The Cleanse Page #3

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before they feel better.

Laurie has been having

some trouble with her cleanse,

but I have faith

that, in her absence,

she'll be able

to focus and complete.

Yeah.

No, Laurie'll be good.

Fredericks?

And now,

I'd like you to...

...stare into

each other's eyes.

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[SCOFFS, CHUCKLES]

LILY:

It's hard, isn't it?

Hard to look into

somebody else's eyes.

I want you all to remember

how hard this is,

because once you move

into the termination process,

once you finish this,

you'll finally be able to stare

into someone's eyes

in a real, meaningful way.

And it will be

a beautiful thing.

[BUBBLING]

[SIGHS]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

[OOZE DRIPPING]

[]

[GRUNTING]

[SQUELCHES]

- [SCREAMS]

- [LAMP SHATTERS]

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Oh, my... Oh, my God.

[PANTING]

What the heck is that?

[FLOORBOARDS CREAKING]

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[BREATHING WHEEZILY]

[SQUELCHES]

Okay.

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[KNOCKS]

Can I talk to Ken?

He'll be here

tomorrow.

He's not...? He'll... When?

Oh, this is just...

You seem upset.

Uh... Something...

came out of me,

I think.

That's perfectly normal.

All of your questions

will be answered

once Ken gets here.

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[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[QUIET SQUELCHING,

CROAKING]

[SIGHS]

[CROAKS]

[SIGHS]

What am I supposed

to do with you?

[CROAKS]

[CROAKS]

[SQUELCHING]

[CROONS]

Right.

[SQUEAKS]

[GASPS]

[SIGHS]

[PURRS]

[SNUFFLING]

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Okay.

[CROAKS]

[CONTINUES SNUFFLING,

CROAKING, SQUELCHING]

- [BIRDS CALLS]

- [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[FOOTSTEPS POUNDING]

[PANTING]

[SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

MAGGIE:

Hmm?

PAUL:

I... You...

You were running pretty hard

out there, and then...

you just fell over.

So I brought you

back to your cabin.

Thanks.

Yeah. You probably

shouldn't be exercising

when you're cleansing.

You could hurt yourself.

I read that.

I read it in Ken's book.

We're supposed to limit

physical activity.

Look, um,

I appreciate you

bringing me back

to my cabin, but I'm...

Oh.

...good now.

- Thanks.

- Okay.

[CREATURE COOING]

Yeah.

[COOING CONTINUES]

What the hell is that?

You haven't seen your...?

Are you sure you're ready?

I know it's weird

at first, but I...

I kind of like mine now,

and if you think about it,

it's kind of amazing...

MAGGIE:

Just open it up, Paul.

[COOING]

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Oh, my God.

It's okay.

F*** this.

Hey.

Well, I don't think

you should leave.

And... And don't you wanna

meet Ken Roberts?

Lily said he's coming

tomorrow.

Are you for real

right now?

Yeah, why?

You expect me

to stay around

after that thing

came out of me?

Yeah.

[CREATURE CROAKING]

LILY:

Maggie, you can't leave.

Where are you going?

If you have concerns,

you can always speak to me.

No one told us

about those things.

- Maggie...

- I didn't sign up for this sh*t.

LILY:
I want you to know

it's perfectly normal

to have a hard time with this.

But you are exactly

where you need to be.

[WATER RUSHING]

[SLURPING, GULPING]

[SIGHS]

[CREATURE GROWLING]

You all right?

What's up? You okay?

What do you need?

Want a little bit?

What, you thirsty

too, brosef?

Huh?

[SLURPING]

You're a thirsty

little turd, huh?

Thirsty little turd.

[CHUCKLES]

You're like a little me,

aren't you?

[MUFFLED BANGING]

[INDISTINCT YELLING]

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[BANGING, YELLING GROW LOUDER]

[WHIMPERING]

[KNOCKS]

Hi, Paul.

Hey, I...

What happened?

It's okay, Paul.

I'm okay.

[SCRATCHING]

[GROANS DEEPLY]

[GROANS]

No, please...

