2 Male + 1 Female (M + M + F) 6 - 9 Minutes Sci-Fi/High-Concept
Zero Gravity Tea
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Dr. Veer
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To preserve control and prove his system, and by extension himself, is reliable.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
If I can explain it, I can survive it. If I lose control, I lose my identity.
M
Maya
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To complete the evaluation while protecting what she is emotionally attached to.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
I know more than I’m saying, and I’m trying to keep my feelings from ruining the test.
A
Aman
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To prove he is not replaceable and not the weakest link.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
If I’m not chosen, then I was never truly seen.
Casting Director Note: Use these curated dialogue beats during casting auditions and table reads. Characters switch naturally between Hindi and English (Hinglish).
AMAN
Kya yeh zero gravity hai ya hum log bas emotionally unanchored hain?
VEER
Don’t start. Read the panel.
AMAN
Panel ko dekh ke lag raha hai panel bhi mujhe judge kar raha hai.
MAYA
Bas teen minute aur. Routine test hai. Relax.
AMAN
Doctor madam, aap “relax” tab bolti ho jab sabse zyada tension hoti hai.
VEER
Yeh negligence hai.
VEER
Readout unstable hai.
AMAN
Matlab mujhe pasand nahi aa raha.
AMAN
Arre! Tea pouch?
VEER
Capsule mein tea pouch ka kya kaam hai?
MAYA
Human factor.
AMAN
Human factor ya secret contraband?
MAYA
Interesting.
MAYA
Tumhein kuch yaad nahi?
VEER
Tumne abhi abhi same line boli thi.
AMAN
Nahi.
MAYA
Stop.
MAYA
Koi software tamper kar raha hai.
VEER
Mere system mein? Impossible.
AMAN
Haan, kyunki tamper tumne kiya hoga toh impossible hi lagega.
VEER
Pilot ho, engineer se zyada attitude mat do.
AMAN
Pilot hoon. Attitude included.
MAYA
Funny thing. Main thoda yaad rakh rahi hoon.
VEER
Kitna?
MAYA
Itna ki yeh normal nahi hai.
MAYA
Listen. Har loop mein same seven minutes repeat ho rahe hain.
MAYA
Matlab agar yeh test hai, toh kisi ek ko remember karna tha.
MAYA
Matlab yeh malfunction nahi hai.
MAYA
Yeh memory test hai.
VEER
Yeh... hidden file hai.
MAYA
Haan.
VEER
Tumhe kaise mila?
MAYA
Kyunki main psychologist hoon. Aur shayad evaluator bhi.
AMAN
Toh tum hi ho jo hummein se kisi ek ko choose karegi?
MAYA
Main choose nahi kar rahi. System kar raha hai.
VEER
System ko maine design kiya tha.
VEER
Emergency safeguard... recursive memory validation... I remember writing it. Par activate kaise hua?
AMAN
Great. Engineer ko bhi yaad nahi.
AMAN
Nahi. Ab main sunna chahta hoon. Kaun erase hoga?
MAYA
Jo mission ke liye stable nahi.
AMAN
Stable ka matlab obedient?
VEER
Stable ka matlab reliable.
AMAN
Same thing in expensive words.
MAYA
Tum teenon ko alag-alag measure kiya ja raha hai. Technical accuracy, psychological resilience, and... attachment.
AMAN
Attachment?
MAYA
Haan.
MAYA
Isliye tea pouch.
MAYA
Main le aayi thi.
MAYA
Kyunki meri maa har important decision se pehle chai banati thi. Yeh mere liye anchor tha.
AMAN
Main soch raha tha main sabse replaceable hoon. Turns out system ne bhi wahi socha.
AMAN
Main hero banna chahta tha. Par sach yeh hai... main bas erase hone se darta hoon.
VEER
Main control ke bina panic karta hoon. Isliye har cheez ko logic mein todta hoon. Shayad isliye safeguard likha.
MAYA
Aur main?
MAYA
Haan.
VEER
Agar yeh selection hai...
AMAN
...toh do log gayab.
MAYA
Ya memory wipe.
AMAN
Same death, different paperwork.
VEER
Agar yaad hi erase karni hai... toh insaan bachta kya hai?
MAYA
Shayad jo decide karta hai kaun yaad rakhega.