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Cyberspace
Days 94 & 95 of #100DaysOfWriting
INT. COMPUTER LAB - NIGHT
A decal on the wall says “UC Santa Barbara” and a clock hanging above it shows the time to be 4 AM. JOSH, MARCO & CANDICE (college students) work on a computer, Candice typing, Marco & Josh being backseat programmers.
JOSH You forgot the semi-colon.
CANDICE I didn’t forget, you’re just impatient!
MARCO Relax, you two. We’re almost there so let’s just get this done and then we can celebrate getting through CompSci 432.
Candice types away a little longer before emphatically hitting the last key. They’re done.
CANDICE Well, that’s it for the coding.
JOSH Everything looks right to me.
MARCO I don’t see any errors.
CANDICE Shall we run it?
They all look at each other with an eager smile. Candice clicks on the “Run” button. Cheesy graphics (flashing lights, squiggly screen, everything collapsing into a “hole” in the middle of the screen) imply that they’ve been downloaded into the computer.
EXT. CYBERSPACE - DAY
Scrolling code makes up the floor that Josh, Marco & Candice find themselves standing on. Overhead, the clouds are dense accumulations of pictures with tweets flying through them. Entire buildings and houses are made up of Facebook walls and Pinterest Boards.
JOSH Holy shit! Where are we?
MARCO Did our code work?
CANDICE By the looks of things, I’d say we’re inside the internet.
JOSH Is that what we were going for?
MARCO Well, we were trying to write a program that could visually represent data into more recognizable form factors, but I don’t think we intended for the graphical user interface to be an actual user interface.
CANDICE You know what? I don’t think I added that semi-colon that Josh pointed out.
JOSH Great! Now how do we get out of here!?
A “MAN” colored in blue, red, yellow, and green walks up to them.
CANDICE Excuse me, do you know how to...
MAN ...how to speak turkey ...how to pronounce these words ...how to copy this disk
MARCO Hey, that must be Google!
Google suddenly turns into a pointillist version of itself.
GOOGLE Today is Georges Seurat’s 156th birthday. Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism.
JOSH Ugh, this is annoying.
CANDICE Hey, I have an idea!
Candice pulls out her iPhone.
CANDICE Siri, can you help us out?
Cheesy graphics (flashing lights, squiggly lines, “exploding” instead of imploding from the phone) imply that SIRI has come out of the phone.
SIRI Of course. What can I help you with?
CANDICE Are we actually in the internet?
SIRI Yes. You are in what us programs refer to as the “White Light District”.
MARCO “White Light District”?
SIRI Unlike in the real world, where the term “Red Light District” is used to designate areas where adult-centric activities occur, in here, the majority of the internet is adult-centric so we designate the “clean” areas as “White Light District”.
JOSH That actually makes a lot of sense.
CANDICE How can we get out of here?
SIRI It seems you’ve been digitized into computer files and the best way to move files is by e-mail.
JOSH And then what?
SIRI The attachment has to be opened.
MARCO But how can we e-mail ourselves, if we’re in here?
JOSH Siri, can’t you e-mail us?
SIRI Yes, I should be able to do that.
CANDICE But who do we e-mail ourselves to? We’re all in here and I have my phone in my hand so even if Siri opens the attachment, I’m assuming we’ll all just pop back up in here.
SIRI It should be to someone who always opens up attachments because I’m afraid that if the email is deleted, so will you.
MARCO Jesus! This is some heavy Tron-type shit!
JOSH What extensions will we have? If we get sent as image files then most people should open us, right?
SIRI Image file extensions won’t work. It seems that you need to be sent as executable files in order to get out of here.
CANDICE I got it! I’ll send us to my mom! She’s always getting viruses because she opens every single email and attachment that comes her way!
MARCO Worth a shot.
JOSH “Worth a shot”?!? This is our lives we’re talking about here!
CANDICE It’s fine. The email will be coming from me. Plus, I’ll explain in the body that we’re some sort of greeting card or something.
JOSH Ok, but you better not get us deleted! I have big plans to lose my virginity this summer.
Candice and Marco share a glance and a giggle.
CANDICE Siri, e-mail us to my mom with the message “Hi Mom! Thinking of you! Hope you enjoy these greeting cards!”
SIRI Sending...
Lights flash as Candice, Marco, and Josh get Star Trek beamed up past the clouds.
INT. WORMHOLE - NIGHT
The three speed along in what looks like the wormhole from Stargate.
