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AN ADAPTATION OF ARNOLD ARRE GRAPHIC NOVEL

AFTER EDEN INTERPRETED BY: VERONICA CAYANAN

FADE IN: INT. MALL - DAY Jon in the middle of Greg and Mike while walking. JON (V.O) (poker face) Every week it’s the same routine. Every week. Jon, Greg and Mike playing at the arcade. JON (V.O) (poker face) We go out together and enter worlds that never were. Places that never are. Jon in the middle of his two friends who's talking. JON (V.O) (poker face) We discuss the lives of heroes who live only on the printed page. Of people who exist only on celluloid. We visit the same places… play the same games. Talk about the same old things. CLOSE ON: Jon JON (V.O) (poker face) Every week it’s the same routine. Every stupid week. DISSOLVE TO:

INT. MALL – SAME DAY Celine in the middle of Lea and Cathy while walking. CELINE (V.O) (poker face) Every week it’s the same routine. Every week. Celine, Lea and Cathy at the department store. CELINE (V.O) (poker face) Work in the same office… Get the same pay… spend it in the same old shops. Celine, Lea and Cathy at the café. CELINE (V.O) (poker face) Hang out in the same café’s at the exact time, drinking the same old drinks. Thinking the same old thoughts like what to buy, where to shop, what to wear, where to eat… what to eat. CLOSE UP: Celine, Lea and Cathy CELINE (V.O) (poker face) We take in gossip like food. Gossip about the same people. The same old news. The same old stories. CLOSE UP: Celine

CELINE (V.O) (poker face) The same tired old things— over and over again. TWO SHOT: CELINE AND JON JON (V.O) (poker face) We watch the same old movies. Watch the same old shows. CELINE (V.O) (poker face) We buy the same old stuff. Listen to the same old music. JON (V.O) The same old things. CELINE (V.O) The same old things. JON (V.O) Every week it’s the same routine. Every week… Every month. CELINE (V.O) Every month… Every year. JON (V.O) I HATE… CELINE (V.O) …ALL OF THIS. ACT ONE: THE GARDEN OF EDEN INT. CAFÉ

LEA Hey Celine! You okay? You’re too quiet. Cathy looking at her glass. CATHY (frown) Too much ice again! CELINE I’m… I’m just tired. Been organizing tomorrow night’s Mall Festivities. I just want to go home, Lea. LEA Okay just promise me you won’t freak out again when you see our electric bill. CATHY O-or our phone bill. LEA Oh yeah. Cathy here’s been calling up the shopping networks again. Explain! CLOSE UP: CELINE CATHY But they were rare ceramic dolls! I love ceramic dolls! CUT TO: EXT. MALL FESTIVITIES – NEXT DAY (NIGHT)

Celine, Lea and Cathy walking through the crowd. LEA My gosh! You know what this prove my point that the civilized world is populated by psychopaths!! CATHY My ankles hurt! LEA Have you ever seen this many Losers in your life?! CATHY I think my ankles really hurt! LEA Look at that loser in barbarian costume! And that loser with the pointy eared mask! CATHY I CAN’T FEEL MY ANKLES!! CELINE I’m getting a drink. DISSOLVE TO: On the other side of the convention Greg giving his Hellstorm card. GREG This is Hellstorm card! Ultra rare! And since you’ve been such a Faithful follower, I’m selling it for a cheap hundred!

ELFKILLER (excited) I’ll take it!!! Elfkiller walk away with smile while holding his ultra rare hellstorm card. MIKE I thought the company only printed two of those cards in the world? You never told me you had one! GREG That was a computer-scanned print out I made, Mike! Do you think I will sell an ultra rare card for a hundred bucks?! FUCK NO!! By the way where’s Jon? MIKE Uh… went around, I guess. DISSOLVE TO: Heaven sent in the stage. ANGEL 1 Golly! Look at all these people. ANGEL 2 What a sight, huh? ANGEL 3 Well, let’s do ourselves and everyone a favor by not playing 80s glam rock. ANGEL 4 You mean poor imitations. DISSOLVE TO: THE CROWD JON (V.O)

This is my life. Born in a generation that craves distraction and escape. We are, after all, kids trapped in adult bodies. Kinda makes you wonder how we’ll change the world. I think I’m going to be depressed. CELINE (V.O) So sick and tired. I feel like I’m trapped inside a theater watching an awful movie. Sitting patiently. Waiting for it to end. Trying to enjoy whatever pops up on the screen. No matter how terrible. No matter how tiresome. TWO SHOT: CELINE AND JON Walking to the direction of each other. JON (V.O) That’s my problem. I think too much. I want to be ignorant for once. There’s solace in ignorance. CELINE (V.O) I should stop trying to make sense of things. They get more complicated. JON (V.O) I hate this… I hate it all. CELINE (V.O) Here we go with that vicious cycle again.

