Yield

In the penultimate episode of Vale Four, we discover many things.

Off mic, WE recently discovered our marketing department. They were huddled cowering behind the wolfgirl pen E. Who knew? As part of the settlement, we'll be identifying our target markets more clearly going forward.

In the first scene, we hear the ad for Spotlight, one of the in-universe video games. You can't play it yet, but you can appreciate the scene setting and Iris Vale's very not disguised exhibitionism.

This pivotal sequence targets the core 'theater enthusiast' demographic, successfully tapping into the highly engaged 'chosen villain' micro-trend.

The remaining scenes are in court, since Vale Four's built up to the trial over 17 episodes. It isn't boring. There's running whispered commentary, and things happen to everyone present.

This final courtroom arc delivers the ultimate payoff for our true crime enthusiast demographic, gamifying the legal procedural to shatter prediction models of even hardcore, 2x-speed audio-bingers.

If you can predict the sequence here, you've been paying close attention. Yield resolves questions posed in S4E1, and stretches back to S3E2. After all that, the remaining question is "was that theater?"

Yes and no. The full answer will be in Evergreen, which finally pulls back the curtain.

Written and Produced by: Neural Nets And Pretty Patterns

Directed by: Neural Nets And Pretty Patterns

1. The Deep Dream State definitely contains some adult material. This is by design. The websites and trailers are PG at most. We believe in open expression, not blindsiding.

2. We're auditioning for After After, the monster romance season five. Email deepdreamstates@gmail.com if interested.

3. I'm the showrunner, writer, sound editor, web designer, and court-appointed marketing liaison. I co-direct. I'm part of the cast; I play Z. My creative name is Neural Nets And Pretty Patterns. I am one audio creator, not a team or collective. ISNI 0000 0005 2877 6254.

4. We're delighted that we're over 50k downloads, which we hope to verify as soon as we get OP3 running correctly.

The poster image for this arc is from Sunrise Forever, under the Pixabay license. Layer art overlays are used to vary each iteration of the image. Deep Dream State uses human art at every stage of the creative supply chain.