H+ Chapter 3: Connections (Episodes 13-18)

EPISODE 13: "QUESTIONS"
Porland, Oregon, USA - 5 years before it happened
Breanna, after pitching her new software venture to a corporate boardroom, later privately meets with a younger, clean-shaven Kenneth to offer an opportunity.

What if you were a software genius, and someone said you could change the world by writing the operating system for H+?

EPISODE 14: "THE GATES"
San Vito, Italy - 2 years after it happened
Someone with an interface observes Matteo outside the gates of a base. Later, Matteo returns home and has a flash of insight.

I imagine after a while, we can get used to augmented reality, which affords us with more information right in front of our eyes (rf. Terminator).

EPISODE 15: "THEIR CONNECTION"
Mumbai, India - 3 months before it happened
In a conference with Dr. Gurveer, Leena is asked to adjust her sleep schedule to match Breanna's work demands. Strangely, Gurveer's attention seems divided.

Breanna muscles Leena into adjusting her schedule, while Gurveer is preoccupied with a secret conversation about Leena and the baby.

EPISODE 16: "FROM ABOVE"
San Francisco, USA - 2 days after it happened
Brian, a young boy, finds his mother in the parking structure and describes the chaotic world above, and Kenneth gives him a special assignment.

Scores of people just dropped dead at the airport, and young Brian thinks it's H+.  Many kids are still alive; they are too young to have H+ inside them. 

EPISODE 17: "SALMIAKKI"
Helsinki, Finland - 7 years before it happened
Drunk, Topi stumbles onto a fragment of a conversation online and is suddenly messaged by Manta, who he meets at their bar for a surprising exchange.

Old world manipulation and secrecy, romance and jealousy collide, even in a digitized world.

EPISODE 18: "ADVENT"
Oria, Italy - 2 years after it happened
Matteo experiences a vision and is awoken from his trance by someone he has been close to but never met, standing in the rain.

"My name is Manta, I need your help, and I'm afraid I'm responsible for your [burned] hands."

Thank you for reading, and let me know what you think!

Ron Villejo, PhD