Ghostbusters Page #2

EGON:

Oh, you're here.

PETER:

Yeah, what have you got?

EGON:

This is big, Peter. This is very big. There is definitely something here.

PETER:

Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. You remember that?

EGON:

That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR walks up to the three.

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

I'm Roger Delicore. Are you the men from the university?

PETER:

introducing them all

Yes. I'm Dr. Venkman. Dr. Stantz, Egon.

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

Thank you for coming. I hope we can clear this up quickly and quietly.

PETER:

Let's not rush things. We don't even know what you have yet.

They go to a smaller room. ALICE is lying on a table.

ALICE:

I don't remember seeing any legs, but it definitely had arms because it reached out for me.

RAY:

Arms?! I can't wait to get a look at this thing!

PETER:

Alice, I'm going to ask you a few standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family ever been diagnosed schizophrenic, mentally incompetent?

ALICE:

My uncle thought he was St. Jerome.

PETER:

I'd call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs, stimulants, alcohol?

ALICE:

No!

PETER:

No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

What has that got to do with it?

PETER:

Back off, man. I'm a scientist.

EGON:

Ray, it's moving.

New York Public Library, basement

EGON is in front, with PKE meter. RAY has a video camera. PETER is in the back, bored stiff. He starts making scary gestures at RAY. They come to a tall tower of books.

RAY:

Look!

EGON:

This is hot, Ray.

RAY:

Symmetrical book stacking, just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.

PETER:

You're right. No human being would stack books like this.

RAY:

Listen!

eerie music

You smell something?

they go to a card catalog; it is slimed

Talk about telekinetic activity! Look at this mess!

EGON:

Raymond, look at this.

RAY:

Ectoplasmic residue.

EGON:

Venkman, get a sample of this.

RAY:

It's the real thing!

PETER:

Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it?

EGON:

I'd like to analyze it.

As RAY and EGON continue talking, PETER scrapes slime into a dish. Gets it all over his hands. Groans and grunts. Flicks slime away. Wipes hands and feet on books.

RAY:

There's more over here!

EGON:

I'm getting stronger readings here, this way.

RAY:

Come on.

They turn a corner. PETER gives EGON slime.

PETER:

Egon, your mucus.

a bookshelf falls with a crash

This happen to you before?

RAY shakes head

Oh, first time?

RAY nods. They continue. EGON's PKE meter goes nuts. They see LIBRARY GHOST.

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