SYSTEM VOICE You have five minutes remaining.
[A clock appears on the screen. It slowly ticks down. Fog begins to roll thickly down the stage.]
THOMAS What does that mean?
WOMAN 1 The human mind cannot be perfectly controlled.
WOMAN 2 In fact, it mostly controls yourself.
WOMAN 3 It is the ocean each person swims within.
WOMAN 1 And right now -
WOMAN 2 You're drowning.
WOMAN 3 When that clock reaches zero,
WOMAN 1 The suicidal ideation will overwhelm you,
WOMAN 2 And you'll die here.
THOMAS No. No, no, no, no, no... I can't die yet, I can't die here I want to get back home! I want to live! [panting.] It's hard to breathe...
TV SCREEN 1 [distored male voice.] Just fucking kill yourself already, man
TV SCREEN 2 [distorted female voice.] Oh my god, can you believe that he's still alive?
TV SCREEN 3 [reporter voice.] Faggot trash Thomas Lin was reportedly still alive last night, despite everybody's assurances to the contrary that his life is a fucking cancer on society
[The voices from the TV screen grow louder and mash against one another.