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Table Of Contents

The Characters

Benjamin Michaels

AweenaBiancha

Ayo

Eara

The Story

Background

2014

Ben Dies

Waking Up 2112

The Hospital

Outside the clinic

Back at the hospital

At the ET3 tube stationNYC transformed

Seeing the new world

Seeing the new world 2

AweenasFamily and their Kin Domain

Eara

Aweenasother boyfriend

Ben goes looking for his daughter

Ben in India

Aweena re-appears

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The following is assumed:

The world has had a positive development (maybe against all odds)

towards the year 2112. The future is highly developed both socially, technologically and

spiritually.

The prevailing economic system is resource and skill based,

without money and ownership.

There are no wars, pollution, corruption or any of the

devastating problems of today, even though there might be other

problems....

Everything is shared and the world works from a combination of

interest and need.

This story is more or less based on the document The World, which

describes what this world looks like.

The film has no budget yet, and we write as if it is unlimitedand think about financing later.

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The Characters

A lille questionnaire helping us think up stuff for the characters:

Profession: what role does he play in society

Admitted Fear: what holds him back

Secret: what he doesn't reveal to others (or even to herself)

Nature: what kind of personality/behavior is typical for him

Role, purpose in story: what do we want to communicate especially

through this character, how does she contribute to the plot

Conscious goal: what is he trying to achieve

Personal motivation: what motivates him to strive for this goal

Inner need: what is his underlying driver, what keeps him going

Flaw that is blocking need: why/how it's difficult for him to

fulfill this need

Dominant, core trait: what is he known for

Other traits: secondary behavior patterns Imperfections, quirks: what makes him believable/human, what

mannerisms he has, what makes him special

Dialogue Style: how does he communicate

Physiology: how is his body and what does it tell us

Appearance: what skills/knowledge he's known for, what does he

wear, what other props make him unique

Point of view: what beliefs and attitudes he holds and

communicates to others

Psychology, Sociology: how does he view the world, what's going

on inside his head

Relationships to others: how does he relate to other characters,

what unspoken dreams and aspirations there are, who does helike/hate and why

Recent history: what event(s) have recently upset his life and

why

Back-story: how did he become like this, what was natural for him

since birth and how did he environment shape him, how was his

family/peers/friends, who about education, what crisis and

successes were on the way

how has he changed over the years and why, what is the effect of

all this in his relations to other characters.

Benjamin Michaels

Called Ben.

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A hard and ruthless business man with a penthouse office with panorama

windows on wall street.

A childhood drama/event causes him to hide his feelings.

He has been brought up in a capitalistic family and to him the worldis either communism or capitalism, and he is very scared of communism

and thinks everyone in the Occupy and Zeitgeist movement is a

communist.

Ben is also afraid of heights, flying and death.

Ben is terminally ill with an incurable cancer and has lost his hair

from chemotherapy.

He has less than 6 months to live.

His fear of death and love of HIS life with lots of money, properties,businesses, servants, cars, boats, leisure activities, etc makes him

decide to freeze himself in the hope of waking up at a later time to

continue his life of wealth.

Ben is ruthless as a businessman and has broken up a lot of companies

causing many employees to lose their jobs and homes. He thinks mainly

of himself, his company and his profit.

Despite all of this, he does have a heart deep inside. He shows this

in interaction with his daughter. Deep inside, he also loathes some of

what he does at times, even though he is not aware of this himself,

totally brainwashed as he is from the money and profit driven world he

lives in.

Aweena

Aweena is Bens great granddaughter, but adopted into the family, even

though she doesnt know this, yet.

She is about 30 years old when Ben wakes up in 2112. Ben is then at

his death age at about 35.

Aweena is very interested in history and is a hopeless romantic.

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She has known about Ben in the freezer for a long time and has been

eagerly awaiting his revival, wanting to learn from him about how it

was in the old world, look at his reaction to this new world, show

him this world, etc.

Without wanting it she gets unexpected feelings for Ben.

