Raise
S4 E5: Raise (GE32)
Summary
Everyone in Vale Four’s been waiting to get clocked. In Raise, the clock starts to strike.
Hilton and Astoria are sure they’ve already clocked everyone from the balcony. Ava walks in on June and Elle lingering. She announces that something’s wrong, whether it’s the lingering, the fingering, or the overall protocols.
In her own FaceTrace session, Ava definitely clocks the monitor as a confessional. That might be her best read. She knows what it’s doing, and she knows she likes it. She asks if she can do solo sessions after hours.
In the villain lair, the reviews on FaceTrace are more ambiguous. Meg is the biggest proponent. She sees a full bounty of data waiting for them. To harvest them, she wants to give June just enough leash to see how she runs. Everyone agrees; all the villains want to see her tricks.
Alone with Synthserv 3.0 after hours, Ava submits to a compliance correlation sequence: positional instructions, image responses narrated in real time, every thought precisely aligned.
The machine’s learning her and she’s learning the machine. When the clock strikes, it’s not clear if there’s a difference.
Meet The Cast
Written and Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns
Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns
Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank
| Dr. Zev Talcott (Z) | Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns | Principal Cast |
| Dr. June Lowell | Bliss Blank | Principal Cast |
| Dr. Tessa Finn | Ring of Kees | Principal Cast |
| Dr. Meg Aerin | Bun Li | Principal Cast |
| Naia Anderson | Dizzy Dollie | Principal Cast |
| Elle Lawson | Echo Doll | Principal Cast |
| Iris Vale | Swirls and Twirls | Principal Cast |
| Cael Yupp | Jericho Caine | Principal Cast |
| Hespa Apate | Syndi Rella | Principal Cast |
| Hilton | Tickled Panda | Principal Cast |
| Astoria | Dakota Dream | Principal Cast |
| Ava | Kitten Azazel | Principal Cast |
| Synthserv 3.0 | Valentina Vallay | Principal Cast |
More Info
Vale Four Episodes
Human Made Art
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. You can find the original here.
Consent Declaration
Deep Dream State is a desire horror audio drama written and produced by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. It explores psychological fiction at the boundaries of control, identity, and complicity. The elements depicted are fictional and intentional. All performances are works of fiction and take place within a consensual creative context.