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MOVIE SCRIPT – PART 4 of N
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(continue seamlessly from previous part)
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**Previously in the story…**
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In Neo-Haven’s underground “Laundry,” Lia and a small circle discover that their fear follows a predictable profit loop. Together they organize an “unsanctioned rest” – a synchronized two-hour sleep pattern that quietly bends the Anxiety Index and shows up as a tiny anomaly in the Syndicate’s graphs. The elites dismiss it as “data noise,” but Kai – an analyst with a conscience – secretly saves the evidence. The god of extraction flickers; the people realize the machine can be confused.
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### FADE IN:
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#### INT. SYNDICATE TOWER – KAI’S CUBICLE – NIGHT
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Dim, sterile light. The open-plan Ops floor is mostly empty now.
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KAI sits alone. Monitors cast cold light on his tired face.
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On his main screen: the previous night’s metrics. The small DIP at Tower 19 is highlighted in yellow.
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> “TOWER 19 ANOMALY – CLASSIFIED: DATA NOISE.”
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He replays the timeline. The graph dips from 00:00–02:00, then returns to the usual pattern.
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Kai leans back, rubbing his eyes.
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He opens a side panel: “ANNOTATIONS (INTERNAL USE).”
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> KAI (typing, low)
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> “Noise” that synchronizes across an entire tower is not noise.
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He deletes it before hitting submit.
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Instead, he opens his hidden capture tool. On a small PERSONAL DEVICE (unregistered), he already has screenshots:
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— B-23 casualty forecasts.
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— Milgram 2.0 compliance training graphs.
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— Now, the Tower 19 anomaly.
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He scrolls through them, thumb hovering over a “SHARE” icon that currently has no destination.
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> KAI (V.O.)
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> If they knew I had this, I’d be reclassified as “excess capacity.”
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He glances around. Empty.
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He opens a buried folder labeled: “PRE-STACK ARCHIVE.”
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Inside: bits of old net protocols, peer-to-peer mesh diagrams, obsolete messaging systems.
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He drags the screenshots into a new file:
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> “CLEANSING_PROOF_01.pkg”
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He hesitates… then starts coding a small, stealthy packet, piggybacking it on low-priority utility traffic: Laundry machines, water meters, waste processors.
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> KAI (V.O.)
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> No one watches the pipes that clean up after everyone else.
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He hits ENTER.
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On his console, a tiny log line flashes:
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> “UTILITY PACKET DISPATCHED – DEST: RED TIER INFRASTRUCTURE.”
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Kai exhales, unsure if he’s just saved someone… or signed his own sentence.
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---
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#### INT. TOWER 19 – LAUNDRY ROOM – EARLY MORNING
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The old machines rattle to life for the day.
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Lena unlocks the door, carrying a basket.
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Sami is already there, tinkering with a junction box behind a washer.
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> LENA
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> You sleep?
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> SAMI
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> I debugged in my dreams. Does that count?
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He smirks tiredly.
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Lena tosses a shirt into a machine, sets a cycle.
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The machine’s display flashes through its usual options… then glitches.
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> “SOAK / SPIN / RINSE / … / UNAUTHORIZED PACKET?”
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Sami frowns, steps closer.
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He pulls open his laptop, connects to the machine.
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Lines of code scroll by.
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> SAMI
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> This isn’t mine.
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The machine spits out a RECEIPT, blank at first… then words burn into it slowly, like developing film:
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> “EVENT: CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – RED-TIER ZONES 17–25.
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> EXPECTED CASUALTIES: 12–18K.
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> TIMEFRAME: 72 HOURS.”
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Lena’s face drains of color.
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> LENA
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> “Cleansing”…?
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Sami scrolls the incoming data.
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> SAMI
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> There’s more.
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On his screen: attached images— screenshots of the Syndicate’s dashboard, the same ones Kai saved.
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There’s also a crude, text-only note at the bottom:
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> “NOT AN ACCIDENT. SCHEDULED.
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> YOU MADE NOISE. THEY’RE ESCALATING.
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> – SOMEONE WATCHING THE LOOPS”
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Lena snatches the receipt, gripping it tightly.
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> LENA
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> Get Marco. Now. And Lia. And Nia. Everyone.
