40 Writing/Chasing The Rhino/TP4
Sequence One
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Leon is overwhelmed to find his mother and she shares her memories of him. Leon is grateful, but they are not his own. Leon despairs at his betrayal of the team and disconnection with his memories. He discovers his mother and the founders were trapped by ImpCorp: their bodies held in statis in The Real. Although, the founders are being consumed by a biological upgrade. Leon must find a way to return to The Real and win back the support of the team. Only then, does he have a chance of returning his mother to The Real.
Central Dramatic Question
Will Leon find a way to return to his body in The Real and get the team’s support to enter ImpCorp?
Sequence Two
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Leon has lost his tether. He learns he was connected to his mother when they were torn apart - the Jade Rhino is a manifestation of his trauma. He connects to it and is warmed by his memories of riding it through is imagination. He uses the Jade Rhino to locate the residual of his tether and feels Nort and his acolytes reaching out for the Jade Rhino from The Real. He subconciously influences Nort to stimulate his tether and manages to return to his body, amidst his funeral service. Sunnto hugs and slaps and hugs him as he struggles to feel the physical world.
Sequence Three
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] Leon’s body feels foreign, but he understands it in a new way. He discovers he has been conciously gone for four days, his body dead for one. His perception of The Real is distorted. The team is angry and relieved. Suunto is silent. Leon wants to do the job. Suunto draws attention to their ordeal and how they’ve had to stop Princess from killing him. He asserts he can get in, but not out without them. Jem and Fix say they will prepare, but Suunto says the job is cancelled. He knows he has to force her.
Sequence Four
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] He calls Suunto to tell her he is having breakfast across the road from the ImpCorp building, ‘dressed’ as the skin, following the plan. He asserts he is going in, preferably with them, and she has the duration of his breakfast before he enters. She tells him his bioscan is not inserted, so he won’t get through, but he is determined to go anyway. He knows he is extorting her recent grief, but he can think of no other way. She chastises him, before telling him she will get the team together, if she can locate them.
CDQ Answer
Yes. Leon finds his way back to The Real, but he has been gone much longer than he anticipated so he must rush his entry into ImpCorp, and force Suunto’s commitment by manipulating her grief.
Character Arc
Leon moves from a mixture of joy at finding his mother and despair at abandoning the team — to — reassured and determined to infiltrate ImpCorp, with or without team. He also feels some guilt towards manipulating Suunto and the team.
Moral Dilemma
Leaving his mother, who he has just found to return to The Real in a long shot to save her. Bullying Suunto and the team to return to the job by extorting their grief over his recent death.
Ms. Penumbra Turning Point Four
Sequence One
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] Ms. Penumbra seees Leon’s body, hooked up to life support, his consciousness gone. She is enraged. Without Leon, she will not be able to get the team to open the lock. A distressed Suunto arrives and Ms. Penumbra is reminded of the devestation of losing Emmet prior the forming of The ImpVerse. She needs Leon to find him. She pressures Nort and the acolytes reconnect, but Leon is gone. She needs to buy herself more time to train another infiltrator to work with Suunto, or decades of planning will go to waste and she will live an eternity without Emmet.
Central Dramatic Question
Will Ms. Penumbra manage to find a way to postpone her transition so she can find another way to get an infiltrator into ImpCorp?
Sequence Two
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Ms Penumbra feels deep despair, but casts it aside. She needs time to find a new Leon. She returns to the priest and continues her interrogation, this time with more venom. She asks him about the Bishop’s Shadow. He denies a role exists, but Ms. Penumbra reveals she knows of his existence. She knows that within the good, there is always an evil lurking, like her. She extracts a way to contact him, and Ms. Penumbra makes the call.
Sequence Three
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The Bishop’s Shadow arrives at her apartment in the night as she is finishing up recording her day in her memory device. They talk of good and evil, loyalty and memory, where he freely admits being responsible for her poisoning. She resists the barb, and instead offers him the name of her informants in the Vatican in exchange for the timely execution of some Executive members. They debate the ethics of what they do, and agree to terms.
CDQ Answer
Yes, she has a plan to postpone her transition into the ImpVerse, but it involves utilising the Catholics to execute members of The Executie and betraying her contacts in The Vatican.
Character Arc
Ms. Penubra moves from curiosity, anger and despair — to — a contemplative sense of hope that her new methods, although terrible, will get her what she desires.
Moral Dilemma
To betray her contacts in The Vatican for her own personal gains To execute members of The Executive in order to delay her transition.
