FADE IN:
INT. DENTIST OFFICE - DAY
A man is strapped tightly to a dentist chair. The light obscuring his face. DR. JANZI leaning over the man. We can hear drilling as the body squirms. DR.JANZI leans back. Moving the light to reveal ROBERT was the man in the chair.
ROBERT
Are the straps really necessary doc?
DR.JANZI
Last time you ran away with four hundred dollars worth of equipment still in your mouth. I'm not taking any risks.
ROBERT
I brought it back.
DR.JANZI
No you didn't. You were afraid I'd strap you down and keep working on you. So you had a friend bring it in.
ROBERT
But you did strap me down.
DR.JANZI
It sounded like a good idea. Thank you, I'd never have thought of it myself.
FAYE the attractive assistant walks in to the room.
FAYE
The plumber just left. They fixed the washroom sink. The water is running fine now.
DR.JANZI
Good. It looked like it was coming out a bit brown. I figured my hands would be cleaner if I didn't wash them.
ROBERT
Did you have peanut butter for lunch?
DR.JANZI
Yes, how did you know?
ROBERT
I can taste it.
DR.JANZI
Well, good thing I didn't have anything spicy.
ROBERT
But I'm allergic to peanut butter!
INT. COUCH CAFE - DAY
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GREG, JOSH, CHANTELLE, and ANNE are spread out across one of the couches and a love seat. RALPH is in the background behind the counter. His head is down.
CHANTELLE
I think I'm going to break up with Ben
RALPH shoots his head up after hearing this. He leaps over the counter and rushes to the love seat CHANTELLE is sitting on.
RALPH
I heard the bad news. I uh... thought. (Beat) I thought maybe you'd want a muffin, on the house. To help ease the heartache.
GREG
Where's the muffin?
RALPH
Oh, right, I forgot to grab it.
RAPLH walks back to the counter.
ANNE
Why? He seems like a great guy.
CHANTELLE
He is. It's just that he's got this deaf cat. Every time I go over there. I'm trying to get the cats attention. Snapping my fingers. Making little kisses at it. But it just walks by. doesn't even look at me. I can't live with that. So it's better to just end it now.
The cafe door opens. ROBERT walks in his face bright red and so swollen you can't even see his eyes.
JOSH
Whoa, what happened to you.
ANNE
Looks like he got into the peanut butter again.
ANNE mimics swatting ROBERT with a newspaper.
ANNE
Bad boy. Bad
ROBERT
It was on the dentists hands. It's not my fault
GREG
I tried that same excuse last week. When I got fired for showing up drunk to work.
The cafe door opens again. Two men walk in. One old, short, and fat. The other young, tall, and lean. The men walk over to couch. the older one pulls out a notepad and pen.
BURT
Hello, my name is Burt. My associate here is Levi. We're here following up on reports of a fatal accident involving a piano. Were any of you witness to this event.
JOSH
Yeah, only all of us.
ANNE
We were all here when it happened. Saw the whole thing.
BURT
Excellent. Can you walk me through everything you saw?
GREG
Well, I saw this girl I like. And I went to go talk to her.
CHANTELLE
That's not how it happened. You went to go stalk her.
GREG
Okay fine, I went to go get on the same bus as her. So I could insert myself as a regular part of her life before making my move. Anyways, I opened the door. And as I was stepping out the piano fell from above.
BURT
Did you see who it fell on? Could it have been targeted?
GREG
Oh, no, it fell on me.
LEVI
I'm sorry, there must be some kind of mistake. I was told it was a fatal accident.
GREG
No mistake, it was fatal.
BURT
I don't understand.
ANNE
It's simple. It was all just a dream.
BURT
Ah, say no more.
LEVI
Excuse me a moment. I need to use the washroom.
INT. WASHROOM - DAY
LEVI is standing in front of a mirror talking to himself.
LEVI
Okay. None of this makes sense. If it was just a dream how are there witnesses. The man on the subway saw it. And each of them here say they saw it. Did it really happen but they just think it was a dream? If so, how is the one that got crushed here? He doesn't look like he's even got a bruise on him. Should I ask whose dream it was? Maybe they'll all realize it needs to be one persons dream specifically. And it makes no sense for them to all remember it. But what if that confuses Burt? Or if they get stuck in a loop? Would Burt get stuck in a loop too? Maybe I should discuss this with Germaine.
LEVI leaves the washroom. One of the stall doors open. RALPH walks out and begins washing his hands.
RALPH
What was he talking about?
