ONE ([0.021]): Windswept

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[INT. INSIDE LIAM'S PLACE, AMERICA]

[THERE ARE BIRDS CHIRPING OUTSIDE, QUIET HUMMING AS THE CARS DRIVE PAST.]

[ALL IS QUIET. ALL IS CALM.]

[A MUFFLED CONVERSATION, POSSIBLY BOTH LIAM AND BRYCE, THE JAGGLING OF KEYS, A *CLICK* IN THE LOCK, THEN THE DOOR CREAKS SLOWLY.]

ARCHIVIST

...I've been trying to figure out what the sticky notes Stone gave me, and the polaroid photos scattered around the institute, but no matter how hard I look, Bryce; they already lead up to dead-ends.

BRYCE

You said there was a website for it, right?

ARCHIVIST

(confused) A website...?

...

(realising) Oh, that.

BRYCE

Yeah, uhh–www.planedatabase.com, right?

ARCHIVIST

Yeah, that! I've found the password for that, but I can't find the username...

...

(slight edge, quietly) ...stfourate78...

BRYCE

What?

ARCHIVIST

Sorry... just remembering something.

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[VOICES ARE MUCH CLEAR, AND MORE CLOSER TO THE SPEAKER.]

[FABRIC SHUFFLING, SOFT THUDDING, FOLLOWED BY A SMALL CREAK OF THE LAPTOP]

[A COUPLE OF SMALL KEYBOARD CLICKS, THEN AN ERROR NOISE.]

ARCHIVIST

Texty? Texty, are you there?

[??? MEOWS, AND PURRS AS IT COMES TO VIEW, NOT CLOSE BUT THE VOICE IS CLEAR]

BRYCE

Uh, Liam. Is—is that your cat?

ARCHIVIST

Is what?

[THERE IS THE SCRUFFLING OF SOMETHING SOFT, AND A MEW AGAIN.]

ARCHIVIST

(pet-talk) Oh, hello there, little honey! How are you?

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