Memento Mori Chronicles

Episode 1: The Whisper of Ancient Rome

Scene: Ray's study, where history meets humor. Ray, engrossed in a book about ancient Rome, shares a fascinating fact with Ego, who lounges elegantly, and Self, who’s casually flipping through a magazine.

Ray (reading aloud): "So when Caesar triumphed, a slave whispered 'Memento mori', a reminder of his mortality amidst glory…"

Self (with a chuckle): "Imagine doing that today. 'Hey Mr. CEO, just remember, even your private jet can't outrun the Grim Reaper.'"

Ego (frowning): "I'd rather not. I prefer my legacy in gold statues, not grim reminders."

Ray (thoughtful): "It's about humility. All leaders could use a bit of that, we as well."

Self (teasingly): "Gravity keeps us grounded, but a whisper of mortality gives us wings...of humility!"

Ego (with a dramatic shudder): "Mortality? No, thank you. I'm aiming for eternal fame."

Self (playfully): "Eternal fame? What are you planning, Ego? Haunting us as a fashionable ghost?"

Ray (laughing): "It's a powerful lesson, though. Remembering our end can inspire great beginnings."

Ego (sulkily): "Fine, but I'm commissioning my gold statue first. With a footnote: 'Here stands Ego, forever young.'"

Ray (Quentin Tarantino voice): "Or immortalized in the graveyard with a sign pointing downward: forever Young...- A-lock 6 feet under"

The trio shares a laugh, with Self pretending to sculpt a statue, while Ray goes back to his book, contemplating the eternal dance between glory and dust.