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Platypus
Platypus
We see a blue car driving through the forest with the autumn
leaves falling to the ground. The sky is a pink and orange
colour as it is sunset. The trees are swaying in the wind and we
can see some wildlife enjoying the greenery.
We cut to the inside of the car, and we see KAYLIN, an 18- year-
old girl with long black hair wearing a pink hoodie and red
leggings driving through the countryside. To her left, we see
TRIXIE, KAYLIN’s 8-year-old cousin who has dark brown hair that
reaches her hips. She is wearing a white t-shirt and purple
shorts, with cerulean trainers. Both girls are singing along to
the song ‘I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues’ by Elton
John.
The car parks on top of a hill at the campsite. The music fades
and we hear the birds chirping. The two girls get out of the
car. TRIXIE jumps out and sprints over to an empty spot in the
field for them to start setting out the tent. KAYLIN walks
around the car and opens the boot, and stacks tent poles and
picnic blankets in her arms. As KAYLIN brings the items over to
the empty patch of grass, TRIXIE gets up and runs to the edge of
the hill, sits and looks out at the view.
TRIXIE: No
KAYLIN takes a step out of the tent and takes a deep breath. We
hear the sound of grasshoppers. We see through Kaylin’s eyes as
she looks to the left and to the right. As she turns back to the
left, we see a bonfire out of the corner of her eye. She takes a
few steps closer to the site and as she gets closer, we can see
a group of people wearing black standing around the bonfire.
CULT MEMBER TWO: The time for Ash to take on the mantle
CULT MEMBER ONE: Ash, you have proven yourself to be more than
worthy of taking over Platypus. All we need is for you to
complete one more task
CULT MEMBER ONE: We just need you to find some living mammal and
sacrifice it
KAYLIN: Trixie?
TRIXIE is gone. KAYLIN slowly makes her way over to the bed and
rips the covers off. She panics, we see a close-up of her face
as she frantically looks around the tent, quickly dashes
outside, then back inside. KAYLIN falls to her knees and
screams.
FADE OUT
END SCENE