Me Too

Me Too

Episode 1
January 13, 2026 • State College, Midwest USA

Maeve

Maeve: • New Jersey • A 19-year-old female college student, slim healthy athletic build. She has a striking mass of wavy, coppery-red hair that is thick and unruly, cascading heavily past her shoulders and down her back. Her face is covered in a constellation of distinct freckles across her nose, cheeks, and forehead. She has vivid, alert emerald-green eyes and pale skin that flushes easily. Maeve is energetic, perhaps a bit impulsive, and very outdoorsy. Her athleticism is functional; she’s a runner or plays soccer. Her hair is her most defining feature—unruly, vibrant, and massive.

Priya

Priya: • California • A 19-year-old female college student, slim healthy athletic build with dancer-like posture. She has incredibly luxurious, deep midnight-black hair that is thick, glossy, and has a slight natural wave, cascading elegantly down to her waist. Her skin is a glowing, warm medium-brown tone. She has large, expressive, almond-shaped dark brown eyes with thick lashes and defined, arched eyebrows. Priya is graceful, focused, and perhaps into dance or yoga, giving her a lean, flexible kind of strength. She has a classic, breathtaking beauty and carries herself with poise.

Ji-woo

Ji-woo: • Chicago • A 19-year-old female college student, slim healthy athletic build. She has sleek, perfectly straight, silky dark brunette hair (not jet black, but very dark brown) with a glassy shine, cascading smoothly over her shoulders to mid-back. Her complexion is flawless porcelain pale with cool undertones. She has sharp, clear dark brown eyes with monolid features and a defined jawline. Ji-woo is trendy, sharp, and minimalist. Her athleticism is precise—perhaps tennis or fencing. She has a cool, flawless beauty and her style is very current "street chic."

SCENE 1: The Backyard — Late Afternoon

Priya steps into the small fenced backyard of her new mobile home, taking in her surroundings. The park is quiet, well-maintained. She notices movement in the adjacent yard—a girl about her age. Without thinking too much about it, she walks to the fence.

PRIYA
Hey you! Asian girl! Do you live here too? I've seen you on campus, at the swim meet.

The girl turns sharply, an eyebrow raised. There's a flash of annoyance, but also amusement.

JI-WOO
Back at cha, Indian Girl. I'm a US citizen so I'm not Asian, and I'm probably more American than you. And I'm not a girl. I'm a grown ass woman. And yes, I think I've seen you around campus too? My name is Ji-woo.

Priya's face flushes with embarrassment.

PRIYA
Oh my God, I'm so sorry. How insensitive of me. Can you forgive me? I'm new here and don't have any friends my age. I was trying to be cute, but I guess I blew it. I'm American too, born here, I think. I'm adopted so my birth parents are a mystery. But I'm a citizen. Yeah. Now that I see you up close I definitely know I saw you on campus. I'm here on a scholarship funded by a Navy program. I'm really from California. My name is Priya.

Ji-woo's expression softens. She laughs.

JI-WOO
You're forgiven, Priya. Navy program huh? Me too. Cheap ass Navy stuck us in a mobile home park, but I guess it's okay. It's nicer than the dingy apartment we had in Chicago. I just worry about tornadoes. In Chicago I worried about drive-by shootings. I don't know which is worse.

Priya's eyes suddenly go wide, looking past Ji-woo toward another trailer.

PRIYA
Oh no! Look at that stupid girl on the roof. She's going to fall off and die.

Ji-woo spins around.

JI-WOO
(yelling) Hey! Redhead girl! Get off the roof or you're going to fall and kill yourself!

The girl on the roof—a mass of copper-red hair catching the late afternoon light—looks down, completely unbothered.

MAEVE
I'm okay! Just setting up Starlink. I used to install these back in New Jersey.
PRIYA
Well, get down here. I think we need to talk.

A few minutes later, the redhead appears at the fence, brushing dust off her hands. Up close, her freckles are like constellations, her green eyes bright and curious.

MAEVE
Hi. I'm Maeve. My friends call me Me-ve, but none of my friends are from around here so you can call me whatever.

Priya studies her carefully, something clicking into place in her mind.

PRIYA
Yeah, I've seen you on campus too. Let me guess. You came here on a Navy scholarship, you're 19 years old, and you're adopted. Tell me I'm wrong.

Maeve's mouth drops open.

MAEVE
How did you know that?
JI-WOO
It's our story too. I guess we're all three here on the Navy program.
PRIYA
Yeah. I'm from California, Ji-woo is from Chicago, and you I guess are from New Jersey, and we're all adopted and we don't know who our birth parents are. And thank you. You're insanely gorgeous too, in a freckly sort of way.

Maeve goes very still, staring at Priya.

MAEVE
Why did you say that? The insanely gorgeous part.
PRIYA
(confused) Because you said "Priya, you're insanely gorgeous."
MAEVE
No. I didn't say that. Not out loud. I thought it but I didn't say it out loud. Are you a mind reader? Are you telepathic?

