Box of Shadows Page #2

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Sometimes,

I dream that I'm walking

But never like that.

- What was written on the card?

- What?

- The card.

- I don't know

Maybe we were just dreaming

Steal your girlfriend's

credit card, huh?

That's pretty low, man

You were out there?

Sneaky little bastard

And you-

you might want to go look

at your scooter, dude.

Julie can really kick

Wait, what?

This is bigger than

anything else I've ever known

This is bigger than lasers

This is bigger than-

this is crazy. We're on

a canyon of unknowing, guys.

Look, some art collector

finds out about this,

some criminal, the police,

it'll be gone by morning.

So it's our secret, okay?

And no more using the machine

Not until I do some more research

Seems perfectly safe

Look!

- Whoa!

- Whoa whoa whoa

- I was standing.

- You were falling

You saw it!

I felt my legs

That's impossible

The feeling is gone now

Look, we've got

something powerful here

and we have absolutely no idea

what it's doing to our bodies.

I want to do some more research

before we use it again. Agreed?

I'm ready to go

back in right now

- No! No, you're not. No

- Easy!

We'll get there

Agreed

Sutton?

I felt my legs

Excuse me, sir?

Come on, pooch

Good boy.

This relationship isn't working

I need more than casual sex

I want some time off

Either we take two weeks off

from each other or...

we can end it right now

Two weeks

I love you, Kyle,

but I really don't like you right now

Of course.

I thought I might have

seen you tonight.

I've got your money

Jerrod,

get the schoolboy some tea

Why are you messing

with all this stuff anyway?

Ain't they got beers

or cigarettes at your school?

Yeah. It was helping me study harder

Now it's just helping

Let me show you something

You know, smoking is fine-

if you want to lose your teeth

Real pros shoot their crystal

Maximize the effects

Saves money.

I'm not that desperate

There you go, buddy

Have fun

Wait a minute

Ow! What the f***?!

Just 'cause you go to college

doesn't mean you don't follow

the same rules as

the other junkies, okay?

From now on you pay as you go

I'm not a f***ing junkie

Just wait till you start

losing your teeth.

- Yeah.

- I got some info on the music box

- What time is it?

- It's almost noon

Shouldn't you be in class?

Sh*t

- What did you find out?

- It relies on the diminished fifth

also known as

diabolus in musica,

a tonal interval banned

by the medieval church

because it was considered

to be satanic.

I want to record the music

so I can study it further.

I don't understand

a word you're saying, Platt

Just don't touch anything

I'll be there at 6:00.

This stuff goes way too quick

A lot of religions believe

in the power of sound.

The Vedics believed that the universe

was created by sonic vibrations

and will be destroyed the same way

Uh, how you guys feeling?

Fine

You guys haven't had any problems

since we used the coffin last night?

Nosebleeds, headaches,

that sort of thing?

Nope

How about your legs, Sutt?

Nothing.

Must have been

a nervous reaction before

It happens

Have you seen anything strange?

Hallucinations,

hot flashes, nightmares?

I slept like a baby

Me too.

I saw something horrible.

It looked just like this

Scared me half to death

You were really

freaked out yesterday

This thing's gotta mess

with your head a little.

Tonight

- I'm going for maximum duration

- Wait wait wait.

Wait just a minute. I'm here to do

the sound and nothing else.

Don't touch me

Fine

Listen, you guys don't tell me

what to do with my machine.

Kyle Baker enters the ghost machine

for the second time.

Tell us what

you're going to do, man

- Why?

- For the marketing video

That's nobody's business

but my own

Come on, man. Time's up.

Stop it!

Stop it!

You know, man?

Your girlfriend

ain't half bad

Doesn't move much

but you can do anything

you want with her.

Just give me my stuff.

Give them what they came for

Thanks, Jerrod. I knew

you were good for something

Are you okay?

I feel good. Real good

Come on, man.

Tell us where you went

The gates of heaven

Come on.

You guys gonna help me out?

You guys might want

to take a look at something

Goldfish die all the time

- Take me to the max.

- You guys are tweaked

Good night, fellas

See you in class tomorrow

What?

- I miss him already

- Oh.

You should just get it

over with and leave him

He used to be different-

like really sweet.

After college we were

gonna go to Europe

to see the castles

You're such a sucker for their

romantic bullshit, aren't you?

No. No no no

Don't answer it

I'll just tell him

to stop calling me

Okay.

Julie, please don't hang up on me

I meant it when I said

I needed time off, Kyle

I know

But I got some great news

for you.

What?

I have to tell you in person.

I got something to show you

You're burning me out, Kyle

Meet me tomorrow at the cafe

near your house.

It'll be worth it, promise you

- Noon?

- Okay.

I love you, Kyle

No!

Whoa

How are you feeling?

I never felt better

Where were you, man?

The audience wants to know

I snuck into a movie theater

Must have been a good movie

Look, I'm sorry

Get me out of here!

Come on!

Grab the waist.

That was strange

Yeah

I didn't think he could get those

Me neither

Nice fugue, Tristen

Bach would have been proud

Sound without sound

I know that number.

I am Professor Julian Cutler

with the Center for Acoustic Studies

The founders of the medieval church

understood the power of sound...

For a sustained period of time

to cause trauma or death. "

Organ music has been known

to provoke religious feelings and dread

7-8 Hz is the frequency

of the average brain alpha wave

Sustained sound at this frequency

can cause disorientation,

unconsciousness

and even death

Enough for a small creature...

it worked on an insect,

maybe even a small fish

Definitely not enough

for a human body.

Hmm, there must be

something else.

I paid it all off-

everything I owe you,

plus some of your stuff too

- How did you get the money?

- It doesn't matter.

You and I

are going to be happy from-

It's not about

the credit cards, Kyle.

What happened to the guy

that I used to date?

The one that used to smile

and make me laugh?

I look at you now and all I see

is some sort of sick person.

And, babe,

I don't know why

I don't have to tell you

every f***ing detail of my life, do I?

See, that is what I'm talking about-

that right there.

Look-

I'm sorry.

Things have been

a little crazy lately

What's up, Platt?

It's in the music

But not the way you think

The real power comes

from ultra-low frequencies

I'm with Julie right now

The music requires

a transmission device-

something to focus

and channel the sound

Then there must be something

else hidden in the coffin,

shooting the sound

directly into our heads

- Let's talk about this later, Platt

- A needle perhaps.

That would explain

Sutton's CNS reaction

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