I can feel it. God, it’s going to be one of those weeks. JON (V.O) Every week it’s the same routine. Read the same old things. Play the same old games. CELINE (V.O) Talk about the same old things. Buy the same old stuff. JON (V.O) The same old… CELINE (V.O) Same old… CLOSE UP: JON AND CELINE JON (V.O) (frown) Every week it’s the same routine. Every week… Every month. CELINE (V.O) (frown) Every month… Every year. ECU: JON (V.O) (frown) I HATE… CELINE (V.O) (frown) …THIS DARN…

Jon and Celine stop walking, stare at each for a minute— then walk again. BACK TO: Heaven sent on stage. ANGEL 3 Hi, people! We’re Heaven Sent! To all potential lovers out there, this one’s for you. BG: High School Musical - What I’ve Been Looking For Angel sent will sing the first verse. BACK TO: ELFKILLER ELFKILLER Hellstorm card! Yey! I win again!! ELFKILLER OPPONENT Hey! hey! There’s something funny about That card. Lemme see that! Elfkiller opponent grab his card. ELFKILLER OPPENENT IT’S A FUCKING FAKE!!! YOU CHEATING TURD. Elfkiller opponent punched Elfkiller then the other players join. BACK TO: HEAVEN SENT While heaven sent are singing the commotion started. Lea quickly grab her friends then run outside. Mike try to save his cards that scattered while Greg laughing at him. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE – SAME NIGHT SFX: Car crash GREG GODDAMN LADY DRIVERS!

LEA WHAT THE FUCK?! DIDN’T YOU SEE US BACKING UP?!! GREG YOU WERE BACKING UP TOO FAST!! LEA THEN YOU SHOULD SLOWED DOWN, ASSHOLE! GREG THIS HAPPENS TO BE AN EXIT LANE, STUPID! LEA YOU STILL SHOULD SLOWED DOWN!! ASSHOLE!! GREG YOU MEAN CRAWL LIKE A PARDE FLOAT? IN A NEAR EMPTY PARKING LOT?! YOU MUST HAVE ZEROOOO DRIVING SKILLS! LEA WELL FUCK YOU AND YOUR DRIVING SKILLS! ON THE SIDE… CELINE So much for saving money. JON I know the feeling. I’m sorry I was too fast. CELINE No, it’s my fault. I didn’t signal.

BACK TO: GREG AND LEA GREG WE’RE YOU THE ONE DRIVING?!! LEA NO!! WE’RE YOU?!! GREG NO!! LEA THEN WHY THE FUCK ARE WE THE ONES ARGUING?! GREG BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME!! BACK AGAIN TO: CELINE AND JON Jon give Celine a money for her car. CELINE I don’t have enough money with me right now to pay yours but… JON Don’t worry. It’s okay. Background voice GREG Jon let’s go! I guess I showed her who’s the boss. CUT TO: FLASHBACK: EXT. PLAYGROUND Young Jon and Celine playing in the seesaw. DISSOLVE TO:

BACK TO PRESENT: INT. THE HOBBY – MIDNIGHT JON Hey Greg this is for you. (give a phone) And this is for you Mike, the V.I.P card. In ten months you can claim the gamex 9000 and play till your eyes fall off. Greg curiously looking to Jon. GREG Ok weirdo spit it! MIKE Yeah! What’s all this about? Jon smiling then bring out the picture give it to them. GREG What’s this shit? MIKE Uh… two kids on see-saw? JON That girl I’m with… I haven’t seen that childhood friend of mine for 21 years! 21 years! Can you believe it?! And you know what’s cool I saw her again! HA! HA! HA! Just tonight! I saw her again! I just… I… I… I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE ALL THIS! GREG WAIT. Are you telling us that

