Main Route

Outline

• Cold open. Bluebird shedding his latest skin and leaving his "family." Introduce Bluebird's life cycle and his emotional struggles with it.
• Weeks later after hopping from sta5e to state, Bluebird stumbles upon a beautiful corpse (Alistair), who has obviously been murdered and gruesomely at that.
• His corpse had a slashed throat and a missing eye.
• Despite his strong interest in staying "under the radar", Bluebird takes the skin.
• Unaware of Alistair's identity and his infamy, Bluebird finds himself at Kitty's Palace where he is informed that he already has a room.
• Bluebird finds the room in a terrible state. In the bathroom, he discovers Alistair's missing eye.
• More disturbed than ever, Bluebird considers leaving town sooner than intended, but decides to spend one more night before hitting the road.
• In the bathroom, Bluebird "fixes" himself using a first-aid kit and items he finds in the room. He uses a sewing kit to sew up his empty eye socket (and hiding his natural eye, despite making himself half-blind) and after failing to sew the gaping hole in his neck, he uses a stapler to keep the flesh together.
• It looks terrible. But it's better than nothing.
• Afterwards, Bluebird goes to sleep, reminsicing on his old families and his true family.
• The next day, Bluebird goes downstairs to ask Kitty about a bus stop, but is distraught to learn that no buses run in Lighthouse. Instead, Kitty offers to sell him an old junker of a car.
• Bluebird has the money from what he took off Alistair, but is hesitant to spend it all. He asks Kitty to hold the car until later that night. Kitty agrees.
  • Consider adding a scene with Jupiter here for demo purposes.
• Leaving the motel, Bluebird gets a good look at the city of Lighthouse in the distance properly. It is small, but surprisingly modern. The lighthouse in which the city is named after sits on the highest point of the city.
• Bluebird notes how strange it is: they're in the middle of the mountains and the ocean hundreds of miles away.
• Deciding not to venture into the city, Bluebird goes about getting supplies and packing his bags. He goes to a small store and buys food and daily necessities. Taking a risk, he tries paying with one of the many cards he found in Alistair's pockets - and surprisingly, it works.
• On the way back to the motel, Bluebird notices someone watching him. They're short, but built strong and stocky. They're watching Bluebird like a predator.
• Disturbed, Bluebird starts walking faster, but as soon as he turns a corner, he's dragged into an alley and slammed into a wall.
  • Bluebird encounters Sterling for the first time.