10. The Movie

Lisa: So this is the Titanic movie you were talking about.

George: Yeah. It seems this is my memory.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖. 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

Jeremiah: Look I'm sorry.

Aaron: You saw me running to the door and instead of getting in first; you just had to push me. What's worse is you let Lisa win!

George: Sore loser?

Aaron: You shut up.

Jeremiah: I'm sorry. I didn't know it would mean this much to you.

𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩, 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.

Aaron: You know? I think I know why I started running.

Jeremiah: Ok, why?

Aaron: The thrills... the thrills, Jeremiah. I have had no sense of accomplishment whatsoever since we landed here. Even if it wasn't official, I wanted to have that win. I don't know if this one sounds crazy to you too.

Jeremiah: No, I get it.

Aaron: Hmm

Jeremiah: I know the feeling. I know I'm not the only one here that thinks so but doesn't this all seem pointless? This could go on and on forever and it will only be a matter of time till one of us snaps. So what I'm saying is if you have any opportunity to feel alive again or to feel a rush, go for it. We could be here a while.

Aaron: But do we have to leave?

Jeremiah: Sorry?

Aaron: Look. There is food here, a movie and the temp is just right for sleep. No disturbance, just us. To be honest, I wanted to make sure I knew all your deep, dark secrets especially George. But now that I think about it, the best thing to do is settle and so far this is my best pick.

Jeremiah: You're not wrong. This does seem nice.

Aaron: Let's tell the rest then.

Jeremiah: BUT

Aaron: Here we go.

Jeremiah: I don't know about you but I owe it to myself to know what kind of life I lived. I can't stay here with all my questions unanswered.

Aaron: But what's the point? You're dead. There is nothing waiting for you even if you know the answers.

Jeremiah: I know but it's better to know than to not know forever and watch Titanic for the one millionth time. Maybe it's because you've regained your memories, you don't understand what it means to not know who you are. Constantly questioning what you did when you were alive. I just want to know if I can be proud of who I was.

Aaron: I guess there's no convincing you.

Jeremiah: Yeah, it's cool if you choose to stay here. The movie looks good, I guess.

George: HEY! WE ARE WATCHING A MOVIE OVER HERE!

𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

Jeremiah: What about Lisa?

Aaron: What about her?

Jeremiah: You guys are not on good terms.

Aaron: I have no issues with her. She has judged me and sees me to be evil. I choose to not respond.

Jeremiah: Sigh.

Aaron: I've been eating this popcorn and I'm not getting any satisfaction. It's just like I'm throwing pebbles in a deep deep well.

Jeremiah: I don't think I know when I'll enjoy a nice, warm meal again.

*

George: Are you cold?

Lisa: Yeah, just a little bit.

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚. 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚'𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙯𝙚𝙣.

Lisa: What's wrong?

George: I… it's nothing.

Lisa: George?

George: Yes?

Lisa: I'm scared.

George: What? Why? Is it Aaron?

Lisa: No. I don't even care about it anymore. I think I was just taking out my anger on him.

George: What's the problem?

Lisa: I am scared of everything. Who I am, what I have done, what if I'm no better than anyone of us?

George: …

Lisa: So when you said you remembered me, I felt happy and scared at the same time. Can you tell me what I was like?

George: It might have not been you. You said so.

Lisa: Just shut up and tell me.

George: Ok then. You actually felt warmer in my head than what I'm seeing now.

Lisa: What's that supposed to mean?

George: You're actually the one that got me to like this movie so much. I remember that we always went here for special events. Well I'm not too sure, I just remember us here in different outfits. You even used to wear glasses. A real movie geek.

Lisa: Hah, I sound like a complete nerd.

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙯𝙚𝙨.

George: Lisa, I…

Lisa: Go on.

George: Are you ok?

Lisa: Yeah, I don't know why these tears are interrupting. So continue, tell me what I used to do while we were here.

George: Well for one thing, you kept messing with my hair and eating my popcorn.

