A Matter of Time by A Figment Of My Imagination - A romantic engagement with a French twist is inside an unopened box.  Short, Horror

Wow. This was nuts. I have had a lot of bad luck on dates but nothing like this.

Hahah you got me. I was REALLY not expecting that ending and frankly, I kinda like it.

Some formatting oddnesses here, worth brushing up on that.

Since he barely gets anything, I’d look at whether you can give the waiter a bit more personality in his small role.

It’s a strange story, but I found it quite likeable in its way. Nice work.

When Mary talks about 'having fun before being tied down', i wonder does this imply that she's been unfaithful? She could be having fun getting 'tied up'. Maybe you could lean into that a bit more? Maybe, and this is really out there, but maybe when the floor opens up they are sucked into hell.

                                                                       MARY
                                                      I can't marry you, Jack. My heart
                                                      belongs to another.
                      
                                                                        JACK
                                                      Who?

And then a huge red fiery finger taps Jack on the shoulder...

Overall it was good, just needs that special something to elevate it. Well done.

Charles Aznavour would turn in his grave.   Spelling.

No need to use quotation marks around your dialogue.

Anyway, she got her just desserts, but then sadly he did too.
Nice message with Carpe Diem, and 'the grass is always greener'. Tweak to add a little more Halloween - even if they were dressed as ghouls, she as Cinderella maybe.

Definitely packed a wallop at the end. I would have liked to see her go but him be saved - perhaps if half the restaurant went down - split that table down the middle. And even make her a bit nastier to warrant that action.

Interesting concept! Too bad it's only 2 pages... There's a lot of things you could add up to that topic that would make an interesting conversation, stretching at least 2 or 3 more pages: having fun in one's life vs "building" a family, living in the moment, the meaning of life, etc. ...
Some minor details:

• "Figment" is not a French word; maybe you could use a real French word for the name of the restaurant, like "L'Escargot" or "Le Marabout", or something like that...
  
• Your frog recipe still needs coriander to be perfect...
  

You go back and forth spelling Restaurant/restaurent  

It is short and sweet, two pages but could have done with fleshing it out more. Maybe you wrote it on Friday night

I wasn't expecting the ending, so that was cool.

Everyone got sucked down except the Newscaster

Lescargot I get. Monkey legs? Is that a joke? Sink hole or void? This entry seemed more to me like a wish list. Niot enough to give more feedback but at least I was intrigued if nothing else.

This is a head scratcher for me. I don't see the Halloween
theme and it's more a disaster story with Californians (at
least two) getting their comeuppance. The ending needs
somthing more, so I think.  Maybe Mary is sliding into the
cavity and hanging on by a table cloth. Then Jack has to
decide to pull her up or let her go. Something to that
effect.
Not for me but an interesting idea that needs reworking.
Good Luck.

Ahoy A Figment --Well, to be perfectly blunt... I actually kinda agree with Abe from LA, no Halloween theme.  The ending was a hoot, but overall, this was just ho-hum for me. Sorry. I needed a bit more. Best of Irish luck! -A

Monkey bread served in a high end French restaurant, chefs around the world are appalled

Erm, okay, well... no Halloween element that I spotted, but that was definitely an unexpected twist!

I guess they both got their just desserts, huh?  Ah, but seriously, folks…

I’m not sure what this was — not a Halloween theme story, but it did have the surprise ending, so…. I guess it qualifies?  The quotation marks in the dialogue were a bit unusual. Leave those out of your dialogue in a rewrite.

For two pages it’s a fun little story, but I’d really like to see more “oomph” to it, and by that I mean, more between the two characters, but I will say, you have mastered the art of getting in late and leaving early!  

Best of luck with it.

To me this felt more like a public service announcement than a script: chose one or both…

“Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”  – Timothy Ferriss
“The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

No theme present except maybe I didn’t expect the restaurant to be swallowed into an endless void, but hey ho. Best of luck.

This felt odd and abrupt. Maybe this tried to exemplify living life to the fullest, but I'm afraid it didn't achieve it.

Quoted from Stoneyscripts Lescargot I get. Monkey legs?

It's "monkey bread" not "monkey legs", John, LOL.  Big difference, although I would be surprised to find monkey bread on the menu at a fancy french restaurant either.

As to the script, as others noted, there is no theme of Halloween although it certainly has a "shock" of an ending.  I wound up feeling very sorry for the poor guy, he seemed very sincere in his love for his girlfriend, however it only took me two pages to develop a strong dislike for her flippant attitude toward him.  Glad the earthquake sucked her under, too bad he wasn't saved.  Good job on getting a storyline down in only two pages - not easy to do.  Best of luck (and hope you aren't writing from California!).