Ancillary Narrative 3

**TITLE: "Hashish"**

**CORRESPONDING MACRO-STORY BEAT:** This story diverts the audience to the underground drug world and the business happening underneath all of this.

**LOGLINE:**2 friends, drug traffickers, smugglers, business owners, philanthropists, get in a rivalry amongst each other after coming in contact with a cunning affair.

### **SHORT STORY SYNOPSIS:**

**Act 1: T**he story starts with establishing the drug world outside the dome. It shows how the drugs are running in this story world and how it is sent inside the dome. Series of events later, we reveal the kingpins of the drug world, living in a small town in the city of Himachal Pradesh, outside the dome, who call themselves Ranga and Kedi. Two of the most wanted Rebels in this dome region. They have a solid establishment in the industry and everybody knows them, they also have a specific tool that is supposed to be the most dangerous weapon of all time, which makes them a huge threat to other smugglers. Threat comes to them from all sides, but they are always smart enough to get through the way.

**Act 2:** Manickchand, mid 30s, a philanthropist and the owns transportation of goods all over in the dome of Indo-China border, approaches Ranga to give him an offer of a lifetime. This puts Ranga in a tough position since only he is offered and he would have to leave his only best lifetime friend, Kedi. Meanwhile, Kedi is walking around his hometown, wandering, where he notices a girl, Sana, and loses his mind. He starts following her everywhere she goes. He falls in love with her on the first sight. Next day, both of them are confused about what they really want in life. They both go on to do their own things. Until one day, a mistake happens in a transaction which makes them both lose a lot of goods. Both of them get mad at each other, but try not to show it. Ranga really tries hard not to show his anger and change is mind even though Kedi accuses him of the mistake.

**Act 3:** Kedi notices the girl walking around the town again. He keeps following her and at a point, she disappears. He loses his mind. Just as he decides to walk away, she comes from behind him and pats him on the shoulder. He gets shocked. They both have a moment when he asks if he is following her. She lets him know she was following him too. They both blush at each other as they walk away. But once turns, he gets chased by the dome security guards. Ranga comes to rescue with his little tricks to sabotage the security guards' plan and the people put the guards in the people's prison. Kedi thanks Ranga. Ranga gets approached by Manickchand again. Kedi is on a date with Sana, the girl he fell in love with and doesn't check his phone. Later that night, Kedi realizes Ranga has been trying to contact him the whole time. He rushes back home and sees furious Ranga, but he controls the anger. Ranga lets him know that doing business with him is been hard lately and they come to a conclusion to move on to live different lives. Ranga ends up at Manickchand's office and Kedi ends up building a romance with Sana. After a series of risky tasks Manickchand makes Ranga do, he realizes he might have to slow down to reduce the heat. He feels like a bait. He tries to find Kedi to see how he is doing and he seems happy with Sana so Ranga decides to live. But meanwhile, Kedi undergoes three different situations just like what happened when he saw Sana for the second time, where he was chased by the security. He realizes he is in serious danger and already tried approaching Ranga but could never find him. The next day Ranga gets the news on his pager that Kedi is held hostage for a ransom. Ranga goes running only to find Manickchand standing there. Ranga gets shocked. Moments later, Sana walks in dressed completely different. Kedi gets shocked. This is when Ranga realises it's time to unleash their secret weapon, their special power. With a press of a button, moments later, everybody in the warehouse just hears slow running noises from deep background. The whole town of Rebels come in support of Ranga and Kedi. Huge war happens. The Rebels take the warehouse as their own and make it an outpost for business. Kedi and Ranga become best friends again and realize they shouldn't fall for mind games anymore. The rebels grow, drug world grows along with them.

**GENRE:** Sci-fi/Comedy/Drama

**PROTAGONIST:** Ranga and Kedi

**ANTAGONIST:** Manickchand

**MAIN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS W/DESCRIPTIONS:**

1. Rupa - Sister of Ranga, but treats Kedi as her own brother as well. Always there for the both of them.
2. Raghu - Uncle of Kedi, the financier/accountant of their business.
3. Sana - Kedi's love, betrays him.
4. Thatha - The grandfather of the whole town, a man with a lot of wisdom and experience.

**PRIMARY LOCATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS):**

1. Himachal Pradesh - The only State in India which is not covered by the dome. Due to pollution, a hole was created in the dome which haven't been fixed, so it makes the people inside Rebels.
2. Indian Ocean, bay side - Where the ships are sent out for business.
3. Warehouse - Manickchand's warehouse where all his goods are kept. Also where Kedi is held hostage.

**ADDITIVE COMPREHENSION:** There is a huge post apocalyptic story world, where the Sun is out and there are domes in 5 different parts of the world, but what happens to the drugs?

**PLATFORM:** Web Series

**TARGET MARKET: Men and women 18+**

**THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MEDIA HABITS:** For all the social media buffs, especially the major instagram nerds, this is gonna be a fun watch every week until it ends.

'*MEDIUM: **IGtv, YouTube, Vimeo, Aurora Website'***

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS MEDIUM:** Mobile phones play a huge role in this current generation. It's much easier for a lot of people to just watch something on their phone during their breaks or something in their busy lives. This platform will hit right on the spot for social media buffs.

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS PLATFORM:** Making use of technology at it's best.