Genre: Drama, Dramedy
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V, a former student athlete plagued by injury, takes on a pandemic that has frozen the world. V video chats with a friend, Trent.
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V
Dude it's like
I dunno.
It's like hockey.
Hockey's always been there.
It's never not
But
then one day
bam
I'm done
I have to be done
Headaches all the time
Knees, hips
shoulder's permanently screwed up
so I have to be done
And even though it was a long time coming, right
It still felt like
bam
And who am I now
well I know who I am
I'm
I'm the guy who sees the goal
and attacks it
That's who I am dude.
You know.
You've seen me.
But
right now it's like
We've all never been so
disintegrated
You know?
Like a bad painting.
It's nuts.
Can't see people.
Can't touch them.
Can't share space with them.
And if we do
we're putting them in danger
and that's
I mean
None of us can
Be
Normal.
I'm me, sure, but
Disrupted.
Exceedingly disrupted.
It's like hockey.
Me but exceedingly
What time is it?
Does time exist?
You there, dude?
Trent?
You frozen?
Heh.
Me too, dude.
Me too.
For now.