[ Chloe Price - Before the Storm. ]
( he seems nice. neat. )
and don't "m'lady" me, dude. that's weird. who even actually says that?
[ she looks so confused right now. ]
( he seems nice. neat. )
[ she quietly laughs. her first hella without Rachel. wow.
she listens carefully to Max's wacky explanation. except it isn't all too wacky to her. ]
you know, i had a purple talking dinosaur tell me i was in the future? i bet that out-insanes what you said, huh?
...
[ she quietly laughs. her first hella without Rachel. wow.
she listens carefully to Max's wacky explanation. except it isn't all too wacky to her. ]
you know, i had a purple talking dinosaur tell me i was in the future? i bet that out-insanes what you said, huh?
...
i had.. so much i wanted to say in case i ever saw you again. a lot of angry shit.
but now.. i can't even find the words.
except..
[ she lets out a choked chuckle. whatever that could sound like. ]
you look old, Max. the hell did Seattle do to you?
i don't know how or why we're here like this, but.. i'm glad we are. it's so good to see you. and... i'm sorry i wasn't there.
i had.. so much i wanted to say in case i ever saw you again. a lot of angry shit.
but now.. i can't even find the words.
except..
[ she lets out a choked chuckle. whatever that could sound like. ]
you look old, Max. the hell did Seattle do to you?
[ her brain catches up with the conversation. ]
waitwait. did you just.. say wowser?
. . .
[ and then she breaks. tears begin to form in her eyes. she was gonna try to play it tough, but she couldn't. not now. ]
that is such a Max thing to say.
[ small. she can see traces of the chloe she'd left behind all those years ago.. yet she can also see the chloe she knows now, just beginning to peek through the surface, a weird in-between state shes not sure what to think of. fuck, her head hurts. ]
[ her brain catches up with the conversation. ]
waitwait. did you just.. say wowser?
. . .
[ and then she breaks. tears begin to form in her eyes. she was gonna try to play it tough, but she couldn't. not now. ]
that is such a Max thing to say.
you're.. back here.. no..
[ she's blinking rapidly. like it'll help her wake up. which she won't. ]
if you're really Max.. say something only Max would say.
( i'll wake up any second now. dad'll scare me or some shit. i'll wake up back alone. )
chloe, it's— it's me! really me. no bullshit, no dream.
💭 ( ..though i still feel like i'm gonna wake up at any second. )
you're.. back here.. no..
[ she's blinking rapidly. like it'll help her wake up. which she won't. ]
if you're really Max.. say something only Max would say.
( i'll wake up any second now. dad'll scare me or some shit. i'll wake up back alone. )
you're not.. you're not real..
💭 ( did.. did i fuck with time again? this is chloe, but.. not *my* chloe. she's smaller.. younger. angrier. )
is that really you..?
[ a tentative step forward is taken, hand frozen in the air like she's stuck between reaching out for her or.. rewinding. ]
max..?
what the.. fuck?
you're not.. you're not real..
max..?
what the.. fuck?
max..?
what the.. fuck?
and don't "m'lady" me, dude. that's weird. who even actually says that?
[ she looks so confused right now. ]
(Dude.)
...
y'know what. that would be great. thanks.
and don't "m'lady" me, dude. that's weird. who even actually says that?
[ she looks so confused right now. ]
me and rachel plan to ditch this place. head down to LA.
we're just waiting for the right time. after that, it'll be all good. won't ever look back.
guess I can't complain too much about my life here. got friends which, yeah, it's nice.
. . . they at least got nice families. [ shrug. ] and you got a designated hangout place.
only good things are the junkyard and that old mill that Firewalk sometimes does shows at. but that got singed by the forest fire too.
i used to like it. but then my dad died and my ex-best friend left. ever since then, it's like everything's gone downhill.
me and rachel plan to ditch this place. head down to LA.
we're just waiting for the right time. after that, it'll be all good. won't ever look back.
...
y'know what. that would be great. thanks.
i'm probably good. i think i just slept wrong-..
[ she turns to look at who she's talking to. ]
. . .
. . .
..bird. huh.
...
y'know what. that would be great. thanks.
only good things are the junkyard and that old mill that Firewalk sometimes does shows at. but that got singed by the forest fire too.
i used to like it. but then my dad died and my ex-best friend left. ever since then, it's like everything's gone downhill.
we have a forest.. kinda.
there was a forest fire. so its all sort of.. burnt up.
we have a nice beach, though.
only good things are the junkyard and that old mill that Firewalk sometimes does shows at. but that got singed by the forest fire too.
i used to like it. but then my dad died and my ex-best friend left. ever since then, it's like everything's gone downhill.
we have a forest.. kinda.
there was a forest fire. so its all sort of.. burnt up.
we have a nice beach, though.
we have a forest.. kinda.
there was a forest fire. so its all sort of.. burnt up.
we have a nice beach, though.
i'm probably good. i think i just slept wrong-..
[ she turns to look at who she's talking to. ]
. . .
. . .
..bird. huh.
i'm probably good. i think i just slept wrong-..
[ she turns to look at who she's talking to. ]
. . .
. . .
..bird. huh.
(yeah. thought so. adios, beach.)
(yeah. thought so. adios, beach.)
. . . hell. even max. )
. . . hell. even max. )
no, it can't be.
no, it can't be.