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HEDGE FUND MANAGER

Make a trade... Make a trade...

He looks around as if woken from a nightmare.

DANCERSTAR:

Now to reconnect to your body on

Earth.

Dreamerwind takes a walking stick and draws a circle in the

dust. The dust falls away, revealing a portal to a trading

floor. Through it they see the Hedge Fund Manager’s human

form surrounded by computers, working a soulless job.

The soul recognizes himself:

HEDGE FUND MANAGER

Whoa! That’s me. Thank you!

The soul jumps through it, landing straight back into his

body.

INT. HEDGE FUND MANAGERS’S CORNER OFFICE.

The Hedge Fund Manager, surrounded by screens dripping with

numbers and graphs, “wakes up.”

HEDGE FUND MANAGER

What am I doing with my life!?

Suddenly, he THROWS the screens off his desk and stands up.

HEDGE FUND MANAGER

I’m alive! I’m alive! Free

yourselves! HA HA! It’s BEAUTIFUL!

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He happily runs out of the office, knocking away the screens

and flipping over the desks of his (former) COLLEAGUES.

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BACK TO SCENE:

Seeing this excites Joe:

JOE:

He got back just like that!?

Joe grabs the walking stick from Dreamerwind and draws

another circle.

JOE:

So this is all I have to do to get

back to my body?

But instead of his human body, the Great Beyond appears!

JOE:

AAAHHH!

MOONWIND:

Ahh! Egads, man!

Moonwind quickly cover up the hole.

MOONWIND:

Joe! Are you...dead!?

JOE:

No! No, no. Well, not yet. Can you

help me get back?

MOONWIND:

We’ve never connected an untethered

soul back to its body before. But

perhaps if we travel to a thin

spot... Yes! All aboard!

He leads them up the gangplank.

MOONWIND:

Anchors away!

EXT. ASTRAL PLANE.

The ship sails through the sands. Moonwind is at the wheel,

as 22 and Joe look on.

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The other Mystics enjoy tea-time on the main deck.

JOE:

So, if your souls are here, where

are your bodies?

MOONWIND:

Well, on Earth of course!

WINDSTAR:

My body is in a trance in Palawan.

DANCERSTAR:

I’m playing the saraswati veena in

Tibet.

DREAMERWIND:

I’m a shamanic healer meditating in

Berkeley, California.

JOE:

(to Moonwind)

Mmhmm. Lemme guess, you’re

drumming, chanting, and meditating?

MOONWIND:

Yes... something like that.

CUT TO:

EXT. NEW YORK STREET CORNER.

Moonwind’s human body expertly spins a “HOT DEALS” sign on a

street corner.

BACK TO SCENE:

MOONWIND:

I’m in New York City, on the corner

of 14th and 7th.

JOE:

Oh, that’s just up from Tony Tony

Tonios!

MOONWIND:

Yes precisely!

JOE:

(to 22)

And what about you? I thought you

hated Earth.

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22

I’m not stuck with a body, so I can

go whereeeever I want. I’m a Nobody.

Get it?

MOONWIND:

We Mystics meet in this glorious

landscape every Tuesday.

They sail past high mountains, deep valleys, and HERDS OF

LOST SOULS. Joe looks down at them.

JOE:

So many of them. Sad.

MOONWIND:

Lost Souls are not that different

from those in the zone.

Moonwind points at the souls floating above them.

JOE:

What?

We see a floating SOUL WITH A METAL DETECTOR, obsessed in the

hunt.

METAL DETECTOR SOUL

(muttering)

Gottafindit, gottafindit,

gottafindit, gottafindit...

MOONWIND:

The zone is enjoyable, but when

that joy becomes an obsession, one

become disconnected from life.

They watch as the soul becomes ENCASED IN ASTRAL DUST,

transforming into a Lost Soul. It’s muttering becomes garbled

and scary.

MOONWIND:

For a time I was a Lost Soul

myself.

JOE:

Really?

MOONWIND:

(nods)

Tetris.

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EXT. ASTRAL PLANE --THIN SPOT.

The ship sails into a sunken spot on the Astral Plane and

drops anchor.

MOONWIND:

There you are! We’ll have you back

in no time.

Everyone walks down the gangplank onto the astral sand.

MOONWIND:

Now, since you don’t have a

connection to your body, you will

have to tune back into your

physical surroundings.

Moonwind uses the walking stick to draw a large circle in the

dust. Dreamerwind hands 22 a tambourine and they start

playing various instruments as Moonwind kneels down next to

Joe.

MOONWIND:

Close your eyes. Breathe into your

crown chakra.

Joe tries to focus, but can’t concentrate with the bad music.

JOE:

Do we really need all this?

MOONWIND:

Yes!

JOE:

Do you have a piano on board? I

could focus with that!

MOONWIND:

No pianos, Joe! You must focus!

(beat)

Imagine silence...

(beat)

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

Joe rolls his eyes and gives in.

MOONWIND:

Now concentrate on where your body

is. Listen for cues.

Joe concentrates. The dust in the circle swirls away,

revealing an overhead panorama of New York.

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MOONWIND:

That's it! You’re doing it!

Joe peeks. The overhead view begins to fall away. Moonwind

quickly covers Joe’s eyes:

MOONWIND:

No peeking! Maintain your

meditative state or you’ll break

the connection. Now, see if you can

smell and feel where your body is!

Joe focuses again. We hear the BEEPING OF A HEART MONITOR.

JOE:

I hear...a heart monitor. I can

smell... hand sanitizer!

MOONWIND:

Yes! Yes! Good!

JOE:

I think I can feel my feet!

(beat)

Hmm. I feel fur...?

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INT. HOSPITAL --JOE’S ROOM.

Joe’s body lies in bed. His toes wiggle. His hand is on a

THERAPY CAT as a THERAPY CAT LADY and NURSE talk nearby.

THERAPY CAT LADY

Did you find a next of kin?

JOE’S BODY

(semi-conscious)

I... feel... fur...

NURSE:

Did you hear that!?

THERAPY CAT LADY

Oh! The therapy cat is working!

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BACK TO THE ASTRAL PLANE:

Joe is getting impatient:

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JOE:

Am I close? When can I jump in?

Joe opens his eyes.

JOE:

Look! There I am!

CUT TO:

IN THE HOSPITAL -

Joe’s body mumbles:

JOE:

(semi-conscious)

There... I... am...

NURSE:

His heart rate is increasing. I’ll

get the doctor.

CAT LADY:

Mr. Mittens, you stay right there!

CUT TO:

BACK ON THE ASTRAL PLANE:

Joe is on his feet!

JOE:

What are we waiting for!?

But the portal begins to drop away.

MOONWIND:

No! No! Joe! Don’t rush this! It’s

not the right time!

JOE:

No! It’s my time!

Moonwind tries to stop Joe, but Joe runs forward. In his

haste he plows into 22, knocking them both into the hole.

22

Wait! Not me!

JOE:

AHHHH!

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22 and Joe disappear through the portal as astral dust swirls

back up, covering it. Moonwind and the others stare at the

thin spot.

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