Story Beats and Treatment
“Drop Off Only” Flickers onto the screen and the title Card revealed to be a bus pulling away from the stop.
Matthew chases after the bus, but trips as the bus pulls off.
He gets back up and makes sure his liquor bottle isn’t damaged.
In a huff he settles on a bench and pulls out his flip phone, it’s unable to get any cell signal.
He throws the phone in frustration.
Unknown to Matthew, the phone lands at the feet of an approaching ghostly creature.
It picks up the phone and walks over to him.
Matthew sees the creature and jumps up, terrified.
The Ghost is equally as terrified and presents him the phone.
He reluctantly takes the device.
It begins to rain and the two nervously settle on the bench.
Matthew fiddles with his phone and the ghost looks curiously at the device.
The ghost reaches out it’s hands in a grabby motion, requesting the phone.
Matthew refuses, scooting away from the ghost.
The creature’s gaze grows wilder and its form rapidly distorts and twists non-verbally demanding the device.
Horrified, Matthew drops it into it’s open palms.
The creature is immediately placated, holding the device curiously as it inspects it.
Matthew lets out a relieved sigh, he takes swig of his drink and looks out at the dark rainy road, slouching.
Matthews attention is once again shifted back to the ghost as it dials a number on his device.
Matthew snatches away the device as a dial tone is heard.
The creatures eyes go wide and wild, furious to have the item taken from it begins to bubble and writhe back up with rage.
Matthew braces himself but the sound of a voicemail causes the creature to pause and gaze in awe at the device.
The ghost looks pleadingly at Matthew, and Matthew relinquishes the phone once more.
The ghost goes back to gleefully dialing numbers as the two settle in on the bench.
Matthew begins to drift off but is awoken by the sound of a voice having finally answered the phone.
He snatches the device away from the ghost, hanging up the call.
Before either can properly react a ghostly bus pulls up to the stop.
The ghost is then drawn away from Matthew and the phone and walks towards the bus.
Dumbfounded, Matthew follows it until the ghost steps aboard the bus.
The ghost turns around the face Matthew and holds out a hand, offering for him to get aboard.
Matthew reaches out to grasp the ghost’s hand but find himself bathed in the bright lights of a real bus.
He stumbles backwards, narrowly escaping the oncoming bus as it screeches to a halt.
He gathered himself and the phone up and climbs aboard, answering a call from a concerned family member as he does so.
“Drop Off Only” Flickers onto the screen and the title Card revealed to be a bus pulling away from the stop. It’s late in the evening, probably close to one or two in the morning as Matthew, a disheveled drunk man stumbles behind the leaving bus, attempting to catch up to it. Matthew trips over his own feet as the bus pulls off into the mist. Grumbling, but glad to see his bottle of liquor survived the fall, Matthew settles on the bench next to the bus stop. The bench rests beneath an metal awning, it, like the rest of the surrounding area isn’t well maintained.
Matthew pulls out his flip phone and attempts to make a call, however, his service sputters out. Matthew throws the phone in frustration before returning to nursing his beer. The phone bounces a only a few feet away and lands before a ghostly creature Matthew has yet to notice. The creature picks up the phone curiously and approaches Matthew. Matthew doesn’t spot the ghost until it’s practically upon him. Matthew springs up, terrified as the ghost offers him back his phone. It takes a few moments for Matthew to calm himself for him to accept the phone back.
Seemingly pleased with this exchange, the ghost settles in on the bench, and with a growing drizzle of rain on his back, Matthew reluctantly does the same. Quickly, the ghost turns its curiosity on Matthew as he continues to drink and once again starts to mess with his phone.
After watching Matthew operate the device, the ghost holds out its hands to request the phone. Matthew simply looks confused. But the ghost begins to crackle and writhe with impatience. Horrified, Matthew relinquishes the device, and the ghost is immediately placated. Matthew is relieved momentarily before he realizes the creature is dialing a number. As the sound of a dial tone chimes from the phone Matthew snatches the device back, confused and concerned. The ghost’s attention snaps back to Matthew and it morphs and twists it’s form as a reflection of it’s anger as the item is pulled from it’s hands. Matthew is very quickly dwarfed by the creature and he gazes in horror at it’s rapidly morphing form. He braces himself for the worst, but the ghost suddenly stops as the pre-recorded voicemail plays. The ghost snaps back to it’s usual size and stares at the device in awe.
Looking to avoid further conflict, Matthew returns the phone back to the ghost. The ghost ask like a child with a new toy, redialing the number to listen to the voicemail over and over again. Exhausted and exasperated, Matthew begins to allows his already foggy mind to drift off. However, he is wrenched back into reality as someone answers the call. He snatches it back and snaps it shut. But before either the man or the ghost have the time to properly react a ghostly bus pulls up along the stop.
The ghost is drawn away from Matthew as its focus is maintained on the bus. Matthew follows it only growing more confused as it boards the bus. The ghost turns around and offers it’s hand to him. Asking him “You’re waiting to, aren’t you?”
Matthew reaches out to grab the ghost’s hand but is bathed in the bright lights of on oncoming bus. He stumbles backwards as the ghost and the ghostly bus vanish. He his the ground but is otherwise unscathed as the bus comes screeching to a halt. He gets to his feet as his phone rings, he picks up the call, from a family/friend and confirms he’s alright before climbing aboard the real bus to head home.
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