That ending.
That ending.
Let’s go over it.
We fade in and out of darkness in sequence of a blaring alarm to show one of the dead guards. Things have gotten out of control (if they ever had it).
Suddenly cutting back to the familiar camera in the corner of Chase’s cell, now of course empty, but with the same alarms heard in the background.
before going through the camera lens itself
& emerging crystal clear on the other side;
We rotate out through the still-open cell door & briefly follow someone who… Is not doing well. They stumble forward, shadow thrown against the far wall from a flickering light, harsh breathing close to the camera.
It kind of reminds me of the instagram video Jack did right before Say Goodbye; there was staggering steps & similar raspy breathing from that too.
The person collapses, falling in front of the camera as we turn & look down a hallway. Something horrible has truly happened.
But our unobstructed view is brief as Anti literally levitates down & into frame accompanied with a blast of bass ambience. Red energy is glowing off his form & distorting the immediate world around him- like heat off a fire.
(But this fully explains how those bloody footprints “came out of nowhere”, eh?)
He begins walking forward freely, to the man cowering at the end of the hallway, no other threats in his way now.
The camera rotates & follows from the side, through a front desk area. On a monitor- is that Chase’s cell? Sure looks like it, the very one we just left.
The camera continues to rotate, & you can see the person in the far back who we originally followed where they fell.
Those eyes. This shot.
That SMILE we all know too well.
& Chase knows it too, as he frantically scrambles backwards, but there is nowhere to go, the camera getting far too close in personal space.
A shot follows the footsteps, showing again the recent carnage & violence…
Before cutting to an even closer shot of Chase, eyes full of terror- not even blinking at this nightmare brought to life- it’s here. Right before him.
don’t make eye contact
The music picks up in frequency & high pitch & inTENSITY BEFORE-
S i l e n c e. All except for the return of alarms the glitchy effects in our world.
It’s him.
But now we’re looking slightly up, as compared to before, from Chase’s POV. The wavey-like distortion is still there, & even his head ever so slightly glitches- but nothing like we’ve seen in past or even recent appearances.
No. Even if the levitating & walking all the way down a hallway weren’t there, this now close-up scene shows the most solid & corporeal Anti we’ve ever had.
And this, instead of possession as we’ve seen so many times, instead this is a full-body confrontation with another ego for the first time.
Now with a smile just a bit too wide to be natural, there’s only one thing to say- but not a goodbye like six years ago….
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