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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. | |
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− | INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S CONFLUX - SEQ410 | + | INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S [[Conflux | CONFLUX]] - SEQ410 |
− | CHALICE in her | + | CHALICE in her LANDSCAPE CONFLUX: a sloping mountainous space with a series of branching rivers, running upstream, toward a ridge. A [[Destiny Tree | vague landmark]] peaking beyond it. The sky rapidly changing colors in a distracting way. |
Alongside is her [[Destiny BOB]]: serpent-like, friendly, three eyed. BOB gazes at her exactly 90 degrees to the left of her face. It stays pinned to her, its body rippling behind like a ribbon. | Alongside is her [[Destiny BOB]]: serpent-like, friendly, three eyed. BOB gazes at her exactly 90 degrees to the left of her face. It stays pinned to her, its body rippling behind like a ribbon. | ||
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INT. WONG APARTMENT - IN REAL LIFE -SEQ420 | INT. WONG APARTMENT - IN REAL LIFE -SEQ420 | ||
− | CHALICE flips to see her father, DR WONG, picking himself off the floor of their apartment docking deck, shaking his | + | CHALICE flips to see her father, DR WONG, picking himself off the floor of their apartment docking deck, shaking his wig dry, his bald head dotted with [[neural ports]]. Protein balls scattered. A shuttle is departing with a young woman yelling: |
SISTER SAN | SISTER SAN | ||
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Chalice - um - the Great. | Chalice - um - the Great. | ||
− | A colored conflux | + | A colored conflux portal appears over a section of the landscape ahead of her, its contents look continuous with the landscape, but shift slightly, rivers turning into a low incline path leading to an abandoned ditch. |
CHALICE (CONT'D) | CHALICE (CONT'D) | ||
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BOB | BOB | ||
− | It’s a [[ | + | It’s a [[subplot]] to your [[prime path]]. Naming is rather advanced. <Beat> Father is having a very bad day. Did you know Frac-Tonal music can rewire muscle memory? |
BOB cues up the Frac-Tonal Music Module. Her path again resembles forking rivers leading to the familiar ridge. | BOB cues up the Frac-Tonal Music Module. Her path again resembles forking rivers leading to the familiar ridge. | ||
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DR WONG | DR WONG | ||
− | Anomics - Chalice - Anomics | + | Anomics - Chalice - Anomics December 31 - |
CHALICE (CONT'D) | CHALICE (CONT'D) | ||
− | You have to break my brain before I break contract! | + | You have to break my brain before I break contract! Audit. |
CHALICE (CONT'D) | CHALICE (CONT'D) | ||
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Pointless. Ha. Yes. Wanna know a secret? I barely run my own company. I got an Ava to do that. You got a BOB to do yours. Know what that means? Us gods are free to do the pointless paths. I call them [[Subplot | subplots]]. That’s da god work. | Pointless. Ha. Yes. Wanna know a secret? I barely run my own company. I got an Ava to do that. You got a BOB to do yours. Know what that means? Us gods are free to do the pointless paths. I call them [[Subplot | subplots]]. That’s da god work. | ||
− | Then: the other candidates leak in. [[ | + | Then: the other candidates leak in. [[Orlandon de Blair | ORLANDO]], 17, in a better mood than earlier, [[Commander Alan | ALAN]], 26, tall and stoic, and [[Princess Wendy | WENDY]], 10, a princess. Each keeps a conflux portal open with their respective BOBs peeking out. |
Z (CONT'D) | Z (CONT'D) | ||
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CHALICE (V.O.) | CHALICE (V.O.) | ||
10 Your demo wasted ten years of my 10 life?! | 10 Your demo wasted ten years of my 10 life?! | ||
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Z (V.O.) | Z (V.O.) | ||
11 “Wasted”? *zuh* that’s old world 11 talk. Time is a toy for us gods. | 11 “Wasted”? *zuh* that’s old world 11 talk. Time is a toy for us gods. | ||
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CHALICE (V.O.) | CHALICE (V.O.) | ||
