"THE LINK" "CINEMATOGRAPHY:" "SET DECORATION:" "MAKE UP:" "EDITORS:" "PRODUCER:" "MUSIC:" "WRITTEN  DIRECTED BY:" "Yes boss..." "You know..." "All clear and understood." "I'll call you later." "I'm glad you came." "Come." "Here it is." "You know." "To witness an event like this had become a rarity." "I bet it has." "You have beautiful ambiance here." "Ambiance?" "Prison." "But why converse when the machine is here." "You don't know how it works?" "The president didn't explain?" "I knew it!" "The machine consists of four parts." "As you assume, the convict sits here." "Whome I..." "But before it was done by our late president." "You should've met him." "He was a true visionary." "He knew exactly what to do and how." "Now this new one wants to change everything." "He won't let me do my work." "I'm rambling, the machine is right there." "The convict sits here." "His nerve system is connected to the mainframe." "Mainframe?" "Didn't you get the brochure from the president?" "No, I didn't get anything." "As I said, the convict sits here." "And his brain becomes one with the machine." "Here we monitor his vital functions." "We naturally want him to live as long as possible." "The machine works on the principle of reading the subconscious." "The principle of reading the subconscious?" "You know that everything a person does stays written in the subconscious?" "Off course but..." "But!" "We tuned it to perfection!" "It's a sort of a brainwash." "First the cerebral sensors are shut down." "And the human brain is never solely dependable on itself." "Sudden deprivation of all sensory information is lethal to the mind and the conscious." "Then the machine has the convict's brain on a platter." "Becomes the master of his mind and body." "When the brain scan is complete, the electrodes project his most painful moments." "And convinces him that his life has no meaning." "To commit suicide." "The suicides don't happen in reality, but only in his mind." "Why couldn't you just keep your mouth shut?" "Just look at me." "I'm graduating, doing my job." "I don't mess with politics." "I understand you." "I'm doing fine, not great but fine." "What do I care." "A pussy waits for me at home." "Do you know how I'll screw her?" "What's up!" "Who will you screw?" "Hey?" "Who waits for you at home?" "Who will you screw?" "You won't screw anyone." "Only mommy waits for you at home." "When I come home and see my girl, do you know what I'll do to her?" "This is the pussy!" "What's wrong?" "You'd like to lick, wouldn't you?" "Off course you would!" "But with what?" "With what?" "The suicides revolve in a loop." "As the body survives, the mind slowly dies." "Goes mad." "Once the people worshipped my work." "I chose whom the machine would ride." "Nobody rebelled nor asked why him or her." "Thousand would gather to gaze at this big screen." "Which is now gone." "The convicts most painful moments." "Every suicide would be met with an applause." "And standing ovations!" "Eventually we would vote for the most creative suicide." "It seemed that the women always excelled." "It was the opiate of the masses!" "I was admired." "Today." "Today I only have this small screen." "No applause, no joy." "Wasn't it great?" "Please explain does that convict know his charges?" "He doesn't." "So just decided to let the machine ride this man." "You don't understand, he's a journalist!" "Journalists are not human, they're cannibals." "So he's a journalist and?" "Look..." "He doesn't know his charges He's done something wrong and I've sentenced him." "So you're the judge and the executioner." "Interesting." "This journalist wrote bad things about the late president." "I managed to capture him and instantly gave the verdict." "The rules are simple." "Here I reign supreme." "Everything was fine before the new president meddled in my affairs." "What an inconvenience, you must feel gutted." "You want an explanation of this case?" "I did I come here as the envoy... of the current president." "With an emphasis on your judicial system." "So feel free to elaborate further." "If I arrested him and took him to the interrogation room." "He would defend himself with endless lies." "That is very complicated." "As soon as we arrested him I instantly passed the verdict." "Here he is now." "He's mine and nobody can have him." "Is that clear?" "Ingenious!" "Yes genius!" "But it's almost time for the execution and I still have some explaining to do." "Here we monitor his vital functions." "If his body isn't physically active the machine can't send the suggestions to the brain." "And will the new president attend the execution?" "He might." "I'm sorry but I have to cut my demonstration short." "Don't let me discourage you." "Continue." "The machine stores the information in the victims subconscious and usually gives it the suggestion to commit suicide." "The victims commits as many suicides as needed... for the brain to melt down." "To get a stroke." "Did you notice how I said usually?" "What?" "Come." "Do you see?" "What am I looking at?" "There are two possible verdicts." "'Kill yourself' and 'My dearest'." "My dearest?" "Subconsciously dearest, I'd like to emphasize." "I see you mastered the matter." "Now you understand this masterpiece." "Fierce masterpiece." "Punks!" "Some soldiers..." "Once there was discipline." "They would obey and things ran smoothly." "Makes you wonder why?" "Why?" "While the old man was alive everything functioned." "And now..." "Jarhead, connect!" "Today people turn on eachother." "There is no friendship, pride or honour." "Everyone entered a state of lethargy." "We became monotonous copies." "Obsessed with exterior." "Depression comes easy." "They stab you in the back rather then listen or help." "It wakes the dead!" "If the old man was alive." "Now you understand these conditions." "What?" "The malfunction is serious?" "The life support." "But it's fixable." "You know eachother?" "No why?" "Nothing important." "And him." "I wouldn't say he's a retard." "What?" "No tongue." "That's probably why he's a journalist." "He used to have it." "Can we talk in private?" "Sure, sure." "This execution, that you almost got to admire... hasn't got any open followers." "If you only knew how it was in the old days." "You already told me." "I get carried away..." "Haven't noticed!" "I know I can't get you to believe in the old ways." "My opinion was formed before my arrival." "Since you saw the lack of public support for the executions, your opinion..." "My opinion of these affairs is private." "But you'll still write of what you've seen here?" "I will give my expert opinion." "Though in this case it doesn't differ from my private one." "You've studied many nations and traditions..." "Yet you never called my methods inhumane." "I actually think you admire the machine." "You overestimate my influence." "If the president's opinion is negative." "Any proposal I make won't change the fate of the machine." "Nor yours." "But the president!" "Used my participation to elegantly end these atrocities." "But you approve?" "Certainly not!" "I even contemplated interrupting today's demonstration." "Thou it would violate every code of my profession." "But your ideas are as warped as your worldview." "...that human being relic of the past morbid atrocities..." "This perversion of justice is over!" "I will personally report your transgressions." "Just a minute." "Yes, boss." "Hold that thought, I'll be right back." "Yes boss." "Good." "I'll call you later." "My precious!" "Not you moron." "CAST:" "MUSIC PERFORMED BY:" "THANKS:" "BASED ON SHORT STORIES FROM 'SIRIUS' MAGAZINE" "THE END"