AMANDA CALEB CAROLINE DAN ISSIE MITCH NATASHA SAM STELLA MITCH Hexronn are stealing our water. And, that’s the man, there. Sam Tucker, who’s letting it happen. AMANDA Oh Mum. NATASHA She really believes she’s got some special connect. ISSIE I just don’t understand, how did she get out? DAN You’ve been acting really weird. ISSIE I see a horse. It’s kind of mystic. Ghostly. DAN This Mystic horse helped you find Blaze. Maybe you shouldn’t be afraid of it. AMANDA Oh come on. Come on. Why is this not working? AMANDA Oh this thing. Oh. Why, can’t Mum just have an electric like everyone else. ISSIE Kills the life force of the bean. Gran’s words. AMANDA What’s that you’re reading? ISSIE Ah. Spiritual Midwifery. Gran said to read it. AMANDA Give it. Right now. AMANDA Oh, Mum. Right. Ok. Let there be coffee. AMANDA Fine. Good. Right. ISSIE You’re not actually… AMANDA Yep. AMANDA Ah, fine. ISSIE Mmm. AMANDA I was thinking, about, us, looking at houses. ISSIE What? Why? AMANDA Yeah, well don’t you want to get a place of our own? ISSIE What, so I finally set up my room and you wanna make me move? Again? AMANDA Yeah, look, I know, I know, it’s just that your Gran, she likes things a certain way and we don’t always agree on what that looks like. ISSIE Is this about the coffee machine? AMANDA No. ISSIE Is it about Gran using your toothbrush? AMANDA Gran uses my toothbrush? ISSIE Is it about the composting toilet? AMANDA No, it’s about a lot of things really. ISSIE So, you just don’t want to live with her anymore? AMANDA That, that’s not what I said. ISSIE Sounded like it. AMANDA Gran’s very, authentic, a very, very calm and respectful person. MITCH Murderer! MITCH Don’t set foot on this property, you killer. AMANDA Mum, what are you doing? MITCH It’s his fault, it’s your fault. SAM Please stop yelling at me, I was just dropping something off. MITCH It’s his water bottling plant, it’s the noise, or it’s maybe the truck fumes, I’ve moved my bees once already and I’ve still lost two hives. SAM Well it’s probably Varroa mite. MITCH Corporate lies! AMANDA Ok, god, Mum, stop it. This is ridiculous. Sam, I am so sorry. MITCH I’m not flamin’ sorry. SAM So, this, this is for you. AMANDA Thanks. MITCH What’s that? AMANDA Nothing. MITCH You don’t tell me that’s nothing. AMANDA Go back inside, we’ll talk about it later. MITCH Amanda Rose Brown. AMANDA Sam has offered me a job which I have accepted, and I am grateful for. MITCH What? AMANDA It’s a contract. MITCH With the Devil. AMANDA Stop it. MITCH I would never sell-out for a pay check. AMANDA Issie. Tell your grandmother that I understand she is an outstanding and virtuous person. MITCH Issie, tell your mother she perfectly exemplifies the capitalist regime. ISSIE Can I get a lift to the stables? ISSIE You ready Blaze? DAN Alright, take this slowly. ISSIE Dan, I’ve got this. NATASHA Of course you do Issie. You’re the Kauri Point under-fives champion. DAN Mount with confidence. DAN So now, relax your back. Sit up straight. No tension. Close your eyes and imagine you’re floating. DAN Issie. You ok? ISSIE Yeah. Yeah, I just need some water. NATASHA Drama. DAN Did you just have a vision? ISSIE What? DAN Like you totally spaced out. ISSIE No. Well, yeah, I mean I just, I don’t know… NATASHA What are you, what are you whispering about? What vision? ISSIE Honestly, it’s nothing, things are just a little weird right now. CAROLINE Why are they weird? ISSIE Oh, you know. STELLA Not really. DAN You should tell them. ISSIE Um, yeah. Yeah, alright. Um, there’s this horse. Mystic. He’s like, kind of like a… DAN Like a ghost horse. ISSIE No, I don’t know. But he shows me things. CAROLINE What things? ISSIE Um, visions, I guess. I just had one