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The hum of the machines suddenly feels ominous.
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---
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#### INT. WAREHOUSE – MAIN FLOOR – LATE MORNING
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The warehouse is busier than usual. A tension in the air.
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New banners flash overhead:
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> “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01: OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTRUCTURING.”
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> “ADAPTABILITY IS REWARDED.”
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Workers glance up, confused.
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Lia scans boxes at her station, eyeing the new messaging.
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Her wrist device pings:
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> “SURVEY: HOW ANXIOUS DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
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> – VERY
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> – EXTREMELY
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> – OVERWHELMED”
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No option for “not anxious.”
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She ignores it.
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Ana, looking slightly better, leans close.
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> ANA
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> Did you see they called it a “cleansing”?
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> LIA
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> Cleansing what?
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> ANA
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> They never say. They just smile and talk about “restructuring.”
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Jay joins them briefly, carrying a pallet jack, earbuds out.
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> JAY
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> Restructuring means some of us disappear and the rest get “thinner” wages.
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He looks at Lia, meaningfully.
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> JAY (cont’d)
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> Laundry meeting got upgraded. Emergency. After shift.
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Lia nods, jaw set.
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Overhead, a new screen metric appears for the first time:
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> “PREDICTED NON-COMPLIANCE RISK – TOWER 19: ELEVATED.”
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The number next to it ticks up.
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Lia notices.
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> LIA (V.O.)
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> They can feel us shifting… even if they don’t know how.
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---
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#### INT. CLINIC – NIA’S STATION – DAY
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Nia scrolls through a new directive.
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On her tablet:
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> “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – HEALTH PROTOCOLS:
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> – PRIORITIZE BLUE/GRAY TIERS FOR LONG-TERM SUPPORT.
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> – RED TIER: FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT ONLY.
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> – EXPECT INCREASED LOAD. THIS IS A NECESSARY CORRECTION.”
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She reads the fine print:
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> “PROJECTED RED-TIER EXCESS MORTALITY: 12–18K (ACCEPTABLE RANGE).”
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Nia’s hands tremble.
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A nurse beside her shrugs, resigned.
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> NURSE
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> At least this time they told us in advance.
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> NIA
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> That’s supposed to make it… okay?
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> NURSE
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> It’s supposed to make it… routine.
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Nia closes the directive, heart pounding.
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She opens her hidden GHOST NOTES. The new numbers slot perfectly into the loop.
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> NIA (V.O.)
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> We blipped their graph… and they responded with a bigger line.
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Her device vibrates with a utility message.
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> “UNAUTHORIZED PACKET DETECTED IN LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
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> OPEN? [Y/N]”
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She glances around. Clicks Y.
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The same text and images from the Laundry receipt appear on her screen.
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Her eyes widen.
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> NIA
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> Someone upstairs is bleeding.
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She pockets the device, heading for the door.
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---
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#### INT. UNDERGROUND “LAUNDRY” – LATER
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The room is fuller than we’ve seen— word has spread.
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Faces are strained, frightened.
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On the wall, the projector shows Kai’s screenshots:
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— “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – RED TIER.”
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— The casualty range.
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— A timeline, with their recent “sleep riot” marked as a tiny blip just before the scheduled “correction.”
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Marco stands at the front, jaw clenched.
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> MARCO
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> We always suspected the crashes were deliberate. Now we have… receipts.
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Low, bitter murmur.
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Lia, Jay, Nia, Lena, Sami, Ana—all present.
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Mara is there too, wrapped in her shawl, sitting on an upturned crate, listening.
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> JAY
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> Twelve to eighteen thousand.
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> ANA
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> That’s not a number. That’s… half the faces I know.
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Nia points to the timeline.
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> NIA
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> Look at the sequence. Our “noise” here—
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> (points to the dip)
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> —and their “correction” locked in right after.
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Lia’s eyes harden.
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> LIA
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> We poke the god… it demands a bigger sacrifice.
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Mara speaks up, voice calm but firm.
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> MARA
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> That is how false gods behave. Real ones do not need blood to feel important.
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Silence.
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> MARCO
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> We have three days before the worst of it hits. Some of it is already baked into their systems— policy changes, scheduled “malfunctions,” ration cuts.
