Crestfall Week 3 Post

INT. “THE FACILITY” - WARDROBE ROOM - THE NEXT DAY


Crestfall enters the room clearly labeled “WARDROBE”. Inside the room people are testing new fabrics under various conditions. She notices as some fabrics are shot at and do not register the bullets, others drenched in napalm and never burn, others cannot even be cut.

She’s led to a corner of the room filled with nondescript suits and dresses. Standing by these clothes is GRETA. Greta has been in the Wardrobe Room for many years and her age is beginning to show. She’s absorbed in her clipboard as Crestfall approaches.

CRESTFALL
Uh... hi. I was told to come find a woman named “Greta”.

Greta SHUSHES her.

CRESTFALL (CONT’D)
Okay then. I’ll just wait over here then.

She crosses the room to an empty seat. She sits and looks around the room. More fabric tests are being conducted. She notices the symbol again in various places around the room. She’s still a little uncomfortable and doesn’t quite know how to process it.

GRETA
Jessica Crest.

Greta walks over with her clipboard and Crestfall notices the similarities between that and Waters’s own clipboard.

CRESTFALL
Yes ma’am. Are you Greta?

GRETA
What I am, is a a very busy woman with a lot of important things to do. I have better ways to spend my time than giving test subjects some dress up clothes.

CRESTFALL
I’m sorry. I don’t understand.

Greta hands Crestfall a piece of paper from the clipboard.

GRETA
This is an order my people received last night from your department. It clearly states that we’re to provide you with at least one outfit for you to wear to “relax in” or some such nonsense.

CRESTFALL
I really had no idea.

GRETA
What you have, is no respect for people that have worked hard to get here.

CRESTFALL
Okay, that was uncalled for. You don’t even...

Greta cuts her off.

GRETA
I’ve wasted enough time with you today. Follow me.

Greta leads her back to the corner with the suits. She hands Crestfall a bundle. Crestfall opens it and examines the clothes as Greta describes them.

GRETA (CONT’D)
We didn’t do anything flashy. You have a standard outfit so you can lounge around. We reenforced it so your wings won’t tear it to shreds and there’s easy access to slip in and out comfortably. Also we were bored so you also have some of the latest in the tweaks that we’ve been working on. Any part of you that’s covered with these will protect you from bullets, fire, yadda yadda. Now get out of my lab.

Greta walks away.

CRESTFALL
Uh... thanks?


INT. “THE FACILITY” - THE BOOM ROOM - LATER

Crestfall doesn’t talk to Waters or Bob. She just goes through the motions. In a montage we see her flying with the turbine on, then the turbine off. They throw new obstacles at her that she escapes with ease.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - WEAPONS ROOM - DURING MONTAGE

Crestfall is doing hand to hand combat, she utilizes her wings in ground fighting for disarming her oponents, she also uses escrima sticks as her weapon of choice. The montage highlights her dedication to learning her fighting techniques and also shows that she’s no longer talking to any of the people involved with her training.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - WEAPONS ROOM - AFTER MONTAGE

Crestfall dusts herself off. Two of the attending ORDERLIES walk off by themselves. Unbeknownst to them, Crestfall hears their conversation.

ORDERLY 1
Do you think she’s onto it?

ORDERLY 2
Onto what?

ORDERLY 1
You know... “IT”?

ORDERLY 2
Look man, all I know is that we take her from one place to another and at the end of every couple of weeks, I get a paycheck.

ORDERLY 1
Yeah, but sooner or later she’s going to find out the truth about...

Orderly 2 notices the Crestfall appears to be listening even though she’s too far to hear them.

ORDERLY 2
Dude, shut up. She’s like a superhero or something. What if she can hear us?

ORDERLY 1
Don’t be an idiot. She suspects something for sure. But she can’t hear us. Can she?
Crestfall leaves.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - CRESTFALL’S ROOM - EVENING

Crestfall is wearing her new outfit. A grey hoodie and grey sweatpants. She looks comfortable and almost relaxed for the first time in a long time. For tonight, she’s let her uncertainty go by the wayside.

There’s a KNOCK on the door and a manilla envelope is pushed beneath the door’s frame. Crestfall opens the door but the hallway is empty. She sits on her bed and opens the envelope. Inside is a single piece of paper that reads “TOMORROW. MIDNIGHT. ATRUIM.”

Crestfall burns the paper and envelope with a lighter and throws it in the garbage can. She lays back down on her bed.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - THE BOOM ROOM - THE NEXT MORNING

The doors to the turbine room open and Crestfall enters. Buzz saws, electrical rods and plumes of fire spit out from all angles.

BOB (OVER INTERCOM)
Okay C.F. We’re going to throw everything and more at you today. So, whenever you’re ready.

She stands there unmoving.

BOB (OVER INTERCOM) (CONT’D)
C.F. We’re on a schedule. Let’s go.

Crestfall says nothing and walks out into the hallway.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - HALLWAYS OUTSIDE THE BOOM ROOM - IMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

Doctor Waters comes storming into the hallway extremely angry. Crestfall seems unaffected by anything. She isn’t angry or irritated.

WATERS
What on Earth is wrong with you?

CRESTFALL
Nothing.

WATERS
We have tests to run!

CRESTFALL
I don’t think so.

WATERS
You don’t get to call the shots here sister. I do!

CRESTFALL
I’m not going to go in there and do that stuff today.

WATERS
What makes today so special?

CRESTFALL
Maybe it isn’t! Maybe I don’t want to play guinea pig any more.

Bob enters the hallway.

BOB
Alright. Let’s skip this stuff for today. We’ve been ahead of schedule for weeks. It’s not going to kill us to take an unscheduled day off. Why don’t you go to your quarters C.F. We’ll get everything ironed out on this end and see if we can’t streamline it a bit instead of just throwing everything at you at once.

