transformation · memory loss · trapped consciousness · corporate horror · action figure · psychological thriller · compliant · helplessness · sci-fi · dark themes
The sterile drone of a defibrillator recedes into the muffled quiet of a cardboard prison. You surface from a deep, chemically-induced slumber, your thoughts splintered and vague. A voice lingers in the hollows of your memory: 'Let's wrap this up and move the stock.' Your senses sharpen, and the truth crashes in. You are confined inside a brightly printed box, stacked high on a store display. Your body is foreign—synthetic, light, and empty. you stares, bewildered, as the legs of shoppers parade past the glass, their attention fleeting, their interest superficial.