SET IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OUR STORY FOLLOWS DR. SHULTZ, A MAN OUT OF SYNC WITH THE WORLD AROUND HIM.

SHULTZ IS BRILLIANT — HE BUILT THE OSSUARY, AN A.I. BASED SIMULATION THAT RESURRECTS IMMERSIVE, LIVING REENACTMENTS OF AN EXTINCT HUMAN CULTURE. THE MACHINE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO OBSERVE THIS EXTINCT SPECIES AS THOUGH THEY WERE LIVING BEINGS, CREATING THE MOST ADVANCED RESEARCH TOOL ON THE

PLANET.

BUT SHULTZ IS DESPERATELY LONELY. HE’S LUSTFUL FOR CONNECTION YET BLOCKED BY AWKWARDNESS AND AN OBSESSIVE COMMITMENT TO HIS WORK.

BY DAY HE TRAVELS TO THE INSTITUTE, GIVES LECTURES, AND ACCEPTS PRAISE; BUT IN PRIVATE HIS OBSESSIVE NATURE IS REVEALED AS HE STARES AT THE SKELETON OF 71 — A NATIVE WOMAN WHO BECOMES THE TARGET OF HIS DESIRE.

WHAT THE WORLD THINKS IS OBSERVATION IS, FOR SHULTZ, PARTICIPATION. AFTER HOURS HE USES THE OSSUARY TO TAKE ON THE FORM OF A NATIVE AND STEP INTO A RECONSTRUCTED “PARADISE.” HE LEARNS THEIR SONGS, JOINS THEIR MOURNING, AND TRIES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SIMULATED VERSION OF 71.

WHEN HE REACHES TO TOUCH HER, THE SIMULATION FALTERS AND THEN FIGHTS BACK: ERRORS ESCALATE, RITUALS UNRAVEL, AND THE AI BEGINS BEHAVING AS IF TRYING TO SURVIVE — EVEN ERASING ITSELF IN THE PROCESS.

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