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Script
Electronic Voice: You’ve gotmail,Subject: The forest.
Walter: Hey,Adam!I’ve beenwantingtoemail youfor while now –I know it’sbeenquite some
time,but,I’ve hada lot onmy mindlatelyand can’tstop thinkingaboutwhenwe were kids –the
gamesthat we usedto playout inthe forest.Youdo rememberthat,right?
Replysoon,
Walter
Adam: Hey,man!What do you meanit’sbeenawhile?It’sbeenovertenyears!Where the hell did
yougo? You kindof vanished.It’slike youcompletelytookyourself of the grids[laughs].Almosthad
me forgettingaboutyou.What have youbeenupto thislastentire decade.
But anyway,funnyyoushouldmentionthe forest.Itookmynew girlfriend,Kat,to Cowdley tomeet
the folkslike,justthe otherweek!Wantedtoshow herwhere we usedtohangout andwhat we
usedto getup to, of course I remember!Thatwasmy entire childhood,goodtimes!SoItook her
aroundthe back of your oldhouse – dude,doyouhave any ideawhatit lookslike now?Itsall old
and decrepit,vineseverywhere,rottingwood.Propperhauntedhousekindof stuff.Anyway,we
followedthe Hollowed Path intothe woodsandI showedherthe tree’swe usedtoclimbandour old
den.It’sstill there,canyoubelieveit?
Great hearingfromyou.
Get back to me,yeah?
Walter: Yeah,we couldneversell the house.Honestly,can’tbelieve youwentbackthere.Inwhat
worlddidthat soundlike agoodideato you?Aftereverythingthathappened,Ican’tbelieve that
you’dwantto. It’sas if you have don’tclue whathappenedbackthen.Shouldn’tof gone back.
Adam:Walter,what’sthe matter?Itwas juststupidgames.Youdidn’tenjoythe absolute bedlam
we’dgetup to?!We usedto climbthose tree’sandpretendtosail themlike ships.Fightingforour
livesagainstwhatevermonsterwe conjuredupat the time,wavingbranchesaroundlike swords.
Rememberwhenthatgirl Macy playedwithusone time?She couldn’tkeepupwithall ourspeed
and broke herlegswingingfromthe tree’s.Imade youkickherout of the crew for not beenable to
keepupwiththe boys.GuessI was a bitof dickback then.
Walter: Guessyou couldbe.You made me eat that caterpillar.Pushedme downthe hill.Macy
wasn’tour faultthough…It wasthe marmalade man.Do you notrememberthe Marmalade man?
Adam:… damn,the Marmalade Man. I can’t believe Iforgotabouthim.He was byfar the creepiest
monsterwe made up.Evenjustreadingthat name senta chill downmyspine.We’dalwaysthinkhe
was justlurkingaround – spyingonus throughtree’sandinthe shadows.Youtookthat way to
seriously.Didn’tyoublame himwhenyouthrew thatrockthrough the Robinsonswindow?But
honestly,wheneveryousaidhe wasaroundI wouldfreeze up.It’slike the airgotcolderor
something.Idon’tknowwhatitwas,but he reallyscaredbe for a while then.The thingsyousaidhe
wouldtell ustodo. You’re the onlyone whocouldreallytalkto him.Idon’trememberalot,but

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whatI do rememberiskindof messedup.Guesswe hada reallydamagedimaginationbackthen.
[awkwardlylaughs] I’mgoingtoputall that blame onto you,afterall,youwere hisfavourite.He
never“appeared”tome. Can’tblame imaginarymonstersforbreakingMacy’sleg,canwe, Walter?
Walter: You don’tknowwhat itwas like itforme – Everythingwassoreal.It waslike he was
constantlywhisperingall thesedarkthoughtsintomyear… put me ina reallybadplace back then.I
had nightterrors,wakingupinweirdplaces,thinkingaboutreallymessedupstuff. We moved
because him.Itwasn’tjustaffectingme,butmyfamilywere havingtroubleswithittoo.Macy fell
because Ipushedher.He toldme to pushher.Like I said, itgot real bad. Do yourememberthe chant
we usedto do,wheneverhe wantedtobe summoned?Itwaslike aspell,doyouremember?
Adam:Come on,man.It was justa game,you can’tof tookit that seriously.Iknow withyour
parentsgettingdivorcedand stuff,thingswere rough –butthe Marmalade manwasn’treal.And
stupidchant,wasn’tthat justmade up to scare ourselves?Like,thingswere boringbackthen!We a
little horrortopass the time.Butit was creepy…how diditgo again?Somethinglike…
[sing-song] Under the cover of the forest, the marmalade man knows.
Where his children go, the marmalade man follows.
Why are we talking about this? Why is it bothering you so much?
Adam: Walter?
Adam: Okay Walter, what’s happening? I’m having nightmares. Just these voices echoing
around my head every night. Is this what you was talking about? Feel like something is
watching me. Always watching.
Please. Respond.
Adam: I’m going crazy. There’s voices everywhere. Their telling to hurt thing, others, myself.
Woke up in an ally the other day, no idea how I got there. Haven’t heard from Cat in days.
Please tell me what going on. It’s the Marmalade man, isn’t it.
Walter: You went into the woods again. You bought him back to me. This was the only way I
could get rid of him…
I have kids to protect now. A wife. He said if I could get you to say it, get you to summon me
– he’d leave me and everyone I love alone. I’m sorry, Adam.
Adam: Are you kidding me?! Walter we were friends. Please make it stop.
Adam: Help me. I can’t take this. I don’t know what’s he’s going to make me do.
Adam: Help me.
Walter: I’m sorry.

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