147. Inside - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. BASEMENT - DAY


• PAUL walks slowly down the dusty stairs into the basement and pulls a lightbulb cord.


• The light reveals a small room lined with dusty shelves and equally dusty jars.


• He walks to the nearest shelf and inspects the jars.


• Taking his index finger, he selects a jar and wipes the dust away from the glass.


• The light shines through the thick glass revealing a tiny skeleton at the bottom of the jar.


• He unscrews the lid, wrinkling his nose a bit as the smell from the jar hits his nose.


• He upends the jar, tossing the small bones onto the floor, then kicking them away from him.


• He wipes more dust from the jar, and carefully places it back on the shelf, grasping the lid with his fingers.


• He pulls off his shirt and then digs his fingers into the skin on the left of his chest.


• His ribcage pops open revealing a chest cavity that is empty with the exception of a small cage hanging into the cavity.


• A FAERIE sits in the grasping the bars.


• He pulls open the cage and grabs the faeries before she can escape and pulls her out of the cavity.


• She deflates as she sees the line of dusty jars.


• FAERIE
• Please, not again, please don't kill me again.


• He places her into the jar with a practiced speed and screws the lid shut.


• She screams soundlessly and bangs on the glass of the jar.


• He ignores her, turning from the shelf, closing up his chest, and pulling on his shirt.


• He flips the light off and walks up the stairs leaving nothing but a thin stream of light through a small, drity window and the faint "tink, tink, tink" of the Faerie beating against the glass walls of her tomb.


• FADE TO BLACK.