about a beach, I don’t know why. DAN That’s how she found Blaze, when she ran off. I was there. ISSIE Mystic helped me find her. STELLA And, Mystic’s a ghost? ISSIE Yes. No. More like a spirit. I don’t know, he just, is. That sounds weird. CALEB I think you’re dehydrated. ISSIE I’m not dehydrated. And I’m not making this up. NATASHA I’ve seen Mystic. CALEB You have? NATASHA Yeah. He always turns up at the same spot. That beach, the one behind Seagull Rock. Maybe that’s what your vision was of? ISSIE You’re serious? NATASHA Yeah, I just, I didn’t think anyone would believe me. STELLA I don’t believe you. NATASHA It’s true, he’s there all the time. CAROLINE I’ve seen a ghost horse. STELLA Really? CALEB Come on. NATASHA Issie, we should go there and look for him. CALEB Oh ok, you are clearly making this up. NATASHA You know Caleb, not everything can be explained by science. CALEB Yes it can Natasha, it’s science. NATASHA Fine. We’ll prove it. ISSIE We will? CALEB Oh, absolutely. Please do. Get a picture. Prove this Mystic’s real. NATASHA That’s a great idea. Right, Issie? ISSIE Yeah, I guess. Okay, great. NATASHA Let’s meet at the beach at one. ISSIE Ok. ISSIE Gran, can you tell Mum I’ll be back in like an hour? MITCH You’ll have to tell her yourself. Your Mum’s sold her soul to a cooperate muttonhead, so we’re no longer talking. ISSIE Ok. ISSIE Something’s come up. Good luck! Natasha. Unbelievable. ISSIE You trash bag. ISSIE You are here. ISSIE Come on, just one picture. I won’t tag you. Ok then. ISSIE Yeah, what do you want horse? Ok fine. Fine. CALEB Shouldn’t you be at the beach? NATASHA I’m going to the airport. CALEB Oh. And to think we were on the edge of a paranormal breakthrough. NATASHA I told Issie to meet one. But then, oh no I couldn’t make it. Sad emoji. CALEB The tides coming in. NATASHA So? CALEB So, you have to stop her. NATASHA I can’t. I’m flying to stupid Queenstown, to see my stupid Mum. CALEB You do know how high the tide can get? Issie’ll be trapped on the beach. NATASHA Or she’ll fly out on her magic horse. CALEB I’m serious. NATASHA Look Caleb, it was a stupid joke. All Issie will do is take a big walk, that’s all. CALEB But there’s no phone service on that bay. What if she gets in trouble then tries to swim out? NATASHA You’re the one who said she should try and get a picture. CALEB Ok, no I said you should. NATASHA Caleb, she’ll be fine. There are warning signs, like everywhere. What’s she going to do, just ignore them? ISSIE Wow. This is lovely. Doesn’t feel like somewhere I might die. Ok, if this is where you want me to go. CALEB Issie. Issie. ISSIE What was that? Oh, not ok. CALEB Issie. ISSIE Caleb. CALEB We need to go, come on. ISSIE Wait, hang on, I. CALEB No, like now. ISSIE Woah, what is the rush? CALEB We gotta hurry. Trust me on this. CALEB We need to go faster. ISSIE I’m going as fast as I can. Wait, wait, wait, what was that? CALEB The tide. The cave is flooding. ISSIE Ok, so we swim. CALEB Are you crazy? You’ll get sucked out to sea, we’ve got to turn back. CALEB That was close. ISSIE So, how long are we gonna be stuck out here for? CALEB Five hours. ISSIE Five hours, are you kidding? CALEB I mean, maybe. ISSIE Maybe you’re kidding? CALEB No, I mean it could be six hours, depends on the moon. ISSIE Oh, this is rubbish. CALEB Yeah, people get trapped here every summer, tourists usually. ISSIE Wait, what are you even doing here? CALEB It was a joke, sending you to the beach. ISSIE Yeah, I got that. CALEB Natasha never saw a magic horse. ISSIE Ok, I never said magic horse. CALEB Alright, ghost horse, whatever? ISSIE And were you all in on it? CALEB What? No. Why would you think that? ISSIE Caroline said she saw Mystic