This is a very rough draft of the story in it’s current form. Since the final piece will be audio the way the draft is setup each line is a different person talking, unless there is a sentence that is multiple lines. I will post another version that is cleaned up and more clear, but like I said before this is a rough draft.

jane! jane! where are you?

over here!

where are the others?

i dont know! i was running and i couldnt hear their voices anymore!

running?    are you sure?

i dont know, it felt like running…but yeah i get it, no legs, its hard to get used to not having a body…

its just me and you jane, we are the only ones still here

what does that mean?

well, ive always been here, i have a physical form and a spiritual form. i live in both places simultaneously. next time you see me i will still be here waiting for you, but i’ll also be in the physical, trying to help in any way i can.

will i remember you?

…you have to go jane, you cant stay here any longer, the other souls need you alive as soon as possible and so do i.

okay, i hope i see you again soon

goodbye jane

i just feel so blaahhhh like all the time

what do you mean “blaahhhh”?

i dont know, i mean like what is life all about, like why am i here am i just supposed to pine away making money so i can spend it, eating food just to shit it out trying to help people just for them to shun me

now, jane, i find it interesting that you said that last thing, because in the four months that we’ve been having these sessions you rarely talk about other people

i dont know, i dont really talk TO other people

thats the thing though jane, you do! you do talk to people! but not friends or coworkers, its always people you find sleeping on the street or people coming into your work with terminal illnesses. youre a very compassionate person jane, in fact i think you’re the most caring person i know, and i think the lack of reciprocation you receive from others has something to do with, if not being the cause of your depression. every time you come in, the first thing we talk about is always a tragic story thats tearing you up inside…these arent your problems jane, but you care so much

is that a bad thing?

no! not at all! its wonderful! especially since civil war 2, america needs more people like you

thanks john, you really are the best therapist

oh come on im just doin my job, see ya next week!

ok, see you th-

 

where am i? hello? is anybody there?

hello! i can hear you! are you lost?

yes! i dont know where i am!

keep talking and so will i and just walk towards my voice

okay! whats your name?

tom! whats yours?

jane! where are we?

wow! so you really have no idea where you are?

no i dont but i would like to!

youre in the amazon jane! the rainforest! dont really know how you get here by accident

yeah, me neither

ah so you are real, i was beginning to think my mind was playing tricks on me, actually im still not sure your really real, but ill play along

if you think i’m a hallucination then why are you helping me?

well i cant take the chance that there really is someone wandering around lost in the amazon, so i might look like an idiot when we get back but thats okay

well thanks tom, its really nice to meet you, and i definitely owe you one

okay well, if you are real, you can start by telling me why youre really a days hike into thick rainforest

im sorry, honestly i really just dont know. one minute i was leaving my therapist in new york and the next i woke up in the jungle

well you dont strike me as a liar, but my better judgement tells me you obviously are… no matter though, we need to get you back to town

thank you so much, i promise ill repay you anyway i-

dont worry about it, you probably arent even real

thank you tom, youre the nicest stranger ive ever met

no problem, but if you can, we better get moving, like i said, its a day back to town and even though we should have plenty provisions, we dont have time to waste, theres plenty of parasites out here and i wouldnt want my hallucination getting sick before i can get you checked out in town

yeah im definitely ready to leave whenever you are

okay well, if you really are tangible, then youre gonna get soaked, so throw on this poncho and lets go

why do i need this? it’s not even raining

it will be, they call it the rainforest for a reason hahaha

oh i gotcha, sorry! its hard to remember where i am, i was just in new york!

alright then, whatever you say

so neither of us knows why im out here, but why are YOU out here mister hallucinations?

this is one of my favorite things to do, i mostly just come out here to think,get away from everything, you know, become one with nature, merge with the spirit of the forest, ive learned a lot about myself out here

wow, i like that, you come out here all alone though?

yeah well, as you can probably tell by my skin color and accent im from the states originally, i never knew my parents though, i was actually found in a forest as a baby and taken in by two avid hikers, the other kids always used to say i was raised by wolves haha but jamie and mike were wonderful parents, we always used to take long hikes together, frequently into the forest where i was found, but they went missing when i was 19, and i used my inheritance to move to south america and now i teach english during the week and hike the biggest forest i could think of on the weekends

I didnt know my real parents either, I was found on the bank of the hudson river as a baby

woooow, that’s weird. ive never met anyone else who grew up like i did

yeah…me neither i was taken in by a nurse, which is probably why i work in a hospital, i just cant stand to see people hurting and do nothing about it

that’s admirable, your mother sounds like a wonderful woman

father actually…haha

oh! im so sorry i shouldnt have-

its okay, people hear nurse and they automatically think woman, i understand

well what do you do at the hospital?

im a nurse too

wow!  take after dad huh?

yeah i guess, we have different motivations though

what do you mean?

i bacame a nurse so that i coud help people who need it…i honestly couldnt tell you why my dad became a nurse

well maybe it was the same reason as you, he just doesnt show it as much

i guess you could be right

so if the goal is to help people, why didnt you become a doctor?

im actually in school to bocme a doctor right now, well i mean not right now but if i were home i would be, probably, maybe not, what day is it…is it still saturday?