They ae going to scan her mind before transitioning her. She needs to find a way to stop this. She has the Catholics to seek revenge on - she has to do this, but maybe use them to damage ImpCorp and run as a distraction? She has to have a situation desperate too - that is Leon not being alive, and being out of options…
Thoughts
ONE PART TWO Nort tells her Leon is gone. She is enraged. She is the first to arrive at the church - she reveals herself as the person funding the church and having controlled Nort for years. Nort says he has been taken. She tells him to get him back. Her world comes crashing down. How will she get through the lock now? Her Emmit is locked behind it and she does not have time to recruit and train another before they transition her. Or does she? Money buys everything in The Real. She can offer a ransom for any likely teams.
She needs a bounty and some likely targets for her manipulation.
THREE She needs a distraction. A big one. She needs an enemy to strike. The Catholics are fresh in the Executive’s mind. She needs the Catholics to make a mess and cause a distraction. She needs them to make some noise, to give her some time. She returns to the priest and asks him to send a message up the line. She tells him that she needs a favour. A big one. And in return, she will be quite generous.
TWO She calls Suunto and tells her Leon is gone. Suunto loses her shit and races around there. Leon is gone, the job is off. Suunto is not interested in anything she has to propose. She contacts Suunto a few days later. There is nothing she can do to figure it out. Nort tries to get him back, but they are all exhausted. His tether is there, but he is gone. Leon had the knack for reaching out. He can’t do anything about it. He can’t find him.
ONE Interogating the Catholic priest that heard Variel’s confession. She is ruthless and he admits that there are those that hear the confessional apart for the priest. She knows that too. It is her. He says there are others who deal in the secrets of the confessional - the Catholics realise they are in a war with ImpCorp. They realise that praying to God is not the only way to fight evil. She says she knows what they have attempted to do to her mind. They have failed, no matter what Variel has told them. She has found a way to circumvent their little poison. She wants to know who told Variel to do it.
Ms. Penumbra gets a call from Nort, but she ignores it. She can sense his urgency. She knows where he is, and she leaves to find him, and asks the priest to stay where he is until she returns. She says she will be back in a moment.
ms. P - three outtakes.
She knows he is the one responsible for destroying her memories - he pretty much reveals that, but he is doing it to bait her, so she does not respond. She reveals that she wants him for a private matter, and in exchange, she will provide them with the means to put ImpCorp on the back foot regarding their infiltration of the Vatican. He is interested, but wants to know more. She says she will provide more when she can. She offers to supply names of her informants in her organisation and in return, they will assist in sending a few Executive member to hell - the ImpVerse that is. She will supply the names and locations of who and when. The Bishop’s Shadow asks why, and she says that maybe God is at work in her. He laughs. No. The hand of God brought them together, but he is firmly on his side. She laughs - it’s always about sides, isn’ t it?
Leon eats. He tries to reforge his connection to his body. It feels like a foreign place, but his new perspective enables him to know it more intimately. It is a tool for him to use, much more than it ever was. The team sit in the lounge, both relieved and angry at his return. Suunto stands by him, silent and watching. Leon is unsure as to what she is feeling, but he is always worried when she is silent. She looks like grief has taken her for days. He discovers he has been gone for five days. His temporary life support was turne
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off a day ago. She does not understand how he could return to a dead body. Leon does not understand either, but only knows that his conscious tether remained in The Abstract longer than his body remained alive. He has no answers. She asks about his time away, but he finds he cannot articulate it. He says he was taken by the Jade Rhino, but falters and apologises for abandoning them. He asks about the timing of the job, but Suunto says the job is off. They were meant to be going in tomorrow, but they dont have a plan. He died. They stopped planning. Leon asserts he is going in. He has to repay them. Suunto and the team dismisses him. Suunto lets him know that Ms. Penumbra foiled his last job, and that he does not owe them anything. Leon shakes his head. He feels he does owe them. His latest moves has resulted in the loss of their biggest payday ever. He insists the job must be on. He needs to get in there. Suunto tells him it is impossible. He says he is going in anyway, and would prefer it if they would be with him. Suunto tells him he is impossible, and the team do so as well. She tells him it is not happening, he needs to rests and asks if he needs someone to stay with him tonight. He says he does not. He just needs to feed himself. He tells her to get ready for tomorrow. He will be going into ImpCorp with or without them. Suunto chastises him and tells him he is not the boss of the operation. He may take all the risks, but she is the one still in charge. He acknowledges that, but lets her know that he without them, he will likely die in the attempt. With them, at least he has a chance. Suunto sighs and tells him that she will talk about it with him over breakfast. He tells her he will call her in the morning. The team leave, each in their own unique way.
