Sincro: F.B Cavalcante
Hey! Whoo-hoo.
Can you see her yet?
I said, can you see her yet?
Not if you keep jogging my arm, dear, 'course I can't.
Bunny, can I have them?
Bunny, please, let me have a look.
Fat chance we have anyhow,
with those wretched people shouting their damn mouths off in our bay.
It's not our bay...
and they've just as much right to be here as we have.
Tourists.
We're tourists too, dear.
Jumping Jehoshaphat!
I see her.
Bunny, let me see.
She's skimming the waves like a knife through butter.
Oh, Bunny, please.
Bunny please let me look.
Thank you... Thank you.
I can't see anything.
Well, focus then, woman, focus.
Ah, she's gone.
Back to the seabed.
Probably frightened off by the tourists.
Just think of it.
A real live mermaid.
The wretched thing's made of plastic.
It was put there by the Tourist Board for idiots like them.
Bernard...
A few minutes ago you were just as excited as I was.
-Rubbish. -Oh, Bunny.
Mark?
You lied to me.
You said there'd be no more sulking around...
No more...
Contemplation.
Who said I was contemplating?
That's what it looks like from here.
I'm...
Snoozing.
It's an entirely different activity.
Snoozing?
What am I supposed to do?
Pull up a deckchair?
Great.
Mustn't forget you, must we?
There you are, my sweetheart.
Big may be beautiful...
But small is Mummy's darling.
Good news, Charlotte. I've nearly finished.
-Oh, Bunny dear. -See, all I have to do is
wipe out the excess vegetation on the
eastern rise here, and there we have it.
Perfect site for a city.
And a city to end all cities at that.
I shall go down in history.
They'll name it in my honour, naturally.
Then perhaps they'll hand over the whole planetary development to me.
I'm sure they will, dear.
Yes, everything's fortuitous, you see, Charlotte.
A good man can even see profit in his own
surroundings when he's down.
They probably saw that all along, already.
Old Darton'll make use of it, they thought.
It's fortuitous, Charlotte. Fortuitous.
Yes, dear.
Darton City!
Has a ring to it.
Yes, dear.
Oh look, Bunny, aren't they lovely?
If you spent less time faffing about with those ridiculous flowers
and more time irrigating the patch and working in the solar dome,
as we're supposed to...
Our output might at least equal our input.
-We are supposed to be on holiday. -Holiday?
And don't call me Bunny.
What was that?
What?
I thought I heard something.
Oh, it's those damned apes, I expect.
The forcefield will keep them out,
and if it doesn't they'll soon get my gun where it hurts.
Bunny!
No! No!
What? Back!
Hey. Hey!
Are you all right?
Go back!
It's all right?
Look...
There's no one here.
Are you all right?
Yes...
You're not hurt?
-No. -Can I get you a doctor?
Do you need help?
Do you live near here?
Cabin.
Can you walk?
Okay, lean on me.
Bunny?
What are you doing?
I, Charlotte, am going hunting.
Hunting.
My dear, you've never even been fishing.
I am...
If Bernard Darton decides to go out and shoot a reindeer for his supper,
then sure as hell he'll come back with one on his shoulders,
and a large meaty one at that.
Oh, Bunny, wouldn't you rather have a nice bowl of vege-qwik?
Now I've got your favourite flavour in the larder.
See, this holiday is a challenge,
Charlotte, and I intend to face it.
We've got to brave the wild,
harness the powers of nature, conquer the dangers.
I've no intention to go...
Scuttling off to my plastic food packets when
there's the blood of the hunt in my nostrils.
Bunny..
Don't you think you're a little old for all this?
Old!?
I've a good mind to go shoot down one of those damn tourists.
Their heads on a pole would soon frighten off our ape chum.
Don't be so horrid.
Yes.
I will be back at sunset. Get the spit ready.
We'll have a meal to remember for the rest of our lives.
Tally ho!
Spit?
Thank you.
No, we're students.
Were students.
We just graduated.
Seemed like a nice idea, you know...
A year off in paradise.
Paradise?
Didn't you read the brochures?
No, we...
We came here by accident.
Some accident.
A planet completely unspoiled by civilisation.
Mark wrote that.
It was one of his work assignments.
You know, publicity.
Majus 17...
Your chance to rub shoulders with nature the way you were intended to.
The simple but entirely functional construction home with
a dead life for life compatibility with the surroundings.
You can spend up to a year living amongst the primitive but friendly wildlife,
and enjoy at your leisure the magnificent
natural sights that Majus 17 has to offer.
Paradise.
It was Mark's idea.
He wanted to come and see whether the real thing lived up to the publicity.
I just came to make up the numbers.
And now look what's happened.
-Are you sure -Yes.
He's dead.
And this is no paradise.
Just that little bit closer...
And...
Damnation.
You get out of the way, you stupid witch.