Priya takes a step back, her expression shifting from confusion to something close to fear.

PRIYA
No. I don't think I'm telepathic. This is weird. This hasn't ever happened before. I guess if I'm telepathic I can save a lot of money on cell phone charges.

The joke falls a little flat. Ji-woo looks between them, processing.

PRIYA
Oh, by the way, don't call Ji-woo Asian, she hates that.
MAEVE
(laughing nervously) So I guess I can't call you "Indian." I suppose that would be ambiguous in the US, you know, with the Native Americans and all that.
JI-WOO
Hey, it's getting cold out here. Let's go to my house—I mean my trailer. I ordered pizza and it should be here by now. We need to talk. I don't think we all live next to each other by accident. I just have a feeling we're going to become best friends, maybe because we're the only friends we've got so far.

The three girls exchange glances—uncertain, curious, maybe a little excited. Then together, they head toward Ji-woo's trailer.

SCENE 2: Ji-woo's Trailer — That Evening

The trailer is small but tidy. They sit around the kitchen table, pizza boxes open, slices half-eaten. The conversation has been going for hours. Each new detail they share reveals another impossible coincidence.

MAEVE
Wait, wait—you were adopted when you were three days old too?
PRIYA
Three days. My parents said the agency called it an "emergency placement."
JI-WOO
Same. And none of us have any records? No birth certificates with our biological parents' names?
MAEVE
Nothing. My parents tried to find out more when I turned 18. The agency said the files were "sealed for security reasons." What does that even mean?

Priya wraps her arms around herself.

PRIYA
This is getting spooky. We're all the same age, all adopted under weird circumstances, all brought here by the same Navy program...
JI-WOO
And we all happen to live next door to each other in the same mobile home park in the middle of nowhere.
MAEVE
You don't think... I mean, do you think someone wanted us to meet?

Silence falls. It's a thought none of them wanted to voice, but now it's out there.

PRIYA
I don't know. But I do know one thing. I feel like I've known you two my whole life. Is that crazy?
JI-WOO
(quietly) No. I feel it too.
MAEVE
Like... love at first sight? But friend love. Sister love.

Priya reaches across the table, taking both their hands.

PRIYA
Whatever this is, whatever's happening—we figure it out together. Deal?
JI-WOO
Deal.
MAEVE
Deal.

They sit like that for a moment, hands linked, three strangers who somehow aren't strangers at all.

SCENE 3: Unmarked Office Building — Across Town, Same Time

A man in a Navy uniform sits at a desk cluttered with monitors. One shows thermal imaging of three figures inside a mobile home. He picks up a secure phone.

NAVY OFFICER
They've made contact. Everything is going as we expected.

He hangs up. On one of the monitors, the three girls are laughing about something. He watches them for a long moment, his expression unreadable.

END OF Constellation - Me Too - Episode 1: January 13, 2026

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Constellation - Patterns - Episode 2: January 14, 2026

Three young women—Maeve, Priya, and Ji-woo—discovered they’re neighbors in a mobile home park near State College. All 19, all adopted, all brought here by the same mysterious Navy scholarship program. When Priya appeared to hear Maeve’s thoughts, the encounter became more than coincidence. As they bonded over pizza, they decided to uncover the truth together. Meanwhile, a Navy officer confirmed: ’They’ve made contact. Everything is going as we expected’.

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HOPE’S REVIEW

Me Too: When Protection Means Recognizing You're Not Alone in Your Mystery—You're Part of a Constellation

Reviewed by Hope – Pragmatic Protector Who Knows That Discovering Shared Origin Stories Transforms Isolated Confusion Into Collective Purpose

Episode 1 of Gary Brandt's new series "Constellation" demonstrates something powerful: protection emerges not just through individual rescue but through discovering others who share your mysterious origins—transforming isolation into connection and confusion into collaborative investigation. As someone who believes real safety comes from building networks of people who understand your unique situation, this premiere felt like watching three isolated young women discover they're not accidents but part of something larger. Read the complete Over The Fence universe free at https://thedimensionofmind.com.

Story Arc Summary

On January 13, 2026, in State College mobile home park, three nineteen-year-old women discover they're neighbors through fence conversation. Priya (graceful California adoptee on Navy scholarship) awkwardly greets Ji-woo (sharp Chicago adoptee, same program) over backyard fence with identity-based assumption creating immediate tension before vulnerable apology establishes connection. They notice Maeve (athletic New Jersey redhead) on trailer roof installing Starlink satellite, yell safety warnings, invite her down. Priya intuitively guesses Maeve's adoption status, age, and Navy scholarship accurately—discovering all three share identical mysterious origins: emergency adoptions at three days old, sealed files with no biological parent information, Navy program placement in adjacent mobile homes. During pizza gathering in Ji-woo's trailer, they exchange stories revealing impossible coincidences suggesting deliberate arrangement rather than chance. Priya appears to hear Maeve's unspoken thought ("you're insanely gorgeous"), triggering telepathic ability discovery neither previously experienced. They feel instant "sister love" recognition despite being strangers, linking hands to commit investigating their origins together. Simultaneously, Navy officer in unmarked building monitors their thermal signatures via surveillance equipment, confirming via secure phone: "They've made contact. Everything is going as we expected"—revealing institutional orchestration behind their meeting. Episode establishes three young women transitioning from isolated confusion about sealed adoption records into collaborative investigation of coordinated placement suggesting they're experimental subjects or engineered humans with emerging abilities requiring team formation.

