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Plays: Hamlet and King Lear.
This scene is a two-parter: Clarissa facing the Census Office and then facing the ghost of Pali. Half is in a cell- a man comes in and says her information checked out- the cult has been wiped out, the tralaticon and charging station recovered. The mission was a complete success. She is released and commended, promoted to the Sweep Team. "Not only are you free to go, you are being offered a spot on the team. But there is something I need to tell you about whose place you are taking..." Pali.
This scene is about one thing: the cost of her devotion. Clarissa's personality unravels as everything hits her at once: Pali, her fall to the cult, the Census Office changing. Her self is eroding and this is the catalyst for Act III and her sprint to get out. I am not sure what I am going to do, but I need to make her leaving inevitable but surprising. The difference between this leaving and the cult is that she does it on her own instead of being "forced" by the charged weapon.
The elixir must be in this scene. Nothing makes sense if it's not.