Episode #1: Synopsis version #2

In the heart of a dark, bustling city rests a dreary asylum. The asylum is the closest thing Alex has to a home. He sits alone in the confines of his room, trying to remember the event that destroyed his life; a fire that spread through his parents’ home. The rumble of a thunderstorm incessantly disrupts Alex’s thoughts. Suddenly, with a tremendous clap of thunder, the power in the asylum is cut out. In a most unlikely turn of events, despite all the fail safes and security systems, the lock on Alex’s door fails and his journey down the rabbit hole begins. A white rabbit hops out from underneath Alex’s bed, heading towards the door and beckoning him to follow. Without hesitation, Alex grabs his favourite book and follows the rabbit in to the dark, labyrinthine corridors of the asylum.

Meanwhile, Alice sits in her powerless office. She is infuriated, having been interrupted from her notes due to the power cut. However, she seems perfectly calm on the outside. She stands from her desk chair and makes her way out in to the corridor. She calls out for the two security guards in a banshee like scream that betrays her concealed frustration. All the while she keeps her calm and collected posture, creating a rather unsettling contrast.

Alex follows the white rabbit to an open window; his escape in to the dark, treacherous city. He notices a rather cat like shadow on the wall; an incredibly disturbing shadow made only more disturbing by the lack of anything creating it. The shadow points with a sharp looking claw down the corridor. Alex turns to see a particularly large security guard making has way down the intersecting corridor. The guard hasn’t noticed Alex, and so without hesitation Alex leaps out of the window narrowly missing being caught in the beam of the guard’s torch.

Power returns to the asylum, the lights flicker back on and the corridors are flooded with the sound of hurried footsteps as patients are rushed back to their rooms. Alice briskly walks through the chaos, keeping a calm and cool posture that contrasts so greatly with those around her.  She is accompanied by two large security guards that look very much like twins. She complains about the state of the asylum in a loud and obnoxious manner as she walks. Eventually Alice reaches Alex’s room and enters alone. Even upon realising that Alex isn’t there, she keeps her cool, calm and collected demeanour. With a sigh of stifled frustration she pulls out a pair of ornate yet unusual spectacles. She puts them on her face and taps a button on the side of the lens, then briefly sits on the bed. After a few moments she takes the spectacles off and leaves the room. “Found you.”