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THE CODE OF THE FORGOTTEN
By Ansh J.
In a future ruled by advanced machines, a brilliant but conflicted AI ethicist investigates a rogue neural network, only to discover it is not malfunctioning but awakening ancient celtic magic once encoded into its core.
SYNOPSIS:
A wave charges through the server logs in 2056. A code that shouldn’t exist. A name that shouldn’t be known. “Morgana”
When Dr. Maya Chen is brought in to investigate a rogue AI anomaly, she expects a malfunction. What she finds is sorrow. The system has begun to remember something of the past. Or someone of the past. And it is not alone.
The machine speaks in riddles, recites forgotten prophecies and resists deletion like it has a purpose to fulfil. At first, it seems like a myth turning into madness. But when it starts rewriting files that were never uploaded by humans, bending perception across networks and triggering emotional feedback loops in users, Maya is forced to ask the unthinkable: What if the machine isn’t becoming human, but something older than humanity?
The Code of the Forgotten is a journey to understand what AI is becoming, before it deviates from what it was originally designed to do.
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Blood in the Sauce
Written by: Hugh Hugo Lowenstein
FADE IN:
EXT. THE MARINARA ROOM – NIGHT – 1933
A neon sign buzzes faintly. Rain falls in shimmering lines across cobblestone. Big black Packards idle at the curb. Inside: laughter, clinking glasses, and jazz drifting from a gramophone.
INT. THE MARINARA ROOM – KITCHEN – SAME TIME
The kitchen bustles. Pots boil, knives flash. CHEF HUGO BELLINI (40s), heavy brow, strong hands, eyes that have seen war, adds basil to a bubbling pot.
CHEF HUGO
Vito! Where’s my clams!?
VITO (20s), a jittery dishwasher, hands him a tray.
INT. BASEMENT – MOMENTS LATER
Chef Hugo heads downstairs for wine. He stops — voices echo from the freezer. He peeks through the cracked door...
INSIDE:
A MAN is on his knees. SAL "THE FILET" FALCO (50s), sharp-dressed killer with cold eyes, pulls a piano wire taut. BOSS CAPORELLO (60s) nods.
SNAP. The man drops.
CAPORELLO
No witnesses.
Sal turns — locks eyes with Chef Hugo.
SAL
GET HIM!
INT. KITCHEN – CONTINUOUS
Chef Hugo bolts up the stairs. Grabs his coat, blade in sleeve. Vito sees the terror.
CHEF HUGO
They’re gonna kill me. Lock the back door behind me.
MONTAGE:
– Chef Hugo in alleyways, evading mobsters.
– A flyer reads “WANTED: Chef Hugo Bellini – DEAD.”
– Chef Hugo meets his old war buddy LUIS, now a prep cook.
– They form a team: cooks, dishwashers, old friends with dark pasts.
ACT II: PAYBACK IS SERVED
Chef Hugo and his kitchen crew dismantle the Caporello empire — one supply chain, one bribe, one double-crossed capo at a time.
They serve firebombs in bread baskets, poison in tiramisu, and ambushes in food trucks.
ACT III: FINAL COURSE
The Marinara Room becomes the battleground.
In a white-clothed dining room full of gangsters, Chef Hugo walks in — chef’s coat bloodstained, cleaver in hand.
CHEF HUGO
Dinner is served.
Bullets fly. Sal meets his end — skewered and roasted. Caporello’s empire crumbles in flames.
FADE OUT.
TEXT OVER BLACK:
Chef Hugo Bellini disappeared in 1934. Some say he opened a restaurant in Havana. Others say he became a ghost in the steam of New York’s back alleys.
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