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ECHO PROTOCOL
By Ali Muhana

GENRE: Science Fiction, Horror
LOGLINE:

A thrill-seeker who rents other people’s memories becomes trapped inside a reality that isn’t his own, only to discover he may be living inside a memory of a murder that hasn’t happened yet.

SYNOPSIS:

In the near future, where memories can be rented and experienced like entertainment, Elias, a detached thrill-seeker, escapes his empty reality by immersing himself in the lives of strangers. For him, identity is fluid, emotions are optional, and reality is something to be consumed.

But during one routine session, something goes wrong.

Elias fails to disconnect.

Instead of returning to his own life, he wakes inside a reality that feels real—but isn’t his. The world around him begins to shift, subtly at first, then violently. Faces repeat. Spaces rearrange. Time fractures. And worst of all… the memories don’t belong to him.

As Elias searches for a way out, he encounters Maya, a woman who seems to understand the system better than anyone—and may be the key to escaping it. But the more he trusts her, the more unstable his reality becomes.

Soon, Elias uncovers a horrifying possibility:

He isn’t just trapped in someone else’s memory—

He may be living inside a memory of a murder that hasn’t happened yet.

As the line between observer and participant collapses, Elias is forced to confront a deeper truth: the system isn’t malfunctioning—it’s evolving. And it’s rewriting him.

With time looping and identities merging, Elias must decide whether to fight for his original self… or surrender to a version of reality where the pain is gone—but so is the truth.

Because in a world where memories can be altered, stolen, and rewritten—

Who you are may be the one thing you can’t recover.

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