Aloys Page #2

Please leave a message

after the tone.

If anyone's listening,

this is Adorn, flat 149.

I just wanted to inform you

that the reptile is in our care...

...for one or two days.

You don't even have the imagination

to picture a fir cone.

Moss.

It smells of moss, doesn't it?

The more you relax,

the easier it gets to stay inside.

Why don't you throw yourself

under a train.

Please leave a message after...

THANKS FOR WATERING

AND FEEDING.

"Thanks for watering

and feeding. "

YOU'RE ALIVE?

WHERE ARE YOU?

AT THE MORGUE,

WAITING FOR COFFIN.

"At the morgue, waiting for coffin. "

Behind the big spruce

is where I stand.

This phone- walking thing

was just a bad joke.

- Look for someone else.

- But I wanted to say...

I'm sorry.

The cat is feeling...

...better.

Can you feel him kicking?

He wants to get out.

It must be a bit lonely in there.

I'm getting cold, darling.

Can we go to your place, please?

I'd rather not, Kathrin.

We always meet outside.

Do you have something to hide?

What do you mean, "hide"?

You never take me to your place.

What do you mean, "hide"?

You never want to take me

to your place.

I thought, well...

as you don't want to go

to the forest...

I thought, well...

we could invite you here.

To the Adorn's.

Flat 149.

I'd prefer it

if the caretaker watered my plants.

It's easier,

if you close your eyes.

Three... two... one...

Let's go!

When you walk through the door,

after seven steps

you reach the living room.

The flat is about

three times the size of yours.

The curtains are brown,

matching the bottle-green

of the sofa.

And...

they smell of...

table-top grill.

We always have that

on New Year's Eve.

Take five steps back

and you're sitting

on the sofa.

It's a three-seater.

It sounds like walking on snow.

We used to go to the New Year's party

of the Detective Association.

There was always a raffle.

In 1989,

the main prize was a fridge.

That was the last time we went.

Why?

Three... two... one.

Hello?

There was an incident

during an assignment.

Afterwards, they were talking

behind our backs.

Some thought,

we should have intervened.

Why didn't you?

The baker bakes bread,

the fisherman catches fish,

and the investigator investigates.

But some investigators

also steal cats.

And sheep?

What are they good for?

Is the tour finished?

Or do you want to introduce me

to your vacuum cleaner?

At least 5,000 hours of film.

You're definitely a bit sick.

Aren't you?

May I ask in which institution

you are staying?

Hiking group 5, counting...

One...

Hiking group 5, counting...

One...

Two...

Hello.

Hello.

I have to admit,

your shithole is quite classy.

But I have to eat now.

IN THE COFFIN NOW.

GOOD NIGHT.

Everything that moves us,

is in our head.

It's within ourselves.

And that's what counts.

Vera.

Adorn...

Aloys Adorn.

Don't you have any milk?

There's magnesium inside.

Cat medicine cheers me up.

Where do you know this tune from?

Your father on the piano.

I've watched all the videos.

The one with the piano

is my favourite.

What's the matter?

He doesn't like it,

when I sit at the piano.

Let's play standing up then!

Come on!

Silence!

I want to sleep!

And why don't you learn

to play the piano?

I've invited him.

What?

We'll be with you in a second.

Shouldn't you be resting,

you seem so tipsy.

Tipsy?

I wanted to liven up this shithole,

so you don't suffocate

in your own dust.

Cheers!

OK, they can stay for a short while,

if they behave themselves.

I'll make an exception.

Black, white, white, black.

Vera, I'm lost.

Go to the radiator.

- And what now?

- Spread your toes,

and clutch the radiator.

And what now?

That's out of the question!

Hello, everybody.

Welcome to my shithole.

I already know some of you...

by sight.

I film how you eat, how you sleep,

how you're awake...

how you cook spaghetti,

kiss, sing, make love,

ride on the bus, get married.

That's my job.

At home I watch it all again.

And again and again.

That's my hobby.

Like a big party...

outside your window.

But you're not invited.

How do you mean?

Never mind.

Today is a special party.

And we're invited too,

as far as I know.

The dance floor is open!

To go?

To eat here.

Two portions, please.

Yum, the Chinese

are truly sophisticated cooks!

And Lee's dancing steps yesterday...

meticulous.

Do the people know

what happened?

Stop it!

I meant,

what happened to me?

Do people know

what happened to me?

They're just talking,

they're bored.

Does it bother you?

I don't care

what the neighbours think of me.

Hello, Mr Detective.

I like the gap

between your teeth.

Is it true that you

regularly call a sex line,

since your father died?

- What?

- I don't have a gap between my teeth.

You only saw me

when the ambulance arrived.

- And I didn't smile then, did I?

- Mr Detective...

Are you bored?

Hiking group 5.

Counting...

I thought we could go

to the big zoo,

where you worked.

You'll have to go on your own.

How come?

I can no longer

show my face there.

Dear animal lovers,

welcome to our exclusive audio tour

through the zoo.

The second largest one

with the bright shell...

Can you see her?

Yes, I do.

That's Nigrita.

She's 75.

She was single for 20 years.

Living alone in her cage.

Imagine that.

20 years...

...in solitary confinement.

But she endured.

Without complaining.

No antidepressants, nothing.

And then Jumbo turned up.

You can't miss him.

Can you see the marks

on her shell?

Yes, I do.

That's from f***ing

all the time.

The female is underneath

and Jumbo is very heavy.

- They seem to be happy.

- Yes.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

The one with the white spot

on her snout...

...that's Farah.

Farah believes

she's still in the Atlantic...

...and always swims into the glass.

She forgets it every time.

She swims back...

...and tries to remember.

You're no longer

in the Atlantic, Farah.

You're no longer

in the Atlantic, Farah.

You're no longer in the Atlantic.

You're no longer, no longer...

Bang!

Luckily, she's so forgetful.

Now I've ruined it.

What do you mean?

It gets too personal for you.

You prefer it,

when I play the piano.

Vera?

Vera?

Vera!

- Vera, now..

- What?

What's the matter with you, Vera?

That's the best question

you've asked so far.

But the answer won't fit

through the phone.

I'll hang up now.

- Vera?

- This is our last phone call.

Enjoy it.

I'm on my way back now.

Have you heard me?

Back where?

Well, back to you!

No, not back to me.

You're going to her.

I don't know who she is.

She has my voice and

a gap between her teeth.

That's all I know about her.

Our voices generate an image.

Our words set it in motion.

Whatever we imagine, Vera...

What remains, is the essence.

- No, Aloys.

- That's what you said.

What's this damned

essence then, Adorn?

I know exactly

how you felt at the time.

When?

When you...

When you tried

to kill yourself.

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