Abandoned Page #5

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We need to make ourselves more visible to

passing ships, planes, whatever. That's why.

[PHIL] What else is down there?

Oh, Jesus! Watch what you're doing!

Take it easy, mate. I didn't mean to.

Screw you, Rick. Look! Look! I'm bleeding!

Oh, get over it. Jesus,

you're a bloody moron.

You...

- And we ration all food from now on.

- Who says?

It's the smart thing to do. We don't

know how long we're going to be out here.

And we're gonna get hold of the sails.

You're gonna dive for them, tomorrow.

I've told you already. You

can't sail this boat upside down.

And we make decisions by vote from now on.

Majority rules and we stick to the rules.

Used to be a cop, didn't

you? Hey, let it go, Rick.

Man, your emotional body

is starving your neuronet.

Have faith in the God within.

You can shove your dumb-ass

religion up your skinny ass.

Rick, pass me the cabbage.

Where's the knife? This one's sh*t.

Now... we got tuna.

There was a lemon somewhere laying

around in this leaking son of a boat.

All right, there we are. Okay.

When I was a young boy... I

wanted to sail around the world.

That's the life for me. Living on the sea.

Spirit of a sailor

circumnavigates the globe.

The lust of...

I just spent six months in a leaky boat.

Lucky just to be afloat.

What song is that?

[PHIL] That's a kiwi classic, mate.

No. Aotearoa. Yeah.

I've gotta get out of here.

[JOHN] Glisten like a pearl.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

I just spent six months on a leaky boat!

JOHN (V.O.):
I think Rick

felt he'd lost Jim to us...

like someone had

stolen his girlfriend.

Or maybe something else was

going on inside his head.

Meanwhile back home, Jim's girlfriend

Martha was becoming concerned.

By now he should have

made contact from Tonga.

After three weeks adrift, no

one had begun searching for us.

[KAREN] I think it still works.

I haven't used it for a while.

Here you go.

Okay.

You're not gonna be able

to get through anyway.

What's that, Darren? What did you say?

You're not gonna be able to get through.

Gordon'll radio for you. He

arranged a time with John.

What do you mean?

Gordon's supposed to call

him and get his position...

but John's not gonna be able to call him or

name the boat, because his radio's illegal.

That's the deal.

The deal?

I heard him talking about it.

Gordon's gonna call him and

give him a weather forecast.

Well, why didn't you tell us this before?

Your dad wouldn't've have gone if he'd

known they didn't have a proper radio.

I don't know.

Hello? How do you drive this thing?

Hello?

Come aboard!

So... I reckon they're out here, somewhere.

Okay, let's give it a go.

6128.6... that's what John and I agreed.

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