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(DISTORTED CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYS)
REMUS: Shall we go in the Mirror Maze?
GIRL: No. REMUS: No? Why?
GIRL: I don't like it.
REMUS: You don't have to. I promise.
GIRL: Dad, do we have to?
REMUS: I promise.
Pinky swear.
GIRL: I don't like it here. I want to go home!
- (PANICKED) Remus! Remus! - (GAS HISSING)
(FAST-PACED THEME MUSIC)
(CRAZY LAUGHTER)
♪ La, la, la, la. ♪
(CHEERY CHATTER IN DISTANCE)
(COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)
Gross!
I thought I was dead to you.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean that.
You were right - I was blaming you.
But none of this was your fault.
I shouldn't have taken your folio.
No-one would have liked it anyway.
What?
That's not true.
(SCOFFS)
Some dreams just weren't meant to be lived.
Come on.
Let's party till we puke.
(INSTRUMENTAL ROCK MUSIC PLAYS SLOWLY AND DISTORTEDLY)
Don't get involved.
GRAVEYARD TRAIN: ♪ The Ferryman
Yo, Zed. Find your name yet?
Still weighing it up. I like Griffin.
- Griffin's good. - But I also like Kimba.
Do you remember that old show?
BOTH: No.
I'm still getting used to it all, having memories and stuff.
I bet you were happier...
..before you started having all these memories weigh you down.
It hurts, but I feel bigger.
Like there's a whole world to explore inside me.
I just wish I'd had a chance to say goodbye to people.
If I'd have known that was my last day,
I would have appreciated things more.
Maybe watched the last sunset or something.
It's just like sunrise, except backwards.
Fester's here to have a good time. Quit being such a Willo.
Naww. What'd I do?
Jeez... Gonzo! Can you change the music?
- You're bringing the mood down. - (THE FERRYMAN STOPS PLAYING)
GRINSPOON: ♪ Just Ace
- ♪ Since, since... ♪ - (STOMACH RUMBLES)
(GROANS) Uh-oh.
(STOMACH RUMBLES)
Hold this. I gotta take care of something.
(GAGS)
I thought you didn't have a digestive tract anymore.
Exactly!
Oi. Here's our list.
Oh...
I was thinking I wasn't gonna do this anymore.
I really think you should.
Yeah?
Yeah. Because you owe us.
I don't owe you anything.
Yeah, you do. You're alive.
♪ I hope the police... ♪
(CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYS)
MAPPLETHORPE: I'm glad you're back.
Miss me that much, hey?
What? No.
- Ya mum does. - Ahh...
Now who needs a better comeback?
- (ROOSTER CROWING) - (FUN KIDS CROWING)
Come on, we'd better get you out of here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
You know...I could stay.
It wouldn't change anything.
It could make things...
..right?
If you did...
..there'd be no changing it.
Friends for another day?
(QUIETLY) Friends for another day...
You can't let him stay.
Why not?
'Cause it's selfish. And you don't know the cost.
I do.
Did you go home on Halloween?
If you can face that and you still want this to happen,
then go for it.
Otherwise...
It's a big thing to be attached to someone forever.
Tell me about it.
(BIRDS WARBLING)
Chester! You'll be late!
Have you seen him?
Not since last night.
- Come on, Ches! - Says he's here.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Chester?
Honey?
(KEY RATTLES IN LOCK)
MS WIEST: Bolt? STUDENT 1: Here.
MS WIEST: Campbell? STUDENT 2: Here.
MS WIEST: Dante?
Chester Dante?
(UNDER HIS BREATH) Baller move!
MS WIEST: Something to say, Ricky?
No, Miss.
MS WIEST: Jones?
(TAPS PHONE)
POLICEWOMAN: Now, my colleague has given you my number to call,
and you can ring anytime...
(VOICE FADES)
VIOLETTA: Excuse me. LIBRARIAN: What do you want?
I'm very busy.
Do you have any old newspapers here? Like from the 1970s?
Sweetie, this is a public school library.
We don't even have the last Harry Potter.
What about anything on Edmund Henley?
Henley? Hmm.
Pre or post work?
I'm trying to find out about his kids.
Uh, for a...
Oh, an assignment. Yes, yes, yes.
Such specific homework in this school.
Hm.
