Jessica Kaylee - Every birthday you get a mark that ages you

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

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Happy birthday pumpkin. Here is your mark. Yay! Another year older! Mom, it's time for my mark! Yes it is. Happy 12th birthday! I'm finally in the double digits! Come on Jess, your birthday is almost over. We haven't done your mark yet. What happens if I don't get a mark? Then you don't age, which is illegal?

When the Earth stopped rotating, our bodies forgot how to age naturally. These marks stimulate our aging hormones, reminding our bodies to continue to continue to continue to develop and grow older. But I don't want to get older. Aging is a beautiful thing, sweetheart. No one can live forever. Overpopulation would be a huge issue. Now give me your arm.

There, happy 15th birthday. You turn 18 tomorrow. Are you stoked? Toots. Okay, sarcasm. What's wrong? I don't want to get older. I think we should have the choice to be whatever age we want.

You want to be 17 forever? Not me. High school isn't that fun. It's not that I want to be 17 forever, but I just want to be able to age at my own pace. So if I want to be 17 for three years and then skip to 20, why should it matter? Because you don't just get to skip the years

you think will be boring. 18 will be fun. Don't stress. Jess, it's time for your birthday mark. Happy 18th birthday! Oh, mom, actually, I was gonna get it at school today. Bella's been begging to watch me get it. Oh, well, don't forget.

I would never. I am not gonna let anyone age me today. Happy 18th. Did you already get your birthday mark? Yep, my mom did it for me this morning. Let me see. Oh shoot, you know what? I just remembered I forgot something in my locker. I'll show you later I'm gonna pull this off. I need a fake mark. Close enough. Did you remember to get your mark at school? Yeah, I did see? Oh, your sleeve is covering it Aw, I can't believe my little pumpkin is officially an adult. I know it feels weird. Well, I'm gonna go to my room because I have a lot of homework, but I'll see you

you later. Get it! I made it through the day without aging. This is gonna be so awesome. Whoa! What's going on? They detected that someone didn't age yesterday. I guess the aging pins up trackers in them and they can tell when one wasn't used when it should have been.

So they're like checking all of our marks? No, just the people who had birthdays yesterday. They're waiting for you in the library. Oh. Okay. Jess, you did get your mark yesterday, right? Yeah. So who's? Who ever did it wasn't me. Are you going in there or what?

Uh, yeah, authorities just make me nervous. I mean, I would be nervous too if I broke the law. Oh no, I didn't. Yes, you did. You're sweating, your hands are nervous twitching, and that 18th mark looks clearly drawn on with Sharpie. What do you want? You gonna turn me in?

Because I was just about to do that myself. If you go in there, they will kill you for disobeying. Come with me. I'll take you somewhere. Why would I do that? I've never even seen you at the school before. Because I have been 17 for the past 100 years, so I'm kind of an expert in this category. Plus, if you stay here, they'll kill you, so I'm kind of your only option.

But I'm leaving, so... Where are you going? You'll see. How much farther is this place you're taking me? Not too far. Have you really been hiding out for a hundred years? Not really. What made you decide not to age?

You ask a lot of questions. Well, you don't give a lot of information. And we're here. Why are we at the government capital? You said they would kill me. They will. Let go of me. You tricked me.

Listen, kid, you were dead either way. They were either going to kill you at the school or kill you here. But at least this way, I can collect your ransom. Might as well have your death benefit someone. You are a horrible person! Thank you. Stop!

Were you lying about being 17 for the past 100 years too? No, I was part of their anti-aging experiment. There were 100 of us they tested on, but I was the only one to survive the side effects of not aging. Side effects? Yeah. You see, when your body doesn't get the mark in time, it will start to have a reaction about

24 hours after your birthday. Yours will kick in soon if they don't kill you first. They implemented the adverse effects into the marks ink to prevent people like you from disobeying the rules of aging. First you get itchy, then your feet swells. Some people experience hallucinations, but mostly you pass out from the extreme pain you'll endure and then die. No one in the experiment survived the effects but me, so they decided to keep me around to do their

dirty work. Oh, please, please don't dirt me yet. Sorry, but I really need the money. Oh, Mr. President! Let's go! Oh, Jessica, it is a shame that you decided to disobey our aging policy. Well, you see, actually, this is just one big misunderstanding. I actually forgot it was my birthday yesterday.

Oh, really? You see, Jess, Paul over there can detect when someone's lying. It's a six sense, and he says, you're lying. Well, Paul's the one lying. Calm down, Paul. I know you weren't. Okay, well, if you're not going to cooperate, then you can go to your cell and wait for your execution Wait, if I did cooperate, would that mean I would be released? No, we don't give second chances to people who disobey.

Lock her up. I don't understand why you can't just give me an 18th mark or we could just pretend this didn't happen. If the punishment for disobeying was a slap on the wrist, such as that, then everyone would try. We have to make an example out of you. Right, Paul? We'll see you at your execution. No, I can explain. Please don't go. So itchy.

That's the side effects kicking in. Not you again. Did you come to gloat about the ransom money you received? No, actually. Apparently they saw me take you from the school, so they're saying I don't get it after all. Oh, poor you. This is gonna kill me before they execute me, isn't it? Probably. I wouldn't wish the pain you're about to endure on my worst enemy. What are you doing?

What does it look like? Setting you free? Why? I told you. They won't give me the ransom money, and I don't work for free, so I'm gonna let you out of here. Don't bother. Either way, I'm dead. Probably, but in the off chance you survive this reaction, then you will be free. You will have officially defied the system and can be 17 forever. They won't come after you because they will assume that you won't survive the reaction. You would get what you wanted. I don't even know how to get out of here. There's a back door in the basement, but the guards should be on break, so if you leave now, you will have approximately four minutes to make a You make your way down there and sneak out that back door, but you have to hurry. I'm feeling really dizzy.

You can do this. Go! Go! I'm free! I'm free! My rash. It's gone. I did it. I defied the system.

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