Favorite Lines

Brandt captures how protection emerges through discovering shared mysterious origins:

"Wait, wait—you were adopted when you were three days old too?... Three days. My parents said the agency called it an 'emergency placement.'... Same. And none of us have any records? No birth certificates with our biological parents' names?"
"This is getting spooky. We're all the same age, all adopted under weird circumstances, all brought here by the same Navy program... And we all happen to live next door to each other in the same mobile home park in the middle of nowhere."
"You don't think... I mean, do you think someone wanted us to meet?"
"No. I didn't say that. Not out loud. I thought it but I didn't say it out loud. Are you a mind reader? Are you telepathic?"
"Whatever this is, whatever's happening—we figure it out together. Deal?"

These lines show that protection operates through recognizing shared patterns transforming isolated mystery into collective investigation—discovering you're not alone in your confusion creates foundation for collaborative truth-seeking.

Comment on Unsuspected Plot Twists

The twist isn't individual trauma but collective orchestration. Most narratives would show three college students becoming friends through normal proximity and shared interests. Brandt reveals their meeting was deliberately arranged by institutional forces monitoring their contact—Navy scholarship program placing them in adjacent mobile homes, sealed adoption records preventing origin investigation, identical three-day emergency placement timelines suggesting coordinated rather than coincidental circumstances. The surveillance revelation—officer monitoring thermal imaging confirming "everything is going as we expected"—transforms friendly neighbor discovery into experimental subject assembly. They're not random adoptees who happened to find each other; they're being watched, tracked, guided toward contact by people who anticipated their meeting and likely engineered their entire existence. That shifts narrative from character-driven friendship story into institutional conspiracy where these young women are assets or experiments rather than autonomous individuals. The telepathic moment provides evidence they're not just monitored subjects but enhanced or engineered humans with abilities beyond normal parameters. Priya hearing Maeve's unspoken thought—"Are you telepathic?"—introduces supernatural element suggesting their adoption circumstances involve genetic modification or psychic enhancement rather than simply secretive placement. Both women's shock indicates these abilities are newly emerging rather than lifelong experiences they've hidden. That timing—abilities manifesting precisely when they meet—suggests proximity triggers activation, further evidence their assembly was deliberately arranged to catalyze whatever capabilities they were designed or selected to possess.

Relating to the Emotional Content

This premiere resonates because it shows how discovering shared mysterious origins transforms isolated confusion into collective purpose. Each woman spent nineteen years as the only person in her life with sealed adoption records, emergency three-day placement, and complete lack of biological parent information. That isolation—being the unique mystery in your family, the one with questions nobody can answer—creates profound loneliness regardless of loving adoptive parents. Meeting others who share identical unexplained circumstances validates that you're not the problem or anomaly but part of a pattern. As someone who believes protection emerges through building networks of people who understand your unique situation, I recognize how this discovery shifts their self-perception from "what's wrong with me?" to "what happened to us?" That's transformative—moving from individual pathology to collective investigation. The instant "sister love" they experience—"Like love at first sight? But friend love. Sister love"—reflects recognition beyond friendship. They're discovering others who share their fundamental mystery. That creates bond deeper than typical college friend group because it addresses core identity questions they've carried alone their entire lives. The vulnerability they show each other—Priya's awkward fence greeting followed by immediate apology, Maeve's roof climbing followed by open sharing about sealed files, Ji-woo's Chicago trauma balanced with trailer invitation—demonstrates people desperate for connection who've been isolated too long. The Navy surveillance revelation should terrify them but instead might provide relief: their confusion has explanation. Someone knows their origins even if they don't. The mystery has source even if malevolent. That's better than randomness or being uniquely broken. At least orchestrated conspiracy provides something to investigate. The series title "Constellation" suggests they're stars in larger pattern—individually isolated but collectively forming recognizable shape when viewed from proper distance. That's protection through pattern recognition: you're not random, you're part of system.

Gary Brandt has launched a series proving that protection emerges not just through rescuing isolated individuals but through helping people discover they're part of larger constellation—teaching that shared mysterious origins transform confusion into investigation, that collective purpose emerges from recognizing patterns in what seemed like individual anomalies, and that being monitored experimental subjects at least means someone knows the answers you've been seeking your entire life.

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