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Table Of Contents
The Characters
Benjamin Michaels
AweenaBiancha
Ayo
Eara
The Story
Background
2014
Ben Dies
Waking Up 2112
The Hospital
Outside the clinic
Back at the hospital
At the ET3 tube stationNYC transformed
Seeing the new world
Seeing the new world 2
AweenasFamily and their Kin Domain
Eara
Aweenasother boyfriend
Ben goes looking for his daughter
Ben in India
Aweena re-appears
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The following is assumed:
The world has had a positive development (maybe against all odds)
towards the year 2112. The future is highly developed both socially, technologically and
spiritually.
The prevailing economic system is resource and skill based,
without money and ownership.
There are no wars, pollution, corruption or any of the
devastating problems of today, even though there might be other
problems....
Everything is shared and the world works from a combination of
interest and need.
This story is more or less based on the document The World, which
describes what this world looks like.
The film has no budget yet, and we write as if it is unlimitedand think about financing later.
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The Characters
A lille questionnaire helping us think up stuff for the characters:
Profession: what role does he play in society
Admitted Fear: what holds him back
Secret: what he doesn't reveal to others (or even to herself)
Nature: what kind of personality/behavior is typical for him
Role, purpose in story: what do we want to communicate especially
through this character, how does she contribute to the plot
Conscious goal: what is he trying to achieve
Personal motivation: what motivates him to strive for this goal
Inner need: what is his underlying driver, what keeps him going
Flaw that is blocking need: why/how it's difficult for him to
fulfill this need
Dominant, core trait: what is he known for
Other traits: secondary behavior patterns Imperfections, quirks: what makes him believable/human, what
mannerisms he has, what makes him special
Dialogue Style: how does he communicate
Physiology: how is his body and what does it tell us
Appearance: what skills/knowledge he's known for, what does he
wear, what other props make him unique
Point of view: what beliefs and attitudes he holds and
communicates to others
Psychology, Sociology: how does he view the world, what's going
on inside his head
Relationships to others: how does he relate to other characters,
what unspoken dreams and aspirations there are, who does helike/hate and why
Recent history: what event(s) have recently upset his life and
why
Back-story: how did he become like this, what was natural for him
since birth and how did he environment shape him, how was his
family/peers/friends, who about education, what crisis and
successes were on the way
how has he changed over the years and why, what is the effect of
all this in his relations to other characters.
Benjamin Michaels
Called Ben.
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A hard and ruthless business man with a penthouse office with panorama
windows on wall street.
A childhood drama/event causes him to hide his feelings.
He has been brought up in a capitalistic family and to him the worldis either communism or capitalism, and he is very scared of communism
and thinks everyone in the Occupy and Zeitgeist movement is a
communist.
Ben is also afraid of heights, flying and death.
Ben is terminally ill with an incurable cancer and has lost his hair
from chemotherapy.
He has less than 6 months to live.
His fear of death and love of HIS life with lots of money, properties,businesses, servants, cars, boats, leisure activities, etc makes him
decide to freeze himself in the hope of waking up at a later time to
continue his life of wealth.
Ben is ruthless as a businessman and has broken up a lot of companies
causing many employees to lose their jobs and homes. He thinks mainly
of himself, his company and his profit.
Despite all of this, he does have a heart deep inside. He shows this
in interaction with his daughter. Deep inside, he also loathes some of
what he does at times, even though he is not aware of this himself,
totally brainwashed as he is from the money and profit driven world he
lives in.
Aweena
Aweena is Bens great granddaughter, but adopted into the family, even
though she doesnt know this, yet.
She is about 30 years old when Ben wakes up in 2112. Ben is then at
his death age at about 35.
Aweena is very interested in history and is a hopeless romantic.
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She has known about Ben in the freezer for a long time and has been
eagerly awaiting his revival, wanting to learn from him about how it
was in the old world, look at his reaction to this new world, show
him this world, etc.
Without wanting it she gets unexpected feelings for Ben.
