Jonah Lives Page #3

We start by seeing

if anyone's here.

Go ahead, Barbara. Ask.

Is... is anyone there?

Like that?

LYDIA:
It's moving.

Someone's moving it.

Nobody's moving it. [WHISPERS]

It has to, it has to.

Me. Okay.

I need to know about the girl

with a bun in her hair.

The one in my English class.

Does she have the hots for me?

[ALL GIGGLE]

FRANCIS:
Ooo...

Looks like you're never

getting laid, man.

She wants me. You guys moved it.

I know she wants some of this.

Nobody moved it.

Maybe, some day,

when you grow up

if you keep dreaming,

she'll let you get it in.

BOYS:
Your wet dreams piss pop!

You know what jerk,

what if she did like Jessie?

She ain't no better than him.

I've seen her date

worse looking guys.

FRANCIS:
Ouch!

That's a low blow, Barb.

Jessie ain't that ugly.

[ALL EXCEPT BARBARA LAUGH]

You suck, Barbara.

Jessie, I didn't mean to say

you're an ugly guy.

It's not what I meant.

What I meant was that she doesn't

date any better than you.

I mean...

[REST LAUGH]

You know what I'm

trying to tell you, right?

Yeah.

Know what you mean.

I don't have the slightest.

Could you clarify that, Barb?

You're such a dick.

I'm your dick.

What I meant to say Francis

is that you're

a big f***ing ass hole.

[MOCK TONE]

You're killing me, baby.

My turn to ask the question.

Roll.

Promise not to laugh.

Ouija,

can you tell me about my dog?

Boo Boo, my dog?

I lost him when I was five.

I never got over it.

What I'd like to know

is if he's in a dog heaven,

somewhere.

Is there a doggy-heaven?

[BOYS BURST OUT LAUGHING]

What a stupid question!

You guys promised

you wouldn't laugh.

Seriously, you're just

a bunch of jerks.

Actually, I read somewhere

in an old spiritual book

that the souls of animals

reincarnate back

as the same animal.

And, eventually do pass

from this existence into next.

Really?

So, you mean, I could go out

and get another dog

and it could be Boo Boo, again?

What a crock!

Where did you get that from?

From the Hindu belief system.

The atman

or soul if you wanna call it

travels from death to rebirth,

until it reaches nirvana.

Nirvana?

That's the Buddhist doctrine,

not Hindu.

As for souls or atman,

whatever, if you knew anything

you would know that

even amoeba has a life force.

May be, you can come back

as one of them.

All I'm saying is that

I read it from somewhere.

You're not the only person

that reads, Francis.

This is really interesting.

Come on, Tony, play with us.

I already told you 'no'.

What scares you so much?

You're really that scared

of the unknown?

Don't mistake respect

for the unknown as fear of it.

You know about karma.

The idea that

things come full circle,

you especially should

know about karma.

Karma?

You know what I'm talking about.

All right, you guys are reading

way too many books.

Can we just play or what?

[TONY CLAPS]

Bravo!

You have all the answers,

Francis.

Never mind me.

You need to get with it.

This is a new century.

Do as you will

is the new law.

Man, Francis,

you're so full of sh*t.

Enough baloney,

let's get serious.

Hands.

Feet together.

Good.

BARBARA:
You're moving it.

Not moving it.

Yes, you are.

JESSIE:

It's got all the same letters.

Is it stuck?

How can it be stuck

if it's moving?

Try to figure out the letters.

You figure them out,

you're the expert.

Ok

Stay with us spirits.

Do not leave us in ignorance

but, help us to know

your hidden meaning.

Amen.

GIRLS:
It's moving!

You have to concentrate.

What is your name?

[FAINT SLITHERING VOICE]

That doesn't spell 'ouija'.

Not even close.

I thought you said

his name was 'Ouija'.

I got 'Hunge' or one of that.

That's the only name

I could think of.

You guys were moving it.

Is anybody moving it?

What's the point of moving it?

It wouldn't be any fun at all.

I know a kid in school who

mentioned an uncle named 'Hanjo'.

May be, it's an Indian name.

Sounds it.

So 'Hanjo' it is.

TONY:
It's f***ing backwards.

What's with freaking us out?

You didn't know either.

It's so obvious.

LYDIA:
Yeah, it really is.

Yeah, now that I told you.

That's what I meant, jerk.

It was Jonah, guys.

The last letter was a 'J'.

Sad seems 'Jonah'.

I guess.

Is that your name?

Jonah, that is...

LYDIA:
It is!

How long have you

been gone from our planet?

Plane.

We live on a planet,

not a plane.

Forget it.

How old were you in your passing

from this plane to the next?

Sixty nine?

Or is it backwards?

Sixty nine, is that correct?

Yes, it's not backwards.

How can we tell backwards in it?

It's fully awake, now.

Guys, I got the chills man.

How did you die?

[FAINT SLITHERING VOICE]

BARBARA:
'Poisnon'?

Poisoned?

That's it, you were poisoned.

LYDIA:
He was murdered?

BARBARA:
Murdered by who?

Who murdered you, Jonah?

Tell us who did it.

I guarantee you'll

feel a lot better if you do.

'Wif poson'?

Wife.

I bet it means his wife.

I feel so bad for him.

Sorry, Jonah.

Why? Why did she do it?

M...

O...

Y...

JESSIE:
Freaking money.

Root of all evil.

My god, you guys,

this thing is telling us

he was murdered by his wife.

And, she did it by

poisoning him for money.

Wow, this is crazy.

JESSIE:

Is your wife dead with you?

She's alive.

[A FAINT LONG GRUNT]

[IN MAN'S VOICE]

Ahh!

Lydia, are you okay?

That was freaking freaky.

How did you do that?

He spoke through me.

FRANCIS:
Is this what

you were talking about

when you said you wanted to

do something you could get into?

Wicked.

Call him to join us, Lydia.

Come to us, Jonah.

Now, you say it.

Come to us, Jonah.

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BARBARA:

Come to us, Jonah.

Tony's waiting for you.

Don't be a f***ing jerk, Lydia.

Don't call me 'a f***ing jerk',

you're 'f***ing jerk'.

Don't say that

I didn't call you anything.

I said "don't be",

I didn't say you are.

I know what you said.

I'm not stupid.

All I'm saying is

I'm not playing,

so, leave me out

of this devil-sh*t.

We must concentrate,

otherwise, this won't work.

You need to believe,

we must believe!

Come to us, Jonah.

Come to us, Jonah.

Jonah, come to us.

That's the spirit.

Come to us, Jonah.

Come to us, Jonah.

- ALL:
Come to us, Jonah.

- Stupid bastards.

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