MARCO Whoa! This is kind of cool!
CANDICE! Wooo Hooo!
JOSH I hope I didn’t read all those Maxim’s for nothing!
INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY
Marco, Candice and Josh get beamed into a waiting room with other emails.
CANDICE We must be in my mom’s inbox.
JOSH Can we get Siri in here?
CANDICE Let me try. Siri? Are you there?
Candice speaks into her phone but there’s no response.
MARCO She probably can’t be in emails.
CANDICE I guess we just play the waiting game.
The three have a seat and start “people watching” the other emails. One email sitting across from them looks like a Nigerian Prince who smiles a devilish smile.
JOSH Scam emails are so creepy in person.
One email appears to be an innocent old woman wearing gardening gloves who smiles politely at the three.
CANDICE My mom subscribes to “Better Homes & Gardens”.
A line of other, heavier emails leads to a room that is shaped like a giant can of Spam.
MARCO Well, at least her spam filters are keeping some stuff out.
A door slides open and a “NURSE” pokes her head out.
NURSE Grace Jackson will see you now.
All the emails get up and make their way through the door. Candice, Josh, & Marco follow to...
INT. CRANE GAME - DAY
All the emails are bundled up in a crane game box. One wall has boxes with different labels on them. On the other side of the glass stands GRACE and her living room.
CANDICE Alright, we should be out of here in no time.
The crane follows Grace’s eyes as they glance over the group of emails. Once she sees the old lady (Better Homes & Gardens), the crane descends and picks her up, dropping her off in the “Open” box.
JOSH Aww what the hell?!
MARCO How often do you email your mom?
CANDICE (guiltily) Not often...
JOSH You said she’d open us because it was from you!
CANDICE Calm down! I’m sure she will. She’s probably just cleaning out her inbox before she gets to us.
JOSH I might as well throw this condom away.
Josh pulls out his wallet and takes out an old, flattened condom wrapper. Clearly expired.
MARCO Eww, you should’ve thrown that away years ago!
JOSH I should’ve used it years ago!
CANDICE Shut up! She’s back!
Grace looks over the emails once more, the crane moving back and forth. She spots the Nigerian Prince and the crane drops.
NIGERIAN PRINCE Hahahaha!
CANDICE (shouting) No! Mom! Don’t open that!
The Nigerian Prince continues to laugh as the crane carries him to a box marked “Delete”. He notices too late.
NIGERIAN PRINCE Hahahaha...Aggh!! AGGGGH!!!!
He gets obliterated. Josh looks on in fear before angrily ripping the condom package apart and throwing its contents to the ground.
CANDICE She’s going to open us. I know she will.
Grace’s eyes finally settle on Candice, Marco & Josh as the crane hovers over them and lowers to pick them up.
CANDICE You see? I told you so!
MARCO We’re not out of the woods yet!
The crane carries them towards the wall of boxes.
JOSH (sotto) I swear, if I get out of this alive, I promise to never hack Jennifer Lawrence’s iCloud account again.
CANDICE That was you!?
Candice slaps Josh across the face.
MARCO She’s not going to delete us!
Candice and Josh look up to see that the crane has hovered past the “Delete” box and heading towards the “Open” box. The three hug each other and celebrate until they realize that the crane has hovered past the “Open” box as well.
JOSH Wait! Where is she taking us?
CANDICE I don’t know! (to Grace) Mom! It’s me! Open us!
The crane hovers to a box marked “Forward” and drops the three inside. They enter the wormhole once more.
INT. WORMHOLE - NIGHT
JOSH Where are we going?!
CANDICE I don’t know!
MARCO At least she didn’t delete us!
The three of them suddenly stop, as if hitting a brick wall and they realize they’re now in a...
INT. ALLEY - NIGHT
Candice, Marco & Josh slowly get up from the ground.
MARCO Where are we?
CANDICE I don’t know.
JOSH We’re stuck!
VOICE O.S. (deep, baritone) You are in the place where all lost emails go.
JOSH Who said that?
CANDICE Where did that come from?
MARCO Who’s there?
VOICE O.S. I am the Mailer-Daemon.
A giant, devilish man/beast (think Tim Curry from “Legend”) appears out of the shadows. The three college students cower at the sight of it.
CANDICE (quivering voice) Where are we?
MAILER-DAEMON You have been forwarded to an email address that doesn’t exist. That is why you have come to find yourselves here in this dead end.