Step Five
TP / Step / Sequences Leon drinks a coffee and relishes it. He calls Suunto and tells her he is already drinking coffee and the cafe across the road from the ImpCorp building and tells her he is going in when he finishes his coffee. Suunto loses her crap at him and tells him to wait. She needs to talk this over. They do not even have a functioning plan. Leon tells her he has been up all night. He slept enough when he was dead. He can’t wait anymore. His mother is in there and is about to die. Suunto tries to catch up, and tells him to shut up a moment. Her head is still spinning from drinking last night. She needs a moment. He tells her she has until he finishes his coffee. She swears at him and tells him if he survives, they are going to have a long talk about the chain of command. He tells her she is in, but he has to wait a while. She nees to get the team together. He says he will wait a little longer. He has a few calls to make anyway. He calls Ms. Penumbra, who is startled to hear that he is still alive. - From Ms. Penumbra’s perspective??? He tells her the job is still on, and that he is about to enter ImpCorp. She admires his guts and asks about the team. The team is getting ready, but things are a little rushed. She tells him things are a little tense at the moment, and that she is dealing with a few other things at this stage, but he should give her a call if he gets past reception. There are a few things he will need to know. He says he has to renegotiate the terms of his agreement with her. She is impressed by his courage. He says he knows his mother is held in stasis. He wants her safe return to The Real in exchange for his share. Ms. Penumbra asks who his mother is, and he tells her. She says she remembers her ands asks questions of him, and tells her she will let him know where she is after she gets what she wants. It will be no concern of hers once she has what she wants and will give her freely to him. She knows what it is to long for something that is lost. He warns her thought that if she is a founder, she may not have long left. Her understanding, which is limited by her position, is that the founders have been willingly being set free into The Abstract and are being replaced by another artifical biological solution. Leon knows they are not being set free, but consumed. He does not say anything though, as Leon does not want to reveal he has talked to his mother.
Leon finishes his coffee and thanks the waitress as his ‘skin’. She says she didnt recognise him and he tells her it is alright. He was not himself this morning. He thanks her again, and walks across the road to ImpCorp.
Step One
Leon despairs at his leaving The Real. He meets his mother: she is trapped in fabric of The ImpVerse. He discovers he was connected to his mother when she was trapped by ImpCorp: the Jade Rhino is a manifestation of their separation. He manages to reignite his tether with the assistance of The Jade Rhino and by subsconsciously influencing Nort. He wakes at his funeral and struggles with his physical connection. The Abstract bleeds through to The Real. He must find a way to reconnect, access ImpCorp and find his mother.
CDQ
Will Leon find a way to return to The Real and find his mother in ImpCorp and return her to The Real?
Step One
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] Leon is overwhelmed to find his mother and she shares her memories of him. Leon is grateful, but they are not his own. Leon despairs at his betrayal of the team and disconnection with his memories. He discovers his mother and the founders were trapped by ImpCorp: their bodies held in statis in The Real. Although, the founders are being consumed by a biological upgrade. Leon must find a way to return to The Real and free his mother, repay the team and find his missing memories.
Central Dramatic Question
Will Leon find a way to return to his body in The Real and find a way into ImpCorp before it is too late for his mother?
Ms. Penumbra a couple of steps here - while he is gone…
Step Two
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Leon has lost his tether. He learns he was connected to his mother when they were torn apart - the Jade Rhino is a manifestation of his trauma. He connects to it and is warmed by his memories of riding it through is imagination. He uses the Jade Rhino to locate the residual of his tether and feels Nort and his acolytes reaching out for the Jade Rhino from The Real. He subconciously influences Nort to stimulate his tether and manages to return to his body, amidst his funeral service. Sunnto hugs and slaps and hugs him as he struggles to feel the physical world.
Step Three
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Step Four
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] Ms. Penumbra conversation from her end here - early in the morning.
He calls Suunto to tell her he is currently drinking coffee across the road from the ImpCorp building, ‘dressed’ as the skin, following the plan. Suunto asserts there is no job. He asserts he is going in, with or without them, and she has until he finishes his coffee to be ready. He knows he is extorting their recent grief, but he can think of no other way.
