isolation
characters
when
where
what
not a specific country
present day
first day
archie
19
in school
extrovert
popular and active
has a big friend group
bullied
still hasnt really coped with it, and can cause him to breakdown
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hallucinations: day,night,night to day
forest
road
gymnasium
home
small house in the suburbs
one parent
one road upon which his house is, in a neighborhood, another to the built up area near by
bungalow
somewhat kept in shape
dark pine forest with three clearings before meeting a lake at the northern side
a meeting place for all the teenagers in the town
named fox forest
lawn is tidy
paint is falling off
mother who is using
two bedroom, one kitchen, one sitting room and one dining room, one bathroom
one dark corridor, little light reaches it
hallucinations: day, night, night to day
for the school on school grounds but rarely used
is where most students meet at lunch and where gatherings are held
final scene is the school remembering archie
everything seems fine, archie seems to be a popular kid who everyone gets along with and could be the one to get out of the town after school,
sunny day, enjoyable
but a lockdown is announced by the government and he is forced to stay inside for a couple of months
has his dads old car
6 weeks later
archie hasnt seen any of his friend and has been unable to contact any of them.
he can sense himself getting agitated and uncomfortable in his own room, he cant distract himself anymore
he feels like he is slowly losing his mind
1 week on
he is daydreaming quite a bit and is having visions, his mental health isnt too well and he hasnt confided in anyone
3 days later
he has done nothing new for the past few weeks and that morning he witnessed something that had happened in a daydream 3 days prior
he thinks nothing of the pot falling off the hob and just brushes it aside as a coincidence
2 days later
this morning another thing that he had a dream about has happened, well rather 3 things, his football his fallen down the stairs by itself, a bedroom window has blown open at the exact same time as in his dream 23:43 and the post came at the same time as the window blowing open only in the morning at 11:43
starts to question whether the were coincidences or not, and he questions why 11:43 why did that come up twice
in his dream he sees 23:43 on his alarm clock, which is the iconic rectangular black box with red digits and he sees 11:43 on an analog clock similar to that in a car
1 day later
he had another dream, the first part was where he cut his finger helping his mom make dinner but the other woke him up
he cant remember the part that woke him up and he had a feeling that it was going to be important and something that would happen soon but he couldnt think of what it was
he cut his finger earlier that day but that wasnt what he was worried about, he didnt know anything besides what would happen some point in the future, and he was still asking why 11:43, he couldnt stop thinking about it
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later that same day
his mother was about to make some hot cocoa for herself and archie when she saw there was no milk or cream, archie who was dressed was given a list of things to buy and since he wasnt gettingany answers for his questions he decided to go as a change of scenery might help
archie got in his car and drove the 5 miles to the nearest shop, he got bread, milk and a chocolate bar that he always used to get as a kid, and drove on back
on the way back all he could think about was seeing his friends again after this lockdown, the government had announced they were going to allow people to see eachother again but in small groups and he couldnt wait, he was thinking about what they were going to do when BANG!
archies car was found in a field the following day at 11:43, the car had been hit off the road by a semi truck that had since drove away, what remained of the car was the burn frame, and forensics say that the car had been there for about twelve hours, archie wuickly found out why 11:43 but he focused on the wrong one
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