Lol, I guess we've influenced each other. She hasn't even read this though.

When I saw the parameters, I spent Sat night reading true tales on Reddit about unusual mental patients. One was about a girl who taped her mouth so bugs wouldn't get in. They even let her go to counseling like that. She didn't have a surgical mask. I added that because I couldn't understand how else the person could breathe. There were some really sad but interesting stories on Reddit.

The bugs here are some kind of escaped nanotech or something. I figured that would be enough to make it sci fi, but a lot of people didn't thnk so.

The girl has little psychic visions of the future. She knew if she captured a bug and got into the hands of the nurse, the nurse would come back, and the bugs would move to her.

I know, silly. Very hard to think of something in a couple days that can be done in 5 pages.

This is the first script I've written in years though, so it was fun.

My second favourite, after my own masterpiece, of course.

I think it's got potential. I'd take it in the direction of an old horror called Night of the Creeps, where these slug like, alien things were infecting people.

The creepy Bugs climbing into people's mouths or ears would be cool.

I'd leave all the psychiatry and psychic stuff out of it.

Thanks. It's for the junk pile though. Trying to finish my YA novel. Goal is to get that published before I move on the next realm.

Love this little concept. Feature potential IMO.

Probably better to make the bugs more supernatural. I don't know. All yours if you want it. I actually like that the girl captures one of the bugs and hands it in the tape to the nurse. That's the point where you know it's not all in her mind.

I like that she has real psychic glimpses of the near future too. That makes her both creepy and cute. Allows you to twist up the plot a little. But I'd be ok with whatever you decide  to try.

You should see my entry this round. The worst received script I've ever posted. I'm ok with it though. I tried to have a bit of fun and experimented a little. I even tried to poke fun at myself.