MARCO (scared) Is there anyway to get out?
MAILER-DAEMON There is only one way out...
The Mailer-Daemon draws near and reaches out its hands for them. Josh lets out a “Scream Queen”-esque cry.
JOSH AAAAAAAAAAAA....
MAILER-DAEMON I shall return you from whence you came.
JOSH ...AAAAGGGHHH, oh. That makes sense.
CANDICE Sorry we were so scared of you.
MARCO Yeah. You look a lot scarier than you actually are.
MAILER-DAEMON (wincing) I know...
The Mailer-Daemon puts his arms around the three students and beams them back into...
INT. WORMHOLE - NIGHT
Josh now looks nauseous from all the sending.
JOSH I don’t know how much more of this emailing I can handle.
They arrive back at the ...
INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY
Candice, Marco & Josh stand in the waiting room, noticing they have new clothes on that says “DSN return to Sender”. The door leading to the crane game box is open so they walk through.
INT. CRANE GAME - DAY
The crane game box is now empty. Grace looks as if she’s about to turn away but then notices Candice, Marco & Josh pop up.
GRACE V.O. Oh darn. I must’ve misspelled the email address.
The crane starts moving over to the three cyber-travelers.
GRACE V.O. I’ll just open this here.
The crane positions itself over Candice, Marco & Josh, lowers and picks them up.
MARCO Yes!
CANDICE Finally, we can get out of here!
JOSH Let’s just hope your mom doesn’t mess this up.
The crane, carrying all three, heads towards the “Open” box and drops them into...
EXT. CARNIVAL - DAY
Candice, Marco and Josh find themselves perched on collapsing seats of their own dunk tanks. Grace, through a glass wall, sits at her desk with three pairs of buttons in front of her staring at them. Each pair of buttons consists of one green & one red and corresponds to each student.
GRACE Greeting cards? But these are executable files.
CANDICE How do you know that, mom?
Grace’s hand hovers over Marco’s red button...presumably the delete button.
MARCO Guys, I just want to say, if this is it, I’m really proud of what we accomplished.
CANDICE Don’t talk like that! She’s not going to delete you!
Grace pauses, then pulls out her phone.
GRACE I better text Candice and make sure she didn’t get hacked.
Grace types on her phone and hits send.
MARCO Will you even be able to receive the text?
JOSH How would you reply if you’re in here?
CANDICE I don’t know...
After a beat, Grace’s phone BEEPS. She looks at the screen and reads aloud...
GRACE No, Mom, I didn’t get hacked. You can open those files. I think you’ll like what happens.
MARCO But how?
The three of them look at each other, thinking.
CANDICE/MARCO/JOSH Siri!
GRACE Well, if she says so.
Grace hits Candice’s green button and she gets dunked in the water.
The camera takes on Candice’s point of view as water swirls all around her. We see a drain through which all the water is passing through. Candice circles around it a few times, getting closer on each turn until she finally falls through into...
INT. GRACE’S OFFICE - DAY
A soaking wet Candice falls down next to her mother’s chair. Grace is completely startled!
GRACE What in the hell?! What are you doing here?
CANDICE I’ll explain in a minute.
Candice reaches over her mom to grab the mouse and click on Marco and Josh.
EXT. CARNIVAL - DAY
Marco and Josh both get dunked into their tanks.
INT. GRACE’S OFFICE - DAY
The two boys appear right next to Candice, also soaking wet.
JOSH I’m alive!
MARCO We made it!
The three of them hug.
GRACE What are you three doing here? Is this some sort of joke!
CANDICE Thank you, Mom!
Candice hugs her mom, followed by Marco and Josh.
GRACE Stop it! You’re ruining my outfit!
CANDICE Mom, we were in the internet and you saved us!
JOSH Barely!
CANDICE Yeah, who were you trying to forward us to?
Grace looks at them like they’re crazy.
GRACE I was trying to forward the message to my personal email address so that I could open it at home. If I knew this was gonna happen, I would’ve tried again.
CANDICE Well we’re glad you didn’t!
MARCO Yeah, I can’t imagine having to sit in that waiting room for another...wait, what time is it?
JOSH Yeah, where are we?
CANDICE Oh crap! Guys, my mom lives in New Jersey!
The three look at each other, horrified.
CANDICE/MARCO/JOSH Our finals!
FADE OUT
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Save the Internet: Netizens' Cry!
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