Phase 7

The story unfolds in contemporary times during a sudden city-wide health emergency in Buenos Aires. Shortages, constant news updates, and panic shape the day-to-day lives of the tenants as the crisis deepens. The present-day setting emphasizes a current urban disaster rather than a past era.

Buenos Aires serves as the backdrop for a claustrophobic crisis as Coco and Pipi share a small apartment within a quarantined complex. The local market outside hints at a society unraveling, while the building's corridors become a pressure cooker of fear and suspicion. The setting centers on a modern urban block where lockdowns trap residents inside and everyday routines collapse.

🧭 Survival

Survival hinges on quick, grim decisions inside a confined space. Horatio builds a bunker and uses traps while Coco vacillates between fear and apathy. The conflict intensifies as Zanutto's paranoia drives violence, forcing an uneasy truce and reluctant cooperation. The survivors' eventual use of force and a communal effort underscore how fragile survival remains when society unravels.

⚠️ Crisis and Control

Quarantine rules and rumors of conspiracy drive paranoia among residents. Horatio leverages fear to frame the crisis as a catastrophic plot, pressing others to prepare for worst-case scenarios. The building becomes a theater of manipulation where information is weaponized and trust dissolves.

🤝 Morality and Dependency

Coco's initial indifference gives way to moments of courage as he protects others, then questions his own loyalties. Horatio uses Coco to pursue his survival, testing loyalties and blurring ethical lines. Zanutto's violence and the fragile truce reveal how desperation can erode morality. The story probes what people owe one another when civilization is fragile.