Scene 1 · Band Van Interior CabChuck drives through flat desert highway. The band argues about where the hell they're going. Chuck's role as the frustrated driver and trip planner is established as the GPS leads…Scene 2 · band_van_cargo_holdJezz and Jukes talk in the cargo hold. Jukes explains to the uninitiated viewer — through Jezz's chill questions — exactly how Dead Muse's cursed music opens portals to the nether…Scene 3 · AM/PM Convenience Store Back LotGas station stop. Shadow vanishes instantly. Chuck barely finishes a sentence before Shadow reappears from behind the dumpster covered in mystery grime, holding a bag nobody asked…Scene 4 · band_van_exteriorGary takes a call from Rattler Pete and puts it on speaker. The gig is actually a séance-for-hire to clear a haunting from 1887. The pay doubles. Gary's role as the booking hustler…Scene 5 · band_motelroom_parkinglotThe van screeches into a dead-empty motel parking lot at dusk. The neon sign buzzes. No cars, no people, no sound. They grab their stuff fast — something feels wrong and nobody wan…Scene 6 · band_motelroom_interior_windowThe band bursts into the motel room and speed-checks their gear in a chaotic flurry. Rick stumbles in last — he's been asleep in the van since Flagstaff. Chuck explodes. The scene…
