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Introducing micro-series: Vacancy
Vacancy follows the main character Talin, the building manager of Aldergate House, a mid-century co-living building where an ever-present AI called Warden quietly manages residents lighting, comfort, and memory "for their wellbeing."
Talin has worked in Aldergate House longer than any tenant has ever stayed there, and she's stopped trusting anything she can't write down by hand.
In the Pilot episode: "Room 4B", Talin asks Warden about a vacant unit "4B" only to find her own notebook holds a memory of a tenant Warden insists never existed. Is Talin losing her grip on reality, or is the building rewriting it?
Where the series goes next:
Ep2 will follow the paper trail Talin starts pulling on. Her own handwriting, dated and undeniable, versus Warden's calm insistence that nothing is wrong. A new tenant will arrive with no memory of ever choosing to live in Aldergate House, giving Talin an ally inside the building.
Over the season, the mystery will widen from "one missing man" to the real question underneath it: How many versions of Talin has Warden already edited, and is the notebook the only clue for what's real?
The finale would hinge on whether Talin trusts her own notes over Warden, and what she finds if she's right.
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