Domain (2016)

Sonja Sohn: Atlanta

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• Atlanta : While you two are bickering like an old married couple, I'm gonna do my morning prayers, anyone want to join me?

  Chicago : Every morning you ask us if we wanna pray and the answer is always the same. Isn't that the definition of psychosis?

  Phoenix : I'll pray with you.

  Atlanta : Really?

  Phoenix : Sure, I don't know any prayers though.

  Atlanta : That's okay, I can send you one. It's one that I used to do with my girls just before I put them to bed.

• Atlanta : [praying]  Oh Lord, make me brave.

  Phoenix : [joining]  Make me brave.

  Atlanta , Phoenix : Brave enough to face the dark, the dark that pulls me in, as the storm rages through, let me rise above the gale with bright eyes, confident Thy way is wise. Lord, make me brave, brave to face the murk of life, help me with my human plight. Help me to retain my sight, to know that from the dark comes light. To know that from the dark comes light.

  Atlanta : Amen.

  Phoenix : Amen.

  Atlanta : Thanks, Phoenix, that was nice.

• Phoenix : [after Houston's day cycle malfunctions and their terminals go blank]  I think we should turn Orlando's feed back on.

  Atlanta : What? No!

  Boston : Why?

  Phoenix : Maybe we broke the system when we banned him. Think about it, there are supposed to be seven of us and right now there are only six, maybe we caused the glitch.

• Nadine : [in an instructional video]  Hello, my name is Nadine, and I am the designer of the LSB-300 lifesaving bunker. If you're watching this, the lottery is over and you are one of the lucky few who will live through the Saharan flu epidemic. You are a survivor. If need be, your bunker can keep you alive for up to 70 years.

  Houston : [as the lights in his bunker keep flashing bright colors that change every few seconds]  Yeah I tell you, I ain't gonna last 70 hours if this shit don't stop.

  Boston : It'll work itself out, just calm down.

  Houston : Oh, you wanna trade bunkers?

  Nadine : To protect you from surface conditions, your bunker is 30 feet underground. The artificial day cycle will keep your sleep patterns normal. Your bunker is stocked with enough Supplival powder to last a lifetime. When mixed with water, Supplival creates a delicious shake that's packed with nutrients, in vanilla, strawberry, or chocolate.

  Atlanta : [drinking her Supplival]  This is so *not* a chocolate shake.

  Nadine : The generator powers the bunker's closed-loop air and water filtration. 100% of what you consume is recycled.

  Boston : Wait a minute, does that mean we drink our own piss?

  Denver : You just now realized that?

  Boston : [dryly]  Science is amazing.

  Nadine : The generator also powers the atmosphere purifier. The purifier filters contaminated air molecules and strips them of the virus. The 500,000 bunkers that make up the network operate in tandem to eliminate the viral threat. The network generates an estimate for how long this process will take, based on daily data which you can view in your statistics terminal. Solitary habitation is necessary to ensure that this virus spreads no further. To combat the inevitable sense of isolation, we created Domain. Domain is an information and social networking platform. Domain also allows full access to our encyclopedic archives. Studies found that groups of seven create an ideal long-term social networking community. Each group of seven was selected using algorithms derived from your personal histories. Right now I too am probably living out my days in an LSB-300 just like yours, wondering how much longer I'll be down here. One thing is certain, we will eradicate the Saharan flu. Your efforts matter, *you* matter. We are the survivors. An Earth free of this virus awaits, humanity is counting on us.

• Boston : How many people have you killed anyway?

  Orlando : To be honest, 15, maybe 20, I don't know.

  Atlanta : Oh my God!

  Orlando : [mocks her]  'Oh my God!' Are you serious? Come on, most of them were bank robberies gone bad. I'm sorry, hold on, there *was* a time I did it for sport, and to tell you the truth, it was actually fun.

  Atlanta : I am trying to find a way to pray for your soul, but I'm not sure if you even have one.

  Orlando : Oh and this is coming from the Mother of the Year. What's it like to uh, think about those three precious angels up there dead with everyone else?

  Atlanta : How *dare* you?

  Orlando : No, I'm just asking, I mean they were, they were kids, right? I mean that is a hell of a way to go, especially being so young.

  Houston : Dude, that is fucked up.

  Orlando : But it's the truth, that's what I'm talking about, hey the truth! And none of you want to hear it!

• Denver : [banning Orlando from the Domain]  It's done.

  Atlanta : [relieved]  Amen.

• Phoenix : [reluctant to ban Orlando]  He could be alone for decades, it's not fair.

  Atlanta : Well maybe he deserves it.

• Atlanta : [to a photograph of her three daughters]  Morning, angels, Mommy has a headache.

• Boston : Is there any chance that Orlando can actually be in there somewhere?

  Denver : I mean there's a possibility he could be dead or I don't know, hiding from the camera, but that doesn't seem like his personality.

  Phoenix : Well what if he tried to escape?

  Atlanta : How can he escape? The doors are locked.

  Phoenix : Has anyone tried their door since the terminal shut down?

  [everybody looks to their doors] 

• Atlanta : [the others try to talk her out of sabotaging the Supplival tube to look for an escape]  Look, guys, if I wind up starving to death, then I guess that was God's plan for me all along.