Starfish

Hello?

Anybody?

Please.

Hey.

Please.

Did you hear that?

What is that?

Pass it over here.

Hello?

Oh my god.

Oh my god, can you hear me?

But keep this woman, oh king of kings,

beneath thy almighty wings.

Oh god, the spirit of all our joys,

the cause of our delights, the glory of our darkest nights,

and the comfort of times like these.

Strange, isn't it?

Everybody's always smiling.

I keep just waiting for her to walk in

and stop all this nonsense.

It's Aubrey, isn't it?

Aubrey Parker, right?

From spirit 105 am.

- I remember you. - I remember you.

I didn't know you knew grace.

Hey.

Hey.

I don't know how he does it.

Mark, I mean.

I don't know how he puts up with all the consoling.

I couldn't handle it.

I didn't know what to say to him.

I just left.

He looked right at me.

I'm Alice, once of grace's English cousins, obviously.

I'm Aubrey.

You're Aubrey?

God, I don't think I ever had a conversation with grace

where you weren't mentioned.

You escaping?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I have a flight in the morning that I gotta catch.

Your speech was really beautiful.

I love hearing about grown ups as kids.

Well, you should go.

Yeah.

I'm sorry to ask, did you get her letter?

She was obsessed with this song.

She kept playing it over and over again.

It seemed to be something that helped.

She'd take her walks, and the music,

she kept saying, "Aubrey would understand."

"Aubrey would get it."

I still don't know how you drank this shit.

Oh, fuck.

Hungry?

Hey, bellini.

No bitey bitey, okay?

Perv.

J at your house j

j the smell of our still living human bodies and oven gas j

j you pray to nothing out loud

j two first names and an ampersand

j embroidered proudly on a kitchen towel j

j you're a beautiful and violent word j

j with the skinny neck of a Chinese bird »

j in a fading ancient painting

j and if you're in heaven waiting j

j you made it there fighting j

j the tightest kite string j

j in a bad storm with lightning j

j and now these few presidents j

j frowning in my pocket j

j can persuade no god j

j to let me let you off j

j even though I haven't seen you in years j

j yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere »

j my crooked Chinese fingers groped j

j the machinery of your throat j.

Hello?

Hello?

My name is Aubrey Parker.

And I broke into my dead friend's apartment.

Who the fuck are you?

Who are you talking to?

Hey, mom.

Aubrey, I didn't recognize the number.

Yeah.

Honey.

How's your night?

Are you okay?

How did it go?

It went.

Was Edward there?

Did you get to speak with him?

No.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

Look, I think...

Do you remember...

We're the ones...

Are going to...

Okay?

I think you're cracking up, mom.

Honey.

Baby, I wish you were here.

I wish you could just fly...

For the holidays...

It's so...

Yeah.

Time zone.

Sweetie?

Well, I just wanted to hear your voice.

Wait a minute.

I'm

honey, I can't hear you...

Mom, I can't hear you.

Listen, make sure you get...

Okay?

Happy new...

Baby.

Happy new year.

Now, let's take a little trip back in time,

just you and me, Nate fowles,

on this beautiful crispy new year's Eve

right here in the mountains on sparrow 103.

J do everything I do »

j that's how much I love you j

j I want you to be with me 2

j baby while we're young j

j till our final fling is flung =

j that's how much I love you j.

J can you feel the wind? J

j of Venus on your skin? J»

j can you taste the crush? J

j from sunsets dying blush? J.

Edward.

What the...

Hello?

Hello?

Hey!

Aubrey.

Aubrey.

Aubrey, can you hear me?

Can you hear me, Aubrey?

Aubrey?

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Yes, yes, I can hear you.

Listen to me carefully

and do exactly as I say.

I don't know what the fuck is going on.

Close your eyes.

Take the walkie and face it toward the door.

What?

Face it toward the door.

Okay.

Fuck.

Stand up.

Stand up.

Walk toward the door.

Aubrey, keep your eyes closed.

Walk toward the door.

Well, that's encouraging.

What is?

You want to live.

What?

What the fuck is going on?

You're going to want to go

back upstairs now, and lock the door.

It's going to be okay, Aubrey.

How do you know my name?

I knew grace.

Now, I need you not to be scared, Aubrey.

I need you not to panic.

I know exactly how you're feeling

but we can help each other, I promise you.

I think there's a way out of this, Aubrey.

Hey, stop saying my name.

How did you do that?

Do what?

Before, in the diner.

It was like a signal or something.

You did some kind of signal and you made it leave.

It was the signal.

It caused all of this.

Would you just tell me what the fuck is going on?

Do you have to understand

everything to accept it?

You're not answering my question!

That's because you're not listening yet.

Okay, well, what did you mean

when you said that we could help each other?

The final part of the signal

was transmitted last night.

It caused all of this, the snow, the monoliths.

Look, grace found something.

It's in the apartment with you.

What do you mean?

What did she find?