Toolbox Murders Page #3

Help! Help me!

You know you're not supposed to do

repair work on Sunday.

I didn't do any.

I didn't.

I received numerous noise

complaints yesterday.

It was him.

Ned, I appreciate your dedication

to the job here,

but just follow the guidelines.

We wouldn't want

your enthusiasm to result

in another noise complaint

or bring the police again.

- Yes, sir.

- Good, I'm glad we cleared that up.

I'm gonna go fix

that door.

Luis, I was supposed

to meet Julia.

Did she leave already?.

- No.

- Maybe I have the wrong time.

I'm sorry.

I haven't seen her.

Julia?.

It's Nell.

- Thanks, Luis.

- Hey, Nell.

Did I miss Julia?.

No, she didn't come down.

Her car's in the garage.

She should be here.

Smoking pot is one thing.

He was taping that girl

across the hall.

You sure it wasn't

a porn site?.

He's spying

on our neighbor.

You know, the one who

used to look like a whale.

- Excuse me.

- Good day.

Julia, it's Nell.

Please, please

open up the door.

Are you okay?.

- What?.

- May I please speak with you for a moment?.

What, are you

the new shrink?.

No. My name is Nell.

- I just moved in down the hall.

- What do you want?.

Listen. I know that you've

been taping Julia.

- Jesus Christ! My mom--

- No, please. I just want to look at it.

No f***ing way!

That's freaky.

I think something

happened to her.

Can I please just see

the inside of her apartment?.

Or the tape that

you did yesterday?. Please.

Sorry. No can do.

Parents made me erase

the hard drive.

Sorry.

- Please come home now.

- What happened, hon?. Are you okay?.

I don't wanna be alone.

I need you here.

Listen, are you okay?.

Is this an emergency?.

Are you okay?.

Are you hurt?. What?.

I'm sorry.

I've gotta go.

No! Can't I please have five minutes

of your undivided attention?.

Do you know what kind of pressure

I'm under?. I'll be right there.

- And then I come home to--

- You come home to what?.

Hold on, you guys. I'll be right there.

I'm sorry, Nell. I'm sorry.

I'm just-- I'm frustrated.

I'm freaking out.

It's crazy right here.

I've got to go, all right?.

Just be calm. Take it easy.

I'll be home as soon as I can.

I love you. Okay?.

Honey, okay?.

- I love you, too.

- Good-bye. I love you. Sit tight.

Damn it.

Oh, God!

I am so sorry.

I didn't even see you.

It's okay. I've always been

a wallflower of sorts.

How are you, Nell?.

I don't know. I--

Have you seen Julia today?.

Julia Cullingham?.

She lives here.

The walls listen.

The Lusman's an odd bird.

What do you mean, Chas?.

Buildings have personalities

just like people.

I've lived here for decades

and haven't figured out this one.

Took me a long time

to feel at home here.

Now I can't be

anywhere else.

I'm glad to hear that. I can't believe

how long you've lived here.

What is it, 60 years?.

I came out as a contract player

at Grand Street Pictures.

Look at me... right there.

Handsome devil,

wasn't l?.

They paid me $50 a week.

More than enough

to cover my fees here.

This is a great picture

of you.

See you, Nell.

- Your magazine.

- All these changes,

these renovations,

they can't be good.

Opening the place up like a patient

anesthetized upon a table.

Not good.

At least we have

a doorman.

It's not about

what can get in.

It's about

what's already here.

Don't worry.

You'll find your friend.

Okay.

Room 504 should be...

This way.

Okay, 506.

Yes?. What is it?.

Is there an apartment

number 504?.

Can you handle this?.

Jesus Christ.

No.

Don't you think

that's weird?.

I'm really not understanding your fascination

with a building you despise.

Is this about

the deposit or--

Look, there's no 304 either.

All the keys

are on the wall.

Each floor is missing

the same apartment.

Look, no 404, no 204,

no 1 04.

You've got a sharp eye.

No one's ever noticed

that before.

But why?.

There is no why.

There's no mystery here.

I mean, skyscrapers

don't have a 1 3th floor.

This building

doesn't have certain rooms.

Just chalk it up

as another one of

the Lusman's charming oddities.

Is that all?.

You live at the Lusman?.

You're there

right at the end, baby.

Pale rider's galloping in.

You're lucky to see what it once was

before the quote, unquote improvements.

There's some strange things

about that building.

You wanna know about

the symbols, right?.

- Yeah, I can tell you some stories.

- What stories?.

- I thought they were just decoration.

- Hell, no.

Lusman had those symbols there

for a reason. Bad juju.

That's what they're about.

- You sure you wanna hear all this?.

- Yes.

Lusman hung out

with these hipsters,

and all sorts of black magic.

The Talman Lunar Cult.

Main guy was

some aerospace pioneer

trying to fuse

science and magic.

Back in the day,

the Lusman was as scary

to the squares as Cielo Drive

was after Manson.

- Do you know it's missing apartments?.

- Lay that on me again.

Yeah. Each floor is missing

the same apartment.

And there's no record of it.

Wild.

Check this out.

It's one of the great

untold stories.

Lusman got all these stars

to invest in his place.

And then all of a sudden,

bam, sh*t goes down.

The scandal sheets start blasting him

for his cult connections.

Construction workers

are dying.

City goes in

and shuts him down.

Poor old Jack spends ten years

finishing the place by himself.

Didn't you say

the symbols meant something?.

Oh, yeah.

Each one's part of a spell.

- So they say.

- They're all over the blueprints.

Oh, let me see that.

Oh, man!

This is awesome!

Oh, yeah.

Wacky Jack done good.

Everything's connected.

- Where's the side view?.

- Right here.

See, they're stacked on top of each other

like a deck of cards.

With stairs running through the whole thing,

from the basement on up.

There are whole rooms

in there!

Our minds don't work

with these sort of spatial anomalies.

Each room takes a little bit here and a little bit

there so nobody knows the difference.

Wacky Jack's

a f***ing genius.

Wait. Slow down.

What are you saying?.

There's a whole town house

inside your building.

The only problem is

there's no entrance.

It's like a wonderland

without a little green pill.

It's like Oz without

a yellow brick road.

Do you have anything else?.

Yeah. They took a bunch of photos

at the groundbreaking.

Okay, first floor,

second floor.

Okay, first floor.

Triangle.

One, two, three.

So, you get the part?.

You know the saying.

You win some, you lose some.

And some get washed away

by an Old Testament-style flood.

Yeah, I hear ya.

- Hey, good evening, Nell.

- Hi.

Sh*t.

Luis, I'm stuck

in the goddamn elevator!

Sh*t.

You've got

to be kidding me.

Luis, get me

the hell outta here, man!

Third floor, baby.

You can do it.

What are you--

Yup.

Thank God for backups.

Help!. Help!.

Holy sh*t!

Help!. No!.

Help!. Help me!.

Come on, open up!

- Hey. What are you doing?.

- I need to see your wife.

- What?.

- Her friend's f***ing dead.

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