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FADE IN: (DREAM FLASHBACK)

INT. ALIEN SPACESHIP - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) 

Someone is looking up at a spaceship interior with groggy vision. An alien pops it's head into frame. Another alien follows, says something in a foreign language, and then everything goes dark. 

END DREAM FLASHBACK. 

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INT. ISH'S ROOM - MORNING 

ISH wakes up groggily from her dream and sighs as yet another morning starts. 

ISH
I'll prove it was real. 

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INT. ISH'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS 

Ish rolls out of bed and groans. 

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EXT. SCHOOL - DAY 

The sun shines down on a school building. The voices of students can be heard as the bell rings. 

TEACHER
Settle down class, settle down. 

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INT. CLASSROOM - MOMENTS LATER 

Ish is sitting at her desk, bored and playing with her pen while the teacher is talking.

TEACHER
Alrighty, so today we have a new student
joining us. She's just moved down here
from the Northern Territory, so lets make
her feel nice and welcome. 

Ish is drawing in her notebook as the door of the classroom opens. 

TEACHER (CONT'D)
Come on in and introduce yourself. 

Ish looks up from her notebook and drops her pen, stunned as she sees her new classmate walking in. She gasps. 

ISH (V.O.)
Oh. My. God.

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INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS 

A tall, purple girl is standing next to the teacher, dressed in the school uniform and looking around nervously. 

EBEN
H-Hi... My name's Eben... 

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INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS 

Ish is wide eyed, staring at EBEN. Nobody else in the class is as shocked at all, only Ish as she thinks; her new classmate was definitely an alien. 

ISH (V.O.)
SHE'S AN ALIEN!! SHE'S ABSOLUTELY AN ALIEN!!
Is nobody else seeing this? 

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INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS 

Eben notices Ish staring and starts to blush as she looks away.

TEACHER
There's a spare seat up back next to Ish,
why don't you sit down next to her and get
settled in? 

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INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS 

Ish keeps staring at Eben. 

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INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS 

EBEN
O-okay... 

Eben nervously makes her way over to the back of the class and seats herself down next to Ish. As Ish keeps staring, Eben sinks into her chair, blushing as she wishes she could disappear. 

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INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
Chi begins to cry. 

CHI:
Why... 

DIALOGUE BOX:
STEP SEVEN: CRY. 

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INT. BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Chi is sitting down, playing on her DS. 

DIALOGUE BOX:
STEP EIGHT. TAKE ANOTHER BREAK. 

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INT. IMAGINATION - MOMENTS LATER
FOUR HOURS LATER appears on screen. 

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INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
Chi is making a to-do list. 

DIALOGUE BOX:
STEP NINE. MAKE A TO-DO LIST TO EVOKE A
SENSE OF PRODUCTIVITY. 

Chi looks at her list proudly. 

CHI:
Wow! I did so much... Maybe I'll have some
tea... 

As Chi goes to get up, something catches her eye. 

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INT. BEDROOM (COMPUTER SCREEN) - CONTINUOUS
The time stamp on the computer reads "DATE: TODAY". 

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INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
Chi looks at her planner. It reads "ASSIGNMENT DUE: TOMORROW". Panic washes over Chi's face.

DIALOGUE BOX:
STEP TEN: PANIC. 

CHI:
Fuck.