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Outline:
- Emily wakes up
- Lena (her adult sister) is in the room, waiting for her to wake up, silently crying
- the scene should make it immediately clear that this is in a base on the moon
- large panorama window
- Dialog:
- Emily asks who died this time / who died today - preferably in a more elegant way
- Lena’s spouse (?)
- has to reveal that death is a common thing recently
- caused by a disease
- They were close to developing/discovering a cure but then Tony died
- optionally reveals that there are now 5 ppl left: 4 adults and Emily
- Emily asks who died this time / who died today - preferably in a more elegant way
- Emily puts on / changes into day clothes
- They eat
- They put on space suits and go outside to bury the body
- Lena places some object of significance on the grave
Emily wakes up. She is laying in bed, facing the large panorama window. Her eyes wander across the familiar gray moonscape outside before fixating on the half-visible Earth ball for a moment. A noise - someone is in her module.
Emily turns around to find her older sister Lena sitting against the wall - tears running down her face. After a moment to fully wake up and grasp the situation, she asks:
"Who?"
Lena snivels and points to the ring on her finger. Dictionary to the rescue! Is that the right word? ...
A grim but not uncommon way for days to begin lately. That leaves five of them, and since Tony is gone there is no more hope for a cure.
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The air hisses in the lines as the door closes behind them. The noise of the vacuum pumps kicks in and begins to slowly fade.