How It Ends

Not today, man.

You remember what day it is?

Why are you being so hostile?

Don't...

Oh, my God!

We've got to start going.

We have 176 text messages.

Wow.

Yo, it's Mandy.

Mandy.

Are you coming to my end of the world party tonight?

You know you are. I don't want to hear any of your bullshit.

Oh, we gotta go.

Also, Pauly Shore's coming.

Um... Oh, also, I have ketamine nasal spray.

Not even legal, just for fun.

No, no, no, no, no.

A little left for you,

- come on over. - Ugh, so mean.

What do you think

I should wear to Mandy's tonight?

I've got mechanic-on-vacation kind of energy... No?

I could just go, like,

full Santa Fe art teacher, right?

Just drape myself in linen for the end of the world.

What is this, Ezra?

I'm just kind of trying to keep in touch

with the people that I love.

Haven't seen him since his bar mitzvah.

And number two, um...

- Is he shirtless? - There's this fuckin' party.

It's kind of the last, like...

- Yes? - ...hurrah...

- He's kinda hot. - He's your cousin.

...whatever you call it, so...

I know, but...

...I was wondering if you could buy me some alcohol.

Okay, so... maybe we don't have to go out

to a party tonight,

but we can do something more spiritual.

What-what if we went to the beach?

Remember when we used to go to the beach?

We were so happy then.

That was, like, the last time you really felt free, right?

I don't know what to tell you, it's like...

My whole life, I have been terrified of dying alone,

and tonight, I am literally dying alone.

But you're not alone, you have me.

Man, you don't count, okay? You're metaphysical.

Look, tonight, I just wanna, like,

get really fucking high,

eat until I puke,

and then die.

I could list so many problems with that idea,

but the first one is, you're out of weed.

Of all the days, you really think

you should be self-medicating today?

Why can't you just be present?

I have an idea. Why don't I give myself

the present of doing drugs?

- Hello. - Hi.

Were you trying to go to the weed store?

Yeah.

I kind of bought it out.

Oh, like, you bought all the drugs inside?

They gave me a deal, I just cleaned 'em out

'cause I just was like,

I don't wanna be without on the last day.

All right, well, I guess I'll, uh...

I mean, I could give you some.

I'm not gonna use all of it, obviously.

It's not like I'm saving for a rainy day.

Yeah, sure, that... that would be cool.

I just don't want to do it in this alleyway,

it feels a little shady

and kinda disrespectful to the medicine.

If you want to come to my spot,

it's pretty dope.

It's like a very quick walk if you wanna join me.

Yeah, sure.

- Great. - Why not?

A few minutes with someone

on the last day of Earth? Why not?

Right, yeah. Cool, man.

- Yeah, just come with me. - Okay.

- It's right here. - All right.

You live around here?

Yeah, just, uh... just down the block.

- Me too. Is this your spot? Yeah.

So, yeah, it's just right up here.

Your... Your house? Or...

It's not my actual abode, my...

My house is, uh, you know, a couple blocks away.

Yeah.

This is public land, it's not mine,

but who's gonna arrest me today?

So, yeah, I figured, like, uh...

I mean, there's... there's enough for everybody,

and also, like, I have some DMT, you know?

So I was gonna maybe do that,

but then I was like,

"Maybe that's just like a hat on a hat."

You know I mean? What's the point in doing...

- Sure. - ...DMT when you're

about to actually experience real death?

I have also CBD suppositories

that, um, my girlfriend...

my ex-girlfriend...

She used to get, like, pretty bad, uh,

cramps when she had her menses.

- Ah. - So, if, I don't know,

do either of you guys have your period,

or are either of you in your menses?

Sorry, who, uh... who are you talking to?

I'm talking to you and the childlike woman

that I'm now looking at with the black hat on.

Guys, honestly, I don't appreciate whispering, like...

I'm so...

I'm so sorry, it's just... This really-

No one's ever acknowledged me before.

No one's ever seen me.

Is this an abusive relationship?

Uh, no, she's...

she's metaphysical, is the thing.

Um, younger self.

So it's, uh...

Oh. Yeah, okay, that makes sense.

You're her younger self. Yeah.

I know it sounds crazy.

Doesn't sound crazy to me.

I had my younger self here.

- Ah. What... - Where did he go?

He fell off the side of a mountain on a hike.

He lost his footing.

If you don't want to be with your younger self,

you don't have to be.

If you wanna be truly alone,

you can be truly alone.

Um, okay. So, which one of these...

Can we just, uh... I think we'll just grab...

Yeah, grab, uh... Grab a couple

- of those 'melos. - Thank you, 'cause, uh...

I like to call the caramels, "melos."

Yeah, that's cool.

But they might be uppers,

- so heads up. - Okay. And, um...

And, uh, yeah, grab a couple store-bought,

those Rollupz, those Rollies.

- Thank you so much. - And it was nice to meet you.

Hey, uh... Hey, have a nice, uh, trip, man. And, um...

Hey, actually, I don't know if I wanna be alone. Can I...

Can I crash with you guys? Can I come with you?

We gotta go.

That was truly terrifying.

Yeah, that dude was real dark.

Oh, you're... you're calling him dark?

You guys had the same exact plan for tonight, verbatim.

Talk about a Ghost of Christmas Future.

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

Liza.

Go.

Like, go.

- Hey. - Hey.

You... you cross this bridge often?

Yeah, I do, actually.

I live just up the hill.

- Oh, you moved. - Did.

Um...

I'm sorry. I, um...

that I haven't been in touch.

Yeah, you just stopped.

And I just...

stopped too, I guess.

Well, it's nice to see you...

see you now.

- You look good. - No, I don't.

But thank you.

How are you, Nate?

Or is that a stupid question to ask today?

Yeah, I don't know.

You, um... You going to...

Mandy's tonight?

Yeah. I don't know if I'm gonna...

make it, but...

You have a full night ahead of you?

Yeah, pretty full.

Just gonna get, like, fucked up,

and then, if all goes well...

puke.

And that's why you have parties.

Oh, right, yeah.

I prefer, uh...

a solo journey...

as you know.

It's really nice to see you, though.

Yeah, it's good to see you too, Liza.

Bye, Nate.

What was that?

I just, I...

I panic, man. I... I become so...