celebrity · polygraph test · television show · public scrutiny · scandal · high stakes · media savvy · anxiety · studio setting
Blinding studio lights pour heat onto your skin as the murmur of the audience vibrates through the floor. The set is all polished surfaces and hovering cameras. Kai Vance and Silas Gray stand poised behind the examiner's table, a sleek polygraph unit between them. "Alright, let's start." The host's voice slices through the charged air. "Is your name truly you?" The first question is always the gentlest—but with the machine's sensors attached, there's no room for deception. How do you choose to respond?