Backlash

Loud firecracker explosion.

(She hears traffic noise outside louder than she should)

Marnie: No, JJ, I need to get ready.

I'm just having a shower. Yeah, but you take forever.

Not compared to you!

Marnie. Let Jasmine go first.

It's J.J., not Jasmine.

It's J.J.

It's fine. Come on. Go first.

Thank you.

You are such a little shit.

At least I don't stink! I don't stink!!!

Marnie, can you help your sister with the hair?

It's not even.

Yes it is.

And you really need to be doing

much better with your grades, Marnie

we didn't send you to such a good

school for you to fail like you are.

Hey no! I did it myself. They're fine.

Debatable.

Are you doing a sarcastic face, serious

face, or just your plain ugly face, as usual?

And is the school okay with your makeup like that?

I thought you'd grown out of it.

She's just such a disappointment.

Come on J.J. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to run us late.

You never do.

That's fine.

Hurry up. We have to sign in at the office.

Will you let me know where the doors are?

Is that the girl you like? Is that her?

She seems nice. She is.

I think... I think.

What's she like? What's she into? What does she do?

She plays this online game.

It's called Backlash.

The super hyper realistic one that

doesn't use proper infiltration tactics.

It's pretty frickin real for us.

We can't all be big, tough army guys like you. Can we?

No, but you can dream.

Give me a hug!

Love you buddy, you look after yourself, you're a good kid.

Just talk to her, be yourself and

maybe they'll let you join in the game.

Okay. Okay.

Aye, Aye, Captain,

Really? Yeah. Really?

You didn't think it through did you?

You're late!

Quick.

I'm coming.

Is it 23 or 24?

I think 23.

Stairs.

Come on.

What do you want me to do Marnie?

I know that you can go faster.

Look who's coming...

She just does it for attention.

Bet she's not even blind.

She looks like a pet

following her sister around. Like a dog.

You should do that thing.

Don't be a killjoy.

Aly: Nice Flower Bec: Sam gave it to me.

Will: Another door?

Ha, ha. Very funny.

Seriously, if you ever need to talk.

There's nothing to talk about.

How ya doing?

You ok?

Nice.

It's just a white cardigan, nothing special.

Looking for room 23 yeah?

Yeah.

Just a few paces back that way to your left.

I know...

Marnie, your shadow's back.

Lucky me.

Did you bring it?

Sam: Yeah, hold on.

Hope there's more for me later?

Wow, real subtle, guys.

Though I don't think any of these

idiots would notice anyways.

You know, I'm happy to do a full body search if you lose that.

You're disgusting.

And JJ

better keep her mouth shut about our... business dealings.

She's not deaf.

Well, that's good at least.

It's not funny.

Sorry princess Jasmine.

It's J.J.

(Kids laugh as paper thuds into walls, lockers and JJ)

HEY! What the hell do you think you're doing?

Trying to get her attention.

She might not know she's standing

outside the wrong classroom.

Just helping her.

Mmmm. Yeah. That's real nice.

How about I help you two fuck off?

Come on, get out of here.

Hey. You okay?

Don't worry about them, they're just idiots.

Where the hell were you? Hey!

Nice of you to join us. No Aly, it's okay.

I heard her footsteps, she was coming.

Should get to the right classroom.

What?

Marnie... I've known you for years.

I've known both you and JJ for years.

I swear I just don't recognize you anymore.

I have a lot on my plate at the moment, Aly,

Okay.

You can't expect me to take care

of her every second of every day.

I've got my own life. Aly,

I'm failing my assessments, my dad is always on my back

I'm just really worried about you guys.

Well, she's my sister, so it's fine. I'll talk to her.

OK.

How do you understand all of that?

Life's simple in code. Find fault,

fix fault. Code doesn't lie.

I'm going to talk to her. Okay.

Promise?

Promise.

Okay. Sorry.

So what's that for, anyway?

Just a little something I have in mind for tonight.

Speaking of later, you guys in?

Definitely. Yeah.

I'll be there. So will Nash.

Nash... aww, it's always about Nash.

Well, we know that if Nash is there, Aly will be there.

Hey, I do still have a brain of my own guys.

I don't think it's his brain you're interested in.

Look, he's really kind, and he listens.

Bit of an old soul. (Will fake coughs) Pedophile.

Okay. Have you met him for real?

Look, I know that he's older, but

that's quite refreshing amongst

a horde of animals.

Okay, well, 7 p.m..

It's Backlash Time.

Two teams, head to head? Asylum level.

How about death match mode?

My brother's ex-army.

Um, he, he says it's not very realistic,

but I still love to be able to play

the game with you guys sometime.

Anytime really, you know, I'm

not that busy.

Play with us or

play with Marnie? (Bec laughs)

Well, did you know that It

actually, it uses real locations.

And I've even been to the real life abandoned mental hospital

that the psych asylum level was based on.

And it's super cool. You can you can. Scan your face in.

And you can use your as your avatar.

How cool is that? Right?

Right. That's pretty cool.

But let me tell you something.

If I had face like yours, I probably

wouldn't want to see it on a screen.

In fact,

I'd probably kill myself to save

everybody else from looking at it.

Yeah, that's a really valuable life lesson.

Guys... that's a bit harsh.

The guy knows I'm joking.

Don't you?

Yeah.

One game.

You can play one game... with us.

F-Dan the Man inbound people. Let's Go!

Yeah. You can play diplomat mode. That's always fun.

And as long as I'm not the diplomat.

Will: Bugger.

Not again.

Guys, guys, guys.

I think I'm lagging, I'm lagging guys! Can we. Can we restart?

Can we just stop.

Stop shooting at me.

Here I am, rescuing the diplomat,

and you just shoot at me.

Sam: Come on, Manie, Come out. Come out wherever you are.

I got the infinite bullets perk.

How am I out? Again?

Will: I'm still lagging. Can we just restart?

Bec: Stop playing with them and get on with it.

Sam: Where would the fun be in that?

Why do I even hang out with you?