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| EPISODE 01/07 | | EPISODE 01/07 |
| THE CHALICE STUDY | | THE CHALICE STUDY |
− | by | + | by Ian Cheng |
− | Ian Cheng | + | |
− | Draft 6.11
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− | 8/13/2020
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− | Approx. 37 min read
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− | DO NOT SHARE © METIS SUNS
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− | LIFE AFTER BOB LLC
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| TERMINOLOGY FOR READER: | | TERMINOLOGY FOR READER: |
| IRL - In real life. All scenes in IRL are full character animation. | | IRL - In real life. All scenes in IRL are full character animation. |
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| Droning - voluntary possession of your nervous system by another person or an artificial agent like BOB. | | Droning - voluntary possession of your nervous system by another person or an artificial agent like BOB. |
| Jewel - in IRL it is a neural hardware set between a person’s eyes. In WV, it is a marker for summoning BOB. | | Jewel - in IRL it is a neural hardware set between a person’s eyes. In WV, it is a marker for summoning BOB. |
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− | 100 INTRO DOWNLOAD CARD 100 It is a Great Anomic Era. | + | It is a Great Anomic Era. |
| Humanistas struggle in a transitional world defined by intelligent systems, ecological mutation, and the WAVYVERSE: a rapidly maturing neural medium. | | Humanistas struggle in a transitional world defined by intelligent systems, ecological mutation, and the WAVYVERSE: a rapidly maturing neural medium. |
| ZOROASTER IMMEASURABLES (ZIM) emerges as a pioneer in neural augmentation. Their most wavy asset, Bag Of Beliefs (BOB) - a class of artificial sub-personality - promises to guide people through life’s psychological challenges. | | ZOROASTER IMMEASURABLES (ZIM) emerges as a pioneer in neural augmentation. Their most wavy asset, Bag Of Beliefs (BOB) - a class of artificial sub-personality - promises to guide people through life’s psychological challenges. |
| While some adapt to life with BOBs, humanistas fear the obsolescence of the species. They reserve special outrage for ZIM’s most controversial open secret: the experimental BOB called DESTINY BOB. | | While some adapt to life with BOBs, humanistas fear the obsolescence of the species. They reserve special outrage for ZIM’s most controversial open secret: the experimental BOB called DESTINY BOB. |
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| 200 EXT. WINDING SHORE CLIFF ROAD - PRE-DAWN 200 | | 200 EXT. WINDING SHORE CLIFF ROAD - PRE-DAWN 200 |
| ORLANDO, 17, in sportswear, a medal around his neck, zips down a coastal road on a performance bicycle. Floating camera orbs trail behind him. On a straightaway, he takes his hands off the handle bars and holds them together in a prayer pose. Steady like a pro. Closes his eyes. Still steady. High speed. | | ORLANDO, 17, in sportswear, a medal around his neck, zips down a coastal road on a performance bicycle. Floating camera orbs trail behind him. On a straightaway, he takes his hands off the handle bars and holds them together in a prayer pose. Steady like a pro. Closes his eyes. Still steady. High speed. |
| ORLANDO | | ORLANDO |
− | 1 This is it my BOB. You’ve delivered 1 me to my destiny.
| + | This is it my BOB. You’ve delivered me to my destiny. |
| His third eye jewel shimmers. | | His third eye jewel shimmers. |
| ORLANDO (CONT'D) | | ORLANDO (CONT'D) |