Act 1
Scene: Late at night, empty street. Nexus just got out of work, walking home.
Nexus
Nexus: Man… another long day. Same old boring routine.
Chris
(On phone call): Yo Nexus, you okay? You sound dead.
Nexus
Nexus: Haha, yeah. Just… feels like life’s passing me by. Nothing exciting ever happens.
He looks up at the night sky—stars unusually bright tonight.
Nexus
… Weird. The stars look different.
Chris
Different? What do you mean?
Nexus
Nexus: Like… they’re moving. Almost like they’re alive.
Suddenly, a streak of light rushes across the sky, crashing somewhere nearby. A rumble shakes the ground.
Nexus
Holy—! Did you hear that!?
Nexus
Something just crashed… I’m gonna check out.
Chris
Bro, NO. That’s how horror movies start.
Nexus
Haha… maybe. But hey, maybe it’s something that’ll finally break my boring cycle.
He runs toward the glowing crash site. The phone connection crackles.
Chris
Nexus? Hello?? …damn, he hung up.
At the crash site: A glowing shard pulsing with strange energy lies in a crater.
Nexus
Nexus: … The hell is this? Some kind of meteor?
He reaches out. The shard pulses. His vision blurs. A whisper echoes in his head.
“You’ve been chosen… Nexus…” it said.
The shard shatters into light, flooding into him. His body jolts, but instead of collapsing, he feels… alive, more than ever before.
Nexus
Wh-what’s happening to me…?
He looks at his hands. For a second, time around him slows—a car’s headlights in the distance seem frozen mid-motion.
Suddenly, everything snaps back to normal speed. He staggers back, breathing heavily.
Phone buzzes. It’s his Friend again.
Chris
Nexus!? Are you okay??
Chris
You sound… different.
Nexus
…Something just happened. And I don’t think my life’s gonna be boring anymore.
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