Ghost Signals, Episode 8: Part 3.3
ARSENE With all due respect, Mayor- don't want to hear it. Just go!
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The group quickly sidestepping away from the area, laughing at the scene for the most part; the sound of Arsene's stomping feet can be heard from off-screen right as it goes on.
JARYD (V.O.) How does this not explode?
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INT. JARYD'S LABORATORY- Short Time Later
Jaryd looking at the thin green laser emanating from Dr. O'Ozahl's device moments before she's set to use it. You can see the look of fascination and wonder on their face as they speak.
JARYD (Cont., to Raiven) The power contained within such a tiny shape- no way it could stay like this without exploding.
RAIVEN (V.O., to Jaryd) It'd take a good deal of time to explain. All I know is it cuts through dense steel...
We move to a close-up shot of Raiven a second later, glancing at the laser blade for a brief moment before moving on to the safe.
RAIVEN (Cont.) And makes me look really cool while doing it!
Just as the little scalpel reaches the edge of the safe door, she pauses for a brief moment of thought glancing back at Jaryd's direction.
RAIVEN Just like... (curious) What was that bricky yellow goo your huminn ancestors used to slather on some foodstuffs?
JARYD (thinking) Hmmm... (sudden realization) Oh, byooter! Yes, yes...
RAIVEN (laughter) Right, yes! Like that...
She turns her focus back to the safe door once again, slowly running it down the far right corner of the door. You can hear a couple of clicks before reaching the bottom of it.
A moment later, she turns off the device and places it in her pocket. She then balls her left hand into a fist and gently punches the door, opening it. The good Doctor reaches inside and pulls out a fairly large manila folder.
Raiven opens it up and looks inside to find Renee and Mina's weathered marriage license.
RAIVEN (over the moon) By the Gods- it's them! (flipping from page to page) Marriage license, photos, art work, printed love notes...a full personal history!
JARYD Who are you talking about?
RAIVEN (glancing back up at Jaryd) Renee and Mina- a young couple from the past that've caught my intrigue since arriving. I've learned a little bit, but this... do you still use the phrase "hit the motherlode?"
JARYD No...can't say we do.
RAIVEN Ah. Well, that's what this feels like to me- hitting the motherlode.
A few seconds later, she finds a slightly smaller Blu-Ray disc in a white cover. She takes it out and examines it for a few moments.
RAIVEN (Cont., excited) Yes! I had hoped there would be some type of video in there. (to Jaryd, showing them the disc) Do you have a compatible player to play this back in your lab?
JARYD (looks at the disc, shakes their head) Unlikely. There is a console back in the museum, but--
RAIVEN Obviously, we can't go back there again... (slight chuckle)
The AC Second Class, standing in the back of the room the whole time, looks back at Dr. O'Ozahl upon joining in on their conversation.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI (chiming in, to Raiven) What about that HV Player you keep in your personal quarters?
RAIVEN (thinking, to AC Second Class Dez- Lei) I'll try it later after the Mayor finishes their work. First though...
She reaches out for her comm and types away at the keyboard for a few more moments. A second after completing it, a beam of light emerges from the center of the comm and quickly forms a widescreen display of a scene from The Flash (2025) movie.
Jaryd moves right next to the good Doctor, watching the scene play out with a great deal of wonderment in their eyes.
RAIVEN (Cont., to Jaryd) Fulfilling my end of the deal- a personal favorite from the collection.
JARYD Thank you, Doctor...gives me something to pass the time while the buzzer does its thing.
RAIVEN Buzzer...?
A tiny metal bee flies into the scene, pricking the good Doctor in the arm.
RAIVEN (pained) GAH! Son of a flarking...