Kaji: The Fall and the Forever

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   FADE IN

3. Act 1

5. INT. HOME - NIGHT

7. Cozy. KAJI is resting in a massage chair alone.

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9. KAJI (V.O.): Awhile ago, the Pack Leader and Peter have left home.

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11. Pausing.

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13. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was surprised as we had had a walk in the evening already.

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15. Pausing.

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17. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): My maid has checked me out, but I don't need her service.

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19. Stretching her legs a little.

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21. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm content now as I don't need to compete for space with the Pack Leader.

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23. Curling up herself, Kaji sleeps.

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25. Act 2

27. INT. HOME - LATER

29. Key sounds. The main door opens. The PACK LEADER appears.

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31. PACK LEADER: Where are you?

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33. The Pack Leader sees Kaji waking up in the massage chair.

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35. PACK LEADER (Cont'd): Why don't you get up quickly to welcome me back?

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37. KAJI (V.O.): I was having a sweet dream...

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39. PACK LEADER (Cont'd): Do you know that a gang member who loves you dearly is waiting outside?

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41. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Are you talking about Peter? He doesn't do that.

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43. PACK LEADER (Cont'd): She has just finished her first year in sculpting in Niiagata...

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45. Looking perplexed, Kaji sees a Gang MEMBER entering with two big bags. Immediately, Kaji jumps down from the chair to welome her.

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47. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh dear, I haven't seen you for a long time.

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49. Kaji jumps on her legs enthusiastically.

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51. MEMBER: Have you recovered from your fall?

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53. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): My fall? She knew that?

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55. FLASHBACK

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57. EXT. RIVERSIDE PARK - SUNSET (Months ago)

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59. A sprawling park cascades down toward a nullah, with terraced grass divided by concrete steps. Kaji guards from the upper level, her eyes locked on a small dog one level below.

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61. KAJI (V.O.): Here's my turf! Go away!

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63. Kaji can't wait to launch herself after it.

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65. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Flying through the air, I enjoy the moment of weightless grace...

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67. Touching down at the lower level, Kaji suddenly freezes herself.

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69. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I feel an acute pain in my left hind leg.

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71. PACK LEADER & PETER: What's the matter with you?

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73. RETURN TO PRESENT

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75. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): She wasn't there, but she knew.

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77. Pausing.

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79. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I believe she also knew the Pack Leader and Peter had taken me to the Vets and I was hospitalized a few times.

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81. MEMBER (Cont'd): Have you also mimicked me as if you know how to kick ballet?

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83. We see trophies displayed in shelves.

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85. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do you mean the way I limp?

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87. PACK LEADER: Yesterady, having gone to her hairdresser, she limps again...

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89. Peter returns and hears that.

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91. PETER: Is that right? I thought she had fully recovered.

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93. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Have I got used to limping... or kicking ballet?

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95. MEMBER: Whatever...

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97. The Member drops to her knees, arms wide, as Kaji leaps into her embrace.

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99. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Such overdue reunions always defy gravity and time.

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101. Act 3

103. INT. HOME - CONTINUOUS

105. Being embraced in the air, Kaji enjoys moments of weightless grace again.

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107. KAJI (V.O): I fall to learn, I rise to love, and in between, I find forever.

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109. Thinking.

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111. KAJI (V.O) (Cont'd): The fall was the moment; the forever is everything that came after.

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113. Reflecting.

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115. KAJI (V.O) (Cont'd): The fall was mine, but the forever is ours.

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117. FADE OUT

119. THE END