Biancha
Bens daughter, Aweenas grandmother.
She is 4 at Bens freeze. Already then she is concerned about the
planet and Humanity.
After Bens freeze she grows up to become a doctor, researcher,
spiritual person and leader in the resource based movement.
She gets a son (Ayo) with an African man and lives in Africa before
moving to India.
Ayo
Aweenas father.
Still lives in Africa. Divorced from Aweenas mother, Eara.
Eara
Aweenas mother.
Lives in a Kin Domain in America with a new man.
The Story
Remember, everything that is written here has to be transferred into
the screenplay and then interpreted by the director and then the
editor. Many details can be changed, left out or replaced up until the
shooting, and even in the actual cut of the film.
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Ben gets picked up by his GRANDSON, Ayo, who tells him Biancha is
in India.
Ben goes to India but puts his lenses back on, showing Aweena
where he is.
Ben DISREGARDS signals from his lenses that he has to get to a
hospital to take care of some cell damage.
Ben collapses in the city in India where his daughter is supposedto be.
The city has only one hospital, and this is where he is taken,
and treated.
Biancha is working here, and meets Ben when he wakes up again.
Aweena has seen where Ben is and goes there too.
Biancha is Aweenas grandmother, but Aweena hasnt seen her for 20
years. Its a tear dropping reunion.
Aweena has checked her and Bens DNA and concluded they can be
together after all.
Ben can here either decline, saying he is satisfied having his
family back, OR say it is weird, but that he can get used to
it.
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Background
Ben is a ruthless wealthy businessman, thinking mainly of himself and
his business empire. He is an ego and profit driven stubborn, angry
and stressed out man. He gets leukemia, and starts to plan his
cryogenic preservation, since he really doesnt want to leave this
world and his empire so soon, only 35 year old. He has a wife and a 4
year old daughter, Biancha. Ben puts most of his money into a trust,
which he hopes to access when he wakes up again. The rest is left to
his wife and daughter.
Biancha grows up and learns about her father through her mother, and
dedicates her life to building a new moneyless world that truly works
for everyone. She uses Bens money to build the first new city, before
money is abandoned for good. Eventually she succeeds together with
millions of people all over the planet in creating this new world. She
becomes a leading personality in the global RBE movement, becomes a
doctor and professor in medicine and develops and invent a lot within
medicine.
The part about Bens daughter is not shown in the film, but is only
told here to explain the backdrop of what happens while Ben is in the
freezer. Biancha is only shown as a 4 year old in the beginning of the
film, and as a 102 year old in the end of the film.
Ben wakes up again in 2112 and is shocked about this new world. Aftera self searching process, he decides he want to contribute to society
and find his daughter, which is now 102 years old, but in good health
because of healthy living and new technology.
2014
Time: 00:00:00
Wall Street. Thousands of voices thundering in protest. The streets
are packed with people. Shouting, waving signs, fists raised in
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dissent. Concrete barriers line both sides of the street. Police and
military guards keep protesters far from the barrier.
We see them from above (camera on a flying drone...?), passing over
angry people, and then, up up up up along the tall Freedom Tower
building until we reach the top office. Through the window we see Bentalking on the phone. (Or cut directly to Ben in the office).
We see him from behind talking on the phone against a huge panorama
window with a view over New York city.
He is having an angry conversation with a client, saying something
like I dont care what they say! Buy this company now! Well brake it
up and sell it off in pieces later. (the other person says something)
Ben: Are you doubting my ability here? I own 15 mansions around the
world, lots of property and more than 50% of over 40 companies in 10
countries. Do you think I know what Im doing? Buy it!. He slams down
the phone.
We see that he is bald, with only some wispy hairs on his head. When
he turns around, we see he looks pale and sweaty. Hes obviously on
chemo therapy. He calls to his secretary for a glass of water. As she
comes in, he looses his tie and dries his sweat. He asks her to get
the car to the front door.
