ACTION BEAT SHEET
- Still bedroom in late afternoon light
- Subtle motion in room (lava lamp / ambient movement)
- Mila enters room
- Closes door
- Drops bag
- Turns on radio
- Tunes through stations
- Selects a song
- Mila moves to bed
- Lies on back
- Stares at ceiling
- Reaches for phone
- Opens Parallel app
PARALLELS — MILA #8
- Mila opens Mila #8 thread
- Scrolls past older messages
- Pauses on meaningful exchanges
- Reaches most recent messages
- Pulls to refresh
- No new messages
- Mila reacts subtly
PARALLELS — ROBBIE
- Mila exits thread
- Opens Robbie's profile
- Studies Robbie's photos
- Opens chat with Robbie
- Reviews recent messages
- Initiates FaceTime call
- Call is declined
- Receives "busy" message
- Mila reacts subtly
- Exits chat
DREAMS FEATURE
- Mila opens Dreams section
- Scrolls through saved dreams
- Stops on favorited dream (Robbie)
- Sees revisit count
- Opens dream preview
- Pauses before entering
INTERRUPTION — MILA #8 RETURNS
- Notification from Mila #8
- Mila exits Dreams
- Opens Mila #8 chat
- Reads new message (apology / location / thinking of you)
- Mila types reply
- Sends reply
- Typing indicator appears
- Typing indicator stops
- No response
- Mila waits
- Mila exits app
ROOM ACTION / RESET
- Mila sets phone down
- Lies back on bed
- Stares at ceiling
- Sits up
- Picks up watering can
- Waters plants
- Moves around room
- Pauses
- Returns to bed
- Picks up phone
- Opens app again
ECHOES INTRO
- Echoes beta prompt appears
- Mila taps Echoes
- Reads intro briefly
REAL-WORLD INTERRUPTION
- Phone receives text (sister)
- Mila reads invite
- Mila replies "can't / busy"
- Sister teases about app
- Mila responds dismissively
PREPARATION FOR ECHOES
- Mila turns off radio
- Room becomes quiet
- Mila dims / turns off lights
- Mila lies on side near wall
- Positions phone against wall
- Adjusts body position
- Taps Begin
ECHOES INDUCTION
- Voice gives instructions
- Mila closes eyes
- Mila responds softly
- Voice continues briefly
- Voice fades
- Tonal sounds begin
- Visual transition builds
ECHOES VISION (1930s)
- Photography studio appears
- Mila (past) adjusts camera
- Lover present in space
- Subtle interaction between them
- Lover moves closer
- Mila resists / hides face
- Lover pulls Mila into frame
- Mila softens
- Lover prepares shutter
- Mila distracted / engaged
- Lover triggers shutter
- Photo is taken
- Mila reacts playfully
- Moment lingers
RETURN TO PRESENT
- Mila wakes abruptly
- Sits up
- Disoriented
- Grabs phone
- Checks time (night)
- Processes time jump
JOURNAL + VOICE LOG
- Mila grabs journal
- Begins writing
- Activates voice-to-text
- Speaks while writing
- Records sensory details
- Finishes entry
- Pauses
- Stares ahead
PHOTO DELIVERY — MILA #8
- Notification from Mila #8
- Mila opens message
- Mila #8 sends photo batch
- Mila opens gallery
PHOTO SEQUENCE
- Mila swipes through images
- Early photos: unrelated
- Middle photos: subtle visual similarity
- Mila slows down
- Final photo appears
- Mila pauses
- Mila studies image
- Mila recognizes scene
EXCHANGE REQUEST
- New message from Mila #8
- Casual commentary about photos
- Parallel Exchange Request appears
- Mila reads request details
- Mila #8 sends follow-up message (casual invitation / NYC reason)
FINAL DECISION
- Mila begins typing response
- Stops
- Deletes text
- Hovers over decline
- Pauses
- Taps Accept
ENDING
- Exchange initialization screen appears
- Countdown begins (1 minute)
- Mila watches screen
- Holds still
- Cut to black
(POST-CREDITS — OPTIONAL ADD-ON)
- Founder appears in interview-style clip
- Speaks about app purpose
- Mentions connection across selves
- Light acknowledgment of skepticism
- Brief line addressing "AI accusations"
- Cut out clean