-Be gone, demon. -Idiot!
You're in my line of fire!
Be gone.
Death to you.
What are you doing?
Trying to find the time of the next flight out of here.
I'm going to have to get in contact with Mark's parents as soon as I can
and I can't do it from here.
-Why not? -No radios.
We really are cut off in paradise.
We weren't even supposed to have this,
but Mark and I said we were doing some research into the fauna.
That's odd.
-What? -No flights.
There should have been at least one this week.
This week?
They're few and far between.
I wonder if I can use this to tap into the
computer systems at the spaceport.
-You mean there's a spaceport here? -Majus Central.
It's not far.
Didn't you make planetfall there?
No. Look...
-Is it big, this spaceport? -Huge.
Nic.
Look...
I left a friend on the beach.
I just really think I should be getting back to him.
He doesn't know what's going on here.
-I don't believe this. -What?
According to this...
The spaceport's not there any more.
It's gone.
-How far is it, exactly? -Not far.
Hold on a minute.
Oh look...
I've seen one like this before,
but not quite the same colour.
Let's get out of here.
Oh damnation, I missed them.
You shot him!
What?
-You shot him! -Sorry...
You came back!
I'll tell you when to move.
Apologised, haven't I?
Oh, I must have dozed off again.
I feel very hot.
I was dreaming.
Here, drink this.
Good brew.
A natural remedy...
To calm the flames in your eyes.
Flames?
Oh dear.
Thought all that was under control.
Don't worry now.
Lie back...
Relax.
Who are you?
You on holiday too?
Keep back, keep back.
Oh my, what's happened?
An accident.
He got in the way.
I apologised.
I told you you shouldn't go hunting.
-I knew something like this would happen. -Shut up, woman.
-I do what I damn well please. -Oh please stop arguing and help me.
Oh dear, he's bleeding.
Well, of course he's bleeding.
Who are...
Who are those damn students?
Little upstarts.
They take your job away from you...
And then get in your line of fire...
And start blaming you for every...
Damn thing that goes wrong.
I'll show 'em what's what.
Watch the water.
Let the current ease your pain.
Let its purity wash away the shadows.
Douse the flames.
I don't think I've been anywhere quite so...
Calm.
I'm very impressed.
There...
That should help.
Bandages aren't enough.
I'm afraid we haven't got anything else.
You mean you came here without proper medical supplies?
Well, it's in the rules, you know.
The rules?
The rules of the game.
The excitement of primitive life.
Coping with an injury on an alien planet the way we were born to.
None of your easy way out high-tech nonsense here.
-It's back to basics. -You mean killing people?
Bunny dear, I don't think this sort of thing was supposed to happen.
It has, Charlotte. It has.
And we are not going to give into them.
No running back with our tail between our legs for us.
No, they'll see what solid stuff the Dartonsare made of.
Tell me.
-Those scars? -Take care.
We do not like to be reminded of our deformity.
Deformity?
Nonsense.
Nothing a little medication and healthy living won't cure.
Fresh fruit.
I don't understand you.
Besides, beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that, hmm?
Oops.
I must have got up too quickly.
-Lie down. -Yes.
Yes.
You are...
The first.
Yes, I usually am.
I've never known a mind like yours.
Thank you.
And such...
Beauty.
I beg your pardon?
I've got a friend out there.
He might be able to help.
Really? Is he a doctor?
No, but he's got more experience of this kind of thing than I have.
Will your husband let me go?
Ah, well...
I don't know about that.
He's a bit upset.
I think he feels guilty about shooting your friend.
He, oh, he's been under a lot of strain recently.
That's why he was sent here, actually.
Sent? By whom?
The Qwikelm Corporation.
Oh, he designed...
Bungalows, and streets...
and all sorts of things for them...
And then he was declared redundant.
Charlotte!
Oh, coming dear. Won't be a moment.
Look, is there any way we can contact anyone without leaving the chalet?
Ah, well, no. They don't allow video links...
-Because it's -Oh, don't tell me it's against the rules.
We've got to do something.
Charlotte, come outside.
All right, dear.
I managed to smuggle...
A few medi-tabs through customs,
because you never know when they might come in handy.
Give a couple to your friend.
Charlotte!
Coming, dear.
They might help.
Yes, Bunny?
What are you doing?
I am locking the enemy spies up.
-Spies? -Yes, Charlotte, spies.
Sent by a rival company to force my plans out into the open.
Dear, you do know that is nonsense.
Don't look so worried, Charlotte.
We are winning. I've got the upper hand.
Have you never been in love?
Oh, er, not really, no.
Never really had time for it.
I'm a wanderer, explorer.
Far too much to see and experience to waste time being in...
-In love. -Quite.
-Yet I sense a loneliness. -Oh, nonsense.
You've lost so many.
People come and go.
The shifting sands in your head.