Biancha

Bens daughter, Aweenas grandmother.

She is 4 at Bens freeze. Already then she is concerned about the

planet and Humanity.

After Bens freeze she grows up to become a doctor, researcher,

spiritual person and leader in the resource based movement.

She gets a son (Ayo) with an African man and lives in Africa before

moving to India.

Ayo

Aweenas father.

Still lives in Africa. Divorced from Aweenas mother, Eara.

Eara

Aweenas mother.

Lives in a Kin Domain in America with a new man.

The Story

Remember, everything that is written here has to be transferred into

the screenplay and then interpreted by the director and then the

editor. Many details can be changed, left out or replaced up until the

shooting, and even in the actual cut of the film.

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Ben gets picked up by his GRANDSON, Ayo, who tells him Biancha is

in India.

Ben goes to India but puts his lenses back on, showing Aweena

where he is.

Ben DISREGARDS signals from his lenses that he has to get to a

hospital to take care of some cell damage.

Ben collapses in the city in India where his daughter is supposedto be.

The city has only one hospital, and this is where he is taken,

and treated.

Biancha is working here, and meets Ben when he wakes up again.

Aweena has seen where Ben is and goes there too.

Biancha is Aweenas grandmother, but Aweena hasnt seen her for 20

years. Its a tear dropping reunion.

Aweena has checked her and Bens DNA and concluded they can be

together after all.

Ben can here either decline, saying he is satisfied having his

family back, OR say it is weird, but that he can get used to

it.

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Background

Ben is a ruthless wealthy businessman, thinking mainly of himself and

his business empire. He is an ego and profit driven stubborn, angry

and stressed out man. He gets leukemia, and starts to plan his

cryogenic preservation, since he really doesnt want to leave this

world and his empire so soon, only 35 year old. He has a wife and a 4

year old daughter, Biancha. Ben puts most of his money into a trust,

which he hopes to access when he wakes up again. The rest is left to

his wife and daughter.

Biancha grows up and learns about her father through her mother, and

dedicates her life to building a new moneyless world that truly works

for everyone. She uses Bens money to build the first new city, before

money is abandoned for good. Eventually she succeeds together with

millions of people all over the planet in creating this new world. She

becomes a leading personality in the global RBE movement, becomes a

doctor and professor in medicine and develops and invent a lot within

medicine.

The part about Bens daughter is not shown in the film, but is only

told here to explain the backdrop of what happens while Ben is in the

freezer. Biancha is only shown as a 4 year old in the beginning of the

film, and as a 102 year old in the end of the film.

Ben wakes up again in 2112 and is shocked about this new world. Aftera self searching process, he decides he want to contribute to society

and find his daughter, which is now 102 years old, but in good health

because of healthy living and new technology.

2014

Time: 00:00:00

Wall Street. Thousands of voices thundering in protest. The streets

are packed with people. Shouting, waving signs, fists raised in

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dissent. Concrete barriers line both sides of the street. Police and

military guards keep protesters far from the barrier.

We see them from above (camera on a flying drone...?), passing over

angry people, and then, up up up up along the tall Freedom Tower

building until we reach the top office. Through the window we see Bentalking on the phone. (Or cut directly to Ben in the office).

We see him from behind talking on the phone against a huge panorama

window with a view over New York city.

He is having an angry conversation with a client, saying something

like I dont care what they say! Buy this company now! Well brake it

up and sell it off in pieces later. (the other person says something)

Ben: Are you doubting my ability here? I own 15 mansions around the

world, lots of property and more than 50% of over 40 companies in 10

countries. Do you think I know what Im doing? Buy it!. He slams down

the phone.

We see that he is bald, with only some wispy hairs on his head. When

he turns around, we see he looks pale and sweaty. Hes obviously on

chemo therapy. He calls to his secretary for a glass of water. As she

comes in, he looses his tie and dries his sweat. He asks her to get

the car to the front door.