too. CALEB Caroline said she saw Lady Gaga at the Kauri Point flea market. ISSIE You told me to get a picture. CALEB I didn’t mean, think you’d actually, do it. I mean, you made it up, right? ISSIE I didn’t make this up. CALEB You can’t expect people to believe that you saw a magic horse. ISSIE Well, stop saying that. I never said magic. Mystic’s like a spirit, or something. I don’t know. And do you know what? I know how that sounds, ok, I’m not stupid. I did see him, and I actually thought you’d understand. I trusted you, all of you. I put myself out there by saying something and now I feel like an even bigger looser, an outsider, not that you’d know how that feels. CALEB Sorry. ISSIE You know what? I’m climbing out of here. CALEB Seriously, do you have a death wish? That cliff’s super unstable. ISSIE It’s not even that high. CALEB You know you can break bones from a three inch-fall with the right velocity. ISSIE Okay, well I’ll try and keep my velocity to a miniMum. CALEB Just, come on. Please. Don’t. ISSIE Whatever chicken-boy. I’ll wave from the top. CALEB Do you need a boost? ISSIE No, I’m good. CALEB I had no idea you were so athletic. ISSIE Yeah, comes naturally. ISSIE Oh, there’s no reception. CALEB It’s the cliffs, I told you, they block the signal. CALEB A little help, to get this out. ISSIE Do I want rusty bell tetanus? No, I don’t. Thank you. CALEB You know rust itself doesn’t actually give you tetanus? ISSIE Yeah yeah, whatever. CALEB Thank you. ISSIE Sure, glad I nearly drowned so I could slowly burn to death here. Oh, it’s hotter than Chris Hemsworth. CALEB There’s a massive hole in the ozone layer right above New Zealand. ISSIE Oh great. CALEB So, we have a really fast burn time. ISSIE Oh. CALEB We could build a shade shelter, there’s wood down the beach. ISSIE What are you, five-years-old? I’m not doing that. CALEB 1820. Wow, that’s old school, I wonder how it got here? ISSIE Who cares, it’s creepy. CALEB Aren’t you even kinda curious? ISSIE Are you hungry? CALEB Yeah. Starving. ISSIE It’s Gran’s, home-made bubble slice. CALEB Yum. CALEB It’s sticking to my mouth like concrete. ISSIE Yeah. Gran’s cooking’s a bit hit-and-miss. CALEB Hey, are you still mad? ISSIE You have amnesty. For saving me from being sucked out to sea. CALEB I bet that came from an old ship. There used to be heaps of ships up the West Coast, like way back. Whalers, Sealers, pretty much a superhighway. CALEB Are you ok? ISSIE Yeah, I just. CALEB You should have some water. Could be sun stroke. ISSIE No, I, I’m fine. I just, had a vision. From Mystic. CALEB Um, now. ISSIE Yeah. CALEB Ok, yeah, yeah, no, a vision. Yeah, right, let’s talk about that. ISSIE There was a storm, and a ship, in trouble, I think, I think it was sinking. Mystic showed me where that was, I think it has something to do with the visions and Blaze. CALEB So, what does it mean then? ISSIE I don’t know. ISSIE Um, I want ice cream. CALEB I want, air conditioning. ISSIE Um, a fan. CALEB Um, breathable clothing. Oh, it’s so hot. ISSIE What? You said you were hot. ISSIE Hey. CALEB I’ve been thinking about what you said, earlier. About trusting us, and not feeling like an outsider and stuff. I do feel like that sometimes. ISSIE You don’t need to say that just to make me feel better. CALEB I’m not. ISSIE Oh come on, this is your home, your friends. I’m just the weird girl that everyone thinks is a liar. CALEB I’m weird too. ISSIE Come on. Like what’s going on with you? Tell me. CALEB I’m. I’m gay. I think. No, I know I am. ISSIE Gay? As in T-swizzle’s coming we need to pre-book? CALEB Okay, I don’t know what that is, but I’m pretty sure you just stereotyped me. ISSIE Oh, I’m sorry, sorry, I’m like foot