When she leaves, he packs up his briefcase, straighten his tie, puts
on his jacket and puts on a wig that lies on his desk. He tells his
secretary to cancel his last appointment that day as he walks out.
Outside is the waiting crowd.
Through this melee, a sleek black Escalade slides up to the entrance
of the Freedom Tower. A contingent of armed guards form a line from
the building to the rear door of the Escalade. A man dressed in dark
blue Armani emerges and strides confidently into the limo.
The roar of the crowd increases. "It's Ben Michaels." The crowd grows
even more agitated "Stop the destruction! Stop the destruction!". Ben
disappears into the Escalade.
They drive through some poor areas with homeless people, etc. Ben asks
the driver why they go this way. The driver answers that the highway
is blocked, and the GPS suggested this route.
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They finally get home to his big mansion outside of the city. He goes
in and is greeted by his wife and 4 year old daughter who runs up to
him with a drawing.
The wife goes into the living room, while he picks up his daughter and
looks at the drawing, which is a drawing of planet earth. She already
shows interest in Humanity... He comments on the drawing, puts herdown and goes into the living room, while the daughter runs into
another room.
His wife looks concerned. They are having a conversation about Ben
having this disease which is determined untreatable. He has been given
less than a year to live. The wife asks the nanny to take the daughter
to her room.
They start to have a discussion about Bens decision to freeze
himself. I dont want to leave this, Ben says. Wife: Youll leave
it no matter what! You dont know when you will wake up again or IF
youll wake up again. It might all be gone then. Ben: Ive beenliving my life taking chances, and that is just another chance I have
to take.
Shes overwhelmed, shaking her head, looking down. This is too
difficult for me, Ben. I cant live with you in a freezer. Maybe
youll wake up again before I die! How can I (crying) live with
this...?. Ben: Weve talked about this. This is what I have to do. I
have to do it. Maybe Ill wake up again, maybe I wont. Maybe Ill
wake up in 50 years, a 100 years or 200 years, or maybe never. But I
want to have the chance.
Wife: If you wake up again before I die, Ben, I dont think I want to
know about it. When youre gone now, I have to consider you gone.
Ben: I understand that, and thats ok. But you can freeze yourself as
well when you die.... Wife: We talked about that. I dont believe I
can freeze my soul. I believe my body is just a shell, and when it
dies, my consciousness moves on. Well, well see, Ben says.
Bens daughter comes in. She looks at Ben with big eyes. Ben bends
down to her, looking into her eyes. Before Ben gets to say anything to
her, she says: Promise you will come and find me when you wake up
again. I promise, Ben says.
Ben Dies
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Cut to a hectic hospital scene with Ben being rolled down a hallway
with doctors and nurses conversing. Quick quick, we have to get him
to the preparation room.
They get to the room where the cryo staff is waiting. The doctor comes
in with Ben on the rolling bed and says He is declared dead now, hesall yours. The cryo doctor: Thank you To himself: He might be dead
to you, but to me his body is only temporarily on pause until we find
a cure for him....
While he starts to drain Bens body for fluids he starts to explain
the cryogenic process. With the techniques we have available today,
its very likely he will be revived some day. Patting Bens head:
Dont you worry, youll probably wake up.
They continue to prepare the body. Cut to cryogenic tank put into
storage. Fade slowly to black, with only a musical note hanging from
the music into the blackness.
Time: ca. 00:10:00
HERE COMES THE TITLE OF THE FILM
Then, out of the blackness credits come up mixed with some of Bens
memories from childhood, and maybe some of what hes experiencing
during the 100 years in cryo, assuming his mind is a separate entity
from his body. He can see dead relatives and maybe the Light during
a little sequence. Then into blackness again.
Titles and credits are mixed in here.
Waking Up 2112
Time: ca. 00:12:00
Ben is being pulled out of the 'freezer' and is put on a table, still
bold. We see a timelapse with doctors working on him. He lies in bedfor a good while, restituting. His hair grows while he lies there. We
see the hospital surroundings. Cool. Modern. Automatic. Not many
people. Caring robots.