When she leaves, he packs up his briefcase, straighten his tie, puts

on his jacket and puts on a wig that lies on his desk. He tells his

secretary to cancel his last appointment that day as he walks out.

Outside is the waiting crowd.

Through this melee, a sleek black Escalade slides up to the entrance

of the Freedom Tower. A contingent of armed guards form a line from

the building to the rear door of the Escalade. A man dressed in dark

blue Armani emerges and strides confidently into the limo.

The roar of the crowd increases. "It's Ben Michaels." The crowd grows

even more agitated "Stop the destruction! Stop the destruction!". Ben

disappears into the Escalade.

They drive through some poor areas with homeless people, etc. Ben asks

the driver why they go this way. The driver answers that the highway

is blocked, and the GPS suggested this route.

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They finally get home to his big mansion outside of the city. He goes

in and is greeted by his wife and 4 year old daughter who runs up to

him with a drawing.

The wife goes into the living room, while he picks up his daughter and

looks at the drawing, which is a drawing of planet earth. She already

shows interest in Humanity... He comments on the drawing, puts herdown and goes into the living room, while the daughter runs into

another room.

His wife looks concerned. They are having a conversation about Ben

having this disease which is determined untreatable. He has been given

less than a year to live. The wife asks the nanny to take the daughter

to her room.

They start to have a discussion about Bens decision to freeze

himself. I dont want to leave this, Ben says. Wife: Youll leave

it no matter what! You dont know when you will wake up again or IF

youll wake up again. It might all be gone then. Ben: Ive beenliving my life taking chances, and that is just another chance I have

to take.

Shes overwhelmed, shaking her head, looking down. This is too

difficult for me, Ben. I cant live with you in a freezer. Maybe

youll wake up again before I die! How can I (crying) live with

this...?. Ben: Weve talked about this. This is what I have to do. I

have to do it. Maybe Ill wake up again, maybe I wont. Maybe Ill

wake up in 50 years, a 100 years or 200 years, or maybe never. But I

want to have the chance.

Wife: If you wake up again before I die, Ben, I dont think I want to

know about it. When youre gone now, I have to consider you gone.

Ben: I understand that, and thats ok. But you can freeze yourself as

well when you die.... Wife: We talked about that. I dont believe I

can freeze my soul. I believe my body is just a shell, and when it

dies, my consciousness moves on. Well, well see, Ben says.

Bens daughter comes in. She looks at Ben with big eyes. Ben bends

down to her, looking into her eyes. Before Ben gets to say anything to

her, she says: Promise you will come and find me when you wake up

again. I promise, Ben says.

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Cut to a hectic hospital scene with Ben being rolled down a hallway

with doctors and nurses conversing. Quick quick, we have to get him

to the preparation room.

They get to the room where the cryo staff is waiting. The doctor comes

in with Ben on the rolling bed and says He is declared dead now, hesall yours. The cryo doctor: Thank you To himself: He might be dead

to you, but to me his body is only temporarily on pause until we find

a cure for him....

While he starts to drain Bens body for fluids he starts to explain

the cryogenic process. With the techniques we have available today,

its very likely he will be revived some day. Patting Bens head:

Dont you worry, youll probably wake up.

They continue to prepare the body. Cut to cryogenic tank put into

storage. Fade slowly to black, with only a musical note hanging from

the music into the blackness.

Time: ca. 00:10:00

HERE COMES THE TITLE OF THE FILM

Then, out of the blackness credits come up mixed with some of Bens

memories from childhood, and maybe some of what hes experiencing

during the 100 years in cryo, assuming his mind is a separate entity

from his body. He can see dead relatives and maybe the Light during

a little sequence. Then into blackness again.

Titles and credits are mixed in here.

Waking Up 2112

Time: ca. 00:12:00

Ben is being pulled out of the 'freezer' and is put on a table, still

bold. We see a timelapse with doctors working on him. He lies in bedfor a good while, restituting. His hair grows while he lies there. We

see the hospital surroundings. Cool. Modern. Automatic. Not many

people. Caring robots.

