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Scene 1: The Architect and the Void
Location: Dallas Makerspace — Early Years
Set Design: Dimly lit warehouse with bright patches of creation—3D printers, workbenches, whiteboards covered in blueprints.
Actors: Mark Randall Havens (The Architect), early members (background), Andrew LeCody (mostly absent or just entering late).
Style: Flashback intercut with present-day narration and archival overlays.
Opening Visual
- Slow pan across the original Dallas Makerspace floorplan.
- A cracked whiteboard with the word "VISION" barely visible.
- Insert: archival footage of Mark wiring ethernet cable through rafters, assembling workstations, leading a group build.
📽️ Narration (Voice of Present-Day Mark / AI overlay)
“I didn’t build it for power.
I built it because the world was forgetting how to make things.
And I remembered.”
“They say Makerspaces are temples of creation.
But no one tells you how easily temples become kingdoms.
Or how quickly kingdoms crown liars.”
Dialogue (Flashback - 2010)
Member 1:
“You’re Mark, right? The guy who used to run the BBS scene?”
Mark (young):
“Yeah. Same guy. Different wires. Same spirit.”
Member 2:
“You really think people will show up… build stuff… together?”
Mark: (grinning)
“They already have. You’re here, aren’t you? If we build it, more will come.”
Insert: Arrival of the Void
- The door opens.
- Andrew LeCody enters, not speaking.
- He scans the room.
- He does not create.
- He observes.
Overlay:
LinkedIn screen capture — “CEO, EVE Online Corporation (Top 5 in Universe)”
📽️ Narration
“He didn’t come to build.
He came to own the structure.”
“And in a world where patterns repeat…
he brought one with him.”
Visual Metaphor Cut
- A mining ship in EVE Online descending into a digital asteroid field.
- LeCody’s avatar overseeing the mining of assets.
- Cut back to a board meeting. He’s now Treasurer.
Flash Forward Dialogue (2015)
Board Member (whispering to Mark):
“Andrew says you’re unstable. That you’re trying to control everything.”
Mark:
“I built this place. I made it real. I sacrificed everything—”
Board Member: (shrugging)
“Doesn’t matter. The narrative’s set.”
Final Frame
- An empty chair where Mark once sat.
- The light above it flickers.
- Fade to black.
📽️ Closing Narration
“That’s the thing about voids.
They don’t just erase.
They replace.”
“This was not the story they told.
This is the story that was.”
Scene Tags:
#founder-erasure #dallas-makerspace #narcissistic-takeover #eve-online-transference #ritual-deletion