"THE UNDERGROUND"

          

          'CODE NAME: EVOLVE' SCRIPT, PERG 1#

                              WRITTEN & DESIGNED BY:
                    JACOB JONES

                              CREATED BY:
                    IAN MOGER BRUN:

                              ORIGINAL SCRIPT BY:
                    IAN MOGER BRUN

                              EDITED BY:
                    IAN MORGAN BRUN

          DATE OF START:

                              (REDO - WRITE)

          (SUN.) 09/02/2014 @ 01:07 PM (<C)

          PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INTERACT/ 'PLAY THE GAME' UNTIL
          TIMES THAT ARE MARKED SO.

                                                         FADE IN:

          TITLE CARD:

                              "THE UNDERGROUND"

          CHAPTER 1: WHERE AM I?
          INT. cave

                              DANIEL
                    *Argh* *Cough x2* Where...  where
                    am I? What happened..?

          FADE OUT:

          Daniel rolls on his back, says the above and blacks out.  We
          then see the following that is below.

                                                         FADE IN:
          EXT. TOWN - NIGHT

          CUTSCENE - A VIEWPOINT CAMERA

          We see a little town, people doing everyday stuff like
          shopping. Two military trucks arrive and two officers come
          out, they seem like they have something to hide as one of
          the officers had hit the civilian without any thought to it
          whatsoever.

                              OFFICER #1
                    Everyone listen up! We are here to
                    get you to safety, get in the
                    trucks and use as little space as
                    possible so everyone can get a
                    chance to follow us to safety.

                              CIVILIAN
                    What is going on? Why do we have to
                    leave?

                              OFFICER #1
                         (calm, but changes to
                         intolerant)
                    We got orders to evacu--,  listen
                    we got to get the fuck out of here
                    and take everyone to safety NOW!

                              CIVILIAN
                    But...?

          Officer #2 hits the innocent civilian as she questions him.

                              OFFICER #1
                    GET IN THE FUCKING TRUCK, WE'RE NOT
                    HERE TO WAIT FOR THE SUN TO RISE!

                              TRUCK DRIVER 1#
                    WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR
                    BACK THERE? GET IN THE TRUCK!

                                                          CUT TO:

          CUTSCENE - A VIEWPOINT CAMERA

          We see a house not so far away (camera goes closer to the
          house and goes through a window in the 2nd floor, through a
          door and continues downstairs). We see Daniel sitting in the
          kitchen eating breakfast. He suddenly looks up and walks to
          the window to see military trucks in the town. He is
          confused over what he saw and exits his house and starts
          running to the town. The camera follows him as he reaches
          the town the trucks start driving without him.

                              DANIEL
                         (worried)
                    What's going on?

          The ground starts shaking as Daniel worries about the
          situation.

                              DANIEL
                    Oh SHIT! An earthquake!

          The ground cracks up and Daniel falls into the ground.

                              DANIEL
                         (screaming)
                    AHHHHHH!

                                                     CUTSCENE END
          INT. CAVE - day - DARK LIGHTING

          Daniel gets up from the dirty ground, there is a light at
          the end of the cave.

                                                          CUT TO:
          CUTSCENE - CLOSE-UP - LOW ANGLE - STILL

          Daniel is in excruciating pain, we see the camera do a
          close-up of the wound.

                              DANIEL
                         (pain)
                    Ahh!  My leg, my leg!

                                                     CUTSCENE END

          THE PLAYER CAN NOW CONTROL DANIEL.

          As the player limps towards the light, it turns out to be a
          car that also fell down during the earthquake. The player
          should loot the car and find an empty book.

                              DANIEL
                    I can use this as a diary.

                              DANIEL
                         (puts it into the inventory)
                    Alright, now where do I go?

          A driven, but severely injured Daniel proceeds onwards to
          find a way out of the cave, a new UI element appears and
          guides the player towards the way out.

                              DANIEL
                    Keep on moving, Daniel, keep going.

                              DANIEL
                    Ignore the pain, it's all in my
                    head.

                                                          CUT TO:
          CUTSCENE - LONG SHOT - EYE LEVEL - HAND-HELD SHOT

                              DANIEL
                    Oooow!  Maybe it's not in my head,
                    jeez this really hurts.

