THE WAYHARL NIGHT SHIFT
THE WAYHARL NIGHT SHIFT
Broadcast Sector 7B | Zoft Media | Silverpoint
Show Format Overview
The Wayharl Night Shift is a fading political-comedy broadcast aired three nights a week on Zoft Media’s lower network feed.
Its slogan:
“Truth, laughs, and insomnia — with @Show Wayharl .”
The audience: mostly night-shift workers, insomniacs, and conspiracy hobbyists who can’t afford premium channels.
The tone: a mix of cheap satire, forced energy, and quiet desperation.
Typical Episode Flow (Pre-Awakening)
1. Cold Open — “Tonight on the Shift…”
A flicker of static, a glitch in the holographic skyline backdrop.
Then the announcer’s weary voice:
“It’s The Wayharl Night Shift — the show that reminds you: if you’re still awake, it’s already too late!”
Cue outdated intro music — a 30-second jazz loop ripped from Zoft’s public library.
The camera pans to Show’s crooked desk.
He adjusts his cheap suit, flashes his tired grin, and says:
“I’m your host, Show Wayharl — the only man in Silverpoint who can’t afford his own reruns.”
Laughter track triggers late. Always late.
2. Opening Monologue
The “main act” — five to seven minutes of Show ranting about the news.
His delivery is sharp but undercut with bitterness.
He’s good — too good for the slot he’s stuck in.
Typical Topics:
Corruption in Aegis patrol funding
Orion Syndicate scandals
Daemos Industries coverups
Fake influencer spirituality
The absurdity of Silverpoint nightlife
Halfway through, the studio lights buzz.
The tech crew thinks it’s faulty wiring.
It isn’t — it’s the first hint of his latent Limitless energy stirring.
He ends the monologue with his signature line:
“I’m not saying the system’s broken — I’m saying it’s sponsored.”
3. The Sketch Segment — “Spin the Sin”
An interactive wheel projected mid-air by Zoft hologram tech (half the time it doesn’t spin).
Each segment is supposed to land on a random topic like:
“Corporate Penance”
“Political Karaoke”
“Apocalypse Weather Report”
Show and his intern, Kessa Myne, improvise a bit.
It’s chaotic, semi-scripted, and usually derails when Show starts venting about his real life.
One famous line from Episode 57:
“You ever notice the only people who ‘make it’ are the ones who already did?”
The audience laughed — not because it was funny, but because the laugh sign told them to.
4. Guest Interview — “Midnight Confessions”
This was supposed to be the prestige segment.
By now, no celebrity shows up anymore.
Guests are usually:
Burnout survivors,
fringe researchers,
fallen influencers,
or Aegis whistleblowers looking for attention.
Show pretends to joke.
But his questions cut deep, sometimes too personal, sometimes prophetic.
The Limitless Virus hasn’t awakened yet — but it’s listening.
Some guests have left mid-interview saying they felt like the room was “breathing.”
5. Audience Segment — “The Street Screams Back”
A pre-recorded clip where Show reads viewer messages.
He mocks the stupid ones, praises the mean ones, and rants about Zoft cutting his ad revenue.
One week, a viewer sent:
“You used to be funny.”
He stared at the camera for seven seconds in silence, then said:
“Yeah. I used to be.”
It became the show’s most replayed moment online — for all the wrong reasons.
6. Closing Monologue — “Last Laugh”
The last three minutes are quieter.
He kills the sarcasm and talks straight to the camera:
“Every night, the same city, the same skyline, the same lies.
You don’t need to wake up. You just need to keep watching.”
The studio light flickers again.
A shape moves in the reflection of his teleprompter — words not written by any writer appear briefly:
“KEEP WATCHING.”
The show fades to static.
Production Notes
Budget per episode: 1,200 credits
Viewership: fluctuates between 30,000–45,000 on ZoftNet
Crew: 3 (Kessa, light tech “Milo”, and auto-camera AI “Lens9”)
Sponsor: “Nuvacaf — because sleep is for winners.”
Post-Awakening Foreshadow
As the Limitless Virus takes root, episodes begin showing inexplicable anomalies:
Laughter track plays before punchlines
Props move without being touched
Audience members forget lines of dialogue they never rehearsed
The air feels thick with static
The Night Magus isn’t born in a lab or a ritual.
He’s born in a studio built on lies and leftover spotlight —
where truth, laughter, and illusion finally merge.