Act 3, Culmination of Conflicts
What Happens
As Arcadia becomes increasingly uninhabitable, factions erupt, those trying to save what's left of the planet, those fighting to control remaining resources, and those joining the exodus. Cache, restored, navigates between them as GAIA's field representative.
Key Beats
- Three faction types: savers, hoarders, exodus-joiners, each with legitimate grievances
- Cache as a figure that crosses all three: the Anubis form carries authority that a dog never could; his past as an oppressor makes him a complicated symbol
- Conflict scenes: not villains vs. heroes but desperate people making incompatible choices
- GAIA mediating from above, she can see everything, which means she can see how little time there is
Characters
GAIA, Cache, Aphrodite, ensemble