                              DANIEL
                         (sits down)
                    I gotta rest for a minute.

          As Daniel sits down, he hears water dripping, this
          eventually gives Daniel the motivation to strive on, but
          blacks out again shortly after hearing the dripping noise.

                                                        FADE OUT:

          After 3 or 4 hours of unconsciousness, Daniel awakens,
          though the pain is still achingly noticeable, it has become
          more tolerable.

                                                     CUTSCENE END

          FADE IN:

          CUTSCENE - MEDIUM SHOT - EYE LEVEL - STILL

                              DANIEL
                         (gets up as he awakens)
                    Water must be quite close, I can
                    hear it; pretty thirsty.

          Daniel proceeds on to find the water, the player will have
          to find the water through their use of hearing, the UI will
          not assist them in this scenario.

                              DANIEL
                         (if player can't find the
                         water the first time, calm and
                         tolearant)
                    It must be near.

                              DANIEL
                         (if player can't find the
                         water the second time, mind is
                         getting the better of him)
                    I'm so thirsty.

                              DANIEL
                         (if player can't find the
                         water the third time, annoyed)
                    Drip, drip, drip, sheesh; like I
                    don't notice that!

                              DANIEL
                         (if player can't find the
                         water the fourth time, provide
                         hint)
                    Perhaps it was where I was before.

                              DANIEL
                         (5 seconds after the "hint"
                         line has been said)
                    Man, how could I have been so
                    stupid.

          The UI provides a hint, and gives the player the direction
          to go to after roughly 4 minutes of searching and if the
          condition hasn't been met.

                                                          CUT TO:

          CUTSCENCE - MEDIUM SHOT - LOW ANGLE - STILL

          Daniel slurps up the water like he hasn't drank in days:
          fast, full of rattle and for that one split second, he's
          happy.

                              DANIEL
                    Man oh man, did I need that.

                              DANIEL
                    Feel a lot better now though.

          The wound on his leg has healed, how peculiar, Daniel has
          not yet noticed this, Daniel is unsure of where he is going,
          he proceeds straight on.

                                                    CUTSCENE END 

          Daniel sees light, a very bright light in-fact, he heads
          towards the light.

                              DANIEL
                         (hopeful)
                    A light!  Yes!  A way out!

          Daniel is hopeful, he sees the light.  As he heads onto it
          up a steep, dark slope, the light doesn't seem to be coming
          closer.  How could this be?  It makes sense that by walking
          closer to something it comes closer, not in this case.

                              DANIEL
                    What the fuck?

          The paranormal essence of "The Underground" plays with his
          mind, the light doesn't come closer.

                              DANIEL
                         (as the player travels for one
                         minute or more)
                    This is nuts.

          Daniel hears a voice, an echoing voice that whispers out
          Daniel's name several times.  The player has the option to
          listen to the voice, or head back down the cave to find an
          alternate route.  The voice repeats itself several times.

                              VOICE
                         (reeling him in, attempting)
                    Daniel, oh Daniel, come here.  Come
                    to me, I have a surprise for you.

          Will the player listen, or will the player ignore?

                              VOICE
                         (reeling him in, attempting)
                    Daniel, oh Daniel, come here.  Come
                    to me, I have a surprise for you.

                              VOICE
                         (reeling him in, attempting)
                    Daniel, oh Daniel, come here.  Come
                    to me, I have a surprise for you.

                              VOICE
                         (reeling him in, attempting)
                    Daniel, oh Daniel, come here.  Come
                    to me, I have a surprise for you.

                              VOICE
                         (reeling him in, attempting)
                    Daniel, oh Daniel, come here.  Come
                    to me, I have a surprise for you.

          If the player goes back down and ignores the voice (or goes
          towards the voice), a different ending may occur, but,
          depending on what other actions the player will choose
          throughout the game, the ending still may be different.

                              DANIEL
                         (confused)
                    This is getting really weird now.

          As Daniel goes back down, the light dims until it is finally
          gone, the player is left wandering for 2-3 minutes until
          suddenly, a finger snap is heard, it repeats itself until
          the player gets close to it.

                              DANIEL
                    Snapping, snap, snap.