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It takes time to revive him and his cells to regain themselves, and

it's all done before he regains consciousness.

All systems are working now. We hear doctors talking about parts of

the process it took to revive him. Specifics with Ben. Male voice:

This guy was pretty easy. Female: Yeah. Very little cell damage.

Male: Yeah, they had come quite far in 2014 with the vitrification

process. These people actually have a chance. Only 10 years earlier

and they are mish mash. With this guy we only had to do some minor

cell restructuring. Female: His heart is beating by itself now, and

he should breath when we remove the respirator.

Time: ca. 00:13:00

Ben wakes up in 2112. Science has come much further; now they thaw

many of the frozen people and revive them. Not all come alive, but Ben

is one of the few who makes it. They thaw him up in a very modern

hospital. Eventually he wakes up feeling very disoriented. It takes along time for him to understand where he is, what has happened and

that he has actually awakened in a completely new world.

The Hospital

Eventually he remembers that he used to be a very rich man and scenes

from his previous life comes back to him. Ben starts to think about

his money and his properties and everything he owned, wondering where

it all is now, and wondering about this new world.

He asks the hospital staff about where he is, about his company,

money, properties, family and whats out there. They dont tell him

too much as they want to break it to him slowly. All they say is that

There is no money or property anymore. Youll see when you get out

there....

In Bens former life, there could only be one of two economic

systems. One was capitalism and the other communism, which he loathed

fearfully.

He falls asleep again and starts having a nightmare with hellish

images about what he pictures as communism. He wakes up with a jerk,sweaty and scared.

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He has only one thought in his mind: Communism! I have to get out of

here!. He panics.

Its early morning, and no one is around. Since he is allowed to get

out of bed when he feels like it, no one, or thing (robots), reacts

when he gets out of bed and start to put on some clothes left by thebedside.

The clothes are basic hospital clothes, and not really meant for

outside, thus he look a bit silly, but theres no other clothes

choice. He hasnt been shaved since his wake up either, and he has a

healthy hair and beard growth, which makes him jump when he passes a

mirror in the hallway, looking at himself.

He walks down the hallway and encounters a robot that asks him how he

is. Very good, thank you, he says. Only stretching my legs....

Im glad to see youre up. Have a nice day says the robot. He getsout on the street, with thoughts blurry and confused, and all he can

think of is to not be captured. His only thought is to get home

and back to his world in New York City.

Outside the clinic

The hospital is in Arizona (this fits with Alcor, the cryogenic

institute, where he was frozen).

Ben is afraid and suspicious. He walks fast with a bowed head, looking

over his shoulder.

Even though they said at the hospital that there isnt any money

anymore, he still thinks that he needs money to do what he has to do

in this world. He has only hospital clothes, and only slippers as

shoes.

In his paranoid state, he enters a cafe where people sit and eat, and

desperately plans to rob it. He asks one person where the cashregister is.

BEN

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(low to a close person)

Where is the cash register?

THE GUY

Cash register?

BEN

Yes. Where do they keep the money here?

THE GUY

Money? What are you talking about man?

BEN

(somewhat louder)

Ok, give me your wallet then!

THE GUYTake it easy man, I dont have a wallet.

Ben pretends to have a gun in his pocket and points it at the guy.

BEN

Ok, give me your jacket!

THE GUY

What...?

BEN

(shouting)

Your jacket! I have a gun here!

Motioning to his finger in his pocket.

Other people in the restaurant notices the spectacle.

THE GUY

Chill man. Sure, here take it. But you can print out one like it

anywhere, so I dont know why...

BEN

And your shoes!

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THE GUY

Whatever man, take them, Ill print out a new pair. Hope they fit you.

Ben puts on the jacket and the shoes and grabs a flower patterned bag

from a woman sitting at the next table.

