Call of the Void (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[eerie music]

[creaking]

[creaking]

[birds chirping]

[beeping]

Yeah, I...

No, Dad, I know.

-[clock ticking]

-[sighing] Uh-huh.

I-- I get that, yeah.

Dad, hold on just one sec.

Hold on.

[beeping]

Okay, I'm back.

Um, no, I--

I get what you're saying,

but I do feel like

I just needed a break.

I mean,

I don't know, I feel like

I've just been so

angry lately, and...

Yeah, no,

last week I was literally crying

in my office because of

a f*cking broken elevator.

Yes, I was crying,

but it's because all the people

have to take the stairs,

and then they get mad

and annoyed and mean,

and they take it out

on me because I become

the faceless punching bag.

Yeah, I know, I...

No, no, Dad--

Hi, Mom.

I'm good, yeah.

Yes, I gave them

my two weeks' notice,

and they escorted me

out of the building.

Mm-hmm.

Yes, I know

where the bear mace is.

It's in the closet

above the dryer.

Yes, I will go check for it.

Mm-hmm.

Mom, I have to go.

My dinner's ready.

I made noodles.

No, they're fine.

I've been eating them

since college.

You think I...

I am not gonna go

get my pancreas checked.

Because I'm

f*cking 31 years old.

I'm not gonna go...

I can take care of

my own f*cking pancreas, Mom.

[sighing]

Mom, I'm sorry.

I love you.

Hello?

Okay. I'll call you soon.

Bye, Dad.

Bye.

[sighing]

[insects chirping]

[blowing on noodles]

[floorboards creaking]

[distant bird call]

Oh.

[dog shaking]

-Pardon me, young lady.

-Hi.

Uh, pardon me.

Parkins and I thought we were

the only two souls about.

What was his name again?

-Parkins.

-Parkins?

-Yes.

-He's cute.

He's very cute.

Aren't you?

Um, do you have a dog, miss?

Uh, no, I don't.

Ah.

Do please be careful if you...

venture out

in these woods alone.

Okay. Um, I-- I don't plan to

leave the cabin much, but okay.

Very well.

Uh, pardon me.

I-- I must be going.

Uh, now, good night.

Good night.

[dog panting]

[insects chirping]

[Cole] Yeah, you break

yourself up here, man,

the nearest doctor is probably

a vet with an opioid habit.

[Lucy laughing]

[tires crunching on gravel]

[brakes screeching]

[car door closing]

[Lucy laughing]

[Lucy]

I'm like, I'm like...

Go, Darryl, get in!

[laughter]

[faint conversation]

[woman sighing]

Okay, seriously,

everybody to bed, please.

-[object falling]

-Oh.

Oh, you okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

After that drive,

my a*s is already asleep.

-Oh, you're halfway there.

-Yeah.

[Cole grunting]

[Lucy sighing]

-Ready? Oh, thank you.

-You all right?

-Okay.

-[door creaking]

[Lucy] Oh!

What are you doing?

-Let's go.

-Sorry. Sorry.

-Okay.

-Go. Right there.

This kid....

[Darryl laughing]

-[Lucy] Excuse me, sir.

-[Sterling] Yes?

Where would you like your bag?

I'll take it.

[Darryl] Get a room.

Stop it.

[Sterling laughing]

You said let's go.

[door creaking]

[faint conversation, laughter]

[Darryl] Yes.

[insects chirping]

[frog croaking]

[insect buzzing]

[crunching sound]

[birds chirping]

Hi.

Hi. Oh, my God, you were asleep.

Oh, you're all good.

What's up?

Um, my name is Lucy.

I just wanted to apologize

for all the noise last night.

Oh, my gosh.

Don't worry about it.

Okay. I was going to go around

to everybody and apologize,

but I can't find anyone.

Do you know

if they're all empty?

Uh, no. I-- I think it's

pretty dead up here.

I've seen one strange

British man with a dog,

and that's about it.

A strange British man?

Yes.

What was the dog's name?

Parkins. Why?

Um, have you eaten?

Actually, what's your name?

It's-- it's Moray.

Oh, that's awesome.

I love that.

Have you eaten yet, Moray?

