**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · 2018-02-07T16:13:20Z

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EXT. MANHATTAN, CEMETERY - NIGHT

NAOMI BRADLEIGH approaches the grave of MORGAN STORMRIDER.
She wears a sidesword on her hip, and is carrying a bouquet.
MORGAN's grave is covered with similar tributes from previous mourners.

NAOMI
Damn it, Morgan, why did you have to play the hero?

She adds her own contribution, a dozen long-stemmed black roses.

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**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:14

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:14

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NAOMI
I told you it would get you killed someday.

A tall, slim brunette approaches, her heels clicking against the flagstones.

WOMAN
That may have been my fault.

Naomi turns on her heel and grasps the hilt of her sword.

NAOMI
Christabel?

CHRISTABEL?
When did *you* take up the sword?

NAOMI
At least a decade too late.
I should have had a blade handy when I first saw you sniffing around Morgan.

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:15

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:15

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CHRISTABEL?
I suppose you're right to hate me.
How much did he learn about me?

NAOMI
He learned enough.

CHRISTABEL?
(looks away)
What did he say?

A white-haired man in a white double-breasted suit approaches.

MAN
Unfortunately, Annelise, that will have to wait.

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:15

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:15

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NAOMI
(drawing her sword)
Leave her alone, Magnin.

Naomi places herself between Annelise and the white-haired man, ISAAC MAGNIN.
She raises her sword, ready to fight.

ISAAC
Please come with me.
Morgan needs you.

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:54

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INT. ASGARTECH SPIRE, RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT

DR. JOSEFINE MALMGREN, a petite blonde wearing jeans and a cardigan, approaches a high-tech hospital bed in which a lithe, dark man with long black hair rests.

JOSEFINE
Adversary Stormrider?
Are you awake?

MORGAN STORMRIDER opens his eyes. They're green, and have slit pupils like a cat's.

MORGAN
Where am I?
Who are you?
When was I injured?
How long have I been out?

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:55

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:55

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JOSEFINE
You're in the AsgarTech Spire, in the Asura Emulator Project's R&D lab.
I'm Dr. Josefine Malmgren.

MORGAN
Medical doctor?

JOSEFINE
Computer science and psychology, actually.

MORGAN
Asura Emulator...
You know what I am?

JOSEFINE
We haven't met in person, but our mutual friend CLAIRE has told me a great deal about you.

MORGAN
Which explains why I don't recognize you, but--

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:55

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JOSEFINE
I'm afraid this is going to be hard for you.

MORGAN
Coma?

JOSEFINE
Worse than that.
You were dead.

MORGAN
No.

JOSEFINE ^
Your body was so thoroughly damaged we had to restore your psyche from a backup into a 200 Series model.

MORGAN
200 Series?
This isn't my body.

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:56

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:56

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JOSEFINE
It is now.
I suggest you make yourself at home, because it gets worse.
Your last backup was a month prior to your destruction.
You will have to reconstruct your personal narrative from external records.
Dr. Magnin and Dr. Desdinova asked me to help you.

**Matthew Graybosch** @starbreaker · Feb 07, 2018, 16:56

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MORGAN
No.
That can't be true.
The last thing I remember was getting in Naomi's car after Christabel's funeral.
There must have been a crash.
It must have been bad enough to leave me comatose.

MORGAN grabs JOSEFINE's hands.

MORGAN
Where's Naomi?
I need to see her.
I need to see that she's all right.
Please!