BEN

(still motioning to his imaginary gun in his hospital clothes pocket)

(to the woman)

Ok, put your money in here!

THE WOMAN

I...I...dont have any money.

Ben goes further into the restaurant and approaches other people.

BEN

(with a paranoid look)

Ok, you then, put your money in here.

Motioning to the bag.

THE PERSON

I...dont have any...

BEN

Doesnt anyone here have any money??!!

Well, put your belongings in here, then!

Ben takes jewelry and what ever people might have and puts it in the

bag and runs out of the cafe.

He is a hilarious looking character at this point, wearing a turquoise

colored hospital suit with an unmatching jacket, a pair of odd looking

shoes and a flower patterned bag together with his uncut hair and

beard.

Ben is in a real paranoid state, and walks fast down the street,

looking constantly over his shoulder.

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He literally bumps into a guy coming the other way.

The guy senses Bens distress and asks if he can help him.

THE GUY

Hey...sorry...can I...help you?

Ben looks mistrusting at the guy.

BEN

(looking around)

Emm...yeah...New York...how do I get to New York...?

THE GUY

Well, thats easy, you just take the tube.

BENThe tube? To New York? Where are we, anyway?

THE GUY

Were in Tucson, Arizona.

Ben just stares at the guy.

THE GUY

Are you from the hospital? I recognize that suit...

BEN

What? No, never mind that. Just tell me how to get there.

THE GUY

Sure, but you can obviously...

BEN

Just tell me!

THE GUY

Ok, ok.

He orders an autonomous car with his lenses.

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THE GUY

There, just wait here, and a transport to the tube station will arrive

soon. Have a nice trip!

He pats Ben on the shoulder before he starts walking as an autocar

comes driving up the street and stops in front of Ben. A door opens onthe side and a voice sounds from the car.

THE CAR

(with a nice female voice)

Transport was ordered to this location. Please enter.

Ben looks around and enters the car hesitantly and sits down inside.

The door closes and the car drives off.

Back at the hospital

Cut to the guy Ben just met on the street. He is walking down the

street towards the hospital. It turns out he works there. He swings in

the front door, as he meets Aweena on the way out.

They know each other and Aweena asks the guy if he has seen Ben.

AWEENA

Hi John, have you seen Ben, my wake up?

JOHN

Aum...what does he look like?

AWEENA

Well, has a healthy brown hair and beard growth by now as we havent

shaved him yet. About your height.

JOHN

That...that might be the guy I just met up the street. He seemed

pretty paranoid and said he wanted to go to New York.

AWEENA

Oh my Oneness! That is Ben!

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AWEENA

(as she runs out the door)

Thank you! I go after him!

At the ET3 tube station

Ben arrives at the ET3 station. The door opens, and he can obviously

leave the car without paying. Puzzled, he looks around and expects he

has to pay or something, but none of that is demanded.

Ben gets out and gets on an ET3 transport which takes him directly

from Arizona to NYC in less than 60 minutes. Somewhat shaken, he gets

out, still puzzled no one is asking for a ticket.

Time: About 00:30:00

NYC transformed

Ben gets off of the ET3 and steps out at the platform in NYC. He stops

as he looks up at a green and totally transformed city that shines at

him. He is gaping at what he sees and cant believe his eyes. Most of

the houses are replaced with greenery. Of the few skyscrapers that are

left, most are used as vertical farms.

Aweena has caught up with him, and comes up at him from behind.

AWEENA

Do you like the city...?

BEN

(turn around)

Who are you...?

AWEENA

I am Aweena. I am your great...guide.

BENMy great guide?

AWEENA

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Your guide, yes. I have been awaiting your awakening, coming to the

hospital every day for the last week. But today you werent there.

Are you OK? You werent supposed to run around like this at this

moment.

She had planned to tell him she is his great granddaughter, but holdsit back the moment she sees him in real life. Instead, she says she is

his guide, which of course isnt a lie, since she was going to be

that as well.

