Nerian (in a shocked tone, slams his fists into the table, sending utensils): OLIVE!<b><i>
"Wide shot of olive. The background is vibrant, and filled with the color yellow"</i></b>
Olive (Puts her left hand on her hips, and strikes a pose while her right hand''s thumb points at herself. In a joyful tone): That''s me alright!
"HIGH-ANGLE WIDE SHOT."
Blizzard (Folds his arms, in a cheerful tone): I never took you for a waiter, you can''t wait a minute.
Olive (bending over, wrapping her hands around her stomach. She closes her eyes): Hahahha! You should become a comedian!
Blizzard (moving his wrist around, in a casual tone): Ehhh, it''s not really my thing. <i>
Olive giggles at blizzard''s response.</i>
Nerian (raising his right hand to olive, in a casual tone): Can we order now?
Olive (in a joyful tone): Of course! What would you like?
Nerian (In a casual tone): One plate of Palembang pempek, and please add one more kapal selam.
Olive: I knew you were a professional food taster!
Nerian (in a delighted tone): You''re a fan of pempek too?
Olive (putting her hand out): Of course! I like all things sweet and savoury.<i>
Olive begins to drool</i>
Olive (daydreaming eating pempek): Especially the palm sugar and garlic in the vinegar, combined with the savoury of the mackerel.. ohhh....<i>
The two brothers are slightly weirded out. Blizzard snaps his fingers, bringing olive back to life.</i>
Blizzard (In a confident tone): One order of rendang, and one plate of Tempe.
Olive (In a joyful tone): Good choices! Any drinks?
Nerian and blizzard (in a loud tone): A GLASS OF MILK!<i>
The customers are startled by Nerian and blizzard yelling.<b>
"SHOT OF OLIVE, FACING TOWARDS THE COUNTER"</b></i>
Olive (yelling): BIG BRO, ONE ORDER OF PALEMBANG PEMPEK AND ADD ONE MORE KAPAL SELAM. ONE ORDER OF RENDANG, ONE PLATE OF RENDANG. AND 2 GLASSES OF MILK!<i>
Varian''s hand pops out, giving a thumbs out.<b>
"SHOT OF THE TWO BROTHERS AND OLIVE"</b></i>
olive (facing towards the two brothers, in gentle tone): Your orders will arrive shortly.
Nerian and blizzard (their faces turn pale): Varian works here...
------<i>
The next day.
Nerian and olive are back at it again at the gym. The ventilation is now not so bad, however it''s still loud. Olive is wearing a Pink t-shirt with long sleeves, it''s slightly worn due to the fact that olive trains all the time. She wears a simple light blue jeans. <b>
"SHOT OF OLIVE HOLDING A PUNCHING BAG"</b></i>
Olive (in a joyful tone, like usual. Putting her left hand on the punching bag): Okay so! Yesterday you already knew how to control CB, which is absurdly fast for a beginner like you. It took me months, and I''m still trying to control it!<i><b>
"NERIAN IS SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH HIS LEGS CRISS CROSSED"</b></i>
Nerian (in a excited tone. He''s sitting on the floor): Really?
Olive: Really really! <i><b>
"SHOT OF OLIVE"</b></i>
Olive (pointing her finger at Nerian, in a somewhat gentle tone): But, you need to know how to turn off and on. For beginners it''s easier to turn CB off and on, rather than turning CB on all the time. It can lead to some, mood swings, personality traits differ, blah blah you know how it goes.
Nerian (in a curious tone, rasing an eyebrow): How do I turn off CB?
Olive (Back to her joyful tone): You already did it yesterday!<i>
Nerian''s mind begin to replay the memories from yesterday...</i>
Nerian (in a thoughtful tone): Ohh, I see...
"SHOT OF NERIAN THIKING"
Nerian (in a scared tone): You''re not going to..
Olive (in a Joyful tone): Of course not silly! <i>
Nerian sighs a breath of relief. Olive''s expressions turns from a bundle of joy. To serious.</i>
Olive (in a serious tone): But it''s tricky. To activate a adrenaline rush, think of it like... Pretending you''re about to fall off a building. Your brain knows you''re safe, but the body panics anyway.<i>
Nerian is about to say something, when olive crouches down and puts her index finger on his lips.</i>
Olive (looks at Nerian dead in his eye):
You may catch on quickly Nerian. But can your body keep up? This technique is difficult, and most agents struggle with it.
Nerian (His face turns stern, in a serious tone): What is it?<i>
Olive sits with Nerian.</i>
Olive (Back to her joyful tone): You know mediation right? Well just reverse the entire point!
