Sci-Fi Drama Short Film "Alone" | CRAFTY

May day. This is Kaya Torres. I'm the sole survivor of the DSV Intrepid. Everyone else is gone. I don't know how I'm getting out of this one, mama. Mayday. Mayday. This is Kaya Torres. Please respond. Mayday. Mayday. This is Lieutenant Kaya Torres. Please respond. Cosmic beings? Space pirates? Come on, throw me a bone here. This is Lieutenant Kaya Torres. Please respond. Hello? Yes. Hello. Yes. Can you hear? Yes. Can you hear me? Why is the f*cking signal so f*cking gravity Survey says 3543% inc

rease. Yeah, that should work. Hello, stranger. My name is Kaya Torres. I'm ruined on my life pod. I have a busted ship, and I am circling a black hole against my will. Please send help. Kaya Torres. A real actual person. Wish I could say I'm sending a rescue crew but I'm in the same situation you are. Not circling a black hole though. Did you take a wrong turn? Navigation didn't have the latest. Here's a black hole. You shouldn't fly here. Update. Funny. Honestly, I'm surprised you reach me at

all. The atmosphere here. Oh, did I mention I'm on a planet? I'm a cartographer. I make maps for a living. Or I did, until I crashed on a rock so massive it won't let me back out. Gravity. Always fun. I've been trying to initiate a proper calm link, but between your gravity problems and mine, we have a serious time displacement going on. Kaya Torres from the doomed intrepid. If you want an interstellar pen pal, feel free to drop me a line. No one should be alone out there. So what do I call you,

map boy? I've been busy fighting physics. This pot is just enough juice to keep me from getting swallowed up. But if I modify the power flow, I think I can punch my way out of the well. That's the idea, anyway. You don't realize how quiet space can be until you're drifting in it. I thought I'd be okay, but I could really use a pen pal right now. You're still there. I wasn't expecting to hear from you again, Hammer. My name is Hammer. Hammer. Yes, that's my real, actual name. I think my father w

anted me to be a blacksmith or a lawman. Definitely not a cartographer. Hear that? That's a massive sandstorm going on outside my cave. Planet has them constantly. You'd die if you stood in the middle of one. They scare me every time. Ohhh Is f*ck a curse word? F*ck? F*ck. A little click at the end. Lovely. How have you never heard the glory? Which is the F word? It's f*cking timeless. Also, why cartography? It was to get back to your parents for naming you Hammer? I wanted to explore, find plac

es no one had ever seen, be remembered for something when I'm gone. Wow. That sounds really egotistical. When you say it out loud, doesn't it? What do you do, Kaya? What's your passion? I'm an engineer. I tinker. I fix things. When you're a mechanic, you're constantly solving puzzles. Space has the best puzzles. I've cooked this local abomination of a vegetable 46 different ways. Crispy, steamed, fried, it doesn't matter. It's always disgusting. At least you don't have to suffer through preproce

ssed rations and nutritional pills. Every day I'm eating a f*cking mystery meat. God, I miss meat. Here's a list of foods I wish I was eating. A block of cheddar cheese, an avocado. Actually, just an avocado. Nah they're long gone. Yours? Used to be. Me and my mom. She was a master mechanic. Lover of puzzles all around. Firecracker. Taught me everything I know. A few years ago, she got methyl rash. You're prone to it. When you work in the belly of a ship long enough and the lining on your lungs

breaks down and it's shitty after all that. What's your biggest fear? Hammer? You can trust me. I won't tell. To be forgotten. What's yours? To die alone. Now or never No!! Ahhhh. It put me even closer than before. Trying to conserve resources as much as I can. I'm losing ground bit by bit. Maybe I should stop trying. One final adventure. There are worse ways to go, right? I'm so scared, Hammer. Hey. Don't give up. I'm not going anywhere. I'll keep my line open, okay. One of us needs to escape.

Hey, can I get a picture of you? I want to put a face to this voice. Words don't do you justice, Kaya. Guess what I'm drinking. Vodka. It's supposed to be for cleaning. But I have a confession. Ummm. I have been thinking about you. And I kind of wish I was on that planet right now. Um. I don't know what vodka is, but I like the mood it's putting you in. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait hold on. Wait. You don't know what vodka is? How I'm beginning to wonder if you're real at all. Explain, sir. Is my shelt

ered upbringing showing figures? This is what I get for being raised on Tremomine. Tremomine? I suppose you're going to tell me I wouldn't be fit for T emomine coupling either. Let it be known I am fully knowledgeable in such things. If you were here. Time out. I've never heard of Tremomine. Is it near Titan? Or Jupiter? Is it one of those weird Jupiter moons no one talks about? Jupiter, Titan. Kaya, I've memorized every colonized system. I've never heard of those planets? How's that possible?

No fucking way. Hammer, I'm sending you an energy signature. Do a scan on your end. Tell me what you find. F*ck. I found it, but the signal's reversed. What does that mean? It's the little stuff. It's the different curse words. It's the different planets, the alcohol. Your messages come in at the same delay every time. What if you heard my broadcast because it's not a black hole at all? I mean, shit, what if it's a wormhole, but not to another spot in the galaxy? It's to another universe. Hammer

, you're in an alternate universe, and I think I can get to you. Slow down. Remember, gravity. Even if what you're orbiting isn't a black hole, you could be crushed just by crossing over. I can't fix my bucket of your ship without your help, Kaya. Don't plow into the unknown on a hunch. Don't leave me. There's nothing left the other way. Not anymore. If I burn full throttle, I can make it to your planet. Someone's got to save you sorry ass. We're going to escape together. That's how we solve thi

s puzzle. Hang on, Hammer. I'll see you soon. Don't give up. We die alone. Shitty after No one should be alone out there. Oh, Kaya. If you're watching this, it means you finally made it. I'm glad you did. You're probably confused right now. If you want to know the answer. It's gravity, your favorite subject. You traveled through the wormhole. Time on your end slowed down. What you experience in days. I don't. In the meantime. Tried my best. Did. There's a storm coming in today. I think I want to

go for a walk. There's worse ways to go, huh? I waited as long as I could, Kaya. So tired. I left some recordings for you on this terminal. At least one a day, every day. And hopefully it'll keep you from being so lonely. If you fix my ship and you get off this rock, don't forget about me. I never forgot about you. Hello, new universe. My name is Kaya Torres. I'm trapped on a planet in the middle of f*cking nowhere. I have two busted ships, and my odds of escaping are terrible, but I'm alive. S

o if you need someone to talk to, drop me a line. No one should be alone out there.