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‭ain character (MC) rents a house for ten days through Airbnb;‬

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however, the house has some entity inside.‬

Scene One:‬

‭he owner of the house is sitting in the living room watching‬


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TV when he feels something watching him from upstairs. He turns‬

around, staring up into the darkness upstairs.‬‭
‭ (Camera angle:‬
Slow pan from the owner's uneasy face to the darkened upstairs)‬

[Pause], trying to see if anything is up there. Doorbell rings‬

abruptly, scaring the owner.‬

‭wner walks toward the door, the house dark. He opens the door‬
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and greets MC.‬

Owner: “Hey, how’s it going?”‬


‭C:‬‭
M (Looks at things next to him then he turns his head once‬
the door opens and then smiles towards the owner.)‬‭
‭ “Oh, hey.‬
I’m doing good!”‬

Owner: “That’s great. Here, come on in.”‬


MC goes inside the house and takes off his shoes inside.‬

Scene Two:‬

Owner: “Ima’ give you a quick tour before I get out of here.”‬

MC: “Sure.”‬

Owner walks toward the kitchen, MC following behind him.‬


‭wner: “So, this is the kitchen, nothing too fancy.”‬‭


O (Camera‬
angle: Over-the-shoulder shot of the owner pointing out‬

different features)‬‭
‭ “That’s the pantry. I put a couple of‬
snacks in there so feel free to take some anytime.”‬

MC: “Thanks.”‬

‭wner: “Yeah.”‬‭
O (Pointing to the stove)‬‭
“Plain old stove if you‬
want to cook something up and here are the plates when you need‬

it.”‬

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Owner walks into the dining table area.‬

‭wner: “Alright, so obviously here is the dining table, but I‬


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prefer you eat here so you can keep the house clean. But if you‬

do decide to eat elsewhere, just make sure you clean it up,‬

alright?”‬

MC: “Mhm.”‬

‭wner:‬‭
O (Pointing to the door leading to the backyard)‬‭
“There’s‬
a patio and backyard out there if you ever wanna’ be out.”‬

MC: “OK.”‬

Owner: “Here’s the... the living room.”‬


MC: “If you don’t mind, where’s the bedroom at?”‬


‭wner:‬‭
O (Owner turns to MC and looks sternly)‬‭
“I was just about‬
to get to that.”‬

MC: “Oh, my bad I jus—”‬


Owner: “Come here.”‬


MC follows Owner to the door of the bedroom downstairs.‬


‭wner:‬‭
O (Looking at MC in the eyes, intensely)‬‭
“Listen. You‬
sleep here‬‭
‭ (pointing to the bedroom)‬‭
at night.”‬

‭C:‬‭
M (Looks skeptical and strangely at Owner)‬‭
“Um, is there‬
something wron—”‬

‭wner: “JUST LISTEN!”‬‭


O (Gulps and strokes his hair back, visibly‬
stressed)‬‭
‭ “Sorry... sorry about that, but you need to just‬
listen. I prefer you sleep here because there are some things‬

you don’t want to— nevermind. But just sleep here, OK?”‬

‭C: “Yeah, sure.”‬‭


M (Slightly nodding head)‬‭
“I’ll- I’ll sleep‬
here.”‬

‭wner:‬‭
O (Nodding head)‬‭
“Good good, very good. Ok. Let’s- let’s‬
go upstairs.”‬

‭cene ends with Owner and MC walking away to upstairs, camera‬


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tilts up to upstairs, which is dark.‬

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