No, but I'm--

I'm actually all good.

-I've got stuff upstairs.

-Are you sure?

I literally just made bacon.

Uh, no thank you, bur--

but thanks for the invite.

Okay, let me know

if you need anything.

-I will do that.

Okay, bye.

-Bye. Sorry about the noise.

-No worries.

Okay.

[chuckling]

[birds chirping]

[Lucy] Okay.

[faint conversation]

[guitar playing

"In the Tunes," traditional]

The last day I ever saw

Passed Mama and me alone

Now she turns to me,

I know

And now I'm on

my way back home

Little girl, little girl

Where did you go

I'm going where

the cold wind blows

In the pines, in the pines

Where the sun

don't ever shine

And I'm on my way

back home



I asked a stranger

for the time of day

He said he throwed

his watch away

His hands were wet

with his nails all black

and I'm on my way

back home

My girl, my girl,

don't lie to me

Tell me, where did

you sleep last night?

In the pines, in the pines

Where the sun

don't ever shine

And I'm on my way back home

Sorry, guys,

just stop really quickly.

Um, when I-- when I start,

when I was

saying a little bit more,

I meant like a-- just like

a little bit more,

little bit more.

Can we go back...

Let's go to the top

of the second chorus.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

One, two, three, four,

take some--

I asked a stranger

for the time of day

He said he'd

throwed his watch away

His hands were wet

with his nails all black

and I'm on my way

back home

My girl,

my girl, don't lie to me

Tell me, where did you

sleep last night

In the pines, in the pines

where the sun

don't ever shine

And I'm on my way back--

Can you also,

sorry, sorry, I know.

Can you also build a little bit?

There's like a build from

the beginning to the middle.

So, just a quick question.

Is the plan to like keep

stopping and starting

every other verse

when we play live too?

It's a bold

choice in my opinion.

I just love, I'd love to get

it right, all the way through,

just like one time,

and then we're good.

Okay? It's going to be good.

We're going to get it.

It's going to be good.

Ready?

Yep.

-Ready?

-[Sterling] Yep.

My girl,

my girl, don't lie to me

Tell me, where did you

sleep last night

In the pines, in the pines

where the sun

don't ever shine

And I'm on

my way back home

And there's

an opportunity for a solo.

[guitar riff]

[Lucy laughing]

'Kay.

Three, two, one.

My girl, my girl,

don't lie to me

Tell me, where did you

sleep last night

In the pines, in the pines

where the sun

don't ever shine

And I'm on my way back home

Wait, guys, hold up.

We have an audience.

I heard there was bacon.

[sizzling]

[Moray chuckling]

-Here you go.

-Thank you.

Of course.

Thank you.

Do you want a dish?

-Yes.

-Yes, please.

-Yes.

-Yes, please.

-I thank you.

-Know you would.

Sorry. I, I, um...

I bet you didn't expect

the noisiest neighbors ever

to be crashing your little

serene weekend.

-I'm sorry.

-Oh my gosh, no, no.

It's totally fine.

It's actually really fun.

And I loved that, that song.

Was that like,

an original composition?

No, um,

it's actually really old.

We just put our own spin on it.

Oh, cool.

Do you guys play anything

that I would have heard?

You're asking

if we play requests?

Uh, no, I was just curious if

I've heard your music anywhere.

Maybe. We do

this livestream on Fridays.

-Oh, cool.

-[Cole] Well, we used to.

[Lucy] Okay, we missed

a couple Fridays,

but, I mean,

we're gonna get back into it.

-He's just being snarky.

-That's all right.

I can be snarky, too.

And where is that, uh, charisma

that got you

Employee of the Month?

[disdainful chuckle]

Where do you work?

I work at the wine

tasting room at Aikman's.

Okay.

I mean, you know,

they sell beer and spirits, too.

It's not like...

Do your thing.

-No, I'm not gonna...

-Do it.

-Hey, come on, do it.

-Yeah, do it. Do that thing.

-No.

-[Lucy] Yeah.

Okay, he does this

thing where he will guess

the wine that you like based on

the year that you were born.

Let's hear it.

I was born in '92.

What's my wine?

