Terminus

Ethan and Eve.
Ethan – This is it.
Eve – We’re the last ones.
Ethan – The last evening of the last day.
Eve – How much time do we have left?
Ethan – About an hour of electricity.
Eve – Then the air conditioning will stop.
Ethan – We’ll die from the heat.
Eve – We’re already dying from the heat, aren’t we?
Ethan – But now, we’ll really die…
Eve – I’m thirsty. Is there anything left to drink?
Ethan – There’s one apple left.
She takes the apple and offers it to him.
Eve – Shall we share?
Ethan – I’ll give in to temptation…
She cuts the apple in half, and they each eat their portion in silence.
Eve – Our last meal. Just the two of us.
Ethan – The last apple, from the last tree. Before the garden is consumed by the flames of hell.
Eve – We’ll savour the taste for a few minutes. And for a moment longer, the memory of this last apple, shared between you and me.
Ethan – Until even the idea of the apple, and temptation itself, vanishes with us.
Eve – And after?
Ethan – After?
Eve – There won’t be an after…
Ethan – There’ll be an after, somewhere, but without us.
Eve – So, it’s like dying. We’re not the first.
Ethan – No. We’re the last.
Eve – The last to live.
Ethan – The last to die.
Eve – And humanity dies with us.
Ethan – And after?
Eve – There won’t even be a “before.”
Ethan – No memories.
Eve – No witnesses.
Ethan – No past, no future.
Eve – Only the present.
Ethan – The world will go on without us, unthinking.
Eve – The planets will keep turning.
Ethan – This isn’t the end of the world.
Eve – Just the end of a story. Our story.
Ethan – A story that went wrong. That started well but ended badly.
Eve – When a story ends well, it’s because another one begins.
Ethan – Ours will be the last story.
Eve – There’s nothing left to tell.
Ethan – And no one left to tell it to.
Eve – Who will be the last?
Ethan – The last?
Eve – The last to stay. The last to go. You? Me?
Ethan – Someone has to be last. The other will follow.
Eve – We were happy. We were sad.
Ethan – All that’s left is a fragmented past.
Eve – And an hour left.
Ethan – If the air conditioning holds.
Eve – And after?
Ethan – After…
Eve – After us, the flood.
Ethan – And no ark to save us or repopulate the world. After.
Eve – If there even is an after.
Ethan – We could leave a message.
Eve – The word “end.”
Ethan – A letter.
Eve – The letter Z.
Ethan – A testament.
Eve – But we’re the last, with no heirs.
Ethan – With us dies the line of men.
Eve – And of women.
Ethan – We have nothing to pass on, not even life itself.
Eve – Not even a world to be dead in.
Ethan – A testament for humanity, then. For another humanity to come.
Eve – What would we say? That we didn’t know how to stay alive?
Ethan – We have fifteen minutes left. Maybe less.
Eve – What could we possibly do?
Ethan – Talking is pointless.
Eve – Thinking won’t help.
Ethan – It’s so hot.
Eve – What’s left for us to do?
Ethan – Love? One last time…
Eve – It’s so hot. I don’t even remember your name.
Ethan – Ethan. And yours?
Eve – Eve.
Ethan – It had to be us…
Eve – Yes.
Ethan – So?
Eve – I don’t know. I no longer know. Why?
Ethan – We could have loved. Gotten married. Had a child.
Eve – We can still have a child.
Ethan – Yes.
Eve – But it wouldn’t make sense.
Ethan – I wasn’t talking about having a child. Only about…
Eve – Sorry… It’s a principle. Never on the last night.
Ethan – Principles are all we have left of being human.
Eve – To avoid becoming animals.
Ethan – Before we stop being human altogether.
Eve – And begin to be things.
Ethan and Eve prepare to leave.
Ethan – After you.
Eve – Thank you.
Ethan – We’ll leave this island and descend into the depths of the sea.
Eve – Or the sea will rise and swallow us.
Ethan – Before we slowly ascend, step by step, to the surface.
Eve – When an eternity has passed.
Ethan – Step by step, we’ll leave the kingdom of shadows.
Eve – And emerge once more from the abyss to rise into the light.
Ethan – Having forgotten everything.
Eve – One world disappears.
Ethan – Another will be born.
Eve – Will it be better than this one?
Ethan – Wherever we are, I’ll be there for you.
Eve – Whoever we are, we’ll at least be two.
Ethan – To begin…
Blackout.