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> (beat)
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> We can’t stop all of it.
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Jay’s fists clench.
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> JAY
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> If we can’t stop it… what are we even doing here?
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Lia looks at him sharply.
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> LIA
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> We can choose how we meet it.
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She steps forward, facing the group.
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> LIA (cont’d)
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> They want panic and chaos. They want us turning on each other, blaming ourselves.
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> (points at the loop on the wall)
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> Every spike feeds their machine. What if this time… we refuse to spike the way they expect?
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> LENA
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> They’re going to cut supplies, jack up debts, flood the clinics. How do you not panic?
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> NIA
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> By preparing. Quietly. Together.
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She gestures.
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> NIA (cont’d)
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> I can stash supplies. Sedatives, painkillers, basic meds. Not enough for everyone, but enough to buy time for some.
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> LENA
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> I can… misplace eviction notices. Slow down relocations. File the wrong forms.
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> ANA
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> We can adjust warehouse inventory. Mark food as “spoiled” on the system and send it out the back instead of into the furnaces.
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Jay nods, warming.
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> JAY
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> I can use my gig accounts to reroute deliveries— “misdeliver” boxes to people who need them.
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Marco adds, thinking intensely.
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> MARCO
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> And when the worst of it hits… we do what we did with sleep. Sync our reactions. Not in a way that looks like revolt. In a way that looks like… noise.
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> LIA
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> “Slow mistakes,” everywhere at once.
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Sami raises a cautious hand.
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> SAMI
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> If we time them, the models will think their inputs are wrong. They’ll auto-correct. It’ll buy us… misalignment.
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Mara looks around at the faces, at the candles, at the ugly truth projected on the wall.
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> MARA
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> When the flood comes, the question is not whether the water rises. It is whether the village forgets how to swim.
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All eyes on her.
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> MARA (cont’d)
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> We will lose some. Maybe many. That is the storm they planned. But how we hold each other… that part is still ours.
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A heavy silence, but not empty. Thick with shared fear… and resolve.
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Marco nods, decision landing.
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> MARCO
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> Okay.
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> (to the group)
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> Three days. We prepare caches. We map who’s most vulnerable. We teach people the pattern, fast. And when the “cleansing” hits, we slow everything we can without waving a flag.
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> (beat)
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> And we record everything. If we live through it, the world will see what they did.
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Lia glances at the screenshots again.
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> LIA
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> Someone up there already wants the world to see.
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---
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#### INT. SYNDICATE TOWER – BOARD CHAMBER – DAY
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The circular chamber again. The holographic globe spins with new overlays.
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“CLEANSING CYCLE E-01” pulses across Red Tier zones.
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The Custodian sits at the head, faceless silhouette. Aria stands, presenting.
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On the hologram: charts showing anxiety, debt, and obedience metrics.
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> ARIA
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> The B-23 cycle restored short-term volatility, but introduced small-scale anomalies in behavioral response— particularly in Tower 19.
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She highlights the tiny blip.
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> COUNCILOR
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> That dip. Statistical noise?
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Aria hesitates, glancing at Kai, who stands at the edge of the room, summoned as data staff.
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> ARIA
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> Classified as such, yes. For now. But… noise that consistent, localized, and timed— suggests intentional patterning.
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A ripple of unease around the table.
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> CUSTODIAN (O.S.)
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> Red Tiers are not capable of strategy at that scale.
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> ARIA
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> We keep designing systems that assume they aren’t.
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Kai speaks up quietly, surprising even himself.
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> KAI
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> Models are only as smart as the assumptions you feed them.
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Heads turn.
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The Custodian’s silhouette turns slightly.
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> CUSTODIAN
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> Your name?
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> KAI
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> Kai. Risk analysis desk three.
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> CUSTODIAN
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> You believe the lower tiers are… self-organizing?
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Kai chooses his words carefully.
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> KAI
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> I believe… when you turn entire populations into stress batteries, some of them will eventually notice the wires.
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A sharp glance from a Councilor.
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> COUNCILOR
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> This is not a philosophy forum.
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Aria steps in, redirecting.
