The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh Page #2

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comfort whenever you were sad,

or afraid.

But you never liked

the game of candles.

You never could forget it.

And a desperate thought

entered your head.

That's when you started to

hate me, your own mother.

You left me all alone.

The funeral was empty without you.

(THUNDER CRASHES)

(TAPE HISSING)

MAN:

When communicating with the dead,

it is not necessary to resort

to elaborate techniques

or obscure occult rituals.

Spirits communicate through

the most refined apparatus

known to us...

our senses.

It is merely a matter

of tuning ourselves

to the right frequency

to achieve discourse with the dead.

All that is required

is a quiet place close

to the deceased,

focused concentration,

and a bit of patience.

Find a comfortable place

and a relaxing position.

Close your eyes.

Empty yourself of

all your thoughts.

All of your feelings.

All of your worries.

Empty yourself now.

All that is left is yourself.

The self you know.

The self that is pure and safe.

You are exactly where

you want to be.

You are aware of your self

in a way you have

never been before.

Spread out into it.

Feel the warmth of

your living self.

Feel it.

Someone else is here.

WOMAN:
Leon.

- You know who it is.

- (MOUTHS WORD)

Feel them.

Feel their presence.

Do not rush it.

Think of what you

would like to say.

Think of what you would

like to say to that person,

and say it.

(GASPS)

(LOW GROWLING)

(RATTLING)

(LOW GROWLING)

(SIGHS)

(LOW GROWLING)

(VOICES CHANTING INDISTINCTLY)

(VOICES CONTINUE)

We can see what the

unbelievers don't.

Raise your arms.

Raise your arms, and

ask the holy host

to look upon us as

he has in the past,

and by his gaze,

strengthen our faith.

Ask, children.

Ask, sister. Look upon her.

Ask, brother. Look upon him.

Look upon him. Look

upon her. Look upon us.

Raise your arms, sisters.

Ask the holy host.

Look upon this brother.

This brother of faith.

Look upon us.

Look upon us!

(PEOPLE SCREAMING AND EXCLAIMING)

Look upon us. Look upon us.

- (REWINDING TAPE)

- Look upon us.

Look upon us.

MAN:
Believe or suffer.

This is the message

we've been handed.

Our God is a loving God,

but he is also a God

of wrath and anger.

A God of punishment.

MOTHER:

I remember the day you told me

that you didn't believe anymore.

(LOW GROWLING)

That people don't have souls.

We come from nothing

and go to nothing.

That's what you said.

How, in one second, you were alive,

and in the next, you were gone.

Just like your father.

(CLOCK TICKING LOUDLY)

And all the time you spoke,

I listened patiently...

(CLOCK CHIMING HOUR)

And then, it was time to

play the game of candles,

but you got angry and

blew them all out.

That's when you felt the

darkness touch you,

and it felt cold and empty.

I re-lit it just in time.

But you were scared,

and you blamed me

for scratching you.

But I was only trying

to protect you.

Only trying to stop you from making

a terrible mistake.

(LOUD CRASHING)

(STRANGE ANIMAL NOISES)

WOMAN:
Leon.

Hello.

Hello! Anybody there?

(LOW GROWLING)

(POUNDING ON DOOR)

(DEEP GROWLING)

(LOUD BANG)

(LOUD BANGING)

(FEROCIOUS POUNDING AND GROWLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

WOMAN:
Hello, Mr. Leigh.

How can I help you tonight?

I just had a disturbance

a few minutes ago.

I think, um, someone may have

been trying to break in my house.

Would you like me to call

the police, Mr. Leigh?

Uh, no, no. It's okay now.

Okay. Very well, then.

You said this happened

a few minutes ago.

Yeah, that's right.

If you like, we can

review your data online

- with one of our surveillance experts.

- Yeah, that'd be fine.

- Please hold.

- Thank you.

(HOLD MUSIC PLAYS)

WOMAN:
And that was "and

the angel said unto them,"

from Philip Fournier's

grey childhood.

You are listening to ascension,

music for your salvation.

MAN:
Good evening, Mr. Leigh.

I understand you've had an incident

- occur outside your home.

- Yes.

I also understand you

would like to review

- the data online.

- Yes.

Are you currently in front

of a working computer?

Yes.

Please access our site at

Winchester surveillance now.

Okay.

Please click on the account tab.

Okay.

Can you tell me your

password, please?

L-e-o-n.

Thank you.

You have been connected.

You have a single camera

outside your home.

- Is that correct?

- Yes.

I will pull the data

beginning from midnight.

Does that sound reasonable to you?

Yes.

You should be able to see

our data on your screen.

I'm afraid the lighting

is not very good.

I will try to enhance the image.

Just a moment, please.

What is that moving?

It appears to be an animal.

What kind of animal?

I regret to inform you that our

information is incomplete.

Just a mo...

Hello?

Hello.

(LOUD CREAKING)

(CREAKING)

(CREAKING INTENSIFIES)

(RAGGED BREATHING) F***.

All right.

How are you, Leon?

- (LOUD THUD)

- Leon.

Hello?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Um... there's something happening.

Calm down. What's the matter?

There's... there's

somebody in the house.

- Who? Who is it?

- I don't know. I just...

- Have you called the police?

- No, no, no. It's, um...

It's not that kind of somebody.

- Okay, Leon?

- Yeah.

- I want you to do something for me, okay?

- What?

I can tell you're upset,

so I want you to trust me, okay?

(SHAKILY) Yeah. Yeah.

I want you to close your eyes.

- Oh, no...

- Trust me, Leon.

Can you do that for me?

(LOUD CREAKING)

- Yeah.

- Okay, good.

- Now listen to me.

- (EXHALES HEAVILY)

- Leon, I want you to picture

- (LOUD BANGING)

a pool of water inside of you.

Can you do that for me?

- Yeah.

- (BANGING CONTINUES)

The water is warm and calm,

and every second,

it is rising in you.

Feel it rising in your body,

through your chest.

Can you feel it?

- Yeah.

- (BANGING CONTINUES)

Okay. Can you feel it

spreading out from you,

warming and calming

everything around you?

Can you feel it, Leon?

Yeah.

Flowing through you, calming you,

washing away everything around you,

until the only thing that

is left is the calm.

Now open your eyes.

(LEON BREATHING RAGGEDLY)

(SILENCE)

- Leon, are you there?

- (EXHALES SHAKILY)

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

Good. Now listen, it's late,

and I really need to get some rest.

Okay.

So no more calls, okay?

No.

Good night, Leon.

Yeah, good night. Thank you.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

(LOW GROWLING)

(FLOORBOARDS CREAK,

GROWLING CONTINUES)

(GROWLING)

(GROWLING AND FEROCIOUS

POUNDING ON DOOR)

(LOUD BANG)

(EXCLAIMS)

(GROWLING AND SNORTING)

(FEROCIOUS LOUD GROWL)

MOTHER:
Leon.

Believe.

No.

- Believe.

- No!

Believe.

No.

I don't believe it.

(PHONE RINGING)

Tribal trade. Bill Phillips here.

Bill, it's Leon.

Leon? What time is it?

I wanna sell everything.

I want it all gone.

I'll send you a full inventory

in a couple of days.

Um... yeah. Sure.

Okay? Thanks. Sorry

for waking you up.

Don't go.

There's so much I

want to say to you.

So much I need to explain.

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