leathercoat and jack boots ...
Hes early 30s, with the vaguely whimsical confidence of a shimmer
that refuses to fade ...
This is RANDALL RAINES, whom they call MEMPHIS - though know ones
quite sure why ... But they do know hes the auto-boost in Southern
California ...
Memphis approaches the Mustang with a gathering awe ... Like a desert
crash survivor coming upon an oasis ... He walks around it
leather activist. We cannot tell if he is dangerous
or just trying to look dangerous.
SUSAN
Daniel...
OBRIEN (MAN)
What? No kiss? Not even for old
times sake?
She forces a smile and gives him a hug.
His hand slips into her lab coat pocket and then away.
SUSAN
When did you...?
OBRIEN
Been out for six months now.
SUSAN
Really? What have you been doing?
OBRIEN
You know, this and that.
She smiles.
SU
leather and copper segmented upper body armor (LORICA
SEGMENTATA). His breath clouds in the bitter cold; the
man is tired to the bone.
OPPOSITE STANDS THE ROMAN ARMY
This is the mighty army of the Danube, yet it seems like
these men -- buried in the shadows and as frozen and worn
as their leader -- have come to the very edge of the world
to be swallowed by this wilderness.
NUMIDIAN ARCHERS, tall
"GO AHEAD...
OPEN IT..."
INT. A LABORATORY, BROWN & WILLIAMSON, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
- DAY
Were in a SCIENCE LABORATORY... OUT OF FOCUS LAB
TECHNICIANS, in white lab coats, celebrating a heavyset Black
womans birthday... Half her presents are opened. Balloons,
incongruous, floating above the lab... And theres a sense
that somebody is watching... And from the waist up, a
disembodied figur
coat hangs inside. He
goes through the pockets and finds a WALLET.
TIGHT ON THE WALLET - Theres no I.D. in it, just:
A laundry bill;
Some money;
A business card for something called "Neptunes Kingdom";
And a postcard from "Shell Beach", a sea-side town.
With trembling hands, Walker puts everything back into the wallet
and looks around the room once again.
As he does this, he notices something on