She's Not Real

On screen

A glowing virtual space that opens when a man puts on a VR headset for the first time. A hostess guides him through a menu of women: a strict boss, the girl from next door, a gamer, a troublemaker and more, each one with a short label. She calls it his dream and tells him to pick anyone. He picks her, the only one not listed. He wants the hostess; she insists the dream is hers to run and she is off limits.

Episode by episode

1. Ep. 1The menu of womenno account

   The headset switches on and the hostess introduces the options one by one, with a short label for each. She tells him it is his dream and he can choose anyone. He chooses her. She answers that she is not on the menu and that she runs this place. He insists, and the scene begins to glitch as he tries to get back in.

2. Ep. 2One night, her rulesfree account

   He returns and asks for her. A different voice says she is not available and offers itself instead. He ignores the menu and says the other women are not real to him, but she is. The hostess says he cannot guess what she really is, then agrees to one night with conditions: her rules, and he should try to keep up.

3. Ep. 312 tk
4. Ep. 412 tk
5. Ep. 512 tk

How bold it gets

Mostly menus, talk and teasing between a user and a program. The second episode ends with her accepting a single night on her terms, nothing shown yet.

Still open after episode 2

What the hostess really is, and how much of this dream the user can take back to the real world, has yet to be settled.

Names you will hear: Mila Nowak.