2023 Red Velvet

What Happens

Jack practices introducing himself; he’s nervous about asking a girl out. He calls an escort service and orders an escort for his motel room. It’s all very automated, and Cassandra will be joining him shortly. He bumps the radio and overhears people discussing that the end of the world is imminent, like tonight, imminent. 

Jack’s already ordered the prostitute, so what’s he gonna do? He turns on the news to verify what he heard, and yeah, that’s all accurate. He looks down at his arm, and he’s already infected with whatever it is– maybe. It messes with your head first. 

Cassandra comes to the door, and he lets her in. Could she be infected? It’s all very confusing; She’s good enough at her job to almost make Jack forget what’s happening outside. Almost

Commentary

I kept wondering all along if he was just imagining it, which is what we’re supposed to be wondering. Right up to the end, we’re never sure. But we do get answers!

This is fun. We get enough information about the situation to make it tense, but then Jack’s got a whole lot of tension even before the story begins, and it only gets worse for him. 

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