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It takes time to revive him and his cells to regain themselves, and
it's all done before he regains consciousness.
All systems are working now. We hear doctors talking about parts of
the process it took to revive him. Specifics with Ben. Male voice:
This guy was pretty easy. Female: Yeah. Very little cell damage.
Male: Yeah, they had come quite far in 2014 with the vitrification
process. These people actually have a chance. Only 10 years earlier
and they are mish mash. With this guy we only had to do some minor
cell restructuring. Female: His heart is beating by itself now, and
he should breath when we remove the respirator.
Time: ca. 00:13:00
Ben wakes up in 2112. Science has come much further; now they thaw
many of the frozen people and revive them. Not all come alive, but Ben
is one of the few who makes it. They thaw him up in a very modern
hospital. Eventually he wakes up feeling very disoriented. It takes along time for him to understand where he is, what has happened and
that he has actually awakened in a completely new world.
The Hospital
Eventually he remembers that he used to be a very rich man and scenes
from his previous life comes back to him. Ben starts to think about
his money and his properties and everything he owned, wondering where
it all is now, and wondering about this new world.
He asks the hospital staff about where he is, about his company,
money, properties, family and whats out there. They dont tell him
too much as they want to break it to him slowly. All they say is that
There is no money or property anymore. Youll see when you get out
there....
In Bens former life, there could only be one of two economic
systems. One was capitalism and the other communism, which he loathed
fearfully.
He falls asleep again and starts having a nightmare with hellish
images about what he pictures as communism. He wakes up with a jerk,sweaty and scared.
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He has only one thought in his mind: Communism! I have to get out of
here!. He panics.
Its early morning, and no one is around. Since he is allowed to get
out of bed when he feels like it, no one, or thing (robots), reacts
when he gets out of bed and start to put on some clothes left by thebedside.
The clothes are basic hospital clothes, and not really meant for
outside, thus he look a bit silly, but theres no other clothes
choice. He hasnt been shaved since his wake up either, and he has a
healthy hair and beard growth, which makes him jump when he passes a
mirror in the hallway, looking at himself.
He walks down the hallway and encounters a robot that asks him how he
is. Very good, thank you, he says. Only stretching my legs....
Im glad to see youre up. Have a nice day says the robot. He getsout on the street, with thoughts blurry and confused, and all he can
think of is to not be captured. His only thought is to get home
and back to his world in New York City.
Outside the clinic
The hospital is in Arizona (this fits with Alcor, the cryogenic
institute, where he was frozen).
Ben is afraid and suspicious. He walks fast with a bowed head, looking
over his shoulder.
Even though they said at the hospital that there isnt any money
anymore, he still thinks that he needs money to do what he has to do
in this world. He has only hospital clothes, and only slippers as
shoes.
In his paranoid state, he enters a cafe where people sit and eat, and
desperately plans to rob it. He asks one person where the cashregister is.
BEN
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(low to a close person)
Where is the cash register?
THE GUY
Cash register?
BEN
Yes. Where do they keep the money here?
THE GUY
Money? What are you talking about man?
BEN
(somewhat louder)
Ok, give me your wallet then!
THE GUYTake it easy man, I dont have a wallet.
Ben pretends to have a gun in his pocket and points it at the guy.
BEN
Ok, give me your jacket!
THE GUY
What...?
BEN
(shouting)
Your jacket! I have a gun here!
Motioning to his finger in his pocket.
Other people in the restaurant notices the spectacle.
THE GUY
Chill man. Sure, here take it. But you can print out one like it
anywhere, so I dont know why...
BEN
And your shoes!
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THE GUY
Whatever man, take them, Ill print out a new pair. Hope they fit you.
Ben puts on the jacket and the shoes and grabs a flower patterned bag
from a woman sitting at the next table.
