The Forgotten Leftovers — Episode 1: The Glitchy Incident
What would you do if someone you knew was erased from existence — not dead, but glitched out of reality?
(Scene 1: In a house)
Akari Itsuya stands up from the bed.
Akari, looking around his room, calm voice: "What happened here?"
Flashback of yesterday night:
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Akari is drinking juice with his friend, Kaito
Kaito raising the cup: "That was fun. I never knew that you are the type that makes parties Akari–kun!"
Akari: "I am glad you had fun"
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Akari scratching his head: "What was his family name again? Ehh I will ask him later."
Akari stands up and heads to the living room. The living room is in a mess from yesterday's party; plastic cups on the floor everywhere, the desk is missed up, some papers are on the floor.
A pen on the disk moves and falls on the ground. Akari notices the pen and puts it back on the desk.
Akari confused: "how did that pen move by itself?" Notices the window and closes it "just air" then goes to get the tools for cleaning the living room. The pen then moves and falls again.
Akari gets the tools from the kitchen and gets back to the living room and starts cleaning. The remote suddenly falls from on the couch opening the T.V.
Akari staring curiously on the remote: "Something is off.."
T.V. News: "yesterday around midnight, someone got hit by a car, the cops found who hit the victim..but never found the victim!"
Akari hears the news ignores the remote and says curiously: "That's an interesting new case!"
He stands up, wears his coat, and heads outside.
[ Scene 2: At the crime scene ]
A black Ford, a smoking driver, and no trace for a victim.
Akari looking around finds a spot where there is some blood on the ground.
Akari: "So, what did you see? How did you know you crashed or hit something?"
The driver: "I was just driving‒"
Akari interrupting him, talking in a fast tone: "you where driving at night while its raining and you are smoking in the dark and your headlight was broken from an accident so you couldn't turn it on, that sounds a boring case now..."
The driver (Kenji Morita): "H.How did you..?" Akari is already walking away, he shouts in a bit of hesitation "...Wait! The person I hit with my car...Just glitched and disappeared!"
Akari paused midway, his expressions gets more serious and sharp.
Akari facing him: "Can you..repeat what you said?"
The driver in hesitation: "The person I hit with my car...just glitched and disappeared"
Akari pulls out his cigarettes and lights it up using a lighter with a serious expression on his face: "Now, that's what I call a case"
Akari exhales smoke: "Smoking damages brain cells..and yet here I am..smoking"
Akari: "what's your name again?"
The driver: "My name is Kenji Morita."
Akari: "Morita‒san, can you show me your pack of cigarettes?"
Kenji: "w.what?"
Akari with a serious tone: "Just show it without hesitation!"
Kenji pulling out his pack, hesitantly: "s.sure"
Akari grabs it, and starts observing it: "hmm. I will take this with me. Its fine right?"
Kenji: "sure."
Akari walking away: "Okay. Now you will go to the police to interrogate you, and yeah.. bye"
Kenji shouts in rage and frustration: "what? That's all?! Do you think I was joking when I said that the man glitched?! I..I saw him with my eyes!"
Akari waving his hand while walking away: "No. Don't worry! I will continue investigating and will tell you the results!"
Kenji lunges forward, swinging a punch in frustration: "Are you making fun of me?!"
Akari catches his fist mid–air with one hand, his sharp gaze cutting through Kenji's rage: "Do you think I am not taking my job seriously? If I took the case, then I will work on it. Calm down. Better for you."
Kenji pulls back and the police take him away.
[ Scene 3: At home ]
Akari: "I don't need the cops lab, I got my own here in my apartment."
Akari starts searching for drugs in the cigarettes: "There should be a drug here somewhere! He didn't drink or eat anything before that! He was only smoking!"
He throws the pack away furiously after examining it under a microscope without finding anything useful.
Akari: "That doesn't make any sense! There has to be something!"
Akari takes a deep breath: "I shall calm down first. What about remembering what happened yesterday?"
Flashback:
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Kaito: "Is it fine if I slept here tonight?"
Akari: "Yeah, sure why not?"
Kaito: "thanks. Its just rainy outside."
Akari: "I sleep before midnight because I usually have work"
Kaito: "sure"
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Akari: "there is something wrong..." putting his hands on his head "...the more I try to remember the more my head hurts"
Akari pulls out his phone and calls Kaito. Then he notices Kaito's phone on the couch.
Akari: "wait...this whole thing happened in midnight.."
Akari leaves the apartment rushing outside.
[ Scene 4: Kaito's home ]
Akari knocking on Kaito's door but no one opens. He breaks the door and starts searching for Kaito everywhere in the house. He doesn't find him and heads back home.
[ Scene 5: At home ]
Akari: "What if..the person who glitched in that accident and disappeared..was Kaito?"
Akari checks his watch. Its 11:30 pm.
Akari lights up his cigarettes with a serious face: "I will find out this night what happened."