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Asunder

Corruption and murder in the mise en scène of a room...

By C. N. McKinniePublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Asunder
Photo by Jilbert Ebrahimi on Unsplash

INT. BEDROOM - DAY

The top of the bio-dome can be seen from the window with its imprinted hexagonal shapes. A military-grade hovercraft is passing by. The first rays of the artificial sun stream in through the window, casting slim, rectangular shapes of light on the bed.

The bed is neatly made with a gray-blue comforter, folded back at the head of the bed to showcase part of the clean, white sheets underneath. A gray duvet lays over a corner at the foot of the bed. An upholstered headboard of 16 gray rectangular panels is set to the wall. Above the headboard are two quote stickers: the word "HERS" is on the left side and the word "HIS" is on the right side.

Flanking the bed is two light gray nightstands with lamps and a picture frame on each. The left picture frame with the name "AUGUS" on it has a picture of a man: mid-twenties, hair past the shoulders, tan skin, and a slit over his right eyebrow. He is smiling as a woman is tracing the scar. The right picture frame with the name "IMOGEN" on it showcases a picture with the same woman: mid-twenties, long, dark-brown hair, and a dimple at each cheek. She has a playful expression as she is hovering over the man, pinning his hands down.

On the wall facing the bed is a recessed, 146-inch slab of tinted glass, showcasing the news. At the bottom, it reads: "BREAKING NEWS: Reaper Breach in Delta Sector. Soldiers Deployed."

Around the glass TV are pictures of the man and woman—Augus and Imogen. Another picture in particular shows Augus in a camouflage uniform, standing in the middle of 4 other men and women in the same uniform. On the dresser, under the TV, is a letter. The top reads: "Upsilon Sector Defense Department".

INT. BEDROOM - DAY

The bio-dome simulates rain and gloomy clouds outside of the window. The artificial sun peeks through, pale light shining over the bed. The left side of the bed is unmade while the other side is clean, comforter pulled taut on the right side. However, the pillows on the right side are gone.

The duvet is laid on the floor next to a pint of ice cream and a tablet and stylus. On the tablet are headshots of several people, men and women dressed in camouflage. There are many lines drawn, connecting between people with notes written on the sides. The headline at the top reads: "Corruption?"

Rolling off of the tablet, the stylus points towards a gray legal file box with "Upsilon Sector Legal Department" written in neat script on the side. The box is open, files laying around it.

On the TV is the same charting of people as on the tablet. Next to the recessed slab of glass is a punched hole in the wall. Two pictures are missing from the wall, laying on the dresser with their broken frames. Next to them is a small tub of spackling paste with a spackle knife on top of it.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Lamps light the room, along with the artificial moon's glow. The walk-in closet is open, empty hangers lining the rail on the left side. Three boxes line the left wall instead of clothes. A gray-blue comforter lays on top of one of the boxes. The right side is lined with suits, shirts, and pants, shoes neatly lined under the hanging clothes. The closet door creaks a bit as the fan in the room moves rapidly.

The duvet is gone. The comforter on the bed is black and neatly made, the corners folded and tucked military-style. The "HERS" sticker above the headboard looks to have been ripped off in places, the ripped pieces balled together and sitting on the left nightstand. The pictures on the nightstand are turned down.

Every piece of furniture with sharp edges has corner guards secured to them, especially the dresser. On the dresser is a neat line of files with the legal file box set on the floor. The headline of the news on TV reads: "Chancellor Niklaus Markov Honors Lost Soldiers".

The pictures around the TV are gone. Next to the TV is a mobile glass board with a stylus sitting in a holder. Headshots of men and women in camouflage move around on the board, connected within a geometric system of lines and dots. The top most picture is of Imogen. The words "What Happened?" are set under the picture. On the margins of the board are auto-scrolling notes, a few notes referencing gun caliber.

Hovercrafts pass by noisily outside of the window. On the window ledge is a tub of spackling paste with a spackle knife.

In the wall, next to the window, are three clean, small holes.

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C. N. McKinnie

With a passion for fiction, I love writing fantasy/supernatural stories with characters who can teach me things about myself. I'm all for suspense, cliffhangers, and the moments in which both can be satisfied.

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