Perception

PERCEPTION:

By David Greensky

The 8th of march 2022.

Huge Cruise liner with 11 decks Cruise liner is in the south china sea.

View from helicopter , coming close to the ship , pool bar on the upper deck. A lot of people .

Music playing(Don Omar – Danza Kuduro).

People are dancing and having fun.

A lot of bartenders working at bar.one of them tall guy with dark hairs. his name is Ben , he is at work , serving cocktails and pour drinks for guests.

View for 1 minute of working bartender. Making cocktail , serving drinks.a lot of guests at the bar. Time is now around 12 pm. Night.

Very strong pitching at sea. Ship is shaking on the wave about 20 meters up and down Bartender looks tired but he smiling for guests.

He is in Black Jacket.white t-shirt.

He watching at the round clock on the wall.time is 12 45 am.

Ben checking out his shift and goes out the bar in hus cabin.

We see him walking throw the narrow corridor in the ship walls, walls made of grey still . holding wooden handrail because of ship swinging

Camera on grey wall , we see yellow marking with big letters - Deck 3 , long and bright corridor . we see grey metal door. Room 313. Ben opens it with smart key card. He enter in.he is little swinging because of storm.

He has been tormented by nausea that has been continuing due to constant seasickness for 3 months now.

Now we see Small and cramped cabin inside, walls are grey , table on the left side with big mirror on the wall , a lot of different things on the table,keys.cola bottle, cigarettes , some money and so on.

Ben looks at the mirror . his face in cold sweat.

Nausea approaching his throat made him fall on to his bad.

Almost when he fell asleep, his cabin neighbor Daniel enter the room. He is from Romania. He speaks with native Romanian accent

The storm got stronger. Ship swainging became stronger

Daniel looks very tired.he is around 40 yo. Now he drunk a little.

Daniel – we are all gonna die , nobody knows! This is a storm! I don’t remember this for a long time. Cigarette in his mouth , he is smoking in the cabin , taking off his wet t-shirt , we see big lion tattoo on his left shoulder , he drop $ 20 on the table

He coming close to the bed , pushing the curtain behind which Ben was sleeping on the second tier, Daniel looked at him , half drunkenly sight and smile.

Daniel - You're sick of it, still alive. again, probably all puke.

Ben did not turn his head from his pillow. difficulty answers

Ben – yes , still alive. think I'm alive. - Pause - how are you mate?

Daniel removes his close and speaking

Daniel - I'm like an old ship rat, (looks in to the mirror and touching his wet and little dirty haiirs)I don’t care what to puke or what to eat, what’s the difference?

He laugh with the cigarette in his mouth.

Daniel goes into the small shower room and locks the door.

He taking a shower.we hear he singing Roman native song

Goes out the shower and lay down the bed

Then we see Ben falls into a deep sleep , his face little wet , he looks tired

Next day. 6 am Bens Cabin

Ben wakes up, puts on a black uniform for the crew bar, and steps in to it. He looks fresh

Lot of stuff going with him throw the corridor. A lot of his friends . they are busy.some of them smiling. Small talk with another bartender

All day silence. around 9 pm the staff begins to finish their shifts and the crew bar is filled with cheerful people.

This is the staff of the cruise liner. Everyone drinks alcohol. Ben was a little drunk but nausea does not let him go. The storm, meanwhile, intensified.

We see huge waves striking the ship from all sides. Ship is swinging.

Crew bar againThe whole bar room was filled with smoke and crowd.

Very loud music(Glee Cast - Billionaire)

Almost all who in the bar singing this song Ben at the bar stand.Serving beerSpeaking with his friends about nothing.Around 1 am Ben's shift was ended.

He looks at the wall watches. 11 48 pm,

Barely on his feet, he wandered to see his bed .

We see Ben going out the bar. He looks tired.

He went to sleep without taking a shower.

Daniel at that time was in the cabin, the curtains of his compartment were closed, but from the sounds coming from there , it was clear that he was not alone.We hear womans voice

Ben looks at his cabin. Cabin is very small, Around 5 square meters.

Muddy yellow light falling down from the ceiling

Ben looking around - God damn rat hole!

He is on the bed in the uniform. Boots on his legs. He closed his eyes.

Ben struggled to sleep and he could do it easily.

The sea roll became stronger .

lying on Ben's back threw up

at times it seemed to him that he could barely hit his nose on the ceiling of the cabin. The growing nausea did not give him rest and he could not fall asleep normally. After some time he felt immersed in a deep sleep.

A few minutes later he felt like something strange become happening . like if some sucked up him for somewhere, and he sharply opened his eyes!

We see some kind warp , like sucking voice effect

We see Ben standing in the long apartment’s corridor with green walls. The furniture like in 1950s. A drawer with shoes on the right. A large mirror above him. Ben looked at the mirror. He see himself . On the countertops lay a small metal toy car . the size around of his palms half. Ben takes it , he struck by her accuracy. the reality and detail of this toy was so high that it was difficult to take your eyes off it. Like its real

There was a door right behind the corridor where some voices could be heard.

Ben went through the corridor and opened the door. It was a small kitchen.

Two mens and one woman sits at the table in the kitchen . each of them was about 30 years old.

Woman is cooking. Then Woman looks to Ben.

Womans name is Monica

Monica – another one!How am I tired of you!

After she say so . another Guy 1,name Nigel looks at Ben and ask with curiosity

Nigel- how did you end up here? Not everyone knows about this place

Guy 2,his name Mink , was looking at the window in the kitchen. he turned his head to noodles plate and did not say nothing.he does not look at Ben

We see Ben , he looks at them.his right hand holding kitchen door

Ben - who are you all and where am I at all?

After moment -What a strange dream ...

Nigel looking at Ben down from his feet up to his head

Nigel - we are all from different places. But not everyone knows how to get here. How did you get here . tell us.

Nigel drinking coffee . he looks at Ben

Car Voices throw the window coming inside

Ben - I did not understand what it was, I was very sick and my body is now lying on the bed in the tight cabin in huge cruise liner. I am a bartender and now we are at the South China Sea , my name is Ben

Ben looks at the window , he spelling to himself - but I feel perfect! No nausea , no headache

Ben looks at his palms.

We see Bens palms.we see structure, fingerprints.more than real, we see it a huge hills , camera flying between them.

Nigel and Monica laugh

Mink eat noodles , we see Ben looking at Mink, close view of Minks mouth , slow motion , very loud sound like noodles sucking in Minks mouth.

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