The Crescent Page #2

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Lowen.

Lowen?

Lowen!

Lowen!

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Lowen, you gotta stay close.

(LOWEN SHOUTING)

[LOWEN] I want the ring.

[BETH] Can you put

you foot in for me?

- Mm hmm.

- Push it in.

(GRUNTS) A ladybug.

- Look.

- That's a snail.

- What is snail.

- Oh, it's a hermit crab.

[LOWEN] It's a bug.

[BETH] Yeah, he took that

shell from a little snail

and now it's his home.

(SQUELCHING)

Ooh.

Ooh, yuck.

Ooh, yuck!

I don't like that.

[BETH] Huh.

(HIGH-PITCHED MUSIC)

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Come on, Lowen, let's go inside.

(SOMBER MUSIC)

[LOWEN] No, what

are you doing?

[BETH] I'm doing

some marbling.

[LOWEN] You're

doing some marbling?

[BETH] That's right,

careful though.

- What's that?

- That's carrageenan.

[LOWEN] That's care-a-geen?

It's made from seaweed.

We use it 'cause it's heavy

and helps the paint

float to the top.

(LOWEN BABBLES INTERROGATIVELY)

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Oh, don't touch, not yet.

We're not doing paint yet.

Mm hmm.

[LOWEN] What about black?

[BETH] It definitely

needs black.

[LOWEN] Oh.

- They look good together?

- Yeah.

Three, four, six, seven.

Six. (BABBLES)

[BETH] Wanna shake

that one for me, please?

[LOWEN] Oh, paint something.

[BETH] We're gonna paint

something, that's right.

[LOWEN] Yeah, we

gonna paint something.

(TRIPPY MUSIC)

How 'bout some red?

[BETH] Yeah, add

some red paint.

[LOWEN] (babbles)

Grandmommy, some yellow?

Oh, good.

[BETH] Some paint

on the brush here.

Use your finger.

Oh, wow.

[BETH] And this is the

rake; it makes the pattern.

[LOWEN] Rake, that's a rake?

[BETH] Mm hmm.

[LOWEN] Can I use that?

[BETH] Nope,

don't touch, baby.

[LOWEN] What color's that?

[BETH] That's dark gray.

(TRIPPY MUSIC)

- Good painting.

- You like that?

[LOWEN] I like it.

[BETH] I think we're done.

Dip it.

Oh.

There it is.

Isn't that pretty?

(LIQUID DRIPPING)

[LOWEN] Huh?

Yeah.

Huh.

(BETH CHUCKLES)

(LOWEN BABBLES)

(CLATTERING)

(LOWEN GROANS)

Ah, Lowen!

(LOWEN WAILS)

(SOMBER MUSIC)

(LOWEN WAILS)

(LOWEN WAILS)

(INSECTS CHIRRING)

(LOWEN BABBLES)

[LOWEN] I don't like that.

(LOWEN FUSSES)

(LOWEN WHISPERING)

(LOWEN IMITATES ANIMAL)

Whoa.

Wow, there was a bicycle.

Uh oh.

Uh uh uh.

(MEOWING)

(MEOWING)

Are you Black Fly?

(CAT MEOWS)

No Black Fly, no.

(CAT MEOWS)

(THUDDING)

(LOWEN WAILS)

Lowen?

A bike.

Check out the dancers,

what's he playing?

What's he playing with?

- He's playing music.

- He's playing music.

The hills are not as high,

the seas so deep as a dream.

What's she doing?

She's flying.

What's that?

Girl.

Girl.

- A girl.

- A cocoa.

[BETH] In haste to chase

Jack Hare jumps dog rose,

blushing petals tumble upon air.

He got stuck in the

orange florence.

That's okay, I

bet he gets out.

He's scary.

Look at all the monsters.

[BETH] Yeah, I think

that's too old for you.

[LOWEN] No, that's not.

[BETH] Yeah, let's

do a different book.

(FAINT MUSIC)

[LOWEN] Mom?

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

Over here.

(LOWEN WAILS)

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(LOWEN VOCALIZES)

Are you okay, Mom?

(INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

Are you okay Mom?

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

Are you all right?

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

Mom, what's going on, Mom?

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Wait, don't go.

Look out, what's happening Mom?

What's happening, Mom?

(INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(BETH WEEPS)

What's happening, Mom?

(INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

Mom?

Lowen.

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(LOWEN VOCALIZES)

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(KEY RATTLING IN LOCK)

(EERIE MUSIC)

Are you going to be okay?

You know do, you know how to do.

I wanna go on the beach.

Are we goin' to the beach, Mom?

[BETH] Yep, in a bit, we're

just gonna look at this thing.

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Mm.

(LOWEN BABBLES)

Uh oh.

A bug.

[BETH] It's a moth.

[LOWEN] It's a moth,

what is a moth in there?

'Cause bugs like light.

(LOWEN BABBLES)

(PAPER RUSTLING)

Sh*t.

(SOFT MUSIC)

That, ugh.

La la la la, la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la

(LOWEN BABBLES)

La la la la la la la

(BETH COOS)

(BETH LAUGHS)

(SOFT MUSIC)

Lowen!

Lowen, get back here!

[LOWEN] Uh oh.

[BETH] Hi.

[LOWEN] This is Sam.

I'm Sam.

Hello.

Are you living in

the Crescent House now?

Yeah, for a while, I

don't know for how long.

Why do you call it

the Crescent House?

That's the Crescent,

way out there.

It's a rock shelf

under the water.

Goes all the way around

the whole ville.

It caused a lot of

shipwrecks in the old days.

Keeps the water warm, though.

(LOWEN BABBLES)

And do you live around here?

Close by, but this

is my favorite spot.

Thought I'd pick up some trash

today, I sometimes do that.

Lowen.

I think you'll like it

here, the people are nice.

But there are a few you

should watch out for.

Watch out for who?

Dead folk who don't

wanna stay dead.

They've been watching your son.

Who's been watching us?

(LOWEN CRIES)

(LOWEN WAILS)

[LOWEN] What are you doing?

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

- (LOWEN BABBLES)

- Lowen, dinner.

[LOWEN] I don't want dinner.

Lowen?

[LOWEN] So tasty.

- So...

- Hello.

[LOWEN] Yeah.

(EERIE MUSIC)

I'm playing with Black Fly, Mom.

(EERIE MUSIC)

That's not Black

Fly, sweetheart.

[LOWEN] That's not Black Fly?

(EERIE MUSIC)

(HEAVY, RASPING BREATHING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(SOFT MUSIC)

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

[BETH] Hello?

(COUGHING)

Jesus!

No.

[BETH] How did

you get in here?

Must be so devastating

to lose a loved one.

You must miss your

husband deeply.

Get out of my house.

The water here is

so special, Beth.

It's a door between worlds.

You can be with him again.

(EERIE MUSIC)

(COUGHING LOUDLY AND WETLY)

I'm sorry.

You should see

yourself right now.

(EERIE MUSIC)

It's priceless.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(THUDS)

(LIQUID DRIPPING)

What the...

(EERIE MUSIC)

(BETH VOCALIZING FAINTLY)

(SEA ROARING)

(WIND WHISTLING)

(WIND WAILING)

(ROARING)

(CREAKING)

(LIQUID SPLASHING)

(BETH SIGHS)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(LOUD, DISTORTED,

INTERMITTENT BUZZING)

(LOUD, SUSTAINED BUZZING)

(THUNDEROUS RUMBLING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(FOOTSTEPS SQUELCHING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(FOOTSTEPS SQUELCHING)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(THUNDEROUS RUMBLING)

(HIGH-PITCHED WHINING)

(THUNDEROUS RUMBLING)

(SEA ROARING)

(LOWEN CRIES WEAKLY)

Mom, Mom?

My ma?

Are you here?

Where are you?

Ma?

Mom, are you downstairs?

Mom, hello.

Mom, Mom?

(LOWEN VOCALIZES)

(CLATTERING)

What was that?

Uh oh.

Ha ha ha, hmm hmm hmm.

(LOWEN BABBLES)

(SEA ROARING)

(LOUD, DISTORTED ROARING)

Merrily, merrily,

merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

(TOY SIREN WAILS)

Gently down the stream

Mare (COUGHING)

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Me, me, me me

(TOY SIREN WAILS)

Whoa.

Where are you, where are you?

Mom, why are you?

Can you hear me?

I hear me!

Hear me.

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