The Script
Introduction
The experience of neurodivergent folks - both children and adults - has been left out of the zeitgeist for far too long. In this work, we get to explore one alien's experience - an allegory for neurodivergence - while they explore the experience of trying to assimilate into human society dressed in a human skin suit.
The story and all the creative effort in this work - EXCEPT the actual song creation, which was done in a song-generating AI service - are done by a single AuDHD human with the help of similarly built humans. The prompt creation was extensive and done by human hands. THe creator would like to ask for grace with this one exception as they would otherwise not have been able to produce this initial rendering with hopes of soliciting human artists to create a final rendering of all musical content.
Enjoy!
ACT I
The alien scientist has recently discovered a new in habited planet and has been tasked with exploring it and determining if it is safe to make contact. They will be going under cover in the native species' skin suit.
Scene 1
Interior. Alien home. Hallway looking into a bedroom.
Little Blue Dot
- Alien explains to their child in a crib that they have to leave for a while.
Scene 2
Exterior. Alien planet. Between the mission control building and the launchpad with ship outgassing in the background.
A crowd of urgent aliens are adjusting straps, explaining the effects of the transformation injection that will make them appear human. Everyone is smiling, proud, and caring.
Departure
- Alien relates their feelings about leaving for the mission.
Scene 3a
Interior. Spaceship. Approaching Earth and entering atmosphere.
The alien is nervous but injects the genetic serum and becomes a human. Opens their identity packet with his prearranged life.
Scene 3b
Interior. Apartment.
Trepidation and curiosity flood the brain of the alien but they still decides to adventure out
Take It All In
- Alien experiences the new planet through the filter of their new human skin suit.
Scene 4
Exterior. City street. Rain starts pouring down.
The alien seeks shelter under a large awning. Shortly after a small female human joins them and they eventually get acquainted waiting for the weather to improve.
Shiny
- Alien makes their first human friend.
ACT II
The alien has gotten settled and is attempting to assimilate with varying success - but often - failures.
Scene 1a
Montage. Several vignettes of the alien and their new friend from the awning getting to know each other and their clear joy growing.
Scene 1
Transition. Interior. Laboratory.
The alien is struggling to keep their cover at his new job even though they was a scientist on their home planet. The mixed signals and duplicitous humans are like living booby traps.
Crossed Wires
- Alien tries their best to fit in at their new job.
Scene 2
Interior. Upscale Modern Home. Dinner Party.
The human friend has brought the alien to meet all her other friends at one of their homes for a dinner party. Their mere presence seems to ruffle feathers and their social bumbling and awkward behaviors lead to disaster.
You Can't Say That
- Alien receives a painful lecture when they fail to meet the expectations of a new friend group.
Scene 3
Exterior. Night. Sparse city streets.
The alien wanders the city aimlessly not understanding the sensation in their chest and how badly they are at peopling. Like the planet's immune system is rejecting them socially.
Wrong Planet Syndrome
- Alien laments their painful inability to assimilate successfully.
Scene 4a
Montage. Another collection of vignettes of the alien at work and in public being awkward and accidentally pissing everyone off.
Scene 4b
Exterior. Night. City Street. Bright full moon and stars fill the sky. One twinkles.
The alien is feeling homesick, foolish, and broken.
I Left My Home For This
- Alien is morose and begins to regret the decision to leave their home world in the first place.
ACT III
The alien is trudging through life and has made the decision to not trust humans in an intimate manner any time soon but things may be looking up in the end.
Scene 1
Exterior. Daybreak. The streets are coming alive.
The alien has been out all night. As they turn the corner onto their street, they bump into a female human with green hair and a snail tattoo on her neck.
Danger Danger
- Alien meets a new, more quirky human, but they have their guard up now.
Scene 2a
Exterior. Street.
The green haired female friend insists that the alien should not spend the morning alone when they are down.
Scene 2b
Interior. Comfortable looking living room in an old apartment shared by several humans.
Green hair female introduces the alien to her group of very quirky friends who are all different. Some shy. Some larger than life but they could not be more excited to meet another odd-one-out.
Welcome Home
- New group of weird friends welcomes alien into their squad.
Scene 3
Interior. Alien's apartment. Sparse, simple furnishing. Room is dark except the desk lamp.
The alien is bent over their alien computer typing a letter home.
Big Blue World
- Alien writes a letter home to their child about their experiences.