Step Five
[[TP / Step / Sequences]] Leon drinks a coffee and relishes it. He calls Suunto and tells her he is already drinking coffee and the cafe across the road from the ImpCorp building and tells her he is going in when he finishes his coffee. Suunto loses her crap at him and tells him to wait. She needs to talk this over. They do not even have a functioning plan. Leon tells her he has been up all night. He slept enough when he was dead. He can’t wait anymore. His mother is in there and is about to die. Suunto tries to catch up, and tells him to shut up a moment. Her head is still spinning from drinking last night. She needs a moment. He tells her she has until he finishes his coffee. She swears at him and tells him if he survives, they are going to have a long talk about the chain of command. He tells her she is in, but he has to wait a while. She nees to get the team together. He says he will wait a little longer. He has a few calls to make anyway. He calls Ms. Penumbra, who is startled to hear that he is still alive. - From Ms. Penumbra’s perspective??? He tells her the job is still on, and that he is about to enter ImpCorp. She admires his guts and asks about the team. The team is getting ready, but things are a little rushed. She tells him things are a little tense at the moment, and that she is dealing with a few other things at this stage, but he should give her a call if he gets past reception. There are a few things he will need to know. He says he has to renegotiate the terms of his agreement with her. She is impressed by his courage. He says he knows his mother is held in stasis. He wants her safe return to The Real in exchange for his share. Ms. Penumbra asks who his mother is, and he tells her. She says she remembers her ands asks questions of him, and tells her she will let him know where she is after she gets what she wants. It will be no concern of hers once she has what she wants and will give her freely to him. She knows what it is to long for something that is lost. He warns her thought that if she is a founder, she may not have long left. Her understanding, which is limited by her position, is that the founders have been willingly being set free into The Abstract and are being replaced by another artifical biological solution. Leon knows they are not being set free, but consumed. He does not say anything though, as Leon does not want to reveal he has talked to his mother.
Leon finishes his coffee and thanks the waitress as his ‘skin’. She says she didnt recognise him and he tells her it is alright. He was not himself this morning. He thanks her again, and walks across the road to ImpCorp.
CDQ Answer
Yes. Leon finds his way back to The Real, but he has been gone much longer than he anticipated so he must rush his entry into ImpCorp
Character Arc
Leon moves from a mixture of joy at finding his mother and despair at abandoning the team — to — reassured and determined to infiltrate ImpCorp, with or without team.
Moral Dilemma
Leaving his mother, who he has just found to return to The Real in a long shot to save her. Bullying Suunto and the team to return to the job by extorting their grief over his recent death.
step four ramblings Leon eats. He tries to reforge his connection to his body. It feels like a foreign place, but his new perspective enables him to know it more intimately. It is a tool for him to use, much more than it ever was. The team sit in the lounge, both relieved and angry at his return. Suunto stands by him, silent and watching. Leon is unsure as to what she is feeling, but he is always worried when she is silent. She looks like grief has taken her for days. He discovers he has been gone for five days. His temporary life support was turned off a day ago. She does not understand how he could return to a dead body. Leon does not understand either, but only knows that his conscious tether remained in The Abstract longer than his body remained alive. He has no answers. She asks about his time away, but he finds he cannot articulate it. He says he was taken by the Jade Rhino, but falters and apologises for abandoning them. He asks about the timing of the job, but Suunto says the job is off. They were meant to be going in tomorrow, but they dont have a plan. He died. They stopped planning. Leon asserts he is going in. He has to repay them. Suunto and the team dismisses him. Suunto lets him know that Ms. Penumbra foiled his last job, and that he does not owe them anything. Leon shakes his head. He feels he does owe them. His latest moves has resulted in the loss of their biggest payday ever. He insists the job must be on. He needs to get in there. Suunto tells him it is impossible. He says he is going in anyway, and would prefer it if they would be with him. Suunto tells him he is impossible, and the team do so as well. She tells him it is not happening, he needs to rests and asks if he needs someone to stay with him tonight. He says he does not. He just needs to feed himself. He tells her to get ready for tomorrow. He will be going into ImpCorp with or without them. Suunto chastises him and tells him he is not the boss of the operation. He may take all the risks, but she is the one still in charge. He acknowledges that, but lets her know that he without them, he will likely die in the attempt. With them, at least he has a chance. Suunto sighs and tells him that she will talk about it with him over breakfast. He tells her he will call her in the morning. The team leave, each in their own unique way.