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> ARIA
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> Regardless of causation, E-01 will address the anomalies. The cleansing cycle will reset debt loads, health liabilities, and behavioral baselines in affected zones.
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She pulls up a plan:
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— “DISRUPTION EVENTS” (planned outages, supply “accidents”)
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— “ENFORCEMENT SURGES” (increased patrols, relocation raids)
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— “HEALTH INTERVENTION INCIDENTS” (triage denial, ration cuts)
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> ARIA (cont’d)
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> Short-term chaos, long-term stability.
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> CUSTODIAN
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> And if the anomalies persist… after cleansing?
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Aria hesitates.
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> ARIA
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> Then we… revisit assumptions.
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The Custodian’s voice is smooth, final.
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> CUSTODIAN
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> Proceed.
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> (beat)
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> Upgrade disciplinary range. If they will not submit as data points… they will submit as examples.
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Kai’s stomach drops.
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He glances at Aria. For a moment, their eyes meet— her mask almost cracks.
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> ARIA (quietly)
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> Understood.
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---
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#### INT. KAI’S CUBICLE – LATER
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Kai returns to his station, shaken.
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On his screen: the E-01 plan now fully activated.
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He opens his personal device again. The “CLEANSING_PROOF_01.pkg” shows as “DELIVERED.”
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He adds more:
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Screenshots of:
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— The boardroom E-01 rollout.
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— Projected casualty ranges.
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— A line: “UPGRADE DISCIPLINARY RANGE.”
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He packages it as “CLEANSING_PROOF_02.pkg.”
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> KAI (V.O.)
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> If they’re going to try to erase them… the least I can do is make sure the erasing gets… seen.
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He injects the packet into another overlooked channel:
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> “DEST: CLINIC WASTE PROCESSORS / BASEMENT NODES.”
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ENTER.
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---
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#### INT. CLINIC – WASTE DISPOSAL ROOM – LATER
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A small, grimy room. Bins, biohazard signs.
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A terminal labeled “WASTE TRACKING.”
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Nia enters, dumping a bag.
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The terminal flickers.
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> “UTILITY ERROR.
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> DOWNLOAD LOG? [Y/N]”
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She taps Y.
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The new packet opens: more screenshots, more proof, including the board directive.
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She stares, horrified but unsurprised.
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> NIA
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> You’re brave… whoever you are.
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She forwards the packet via the clinic’s quiet mesh to the Laundry network.
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---
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#### INT. UNDERGROUND “LAUNDRY” – EVENING
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The room now feels like a war room.
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Maps, charts, names scribbled on paper taped to the walls.
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On one wall: “VULNERABLES” – elders, chronic patients, kids. On another: “ALLIES” – sympathetic staff, rogue managers, drivers.
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Lia, Nia, Marco, Lena, Jay, Sami, Ana, Mara, and others move with focused urgency.
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We catch fragments:
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* Nia instructing volunteers on basic triage.
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* Marco splitting groups: “You three— housing. You— food. You— comms.”
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* Lena stuffing eviction files into a duffel, labeling them “LAUNDRY.”
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Lia stands over a map of Tower 19, drawing circles.
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> LIA
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> Here, here, and here— stairwells we can hold. If power goes out, we use these as hubs. Candles, water, someone who knows first aid at each.
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Jay arrives with a stack of gig-delivery tablets.
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> JAY
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> I convinced the system I’m three different people. I can route supplies to any “customer” we invent.
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> LIA
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> So we invent a lot of “customers.”
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Mara moves slowly, watching over everyone, offering small touches, a drink, encouragement.
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She notices Lia’s hands shaking slightly as she draws.
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> MARA
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> You’re holding too many lines.
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Lia pauses.
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> LIA
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> If I stop, people fall through gaps.
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> MARA
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> Then we put more hands on the marker, not more weight on yours.
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She takes Lia’s hand, gently passing the marker to someone else.
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For a moment, Lia lets herself breathe.
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The hum of the room— overlapping voices, shared intent— again carries that soft, intangible “GOD” atmosphere: not a deity, but a field of care.
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---
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#### EXT. NEO-HAVEN – RED TIER DISTRICTS – SUNSET
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The sun sets behind smog-hazed towers.
