Sci-Fi Short Film "PARTNR" | DUST

Oh my God. Yes. Oh, Ethan, no... Yes! I mean yes, of course! Ethan! I do! I do! Just a minute please! Sorry... long line. I missed you. Oh, you're so sweet. So, what are you gonna get? Uh, I think I'll have the... Short Rib. Short Rib. You know me so well. Jackie, we've known each other for such a long time. Such a long time. And I could never imagine my life without you. Or mine without you. You've made me into the man that I am today and I don't ever want to live another day without you. Jacki

e, will you marry me? Oh my gosh, yes! Absolutely! Yes! I love you so much Ethan. Ethan? Shit. Checking out? How do you like 'em? Well I actually just have the one, but, he's alright. Oh, did you hear about that one up there in Alaska? Totally reset. Started to decompose on the spot. That's disgusting. Oh, yeah. Eyes started to melt and everything. Which is funny, it shouldn't happen, you know, the way that these things are built. Manager's always telling me, Greg! Don't tell the customers about

the internal memos! Ya know? It's confidential stuff. But, ya know, he didn't come to my birthday party. Anyway, yeah if there's too much penetration, sometimes, I'm always telling people about this, you gotta use the oil based lubricants, goes really far up there, it'll mix with some of those components, doesn't play well. Hey, Greg? Hm? Can I just get those batteries? Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. I'm just saying it was really revolting. I'm sure. Hey! Hey! Wait! Looks like you got the triple H

's? I'm not interested in anything you have to say about my purchases. No no, I have one too. Oh. I'm sorry. I just figured after that conversation I just had in there. Yeah, well she's new... and I need triple H's for her and I just, I can't buy them. Can't do it. What? I just feel like the guy's gonna watch me, yeah know? Or think I'm a freak? Uh. Well, good luck with that. Well wait! Do you think you could... ya know? Are you serious? I'll pay you double! Come on! Absolutely not. Look. Everyt

hing is a hassle and I just need something in my life to work. Can I actually get a bag this time? Oh, sure. Oh my God, thank you so so much you have no idea how much I needed this. You work at Riverside? Yeah, I'm a radiologist over there. I work in surgery at the Wexner. So, you get it. Yeah, I get it. Spend all day caring for other people. Pouring everything I have into my patients and I don't have anything when I get home. I just don't have the time to find and inverst myself in someone. I m

ean I can't be waiting around for them. Yeah, or making dinner for them every night? Oh, or their parents? Or running errands for them? Yes! Well, I guess we still run some errands for them. Just because we're busy, doesn't mean we don't deserve love. Yeah exactly. I hope she's everyhing you want her to be. Me too. Oh, hey, wait. I still have to pay you back. No, don't worry about it. Please, I can't do that. Look, there's this bar down the street, Harrisons. I'll be there tonight with my friend

s. If you want, I'd be more than happy to buy you a drink. Swap hospital drama? Oh. Well, that's nice- You can bring him too! I'll bring mine. Uh. Okay. Yeah, I'll think about it. Good morning, beautiful. Hm, yes. A real good morning. Let's go out. Okay. Tell me that you get some hope now and we can- Hey! You came! Oh! Hey, this is Ethan and... um, I'm sorry. I actually never got your name. Dave. Dave. Jackie. Hey man. Great show! Thanks man. Um Ethan! Would you go and get Dave and me a drink pl

ease? Nothing I would love more. Tell 'em to put it on my tab! Did you bring yours? Oh uh... I left her at home, something about a software update. I don't know. I must have missed that. I'll race ya. What? You tie it with your tongue. Um, okay. You're on. Damn it! You took the longer one. I knew I shouldn't have let you pick first. We can chalk it up to beginners luck if that makes you feel better. It would actually. Hm. So uh you're married? and they're cool with Ethan? That's awesome. Engaged

. No wedding ring. And Ethan is my fiance. Ohhhh, okay. I heard people were doing that these days. That's cool. Yeah. I feel really safe with him. Like I never have to wonder what he's thinking or feeling or how I feel about him. But isn't that part of it? Like What makes it meaningful? What? Anxiety? No thank you. I don't need to feel butterflies everytime I see him. My life is hectic enough. Then why marry him? He's already given you what you want. Well, why did you get one? Mine? Mine is just

temporary until I find something, something real. My relationship with Ethan is real. It is! Just as real as theirs, or theirs. Well maybe not theirs. Dave come on! And they're calling me back up. Oh, go. No worries. Do you know this song? Why don't you come up there with me? Uh for karaoke? No. What did you think you think you were gonna sit here all night and drink in peace? That's not allowed. Didn't you see the sign at the door? Oh! Were you going to sing? She was! Don't you think that's a

great idea? Oh yes. Jackie is a great singer. No! No. Okay! Jackie doesn't wanna sing. Oh but she does. She just doesn't know it yet. Ethan, it's okay. Forget about the past and get to dancing on instead so don't call her up tonight. I mean, I want the butterflies. You can have 'em. Less for me. I know the anxiety, the back and forth, the beginning, it's hard but it's worth what comes out of it. Or I can just have what comes out of it without having to deal with all of that. But you loose someht

ing there. You have a yes man. You don't have to be vunerable. That's the point. But you miss them being vunerable with you too. Telling you all these little things about them or you know, big things they don't tell other people. I don't need to know that with Ethan. Do you think you can have love without vulnerability? I'm not looking for love. I'm looking for stability. Do you think that will make you happy? I'm sorry. But, you're a stranger. God. You don't even know me. This has been nice but

, I should get him home. I'm here most Saturdays if you wanna come back stranger. I tell you things right? You tell me all sorts of things. Yeah, but I tell you stuff about me. Right. Did I tell you that I won the Knutson Award? That's great! The Knutson Award is a really big grant. Do you have anything you wanna tell me? It's very impressive you won the award. Right. Thanks but I mean about yourself. I don't have much to say about myself that would be of interest to you. Try me. Well, I'm made

up of 23,478 individual parts. Each custom- Right. Yeah. Forget I asked. He seemed like a really nice guy.