[INTRO — EMPTY DEPARTMENT STORE, ESCALATOR HUM, DISTANT ELEVATOR DING, WARPED MUZAK] [MALE NARRATOR — FORMAL, VINTAGE] A department store. The ninth floor. One small purchase, and a young woman who has yet to find her way home. [FEMALE CLERK 1 — BRIGHT, PROFESSIONAL] May I help you find something? [FEMALE CUSTOMER — MARISA] A gold thimble, please. [FEMALE CLERK 1] Of course, dear. Ninth floor. [ELEVATOR DING — DOORS OPEN] [FEMALE ELEVATOR ANNOUNCEMENT] Ninth floor. [FEMALE CUSTOMER] Excuse me? I need to go downstairs. [FEMALE CLERK 2 — DISTANT] Downstairs? [FEMALE CUSTOMER] Yes. The exit. [FEMALE CLERK 2] But you just arrived. [MUZAK WARPS — LOW DUB BASS CREEPS IN] [FEMALE CUSTOMER] I bought the thimble. I went home. [FEMALE CLERK 2] Did you? [FEMALE CUSTOMER] What is that supposed to mean? [FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT — SWEET, RECORDED] The store will remain open for your convenience. [FEMALE CUSTOMER] I pressed the first floor! [FEMALE ELEVATOR ANNOUNCEMENT] Ninth floor. [ELEVATOR DING — THE SAME CHIME REPEATS, SLIGHTLY DETUNED] [FEMALE CLERK 1 — OVERLAPPING] May I help you find something? [FEMALE CLERK 2] Right over here! [FEMALE CLERK 3] Everything you need! [FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT] For your convenience. For your convenience. For your convenience. [THE ESCALATOR GROANS — FOOTSTEPS CIRCLE IN STEREO] [FEMALE CUSTOMER — WHISPERING] Who's there? [FEMALE CLERK 3 — SOFT, SAD] You don't remember us. [FEMALE CUSTOMER] I've never seen you before. [FEMALE CLERK 3] Not like this. [LONG PAUSE — FLUORESCENT BUZZ] [FEMALE CUSTOMER] Please. I want to leave. [FEMALE CLERK 1] Of course, dear. [FEMALE CUSTOMER] Then open the door! [FEMALE CLERK 2] Which door? [ALL FEMALE VOICES — WHISPERED, OVERLAPPING] Which door? Which floor? Which door? Which floor? [LIGHTS CLICK OFF ONE BY ONE — MUZAK SLOWS TO A CRAWL] [FEMALE CUSTOMER] I can hear you. [FEMALE CLERK 1 — VERY CLOSE] We can hear you, too. [HARD CUT — SILENCE] [NEW SCENE — MORNING STORE AMBIENCE, LIGHTS CLICK ON] [FEMALE CLERK 4 — CHEERFUL] Good morning! [FEMALE CLERK 5] Good morning. Anything unusual last night? [FEMALE CLERK 4] Just a customer who got lost. [FEMALE CLERK 5] Poor thing. [PAUSE] [FEMALE CLERK 4 — QUIETLY] She'll find her place. [MALE NARRATOR — CALM, UNNERVING] The store is open. The merchandise is ready. And on the ninth floor, a new face has joined the staff. [FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT — DISTANT, WARPED] Thank you for shopping with us. [ELEVATOR DING — CUT TO DEAD SILENCE]
