The Oculus Crisis

The movie poster for The Oculus Crisis (2020)

## Characters

### Participants

Jessica Josephs-Grace, Terry Tenure, Warrant Waverly, Percilla Persephone, Antigone Arrell, Adam Sirena, Cal Clutterbuck, Oculus, Ariana Syntax, Michael Meiyer

### Groups

The Cult of the Electric Dream, D.S.A., The Friends of Oculus

The Oculus Crisis was an event in 1969 in which a being from Orgjrra named Oculus attacked Bishop Tower and revealed the existence of Orgjrra to the people of Earth-OCU. A group of investigators from the University of Oculus were hired to study an anomaly, which was later revealed to be Oculus communicating through a portal from Orgjrra, and eventually befriended Oculus, creating The Friends of Oculus.

## Synopsis

In May 1969, civilian workers in Bishop Tower were afflicted with a strange illness that made them unable to recognize bizarre happenings occurring within the Tower. Eventually, this affliction began to spread to cover the entirety of the block at 6th and 9th Street. This strange illness also began to send people visions in their dreams of an expanding and shrinking circle, leading to people avoiding work and a crisis being declared.

At this point, the D.S.A. sent in a group of university researchers from the University of Oculus. This group was led by Terry Tenure (Alex Wong), and included Jessica Josephs-Grace (Theresa Mickelson), Warrant Waverly (Marcus Kim), Percilla Persephone (Emilia Cooper) and Antigone Arrell (Alicia Hernández).

While under the effects of the illness, the group began to investigate its source, however, as they continued, Warrant (who was secretly an empath) began to be especially affected. When this was discovered, the government sent in Adam Sirena (Sam “The Claw” Banton), then known as the superhero Mega Man, who was not affected by the illness.

People began to become obsessed with the dreams, and so the team became pushed harder, working longer hours and investigating riskier strategies. After discovering that crystals could contain the illness, Adam attempted to shoot the anomaly with lightning bolts, which led to a “crack” in space in the shape of a circle, with electricity around it. This also led to a voice coming from the anomaly, which said “come in, the water’s fine”.

As the team attempted to figure out how to communicate with the anomaly, more and more people attempted to break into the complex to get high off the anomaly. Ariana Syntax (Kiara Patel), one of them, came into brief contact with the researchers before disappearing.

The anomaly revealed itself to be a portal when a silver scepter fell from it, and, upon further investigation, created a second portal in the research lab. Warrant, through his empath powers, discovered he could send and receive emotions through the portal, and received feelings of excitement and encouragement.

When the government was updated on the events, they assigned a liaison, Cal Clutterbuck (Jeremy Bell) to the team. They also discovered Warrant’s superpowers and took him in for questioning. This caused an uproar within the team, leading Adam Sirena to push back and become closer with the team.

Ariana Syntax started a cult that revealed the being on the other side of the portal, a person simply named Oculus (Alexei Oblonsky). Oculus, through Ariana, punished Mayor Michael Meiyer (himself) for the perceived crime of the placement of Bishop Tower, making it so he could only say “come in, the water’s fine”.

At this point, the research team discovered that the government knew about the anomaly and attempted to hide it, inadvertently causing it to spread when they tried to profit from the energy. In truth, it was a “portal to another universe” that Oculus was attempting to bust open. With this information, the team traded a fake version of the scepter from the portal in exchange for getting Warrant back.

Warrant encountered Ariana attempting to go through the portal, but chose not to prevent her, and she did, closing the portal. The only remaining portal, the one in the research lab, opened, and Oculus stepped through, declaring “the water seems fine here too.”