All Game and No Play

Beginner's Death

Oswaldo and Tobias decide to play lasetag in a joint downtown. Embdate with the fearsome Reaper 3000 - who is actually just a tired old arcade employee - and the rule is clear: one shot and you're "dead", out of the game. When Tobias fails to cover his friend, Oswaldo is hit by the Reaper 3000 and believes he is truly dead. Then he comes home terrified and the fact that he is ignored by everyone - his parents, friends - makes him sure of his ghostly state. For everything he's seen on TV and in the movies, Oswaldo believes he needs to resolve all his issues on Earth to finally cross to the "other side" - issues such as: finishing homework, eating at the school cafeteria for the last time, return a borrowed pen, etc. And to help him, Oswaldo scales Leia and the powerful medium Tobias. Will Oswaldo walk towards the light when the time is right? Or will he realize he's just making a silly drama?