Nerian (rapid succession): You mean get angry, instead of getting calm?<i>
Olive snaps her fingers, Davin just exited with a pair of navy blue trousers, a teal t-shirt with the name "Converse", and a brown jacket. from the nearby door and walks up to olive, looking down at her. He has his hands in his trouser pockets</i>
Davin (in a casual tone, olive tilts her head over): Olive, let''s go on the patrol.
Olive (she fixates her eyes back to Nerian, in a gentle tone): Try it out.<i>
Olive gets up, and walks with Davin to exit. When Teak suddenly appears behind them, and begins to re-brief their patrol just incase they forgot anything.</i>
------<i>
Nerian sits on the gym floor while looking at them. </i>
Nerian (in his mind): Reverse meditate? So I''ll just think about what makes me angry? I guess...<i>
Nerian closes his eyes, he goes into the usual pose of meditating. His breathes first starts out calm, orderly and collected. But as he begins to collect memories of what angers him. Feelings of being someone who isn''t famous, not known well. But known well enough, but not to the extent of what Nerian wanted. His breaths became more uneasy, and unstable. He collects memories of his childhood, when blizzard knocked over nerian''s plate of Palembang pempek when Nerian was looking forward to it after school. His breaths become more unstable, nerian''s expressions grow angier. Olive notices while Davin is talking to Teak.</i>
Olive (In her mind): That''s..... <i><b>
THOOM! CRACK!</b>
Nerian has suddenly bursted out in anger. He had punched the floor, the dust blew in nerian''s face. Olive, Davin, and Teak are slightly weirded out.
Olive walks over to Nerian, a veil of shadow covered her expression, making it unreadable. Olive stands tall Infront of Nerian.</i>
Nerian (look at olive. He has a big grin on his face, in a confident tone): How was that?
Olive stays silent...
Nerian (in his mind): I did it didn''t I? It wasn''t that hard!<i>
Olive puts her hand on top of nerian''s head, Olive takes a deep breathe.</i>
Olive (in a gentle tone, nerian is startled by this): Yesterday i taught you how blood types effect us. And that gave you a sudden rush. But this it''s different, this is not the same rush you had yesterday. It takes time, not talent to be able to pull this off.
Nerian (In a disapointed tone, he lowers his gaze) O-oh... I guess i got too much in my head.
Olive (She smiles at nerian''s remark): Don''t worry. I got into my head too much aswell...
------<i>
Days go by, and nerian is struggling with CB control. He tries more agitating envoirements, First on the gym floor with no AC, then trying it out at school which freaks nerian''s classmates out, at home on the stairs, sitting down on literal concrete. Everything to make him more agitated, yet... Fails. Nerian becomes more frustrated with each attempt.
On one particular day when blizzard and are done training on the weekends...</i>
Nerian (in a frustrated tone, he yells at the moon. The Moonlight glow is shining on nerian''s face): HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Blizzard (putting his hand on nerian''s shoulder, closing his eyes, In a gentle tone): Brother, stay calm.<i>
The brothers are walking outside of the Pullman Jakarta hotel, the Moonlight''s glow cast shadows on the brothers. People walking by, having a drink, chatting with each other, and a guy in a balaclava mask sitting on a bench. He''s restless..</i>
Blizzard (gesturing his other hand): Take a deep breath, hold it in for 3 seconds. And let it out.
Nerian (slouching over): N-no... I don''t need more mediation. How''s it going with your training?
Blizzard (opens his eye back up, in a casual tone): It''s actually going really well, sister said I''m the first ever agent here to grow this rapidly.
Nerian (in a surprised tone, looks back at his brother): Really?
Blizzard (puts his hand off his brother''s shoulder, in a confident tone): Yup! I''ve already been guaranteed an officer rank....
Blizzard realizes his statement at such an inconvenient time.
Blizzard (softly): Oh, I''m sorry if this triggered you..
Nerian: Why would I?
Blizzard bear hugs his brother, Nerian floats above the ground due to blizzard height.
Blizzard (sniffs. his voice wobbled, thick with emotion, yet filled with joy): That''s my brother!
Nerian just accepts the bear hug by hugging him back.
HELP ME!<i>
A female voice is heard, civilians run away from the voice shouting for help. The man with the balaclava mask is attacking civilians at random, he backhands the female teen into the Pullman Jakarta hotel. The people inside panic, and security calls the police and looks outside to see who sent the teen here. They see a blond hair 5''7 nerian, paralyzed on his knees looking at the balaclava man.
