Red Loop

SCENE 1

Repeating Nightmare

A city street at night, rain streaking the windshield of a squad car. — A man in his late 30s grips a steering wheel, jaw clenched. In the passenger seat, a woman in her mid-30s turns, alarm on her face. Red muzzle flash reflects across shattered glass.

SCENE 2

The Ghost’s Grin

A narrow, flickering alley behind the car, puddles glinting ominously. — A man in his early 40s with rotten teeth and glowing wounds looms out of the darkness, eyes burning with cruel delight.

SCENE 3

Haunted Advice

Inside the squad car but awash in a dim, supernatural blue glow. — A woman in her mid-30s leans gently toward Mace, half-solid, eyes tinged with ghostly light, touching his shoulder.

SCENE 4

Rules and Warnings

Police precinct, distorted by dreamlike haze, rows of desk lamps glowing dully. — A man in his late 50s, stocky and gray-mustached, sits at a battered desk, expression grave as he looks at Mace across the shadows.

SCENE 5

The Loop Tightens

Back in the front seat of the squad car, shadows longer, red rain streaks turning black. — Mace’s hand trembles on his holstered sidearm, his reflection fractured in the windshield, Rina’s ghostly form faintly visible in the glass, behind Vic’s flickering specter outside.