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--- ### **Scene 1: The Ward (Opening Scene)** *(Dim, flickering fluorescent lights. The hum of an air vent. The rhythmic beep of a heart monitor. Patients sit scattered, some rocking, some staring at the walls. Sol sits center stage, head down, gripping their own arms like they might disappear.)* **Sol (whispering to themself):** It’s not real. It’s not real. But it’s here. It’s always here. **Marrow (flatly, from across the room):** You talk to yourself often, or just when you think no one’s listening? *(Sol looks up sharply. Marrow smirks but doesn’t move closer. The Rabbit’s presence lingers in the shadows, unseen but felt.)* --- ### **Scene 2: Group Therapy** *(A sterile circle of chairs. The patients fidget, some avoiding eye contact. Doctor Ives sits in his usual poised, unnervingly calm manner.)* **Doctor Ives:** Healing begins with honesty. So, let’s begin. Who would like to share? *(A silence so thick it suffocates. Eli taps their foot aggressively. Reese shifts in his seat, crossing his arms. Marrow exhales sharply and leans forward, looking directly at Ives.)* **Marrow:** You want honesty? Alright. I think this place is a fucking joke. *(Gasps. A chuckle from Cas. Ives merely tilts his head, amused. Sol stares at the floor, their hands clenched tight.)* --- ### **Scene 3: The Rabbit Speaks** *(A dimly lit hallway. Sol stands alone, staring at the peeling wallpaper. The hum of fluorescent lights distorts, a low whisper slithering in from the dark.)* **The Rabbit (soft, almost tender):** You know they don’t believe you. They never have. **Sol (swallowing hard):** Shut up. **The Rabbit:** If I was just a voice in your head, you could. *(A shadow moves in the corner of Sol’s vision. The air thickens. Their breath catches.)* --- ### **Scene 4: The Unmaking (Marrow’s Breakdown)** *(A stark, clinical room. Marrow paces, fingers pressed to her temples. The sound of her own breath fills the space. June watches from the corner, unmoving.)* **Marrow (low, trembling):** Do you hear it? That whisper. That endless fucking whisper. **June (softly):** Yes. *(Marrow stops, staring at June. A beat of silence. Then—laughter. Sharp, broken laughter.)* **Marrow:** Guess we’re both crazy, then. --- ### **Scene 5: Sol & Marrow at the Edge** *(An empty stairwell. Cold, concrete walls. Sol and Marrow sit side by side, knees pulled up, staring at nothing.)* **Sol (quietly):** What if we don’t make it out of here? **Marrow:** Then we burn it down from the inside. *(A long pause. Marrow reaches for Sol’s hand. Their fingers graze but do not fully entwine. They sit in silence as the world turns around them.)* --- ### **Scene 6: The Rabbit Wins (Or Does It?)** *(The lights flicker violently. Sol stands center stage, The Rabbit behind them, whispering, shifting, growing.)* **The Rabbit (laughing):** You know how this ends. **Sol (voice shaking):** No. *(The Rabbit’s grin widens. The shadows stretch. The world tilts.)* --- ### **Scene 7: Night in the Ward** *(Faint moonlight filters through barred windows. The ward is restless—whispers, footsteps, distant murmurs. Sol sits awake in their bed, staring at the ceiling. A shadow shifts at the edge of the room.)* **Eli (softly, from their bed):** You see it too, don’t you? **Sol (barely above a whisper):** It doesn’t go away. **Eli:** No. It never does. *(The Rabbit watches from the darkness, unseen but suffocating. The sound of slow, deliberate breathing fills the room, but no one is breathing like that.)* --- ### **Scene 8: Ives Tightens His Grip** *(Doctor Ives’ office. Warm, inviting—a contrast to the cold sterility of the ward. But the warmth is a trap. Sol sits across from him, tense, fists clenched in their lap.)* **Doctor Ives (measured, patient):** You’re resisting treatment. **Sol:** You call this treatment? **Doctor Ives (smiling, unbothered):** I call it necessary. *(He writes something down. The scratch of pen on paper is too loud. Sol’s stomach turns. Their name on his notes feels like ownership.)* --- ### **Scene 9: Cas Tries to Escape** *(The main hall. Cas, breathless, desperate, pounds against the locked door. Marrow and Reese stand behind them, frozen.)* **Cas (hissing, frantic):** This place isn’t real. None of it. They’re keeping us here. **Reese:** No shit. But there’s no way out. **Marrow:** No way they’ll let us out. *(Cas turns, wild-eyed. The fluorescent lights buzz like insects. The shadows creep closer. The Rabbit watches. Laughs.)* --- ### **Scene 10: Sol and Marrow Break (Each Other?)** *(An empty corridor. Sol and Marrow, backs against the wall, breathing hard. A fight still lingers between them, unspoken.)* **Sol (soft, hurt):** Why do you always push people away? **Marrow (gritting her teeth):** Why do you always let them walk all over you? *(Silence. Then—Marrow grabs Sol’s collar, pulling them close, forehead pressed to theirs. Neither of them moves away.)* --- ### **Scene 11: The Rabbit Feeds on Fear** *(A therapy session. The entire ensemble sits in their chairs, rigid. Doctor Ives surveys them like a scientist observing an experiment.)* **Doctor Ives:** Let’s talk about progress. **The Rabbit (whispering, everywhere at once):** Let’s talk about failure. *(Sol twitches. Marrow grips the arms of her chair. Eli’s foot taps faster. The shadows in the room deepen.)* --- ### **Scene 12: The Unmaking (Reprise)** *(Marrow in her room. Her breathing ragged. Her hands shaking. The whispers in her head scream.)* **Marrow (hoarse, broken):** I can’t—I can’t let them— *(She lifts something sharp. The audience holds their breath. Then—a knock at the door.)* **Sol (softly, from the other side):** Marrow? *(A long silence. The blade trembles in her grip.)* --- ### **Scene 13: The Riot** *(Chaos. Patients running. Alarms blaring. Red emergency lights flickering. Marrow swings a chair into a window, but the glass doesn’t break.)* **Cas (shouting):** It’s not real! None of this is real! **Eli (grabbing Sol’s arm):** Are we getting out, or are we dying here? *(The Rabbit looms. Doctor Ives watches from a distance, smiling.)* --- ### **Scene 14: The Choice** *(A stairwell. Sol stands at the edge. The Rabbit behind them, whispering.)* **The Rabbit:** One step. That’s all it takes. *(Sol sways. A moment of unbearable tension. Then—Marrow’s voice.)* **Marrow (breathless, desperate):** Sol. *(They turn. A choice must be made.)* --- ### **Scene 15: The Ending (Or The Beginning?)** *(Lights flicker. The ward distorts. The Rabbit’s laughter fades into silence. Sol, Marrow, and the others stand in the wreckage of the riot, breathing hard.)* **Doctor Ives (calm, amused):** And what now? *(Sol lifts their head. Their eyes burn with something new. Something real.)* **Sol:** We wake up. *(Blackout.)*

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