Category: Episodes

Producer’s Note: Apologies for the unplanned break, Artemis caught a breakthrough case COVID and has been slowly recovering over the past month.

Iso, Reed, and their edgy companion turn away from the police cruisers speeding down the street, and are startled to discover that their Blue Chip Boss-for-a-day has just finishing packing up the water regulator installation equipment that took the three of them almost ten minutes to unload.

They trudge back to the work vehicle and pile into it.

ISO gingerly fans himself with his injured hand, and Reed cranks the sputtering Air Conditioning and points the fan directly at his face. He stares at himself in the drivers side mirror and silently hopes that this terrible gig will end up being worth the effort.

ISO winces in pain as he hobbles along the sidewalk. 
He’s only a half-step behind Reed, but still – only barely able to keep up.

As he walks, he feels his freshly-mended bones and tissue straining against the tight bandages. A sharp stabbing hits him suddenly in the side, and he stumbles slightly, trying to mask his reaction to the pain.

Reed glares sharply at him, and ISO returns the glance with a sheepish grin.

As Reed turns his scowl forward again, ISO stretches a bit, testing the limits of his movement – and he wonders whether or not he can last a full day as a Corpo Bodyguard.

This is Episode 20 – The B-Team

Producer’s note: Thanks for sticking with us through 20 episodes! You’ve spread the word about the Oasis, and we appreciate your efforts – stay tuned after the episode for a special word from the Oasis Advertising Network!

Sedoy blinks wearily at the outline of the Nomad standing in her doorway. Reed, glowering impatiently, stares at her as she rummages through the pile of electronics and schematics scattered about her living room table.

Underneath a pile of synthetic insulation, she finds what she’s looking for – an AirHypo, with ‘Boost XL’ printed on the side.

She examines the airhypo, and shakes it a bit.

Empty.

Her back to Reed, she sighs.
With Herculean amounts of effort, she puts on a friendly, polite smile and turns back to Reed:
“Do… you have any Boost?”

This is Episode 19 – Street-level P.lexiglass Reflections!

Mavis shuts the door to her apartment quietly, so as not to disturb ISO as he slips into a medically-induced hallucinogenic fog.

She walks down the stairs, grumbling about the price of medical supplies and cursing that stupid media and his stupid motorcycle. At the bottom of the stairs, she stops for a moment and glances up in the direction of her temporary apartment.

She stares off into the distance for a few seconds, calculating something, and then chuckles to herself and steps out into the cool evening air of the Oasis.

A nice, strong psychadelic trip is exactly what ISO needs right now. And that is her professional medical opinion.

This is Episode 18 – Rude Awakening.

Sharp bursts of pain shoot through the arms, legs and feet of ISO, as he slowly tries to push himself upright.

After a few half-hearted, painful attempts at readjusting, he leans back and rests his head on a convenient pillow propped up against the armrest of the couch.

Less than 10 feet away, Sedoy and Reed sit at Mavis’ living room table. Sedoy taps her fingers on the cheap plastic.

Mavis catches her eye, and with a quick gesture, yanks the pillow out from under his head, and tosses it aside. He groans in pain as his head thunks against the frame of the armrest.

This is Episode 17 – Ellipses.

Warning! Priority Transmission from the Oasis!

The vidscreen on the back wall flashes an ominous warning symbol over a bright red background, bathing Sedoy’s apartment in an eerie artificial glow.

Sedoy leans against her kitchen table and studies the screen.

She wipes a small chunk of partially digested kibble off of her lips, and swallows several times in an unsuccessful attempt to clear the taste of vomit from her mouth.

The screen flashes again, and when it comes back, the text beneath the warning symbol has been replaced by two simple words:

“Stand By.”