12 Stop calling me a god! Stop 12 trotting! Stop - | 12 Stop calling me a god! Stop 12 trotting! Stop - | ||
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− | INT. WAVYVERSE. 1000 LIVES DEMO CONFLUX. FUTURE. | + | INT. WAVYVERSE. 1000 LIVES DEMO CONFLUX. FUTURE. |
CHALICE flips into the demo conflux, now in an inert state. TURTLE is asleep or dead, unclear. She taps her third eye jewel - her conflux portal comes into focus, but it’s blocked and fractured. Z’s avatar looks on. | CHALICE flips into the demo conflux, now in an inert state. TURTLE is asleep or dead, unclear. She taps her third eye jewel - her conflux portal comes into focus, but it’s blocked and fractured. Z’s avatar looks on. | ||
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− | EXT. ZIM SHORE COMPOUND SLOPE GARDEN, FUTURE — AFTERNOON | + | EXT. ZIM SHORE COMPOUND SLOPE GARDEN, FUTURE — AFTERNOON |
Z(C) and RAPTOR nearing an event. Shuttles parked. A dozen people gathered. Many more orb cams hover. An event screen displays “DOUBLE DESTINY (presented by ZIM)” in an expressive design. A small banner adjacent to the screen: 2:24 I’M YOURS. A wall of floating flower arrangements occludes the banner. It’s a wedding. At the center: ORLANDO in androgynous ornate attire, at ease. Leaning into ORLANDO’s ear, awkward: ALAN in a tuxedo, proper, but fists clenched. No one notices Z(C). | Z(C) and RAPTOR nearing an event. Shuttles parked. A dozen people gathered. Many more orb cams hover. An event screen displays “DOUBLE DESTINY (presented by ZIM)” in an expressive design. A small banner adjacent to the screen: 2:24 I’M YOURS. A wall of floating flower arrangements occludes the banner. It’s a wedding. At the center: ORLANDO in androgynous ornate attire, at ease. Leaning into ORLANDO’s ear, awkward: ALAN in a tuxedo, proper, but fists clenched. No one notices Z(C). | ||
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ORLANDO | ORLANDO | ||
− | She knows. I know. But this is our Double Destiny Wedding. Do you want to maybe find your place? | + | She knows. I know. But this is our 2 Double Destiny Wedding. Do you want to maybe find your place? |
Z(C) spots AVA, older, yet exactly the same. Then: a familiar figure, with an exoskeletal brace: DR WONG. She trembles. They both calmly pull ALAN back a step. | Z(C) spots AVA, older, yet exactly the same. Then: a familiar figure, with an exoskeletal brace: DR WONG. She trembles. They both calmly pull ALAN back a step. | ||
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− | EXT. ZIM SHORE COMPOUND SLOPE GARDEN, FUTURE — AFTERNOON | + | EXT. ZIM SHORE COMPOUND SLOPE GARDEN, FUTURE — AFTERNOON |
C(B) struggles. RAPTOR unsure if it should bite. C(B)’s arm scrapes against RAPTOR’s teeth, drawing blood. C(B) unpained. | C(B) struggles. RAPTOR unsure if it should bite. C(B)’s arm scrapes against RAPTOR’s teeth, drawing blood. C(B) unpained. | ||
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C(B) stops. In a surprisingly husky voice: | C(B) stops. In a surprisingly husky voice: | ||
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CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | ||
Is that you? | Is that you? | ||
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CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | ||
− | I did every module. I broke bones. I renamed myself. You should have | + | I did every module. I broke bones. I renamed myself. You should have |
+ | seen when I wavecasted - | ||
Z (DRONED BY CHALICE) | Z (DRONED BY CHALICE) | ||
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CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | CHALICE (DRONED BY BOB) | ||
− | Yes. Father was so proud. He was ready to declare the Chalice Study complete. | + | Yes. Father was so proud. He was 17 ready to declare the Chalice Study complete. |
Z (V.O.) | Z (V.O.) | ||
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DR WONG | DR WONG | ||
− | No. Your | + | No. Your Atemporalysis is too 5 severe. Ten years without integration: it would break your brain. |
He taps the device. | He taps the device. | ||
DR WONG (CONT'D) | DR WONG (CONT'D) | ||