Okay. Um...

All right,

so you were born before '96.

-That makes you a millennial.

-Mm-hmm.

I mean, your clothing

says professional.

Well-off. Uh...

I mean, you're

probably still

paying off your loans

for college, right?

Single?

Yeah.

All right.

Yeah, I mean, I'd say

your wine is a...

probably a-- like,

a two-buck Chuck Merlot.

-Oh!

-She asked.

I actually hate Merlot.

I'm sorry about that.

It's okay.

Oh, you know

what I just remembered?

You know who she saw

outside last night?

Who?

Professor Blackwood.

No-- no, that doesn't

make any sense.

She doesn't even know who he is.

How would she know that?

He's an old English

dude and a dog named--

-Parkins. Yeah.

-Parkins?

Right? This is his cabin.

Oh.

Okay, so where

is he staying then?

[Lucy]

I don't know.

Did he say anything

about being here this weekend?

No, not to me.

Cole's right.

I mean, he's not here.

His room's right there.

I don't know how

we would have missed him.

Did you check his room?

I mean, I don't know.

Uh, I will go check his room.

All right. Yeah, okay.

[door creaking open]

So your college

professor is just cool

with you guys

staying in his cabin?

Oh, yeah. He said

we could use it

for the weekend to practice.

Sterling is like his protege,

so we can come use it

whenever we want.

Oh. At least until

Sterling quits the band.

-Stop.

-What?

He already left the music

program to study psycho sounds.

No, it's

actually psychoacoustics,

and he's not

going to quit the band.

I would know,

I spend every day with him.

Really? How's he spending

his nights, Lucy?

[Sterling]

He's not here.

-Bed's still made.

-[Lucy] Yeah, okay.

You know, I-- I might have

misheard the dog's name.

I'm sorry. I--

I don't want to cause--

-No, no, you're-- you're fine.

-No, no,

you're not causing anything.

[choking]

[Sterling strumming guitar]

[water running]

Hey, uh...

You weren't just touching

my guitar then, were you?

No, I-- I was

just checking it out.

Yeah, please don't.

-[Lucy] See you later.

-Sorry.

Okay. Yeah.

Oh. Moray, um...

I-- I, uh...

Oh, I wanted

to introduce you to Darryl.

[Sterling strumming]

[sighing]



Darryl?

Um, I just wanted to make

sure you guys got, like, a--

a chance to properly

chat before Moray leaves.

This is Darryl.

He's Cole's roommate.

-Hi.

-[Cole] Wait, wait, wait.

Dude, that's robotic.

You can't actually

tell me that that sounds good.

Yeah, it does, because

I'm sticking to the beat.

-It sounds awesome.

-Just, like, one--

-just like one second.

-Yeah, because your

-timing doesn't work.

-Hey.

It's awkward.

Uh, do you want to

take a seat, or...

Um, yeah, sure.

Um, so what

do you do in the band?

I am not in the band.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

Cole just asked me

to come and help.

I-- I saw the mic.

I just thought...

Is that something

that you do in school?

Yeah, kind of.

Um, I'm in the film school.

Oh, cool.

So you want to make movies.

No, not really.

It's too stressful.

Oh.

Well, hey,

I guess it's good to know

what you like

and what you don't.

Yeah, yeah.

I like microphones.

You know,

I have a few, actually.

Oh, okay.

How many?

Not a lot.

Just a few.

Um, do you mind if I...

-Yes, please.

-Okay.

What do you want to talk about?

It's really difficult.

I don't want to just talk.

I mean, I just want

to have a conversation.

Like, real conversation.

-Okay.

-You're giving me nothing.

Do you want to say

more than two words

in a g*dd*mn conversation

with all of our friends--

It's very hard to

have a conversation

when you just talk at me.

Moray.

-Mm.

-Sorry.

I-- I just wanted to say

I'm so sorry about that.

It's like, musicians.

There's so much drama.

Oh, I know.

It's all good.

Oh, you know? Do you--

Do you know a lot of musicians?

Um, well, not a lot, no,

but, um, my brother was.

Oh, that's cute.

What does he do now?

Um...

-Uh...

-Oh, f*ck!

