Carriage of the dead

📝 CARRIAGE OF THE DEAD

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Episode 1: “The Door Beneath”

Written by Phetolo

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COLD OPEN

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EXT. CITY SKYLINE – NIGHT

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Dark clouds roll over the city. Streetlights flicker. A humming silence builds — until:

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BOOM!

A blackout sweeps across buildings in a wave of darkness.

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Cut to:

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ACT 1 – THE SPARK

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INT. SCHOOL BASEMENT – NIGHT

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Dimly lit, dusty. HALLEY (14, bold, inventive) and her twin brother HENRY (14, cautious, loyal) crouch near a humming device: Halley’s energy-detecting drone.

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HENRY

(whispers)

You sure we’re not gonna blow up the science wing again?

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HALLEY

That was one time. And technically, it was a “micro explosion.”

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She powers on the drone. It BEEPS rapidly, spinning toward a corner.

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HALLEY (CONT'D)

Bingo.

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The drone hovers over a section of cracked floor. Halley kneels, brushes dust aside, revealing a RUSTED TRAPDOOR.

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HENRY

Was that always there?

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HALLEY

Nope. And that’s why we’re opening it.

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INT. SECRET VAULT – LATER

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The team has gathered: ZARA (13, sarcastic hacker), MARCUS (15, builder with oil-stained gloves), and JUNO (14, calm, spiritual).

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They descend carefully. The walls glow faintly with ancient symbols.

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In the center: a glowing MACHINE pulsing softly, like a heartbeat.

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ZARA

This is way older than anything online. Like, pre-internet cursed.

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JUNO

I feel something... wrong.

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HALLEY

Or maybe... revolutionary.

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She kneels, examining the control pad. Her fingers hover over a glowing button.

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JUNO

Halley. Please don’t.

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HALLEY

Just one scan. What’s the worst that could happen?

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She presses the button.

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WHOOSH!

A burst of icy wind floods the room. The light surges. Everyone stumbles back.

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A shadow swirls above the machine. For a split second, we see a twisted silhouette — LORD MORROW — whispering in an ancient tongue.

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LORD MORROW (V.O.)

<i>(unintelligible, echoing)</i>

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The glow vanishes. Silence.

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HENRY

What was that?!

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JUNO

We woke something.

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END ACT 1

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