Crestfall doesn’t speak. She just leaves.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - CRESTFALL’S ROOM - EARLY AFTERNOON

Crestfall is just sitting on her bed. There’s a quick KNOCK and the door opens. It’s Bob. He has never come to visit her before and based on their conversation it’s clear that they have never really had a personal conversation before.

BOB
Hey, C.F.

CRESTFALL
Bob.

BOB
What happened in there today?

CRESTFALL
I looked up and decided I wasn’t going to do it anymore. I’m done with these tests. I want out.

BOB
I understand that all too well. You haven’t really had a day off since we started this whole thing. You’re stressed and you need a break. No one understands that more than me. Maybe you’ll feel better tonight.

As he says “tonight” Crestfall becomes nervous.

CRESTFALL
Tonight? Why is tonight special?

BOB
Oh, you never know what might happen... after midnight.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - THE ATRIUM - LATER

The sun is setting as Crestfall walks through The Atruim. It’s a vast open air area with a class ceiling that seems to stretch into infinity. There are tall, beautiful trees from all over the world. Exotic flowers pepper the woodchipped path as she walks through.

She stumbles across a giant waterfall the tumbles into a large pond located right in the middle of The Atrium.

Waters walks up behind her.

CRESTFALL
I’ve never really walked around here.

WATERS
It’s very lovely. I often come down to the waterfall when I need some “me time”. It soothes me.

CRESTFALL
I can see how.

They stand for a silent moment. Watching the water.

CRESTFALL (CONT’D)
Sorry about... before.

WATERS
Well, I may have been a tad out of line myself.

Silence.

WATERS (CONT’D)
You feeling up for weapons training?

CRESTFALL
Always.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - WEAPONS ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Crestfall has used the escrima sticks earlier in the montage and she’s very comfortable with them. But tonight in the training room something “clicks” inside her and she uses them like a master painter who’s creating something beautiful.

Waters watches in awe as she realizes that her test subject might reach a higher potential than anyone ever thought possible.

Crestfall ends her exercise by demolishing a training dummy. Waters approaches her.

WATERS
Crestfall, that was simply astounding! How do you feel?

CRESTFALL
Hungry. Very hungry.

WATERS
You must have burned through all of your reserve energy. We thought this might be the case and it was the focus of our planned study today.

CRESTFALL
What do you mean?


INT. “THE FACILITY” - CAFETERIA - LATER

Crestfall has a large amount of food and scarfs it down.

WATERS
It seems your biggest weakness is your own body. The more energy you exert, the more you wear yourself down. It’s just like any quote, unquote “normal person” only for you it’s on a grander scale. If you don’t eat, you won’t have the energy to do anything at all. But after you’ve eaten your fill, you could be potentially be at the peak of your strength.

Crestfall BURPS then EXCUSES herself.

WATERS (CONT’D)
Charming.

Waters grins.

WATERS (CONT’D)
I’m off to bed. We’ll continue this discussion in the morning. Good night Crestfall.

Crestfall watches her leave and gets a small tear in her eye.

CRESTFALL (WHISPERS)
Goodbye.


INT. “THE FACILITY” - THE ATRIUM - MIDNIGHT

Crestfall enters The Atrium wearing her sweats over her jumpsuit. She has her escrima sticks attached to her belt. The Atrium is dark but she can see just fine. She makes her way to the waterfall in the center. She’s looking for a sign of what to do next.

CRESTFALL (WHISPERS)
Waters? Doc, are you here?

Bob steps out of the shadows.

BOB
You don’t have to whisper. I locked the doors behind you. It’s just you and me in here.

CRESTFALL
Where’s Waters? I thought she’d be here.

BOB
Waters? You can’t trust her. She’s deeper in this than any of us. She’s virtually his right hand man!

CRESTFALL
Who’s?

BOB
Quitlove. Alexander Quitlove.

CRESTFALL
I’ve heard that name before...

BOB
He’s the president, C.E.O., Evil Overlord, whatever you want to call it of Sinecorp. He’s the reason you’re here.

CRESTFALL
He’s the guy in the hospital that gave me the card?

BOB
Yeah, that was him too. But he’s the guy who’s responsible for your new limbs and abilities.

CRESTFALL
What? Why me?

BOB
I just do the work kid. You’re going to have to find that out for yourself. Be careful though, he’s a tough nut to crack. I’ve been boosting your training to try to test your limits so you might be ready to seek him out.

CRESTFALL
What do I do?

Bob is becoming nervous. He is speaker faster and is stumbling over his words.

BOB
Go home. Back to Neon City. That’s where Sinecorp H.Q. is. You can’t just burst in the door though. Uncover his ties to crime in the city.

CRESTFALL
Crime in the city? What?

BOB
He’s the crime lord in Neon! Prove it! Find the evidence. If you can bring him down, you should be able to get answers! Now go!

CRESTFALL
Go where?

BOB
Up! Through the ceiling. I’ve shut down the security grid. Burst out and head east. Head east til you get to Neon.

CRESTFALL
What do I do when I get there?

BOB
Whatever you can! Now go!

Crestfall leaps in the air and flies through the glass ceiling. She heads east.

BOB (CONT’D)
Good luck C.F.

The man from the hospital appears behind Bob still crowded in shadow. This man is QUITLOVE.

QUITLOVE
Yes, I expect she’ll need a little “luck”.

Surprised, Bob turns around to face his employer. There’s a BANG from a gun and Bob falls to the ground dead.

QUITLOVE (CONT’D)
I wasn’t expecting her to be ready quite so soon. This should prove to be very interesting. Very interesting indeed.