Oh, my God.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

-That's horrible.

-No--

f*ck! I'm so sorry.

Oh, that's horrible.

It's all good. Um...

It was a while back,

so it's fine. Um...

Thank you for the bacon,

and I love the music.

I will definitely be

checking out that live stream.

Cool. Um, well, actually,

we're going to The Mountain

if you want to come.

You're totally welcome.

Um, thank you, but I'm

just gonna hang out here.

I actually came up here

to have some time to myself.

Okay. Well, if you change

your mind, um, we have

lots of non-drama-inducing

conversations.

-[laughs] Okay.

-Or, like, we could totally

talk about it if you want to.

-Thank you. I appreciate that.

-Cool.

Well, um, feel free to crash

our band practices any time.

Thank you. I might do that.

Or, like, let us know

if we're being too loud.

-Okay. Okay. Bye.

-We'll do it.

["Ghost Stories"

by James B. Cox playing]

Shadows, things I put away

Save them for a rainy day

We've got grown-up things

to say and do

Spooks and ghouls

under our beds

Macabre things

danced in our heads

We should have

grown out of it

Well, have you?

Ghosts tell stories too

And I will be there to

Tell you ghosts stories

aren't true

And I will be there to



[birds chirping]

All right.

-Here you go.

-Thank you.

Yep.

You?

These new?

Caps look a little different.

I don't know. That's all I saw.

[footsteps approaching]

-[Moray] Hi.

-[Lucy] Yay!

Oh, I'm sorry.

I can go back to the cabin

-and grab you another one.

-Oh, no, don't worry about it.

I'm all good.

Look at you, saving the planet.

And my wallet.

Two birds with one stone,

I guess. [chuckles]

Or as my mother used to say,

feeding two birds with one bowl.

Strongly suggest that

everybody carries one of these.

Saved my life

a couple weeks ago.

Where were you?

I was up here, Cole.

Same spot we're going.

With the professor?

Yeah, with the professor.

He's the one who's helping

me shape my thesis.

-[shrill whistle]

-Yo, what the f*ck? Lucy!

-Sorry. You gotta test 'em.

-[Sterling chuckles]

Test my eardrums?

Okay, can we just, uh, stop?

Thank you.

Um, we're gonna take

the trail up this way

to a flat area

called Fiddler's Green.

Once we're up there,

I'm gonna take each of you

to your solo spot,

go over safety from there.

And please, keep the noise down.

Okay. Great.

Let's go.

[Moray] So what's the deal

with this solo thing?

[Lucy] Oh, something Sterling's

been talking about for weeks.

He did it a couple weeks ago,

and said last time he was here,

he saw a bobcat

walk right by him.

[Moray chuckles] And it's safe?

I don't know. I mean,

I would wanna see an animal.

The only thing I see

in the city is rats and pigeons.

-I'm excited.

-[Moray laughs]

[birds chirping]

[men speaking indistinctly]

We're happy you changed your

mind and decided to join us.

Yeah.

And thank you for the invite.

-No, of course.

-I came up here just hoping

to take a break from adulting.

You guys seem interesting.

You don't seem to care too much

about the real world.

Sorry, I don't know if I should

take that as a compliment.

-No, no, no!

-Okay.

Sorry. That came across weird.

I just mean, like,

I love the carefree,

free-spirit vibe of you guys.

It's kind of exactly

what I'm looking for right now.

Well, you're in the right place.

Just you and us and the trees.

-And no bullshit.

-[laughs]

My brother used to do stuff

like this all the time.

I don't wanna pry, but,

um, were you two close?

Yeah. I mean, when we were kids,

we would bicker and argue

and he would pick on me, but...

I don't know. The older we got,

the closer we became.

When he moved away, he--

he would call me all the time,

leave me

these stupid voicemails.

I don't know.

Even though I have those,

I'd give anything just

to hear his actual voice again.

Keep an ear out.

You might hear him here.

I will.

I will.

Okay, Darryl.

This is your spot.

Right up here.

-Sorry.

-You're good.

All right.

So we'll be along this trail.

So as long as you don't

wander off, you should be fine.

Marco.

-Polo.

