The Drownsman

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Isabelle.

Please.

Please, not today, Sebastian.

Please.

No! No!

No! No!

No! No!

No, Sebastian!

No!

No, please.

No! No! No!

Please, Sebastian, no.

Where are you?

Where are you?

Where are you?

What did you say?

You said yes, right?

I don't know, it was late,

there were drinks.

Hannah, come on.

Best friends get to hear first.

Okay, if you must know...

I've been tamed.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

I'm so happy for you.

Who starts an engagement story

and then runs off laughing?

She said yes.

I think more drinks

are in order.

Drinks!

Hannah's getting hitched!

Hannah, where are we going?

Just come on.

Well, this is romantic.

I don't know if you've heard,

but I'm getting married.

Yeah, that's the word

on the street.

And I have a couple

of positions to fill.

Like what?

Like bartender, DJ...

maid of honor?

You want the gig?

But...

No buts. Just yes.

Yeah, I'm in.

Good.

I gotta pee.

Always classy.

You know you can't do that

in a wedding dress, right?

I'll have to prove you wrong.

Madison.

Oh, God.

That's it, you're all right.

You're all right. You're okay.

Shh, hey. You're okay.

You're okay.

You're all right.

You're all right.

What happened?

What happened?

- You're okay.

- You fell into the lake.

You hit your head.

Let me see.

No, no, no.

There was something...

No, no, no, you're okay.

Shh, that's it. That's it.

I think you've

had enough for tonight.

- It's okay.

- We should go to the hospital.

- Hey, look at me. You're okay.

- Okay, she's fine.

Show's over, people.

Maddie, you're okay.

It's okay.

- We should get her warm.

- Shh.

That's it. You're okay.

Are you f***ing serious?

For one night,

for one very important night,

you couldn't just suck it up and

act like a normal human being?

I have entertained these issues

for the past year.

Your ups and downs.

It's not going to kill you,

okay?

You're not gonna drown from it.

I understand

what you went through, Maddie.

I was there, but... f***.

- Hannah...

- I don't want to hear it.

You need to deal with this.

I talked to the other girls.

And this was

supposed to be my night.

Tomorrow... tomorrow,

we're gonna deal with this.

I tried, okay? I just...

You just missed

my wedding, Maddie.

You're my maid of honor...

and you just missed my wedding.

What can I do

to make it up to you?

No! No!

Be at my house tomorrow.

8:
00 PM.

So I've never seen a bride

punch out a groomsman before.

Yeah, that happened.

Dabrowsky, during his speech.

He called you

the "afraid of honor."

It sort of became

the running joke of the night.

Hannah did not find it funny.

I wanted to be there.

I...

I just felt like something bad

was gonna happen.

Something bad did happen.

You missed her wedding.

Be there tonight.

What's happening tonight?

Hey, guys.

Hey.

This is Cathryn, Kobie's friend.

She's gonna be

helping us out tonight.

I hope you don't mind, Maddie.

Kobie's been telling me

what's been going on

and I have a bit of experience

in the field.

In what field?

Contacting the other side.

What?

Don't worry, Maddie.

Just take a seat

and we'll fill you in, okay?

You guys, I...

I wanted to say that I'm...

I'm so sorry about yesterday.

Look, Maddie,

we appreciate your apology,

but we've all heard it before

and nothing changes.

We're all here

because we love you.

Don't worry about me.

This is an intervention,

Maddie.

You need to understand

that this is just a phobia.

I know that it's a strong one.

People overcome their fears

all the time.

It's not just that.

That's why I'm here, Maddie.

You know, from what I've heard,

you might be

experiencing hauntings.

Let's not call them hauntings,

okay?

No, Hannah,

these could be hauntings.

I've been researching

various methods of cleansing.

We're gonna try and make contact

with the entity you're seeing.

Now, if it's an especially

evil entity, then we...

I'm sure it's something

that can be easily helped.

I've seen some malevolent

spirits in my line of work.

Entities that can do anything

from blowing curtains

to setting fires.

There's a whole world beyond us

that most people don't believe

in,

a dangerous place

where tortured souls go to die

- full of pain and...

- Cathryn?

Can I speak to you

in the other room for a minute?

Well, we're about

to get started here.

It will only take a minute.

Listen, take it easy

with the hauntings sh*t.

Look, we want this to look real,

but don't go overboard.

Kobie said that you

want to make contact.

Yes, but this isn't

an exorcism.

Look, just wave

some incense around

and tell her that whatever it is

that's keeping her up at night

is gone

so that she can

move on with her life.

Look, the last thing I need

is you putting

more crazy ideas in her head.

She has a mental illness.

- What if she's...

- Listen, it's not real.

Last time I'm gonna say it.

Look, this was Kobie's idea

and I reluctantly

agreed to go along with it.

Don't make me

regret my decision.

The room's set up.

Cathryn's done this before.

You don't need to worry.

You guys, I'm...

really not comfortable.

Maddie, you are going,

like, full-blown crazy

and it needs to stop.

You're here to do this,

and nobody's going to

leave this house

until we give it a try.

Try what?

We'll show you.

No, please, no, no.

Don't worry.

We would never make you do

anything you didn't want to.

Okay? But tonight

you can prove to us

that you're at least

willing to try to get past this.

Guys, please.

I can't do this.

Maddie, listen to me.

We're all here for you.

But you have

to confront this tonight

so you can see that there's

nothing trying to hurt you.

You'll be fine, I promise.

This is how

you make it up to her.

You can either face it

here with us

or let it ruin you alone.

Because after tonight...

we're not gonna be here.

Come on. It's okay.

- Cathryn?

- We need a conduit

if you're going to make contact.

The bathtub will act as a bridge

to the other side.

It's okay.

We're all here.

Everyone, relax.

Take a few deep breaths.

We want a comfortable environment

to welcome our guest.

You guys, I can't stress

how much of a bad idea

I think this is.

Maddie, it's okay.

Cathryn's a professional.

Okay, here we go.

We open ourselves up

to communicate

with whoever it is

that wishes to speak to Madison.

We welcome ourselves

to this spirit.

If you are here with us,

please show us a sign.

Um...

that's good.

We have someone here with us.

Whoever you are,

we are here to make peace.

We are reassuring Madison that

you are not here to harm her,

but just a lost soul.

If you do

wish Madison any harm...

show us a sign now.

Well, that's good news.

No, no, no.

Don't break the circle.

- What the f***, guys?

- That wasn't me.

This is done.

Maddie, relax.

What?

- It was all a hoax.

- No, it's...

No, it was a hoax.

Sorry, we thought

if we could convince you

that nothing was wrong...

we just thought it would help.

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