly pulls open a drawer full of delicate, colored paper.


• Origami butterflies spill out, and he carefully replaces them at the back of the drawer.


• He pulls a sheet of pale orange paper out, and begins folding, as he watches the woman's journey.


• TODD (O.S.)
• Jon!


• Jon spins around in his chair, clutching the paper.


• TODD stands behind him grinning.


• TODD
• What's up?


• JON
• Just her.


• TODD
• You're a sick puppy you know? You need to quit staring at her and just find her and give her a bag full of those butterflies. And FYI, don't mention you've been stalking her for the last 6 months. And what's with the butterflies anyway?


• JON
• She likes them.


• TODD
• How do you know that? No, wait, on second thought, I really don't want to know.


• Jon shushes him with a wave and turns back to the monitor.


• She is on a higher screen now and has stopped outside a store front and is chatting animatedly with the shop owner.


• Her skirt flows around her, barely touching the sidewalk.


• She kisses the shop owner on both cheeks, thanking him for the parcel she holds, then continues, her skirt flowing around her.


• She walks off screen, and Jon slouches back into his chair.


• TODD
• Out of range?


• Jon nods.


• Todd shakes his head and slips away murmuring.


• TODD
• Every flipping night.


• Jon places a now finished butterfly in the drawer and closes it.


• FADE TO BLACK.