Oh, elusive, am I?
You're running away from something.
Usually, yes.
Past mistakes.
A decision.
The tangled web of cause and effect.
You ran away because you didn't want to
face the consequences of your actions.
Yet I sense longing...
A yearning for something that is stronger than your pride
stronger than your sense of guilt...
stronger than your sense of justice.
You do?
Oh yes.
I sense a need for peace.
For a silence that you can only find here.
A silence that only I can offer you.
This is a world of peace.
Join me.
Bunny!
Bunny, what are you doing?
Unnecessary plant life.
I don't need damn weeds.
They're no weeds, they're my flowers.
-This is our fortress now. -Bunny.
Now we've got to tidy the place up.
You never know when it's time for inspection.
-Bunny, please. -This is war.
Stop it.
Them versus us.
Versus us?
Bother the rules.
Look, you've got to go and get help.
This way, out the back.
You see, I don't think my husband can cope with this alone.
-That friend of yours, will he help? -Yes, of course.
Fine.
Look, go this way.
The forcefield is neutral from this side,
so go straight on and it shouldn't take you long.
-Yes, but will you be all right now? -Yes, I'll be all right.
And don't worry about your friend. I'll look after him.
-Okay. -Quickly now.
Quietly.
All ship-shape now.
Right, interrogation time.
Where's the girl?
Bunny, you've been overworking recently.
Now you know what the doctor said about overdoing it.
Where is she?
Bunny, please, please.
I let her go.
Well, she's gone to get help. She only wants to help you.
Stupid.
You're stupid!
You stupid, stupid woman.
Bunny.
Oh, Bunny.
Sorry.
I can't stay.
Can't?
I have a duty.
Duty?
To others, halfway across galaxy. Friends, allies.
No one would miss you.
That's not true.
No?
I can't stay.
Besides, I have work to do...
Mistakes to rectify. You said so yourself.
I can't stay.
-You refuse? -Absolutely.
I'm sorry.
You refuse...
To share this with me?
-It's very nice, but... -You refuse!
I really must be leaving.
Stay!
Cogito ergo est. Very impressive.
Stay.
You don't give me much choice.
Cosmic angst?
Happens to us all.
Friend of mine had chronic arthritis in his legs, all sixteen of them.
Your babbling is beginning to irritate me.
That's the trouble when you let someone in.
You've got to take the bad along with the good.
Now, I babble all the time.
Especially when I'm bored.
There's nothing like a little trivial
babbling to while away a few hours or so.
You should try it.
Communion.
Must have communion.
Try an apple a day.
Get out of my way!
Oh, that's better.
Some air...
Freshens this place up.
Blows the cobwebs away.
Communion.
Communion, my friend.
Strength of vision.
See through my eyes.
Very... impressive.
Who's the gardener, Capability Green?
The water flows in all things.
Like blood, only.
All things breathe.
Live as we live...
Touch...
-Feel. -Until.
Disturbed.
-Straight and narrow lines. -Destroyed.
Unnatural.
Unwanted.
Voice unheeded.
My pain.
Pain?
-Who is this? -My friend.
I sense
She's frightened...
In pain.
I must go to her.
No.
No!
A kind of very closed circuit TV.
You'd make a fortune in Blackpool.
Do you...
Love her?
Who?
That creature.
If you can love her...
Then you can love me.
I don't actually love her.
-Well, I do in a way. -You do!
Now just a moment.
Life isn't black and white, you know.
You don't either love or hate.
Emotions aren't that simple.
Life isn't that straight-forward.
It's a kind of murky grey normally.
Grey and full of...
Unpleasantly indiscriminate
and unpredictable little complicated bits.
Suspicions, jealousies...
Questionable loyalties...
Greed, lies, trivialities
You cannot blind me with words.
My dear young lady, in order to be blinded,
you must first have been given the gift of sight.
-Evidently from your remarkable naīveté -Death to her!
Die!
Linked to a handy weather control, are we?
Look through my eyes if you dare to see the one you love destroyed.
Stop it.
Stop it now!
Help!
For God's sake help me!
See her squirm.
See her die!
You're behaving like a jealous child.
Affection isn't a toy you can pass from one
person to another like, like, like a doll!
It grows... It develops.
You won't win my affection by killing my friends.
I thought you were going to shoot me.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Do you think I'm going to waste an opportunity like this?
You're going to be my hostage, girlie.
My prize.
When those self-opinionated fools
see their spy trussed up like a turkey...
They'll think again, girlie. They'll think again.
Now, move yourself.
Come on, move.
What was that?
Oh, it's the forcefield.
Something's happened to the forcefield.
It's the only thing that keeps the animals out.
Those creatures.
Now they can get it.
Forcefields...
Waste disposal units...
Carpets, cars, roads...
Motor boats, spaceports.
It's hardly what you'd call rubbing shoulders with nature, is it?
