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INT. HONEYBEE HIVE - LEVEL TWO BELOW - DAY
(BRIAN, CLARISSA)
WE'RE NOW A ROBOTIC BEE IN A SEEMINGLY METALLIC FOREST. IT'S UNOFFICIALLY REFERRED TO AS 'GARDEN OF BEEDEN' AND IS ESSENTIALLY A GYMNASIUM. BUT EVERY BAR YOU SEE IS A BRANCH; AND YES - EXPANSION IS THE KEY, ESPECIALLY IF THE BRANCHES YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH ARE MUSCLES. RIGHT NOW BRIAN'S JOGGING THROUGH A VIRTUAL FOREST. CLARISSA CATCHES UP TO HIM. SHE PLACES AN ARM ON HIS SHOULDER AND THEY SLOW DOWN TO A WALKING PACE.
CLARISSA
Now that the endorphins are flowing, tell me what's on your mind.
BRIAN LAUGHS.
BRIAN
I'm good. It's just . . . I don't like the cops. That's all.
CLARISSA
Take off your shirt.
BRIAN SHRUGS.
HE REMOVES HIS SHIRT.
CLARISSA
What if they were young and pretty like me? Or . . .
CLARISSA POINTS AT A MIRROR. IT NOW ADORNS THE SAME WALL A VIRTUAL FOREST DID MOMENTS AGO.
CLARISSA
. . . had a body like yours?
BRIAN LOOKS AT CLARISSA.
BRIAN
They're not.
CLARISSA
Yeah.
CLARISSA GRABS BRIAN'S WAIST.
CLARISSA
Their bodies are nothing like yours; they're coke mixed with too much flour. Brian, they don't elevate me like you do, know what I mean? They're not physically attractive. No matter what happens they're not gonna come between you and I, or me and any of the guys who are living here . . .
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- Elevation - U2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KstSgU-c0&ob=av2e)
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INT. HONEYBEE HIVE - LEVEL ONE BELOW - DAY
(MATT, SAMANTHA, NIKKI)
MATT AND SAMANTHA ARE SITTING ON A GRASSY HILL ON LEVEL ONE BELOW OF THE HONEYBEE HIVE. IN A VALLEY BELOW A GROUP OF COUNTRY SINGERS - UNKNOWN OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE BUT TALENTED NONETHELESS - ARE PERFORMING A SONG.
MATT'S TALKING ON HIS CELL.
MATT
Yeah? . . . Hey, thanks for letting me know. . . . Whatever. It's all good, man. . . . No. Trust me. It's alright. I'll be fine. . . . See ya next shift. . . . Cheers.
MATT FLIPS HIS CELL SHUT.
SAMANTHA
Dylan?
MATT
Yeah. Hey, he says they might be letting me go from Lone Star.
SAMANTHA
Oh. Yeah, they're having to let some staff go. Clare spoke to me about it; I asked her not to let you go.
MATT
Thanks. But I get it, though. I ain't the most talkative guy, unless I'm around Dylan or you. Dylan coz he never shuts up; you and Clarissa coz . . . well . . . you're family now. It's about group cohesion. And that's exactly what we have here. I don't need Lonely Star.
SAMANTHA
Too right.
MATT
Dylan said he was at this party the other night for Jessica.
SAMANTHA
Yeah. Clarissa and I were invited but we skipped it . . .
MATT
So . . . there's probably a certain number of words I'd have to actually speak to Jessica before she'll invite me to a party, ey?
MATT LAUGHS.
MATT
I wonder if there's an exact number, or what the valency of those words needs to be?
SAMANTHA
Arrrrgh! Contact from the outside world has put you in thinking mode. Escape. Escape already.
MATT
Cohesion. Cohesion. Cohesion.
NIKKI
I looooove your hair.
NIKKI - A WOMAN PERHAPS IN HER FIFTIES - TOUCHES MATT'S HEAD. SHE SPINS AROUND, HER FLORAL DRESS BECOMING AN UMBRELLA FOR THE GRASS FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, THEN FOR MATT'S HEAD.
NIKKI
You mind if I sit here?
MATT
Not at all.
SAMANTHA
Matt, this is Nikki. One of our senior members. She's quite a character.
NIKKI
Oh, this is Matt. You never told me how handsome the new guy is.
MATT
Well, thanks.
SAMANTHA GIGGLES.
SAMANTHA
Told you she was quite a character.
NIKKI
Matt, could I just touch your face? I'm sorry; I'm a little high right now.
MATT SMILES. HE GLANCES AT SAMANTHA AND THEN BACK AT NIKKI.
NIKKI
Oh Nikki; is your mate Alan here? Is he watching the performance?
MATT
You can do more than that.
MATT