blackhole://nilFM

polycrisis 01

View of a coastal city skyline at high noon; _its been a month since infinity tech canned me... i was one of their best software developers; a cybertruck drives by some people walking on the street; __its a consistent trend - our clients find you offputting and difficult and your professional demeanor is a poor fit for the company_ is what they said_; close up on the bumper of the cybertruck it has a sticker saying _I IDENTIFY AS A PRIUS_; _of course, i found out the real reason is..._; a girl with a long, high ponytail, allweather jacket and pleated skirt flips the cybertruck off with a scornful look; _...because im transgender_ low angle shot of the girl walking through a big city with buildings towering over her, the sun shining directly from overhead; _since then... ive been wandering this wretched city_ the girl is leaning against a traffic light on a street corner, people bustling around her. _while im just trying to figure out what to do next... everyone around me just takes their existence and place in society for granted_; closer in on her using a pocket computer while leaning against the pole, the people replaced by abstract energy flows; social media posts: _@federatedNews- US Supreme court declares trans people mentally ill_, _@NWRTimes- trans student brutally stabbed to death in laundromat_, _@blkflag- _transgender ideology_ is now an enemy of the state?!_; panel of cars in traffic _just blindly accepting..._; panel of a woman in a dress walking down a set of stairs in the darkness and a man in a trenchcoat and hat walking up them _the hand thats been dealt to us_; side profile of the girl leaning against the pole and looking blankly into the middle distance in a fugue _every day, it seems like it couldnt possibly get any worse... and then it fucking does._ The girl walking down a sidewalk toward an intersecting staircase, a sports car drives by loudly and whips her hair with its wake _but i guess thats why..._; she walks up the stairs amid a xeriscape _usually, at some point in the day..._; at the to pof the stairs, she lingers in her last step between the coastal trees and herb garden, a modern stone plaza overlook is level with two business buildings and overlooks the ocean. it has a bench facing toward the buildings and continues around the oceanside, with a staircaes near the bench that goes up toward another business building. sunlight is reflecting off the water and birds dot the scene. _i end up hanging out here._ (inset) The girl walks carefully to the oceanside-facing part of the overlook and looks out at the ocean for a moment, then...; full-page frame of her sitting down on the nearby bench, taking off her bag, and smoothing her skirt in one unified motion, her long ponytail swaying with her movement