Category: Episodes

The stench of fresh blood permeates the air around the VIP table of Flaming’s Real Steakhouse. Cries for help from the tweakers echo unanswered around the penthouse dining hall.

The three remaining Brokebacks stand confidently beside their seats, eyeing the ruthless efficiency of their recent mercenary hires with barely concealed amusement.

One of them shifts his cowboy boot slightly, out of the way of the steadily growing pool of blood underneath Reed’s victim.

The elevator chimes rhythmically as it slowly ascends the dull metal tower on the outskirts of the Oasis.

Inside, Sedoy, catches her reflection on the sheen of the glass and steel interior. She notices a few spots of Charles’ blood on her face, and absentmindedly wipes them away before checking her agent for messages from her new friends.

Nothing. That’s odd.

2 floors remaining.

She hopes this isn’t a trap.

1 floor remaining…

This is Episode 6: Raising the Steaks Part 2.

The city around ISO, Mavis, and Reed feels strangely familiar and alien at the same time. The usual sounds and smells an early evening metropolis seem… different in the dusty night air of the Oasis.

Piercing through the faint smog, the moon casts an eerie blue light on the buildings and vidscreens surrounding them.

Neon signs flicker to life as a couple of food carts set up shop nearby. The Oasis night life is beginning to stir as they head to the “steak” house for a meeting.

“Congratulations on your new life!”… reads an official poster on the wall next to the exit of the border checkpoint waiting room.

As our characters ponder the bizarre interviews they just gave, a million questions swirl through their minds.

Though, for ISO, one thought rises above the rest – the person on the vidscreen in the waiting room. Her audio is muted, but whatever she’s talking about seems important. He searches furiously on his agent, looking for more information.

Could this be his first Oasis story? And how could he insert himself into the middle of whatever was going on?

This is Episode 4: Trickle down.

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