Standby

[SFX: Radio headset static. Radio chatter]

NARRATOR: Adrian claimed Jon programmed cues under instruction. Jon admitted building the magnet effect but said it was designed to lift the foam sword, not a hidden blade.

JON BELL: Adrian increased the magnet current after my safety test.

IRIS KENT: The console records revisions.

JON BELL: Not if someone exported the show, changed it offline, and restored it.

NARRATOR: Iris compared cue labels. Jon wrote amperes as A. Adrian wrote FULL for effects he wanted maximized. Cue forty's hidden parameter read FULL.

ADRIAN FOX: Anyone knows my notation.

MABEL ROOK: Nobody else mistakes volume for instruction.

[SFX: Fluorescent lamp ballast buzz. Theater door latch click]

NARRATOR: Adrian locked them onstage and started the automated finale. Scenery walls moved inward while pyrotechnic smoke filled the wings, recreating the old fire.

ADRIAN FOX: The building is unsafe. Tonight's tragedy will prove it and bury the earlier one.

IRIS KENT: Standby manual override. Sana, stage left brake. Jon, kill fly power. Mabel, with me.