The Should-Not-Be

The Should-Not-Be is a short film by J.P. Leck and is the seventeenth installment (nineteenth, chronologically) in his Endless Elsewhere multimedia meta-narrative. It is the fifth Endless Elsewhere short film. It premiered at the Shocktober in Irvington event on October 6, 2017.

Synopsis
Ryan Tolliver, now a fugitive from the law, finds himself under attack by a common criminal and his rather unorthodox employer.

Plot Summary
Coming soon!

Post-Credits
A lightning storm in an attic briefly illuminates a red manuscript with the image of a golden sun at its center.

Characters

 * Ryan Tolliver - a fugitive from the law due to helping Carolyn Pelfrey and current possessor of Hardesty's Lantern.
 * Ryan Tolliver is portrayed by Tucker.
 * Montgomery 'Monty' Redding - a low-level criminal tasked with being Hardesty's eyes and hands in his quest to recover his lost inventions.
 * Monty Redding is portrayed by Jack Draga.


 * Det. Alex Heaney - a Circle City police detective assisting his partner in tracking down fugitives Ryan Tolliver and Carolyn Pelfrey.
 * Det. Alex Heaney is portrayed by Samuel Dumas.
 * Dr. Morgan - the Circle City coroner who calls Heaney and Sorrells while they're on their stakeout with important information regarding the grave robberies case.
 * Dr. Morgan is voiced by Delo James.
 * The Dispatcher - the dispatcher for the Circle City Police Department.
 * The Dispatcher is voiced by Lindsay Leck.
 * Dr. Frederick Hardesty - a German scientist (now a living brain in a box), he is on a single-minded quest to recover his lost Music Box.
 * Dr. Frederick Hardesty is voiced by Stephen E. Foxworthy.
 * Det. Keith Sorrells - a Circle City police detective assisting his partner in tracking down fugitives Ryan Tolliver and Carolyn Pelfrey.
 * Det. Keith Sorrells is portrayed by Stephen E. Foxworthy.

Referenced Characters

 * Carolyn Pelfrey - having been rescued by Ryan Tolliver, Carolyn abandons him for fear of dragging him down with her.
 * Dr. Edwin Lydell Pendergast - Hardesty mentions that his Brain Box was "the continued work of another," referencing Pendergast's attempts to save his son's brain in The Bard in The Strangely Undying.

Artifacts

 * The Brain Box - the vessel which Dr. Hardesty designed to encase his still-living brain.
 * The Lantern - Ryan enlists Hardesty's help to repair the speech function on the Lantern.
 * The Music Box - in exchange for his help in repairing the Lantern, Hardesty enlists Ryan's help in finding the lost Music Box.
 * The Zapper - a non-lethal weapon designed by Hardesty to render its targets inert and, often, in a puddle of their own urine.

Links

 * The Should-Not-Beon YouTube