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Loretta runs back to her apartment. Violet lights a cigarette and sits on the bumper of the car to smoke. She looks off into the distance as the sun rises. Vibrant, violent colors race across the horizon. Suddenly, the car turns on. Violet, startled, stares at the car. Loretta comes back with a bottle of champagne in each hand and puts them in the car. VIOLET Did you see that? The car just turned on by itself! Loretta smiles coyly. LORETTA Isn’t it wonderful? It’s like he knows! VIOLET Who knows? LORETTA Auto! I named him Auto. Loretta pats the car. Violet looks at Auto uncomfortably. LORETTA Ready? Let’s get on the road. Loretta and Violet get into the back of Auto and buckle themselves into two sleek, metal chairs. Each seat has a cupholder attached, and a mini bar rests on one side. They begin pouring themselves glasses of champagne just as the car door closes. INT AUTO CAR DAY Loretta and Violet continue to drink champagne and catch up as Auto drives. A rundown landscape can be seen from the highway as dilapidated buildings and shanty towns speed past. LORETTA Oh my god. Do you remember when we ditched sixth period and went to the zoo? 2
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Violet nearly chokes on her champagne as she laughs. VIOLET Wow, yes. Yes I do. LORETTA You puked because the flamingos smelled so bad! The two women cackle, and Loretta pours them more champagne. They’ve finished the first bottle and are halfway into the second. VIOLET We saw the last black rhino that day. And now it’s gone. No more black rhinos. Violet’s speech is starting to slur as they become increasingly intoxicated. LORETTA Wow, really? How do you even remember that? VIOLET I just remember its sad eyes. The zoo sent it back to Zimbabwe a few years ago, but then a hunter came along in the dead of night and shot it. Hung its big, horned head above his fireplace. Loretta is visibly disgusted. She finishes off her champagne and pours more. VIOLET What do you think that’s like? Killing off the last of something. Loretta remains silent and stares down at her glass. The hum of Auto is heard in the background. She holds out her champagne glass to cheers. LORETTA To the last, black rhino. 3
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VIOLET May he rest in peace! Violet and Loretta CLINK their glasses together. They each take a sip and stare out the window. INT NIGHT MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, DESERT Loretta and Violet have passed out, drunk, with their heads against the windows. The terrain outside the car is entirely different now. They’re in the middle of a desert, and Auto is no longer driving on a road. It’s night, but the moon casts an eerie light over the desolate emptiness of the desert. Auto drives over a bump and the entire car shakes. Violet jolts awake and peers out the window. She becomes visibly panicked. VIOLET Loretta, wake up! Where the fuck are we? Violet shakes Loretta until she opens her eyes. LORETTA Whoa, what? Her eyes adjust to the darkness as she peers out the window. LORETTA Wait, where are we? VIOLET Nowhere near where we’re supposed to be, that’s for sure. Maybe you should ask your pal Auto. Loretta leans forward into the front console of Auto, and taps on the control center. Rather than responding, Auto quickly changes the song to a new one: Roadhouse Blues by the Doors. The volume turns up, notch by notch, until both of the women are holding their ears in agony. The song is blasting. LORETTA What the hell, Auto! EXT NIGHT MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, DESERT 4
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Outside of the car in the deserted landscape, Auto drives over cacti and Roadhouse Blues screams so loudly inside the car that it’s radiating across the landscape outside of it. Suddenly, the car comes to a dead halt. The music stops simultaneously, and the inside of the car goes black. Everything is still at once. Loretta and Violet both burst out of the car and back away from it towards each other. VIOLET This was such a bad idea. We should have stayed home. I should have gone to work today, put my head down and just kept… Violet’s rambling trails off as she stares at her Loretta, who is staring at Auto, perplexed. VIOLET This is your fault! You and your stupid pet car! LORETTA Violet… Violet continues to ramble furiously. VIOLET Why can’t you ever listen! You never do, you always… LORETTA VIOLET. There are headlights coming toward us. The two women look out into the distant desert at the approaching headlights, then instinctively sprint toward Auto. They reach the doors, which are now locked. Loretta and Violet anxiously bang on the windows and grasp at the locked door handles. Auto’s engine starts and the women continue their attempt to get inside the car, to no avail. Auto’s sound system comes on, once again blasting Roadhouse Blues. Auto lurches forward, leaving Loretta and Violet behind in the dust. The song becomes increasingly quieter, and the crunch of the gravel underneath the oncoming truck’s tires fill the hollow void of the night. 5
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