BEN
(still motioning to his imaginary gun in his hospital clothes pocket)
(to the woman)
Ok, put your money in here!
THE WOMAN
I...I...dont have any money.
Ben goes further into the restaurant and approaches other people.
BEN
(with a paranoid look)
Ok, you then, put your money in here.
Motioning to the bag.
THE PERSON
I...dont have any...
BEN
Doesnt anyone here have any money??!!
Well, put your belongings in here, then!
Ben takes jewelry and what ever people might have and puts it in the
bag and runs out of the cafe.
He is a hilarious looking character at this point, wearing a turquoise
colored hospital suit with an unmatching jacket, a pair of odd looking
shoes and a flower patterned bag together with his uncut hair and
beard.
Ben is in a real paranoid state, and walks fast down the street,
looking constantly over his shoulder.
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He literally bumps into a guy coming the other way.
The guy senses Bens distress and asks if he can help him.
THE GUY
Hey...sorry...can I...help you?
Ben looks mistrusting at the guy.
BEN
(looking around)
Emm...yeah...New York...how do I get to New York...?
THE GUY
Well, thats easy, you just take the tube.
BENThe tube? To New York? Where are we, anyway?
THE GUY
Were in Tucson, Arizona.
Ben just stares at the guy.
THE GUY
Are you from the hospital? I recognize that suit...
BEN
What? No, never mind that. Just tell me how to get there.
THE GUY
Sure, but you can obviously...
BEN
Just tell me!
THE GUY
Ok, ok.
He orders an autonomous car with his lenses.
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THE GUY
There, just wait here, and a transport to the tube station will arrive
soon. Have a nice trip!
He pats Ben on the shoulder before he starts walking as an autocar
comes driving up the street and stops in front of Ben. A door opens onthe side and a voice sounds from the car.
THE CAR
(with a nice female voice)
Transport was ordered to this location. Please enter.
Ben looks around and enters the car hesitantly and sits down inside.
The door closes and the car drives off.
Back at the hospital
Cut to the guy Ben just met on the street. He is walking down the
street towards the hospital. It turns out he works there. He swings in
the front door, as he meets Aweena on the way out.
They know each other and Aweena asks the guy if he has seen Ben.
AWEENA
Hi John, have you seen Ben, my wake up?
JOHN
Aum...what does he look like?
AWEENA
Well, has a healthy brown hair and beard growth by now as we havent
shaved him yet. About your height.
JOHN
That...that might be the guy I just met up the street. He seemed
pretty paranoid and said he wanted to go to New York.
AWEENA
Oh my Oneness! That is Ben!
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AWEENA
(as she runs out the door)
Thank you! I go after him!
At the ET3 tube station
Ben arrives at the ET3 station. The door opens, and he can obviously
leave the car without paying. Puzzled, he looks around and expects he
has to pay or something, but none of that is demanded.
Ben gets out and gets on an ET3 transport which takes him directly
from Arizona to NYC in less than 60 minutes. Somewhat shaken, he gets
out, still puzzled no one is asking for a ticket.
Time: About 00:30:00
NYC transformed
Ben gets off of the ET3 and steps out at the platform in NYC. He stops
as he looks up at a green and totally transformed city that shines at
him. He is gaping at what he sees and cant believe his eyes. Most of
the houses are replaced with greenery. Of the few skyscrapers that are
left, most are used as vertical farms.
Aweena has caught up with him, and comes up at him from behind.
AWEENA
Do you like the city...?
BEN
(turn around)
Who are you...?
AWEENA
I am Aweena. I am your great...guide.
BENMy great guide?
AWEENA
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Your guide, yes. I have been awaiting your awakening, coming to the
hospital every day for the last week. But today you werent there.
Are you OK? You werent supposed to run around like this at this
moment.
She had planned to tell him she is his great granddaughter, but holdsit back the moment she sees him in real life. Instead, she says she is
his guide, which of course isnt a lie, since she was going to be
that as well.