in mouth girl, not the disease, the other one and I don’t know what to say, I just, say the wrong thing. Can I try again? ISSIE Thank you for telling me. It must have been really hard. CALEB You can’t tell anyone though. ISSIE You haven’t told anyone else? Not even Caroline? CALEB I don’t want them to feel weird. ISSIE I don’t feel weird. Look, I know this is a big deal, like, huge, but honestly Caleb. No one will even care. Being gay is, I mean, it’s like, one little piece of who you are. A good piece, you know that right? CALEB Maybe. ISSIE No, not maybe. Definitely. And I promise, I won’t say anything, just, take your time. No pressure. CALEB Thanks. CALEB Who’s T-swizzle? ISSIE We have so much to talk about. ISSIE I can’t believe I’m the first person you told. ISSIE You know T-Swizzle is Taylor Swift right? CALEB Oh, ok. ISSIE That is what everybody calls her back home. CALEB That makes more sense. ISSIE Yeah, yeah, yeah. ISSIE I mean, technically it’s a cake, but like biscuit sized. Also, those pineapple things everyone here loves, yeah don’t actually like pineapple. CALEB Yes. ISSIE So, do you believe me now? About Mystic? CALEB I don’t not believe. I just think if you really want to convince people, then you need evidence, did you get a photo? ISSIE No. CALEB Yeah, so you need a photo or like a recording, or something. You know. ISSIE I know how to prove Mystic’s real. CALEB Yeah? ISSIE Mystic was at the stables, and Tom has security cameras. Right? CALEB He keeps it in here somewhere. CALEB Reception’s back. Yeah, Mum’s not happy. Is your Mum gonna be worried? ISSIE Nah. It’s fine, my Mum and Gran are so busy arguing, they probably won’t even notice I’m still out. ISSIE Ah, or not. Gosh, she’s not happy. Mmm. At stables, lost track of the time, be home soon, so lucky my Mum is like my best friend. Smile emoji. Is that too much? CALEB Way too much. ISSIE Alright, ok. CALEB Yes. Got ‘em. ISSIE Bingo. ISSIE Tom, that is why you’re single. CALEB When am I looking for? What date? ISSIE Try family fun day. ISSIE Clean office, shave legs. CALEB No way. Tom would actually kill us if he knew we were here, and that you were eating his hokey pokey. CALEB Ah, I think this might be the fun day. CALEB Tom. ISSIE Quickly. Copy it. CALEB No, we don’t have, we don’t have the time. ISSIE Just copy it, just go, quick, oh, Caleb hurry. Hurry Caleb. CALEB Ok, it’s in, it’s in. ISSIE Am I in trouble? AMANDA Huh. This is ground zero. ISSIE It was Natasha’s fault. She… AMANDA Stop trying to blame other people. ISSIE But you’re not listening to me. MITCH Oh, we’re listening. AMANDA You have no sense of responsibility Issie. Do you have any idea how worried I was? I mean, do you? ISSIE Yes, because you’ve told me a bunch of times. MITCH I don’t think she does. AMANDA Neither do I. MITCH And what have you got to say Caleb? CALEB I don’t think she does either. ISSIE Thanks. CALEB Sorry. ISSIE And I thought you two weren’t talking to each other? AMANDA Of course we’re talking to each other. MITCH And you might try the same, starting with “I’m sorry”. ISSIE Ok. I’m sorry I’m not perfect. AMANDA Nobody’s asking you to be perfect missy. MITCH Nobody’s asking you to be perfect missy. ISSIE Missy? AMANDA Oh, I don’t know, it’s just like it was back home, you know, she doesn’t communicate with me, she doesn’t tell me what she’s thinking. I don’t know what’s going on inside of her head. I mean… MITCH Sweetheart. She’s safe. AMANDA Yeah, but I mean, what if… MITCH She came back. She’s home. Just like you. AMANDA Was I this bad? MITCH You were a little witch. ISSIE Alright Mystic, where are you? ISSIE Wait, what the? ISSIE It was Natasha. She let Blaze out. Oh, I am so gonna get you.