Location
Home Office
Office
Johnny ducks inside mid-call, phone pressed to his ear, as he waves Julia, Kevin, and the children toward the basement stairs. The door clicks shut, muffling their footsteps and voices from the front entrance. Desk scatters with papers and a phone cradle; faint coffee scent lingers in the air. This private retreat prioritizes his business over guests, sharpening Julia's sense of exclusion in Amanda's controlled household.
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MOTHERLAND
Curt Doorstep Herding — Johnny's Dismissal
Johnny's office is the retreat he withdraws into mid-call; it functions practically as his private domain and narratively as the place he cedes public interaction to by remote command (phone), emphasising his priority of work over hospitality.
Atmosphere
Detached and businesslike; muted domesticity with an overlay of professional urgency.
Functional Role
Private refuge for the person asserting control; site from which authority is issued indirectly.
Symbolic Significance
Represents prioritisation of professional status over neighborly niceties.
Access Restrictions
Effectively off-limits during the call; not part of the guests' permitted zone.
Phone call noises
Desk and papers (implied)
Distant, muffled speech
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