[dramatic music]
[Narrator (V.O.)] In 600 BC, Greek Philosopher, Anaximander,
discovered that our universe was born
from a very powerful, blue luminescent substance.
[intense musical buildup]
He claimed that the substance came from the subconscious world, Nihilo.
A world that lies far beyond the walls of our reality.
He shared this secret, to only a few of his most trusted students.
Whom he called 'Seechers'.
Anaximander revealed that a minor amount of this substance lay dormant,
inside the pineal gland of every human.
But substantially more of it, resides in those,
who are exceptionally imaginative.
[music continues]
[bell rings]
[MISS JONES] Airs, stay behind please.
[footsteps sound]
[door closes]
Come on. Give it another go.
[Narrator] He claimed that those who carry enough of the substance,
are able to unlock great power.
[dark music]
[kids shouting]
[kids playing noise]
Over thousands of years, the Seechers advanced their skills
By extracting the substance from their own minds
and containing it in a Seecher Key.
Making them able to manipulate reality itself.
[kids greeting]
[kids laughing]
[dark music]
[glass shattering]
[glass falling to the ground]
[gasping and screaming in pain]
[rewind sound effect]
[door opens]
[footsteps]
[sighs] Not again.
What have you done to your hand?
The fish bowl exploded!
Will you stop making up these ridiculous stories!
[tech music]
To this day, the Seechers work in secret.
Protecting the ancient knowledge from those
who would otherwise abuse this power.
[suspenseful music]
Every cycle, through a series of mental and physical trails,
they train new potential candidates,
to become the next generation of Seechers.
[Maya] So I'm meeting some of the others in a bit.
We're training for the physical trial.
If you wanted to join?
Yeah, that sounds good.
What's the trail gonna be? Does anyone know?
No idea. But we can get fitter for it.
You know I still can't quite understand
how you managed to smash that mind trail.
I wouldn't say smashed.
No, seriously.
After you left It was at least an hour before anyone else got it.
- No way?! - Yeah!
- Really? - Yeah.
How did you manage to get it so quick?
The answers were hidden.
I just saw it.
Clever.
Maya.
I keep having this dream.
Okay.
I'm on a beach
and there's a fish, a dead fish at my feet.
I pick it up. I use my key on it.
And suddenly it jumps back to life. [Maya laughs]
No, I'm serious.
Sorry.
Do you think it's something I can do?
What?
Bring something that's dead, you know,
back to life?
Wow.
Aris.
I mean that's...
Ambitious!
But Seechers can do it, can't they?
Yeah, but it's against the code.
Natural Law you mean.
Yeah.
Shame.
It's like super advanced.
I mean, your good, but that's --
It just got me wondering.
I've been having a lot of strange dreams recently.
My mind's sort of --
It will be okay.
Where are you guys training?
The park.
You should come.
[dramatic music]
Did Abbie tell you about the party
that's happening on Saturday?
I need to show you something.
Please,
don't over react.
Where did you get this?
I found it?
Where?
It was in a pile near professor Ward's computer.
Is this Ancient Seecher text?
That's what I thought.
You stole a restricted item?!
You bad person.
I borrowed it.
Please don't get cross.
Well every genius is a rebel I suppose.
What do you read from it?
- Oh shit?! - What?
Well, this is about breaking the walls between realities.
I knew it.
Put it away.
Jesus.
You've got to go to Professor Ward's room right now
and put that back.
Why did you take it in the first place?
I don't know. It was there
and I just wanted to know what it was.
Actually, give it to me. I'll put it back.
No. I'll do it.
I'll meet you in the park in a minute.
Without that.
Yeah. Yes.
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[paper rustling]
[Tallia] Aris?
Professor.
What are you doing?
Here let me help you with those.
[gentle music]
Thanks.
What are you doing snooping round my room?
I was just looking.
I'm sorry.
Your going to have to do better than that.
Well, I was actually hoping if you can tell me
more about what the physical trial is.
It's not my strong point.
Okay.
Well your not going to find anything about that in here.
What are all these?
Well, they're restored artifacts.
I'm taking them to the Guild, to be secured away.
Wow. Can I take a look at them?
They're not for young Seechers to read Aris.
They're very dense and they're in an old language.
It's better that you work on passing your Seecher trials.
You know, get your foundations solid.
Prioritise building your fitness.
[footsteps]
What's really going on?
I keep having these strange dreams.
You know, your Seecher Key
and your dreams are very similar.
In what way?
Well, to make your Seecher Key work,
you need to believe it's happened before it happens.
Right.
And in a similar way, your dreams...
Show me what's going to happen?
Sort of.
Does that make sense?
Yes.
But.
What if I've dreamt of Nihilo?
The subconscious world?
Yes.
Aris, don't take this the wrong way, but you are...
you are very peculiar.
The things that you see in your dreams.
The way that you find the trials so easy. It's --
No doubt, you're going to be a great Seecher one day.
- I hope so. - Good.
But be careful.
Here in the Guild, you're protected.
But out there,
you're not. Do you understand?
You want answers?
Yeah.
Be patient.
Pass the Seecher Trails.
Stay in a safe place.
Observe the way of the Seechers.
Understand why it is that we live our lives in the shadows
and we protect these ancient secrets with our lives.
It will all become clearer in time.
But for now, protect yourself.
[gentle music]
[footsteps of professor leaving]
[dogs barking]
[water boiling]
[eerie noise]
[liquid drop]
[car engine noises]
[SI Program (O.S.)] Approaching location of detected anomaly.
Category: Reflection disruption.
Reflection type: Aeon. Time-lapse: 24 hours.
[suspenseful music]
[SI Program] Approach with caution.
[car breaks]
Connection established.
[DR Rivers] Mark. Just remember, I need to speak to him.
[Mark] Okay.
[robotic scanning noises]
[music]
[microwave beeping]
[microwave door closes]
[SI Program] Scanning for target. Scanning.
Scanning.
Target Acquired.
[epic music] [grunts]
[grunts heavily]
[screams]
[grunts]
[connection disruption noise]
[re-establishing connection noises]
[grunts]
[screams in pain]
[loud screaming in pain]
[Mark] That's enough!
We're here to take him in -
[intense musical buildup]
Not kill him!
[footsteps]
[dark music]
Where is it?
I'm not a Seecher!
I'm imaginative.
[gasps]
There's a difference.
Yes there is.
But you recently became a Seecher, didn't you?
They put you in their Nihilo activation room,
and now you're the newest member.
[pistol cocking sound]
What's a Seecher?
A Seecher is someone...
who's taken an object
out of a dream.
Why?
To use it's subconscious power.
To do what?
To control reality.
[dramatic music]
Do you know how we spotted you? Eh?
You're a messy little Seecher, aren't you?
What's this?
[heavy breathing]
[dramatic music continues]
[intense musical buildup]
[gasps]
[intense musical buildup]
Sleep well.
[spraying substance noise]
[emotional music]
This is so much bigger than you think it is.
[substance splashing]
[wall opens]
[nature sounds]
[wall closes]
[closure sound effect]
[time unpausing sound effect]
[gun shooting sound]
[gasping]
[eerie music]