Pattern
Recognition

Cayce arrives in London, jet-lagged and displaced, her soul trailing behind on an invisible tether. She wanders unfamiliar streets near Camden Lock, searching for coffee and meaning in a city that feels like a reflection in a pond.

A late-night duet conducted through screens. Cayce and her online collaborator Parkaboy analyze footage frame by frame, building theories about mysterious film fragments that have captivated an entire online community.

Cayce's unique condition—an allergic reaction to logos and branding—manifests as she navigates the corporate world. Every swoosh, every golden arch becomes a knife to the eye as she tries to stay clean in a branded world.

Hubertus Bigend, the enigmatic advertising mogul, reveals his philosophy: he doesn't chase—he lets the future come to him. A song about power, manipulation, and the art of being five steps ahead.

A villain's warning song. Someone believes Cayce is in over her head—the wrong girl in the wrong place, playing detective in a game where the rules have already been written by others.

Dawn at Portobello Market. Cayce walks among half-built stalls, meeting Voytek, discovering the Curta in a glass case. A moment of stillness before the world fully wakes.

A meditation on a Curta calculator—a mechanical marvel designed in a concentration camp, now a collector's piece. The song explores history compressed into metal, numbers sliding through gears of gold.

Magda reveals the art of viral marketing—no ads, no scripts, just whispers placed at the perfect time. A song about influence, manipulation, and the invisible hand of desire.

Cayce and Parkaboy construct an online persona—Keiko, a Japanese film student—to bait information from a source. A song about masks, deception, and the slippery slope of pretending.

Cayce's journey to Tokyo brings paranoia and danger. Neon veins, static hums, and a violent confrontation in Shibuya. She survives, drive in hand, but now she knows she's being hunted.

Cayce arrives in Moscow, following the trail to its end. Cold air, neon lights, and the sense of being watched at every turn. A ghost in a stranger's land, she steps through a door that cannot be unopened.

The triumphant finale. Cayce reflects on her journey—the search that led her across continents, through pixels and whispered calls. The mystery may never fully resolve, but she no longer needs to chase. She boards a flight back to New York, at peace.