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Nerian (in his mind: That man in the balaclava... He''s a CB user, no doubt. Why am I frozen here? Doesn''t matter..
Blizzard rushes in.</i>
Nerian (he''s panicking): BLIZZARD KNOCK HIM OUT!<i>
Blizzard rushes towards the balaclava man. He charges up a kick.
CRACK.
CRUNCH.
Blizzard has successfully hit his first attack with CB. It sends the balaclava man flying into a nearby lightpoll. His kick is so powerful, it bends the poll.
The man pulls off a handstand to regain his balance, he turns his neck 360? to look at blizzard.</i>
Balaclava man (in a Australian accent, his grey eyes shine with murderous intent): Oi. You''re just like me mate! I couldn''t stand these loud cunts for much longer, they were killing my fuckin'' eardrums. <i>
Blizzard takes a fighting stance.</i>
Balaclava man (Blood coming out of his mouth): You also fucked up my ribs mate, that''s not so nice is it now?<i>
Blizzard rushes in.</i>
Balaclava man (in a excited tone): I LIKE YOU MATE, YOU AREN''T LOUD LIKE ALL THESE CU-
CRACKKKKKK<i>
Blizzard aims for the lungs, and it clearly effects the balaclava man. There''s visible pain in his face.</i>
Blizzard (in his mind, preparing another kick to the man''s face): Alright, this one is all talk no bark type. Thank you siste-<i>
Blizzard is in shock. The balaclava man drops from his handstand, twisting mid-air. As he falls, his fist rockets toward Blizzard’s jaw. Blizzard raises his arms to block—but the sheer force, amplified by CB, smashes through his guard.<b>
CRACK.</b>
A direct hit. Blizzard is sent up into the air, but the balaclava man isn''t done.
Nerian feels a sudden rush. The same rush when he fought with olive that day... Nerian looks at this fist, it''s trembling with power. Nerian''s breathing becomes more wilder, he''s paralyzed due to fear.
The balaclava man jumps up into the air with blizzard, and grabs blizzard''s face and slams him down into the pavement.
THWAAM-KRUNCH.</i>
Blizzard''s face is buried into the pavement,
cracks spiderwebbing as dust shoots off.
Balaclava man (sinking blizzard''s face deeper, in a cocky tone): Oi Sorry about this, but you broke my fuckin'' rib ealier. I''d say this is an even trade, your jaw for my rib..<i>
KRUNCH.</i>
And that fear explodes.
Nerian (enraged, there''s visible blood veins popping): LEAVE MY BROTHER ALONE!<i>
The balaclava man drops to the pavement due to nerian''s punch to his temple, drowning in his own blood. Releasing his grip on blizzard. </i>
Nerian (pulling his brother out of the pavement, at ease): Blizzard!
Nerian pulls blizzard out of the pavement, blizzard''s face is totaled. His jaw is unhinged, as the right side of his face is covered with blood and bruises thanks to the crash on the pavement.
Blizzard (trying to speak, looking at Nerian whilst slouching over): Yo-yo did good broer...
Nerian (putting his hand on blizzard''s back, while massaging blizzard''s jaw): Don''t speak!<i>
CRACK.
Nerian looks down at the pavement, to see it bursting wide open. Nerian panics and the rush kicks in, he quickly grabs his brother and puts his own his back. Nerian starts to book it for the hotel, while the balaclava man
SPLASH.
Enters the sewers... Thanks to the stream going so fast, his body is immediately dragged deeper into the sewers.</i>
----<i>
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Nerian is in a hospital room, with his brother blizzard laying on the hospital bed. The doctor just finished treating blizzard''s jaw, and nerian is sitting besides blizzard looking down at the floor.
Nerian is at a lost for words.
Beep.</i>
Nerian (in a gentle tone, he facepalms himself, his entire body is sporadic): I-i''m sorry blizzard... I should had unlocked CB all this time.. Yet, it took you for me to finally know how to turn it on..
Nerian takes his hand off. There''s tears in his eyes.
Nerian (his voice is trembling): You''ll probably say something like "Don''t worry my brother, it''s fine to get frustrated whenever you''ve failed time and time again. Come on now my brother, keep trying." <i>
creeek.
Nerian looks behind him, to see...