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SKY-SCREENS display new messaging:
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> “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
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> STAY CALM. OBEY INSTRUCTIONS.
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> YOUR COOPERATION IS APPRECIATED.”
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Below, signs of tightening:
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— ARMORED PATROL UNITS increase in the streets.
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— Drones hover lower, scanning faces.
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— Food vending machines display “TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE.”
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— ATM kiosks print “DEBT RESTRUCTURING IN PROGRESS – SEE NOTICES.”
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People’s devices ping with alarming notices:
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> “ACCESS RESTRICTION TRIALS IN YOUR ZONE.”
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> “BASIC SERVICES SUBJECT TO ADAPTIVE PRICING.”
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We CUT TO multiple small reactions:
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— A mother crying quietly over a “Relocation Notice.”
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— A worker staring at a “Job Terminated – Optimization Event” message.
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— A clinic waiting room already overflowing.
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All of this is background to the Laundry’s whispered messages:
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> “Meet at Stairwell C at blackout.”
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> “Bring water, meds, candles.”
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> “If you can’t move, hang a cloth in your window. Someone will come.”
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---
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#### INT. LIA’S APARTMENT – NIGHT (E-01 EVE)
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Lia, Mara, and Tomi pack a small go-bag: water, food, blanket, candles.
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Tomi looks terrified.
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> TOMI
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> Are they… coming for us?
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Mara kneels to his level.
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> MARA
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> They are coming for our fear. That is what they feed on.
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> (touches his forehead)
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> We will give them as little as possible.
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Lia forces a reassuring smile.
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> LIA
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> We’re going to the stairwell if things go dark. There’ll be people we know. Nia, Jay, Ana.
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> (to Tomi)
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> You remember the game, right? If the lights go out?
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> TOMI
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> Count voices. Not sirens.
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> LIA
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> That’s right. Find the voices that say your name.
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She hugs him.
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Her wrist device pings with an ominous alert:
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> “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 ACTIVATION IN: 06:00:00.”
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It starts counting down.
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She taps it off, flips the device face-down.
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Mara watches her.
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> MARA
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> No matter what happens, remember: they may own the granary. They may own the numbers.
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> (places a hand on Lia’s chest)
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> They do not own this.
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Lia nods, tears in her eyes.
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She looks out the window.
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In neighboring towers, she sees small signals: candles in windows, cloth strips tied to railings, subtle marks— signs that the Laundry network has spread.
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A war— of patterns, not armies— is about to start.
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We PUSH IN on the countdown on Lia’s wrist device, ticking down…
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**05:59:58… 05:59:57…**
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**FADE OUT.**
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**END OF PART 4.**
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---
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## VIRAL CLIP IDEAS from this part
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1. **Clip 1 – “Cleansing Receipt” (8–12s)**
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* **Hook line:** Lena (shocked): “Twelve to eighteen thousand… that’s not a forecast. That’s a menu.”
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||
* **Visual frame:** Laundry receipt slowly revealing “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – EXPECTED CASUALTIES: 12–18K.”
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* **On-screen text:** “WHEN DISASTER IS SCHEDULED.”
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||
|
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2. **Clip 2 – “Someone Watching the Loops” (7–10s)**
|
||
|
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* **Hook line:** Nia: “You’re brave… whoever you are.”
|
||
* **Visual frame:** Nia in the clinic waste room, terminal flickering as she opens Kai’s leaked screenshots.
|
||
* **On-screen text:** “AN INSIDER STARTS LEAKING.”
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||
|
||
3. **Clip 3 – “Slow Mistakes Strategy” (8–12s)**
|
||
|
||
* **Hook line:** Lia: “Slow mistakes, everywhere at once.”
|
||
* **Visual frame:** Quick cuts: misdelivered food boxes, hidden meds, “lost” eviction notices, workers helping each other instead of following harsh prompts.
|
||
* **On-screen text:** “SABOTAGE BY KINDNESS.”
|
||
|
||
4. **Clip 4 – “Boardroom vs Basement” (10–15s)**
|
||
|
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* **Hook line:** Kai: “When you turn people into stress batteries, some of them eventually notice the wires.”