-Polo.

Uh, if something happens,

just follow the path

in this direction.

You'll run into the rest of us.

I mean, it'd be more effective

if I used the whistle. Right?

Yeah, and we'd come running,

but just...

please try your best not to

jump too quickly to the whistle.

Okay?

Yeah. Okay.

Okay. See you in an hour.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey, man.

You don't have to do this.

I mean, I can just tell

everyone you have to go back.

Nah, I'm-- I'm good.

You sure?

Yeah.

Brought something to do.

All right. Cool, cool.

I'll see you on the flip side.

[bird calling]

[Moray] I like

your hiking shoes.

Thank you.

[both chuckling]

-I just thought they were cute.

-Yeah.

Um, not much traction.

I actually got them

at the same place as this.

[Moray] Oh, cool.

Like, if we get eaten by a bear,

I'm gonna be cute

-all through it.

-Yeah.

Good point. Good point.

They're a little slippery,

but...

it's okay.

[Moray] Whoa.

That was, like, honey.

-Maybe it was tree sap.

-Yeah.

Anybody wanna make maple syrup?

Yes.

[women laughing, chattering]

[water rushing]

[Lucy exhales]

-All right.

-[Moray] That's cool.

-Oop! Uh-oh.

-[all chuckling]

-Oop!

-[Moray laughs]

Okay.

All right, Moray. You're up.

Same song and dance as before.

Darryl's gonna be up that way.

You need us, we're up this way.

-Okay?

-Okay.

[Lucy] Just you and the trees

and no bullshit. You ready?

I'm trying to say yes

to more things.

Just, like, meditate

or do yoga or something.

Oh,

is that what the cool kids do?

Oh, we wouldn't, no.

Look, we should go

before we wake up

every animal in the woods.

What do we do if we see a bear?

-[Sterling] Just play dead.

-[Lucy] Oh, what?

[Sterling] No,

there aren't any bears here.

-Don't worry about it.

-[Cole] Well, there is one.

[Lucy] What?

[Cole] Yeah,

I saw this one at the zoo.

-[Sterling] Let's go.

-[Cole] Thought there would

for sure be a gas station

on the way up.

[Lucy] Very good.

-[Cole] We should go.

-[Lucy] Yeah, yeah, no, cool.

We'll take you to the zoo.

Don't worry.

[exhales]

[birds chirping]

[bird calling]

You're right here.

[exhales]

[scoffs]

Ahh.

[sighs]

[blowing]

[exhales]

[tapping rhythmically]

[vocalizing quietly]

[bird calling]

[coughs]

[gags, spits]

[spits]

[bird calling]

[woodpecker tapping]

[sighs]

[faint, hollow whistling]

[whistling rhythmically]

[higher-pitched whistling]

[birds chirping]

[silence]

[insect buzzing]

[high-pitched jabbering]

[jabbering resumes]

[muffled thud]

[birds chirping]

[breathing heavily]

[owl hoots]

[silence]

[trilling]

[hissing]

[creaking]

-[leaves rustling]

-[frog croaking]

[silence]

[Darryl gasps]

[woodpecker tapping]

[birds chirping]

[inhales]

[wings flapping]

[wings flapping]

[bird trilling]

[trilling continues]

[low, intriguing music]



[music fades]

[sighs]

[insect buzzing]

[buzzing gets louder]

[buzzing resumes]

[buzzing]

[buzzing continues]

[buzzing resumes]

[exhales]

Dang it.

[murmuring indistinctly]

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

[unzips]

[urine trickling]

[chirping gets louder]

[frogs croaking loudly]

[animal calls droning loudly]

[calls stop]

[bird calling loudly]

[calling fades]

[woodpecker tapping]

[ominous music]

Darryl?

[twig snaps]

Hello?

Lucy?

[leaves rustling]

[rustling continues]

Hello?

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[bird calling]

[whistle shrieking]

[insects chirping]

[owl hooting]

-[pounding on door]

-Hey!

Let me in!

-[rattling doorknob]

-f*ck!

