Tanya Danielle receives a surprise gift from her friend Bob. She loves the brand new pair of Ugg boots that he has sent. "Is this a peace offering?" she wonders to herself. Several weeks earlier one of Bob's chemistry experiments had gone terribly awry in her kitchen. Since then the two pals have barely spoken. Lacking time to give the matter further thought she rushes out the door and heads to a shoot at a private gym. The director asks her to stand in the corner of the boxing ring when she arrives. "Don't bother posing." he tells her. "I am just checking the lighting." Tanya leans lazily...

Tanya Danielle receives a surprise gift from her friend Bob. She loves the brand new pair of Ugg boots that he has sent. "Is this a peace offering?" she wonders to herself. Several weeks earlier one of Bob's chemistry experiments had gone terribly awry in her kitchen. Since then the two pals have barely spoken. Lacking time to give the matter further thought she rushes out the door and heads to a shoot at a private gym. The director asks her to stand in the corner of the boxing ring when she arrives. "Don't bother posing." he tells her. "I am just checking the lighting." Tanya leans lazily against the ropes until she remembers that she is carrying the card which accompanied Bob's package in her purse. A crystalline powder spills over her fingertips when she opens the envelope. Time begins to unwind in a slow procession of disjointed thoughts and dancing lights. Tanya can't seem to piece together the words on the card. Eventually her gaze rises upward toward the ceiling of the gym and the director stares at her with growing alarm. All of the life seems to have disappeared from his favorite model. She looks no more animated or capable of movement than a plastic department store mannequin..