You are—how do you say it? Happy? JON Yes! I am! GREG Very happy? JON Of course GREG For seeing this chick again. JON That’s right. GREG The very reason why you’re giving us these lightweight yet expensive material delights. JON Yeah, something wrong? CLOSE UP: JON GREG Jon, it’s 3 A.M and you’re being generous because of some nostalgic episode. And you’re telling me you have no idea what could possibly be wrong with that?! DISSOLVE TO: INT. CATHY, CELINE & LEA’S HOUSE

Cathy woke up when she saw Celine finding something. CATHY What’re you looking for, Celine? I was having this weird dream about Roger the bear spilling out blood and guts and all sorts of nasty stuff! Do you hate dreams like that? I hate dreams like that. So, what’re you looking for, Celine? CELINE An old photograph. I know I placed it here, somewhere. CATHY Photograph? CELINE Cathy… do… do you remember the people you played as a kid? CATHY You mean the ones who nailed all my barbie dolls to a pole? CELINE Um… anyway I found it! Here it is. Lea woke up because of the noise. LEA SHIT! I was having this grandiose dream about killing that jerk in the carpark ‘till you two woke me up! What the hell is going on?

CATHY It’s… it’s two kids on a see-saw! LEA So, what’s this about? CELLINE Haven’t seen that boy for years. Not until tonight. CLOSE UP: CELINE CELINE (sigh) Well… One night’s better than never. CUT TO: EXT. PARK (BENCH) Jon looking in the sky thinking of Celine. Then someone seat beside him. JON C…Celine? CELINE Jon? Ohmygod! It was you! JON (V.O) And so, I forgot all about my conversation skills. JON (CONT’D) Holy… God! Concert! You! So- how? Mall? Doing there? What were you doing there? CELINE The mall is one of my accounts. I supervised the whole party…

or whatever that turned out to be. JON You work for an ad agency? That is so cool! CELINE How about you? How’ve you been? JON I own “THE HOBBY”! I’m the guy who organized that damn tournament! And the two keep talking about the mall DISSOLVE TO: INT. OFFICE & THE HOBBY TWO SHOT: Celine and Jon Jon and Celine waiting the call of each other. At 6pm both of them decided to do the first move to call. CELINE (V.O) Busy? JON (V.O) Busy? Then Celine phone ring. CELINE (excited) Hello? Yes?! Hello?! JON Hello Celine it’s me Jon! (long pause)

H…Hello? CELINE Yes! Jon! I’m here! It’s Celine! JON (V.O) Hello Celine? I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me. JON (CONT’D) I was wondering if… if… h…how are you? CELINE (V.O) Yes! Of course! I would like to go out with you. CELINE (CONT’D) Yes… of course! I’m… fine! JON (V.O) I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me. JON (CONT’D) Uh huh… CELINE (V.O) I’d be happy to go out with you. CELINE (CONT’D) Yes? JON (V.O) I would like to ask you out. JON (CONT’D) Listen… I would like to ask you…

CELINE (V.O) I’d be happy to go out with you. CELINE (CONT’D) I’d be happy— you’re going to ask me what? JON (V.O) Would you like to go out with me? JON (CONT’D) About this… business proposal I was thinking. CELINE (V.O) Yes! I’d be happy to go— Business Proposal?! CELINE (CONT’D) Business proposal?? JON Y-yes a business proposal. CELINE We should see each other, then. JON Tomorrow? CELINE At six. Coffee shop beside my office. JON Sure. I-I’ll see you, then. CELINE Bye.

DISSOLVE TO: INT. COFFEE SHOP – NIGHT JON Hi! Celine! CELINE Oh… hi, Jon. Listen, I have a big deadline to make. So can we make this quick? JON Sure. Background.. TV ADS MARY: I love you, peter! PETER: I love you too, Mary… and your breath! Try all new UP CLOSE with fluoride! Because love is just a kiss away! JON That’s crap! CELINE It’s our biggest account. JON It’s a waste of film. CELINE You really think it’s crappy? JON Well, for one— It doesn’t happen. Two people falling in love

instantly in a most convenient circumstance? I don’t buy that. It might help sell a million tubes of toothpaste but… I mean- come on! In this day and age? CELINE Are you so sure about that? JON Well… has it happened to you? CELINE Um… no, you? JON Well, same here. CELINE Then I guess we aren’t qualified to debate whether it’s a fool’s notion or not. JON If it does happen… That would really be something. CELINE I believe it does, Jon. Maybe not too often but… It does. JON Hey, if you believe in it, then I believe in it! How ‘bout that? CELINE