|
||
* **Visual frame:** Intercut: Aria presenting E-01 in the glossy boardroom, and the Laundry room studying the same graphs projected on cracked walls.
|
||
* **On-screen text:** “ONE CITY. TWO REALITIES.”
|
||
|
||
5. **Clip 5 – “Countdown to Cleansing” (6–9s)**
|
||
|
||
* **Hook line:** Mara: “They are coming for our fear.”
|
||
* **Visual frame:** Close-up of Lia’s wrist countdown: “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – 06:00:00,” then candles appearing in different windows across towers.
|
||
* **On-screen text:** “THEY FEED ON PANIC. WE PREPARE IN QUIET.”
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## CAROUSEL / COMIC PANEL IDEAS from this part
|
||
|
||
1. **Carousel 1 – “Cleansing Cycle E-01” (4–5 slides)**
|
||
|
||
* Slide 1: Friendly corporate graphic: “CLEANSING CYCLE E-01 – An Opportunity for Restructuring.”
|
||
* Slide 2: Fine print: “Projected Red-Tier Excess Mortality: 12–18K.”
|
||
* Slide 3: Workers and patients reading these numbers in shock.
|
||
* Slide 4: Laundry projector showing the same charts, with people planning around them.
|
||
* Slide 5: Caption: “If it’s predictable, it’s not an accident. (Fictional allegory.)”
|
||
|
||
2. **Carousel 2 – “Insider with a Conscience” (3–4 slides)**
|
||
|
||
* Slide 1: Kai at his console, looking at a tiny anomaly dip.
|
||
* Slide 2: His personal device labeled “CLEANSING_PROOF_01.pkg.”
|
||
* Slide 3: Utility packet traveling through cables into a laundry machine.
|
||
* Slide 4: Text: “Some people on the inside are as scared as you are.”
|
||
|
||
3. **Carousel 3 – “War Room in a Laundry” (4–5 slides)**
|
||
|
||
* Slide 1: Basement full of people, maps taped to the walls.
|
||
* Slide 2: Columns labeled “VULNERABLES” and “ALLIES.”
|
||
* Slide 3: Lia drawing circles on a tower map, hands shaking; Mara transferring the marker to someone else.
|
||
* Slide 4: Candles in the center, graphs on the wall.
|
||
* Slide 5: Caption: “Organizing doesn’t always look like a protest. Sometimes it looks like a laundromat.”
|
||
|
||
4. **Carousel 4 – “Targeting Fear” (3–4 slides)**
|
||
|
||
* Slide 1: Sky-screen: “Cleansing Cycle is an opportunity. Stay calm. Obey.”
|
||
* Slide 2: Devices buzzing with scary alerts in people’s hands.
|
||
* Slide 3: Mara to Tomi: “They are coming for our fear. We’ll give them as little as possible.”
|
||
* Slide 4: Caption: “They want panic. We can still choose how we respond.”
|
||
|
||
5. **Carousel 5 – “Countdown to Impact” (3–4 slides)**
|
||
|
||
* Slide 1: Lia’s wrist showing “E-01 activation in 06:00:00.”
|
||
* Slide 2: Neighbors signaling with candles/clothes in windows.
|
||
* Slide 3: Stairwells with water and blankets ready.
|
||
* Slide 4: Text: “You can’t always stop the storm. You can change how prepared the village is.”
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## SAFEGUARDS (for framing & distribution)
|
||
|
||
* Always frame “Cleansing Cycle E-01” as part of a **fictional dystopian system** in a sci-fi film, not as a real-world plan or prediction. Make it clear in captions and descriptions that the screenshots and numbers are props inside the movie’s story-world.
|
||
* Emphasize that “elites,” “Syndicate,” and the symbolic SATAN AI are narrative devices critiquing exploitative *systems and incentives*, not coded references to real ethnic, religious, or political groups. Avoid any language that maps them onto current real-world actors.
|
||
* When sharing content about “slow mistakes” and “sabotage by kindness,” focus on themes like **mutual aid, burnout, better workplace norms, and community preparedness**, not on advocating illegal actions or real-world disobedience. The takeaway should be: “We can organize for healthier systems and care,” not “secret conspiracies are real, go attack them.”
|
||
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