          As the player finally gets close to the snapping sound.  A
          final snap occurs with a man suddenly appearing with a light
          shining in his direction.  Daniel is unable to speak. 
          Griswald, a man with an old medieval torch and trenchcoat
          says some morose, frightening things to Daniel.  Daniel is
          in stasis and is unable to speak for the full duration of
          Griswald's monologue.

          THE PLAYER IS UNABLE TO CONTROL DANIEL.

                              GRISWALD:
                         (eerie)
                    Hello Daniel.  I am Griswald.  Oh,
                    what was that?  Speak up!  Yes, to
                    answer your question, you are going
                    to die in here, and you aren't
                    going to get out either.  I've been
                    here longer than you've been an
                    Oxygen stealer and, guess what, I'm
                    dead.  I'm trapped in here, and so
                    will you be. 

          Griswald disappears, however, Griswald's light stays. 
          Daniel proceeds onto the opening of where Griswald appeared
          and travels upon a dark empty tunnel.  Daniel was also
          unaware that Griswald had said the above to Daniel, thus why
          Daniel doesn't speak openly about the meeting when Griswald
          disappears.

          THE PLAYER IS ABLE TO CONTROL DANIEL

                              DANIEL
                         (confused)
                    Where did the snapping go?  I just
                    heard it!  That light wasn't there
                    before either.

          The player is resticted from going back, the scene behind
          the player is completely dimmed and there is a solid wall
          and the player has no choice but to carry on.

                              DANIEL
                         (worried)
                    I guess I have no choice.

          Daniel carries onwards as he passes the light, the cave gets
          darker and darker until, suddenly, Daniel hears rubble
          falling.  His view is blocked.  He goes left.

          The voice heard previously has made an unwelcome return, as
          Daniel listens to the morbid and morose sayings of this
          paranormal being, the voice tells him about his birth and
          his death as the player walks through a the "Haunted
          Mansion" type of ride.  The player walks through the tunnel
          as he watches his birth, his first love, his marriage, his
          children, his parents dying and his death.  The game is
          essentially forcing the player to go forward as the camera
          cuts to a cinematic cutscene.  Daniel is also unable to
          close his eyes, similiar to "A Clockwork Orange."

                                                          CUT TO:
          CUTSCENE - DOLLY SHOT - PAN - LEFT

                              VOICE
                    Life is a funny sort of thing,
                    isn't it Daniel?  You're born on
                    this Earth, you live on this Earth
                    and you die on this Earth.  Alone,
                    too, if I may add.

                              DANIEL
                    I don't want to see this, please
                    no.

                              VOICE
                    Oh, but you must.  You see, it's a
                    rather important thing to
                    acknowledge.  One must prepare in
                    advance if they are to know when
                    their end is.

                              DANIEL
                    No.

                              VOICE
                    Yes, yes Daniel, yes.

                              VOICE

          You see, death frightens a lot of people.  Everyone, but
          some people are courageous enough to admit it and some
          aren't.  Are you one of those "courageous people"?

                              DANIEL
                    I don't know.

                              VOICE
                    Oh, so that means you're a coward? 
                    Ah, take a look at this scene. 
                    It's rather beautiful.  Here we see
                    you get married, and in about 30
                    seconds, we're going to see you get
                    children.  This is you and your
                    "normal" life.

                              DANIEL
                         (crying)
                    Cindy, oh Cindy, my beautiful wife.

                              VOICE
                    You love her, don't you, Daniel? 
                    You want to see her again?

                              DANIEL
                    Yes, yes I do.

                              VOICE
                    Too bad, because you're never going
                    to see her again -- ever.

                              DANIEL
                         (crying)
                    AHHHHH!  NOOOOO!

                              VOICE
                    Hahaha, boy, do I get a kick out of
                    this.  Oh, by the way, your
                    children, oh your beautiful
                    children, look how beautiful they
                    are!

                              DANIEL
                    Please, please just stop, please.

                              VOICE
                    Nope, here's the best part.  Your
                    death.  You're going to die in here
                    Daniel and there's nothing you can
                    do about it.  That concludes
                    today's lesson about life.  I'll
                    watching you Daniel.  Always.

                                                     CUTSCENE END

          THE PLAYER IS ABLE TO CONTROL DANIEL.