1979? Nuh, can't be his kids.
What? How do you know?
Well, Henley didn't have kids until wifey number three.
The Spanish one. Half his age.
That was during the mid-noughties.
- Are you sure? - Absolutely!
I remember seeing her out at the club.
Dancing to Fergalicious.
(CHORTLES) Well into her third trimester!
You don't forget something like that.
- Thanks. - Why do you want to know?
I'm trying to find out how they died.
Oh. Well, try the cemetery.
With what you're wearing, you'll fit right in.
(VIOLETTA HUFFS)
CHESTER: Hi.
Chester? You're OK!
- Are you OK? - I'm OK.
- Everyone's looking for you. - I know.
I just wanted to apologise about what I said.
Oh, I don't care about that.
The important thing is that you're safe.
If you're in any kind of trouble, we can help.
Your parents aren't mad, they're just worried.
They want you home. Can we call them?
No, no. Um...
Thank you.
For trying to help me.
Chester, I don't know what you're going through,
but I know how it feels to be angry,
to feel alone.
Thank you for everything.
Chester!
Oh!
Hi, Phoebe. Yes. He was here.
Hulda?
Hello?
Hey. Sorry. I was being creepy, wasn't I?
A little.
- Bridget, right? - Yeah.
Um, stupid question, but...
What am I doing in the cemetery?
Well, yeah. But...do you know somebody called Diana?
Diana? No.
Yeah! Yes. Why?
Oh. No reason. She just seemed really nice.
She is.
So, why are you in the cemetery?
Oh, I'm trying to work out what happened to these two.
Romulus and Kiba Hulda. Why?
Oh, it's for...
- ..a school assignment. - A school assignment? Yeah.
I use that excuse, too, when I'm researching for my account.
Stops people from asking questions.
- Your crime news feed. - Yeah.
Um...Accidents and Atrocities in Asphodel Heights.
That one about the class trip to the abattoir was a lot.
Tell me about it. Um...
Hey, I thought their names sounded familiar.
You just carry around news articles from 40 years ago?
Well, if it's about a horrible accident in this town,
then chances are I've got it.
Uh...you probably think I'm weird.
I think you might be the first relatable living person I've met
since I got here.
Romulus and Kiba Hulda.
Died in a car accident on the old highway, 1979.
- No, they didn't. - Read it yourself.
VIOLETTA: Car went off the road...
Distracted driver... Nameless...
- This isn't right. - Why?
It just isn't what I've heard.
Do you have many conversations about 40-year-old accidents?
Something like that.
Well, if the paper has it wrong,
then only the coroner's reports will know for sure.
Huh.
Vanilla slice, right?
Yeah. How'd you know?
Look, you're our favourite customer.
Pretty sure I know your order by now.
You're basically keeping this place afloat.
Thanks.
(EFTPOS MACHINE BEEPS)
Are you OK, love?
I don't know.
Is there anyone I can call?
(DOOR SENSOR DINGS)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(BIRDS TWITTERING)
(GASPS)
(EXHALES)
(CHIMES TINKLING SOFTLY)
(DOOR CREAKS)
Mum?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(KETTLE SWITCH CLICKS)
Can you hear me?
(WATER BOILING)
- (KETTLE SWITCH CLICKS) - (WATER STOPS BOILING)
(COMPUTER MOUSE CLICKING)
(FELICITY TYPES)
(CONTINUES TYPING)
(TYPING PAUSES)
(FELICITY RESUMES TYPING)
(SOBS SOFTLY)
(TYPING CONTINUES)
(MAPPLETHORPE SOBS)
(CONTINUES SOBBING)
(OWL HOOTING)
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE)
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
Shh! You hear that?
(CHILL-OUT MUSIC PLAYING)
Chester? Big guy! Come join.
What are you doing out here?
I wish I knew.
Did you guys see him go full Hulk at school yesterday?
He was like, "Grrrr!
"You wouldn't like me when I'm mad! Argghhh!"
- (ALL LAUGH) RICKY: But, seriously,
y'all remember the name Chester Dante.
He's going places.
Heard you got some big scholarship or something, eh?
Not exactly.
Ah... You're just being modest.
I've seen your pics.
You got skills, man.
Respect.
Now, make some room for the man!
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
MAN: (ON TV) ..for which he faced fierce criticism.
