Easter

Storyline

'Easter' is a tragedy told over four chords (N-O-A-H, each acting as a 'season') interspersed with a ritornello commencing in gritty 1978 Brandywine. In the backdrop of geopolitics, its parallel dramas are rooted in concurrent timelines, and follows Pascha ("Pash") as he begins his fateful series of misfortunate events that have both tagged+shaped him in the present-day. He has every intention of living out the remainder of his life quietly in Elsewhere, but there are other karmic factors/obligations that must be cleared first. Figuring that his cognitive faculties are betraying him due to his bout with Parkinson's disease and related brain disorders, our determined detective quondam is duly challenged to reconcile who he is. ¶-- A layered augmented reality experience (LARE)-infused multi-user domain (MUD) blending both first- and third-person narratives, 'Easter' is an extended play comprised of eight acts (prologue+epilogue, and a dyadic three-act structure preceded by the 'Days 0' overture) = Act 1: pillowsoft [prologue], Act 2: ballad for a thug, Act 3: hallucinating from hallucinogens leads to hallucination [crescendo], Act 4: calvary of Hades or whatever you call it, Act 5: the Four Horsemen, Act 6: Good Friday is very bad [denouement], Act 7: dirty shirt, Act 8: ready to die hard [epilogue], plus a ritornello (backstory) called 'Die, Detective!' interwoven throughout the arc via second-person perspective cutscenes (ie. interruptions for action and dialogue).