(laugh) (sigh) It’s nice seeing you again, Jon. You bring back a lot of memories. JON How’s this—um… I’ll treat you some hot choco. CUT TO: EXT. PARK (SAME NIGHT) Jon and Celine walking in the park. JON So, what’s keeping you busy lately? CELINE Some campaign for next year's town festival. Everyone will be watching the two hosts on giant screens at both ends of the town JON That's new. Haven't seen that done before. But how much is this festival going to cost the taxpayers this time? Vision of the future, hm? They'll do anything just to sell a bunch of TV sets. CELINE The screens look cool, though. But you know I have to thank AM7, if it weren't for them I wouldn't be stationed back here- our hometown. JON I'm glad you're back. They keep walking when Celine saw a fortune teller tent. CELINE Let's go inside.

JON Fortune teller? Come on Celine we're not kids anymore. Why that? CELINE Why not? FORTUNE TELLER And you will both be successful in everything you do. JON Can you be more specific? FORTUNE TELLER For that- Extra thirty! JON W-what? CELINE (whispering) Hey! Give her a break, will you? FORTUNE TELLER I predict you will listen to this lovely lady! How's that for specific? JON (whispering) Her predictions were too general. FORTUNE TELLER Now if you'll excuse me, this costume is giving me an itch! CELINE (whispering) Come on. It's for fun. FORTUNE TELLER See? Unlike the guy she's with, this girl has real sense. JON

(give money) Here you go. FORTUNE TELLER So, you're newlyweds?? No! Don't answer that. Just shut up and listen. Heard of the "clasping of hands." No? The clasping of hands is that one secret to all relationship! Fortune teller clasp her hands FORTUNE TELLER See? Clasping! Okay... the fingers represent our good sides... and the gaps between them, our shortcomings. Got that? The fortune teller helps Celine and Jon to clasp their hands. JON Um... You just made this all up. Didn't you? FORTUNE TELLER Admit it, the speech was great, right? JON It could use a little bit more mystery to it. But yeah. FORTUNE TELLER Hey! At least I’m not charging extra for that! CELINE Oh, don't mind him. FORTUNE TELLER Anytime guys. DISSOLVED TO: At the park

CELINE Jon? Remember I used to be taller than you and you were sooooo green with envy because I outgrew my training wheels before you did? JON Yeah. You kept zipping wat past ahead of me down the street. You still do, Celine. I mean look at you... working in an ad agency... making money and all that. Me? I'm just lucky the store hasn't closed down. CELINE Don't be silly. I've always admired you for whatever you did- even the way you took care of that frog collection back then. JON Really? You hated those frogs. Scared the socks off of you. CELINE That's because you did place them in my socks. Those were brand new sesame street socks, by the way. JON Favorite muffet. CELINE Big bird with a tie, you? JON Cookie monster. Eats everything. CELINE Scarriest muffet? JON Uh... oscar. CELINE Oscar?

JON I was eight!! He freaked me out. CELINE It's Snuffy for me. JON Oh yeah! Big, hairy... and those eyelashes! CELINE Favorite scene, Jon? JON Artoo and Threepio as guest. You? CELINE Bert and Maria pretend to fly a helicopter. Saddest moment? JON Death of Mr. Hooper. CELINE That makes the two of us. Yeah, That was sad. JON Favorite song? CELINE Lady bug's picnic, and you? JON Good old sesame street theme. CELINE (sing) "Sunny day..." JON (sing) "Sweeping the clouds away..." Here a toast! CELINE

A toast! JON & CELINE To sesame street. BG: Sesame street theme song CELINE Thanks for bringing me home. I had a wonderful time. JON Me too. Good night, Celine. CELINE Night. DISSOLVE TO: INT. CELINE HOUSE & THE HOBBY - NEXT DAY (Celine House) Celine humming while reading book. Cathy and Lea looking at her curiously. (Jon House) GREG No online gaming today. MIKE But... GREG No buts. MIKE But... GREG Behave. Greg call Jon whose staying in The Hobby. JON (smiling) Hello

