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sunrise, interior of johnson's
apartment, in the kitchen.
johnson is sitting in a chair at a
table, rolling cigarettes. The camera lingers on this for a while,
and shows the process in intimate detail with multiple shots. After a
few moments of this (2-3 cigarettes) johnson picks up a pad of paper
next to her and examines it. On it are notes and a relationship
chart. She lights a cigarette, and studies this, making a few
additional notes to it every so often. After studdying this for a
while, she walks over to the window, opens it and leans out into the
morning. She basks in the light of the dawn, breathes deeply of the
morning air and achieves something near contentment. After a moment
of this, her phone rings.
Johnson: hello?
Cayce: It's me. I didn't wake you did
I?
Johnson: you're a couple days late for
that
Cayce: huh?
Johnson: nothing. I take it that you
found something?
Cayce: I talked to some people, and
they said that they have seen tristan a few times the past few days.
Johnson: where was this.
Cayce: meet me at 2371 wormwood land
and i'll fill you in. I'll be there at noon.
Johnson: That isn't what we had agreed.
Cayce hangs up the phone, Johnson
annoyedly puts her phone away, and starts a pot of coffee.
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Tristan walk across a well funished
room with a pile of boddies in the corner. He has freshly carved
symbols on his arms, chest and neck. He is only wearing a cerimonial
robe. He sweeps over to a table that the librarian is sitting at. He
looms over her shoulders as she tries to translate Mournstien's file.
Tristan: getting anywhere
Librarian: not as far as I would like.
Tristan: is there something you need?
Something to help the process, perhaps?
Librarian: I don't know, this should be
coming together, but it keeps slipping away. It is like the thoughts
and concepts won't stay in my mind.
Tristan walks across the room.
Tristan: this is not ideal. It will
take me time to translate it myself.
The librarian walks over to him.
Librarian: am I really that useless?
Tristan: … no, I still have something
you can do, if you wish.
Librarian: of course, anything.
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Cayce is standing outside a rundown
house. Johnson pulls up in a rundown car, and gets out.
Johnson: what couldn't you tell me over
the phone.
Cayce: some people here have seen
tristan, but I don't want to go in alone.
Johnson: and where is here?
Cayce: it is where tristan and I had a hookup.
Johnson: What kind of hookup is this? I
need to know what I am walking into.
Cayce: MDMA and LSD.
Johnson: ectacy and acid? Okay, we
should be fine.
Cayce: That isn't all that goes on in
there though.
Johnson: just what the HELL are you
getting me into here? I need to know what to expect when we walk
through that door. I have to know what to expect, and what a
reasonable reaction is going to be.
Cayce: they also cook meth in there,
and some cocaine moves through there.
Johnson groans and beats her head
against the roof of the car.
Johnson: I want you to know, before we
go in there, that we are in over our heads.
Cayce: I know. Trust me, I know, but I
have to find tristan, I have to know what is happening, and what he
has to do with it.
Cayce steps into johnson's personal
space, locks eyes with her.
Cayce: I need this, and if you want the
information as baddly as you say you do, then you need this just as
much as I do. So, we can either stand here and complain, or we can
get on with it, and come whatever may, we will know something.
Johnson: lead the way.
They walk up to the door and knock.
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Cayce is inside a bedroom with a large
man standing over him, there is a rapid beating on a door, and
johnson is screaming .
Mason: Don't tell me he isn't cooking.
He walks in here, buys an ounce, invites some of my regulars to
party and they never come back. He is stealing my business, and I
have very specific ways of dealing with that. So, why should I tell
you where I have tracked him to instead of just burning the place to
the ground and pissing in the ashes?
Cayce: the timing doesn't make sense.
There would have been signs, and it would have taken him some time
to set up a cooking operation. Tristan never showed any interest in
meth before this, so why would he start cooking it.
Mason grabs an ashtray from the table,
and throws it against the wall
Mason: Don't you dare talk to me like
i'm stupid, I'll burn you and your little bitch with your boyfriend.
Cayce: If I take care of the problem
for you, then the cops will have no reason to look at you for it.
Mason: go on.
Cayce: I'm going to stop whatever
tristan is doing and all you have to do is tell me where to go to do
it. After that, you are the big dog in the yard again, and you have
expended no effort to do it, which leaves you more time to make
money.
Mason: you get one chance, then if you
dont deliver, I take care of the problem, and I take care of you.
Mason walks over to the very solid
closet door, picks up a handle off the floor and lets johnson out of
the closet, and throws her towards the bed.
Mason: It's the big house two streets
over, behind where the old jail used to be. You may want to find
some backup, but don't take too long, because the clock is ticking
on you.
Cayce helps johnson up, an dthey walk
out the door.
End scene.
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