− | This | + | This patch. I’ve been composing it for you. No false memories. All things BOB did for you. Best things. Filtered and sequenced so you can put your life back in some order. Chalice - are you listening? |
CHALICE | CHALICE | ||
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DR WONG | DR WONG | ||
− | After the | + | After the New Years incident, I needed the part of both of us that could see this through. <Beat> I was afraid of messing up. |
CHALICE | CHALICE | ||
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− | + | 1410 INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S CONFLUX. 1410 | |
− | INT. WAVYVERSE. CHALICE’S CONFLUX. | ||
CHALICE again in her landscape conflux. The zombified BOB has conjured a colored conflux overlapping hers: the preview of Dr Wong’s proposed life log edit. | CHALICE again in her landscape conflux. The zombified BOB has conjured a colored conflux overlapping hers: the preview of Dr Wong’s proposed life log edit. | ||
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INT. ZIM SHUTTLE. FUTURE. - MORNING. - Seq 1420 | INT. ZIM SHUTTLE. FUTURE. - MORNING. - Seq 1420 | ||
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CHALICE | CHALICE | ||
− | <Recognizing> Your | + | <Recognizing> Your supergirl silk reduction - during The Long Typhoon |
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | CHALICE (CONT'D) | ||
+ | - the only neoprotein we had for 53 cycles. <Sing-song> “Tastes awful.” | ||
DR WONG wells up with tears of joy. | DR WONG wells up with tears of joy. | ||
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INT. WONG APARTMENT. FUTURE - MORNING - Seq 1500 | INT. WONG APARTMENT. FUTURE - MORNING - Seq 1500 | ||
− | CHALICE sits at a makeshift table with a huge buffet breakfast untouched. A blank look. She tracks | + | CHALICE sits at a makeshift table with a huge buffet breakfast untouched. A blank look. She tracks ZIM ENGINEERS hauling BOB’s trash aboard the docked ZIM shuttle. One puzzles over a strange third-eye jewel pin. |
ZIM ENGINEER 1 | ZIM ENGINEER 1 | ||
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CHAIRMAN AVA | CHAIRMAN AVA | ||
− | Sister San. Will | + | Sister San. Will The Sister World commit to its pledge of three hundred thousand enterprise installations of Destiny BOB? |
CHALICE, confused, this isn’t a public launch. It’s something smaller. She tries to glimpse the shuttles. | CHALICE, confused, this isn’t a public launch. It’s something smaller. She tries to glimpse the shuttles. | ||
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I invite you for a closer look. | I invite you for a closer look. | ||
− | The door of the central shuttle opens. It’s | + | The door of the central shuttle opens. It’s SISTER SAN, now the representative of an entire market share of Wavyverse nodes. DR WONG surprised, then frowns at AVA. |
SISTER SAN | SISTER SAN | ||
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CHALICE | CHALICE | ||
− | I recommend - being born with one - so it feels like it’s always been a part of you. | + | I recommend - being born with one - so it feels like it’s always been a |
+ | part of you. | ||
SISTER SAN | SISTER SAN | ||
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DR WONG | DR WONG | ||
− | That’s not what BOB’s designed to - | + | That’s not what BOB’s designed to - AVA silences DR WONG with a look. They’re unaligned. |
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− | AVA silences DR WONG with a look. They’re unaligned. | ||
SISTER SAN | SISTER SAN | ||
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CHAIRMAN AVA | CHAIRMAN AVA | ||
− | Lovely. | + | Lovely. A pained look comes over DR WONG. |
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− | A pained look comes over DR WONG. | ||
DR WONG | DR WONG | ||
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INT. WAVYVERSE. 1000 LIVES DEMO CONFLUX. FUTURE - Seq 1700 | INT. WAVYVERSE. 1000 LIVES DEMO CONFLUX. FUTURE - Seq 1700 | ||
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CHALICE (CONT'D) | CHALICE (CONT'D) | ||
− | Welcome to | + | Welcome to 1000 Plots, candidates. Let’s look at each of your prime paths and get that outta the way. |
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EXT. END CREDITS Seq 1800 | EXT. END CREDITS Seq 1800 |