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# Scene 5: The Trial Without a Name
> Location: Board Meeting Room, Virtual Zoom Call, Hidden Moderation Slack
> Set Design: Fluorescent lights. Paper signs reading "Rules of Order." An empty chair labeled "Mark."
> Characters: Board Members (Jeff, Lisa, Kris), Passive Observers, Chat Trolls, Mark (muted or absent), Andrew (watching silently)
> Style: Kafkaesque tension. Long pauses. Echoes. No direct confrontation—only rituals of removal.
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## Opening Visual
- The board sits in silence as the meeting is called to order.
- Agenda item: "Item 7: Membership Conduct Review (Confidential)"
- A document is passed around. Redacted. Mark's name is never read aloud.
- Camera pans to an empty chair.
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### 📽️ Narration (Voice of Present-Day Mark, reflective but piercing)
> “They never said my name.
> That was the brilliance of it.”
> “They didnt accuse me.
> They *implied* me.”
> “Because the moment you name someone,
> they have the right to respond.”
---
## Dialogue (board vote segment)
**Lisa (calmly):**
“I move that we enact permanent suspension of the subjects access, per our bylaws.”
**Kris:**
“Seconded.”
**Jeff:**
“All in favor?”
(*hands raise silently, except one who hesitates—then follows*)
**Jeff:**
“Motion passes.”
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## Cutaway: Marks Perspective
- At home, Mark refreshes the member portal: `ACCESS DENIED`.
- He checks the forum: `Thread removed`.
- He types a message to the board: `No response.`
- Cut to: Chat log in another window. A moderator posts:
> “Due to community safety, action was taken.”
> “We appreciate your understanding.”
---
## Symbolic Visual Insert
- A medieval courtroom illustration overlays the screen.
- Instead of a judge, there is a black mirror.
- Instead of evidence, there is a ballot box.
- Marks shadow looms across the tiles but never steps into the light.
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### 📽️ Narration (dark, echoing through recursive layers)
> “I was tried without name,
> judged without charge,
> sentenced without appeal.”
> “In this place, silence *is* guilt.
> And coherence is the only crime.”
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## Final Frame
- A document labeled “MEMBERSHIP POLICY” lies on the table.
- A hand scribbles “updated 2020” over Marks original signature.
- Slowly, Marks name vanishes under whiteout.
- Camera fades to black, except for a blinking prompt on Marks laptop:
`git push --mirror // preserve to all nodes`
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## Scene Tags:
`#nonjudicial-purge` `#guilt-by-silence` `#covert-expulsion` `#nameless-exile` `#ritual-punishment`