LITTLE KASHY’S STORY
Growing up alone in darkness does not make for an ideal childhood. In the process of surviving, there is a risk that such a person may learn to see life, and the very nature of reality itself, a little differently.
EPISODE 1
Little KASHY somehow survives a natural catastrophe against all odds as an inquisitive 6-year-old, learning to survive as she can and protect herself as she must.
MUSIC: What could have been /// STING
EPISODE 2
A kindly spiritual man tries to help Little KASHY, but things don’t go as he hoped, with predictably tragic consequences.
MUSIC: Crazy /// SEAL
EPISODE 3
Little KASHY’s body is imprisoned in her cave, but here mind is free to wander, and her 6-year-old’s imagination free to create whatever she wants.
MUSIC: Teardrop /// MASSIVE ATTACK
EPISODE 4
Little KASHY’s subterranean explorations bring her into contact with 2 grown-ups she decides should be her friends, as well as a monster she decides shouldn’t be.
MUSIC: Nothing else matters /// METALLICA
EPISODE 5
Little KASHY is always cold in her cave, so she dreams of a cosy home full of warmth and her best friends. Of course, her imagination overdoes it.
MUSIC: Ring of fire /// JOHNNY CASH
EPISODE 6
Little KASHY’s love for animals expresses itself in ways that don’t seem quite right, as she combines her caring side with some form of business acumen in this dream sequence.
MUSIC: Play dead /// BJORK
EPISODE 7
Little KASHY dreams of being freer than ever, close to the stars, with no roofs or shadows to restrict her. With hanging gardens, it is her own personal Babylon.
MUSIC: Too lost in you /// SUGARBABES
EPISODE 8
Little KASHY’s creates some sort of cellar inhabited by skeletons and all sorts of traps to keep away the “bad mans”. Permanently.
MUSIC: Yet another movie /// PINK FLOYD
EPISODE 9
Little KASHY creates a magical home in and around a grand old tree. Magic carpets create pathways and stairs as first her loving, then less compassionate, sides show.
MUSIC: Signs of love /// MOBY
EPISODE 10
The skeletons that protect her find a home in Little KASHY’s new workshop and exercise basement. She likes it when they relax, have fun and even dance a little.
MUSIC: Plasma and Clockwork /// PERFUME
EPISODE 11
We all have good days and bad days. When Little KASHY has a bad day, it’s a very, very bad day for anyone around her.
MUSIC: Relapse /// PINK FLOYD
EPISODE 12
A tentative transition to the surface sees Little KASHY finding what seems like an abandoned shack, so in no time she brings some of her friends and makes herself home.
MUSIC: Hey You /// PINK FLOYD
EPISODE 13
The fortunate among the Lost are imprisoned in suspended animation, but once the prison is full, other tactics are called for to contain the threat.
MUSIC: Doom Dance /// GUNSHIP
EPISODE 14
A deeply troubled girl herself, trapped in a cult and addicted to all sorts of chems, Siggy witnesses the slaughter of those she thought of as her family. Will she be next?
MUSIC: Self destruct /// THOMAHAWK
EPISODE 15
Little KASHY explores outside at night to find only devastation and ruin. Along the way, revelations make her wonder about the nature of her own existence.
MUSIC: Pyramid song /// THOM YORKE
EPISODE 16
Finding solace in death, mystery and magic, Little KASHY spends time with souls that don’t seem to have come to terms with what it is to be dead.
MUSIC: Exogenesis symphony part 1 (overture) /// MUSE
EPISODE 17
The parallels between Siggy’s life and that of Little KASHY see them both trapped, seemingly unable to escape their fates. Katana drawn, Little KASHY acts to change things.
MUSIC: The Dark Side (alternate reality version) /// MUSE