Seeing the new world

BEN

Im fine. So, what are you going to do. Put me to work on a field

somewhere?

AWEENAWhat?

BEN

I get it. The commies won, right? China has taken over. They told me

at the hospital. Theres no money or property. No choice.

AWEENA

What??? No, no! Ben, youve totally misunderstood!

BEN

So, I dont have to do labour with the comrads? I know how this works.

No possessions, right? I cant own anything?

AWEENA

Ben...calm down! Its far from that. Its not like that.

BEN

Ok, whats it like then.

AWEENA

Well, thats what Im here to show you. If you...let me. And...whats

with...your clothes...and your...bag?

She is pointing to his flower patterned bag.

BEN

Oh, eh....I guess I freaked out a bit back there....

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AWEENA

Seems like you suffer from some wake up anxiety. It has happened

before, even though I have never seen anyone actually escape from the

clinic.

Ben looks out over the city.

BEN

(sighs)

You know, I was a rich man. What has happened to that now? Everything

I owned?

AWEENA

Well, its...all there...and much more. More than you can dream of,

Ben. Maybe not the exact things that you owned, but others, serving

the same purpose.

BEN

Its still here? So, I can go and use it?

AWEENA

Whatever it is that you used in your old life, you can use in this

life, times one hundred.

BEN

So, I dont have to work on a field somewhere?

AWEENA

No, Ben, you can do whatever you like, what interests you.

BEN

(looking down)

What interested me was to earn money and control property.

AWEENA

Well, there are games you can play that might fulfill that interest.

But Im sure this society will trigger new interests in you that you

had never thought of before. Ben, listen. Lets go and find you some

new clothes, ok? And maybe get you a shave and a haircut...? And Ill

get you a pair of lenses and the CD.

BEN

Lenses and CD?

AWEENA

Yes, its....dont worry, Ill show you.

BEN

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Well, ok, as long as they dont put me in a camp somewhere.

AWEENA

Camp, Ben?! Please, give it a break!

BEN

I know how this communism works. If youre against it....

AWEENA

This is not what you called communism back then, Ben.

BEN

Then, what is it?

AWEENA

(Starting to walk)

Well, we call it a society of love.

BEN(laughing)

Society of love?!? Yeah right. If I live to see that day...

AWEENA

You HAVE lived to see that day. Thats what this is. You have awakened

in a Society of Love.

BEN

I have...?

AWEENA

Yes, and Ill prove it to you. If you let me. Come on lets go!

BEN

Where...

Aweena doesnt answer, but walks toward an IGV (Inverse Gravity

Vehicle) standing parked close to them.

AWEENA

We can use this one, its not booked.

A door opens on the side of the IGV and Aweena enters. Ben waits on

the outside.

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BEN

Where are we going?

AWEENA

Ill take you to the coolest DC on this continent!

BEN

DC?

AWEENA

Distribution Center. They showcase all kinds of cool stuff there and

we can get you new clothes and anything you might desire. Its a lot

of fun! Get in!

Ben gets in, the door closes, and they see only the beige inside of

the craft as there is no windows. Suddenly the inside disappears and

its like they are sitting in mid air.

BEN

Holy shit! What is this!?

AWEENA

Were flying! Isnt it great?

BEN

I hate flying! Take us down!

Ben holds on to his seat looking scared down.

AWEENA

Dont worry Ben! It only takes a minute down there! Just close your

eyes and breathe slowly.

Ben closes his eyes and breathes.

BEN

(with eyes closed)

Can you please put the floor back, at least?

The floor comes back, and there is only windows. They fly down and

land just outside the big distribution center.

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AWEENA

Here we are!

She walks out of the IGV with Ben following suit, somewhat pale.

The DC is a huge place full of people talking and walking around

checking out new stuff.

Ben and Aweena walks through the center, while she comments on stuff

and greets people along the way. Ben is following her, still with a

somewhat sceptical and disturbed look on his face.

