My Imaginary Friend.../Transcript

This is the transcript of "My Imaginary Friend...," the eighth chapter in the original version and the third chapter in the remixed version of Beyond: Two Souls.
==Transcript==
(The chapter opens with Jodie in her bedroom at night. A lamp flickers, the curtains move, and a toy on the floor turns on by itself as strange noises are heard. Jodie wakes up.)
Jodie: Mommy!
(The scene transitions to a view of the Holmes residence. Jodie is staring out of a window at the snow. Susan approaches her.)
Susan: Hey, honey, you can't spend the whole day looking out the window.
(Jodie is silent.)
Susan: Why don't you find something to do?
(Jodie remains at the window. Susan returns to the kitchen.)
(If Jodie sits on the couch, she can get up or pick up the remote. If she picks up the remote, she can turn on the TV.)
(If the player switches to Aiden in the living room, he can interact with the Christmas tree or the TV.) 
(If Aiden interacts with the TV while Jodie is in front of it, he turns it to static, and Jodie places her hands on the screen.)
Susan: Jodie? Is everything alright, sweetheart?
Jodie: Yes... Everything's fine.
(After some time has passed:)
Susan: Jodie, honey, would you do me a favor? Could you get me a bottle of oil from the garage?
Jodie: Sure, no problem.
(In the garage, the light begins to flicker and Jodie hears a noise, startling her. When she grabs the oil, the noises intensify and she exhales a cold mist.)
(If Jodie leaves the garage quickly enough, she closes the door and sighs in relief.)
(Once Jodie brings the oil to Susan, Susan takes the bottle.)
Susan: Thanks, sweetheart.
(If Jodie tries to talk to Susan:)
Susan: C'mon, honey, I've got to get dinner ready.
(If Jodie tries to talk to Susan a second time, Susan turns around.)
Susan: Hey... What's going on?
Jodie: Nothing, I... I just wanted... Just wanted a hug.
Susan: Come here...
(Susan hugs Jodie.)
Susan: All better now?
(Jodie nods.)
Susan: Okay, I gotta get back to work, honey.
(If Jodie looks at the cookie jar on top of the fridge, she can ask Susan for a cookie.)
(If Jodie asks for a cookie:)
Jodie: Can I have a cookie?
Susan: It's almost dinner time, sweetheart. You eat a cookie now, you won't eat your dinner.
(Aiden can open the cookie jar and give Jodie a cookie.)
(Aiden can levitate the chairs into a pile on the kitchen table, startling Susan.)
Jodie: I didn't do it, Mommy. It wasn't me.
Susan: That's okay, sweetheart. It doesn't matter.
(Susan puts the chairs back.)
(If Aiden interacts with the radio, Susan turns it off.)
Susan: Damn radio. Why does it keep doing that? Gotta get that fixed.
(If Jodie goes upstairs, she can explore the rooms.)
(If Jodie goes into her room, she can play with her toys.)
(If Jodie picks up her dolls:)
Jodie: Hey, Fairy Blossom, do you wanna come over to my house for tea? Oh yes, I'd love to! Okey dokey. We'll go in my car. Oh, I love your car! Yes, I chose it myself, and it goes really, really fast! We're here! Come on, let's go! This way! What a beautiful house you have! Yes, I love it a lot. My husband gave it to me for my birthday. Would you like some sugar in your tea, Fairy Blossom? Oh, no thanks! And how is your husband? He's good. He's working at the moment.
(Aiden moves one of the dolls closer to the table, interrupting Jodie.)
Jodie: Why, he's so handsome--
(Aiden flings the third doll, knocking the other dolls onto the floor.)
Jodie: Stop that, Aiden! I told you, I didn't wanna play with you anymore!
(If Jodie sits at her desk, she can draw a picture of a black circle with various lines and spirals extending from it, and a small figure at the bottom of the drawing. Previous drawings of the same thing can be seen.)
(If Jodie lays on her bed, she can hug Bunny Gruff.)
(If Jodie enters the Holmeses' bedroom, she can lay on the bed, interact with the vanity, or look at the wardrobe.)
(If Jodie interacts with the vanity, she can put on lipstick. Aiden tries to write Jodie's name on the mirror with another tube of lipstick.)
Jodie: No, Aiden. Mom is going to be mad if we mess with her stuff!
(Jodie wipes the lipstick off of the mirror.)
(If Jodie opens the wardrobe, she can hide in it.)
(If Aiden blasts the box on top of the wardrobe, it falls into Jodie's hands. In the box, Jodie finds a picture of Susan with a baby.)
Jodie: That photo... It feels strange. As... as if it were vibrating. Do you feel that too?
(Jodie experiences a vision of Susan and Philip, anxiously waiting in a hospital.)
Doctor: I'm so sorry... I did everything I could.
(Susan collapses to the floor, crying, and is caught by Philip. The vision ends. Jodie looks around in confusion before putting the photo away and holding the box up to Aiden. Aiden puts the box back.)
(If Jodie enters Philip's office:)
Philip: Please, Jodie. I'm working.
(If Aiden interacts with something in the office:)
Philip: Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you have something better to do?
(Jodie quietly leaves the office.)
Jodie: Aiden, leave him alone!
(If Jodie goes into the bathroom, she can make faces in the mirror. An entity appears behind her, startling her.)