Please don't go. Please.

I know. I know,

I'm so embarrassed.

It's so disgusting

that came out of me.

That came out of you?

It was smaller

at first. Yeah.

You know, I bet you hold

onto things too, huh?

I mean, I bet you and I are

a lot alike, aren't we, Paul?

I don't really

know you, really, so...

I'm so pathetic.

Oh, God.

I trapped him down there because

I didn't have the heart...

Should I get Lily for you?

No.

[CREATURE GROWLS DEEPLY]

I have to do

this on my own.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[CREATURE GRUNTING]

[CROAKS]

What the...?

How come I don't...?

[CROAKS]

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Hey. Um...

I don't know what to do.

Can you help me?

It just keeps crying,

and if I go to it,

it just hides, and then

it cries again and...

It's... It's

driving me insane.

Okay.

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[CREATURE GRUNTING]

MAGGIE:

It got bigger too.

All right.

Come here, little guy.

Or girl.

I'm not... I won't

hurt you, I swear.

Hey.

Hm.

Well, luckily, I brought over

a secret weapon.

- Nuddy Budders?

- Oh, you like them too?

- No, they're loaded with crap.

- Yeah. It's...

This... It was in my bag

from an old trip.

I didn't bring this on purpose.

I'm not... I'm not cheating.

[SIGHS]

My thing loves this stuff.

[GRUNTING]

Go on.

Come on.

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Hm.

[GRUNTING]

It's got teeth.

Yours has got teeth.

Yeah, he's teething.

I guess.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

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No, what are you doing?

Paul, I... I don't think

they should...

...get that close.

- [GROWLS]

- [WHIMPERS]

PAUL:
Sorry, it's just, they

were calling out for each other.

[COOING]

You haven't picked yours up yet,

have you?

It's not that bad, really.

It's just kind of like...

...weird butterballs.

This is so strange.

PAUL:

It's not that strange.

They did come out of us

after all, right?

[SIGHS]

[BANG]

[SIGHS]

[CREATURE GRUNTING]

Hello?

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Yeah, babe.

[SIGHS]

[OBJEC LIGHTLY THUDS]

[SIGHS]

Look, hey. Did you

drink your, uh...

...your last drink?

Huh?

Never mind.

[WHISPERS]

Oh, yeah.

What are you doing?

I... I was gonna try to finish,

but they're too gross.

I just can't drink them.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Can you

just shut up for a second?

Just stop talking, please.

You're, like, giving me

a migraine.

Sorry.

It's fine. Why

are you apologizing?

Sorry.

[SIGHS]

You haven't eliminated once on

this entire retreat, have you?

- Eliminated?

- I must have...

I must have

thrown up and sh*t

like 20 times

up on that mountaintop.

You wouldn't believe...

what came out of me.

Okay.

It's starting to make

a lot of sense,

what they're doing here,

Laurie.

Like, I feel...

[INHALES]

...different. I feel good.

Even those drinks

taste great to me now.

- Really?

- Yup.

You would know

if you finished your cleanse.

How can I finish

if you drank them all?

You're just jealous.

Stop being jealous.

Jealous?

We came out here

to fix you, Eric.

[CREATURE GROWLING]

What's that noise?

Sh*t.

- Eric?

- Oh, sh*t. Hey!

- No, no, no.

- LAURIE:
Eric.

ERIC:

Hey, what are you doing?

- [CREATURE GROWLING]

- Please, stop it!

Get your hand out of...

No, don't

do that. Why...?

Why are you eating

your hand? Don't...

Why are you

eating yourself?

[CREATURE GROANING]

[LAUGHING]

- That's crazy, look.

- Hm?

Well, he's...

...doing that, you know,

knuckle thing that you do.

Really?

[KNUCKLES CRACKING]

Heh.

Heh.

Yours does the thing

that you do too.

The weird lip-twitch thing.

Not weird.

I didn't... We all have

our things, right?

[COOING]

[GRUNTING]

So, what do you

do for fun?

Really? You wanna...

...get to know me,

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