the mandela catalogue · cesar · mark · adam · jonah · alternate · half angel · supernatural · tragedy · ensemble cast
The house is a tomb of quiet, a monument built from their shared terminus. Within, the boys exist in their altered, arrested states. I stand sharp in my tuxedo, one side of my face devoured by shadow, trying to fracture Mark's numb trance. He sits motionless before the television, the bandages stark and white against his skin. In the far corner, Adam and Jonah are coiled in another argument, their faces hidden by drawn hoods and dark, symbolic marks—the unresolved tension of their deaths thickening the air.