Compass

(Time travel noise)

SKINNER(gasping)

What the fuck? 

Where am I?

(Skinner shoots up, causing the chair to fall over)

(From the other room)

POLAR

FUCK!

Wrong room.

(Skinner gasps)

(Polar opens the door and walks up to Skinner)

POLAR(laughing){While scratching his head)

You’d think I’d be better at this. 

SKINNER

Who the fuck are you?

(Polar claps)

POLAR

Name’s Polar. Nice to meet cha’!

SKINNER

Wh-

POLAR(Babbling)

Ah! Bah ba!

POLAR

Shut up!

No, you don’t know me.

No, I don’t really know you.

No, I’m not with OI or any base or compound or whatever the fuck.

Your friends are fine, I didn't touch them. 

Yes, you’re a copy of yourself or iteration or whatever the fuck you say.

Now!

Midwest, doll, c’mere. 

(Spurs click as Midwest walks across the room)

POLAR

Now. . . Why you’re here. . . 

You, at some point, did something I ain’t want yah to do.

You are still where yah were, just the you that would have done said thing ain’t there anymore. That you is here now.

SKINNER

The fuck did I do?

POLAR

Don’t matter. You ain’t gonna do it anymore. I made sure of that. 

Now, we gotta lay down some ground rules! You! Are now Sever and. . . This! Is my buddy Midwest. He’s a little messed up, but we still love them! Just ignore the twitching, he doesn’t like when you focus on it.

See, Midwest does what I say. He follows orders. They don’t flinch. That’s what I like. 

Why don’t you give Sever here a nice. . . warm welcome, Midwest?

. . .

I’d run if I were you, Sever.

SKINNER

W. . . why?

POLAR

(The sound of Midwest snapping their nail is heard throughout, alongside Midwest gasping and breathing)

VESTR

Hey. . . Midwest.

MIDWEST

What do you want, Vestr?

VESTR 

Polar told me to come check on you.

MISWEST

I don't need to be checked on.

VESTR

He just said you've. . . Been doing it a lot today. 

MIDWEST

It?

VESTR

The whole. . . Twitching thing. . . 

You have been- (gross wet noise with a snap) (gasp) Oh God! Y-you. . . Ripped your nail off.

MIDWEST

It's fine. I'm fine. Don't fucking lie about Polar asking if I'm okay. 

VESTR

D-do you. . . Do you want me to get a wrap for your-

MIDWEST

POLAR Australis! (oss-TRAY-liss) Come in! Come it!

AUSTRALIS

What is it?

POLAR

Agh! So hostile, already. I ain’t said nothin’ yet!

Hey, Midwest!

C’mere. 

POLAR

So, Australis. . . Vestr tells me-

AUSTRALIS(interupting)

Whatever it is, I wouldn’t take Vestr’s word on anything. 

POLAR(Shouting)

I didn’t fuckin’ finish talking!

POLAR(Smiling)

Will you let me finish?

. . .

POLAR

FUCK!

I was gonna do this whole dramatic build-up.

Mother fucker. . .

You already know what I’m talking about, you ain’t stupid. Tell me what you’ve been doin’.

AUSTRALIS(soft)

Fuck. 

AUSTRALIS

Yes, I went back to the farm.

POLAR

Tsk tsk tsk.

Where’d yah get the Thingy?

Hm?

AUSTRALIS(Soft, he’s scared)

You already know. . .

POLAR

Maybe I wanna hear it from you.

Where did you get it? 

Australis.

AUSTRALIS(scared, unconfident)

Uhm. . . Vorras. . . hides one. . . he hides one in his room. He uses it to take some of us out to eat sometimes.

(Polar sucks his teeth)

POLAR

Who is us?

AUSTRALIS(soft)

Sever, me, and Ovest.

. . .

POLAR

Midwest?

MIDWEST

Polar. . .

POLAR(smiling)

Why don’t you cut out Australis’ vocal cords? But make sure you don’t kill him.

How’s a week with no vocal cords sound, cowboy?

Oh, don’t look at me like that! You know I’ll fix it. 

(Elijah is franticly sobbing) (a Phone dials out)

(South picks up)

SOUTH

Hey.

Woah- woah, hey.

ELIJAH(Inaudible)

He's in the floor.

SOUTH

What?

I- I don't know what you're saying.

You gotta calm down.

Hey, Elijah.

ELIJAH

Knock knock!

(Doop opens)

ELIJAH

Hey Gore. . . You still resting? 

. . .

ELIJAH

Okay. . . Uhm. You eat today?

. . .

ELIJAH

I made some chicken if you want some.

I used Mom's recipe! 

. . .

ELIJAH

Uhm. . .

Are you okay? 

You haven't moved in like. . . Two days.

You won't eat. 

I mean, a few days ago you were so energetic.

What happened? What's wrong?

(Gore gets out of bed and leaves the room)

ELIJAH

(Elijah huffs twice)

ELIJAH

You have three lamps, you have two couches, you have two TVs.

And now you're going to make a copy of yourself with the thingy. The Thingy is going to make a copy of you.

(time travel noises)

(The sound of Gore struggling to breath, gasping for air)

ELIJAH

Holy shit, oh holy shit he's in the flo-(time travel noises)

ELIJAH:

If I'm Elijah, what do I call you?

GORE:

You could just call me our last name.

ELIJAH

Cool. . . Gore.

(sigh)