[eerie music]

[faint, hushed conversation]

[conversation continuing]

[soft thud]

[low, tense music]



[low growling]

-[snarling]

-[Moray gasps]

[Moray screams]



[Moray breathing heavily]



[exhales]

[low growling]

[bird tweeting]

[birds chirping faintly]

[thumping]

[birds chirping softly outside]

[sighs]

[clattering]

[sighs]

Oh.

[knocking on door]

-Moray.

-Hi.

[Lucy] Have you seen Darryl?

Um, no, I have not. Why?

We just thought he came back

like you did, yesterday,

because we haven't seen him

since the woods.

Lucy, you guys left me

in the f*cking woods.

I had to figure out how to get

home by myself in the dark.

You thought I just

came back here?

Yeah. I mean,

we couldn't find you,

and then your light

was on last night.

So you didn't

want to come check on me?

I'm sorry, this is about

Darryl right now.

Maybe Darryl left.

Or got a ride home.

Maybe he was sick

of what you guys did to him,

how you guys

treat him all the time.

-How we treat him all the time?

-You guys are so selfish.

You leave him out

of everything, and...

-[sighs]

-Okay, no.

[laughs humorlessly]

I don't know who

you think you are,

or who you think we are,

or what you think about us.

I don't care.

You know nothing.

And if you wanna be lonely

on your own time,

not my problem.

When it comes to us,

don't assume anything.

So, if you see Darryl,

let me know.

Okay.

I don't know where

this is coming from, but...

Okay.

[door slams]

[sighs]

[sighs heavily]

[phone buttons clicking]

[Moray's brother on recording]

Oh, Moray, oh, Moray

Your name rhymes with curry

Born in a hurry

on the Eighth of July

Oh, Moray, oh, Moray,

you don't have to worry

You're just turning 30

You're not gonna die

Oh Moray, Moray,

today is your day

Have a great birthday,

I love you, goodbye!

[somber music]



[Moray sniffles]

[music turns ominous]

[door thuds]

[birds chirping]

[eerie music]



[eerie buzzing]

[buzzing pulsing,

growing louder]



[buzzing pulses faster]

[buzzing fades]

[phone chimes]

Oh, sh*t.

[sighs]

[crow caws]

[birds chirp softly]

[Moray sighs]

[trees creaking softly]

[Moray breathing heavily]

[sighs]

[bird calls distantly]

[cell phone ringing,

playing "Jupiter, the Bringer

of Jollity" by Gustav Holst]

[eerie buzzing]

[gasps]

[Moray grunts with effort]

Oh, f*ck.

Oh God.

Oh, dear God.

Oh, f*ck.

[cell phone stops ringing]

Oh, God.

[eerie music]

[Moray groans]

[sighs]

[hitching gasp]

[panting]

Oh, thank God.

[phone buttons clicking]

[woman on recording]

Hey Dad, it's me, again.

Um, I-- I'm starting

to get worried.

I-- I don't know what--

at what point, like,

I call the police?

I don't know.

I-- I--

I don't think we're there.

Um, but you are worrying me.

Please call me back.

And take care of Amber.

I love you guys.

[eerie music]

[Moray sighs]

[rustling and clicking noises

on recording]

[eerie music builds]

[rustling and clicking

noises stop]

[Moray sighs]

[splashing]

[sighs]



[tags jingle]

[eerie music builds]

[sighs heavily]

[breathing shakily]



Come on, come on, come on.

[panting]

[line ringing]

[man] Howdy, now...

Hi, um, I found a dead body

behind the ski lodges

on Montague and James.

-[static hisses]

-[man] Yeah. Okay.

-Hello?

-[man talking indistinctly]

Hi, I found a dead body

in the f*cking woods!

-[high-pitched static whine]

-God damn it.

Hello, can you hear me?

I found a dead body.

[disconnection beeps]

[sighs] f*ck!

[door creaking]

[papers rustling]

[ominous music]

[papers rustling]

[ominous music builds]

No.

[sighs]



f*ck!

Oh, f*ck! No.