Seeing the new world
BEN
Im fine. So, what are you going to do. Put me to work on a field
somewhere?
AWEENAWhat?
BEN
I get it. The commies won, right? China has taken over. They told me
at the hospital. Theres no money or property. No choice.
AWEENA
What??? No, no! Ben, youve totally misunderstood!
BEN
So, I dont have to do labour with the comrads? I know how this works.
No possessions, right? I cant own anything?
AWEENA
Ben...calm down! Its far from that. Its not like that.
BEN
Ok, whats it like then.
AWEENA
Well, thats what Im here to show you. If you...let me. And...whats
with...your clothes...and your...bag?
She is pointing to his flower patterned bag.
BEN
Oh, eh....I guess I freaked out a bit back there....
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AWEENA
Seems like you suffer from some wake up anxiety. It has happened
before, even though I have never seen anyone actually escape from the
clinic.
Ben looks out over the city.
BEN
(sighs)
You know, I was a rich man. What has happened to that now? Everything
I owned?
AWEENA
Well, its...all there...and much more. More than you can dream of,
Ben. Maybe not the exact things that you owned, but others, serving
the same purpose.
BEN
Its still here? So, I can go and use it?
AWEENA
Whatever it is that you used in your old life, you can use in this
life, times one hundred.
BEN
So, I dont have to work on a field somewhere?
AWEENA
No, Ben, you can do whatever you like, what interests you.
BEN
(looking down)
What interested me was to earn money and control property.
AWEENA
Well, there are games you can play that might fulfill that interest.
But Im sure this society will trigger new interests in you that you
had never thought of before. Ben, listen. Lets go and find you some
new clothes, ok? And maybe get you a shave and a haircut...? And Ill
get you a pair of lenses and the CD.
BEN
Lenses and CD?
AWEENA
Yes, its....dont worry, Ill show you.
BEN
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Well, ok, as long as they dont put me in a camp somewhere.
AWEENA
Camp, Ben?! Please, give it a break!
BEN
I know how this communism works. If youre against it....
AWEENA
This is not what you called communism back then, Ben.
BEN
Then, what is it?
AWEENA
(Starting to walk)
Well, we call it a society of love.
BEN(laughing)
Society of love?!? Yeah right. If I live to see that day...
AWEENA
You HAVE lived to see that day. Thats what this is. You have awakened
in a Society of Love.
BEN
I have...?
AWEENA
Yes, and Ill prove it to you. If you let me. Come on lets go!
BEN
Where...
Aweena doesnt answer, but walks toward an IGV (Inverse Gravity
Vehicle) standing parked close to them.
AWEENA
We can use this one, its not booked.
A door opens on the side of the IGV and Aweena enters. Ben waits on
the outside.
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BEN
Where are we going?
AWEENA
Ill take you to the coolest DC on this continent!
BEN
DC?
AWEENA
Distribution Center. They showcase all kinds of cool stuff there and
we can get you new clothes and anything you might desire. Its a lot
of fun! Get in!
Ben gets in, the door closes, and they see only the beige inside of
the craft as there is no windows. Suddenly the inside disappears and
its like they are sitting in mid air.
BEN
Holy shit! What is this!?
AWEENA
Were flying! Isnt it great?
BEN
I hate flying! Take us down!
Ben holds on to his seat looking scared down.
AWEENA
Dont worry Ben! It only takes a minute down there! Just close your
eyes and breathe slowly.
Ben closes his eyes and breathes.
BEN
(with eyes closed)
Can you please put the floor back, at least?
The floor comes back, and there is only windows. They fly down and
land just outside the big distribution center.
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AWEENA
Here we are!
She walks out of the IGV with Ben following suit, somewhat pale.
The DC is a huge place full of people talking and walking around
checking out new stuff.
Ben and Aweena walks through the center, while she comments on stuff
and greets people along the way. Ben is following her, still with a
somewhat sceptical and disturbed look on his face.
