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AK and I made some good progress today on this.
EXT. BUSH - NIGHT
State troops set a trap for the activists.
INT. ACTIVIST HQ - NIGHT
Activists do their virtual reconnaissance of the State.
There is too much information on-screen, not enough
intelligence. Mark asks Jon if he is going to ask his
brother Daniel for help. Jon says no.
INT. HOME - NIGHT
Jon has asked Daniel but Daniel says "No way. I have a
family to think of now." A family portrait hangs in view.
EXT. BUSH (VIRTUAL WORLD) - DAY
Straight laced and serious Blake is giving a class
presentation on State fauna and flora from within a virtual
bush environment. She's a natural. She adeptly manipulates
the view, sliding a tree out of the way to reveal a rare
wallaby in a clearing.
INT. CLASSROOM - DAY
Neat rows of students sit attentive as Blake up the front,
controls her presentation with body language. Her avatar
(within the virtual bush environment) is projected behind
her. A pair of boys snigger up the back of the room as they
call up Daniel's State prison record. Blake is thrown as
her dad's image comes up on her touchpad. She tries to
continue the talk while trying to clear the image. She
accidently sends Dad's image to the big screen behind her.
The class roars with laughter at her distress.
INT. STATE REGISTRY (VIRTUAL WORLD) - DAY
Blake hacks the school's data warehouse, a cavernous array
of disorganised filing cabinets and folders, destroying all
the references she can find on her dad. Her software agent
stick figure sidekick CD questions her motives. This is
most unlike her. A shadowy figure challenges Blake. She is
busted.
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
Dad rampages through Blake's messy bedroom confiscating
cables, cameras and misc. hardware. She's suspended so
she's grounded. No more Net acess. Blake accuses Dad of it
all being his fault. He's the ex-con.
Dad dismisses her defensively. "You don't know what you're
talking about. Maybe you will when you're older."
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Blake sneaks out of her bedroom.
INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
Blake hacks Dad's old PC squinting and fumbling with the
mouse, clearly showing her frustration with 90s tech.
INSERT. STATE FILES ON ACTIVISTS
INSERT. STATE MAPS SHOWING TROOP ACTIVITY
INSERT. WORKSPACE
CD coaxes Blake to log off but then accidently uncovers the
plan to commence logging of the sanctuary tomorrow.
"Smokin'!"
INSERT. STATE MEMO ON PLANS FOR BARGO
CD asks if Blake is going to blow the whistle. She says
they would never listen to me.
INT. ACTIVIST HQ - NIGHT
A mushroom cloud erupts on the tactical map of the State. A
myriad panicked voices. They've being hacked. Jon calms the
group down and points at the new incriminating information
spilling out of Bargo.
EXT. BUSH - DAY
The activists enter the sanctuary cautiously. No activity.
They come across the smoking remains of a logging vehicle.
Something's wrong.
INT. BEDROOM - DAY
Dad's voice "Have a good day love. Bye." Door slams.
Blake's eyes open.
INT. OFFICE - DAY
Back at Dad's PC. More scanning. Oh shit.
EXT. BUSH - DAY
Come out into the open and put your hands in the air. It's
a trap. Run! The activists flee.
The nano-bats awaken and scatter to the wind in a vain
effort to record the massacre. One by one they are shot
down.
Jon is chased down by a dog with a visor for eyes. The
troopers close in on him as he's mauled.
INT. OFFICE - DAY
Blake watches a low bandwidth nano-bat cam video stream in
tears.
EXT. BUSH - DAY
Blake stumbles awkwardly through the bush in the aftermath
of the battle. She forgets it's real, trying to move a tree
aside with a palm-press.
INT. CLASSROOM - DAY
Blake blends in with the rest of the class as the teacher
relates the day's lesson on the virtues of the State. A
trading-floor-style newsticker begins scrolling a
newsflash. The teacher gestures for the big screen to come
on.
INSERT. NEWSFLASH
The children are warned to be vigilent for terrorist
suspects still at-large after a catastrophic systems
collapse in the Bargo region. Blade, a strikingly athletic
thirtysomething, and CD are the suspects.
INT. CLASSROOM - DAY
Blake's steely gaze behind glasses.