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Altered Estates-Detailed Synopsis Part One-The Journey

Kris Robinson--a single, fortysomething, IT professional--watches a video of himself in which he learns he has been laid off. At the clip's conclusion, Kris downs a mysterious liquid from a vial, and immediately thereafter, and quite unexpectedly, begins to see and hear three-dimensional headshots floating in the air above him. These beings call themselves STORYTELLERS and say they've come to recount Kris's recent life adventure. a series of wondrous events Kris has no memory of. And thus, twice upon a time, the Storytellers begin refreshing Kris's memory by retelling his own story to him "in the minutest detail." Kris: In a heartbeat your ordinary life is transformed when a British law firm writes to inform that you have been named the sole and undisputed heir to an immense fortune, a manor estate, and a hereditary title by a British uncle you never knew existed and is about to die. In a letter and audio recording, LORD ARTHUR REYNOLD HANOVE urges you to hurry to England and tell no one of your inheritance. He has enclosed an expense cheque and valid first-class transportation vouchers, all of which he says you may keep if you choose not to accept his invitation. Lord Hanover's correspondence reveals that he has minutely followed your entire life, amazing you with knowledge of intimate details you"™d never shared with anyone. Shocked yet fascinated, you research his life and career. From Burton's Peerage, the Internet, a BBC documentary and other sources, you learn that Lord Hanover, a lifelong bachelor who reportedly sired no offspring, is a world-renowned inventor-scientist who frequently collaborates with another British noble, LORD DENNIS ROLLINSBY, an experimental physicist. Lord Hanover is also reputed to be a consummate host whose manor galas rival Disneyland spectacles. Everybody quoted on the subject of your uncle speaks highly of him. That night, you find you are able to tune into the local news channel, where you see a humorous piece about a feud beteen a local cattleman and a sheep rancher. But afterwards, you are startled nearly out of your wits to hear a Storyteller telling you to remember the first four notes of a TV theme song and then presenting a vision of what awaits if you decide to make the journey. (Continued)

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