CASE 001 UNAUTHORIZED HQ ACCESS / 02:24

EPISODE 001 · PILOT FILE

The Refill

Eddie has a forty-dollar plan to steal a four-dollar coffee. Sal has the keys. Marlow has already found the flaw.

Reel concept · 00:35 360 concept · 02:24 Your role: lookout
FINAL CUT IN PRODUCTION
The Refill9:16 · 00:35 · IG REELS / TIKTOK / YOUTUBE SHORTS

The coffee was never worth it.

The finished vertical cut will live here after approval. Until then, this production slate holds the exact home for the Reel—no pretend play button, no unfinished upload.

  • EDDIE “Forty bucks of supplies. Apron. Name tag. Total barista disguise.”
  • MARLOW “The principle of spending forty dollars to steal four?”
  • SAL “Forty dollars.”

One cup. Three idiots. No clean exit.

This pilot file previews the cuts before production: the Reel gives you the crime; the 360 episode lets you stand inside the cover-up. Then the file keeps going: inspect the headquarters, catch what the camera missed, and vote on whether they run the scheme.

* There was no crime. The coffee was decaf. — Marlow

“Act natural.”Eddie unveils an apron, milk thermometer, and a name tag that says CHAD.
The forty-dollar planWalk behind the counter. Make one four-dollar oat-milk latte. Pay nobody.
Marlow does the math“The principle of spending forty dollars to steal four?” Eddie confirms.
Everyone looks naturalEddie steams milk. Sal slow-nods at customers. Marlow pockets a muffin.
The revealMarlow tastes the cup: “It’s decaf.” Sal: “Forty dollars.”

Look where they don't want you to.

Drag the headquarters left and right. Find all three pieces of evidence to unlock the scheme vote.

0 / 3 EVIDENCE FOUND
The Act Natural crew inside their impossible HQ
HQ / WEST LOBBYGRAVITY: 90° OFF
DRAG TO LOOK AROUND ↔

Run it or hold?

Find the three evidence markers in the headquarters first. The crew only trusts people who look around.

Same crew. Every world.

Their faces stay fixed; their jobs stay fixed. The room, the gravity, and the plan are allowed to change.

Eddie, the fast-talking schemer01 / SCHEMER

Eddie

Fast-talking, scruffy, and sincerely in love with the worst possible version of every plan.

“Trust me” is not a promise. It is a warning.
Sal, the deadpan veteran02 / VETERAN

Sal

Deadpan, calm, and always three moves ahead. Lets Eddie think he is leading.

The quieter Sal gets, the worse the situation is.
Marlow, the brilliant fixer03 / FIXER

Marlow

The smartest person in the room. Her life is in ruins; the scheme will not be.

Fixes everything while acting deeply inconvenienced.
SURFACE 02 / YOUR CAMERA

AR Accomplices

A TikTok AR concept that lets Eddie, Sal, and Marlow invade the fan's own video. They do not pose. They arrive mid-scheme, whisper “act natural,” and make the fan the fourth accomplice.

They appear in your room.

Eddie recruits you. Sal watches the door. Marlow notices you left your laundry in frame.

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SURFACE 03 / MARLOW'S CLOSET

Shoppable 360 Lookbook

Marlow hosts a fashion story inside the same impossible worlds. Turn toward a garment to reveal its card; turn toward Eddie to watch him misunderstand layering.

The alibi layer.

Soft, undone, and capable of hiding a freight-elevator key. Product destinations below are explicit stand-ins for the owner's future real affiliate links.

Choose a concept card to inspect its future link slot.
SURFACE 04 / THE CANON

One canon. Four surfaces.

The story never repeats. Each surface hands the viewer one piece of the same scheme, and the next episode begins with whatever the audience did last.

01 / REEL

Fans decide

The vote chooses what the crew attempts next week.

02 / 360

Clues hide

Look behind the joke to find codes and evidence.

03 / THIS FILE

Canon opens

Enter the clue here to reveal the next scheme.

04 / AR + DUETS

Fans enter

The best lookouts become part of the headquarters.

What did Sal call the coffee?

The answer is in the final beat of “The Refill.” This demo accepts the word shown in the pilot file above.

● LOCKED / NEXT WEEK'S SCHEME

File 002: Redacted

Enter the one-word clue to open Eddie's next plan.

SURFACE 04 / FAN FEED

Lookout Duets

Film yourself reacting as the lookout while Eddie's plan falls apart beside you. Stay in character. The funniest lookouts become canon — playing on the battered television inside the 360 headquarters.

HQ TV RULE: IF THE CREW CAN SEE YOUR DUET, YOUR REACTION HAPPENED IN THEIR WORLD.
Duet the current ReelUse the open reaction side. Keep Eddie in frame.
Play the lookoutReact to the scheme; do not explain the joke.
Tag the showUse the show's account tag once it is finalized.
Enter the canonSelected duets appear on the HQ television in a future 360 episode.
01 / HOOK

Flat Reel

Thirty-five seconds. The plan, the face, the line people repeat. Built for Instagram and TikTok.

02 / WORLD

Full 360

The scheme happens around you. The joke can be behind your head. Built for headset viewing.

03 / AFTERMATH

Episode File

The world stays open: hidden evidence, viewer choices, cast lore, and the next scheme seeded in plain sight.

Find the crew.

Eddie says every serious operation needs three burner accounts and a fax machine. We have two public channels and one email.

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