[ominous music builds]

[thuds]

[grunts with effort]

[flies buzzing]

[eerie music]

[door creaks]



[floorboards creaking]

[drawer rattles]

[drawer clicks shut]

[music box playing

"Pop Goes the Weasel"]

[song slowing,

distorting as it winds down]

[song stops]

[ominous music]

[clinking]



[eerie pulsing buzzing]

[eerie buzzing intensifies]



[eerie percussive music]

[eerie music intensifies]

[clattering noise]

[eerie pulsing buzzing]

[eerie music]

I don't think you're supposed

to be here.

What are you doing in here?

Lucy and them were freaking out

looking for you.

Where are they?

I don't know.

Where'd you see them?

I saw them heading back

on the trail, but...

something was--

was off with them,

and I'm pretty sure

they broke into my unit,

and they stole my car keys.

I don't know anything

about your keys.

I'm sorry.

[sighs]

Darryl, why are you

hiding in here?

-Your friends--

-Not my friends.

I'm sorry.

I'm just trying to figure out

what is going on with them.

Do you know if they

are on drugs or--

[whispering]

Please don't be so loud.

No, I don't-- I--

I don't think they're on drugs.

Then what is going on?

This is f*cked up!

I don't know anything about

what you're talking about, okay?

But yesterday, on that hike,

something happened.

They stopped being them.

I think it had something to do

with the bottled water.

I spit it out.

My tongue tasted

something wrong.

I don't...

You didn't have any, did you?

-Are you on drugs?

-No!

No.

[Moray sighs]

Darryl, I need

to borrow your phone.

Why?

Because I found the professor.

He's here?

He's dead.

I don't know what happened.

It was something bad.

But I found him by the creek,

and I really need

to use your phone

so I can contact the police.

[soft, ominous music]

He's dead.

-I'm sorry.

-[Darryl scoffs]

[Moray] Can I please

use your phone?

I don't have it.

[Moray] Why?

They took my bag.

Who?

Who else?

The band.

They tried to jump me.

Lucy and them?

Mostly Sterling and Cole.

But Lucy was there.

I have to go.

[Darryl] There was someone else.

[Moray] What?

There was another person.

I think...

in a mask.

[ominous music builds]

[eerie, distorted echoes]

[Sterling] Hey.

Time's up, how'd it go?

Fine.

I was just recording

some, uh, trees.

Where-- Where's Neighbor Lady?

Moray.

She went back on her own.

Okay.

Somebody help me up?

Please?

Sure, D-Love.

[Darryl grunts with effort]

[Darryl] Thanks.

[bird calls distantly]

[eerie music]

[birds chirp softly]

[trees creaking softly]

Do you have the water, Sterling?

[Sterling] That is a phenomenal

idea, Lucy.

We should drink some water.

I agree.

What's up, D-love?

Here.

Oh, no, I'm okay.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I-- I don't

like how it tastes.

Come on, man,

you gotta stay hydrated.

-I know.

-[Sterling] Here.

I'm-- I'm a super taster, man.

It's a real thing.

I'm really sensitive

to sweetness and umami.

[laughs] Umami.

Darryl, you can't be hiking

up in the mountains

without drinking water, man.

-Okay.

-Good man.

Good, good, good.

Drink the water.

Okay. Look, Sterling, man,

I-- I told you, I'm not--

[Sterling] Do you need me

to show you how to do it?

What?

[water gurgles]

[splashing]

Ah!

Darryl.

You gotta watch

where you step, man.

[ominous music]

[whimpers]



[sighs heavily]

[Moray] Did they follow you?

I don't know.

Okay.

Then I guess I'm going

to Fiddler's Green.

[Darryl] Wait!

No.

Didn't you hear

what I just said?

Yes, I did, and I believe you,

Darryl, but I need answers.

I need answers. I need my phone.

I need my car keys.

Darryl, it's not safe

for you to be here alone.

Why don't you come with me and

we can confront them together?

No.

-No, I won't.

-Please come.

Don't touch me.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

When I saw that--

that face...

Whatever you wanna call it.

I heard it.

And I think the others did, too.

I'm still me now, I think.

But yesterday

at Fiddler's Green,

hearing it...

it entered me.

It filled my body.

And now it's fading away.

Did I...

Do you think that's

what happens when-- when we...

just...

Poof.

I have to go get my keys.

And I have to get out of here.

