Finding our story IV

It’s been hard to fit everybody’s ideas and expectations into one coherent narration… we are trying hard not to restrain anybody’s creativity! We have had the help from Jouko-Thomas in building a meaningful emotional experience, thinking from the audience’s point of view.

So far we decided to have 2 main characters, strangers to each other, but who end up sharing the same Near Death Experience (NDE).

Characters
One, a fool-hearted fireman who always tries to be the centre of attentions. The second one is a young woman who is a professional swimmer.

Plot
The young swimmer was taking doping pills because of a competition. She accidentally took an overdose, so she faints while having a bath. She cries for help while loosing her senses. She starts to drown in the full bathtub. And so she didn’t realize that in the meanwhile a fire broke in the hotel.

At the same time: The fire brigade is called to the hotel to fight a fire. Our fireman and his partner enter the place on a rescue mission. He hears a noise in one of the rooms and wants to investigate so he calls to his partner but his partner doesn’t hear him. In his rush to play the rescue hero he makes the decision of going inside the room alone. Unfortunately there is too much smoke already and he starts to suffocate. As he reaches the bathroom, he faints on the floor.

By then, both characters are unconscious in the bathroom and start experiencing a common Near Death Experience viewing flashbacks of each other’s lives. As they meet in the NDE realm they seem to be willing to help each other returning to life. But after awhile the woman starts changing into a Death Goddess, and her actions turn into dragging the fireman to the Death world.

At this point the audience can make a choice, whether the fireman should be allowed to live or not.

Other forms of interaction with the audience are also being thought.