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int. presidential bathroom, air force one -- [day 1]
The leathery faced PRESIDENT sits on the toilet; relieving his bowels.
RING-RING. He snatches the phone from the wall.
PRESIDENT
Yeah?
AIDE(O.S)
(phone)
Mr President, I'm sorry to interrupt, but the Japanese have detected a craft in Earth's orbit.
PRESIDENT
What kind of craft?
AIDE(O.S)
(phone)
Possibly, extra terrestrial.
PRESIDENT
When are the Japanese planning on releasing this news?
AIDE(O.S)
(phone)
They're announcing it now.
PRESIDENT
What!
AIDE(O.S)
(phone)
If you turn your TV to A-V-I, you can pick up the live feed.
The President uses the remote.
A FLAT SCREEN TV, on the far wall, flickers.
TV SCREEN - We see images of the craft; Its a cube, dark metal with neon blue circular symbols on two of its sides.
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int. french tv studio -- [day 6]
Pompous news presenter ARNUAD attempts to grill freethinking scientist GODIN.
ARNUAD
I think most people are baffled by the idea that this alien species is essentially a liquid!
GODIN
I don't see why this is such a leap, adult human bodies are between fifty to sixty percent water, infants as much as seventy five percent.
(catches his breath)
For years, we scientists have wondered, what would a life form that could sustain the pressures of space travel, look like? Now, we have our answer.
ARNUAD
The big question is...why aren't they communicating with us?
GODIN
I think...most likely they are, but our technology is not advanced enough to detect it.
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INT. ENGLISH TV STUDIO -- [DAY 9]
Excitable talk show host MARKUS points to a member of the studio audience.
MARKUS
You sir, with the red bow tie, do you think we should be sending a psychic to chat to the aliens?
OLD GENT
No! It's not right is it, I mean It's not scientific.
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ext. EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- [day 12]
JAPANESE SPACE SHUTTLE: KIBOU, some distance from the cube.
A LONG UMBILICAL CABLE stretches from the shuttle's bay to A MAN in a space suit --
-- DAKSHI, India's top psychic, hovers above the cube.
ASTRONAUT (o.s)
(radio)
Well? Can you sense anything?
DAKSHI
Yes! It's happy to communicate with us.
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int. space port, nanacisb nebula -- [day 13]
The gargantuan vessel ROHEIN rests in the dock.
ON THE OBSERVATIONS DECK, WAY ABOVE THE ROHEIN, a male MALPAR by the name of BEERAC uses a holographic computer to perform a diagnostic scan.
BEERAC, a biped; similar size to an obese human. His skin and features resemble that of a Bullfrog.
BEERAC
(into radio microphone)
Boss! One of the effluent containers is missing.
A holographic display shows a dark metal cube with a circular neon blue symbol on two of its sides.
BOSS(o.s)
(radio)
Well, It's less shit for us to process right?
Beerac laughs.
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