Joan covering her mouth with her hands, tears in her eyes. And Asbjorn behind Joan, with regret on his face. Nerian doesn''t say anything, it would make his parents more worried. Joan rushes over to blizzard, but Nerian stops his mother. He looks down with regret.</i>
Nerian (in a gentle tone): The doctor... The doctor said we''re not supposed to touch blizzard for a while, it may disturb the healing process.<i>
Joan grabs nerian nerian by his shoulders, with tears dripping down her cheeks. She''s looking down at the floor.</i>
Joan (Barely holding it together): I don''t care about glory, nor fame. I-I just want my sons ot come back home safe and sound.<i>
Nerian doesn''t respond, but his face already gave the answer to her. Joan finally breaks down, on her knees and cries on the floor.
Asbjorn sits down on the chair Nerian sat on next to blizzard.
Nerian comforts his mother, reassuring her blizzard will be just fine.</i>
Asbjorn (In a serious tone): Do you still want to do this?
Nerian (Confused, looks at his father): Huh?<i>
Asbjorn''s gaze is scaring nerian, his father never looked at him like this. Not a look of disappoinment, but rather than a look of regret and anger.</i>
Asbjorn (looks at Nerian, in a serious tone): I understand teens are known for their numerous mistakes. But this is a serious thing Nerian, it''s not just games. You''re risking your life and your brother''s.<i>
Nerian stays silent...</i>
-----<i>
Asbjorn and Joan are about to leave the room, as Nerian watches over his brother.</i>
Joan (in a casual tone): Take all the time you need sweetie, me and your father will be waiting outside in the lobby.
Joan and Asbjorn leaves. Closing the door behind them.
Nerian (in his mind): Should I... Should I
Leave F?<i>
Nerian is startled by an unknown voice, he hurryingly turns around to see a figure. A figure he regocnizes.</i>
Nerian (Surprised to see her here): Mis-miss teak?
Teak (comes closer to Nerian, in a gentle tone): I''ve seen this before, Nerian.
Teak is wearing a doctor''s suit. You''re not the first, nor the last to ask this question.
Nerian (In a gentle tone, looks back to his brother): I-i don''t know... I want to continue, but my brother may... But I don''t want to leave...
Teak (In quick succession): You and your brother knew the risk of joining. Yet you both did. I knew your reason as to why, But for your brother? He simply wanted to protect you from any Threats.
Nerian (he covers his eyes, as he begins to weep,his breathing becomes uneve): And I used that to my advantage... I''m selfish. I was using my brother, as a safety net Incase I fail. I knew he would be there for me, and tht encouraged me to be reckless with my actions...<i>
Teak looks at a crying Nerian. Teak''s expressions soften as she feels sympathy for him.</i>
Teak (in a gentle tone): Take some time off. Your training will be halted, if you want to continue. Make a call to me.<i>
Teak walks to the door, but stops as nerian''s crying became more louder.</i>
Teak (in her mind): Poor kid. I wish I could stay, but this room makes me uneasy...<i>
Shadows of Joan and Asbjorn are besides Nerian, watching teak with glowing eyes. Unblinking. The shadows stretch through the room, reaching for teak.
Teak is afraid to look back she calmly exits... The shadows disappear when she does.</i>
----<i>
Days go by.
The world is golden.
Not literally, but it feels that way. The fluorescent lights glow a soft yellow, reflecting off the polished wooden floor.
The treadmill hums beneath Olive’s feet, her bright white shirt and sunny yellow jeans looking fresh, new, untouched by stress. She runs at a steady pace, sweat dripping, breath controlled.
Across the room, Varian sits cross-legged, cradling his cat, Nova, against his chest. He hums softly, nuzzling into her fur.
At the table, Teak flips through a clipboard, absentmindedly tapping her pen.
It’s peaceful.
It’s so peaceful. But...</i>
Olive (grinning, slightly out of breath): Miss Teak, can I ask a question?
Teak (not looking up, casual): Mm-hmm?
Olive: When is Nerian coming back? I liked watching movies with him… he even helped Varian bathe his cat.
Varian (glancing up, scratching Nova’s chin): Yeah, when’s he coming back?
Nova: Meow.
Varian (grinning): See? Even Nova misses him.<i>
Teak stops writing.</i>
She sets the clipboard down, fingers tightening around the pen.
Teak (gently, avoiding their eyes): I gave him my number… but he hasn’t responded yet.<i>
The golden hue flickers.
For half a second, the world isn’t warm. The air isn’t light. The room isn’t soft and yellow.
Just cold fluorescent lights. Just a sterile white room.
For half a second, Olive’s smile falters.
Then—the glow returns.</i>
Olive (grinning again, forcing cheer): Maybe he’s just busy… right?
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