Will you be quiet?
You're being taken for a ride.
This place is about as natural as a nuclear warhead.
I suppose then next thing you're going to be telling me is the spaceport
is painted a nice natural shade of green to blend in with the plant life.
Pity these birds are imported.
You think I haven't heard all this pseudo-political nonsense before...
Man in my position?
It's high time you weak-willed students had
to learn to use the world around you...
Instead of gawping at it through rose-tinted spectacles.
Student?
I'm sorry, I thought I was supposed to be a spy.
So, what's happened to your back to the basics stuff?
That was just a game, you fool.
This is the real thing.
The spaceport was definitely here!
Well, it's not here now, is it?
Quiet. Let me think.
Of course, that's it. It's another plot ...
To prevent me from reporting back to the Company on their operations.
The lengths they go to, it's astounding.
They?
Who are they?
Are you a complete idiot?
Haven't you seen them? The apes, of course.
What are you talking about?
The rival Company.
Hiding in the bushes, spying on my every move.
The enemy.
Ready to leak my slightest change of plan to those...
Parasites in charge.
You're crazy.
It is a clever disguise, I admit, but they haven't outwitted me.
I'll be ready for them this time.
And I am going to strike, and strike...
Hard.
Jealousy.
Greed.
Irritation.
Regret.
There's so much suffering and confusion in your minds.
Is that the way you destroy it?
Maybe.
It's often the most uncomplicated
minds that are at peace with the world.
And themselves.
When I was given this form...
I had no idea of the burden.
Given this?
Surely you don't think you're a Messiah?
Messiah?
Gods and goddesses walking on the earth in human form.
Oh no.
I should think not.
Takes more than a few party tricks to be a god.
I should know.
I'm more than a god of this world.
I am this world.
Oh Bernard, thank goodness.
Thank goodness.
You, come out now.
Oh Bunny, did you get hurt?
Are we going home?
Oh, stop bleating, Charlotte, and come out now.
-What's wrong with him? -He's unhinged.
Bunny.
Thought you could cross enemy lines, did you?
You, pick up your comrade.
We're taking it to your leader.
What leader?
The woman in the caves, of course.
Oh Bunny...
Let's stop all this right now and go home.
Please.
You need help.
Help!
Medical help.
I'm in no position to judge what lead to these...
Delusions...
But I don't just think you're scarred on the outside.
There's something inside that's hurt.
Something...
Quite beautiful in its own way.
Beautiful?
This place could be the cause of your pain.
Let me take you somewhere where you can recover...
In time.
You need never be lonely again.
Oh please... stay!
I can't.
You can come with me.
Then you leave me
No choice.
All things are connected, my friend.
The world is my mirror...
Is me.
Look around you.
You see only me.
My blood...
My body.
And as my body dies...
So shall it.
No!
All things must come to an end.
Your people have died for love before.
But not for me.
Please...
I can help you.
Nobody move.
Think I didn't see through the disguise?
Think I didn't realise?
You're dealing with first-class management material here.
I saw through the soul's disguise and I can see through yours.
Take her the body, lad.
Move it!
Stay back, please.
Show her the body or I'll blow her head off.
What do you say to that, woman?
Rest, my friend.
I felt your pain as you felt mine.
Rest.
Right...
I want a signed confession from you all.
Charlotte!
Paper, pens. I want everything down in writing.
If you refuse to cooperate, then I'll shoot.
Go ahead, demon.
-Shoot me. -What?
Show your strength.
Shoot me!
Or are you a coward?
Coward?
No, no, you're wrong.
Goodbye, my friend.
No!
She was the enemy leader.
What are you going to do now...
Slaughter us all?
Bunny, put the gun down.
I don't believe it.
She was telling the truth.
What's going on?
The planet... It's dying.
Bunny?
-We've got to get away. -Bunny?
We've got to get away from here.
Come on!
Oh, Bunny.
Help him.
Bunny!
Come on.
Oh no, I'm staying.
Listen, can you hear me?
Listen.
It's me.
It doesn't have to be like this.
You don't have to die.
All things must come to an end.
I don't want you to die!
It was only a silly job.
Job's not everything, you know.
Come on!
Oh, leave me alone.
Let me stay. I have to stay!
She's dead. There's nothing you can do.
-No! -Come on!
It's my fault!
This is all...
My fault!
Oh, Bunny.
Was it worth it?
You mean...
She was some kind of antibody...
Created by the planet?
To prevent disease?
And we were that disease.
The only way the planet could come to terms
with the creatures that were trying to destroy it...
Was to create copies of them.
That body.
The apes?
You mean the planet created them as well?
Only she was...
Incomplete.
Too simple, in a way.
And I mistook that simplicity for madness.
Thank you for bringing me home.
It's okay.
Will he be all right?
Where will you go now?
Somewhere else.