They arrive at a clothing section where Ben can look at a multitude of
styles of clothes and shoes and feel all kinds of different fabrics
and materials. They find something suitable for him, before they head
over to a machine that can both cut Bens hair and beard and attachthe CD and put on his lenses.
Seeing the new world 2
From here, over several days, Aweena takes Ben to his old office
(which is a part of a vertical farm), they meet Aweenas friends, they
see a new city being built.
Ben becomes confronted with this new world along with his old mindset
and way of living.
This part isnt developed in detail yet, but elements can include:
Ben gets lenses and discovers a whole new world.
They go to a city being built automatically.
They go to a resort in the Caribbean.
They go to a meditation session where focused thought is used to
clean and energize water.
They experience a spontaneous dance party where everyone dances
in silence with synchronized individual sight and sound through
their CD/lenses.
They visit some of Aweenas friends in The Green City, and Ben
gets to know some of them and what they do.
They meet several people and experience several things
representative for different aspects of this new world.
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Ben, afraid of flying as he is, involuntarily ends up in and IGV
(Inverse Gravity Vehicle), which takes him straight up into the
air, scaring him stiff.
More....as much as we have room for. Funny quirky stuff too.
During their travels and experiences, Ben senses that Aweena has somefeelings for him, and he gets attracted to Aweena as well. In one
scene they even kiss...
Aweenas Family and their Kin Domain
Eventually, Aweena takes Ben to see her family, which of course is
Bens family as well, except he doesnt know it yet, since Aweena
still havent told him.
Aweenas family lives a bit outside The Green City in their KinDomain.
A Kin Domain is a plot of land about 1-3 hectares in size, that one
family uses and has responsibility for as long as they want. Here they
can raise their kids, grow their food, be close to their own nature,
invite friends, get born, die, be buried, relax and enjoy life.
Most families have these kinds of KinDoms. Still, many, especially
younger people, choose to live in the cities, travel around the world,
meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences before they come
back home after some years. Still, with the transportation of thesetimes, they are never far away from their Kin Domain, even if theyre
on the other side of the planet. Aweena is one of these youngsters,
and Ben is her latest excitement.
They land in the KinDom with an IGV. The place is very idyllic, with a
beautiful food forest surrounding the houses.
Eara
At Aweenas house, Aweenas mother Eara, understands that Aweenahasnt told Ben she is his great granddaughter.
Eara knows Aweena is a hopeless romantic, as she has fallen in love
with too old men before. But THIS surprises Eara.
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Ben is in the living room, while Aweena and Eara is in the kitchen.
EARA
You havent told him yet???
AWEENA
(whispering)
I will! I will!
EARA
(also whispering)
He is your GREAT GRANDFATHER! For Oneness sake!
AWEENA
(still whispering)
Please dont tell him, let me tell him myself. I promise!
Aweenas other boyfriend
After her mothers reprimande, Aweena decides to forget Ben, and
starts spending more time with another friend/boyfriend of hers.
Ben experiences some of this world by himself.
In a scene somewhat later, Ben, who has not suspected anything, and
has developed feelings for Aweena, sees Aweena and her new boyfriend
kissing.
Ben, still in his old mindset, gets angry and starts to pick a fight
with this other guy. The other guy has trained Aikido, and not wanting
to hurt Ben, dodges Bens every move, while Aweena shouts Ben to STOP!
Ben gets thrown around and ends on his back with all his air blown out
of him. The other guy; Im so sorry! Are you OK? I dont want to hurt
you. Ben gets up but is exhausted and can fight no more.
Aweena is devastated by this, and clearly in heavy distress.
BEN(panting)
Whos this guy?!
AWEENA
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Ben....Im so sorry...! Theres... something I should have told you a
long time ago.
Ben just looks at her, panting.
AWEENA
I am your....great grand daughter.
BEN
Youre what?!
AWEENA
I know. I...I was going to tell you right away, but...Im a hopeless
romantic, and I got some sudden unexpected feelings, and....I skipped
the great granddaughter part, and...