yes it’s saturday hahaha apparently you just teleported across the world, not through time

ok good…but anyway, i wanted to be a surgeon but i just cant deal with the blood and guts and all that ewwwwwww it just freaks me out, damn i wish i could, then i could actually really actually fix people, but i feel like doctor was meant to be

thats amazing! becoming a doctor isnt settling! youll still help people, youll still be important! I wish i was as noble

well what do you do?

i teach english at a local school

oh so youre like a grammar nazi, i hope i havent been using bad grammar haha

its actually “poor” grammar by the way, but im not that kind of english teacher, i teach people the english language

oh i get it! i dont know, i guess I somehow forgot that we are in south america

its understandable, since i guess you just got here haha

its raining pretty hard tom

yeah, and its getting dark,we should make camp and pick back up in the morning, sound good to you?

well yeah, you’re in your element here, im not gonna question you

okay help me get this tent out of my bag

this IS an autotent right?

with triple reinforced fabristeal!

okay good cuz i dont know if i would be okay setting up a tent by hand, and i sure as hell wouldnt be okay with being eaten in the middle of the night by a monglosloth

dont worry, this tent has been rated to withstand the attack of of a full grown 20 ft tall mongosloth

okay good

(sound of tent falling to ground, button is pressed, tent opens up)

wow! this is the biggest autotent ive ever seen! its like a mansion! how can you afford this?

well, the teaching job is really just way for me to have steady cashflow while i learn the ins and outs of investing my inheritance from my parents…and every once in a while i splurge a little bit, get myself something nice

im sorry to hear about your parents, but forgive me, i know we just met, and you dont have to answer if you dont want to, i know im being rude, im just very curious-

twenty clid

what?

werent you going to ask me how much my parents left to me?

well…yeah

yeah, i dont mind, they left me 20 cad

WHAT?! you could buy a whole astro-colony for that!

i know, thats why i moved here, i figured it would be better for me to live a simple life and try to multiply my money for my children than to blow through all of it and wind up broke and materialistic

i wish i had your foresight, i wouldnt have even thought of that, i would be the type to just spend and spend, thinking it was going to last forever

(echoing) how many rooms are in this thing?

15, not counting bathrooms and de-radiation chambers

so does that mean i get my own room tonight?

well of course, i wont be inviting you into my bed just yet, we’ve only just been introduced

well i think i’ll sleep wherever you do anyway

…uh really?

yup! this place is big and outside is dangerous and companionship is crucial in disorienting situations…and i did just teleport to a different continent

well yeah, but they’re connected

im sleeping with you tonight tom, theres nothing you can say about it

okay i guess thats alright

well it may seem fine out here for a seasoned explorer such as yourself, but even though i know nothing is getting in here its still terrifying to think of a monglosloth attacking the tent during the night and me being alone in a room…alone

okay fine, i get it i was just kidding the whole time anyway

BULLSHIT you’re scared im going to try to seduce you

whoa whoa whoa…okay maybe. but look at how you’re acting! you’re calling to my loins like a lage in heat

…

sorry was that weird to say, i understand if now you want your own room tonight

weird, but interesting, you’re not getting rid of me thomas!

actually it’s just tom

reeeally? how odd. well tom, let’s hit the hay as they used to say

i agree, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow

(sound of, walking, pulling back covers, jane jumping into bed and yelling “woo!”)

you comfy?

yes tom, im very comfy. lets get some slee-

 

where are you jane?!

im right here beside you, but i cant see anything

me neither, but we definitely arent still in the bed… this feels cold and hard, like concrete.

did it happen again?

did what happen again?

how do you feel tom?

like i got hit by a bus, two trains and an angry five year old that got ahold of a thrust cannon

thats how i felt right after i woke up in the forest… i think it happened again

so where are we now?

i have no idea, do you have a flashlight?

i did…in the tent, which im guessing is very far away at this point judging by how far you traveled last time this happened

you have a point, i think we are probably indoors though so thats a good thing…i guess…

yes, but inside where is the part that bothers me. (flashbulb sound) ahhh! the light is so bright! but i can see now! looks like we are in a fire station

(voice from far away)

WHO IS THAT, WHO IS IN HERE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT

(whispered)let me handle this.  umm, hi, i-

how did you get in here?! who are you?!?!

uhh… well, im tom, and this is jane…

how the hell did you get in here “TOM” and “JANE”????

well, honestly i couldnt tell you…

wait did you guys just wake up here?

yeah, actually thats exactly what happened, i really have no idea how-

save it, i believe you. ZANE, GET IN HERE!

who’s zane?

dont worry, me and him, got here exactly the same way you did about a year ago

what is it? who the f*** are these guys?

they just woke up here…sound familiar?

HOLY S*** by the (unintelligible guttural noise) of sephal its so good to meet someone else that this is happening to! where did you guys come from?!

well, we came from the amazon rainforest actually…

(whispered) hey!

you can talk, they seem friendly

well before i was in the forest i was in the middle of new york city and the same thing happened to me there!

wow! well im zane, and this is ashleigh and were really excited to meet you guys! damn oh damn this is exhilirating!

umm okay zane ashleigh, i dont mean to be rude but jane and i have no idea whats going on here… and you guys seem to have it mostly figured out, so would you mind filling us in?

END PART 01