Oh!!! I just had an idea!!! We can't really do anything with how Irina interacts with Katya, since JJ hasn't revealed that yet. But, how 'bout this.... (Oh, BTW, I agree with you with Irina being the "artifact"...
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Let's say that if Irina is dead, then the Rambaldi followers had stolen her body and hid it in the center of the "Cube"
And if she's not dead....well....
Hey, maybe if she's not dead we could say that she willingly went to the center of the Cube. That way, we could avoid the weird confrontation with Nadia and dodge from what we don't know about her connection to Katya! :lol:
Maybe the Rambaldi prophesy said that the Chosen One would die if Irina wasn't in the center of the Cube. If she's dead, the Rambaldi followers would take her body there, because they still need Syd to fulfill the Prophesy. And if she's alive, then she wouldn't want her daughter dead.
:lol: That was long winded! What parts do you agree/disagree on?
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Okay. First off, i'm pleased you like the whole idea of Irina being the artifact, cos I think that is far more interesting than just throwing up another Rambaldi sphere or machine.
But, i've been thinking about this, and I reckon we should veer away from revealing anything spacific about Rambaldi's prophecy or anything like that. I mean, we don't know what it's really about yet, do we?. Sure, we know that Syd/Nadia seem destined to fight & that the <0> represents them battling over something/someone, but we don't know specifics. I think this play should be less plot & more character, which as i'm sure you know, is the structure for stage drama rather than TV.
The film Cube, which inspired the idea in me, was like this. You've probably seen it, so you'll remember there was no real explanation about what the Cube was for or who made it or why those people were chosen. It was about survival and teamwork & explanation was ditched. I reckon we should do it this way & instead concentrate on the characters battling with each other's demons as they attempt to survive.
However, I think your suggestions were very interesting. I think we do need to decide on certain things before we proceed. I've made a few questions I believe need addressing:
1. Is Irina alive or dead inside the Cube?. (I like your idea that maybe the Followers took her there or helped her get there)
2. Either way, why is she there?. (Is it to get something?. Or to fulfill part of the Prophecy, as you suggested?. I know I said we should veer from all this, but your idea that the Chosen One would die if she weren't there is an interesting one)
3. If she's alive, do we have her interacting with only certain characters & avoid the trick business, as you mentioned, of her facing Nadia & Katya?. Do we write it so they don't know she's in there?.
4. How do the other characters get to the Cube?. (Do they go there looking for something?. Looking for Irina?. Are they captured & placed there by the Followers or the Covenant or someone else?)
5. Do we start the play with them in the Cube, or do we start with them looking for it?. (I'd suggest we start them in the Cube for dramatic & script reasons)
6. Are the characters all together at the beginning, or have they already been separated into five pairs in different areas of the Cube?.
7. Which characters do we pair off together & what issues are they going to have to face up to?.
8. How do we end the play? (With the characters still trapped in the Cube?. With them escaping?.)
I'm sure there are lots of other questions I haven't considered, so feel free to hit me with them. I'd really like to know what you think about all these questions & how we should approach the first draft.
I reckon the next thing we need to do is answer question 7 & decide what the central themes of the play are going to be, aside from survival & teamwork?. Love?. Betrayal?. All the classic Alias ingredients?. What d'you think?...