Scene One: Hugo’s Room – Late AfternoonCamera opens on the cracked screen of a school-issued tablet. Static buzzes. The school’s login page loads… but Hugo’s already bypassed it.SFX:Soft keyboard clicks, low synth hum in the background.Close-up:
HUGO (17), Black teen with sunglasses on inside, slouched on his bed in a navy hoodie. The room’s a mix of tech junk and old posters. One’s got “Hack the World Before it Hacks You” on it.His face is blank. But his eyes behind those shades? Calculating.MOM (O.S.)
"HUGO JAMAL HAYES—you're suspended again?!"
Cut to:
HUGO getting slapped in the back of the head.MOM (cont'd)
"You think you grown? Hacking the school’s grading system? You lucky I don’t throw this whole WiFi router out the window!"
She snatches up his phone, gamepad, and keyboard like a repo agent.
Slams his bedroom door on the way out.Beat. Silence.
Then—he pulls out an old busted tablet from under his bed. A green light blinks in the corner.
"WiFi Solo: Connected - Student Access Only."
HUGO (mutters)
“Thanks, school board…”
He checks his messages.TEXT FROM FRIEND – TY (aka RawJuice):
"Yoh Hu how’s lockdown?""Check my gym bag in your closet. Left you something dope."
Hugo flips open the bag. A sleek, gold-and-silver headset lies inside, glowing faintly.
[NIRVANA: Insert & Initiate]
He pauses. Then smirks. Puts it on.SFX:The hum of activation. The room blurs—
Retro-futuristic buildings tower above him. Biker gangs speed by on data-cycles. Floating screens advertise strange quests.A tall figure stands at a spawn point—
Everything pulses neon. The skyline glitches, lights flicker like music.
Long coat with gold circuits. A glowing golden visor. Two digital blades on his back.The system asks:
[Enter your username.]
Hugo (in-game voice):
“GoldenBoy.”
SFX:Click. Glitch. World stabilizes.
[Welcome to Nirvana Falls, GoldenBoy.]
Cut to black. End scene.