Please come with me

when I get back.

[tense instrumental]







[distant footsteps]

[door creaking]

[distant clattering]

[clattering continues]

[drawers opening]

-[loud thud]

-[gasps quietly]

[distant music playing]

[distant music continues]

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

And wait 'til

the day goes by

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by

-[record scratching]

-[distant clattering]

[distant footsteps]

[Darryl] No, no.

No, please, please, please.

[loud clattering]

Don't-- don't hurt me.

Stop it.

Get off of me.

Get off of me!

-[loud clattering]

-Get off.

Help, somebody help, please!

Please, no!

Stop it, stop.

[loud clattering]

-Help!

-[heavy thud]

[exhales]

[quiet, tense instrumental]



[crickets chirping]

[animal screeching]

[instrumental intensifies]







[Darryl screaming]

[guitar strumming]

[screaming continues]

[Darryl whimpering]

[Darryl whimpering]

[whimpering continues]

[discordant strumming]

No!

No, don't.

[screaming]

[screaming]

Moray!

Moray!

Moray!

Moray, Moray, Moray!

-[shushing]

-No, no, I can't. Moray!

No, I can't.

-I can't!

-[strumming continues]

Are you just gonna sit there?

I'm right here, Moray.

-[shushing]

-I'm right here.

Please, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Moray, please help me.

Moray, I'm right here.

I'm right here. Help me.

Help me, please.

-[indistinct]

-No, I can't.

-If I stop, I'll hear it.

-Hear what?

They made me drink it.

They made me drink it, Moray.

They put this guitar in my hand.

No, Moray, Moray, please.

No, I'll hear it.

I'll hear it, Moray.

No, no.

-Stop--

-No!

I'll hear it,

I'll hear it, I'll--

Let's go.

Daryl, come on, we have to go.

We have to go.

No, it's too late.

It's too late.

[Moray] No, it's not.

It's not too late.

[Darryl] Where are they?

Where are they?

-[Moray] I don't know.

-[Darryl] It's too late.

[tense instrumental]

[whistling]

[Moray] We're getting

out of here.

We gotta get out of here.

[whistling continues]



[gasps]

[grunting]

[Moray] No...

Stop. Stop, Daryl.

Daryl, stop. It's me.

Look at me.

It's Moray.

Please, Daryl.

Stop.

Don't do it.

No. Don't do it.

[panting]

No, Daryl.

Please don't. Please don't.

Please don't.

Stop.

Stop.

[spluttering] Stop.

[coughing]

[gulping]

[music crescendos]

-[music cuts out]

-[muted sound]

-[breathing heavily]

-[heart beating]

[breathing heavily]

[heart beating]

[music grows louder]

Shadowed things I put away

Save them for a rainy day

We've got grown up

things to say and do

[indistinct]

And I will be there too

Tell you ghost stories

aren't true

-And I--

-[sharp exhale]

[wind whooshing]

[faint, eerie instrumental]

[door opening]

[quiet, tense instrumental]

[heart beating slowly]

[heartbeat growing louder]



[distorted heartbeat]





[papers rustling]

[fire crackling]



[music grows louder]



[flames crackling]





[distorted rumbling]

[music fades]

[sinister instrumental]

[body thudding]

[trees creaking, groaning]





[music crescendos]

[music fades]

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by

'Twas on a summer's evening

I walked a forest through

When suddenly I heard it,

a soft and sweet cuckoo

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-The sun is still

in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-Until the day goes by

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-'Twas on a summer's

evening

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-I walked the forest

through

-Go back into your bed...

-When suddenly I heard it

-Until the day goes by

-A soft and sweet cuckoo

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-The sun is still

in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by

-'Twas on a summer's...

-Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon

You're out too soon

-The sun is still

in the sky

-I walked the forest

through

When suddenly I heard it

-A soft and sweet cuckoo

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

[all] Cuckoo, cuckoo

Cuckoo, cuckoo

Cuckoo

[Moray] Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuckoo

[moody instrumental]

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-The sun is still

in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

-Cuckoo, cuckoo

-Until the day goes by

Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon,

you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back into your bed

and cover up your head

Until the day goes by