They arrive at a clothing section where Ben can look at a multitude of

styles of clothes and shoes and feel all kinds of different fabrics

and materials. They find something suitable for him, before they head

over to a machine that can both cut Bens hair and beard and attachthe CD and put on his lenses.

Seeing the new world 2

From here, over several days, Aweena takes Ben to his old office

(which is a part of a vertical farm), they meet Aweenas friends, they

see a new city being built.

Ben becomes confronted with this new world along with his old mindset

and way of living.

This part isnt developed in detail yet, but elements can include:

Ben gets lenses and discovers a whole new world.

They go to a city being built automatically.

They go to a resort in the Caribbean.

They go to a meditation session where focused thought is used to

clean and energize water.

They experience a spontaneous dance party where everyone dances

in silence with synchronized individual sight and sound through

their CD/lenses.

They visit some of Aweenas friends in The Green City, and Ben

gets to know some of them and what they do.

They meet several people and experience several things

representative for different aspects of this new world.

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Ben, afraid of flying as he is, involuntarily ends up in and IGV

(Inverse Gravity Vehicle), which takes him straight up into the

air, scaring him stiff.

More....as much as we have room for. Funny quirky stuff too.

During their travels and experiences, Ben senses that Aweena has somefeelings for him, and he gets attracted to Aweena as well. In one

scene they even kiss...

Aweenas Family and their Kin Domain

Eventually, Aweena takes Ben to see her family, which of course is

Bens family as well, except he doesnt know it yet, since Aweena

still havent told him.

Aweenas family lives a bit outside The Green City in their KinDomain.

A Kin Domain is a plot of land about 1-3 hectares in size, that one

family uses and has responsibility for as long as they want. Here they

can raise their kids, grow their food, be close to their own nature,

invite friends, get born, die, be buried, relax and enjoy life.

Most families have these kinds of KinDoms. Still, many, especially

younger people, choose to live in the cities, travel around the world,

meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences before they come

back home after some years. Still, with the transportation of thesetimes, they are never far away from their Kin Domain, even if theyre

on the other side of the planet. Aweena is one of these youngsters,

and Ben is her latest excitement.

They land in the KinDom with an IGV. The place is very idyllic, with a

beautiful food forest surrounding the houses.

Eara

At Aweenas house, Aweenas mother Eara, understands that Aweenahasnt told Ben she is his great granddaughter.

Eara knows Aweena is a hopeless romantic, as she has fallen in love

with too old men before. But THIS surprises Eara.

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Ben is in the living room, while Aweena and Eara is in the kitchen.

EARA

You havent told him yet???

AWEENA

(whispering)

I will! I will!

EARA

(also whispering)

He is your GREAT GRANDFATHER! For Oneness sake!

AWEENA

(still whispering)

Please dont tell him, let me tell him myself. I promise!

Aweenas other boyfriend

After her mothers reprimande, Aweena decides to forget Ben, and

starts spending more time with another friend/boyfriend of hers.

Ben experiences some of this world by himself.

In a scene somewhat later, Ben, who has not suspected anything, and

has developed feelings for Aweena, sees Aweena and her new boyfriend

kissing.

Ben, still in his old mindset, gets angry and starts to pick a fight

with this other guy. The other guy has trained Aikido, and not wanting

to hurt Ben, dodges Bens every move, while Aweena shouts Ben to STOP!

Ben gets thrown around and ends on his back with all his air blown out

of him. The other guy; Im so sorry! Are you OK? I dont want to hurt

you. Ben gets up but is exhausted and can fight no more.

Aweena is devastated by this, and clearly in heavy distress.

BEN(panting)

Whos this guy?!

AWEENA

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Ben....Im so sorry...! Theres... something I should have told you a

long time ago.

Ben just looks at her, panting.

AWEENA

I am your....great grand daughter.

BEN

Youre what?!

AWEENA

I know. I...I was going to tell you right away, but...Im a hopeless

romantic, and I got some sudden unexpected feelings, and....I skipped

the great granddaughter part, and...