He joins me now from Darwin.
Mr Barrett, thank you for joining us.
MR BARRETT: (ON TV) Thank you, Rob.
ROB: Now at the time... Sorry. No, thank you.
Uh...with the first inquest,
you found that Azaria Chamberlain
had been taken from the tent by a dingo.
MR BARRETT: That's right, yes.
ROB: And you also criticised the police forensic team,
and you went further to suggest that police...
(MUMBLES SLEEPILY)
(TV CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(TYPES)
(HAUNTING WHOOSHING)
(CHIMES TINKLING)
(TV CONTINUES)
- (ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING) - (BOYS CHATTERING)
So, how you doin'?
Really?
Why?
I've been meaning to get in touch with you.
About your mate.
I know we weren't always that cool to him.
He knew we were just mucking around, though, right?
Like, he didn't take it too seriously?
What? Did I say something?
- Stay. - I-I...I can't do this.
BOY: Dude, what's his problem?
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
You came.
Yeah.
I had to drop these off.
Where's Mapplethorpe?
Around. It's not like there's anywhere else he can go.
I don't know if I can do this.
Do what?
Stay.
- I need to go home. - But this is your home.
(CHANTS QUIETLY) One of us! One of us!
There's something I want to show you.
What?
Something that...
..might help you make up your mind.
Come on.
(URGENT MUSIC)
VIOLETTA: Asphyxiation.
I knew it wasn't a car accident.
MR NAKATA: Tadaima.
Okaeri.
What are you doing in here?
School assignment.
(SIGHS)
Why is everyone lying about how these kids died?
Where did you get this?
You are not involved with Henley, are you?
Did he have something to do with it?
(PHONE RINGS)
I'm sorry, I have to...
Chester?
PHOEBE: (ON PHONE, ANXIOUSLY) Is he with you?
No. I've been trying to find him.
PHOEBE: We've been looking for him all day.
Why would he just disappear?
I'm sure he's fine.
PHOEBE: Oh, please, if you know where he is...
I thought we weren't allowed.
(MYSTICAL, TINKLY MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Remus?
Oh, no.
(KNOCKING ON GLASS)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
What are you doing here?
You weren't answering my calls.
MIRROR CHESTER: Yeah, I was just working.
MIRROR MAPPLETHORPE: Boring! I've got a better idea.
- Oh, yeah? - Let's go to Crazy Fun Park!
Oh, no. No, no, no...!
- Scared? - It's late.
I've got to finish that.
I'm trying to apologise.
He's trying to apologise!
It's not me you should be apologising to.
What if we find her film roll?
We're not gonna find it. It's dark.
Don't let him go!
..fixer of lives!
Going somewhere?
Don't let him go!
We've got to grow up eventually.
And what if I don't want to?
Make him stay!
Friends for another day?
Say it back.
Say it!
I'll see you tomorrow.
(WINDOW SHUTS)
Stay.
Don't go. I-I'll stay with you, I promise.
I won't let you go!
(SOBBING) Mapplethorpe, I'll stay!
BABA VANGA AND REMUS: (DISTORTED) A trade fulfilled.
By choice. By will.
- A trade fulfilled. - I'll stay! I'll stay!
BABA VANGA AND REMUS: By choice. By will.
A trade fulfilled. By choice. By will.
A trade fulfilled.
By choice. By will.
A trade fulfilled.
By choice...
(DISSONANT MUSIC BUILDS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
(CAR PASSING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Oh, no.
Chester? Chester, are you here?
Chester?
- I'm here. - Oh.
You're OK.
- Why wouldn't I be? - Everyone's looking for you.
I know you had a blow-up with your parents,
but you need to go home.
- They're worried sick. - Relax. Relax. Vi.
Everything's gonna be fine.
No, it isn't.
Remus is up to something.
He's got a sister trapped in the Mirror Maze and...
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
He told me everything.
It's not what you think.
Come on.
Let me show you.
Do you want to know what's happening or not?
(SCREAMS) Help! Help me!
- (MENACING MUSIC BUILDS) - Get me out of here! Help!
Help me!
Please!
Please, help!
- (MUSIC STOPS) - (SILENCE)
(FAST-PACED THEME MUSIC)
♪ La, la, la, la. ♪