GREG Hey Jon, old buddy, old pal! JON Uh... Greg don't you find it strange talking to me on the phone when I’m just downstairs in the store? GREG Ahh! Secrets, like words of prayer, are best told when one confides in the unseen, my friend. JON Ok I give up. What's all this about? GREG OOOH, nothing- Just that your ever faithful apostles here were wondering… BACK TO: CELINE HOUSE CATHY What's going on? LEA Let me do all the talking here, okay? CELINE You girls… what exactly do you mean? LEA Jon! Jon! Jon! Every single day, the only name I hear from you is… BACK AGAIN TO: JON HOUSE & THE HOBBY GREG Jon, what's her name again? Vaseline? JON It's Celine GREG Right! The childhood chick!

TWO SHOT: MIKE&GREG AND LEA&CATHY GREG Listen- you've been acting really strange the past few weeks and you haven't been paying much attention to the store. LEA Spill it! Tell us what's really happening! TWO SHOT: CELINE AND JON JON Something… CELINE …Magical TWO SHOT: MIKE&GREG AND LEA&CATHY GREG Well, fuck you! Did you know that I had to fend off those zine bastards who kept asking about free comicsand where were you? MIKE Yeah! Like what happened… CATHY …Last night? LEA What did you two do last night? TWO SHOT: CELINE AND JON Celine and Jon smile remembering what happened that. LEA Hooray. That's more sappiness than I can handle for one night. CELINE Well, gotta run. We have

a date tonight… JON …so be good pals and watch the store for me. You guys are the best! DISSOLVE TO: INT. RESTAURANT – THAT NIGHT JON Celine? CELINE Yes? JON (V.O) I'm in love with you. JON (CONT'D) I'm in… in… interested in what you think of this place? CELINE Uh… it's too crowded. CELINE (V.O) Too crowded for you to tell me, I see. JON I guess it was crowded, huh? So... a... you want to see something cool? CELINE How cool? JON Oh- you'll know. Jon bring Celine to the playground where they used to play. CELINE Oh my God! It's our old playground! It's still here.

JON I read that they were going to bulldoze the place- there gonna dress it up and name it starlight garden for the festival. Jon and Celine go to see-saw CELINE Wow, 21 years? JON 21 years. CELINE That long? JON I remember your family car leaving that day. I chased you with my bike. I-I guess you didn't see me. CELINE I did, Jon. I looked back. DISSOLVE TO: INT. THE HOBBY - SAME NIGHT MIKE (giving instructions) Members hotline… hello? What's that? Infinite lives? Try "forward", "down", "up" plus triangle- plus squarethen press start. Call me again if it doesn't work. GREG (looking at the window) Whoa! Strange things happening. Two broads approaching. Archie readers definitely! LEA (doors open) Pathetic place, Cathy.

GREG Good evening lovely ladies! Welcome to The Hobby. May I help… waaait a minute… don't I know you? A horrible flashback is playing in my head. LEA Oh shit! The way the world keeps getting smaller you'd think it had diarrhea. Whatever, were supposed to meet someone here. GREG You mean Celine? She went out with the store owner- a friend of ours. They'll be here in a few hours. LEA Hmm... that, regrettably leaves us no other choice but to wait here, then. Mind if we looked around? GREG Knocked yourselves out. Lea and Cathy look around MIKE (whispering) Is this a "first" GREG (whispering) Shut up! LEA Kid stuff. It's crammed in here. No space. Poor lighting. Pathetic. JON Oh I’m sorry- the grand hotel is a few blocks from here. Lea didn't mind Greg and continue her stroll. She stops in front of the comics section. LEA

(pointing to what she wanted to see) May I see that one please. Greg give it to her. LEA (sit on the couch) Blah… Blah… Blah… high cost of living? Gosh! Give me a break. GREG (pissed) You blasphemous bitch! Do you have any idea what book you're holding there?! LEA Do you really think DEATH would actually physically resembles some goth girl? GREG You know what-- Why don't you let me KILL YOU and find out for yourself. Cathy and Mike in the side... CATHY (pointing to the poster of some anime girl) I like the eyes! MIKE Neat, huh? CUT TO: EXT. PLAYGROUND Celine and Jon looking to the stars. CELINE So quiet. JON HEY, YOU ...