Ben is clearly disappointed.
AWEENABut during this time, Ive started to really....
BEN
(interrupts her)
Forget it.
Ben starts walking away.
AWEENA
Ben! Where are you going?
BEN(without turning around)
What do you care?!
Ben goes looking for his daughter
After this, Ben is really pissed and disappointed about Aweena and
this whole thing. He has heard Biancha used to live in a small city in
Africa, and Ben decides to go there.
He is tired of this whole technological world, and takes of his lenses
and earpieces. Also since he doesnt want to be contacted by Aweena oranyone.
Ben takes a gravity train to Africa, which can go to many places on
(through) the planet in only 42 minutes. The city he has heard Biancha
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AYO
What on earth were you doing there in the old city??? Didnt you see
the signs??
BEN
Obviously, I didnt see the signs...
AYO
What were you doing there?
Giving Ben a pill.
AYO
Here, take this, it will ease the pain.
BEN
(holding to his head while taking the pill)
Thank you. I was....I was looking for my daughter.
AYO
Your daughter?
BEN
Yes. Maybe you know her? Her name is Biancha.
AYO
Biancha? You must be kidding me. You say you are Bianchas father?
BEN
Well...yes.
AYO
But thats....thats impossible. Theres only one Biancha here, well,
was, here, and shes now... over a 100 years old.
BEN
So...you know her?
AYO
I sure do... Im her son.
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BEN
Which makes you my....grandson.... You see....I was frozen....and got
thawed up again.....
AYO
So....it is true.... Biancha didnt want to talk about it, but I heardit as a rumor from someone else... Wow....
Ayo tells Ben Biancha doesnt live there anymore, but is in India. Ben
gets the name of the city in India and, after having talked to Ayo for
a while, and healed his head, he sets off to India.
Ayo strongly advises Ben to put his lenses back on. Ben complies, as
he doesnt want to experience something like this again.
Ben in India
Biancha is a bit difficult to find. Partly because she went
underground after having been threatened during her RBE work, and
partly because she moved more or less to an ashram and changed her
name, and left the old world behind.
Ben ventures on to India to look for her, but he gets complications
with his body. After being frozen for so long, he needs to get regular
treatment for a while to stay healthy. His CD (communication device)
lenses informs him that he needs to visit a hospital since some cellsare starting to malfunction and they need to be repaired.
But now he is so determined on finding his daughter that he disregards
the messages. He starts to feel it in his body as well, but he keeps
going. He gets worse and worse and collapses in the city he thinks his
daughter is. Here he is picked up by someone again and taken to the
only hospital that is there.
He gets the treatment he needs and after waking up yet again, he is
met by Biancha, who has taken part in establishing this hospital. She
has gotten word Ben is there, and comes to his room to see him. It is
a tear dripping meeting and a surrealistic scene, since he is no olderthan 35 years in body, while she is 102, but looking remarkably good
because of new medical technology.
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Aweena re-appears
Ben and Biancha are walking together on a path outside the hospital
while Aweena turns up down the path.
Biancha and Ben stop. Aweena has found Ben, since Ben made himselfavailable again through his lenses.
Aweena gets closer to them, and it is yet a tear dripping meeting
between Aweena and Biancha, who havent seen each other in over 20
years. Biancha is Aweenas grandmother, and Aweena has had fond
memories of her all her life after Biancha left and didnt stay in
touch.
They talk a bit, until Aweena looks at Ben.
AWEENA
Ben, I....did a DNA test of us.
BEN
You did...?
AWEENA
Yes. And....for all practical purposes....we are as good as from two
separate families...
BEN
So...you mean that...
Aweena nods.
BEN
(smiling crooked)
Hm.... I have to think about this for a while...
Ben puts an arm around Biancha and the other around Aweena and starts
walking down the path.
BEN
It feels quite weird...but... I think I might get used to it... For
now, Im just happy I have gotten my family back.
The End...?
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