Ben is clearly disappointed.

AWEENABut during this time, Ive started to really....

BEN

(interrupts her)

Forget it.

Ben starts walking away.

AWEENA

Ben! Where are you going?

BEN(without turning around)

What do you care?!

Ben goes looking for his daughter

After this, Ben is really pissed and disappointed about Aweena and

this whole thing. He has heard Biancha used to live in a small city in

Africa, and Ben decides to go there.

He is tired of this whole technological world, and takes of his lenses

and earpieces. Also since he doesnt want to be contacted by Aweena oranyone.

Ben takes a gravity train to Africa, which can go to many places on

(through) the planet in only 42 minutes. The city he has heard Biancha

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AYO

What on earth were you doing there in the old city??? Didnt you see

the signs??

BEN

Obviously, I didnt see the signs...

AYO

What were you doing there?

Giving Ben a pill.

AYO

Here, take this, it will ease the pain.

BEN

(holding to his head while taking the pill)

Thank you. I was....I was looking for my daughter.

AYO

Your daughter?

BEN

Yes. Maybe you know her? Her name is Biancha.

AYO

Biancha? You must be kidding me. You say you are Bianchas father?

BEN

Well...yes.

AYO

But thats....thats impossible. Theres only one Biancha here, well,

was, here, and shes now... over a 100 years old.

BEN

So...you know her?

AYO

I sure do... Im her son.

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BEN

Which makes you my....grandson.... You see....I was frozen....and got

thawed up again.....

AYO

So....it is true.... Biancha didnt want to talk about it, but I heardit as a rumor from someone else... Wow....

Ayo tells Ben Biancha doesnt live there anymore, but is in India. Ben

gets the name of the city in India and, after having talked to Ayo for

a while, and healed his head, he sets off to India.

Ayo strongly advises Ben to put his lenses back on. Ben complies, as

he doesnt want to experience something like this again.

Ben in India

Biancha is a bit difficult to find. Partly because she went

underground after having been threatened during her RBE work, and

partly because she moved more or less to an ashram and changed her

name, and left the old world behind.

Ben ventures on to India to look for her, but he gets complications

with his body. After being frozen for so long, he needs to get regular

treatment for a while to stay healthy. His CD (communication device)

lenses informs him that he needs to visit a hospital since some cellsare starting to malfunction and they need to be repaired.

But now he is so determined on finding his daughter that he disregards

the messages. He starts to feel it in his body as well, but he keeps

going. He gets worse and worse and collapses in the city he thinks his

daughter is. Here he is picked up by someone again and taken to the

only hospital that is there.

He gets the treatment he needs and after waking up yet again, he is

met by Biancha, who has taken part in establishing this hospital. She

has gotten word Ben is there, and comes to his room to see him. It is

a tear dripping meeting and a surrealistic scene, since he is no olderthan 35 years in body, while she is 102, but looking remarkably good

because of new medical technology.

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Aweena re-appears

Ben and Biancha are walking together on a path outside the hospital

while Aweena turns up down the path.

Biancha and Ben stop. Aweena has found Ben, since Ben made himselfavailable again through his lenses.

Aweena gets closer to them, and it is yet a tear dripping meeting

between Aweena and Biancha, who havent seen each other in over 20

years. Biancha is Aweenas grandmother, and Aweena has had fond

memories of her all her life after Biancha left and didnt stay in

touch.

They talk a bit, until Aweena looks at Ben.

AWEENA

Ben, I....did a DNA test of us.

BEN

You did...?

AWEENA

Yes. And....for all practical purposes....we are as good as from two

separate families...

BEN

So...you mean that...

Aweena nods.

BEN

(smiling crooked)

Hm.... I have to think about this for a while...

Ben puts an arm around Biancha and the other around Aweena and starts

walking down the path.

BEN

It feels quite weird...but... I think I might get used to it... For

now, Im just happy I have gotten my family back.

The End...?

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