(After some time has passed, if Jodie is downstairs:)
Susan: Hey, sweetheart, why don't you go outside and play? I'll call you when dinner's ready.
(If Jodie waits too long after being told to play outside:)
Susan: Jodie! What did we say about going to play in the yard?
Jodie: I'm going!
(By the front door, Jodie can put on her coat, boots, scarf and hat. Once she is dressed, she can leave through the back door.)
Jodie: I'm going.
(Once Jodie is outside:)
Jodie: Great. Now I can be bored and freezing. But you don't care, do you, Aiden? You never get cold...
(Jodie can sit on the swings.)
Jodie: Will you push me, Aiden?
(Aiden can blast the swing to push Jodie, and again to stop her from swinging.)
Jodie: Whatever. It's not fun anyway.
(Aiden can roll a soccer ball.)
Jodie: Stop it, Aiden. I don't feel like playing.
(After some time, Jodie notices the sound of children giggling and playing.)
Jodie: Hey, did you hear that? Came from the street!
(Aiden can interact with a mound of snow, turning it into a sculpture of Jodie with one hand raised to catch snowflakes.)
Jodie: Great snowman, Aiden...
(Jodie can peek through a hole in the fence to see other children having a snowball fight in the street.)
Boy with red jacket: Gotcha! I'm gonna make you pay for that!
Boy 2: Take that!
Jodie: Think I just found a way to have some fun... Okay, I know we're not supposed to. C'mon, we'll just play for five minutes and come back. Mom will never know.
(Jodie tries to climb over the fence, but is unable to.)
Jodie (telepathically): You could at least give me a hand, Aiden!
(Aiden blasts some of the fence boards, creating a space just large enough for Jodie to crawl through.)
Boy with red jacket: Hey, Jodie! Wanna play with us? C'mon, hurry up and hide then! You're gonna get creamed!
(Jodie scoops up a snowball and looks for a place to hide.)
(After a few minutes of playing, the boy with the red jacket grabs Jodie.)
Boy with red jacket: You're dead, little girl! I got you!
Jodie: No, no, let go of me! No, no, stop!
(The boy rubs snow into Jodie's face, causing Aiden to choke him.)
Boy with red jacket: Did you see that? She nearly killed me! You saw what she did to me!
(Philip comes outside.)
Philip: Jodie.
Boy with red jacket: She's a witch! A dirty, rotten witch!
Philip: What's going on here?
Boy with red jacket: She's a witch, I'm telling you! Jodie Holmes is a witch!
Philip: Come on. Come on, let's go home. Come on!
(Philip drags Jodie into the house.)
Philip: Get in the house!
(Philip slams the door.)
Philip: What were you doing in the street? You know you're not allowed to leave the yard!
Jodie: I saw the other kids playing... I... I just wanted to have some fun.
Philip: What did you do to that boy?
Susan: Philip!
Jodie: I didn't do anything, Aiden did it. He was trying to defend me, he thought...
Philip: I'm sick and tired of your stories! Jodie, this time you're really gonna get it!
Jodie: No! No!
(Philip almost hits Jodie. Aiden causes the TV, a nearby lamp and the Christmas tree lights to flicker erratically.)
Philip: You go to your room. Now!
(Jodie runs upstairs. The scene transitions to Jodie's bedroom.)
Susan: Try to get some sleep, sweetheart. Everything will be better in the morning, okay? Night, night.
(Susan kisses Jodie's forehead and turns the lamp off before leaving.)
Jodie: Mommy! I'm afraid of the monsters, Mommy. They're gonna get me...
Susan: Honey, you know monsters don't exist. But I'll leave the light on and the door open, okay? Get some sleep, sweetie.
(Jodie lays down as Susan slightly closes the door. Aiden can turn on the lamp.)
Jodie: Go away! I hate you! It's your fault my parents don't love me! You hear me?! Go away!
(Aiden enters the kitchen.)
Susan: You shouldn't get so angry with her, Philip. She's just a little girl.
Philip: Little girl? You've seen what she can do, right? Susan, that's no "little girl," that's... Susan, that's a monster.
Susan: Don't you dare talk about her like that!
Philip: The things that are happening around her... They're not normal, and they're getting stronger. For the love of God, Susan, what's to stop her from turning on us?
Susan: Oh, don't be ridiculous...
Philip: Susan, that thing is like an uncontrollable animal. We have no idea what it's capable of.
(Susan sits at the table, her head in her hands.)
Philip: We have a demon living with us, right under our own roof. Susan, this is gonna stop. And it's gonna stop now, before we end up crazy or dead. We agreed to look after a little girl, Susan, but not this. Not this...
(Jodie tries to sleep, but the entities from before appear. She turns on the lamp and sits up, and can talk to Aiden.)
Jodie: There's no reason to be scared, Aiden... We're going to sleep and nothing is gonna happen.
(Jodie picks up Bunny Gruff. She is then dragged from her bed and screams, alerting Philip and Susan.)
Susan: Jodie!
Philip: Let me try, let me try.
(After a few attempts, Philip manages to kick the door open. Jodie is in the corner, crying and covered with scratches.)
Susan: Jodie! Are you alright? Oh my God... What happened, sweetheart?!
Jodie: You told me monsters didn't exist... But you were wrong, Mommy. You were wrong.
(The chapter ends as Susan hugs Jodie and Philip looks on from the doorway, in shock.)
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