The call sheet was simple. LOCATION: Abandoned Orrery, Sector G. SUBJECT: Fantasia Aiy-10 Shorts. DURATION: 30 frames.
Mira slid the photograph into her portfolio. On the back, she wrote: “Aiy-10 Shorts - Fantasia Models - 30. Worth it.” Aiy 10 Shorts -fantasia Models- 30
“Frame thirty,” Mira breathed, and pressed. The call sheet was simple
The little Fantasia grew bolder. She danced across the rusted gears, leaping from a brass sun to a tarnished moon. Her skirt, woven from discarded sheet music, fluttered. Mira chased her with the viewfinder, sweating. Click. The model stumbled. One of her porcelain fingers cracked, falling away like a dead petal. She didn’t cry. Fantasia Models knew the contract. DURATION: 30 frames
The Aiy-10 Shorts was now only a torso, a head, and one working arm. She looked directly into the lens. Not at Mira. Into the lens. And she mouthed two words: “Thank you.”