Lisa: ...

George: …

Lisa: I can't even imagine myself doing something like this.

George: Me neither. It was really cute though and there was this scene in the movie you'd always reenact.

Lisa: Oh yeah? Which one?

George: Speak of the devil. It's on right now.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖.

George: Ok, get up.

Lisa: Huh?

George: Get up, we don't have all day.

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚. 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖'𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

Lisa: I feel…

George: Great?

Lisa: This just feels right.

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙩.

Lisa: I'm sorry for not remembering you all this time, George.

George: It's fine. I did say I'd get you to love me again, didn't I?

Lisa: Oh shut up.

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩. 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩.

Lisa: Come sit.

George: …

Lisa: George?

George: Yeah… yeah I heard you.

Lisa: What... first kiss?

George: That would be a great first kiss.

Jeremiah: WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE?

George: Shut up Jerry!

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩.

Jeremiah: What would you do in this situation?

Aaron: Hmm

Jeremiah: In a situation of life or death and you could either escape or let someone you love live, what would you do?

Aaron: I can't think of anyone I could possibly love more other than myself.

Jeremiah: Why didn't I see that coming?

Aaron: Don't ask me

Jeremiah: HEY GEORGE!

George: WHAT?

Jeremiah: In this situation, would you take the raft and split or give it to the one you love?

George: Who's asking?

Jeremiah: Just answer.

George: Well of course, I'd take the ra…

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚.

George: …aaaft and give it to the one I love.

Lisa: Good.

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚.

Aaron: Tch

Jeremiah: Well let's see what the male lead does

𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚.

Male lead: So it's been fun. All the times we spent together, now only one of us can make it out of here.

Female lead: Yes. Please take it and flee, my beloved

Male lead: I…

Female lead: Please

Male lead: This raft can only hold one of us and I think that I will…

𝙉 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚.

N: Yo!

George: Oh come on! Not this again! That's the best part!

Jeremiah: Nooooooo.

N: Good day to you too. Oh, is that a new couple I see?

Lisa: It's none of your business, N.

N: Always so hostile.

Aaron: Let's get this over with.

𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠, 𝙉 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 ??? 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

Jeremiah: So he actually stayed. I figured

Aaron: Figured what?

Jeremiah: What the… what happened to you relaxing?

Aaron: I thought about it and maybe watching one movie forever isn't such a good way to spend eternity PLUS I want to find out more about you too. Will you be the man you fear you are or will you be the man you can be proud of? I have found my new motivation to keep moving.

Jeremiah: But what's in it for you?

Aaron: I don't know. Satisfaction? I can't leave knowing you saw all my dirty clothes and I didn't see yours.

Jeremiah: All right then. Guess I can't wait for us to see me.

Aaron: Oh and Jerry, you were wrong about one thing.

Jeremiah: What's that?

Aaron: I don't remember everything about myself. You all just assumed that's all there is to know about me.

Jeremiah: But it's not like you want to find out more about yourself, do you?

Aaron: I'm okay with this version of myself. Finding out something I would possibly regret is something I wish to avoid if possible.

Jeremiah: Alright then.

N: So none of you chose to remain? I thought that environment was rather nice.

Lisa: Freezing for eternity and having to live on only popcorn?

N: Fair point. Memories restored and I leave again.

𝙉 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨..

George: So on to the next one. Lisa, do you remember anything?

Lisa: George!

George: Y… Yes?

Lisa: GEORGE! IT'S YOU! I REMEMBER YOU!

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

Aaron: Well damn. He actually did it.

George: You finally remember?

Lisa: Yes, yes I do. We had a house and we were about to start a family. Right?

George: HAHA! I knew it was you.

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

Aaron: Ahem so let's go, Jerry.

Jeremiah: Jerr… never mind. Yes, let's go. We have a long journey ahead of us.

George: THAT'S THE WRONG WAY.

Jeremiah: Oh, right.

𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖. 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡.

Aaron: Alright then.

𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.