Bête Noire (Black Mirror)

Maria arrives at the office one day to find she has missed an all-staff meeting, further damaging her credibility. Maria and Verity talk and seem to resolve their issues before Verity suddenly and emotionlessly drinks their colleague's entire carton of almond milk in front of Maria, then blames her for it. They review the office security footage, but the feed shows Maria aggressively grabbing and drinking the milk. Maria pleads her innocence by reiterating to everyone that she has a [[nut allergy]], but no one, not even [[Google]], knows of such a term. Maria notices Verity fondling a teardrop-shaped pendant around her neck and, declaring that she is using it to change reality, tries to take it from Verity. Maria is subsequently fired.

Maria arrives at the office one day to find she has missed an all-staff meeting, further damaging her credibility. Maria and Verity talk and seem to resolve their issues before Verity suddenly and emotionlessly drinks their colleague's entire carton of almond milk in front of Maria, then blames her for it. They review the office security footage, but the feed shows Maria aggressively grabbing and drinking the milk. Maria pleads her innocence by reiterating to everyone that she has a [[nut allergy]], but no one, not even [[Google]], knows of such a term. Maria notices Verity fondling a teardrop-shaped pendant around her neck and, declaring that she is using it to change reality, tries to take it from Verity. Maria is subsequently fired.

That night, Maria follows Verity home and breaks in, discovering a massive server room and a box of pendants identical to Verity's. Verity discovers Maria hiding under the bed and explains that after finishing school she became an expert programmer, creating a [[quantum computer]] in her home that can shift her to any alternative timeline she desires through [[real-time data]] she gathered, using the pendant as the remote, essentially granting her omnipotence. She has been utilizing her reality-bending ability to change timelines around Maria in an attempt to drive her to suicide. Verity reveals she did the same thing to Natalie as revenge for the rumour about the teacher that Maria started. Maria tries to reason with her, but Verity reveals she has tried every path in life with none being as satisfying as revenge. Maria attempts to attack Verity, but Verity alters reality to have armed police arrive, placing a knife in Maria's hand. While restrained, Maria grabs an officer's gun and shoots Verity in the face. She grabs the pendant and uses Verity's fingerprint to shift to a timeline where it works for her, too. After making the police officers believe that Verity was the attacker, she shifts reality several times to her own benefit, ending by making herself the Empress of the Universe.

That night, Maria follows Verity home and breaks in, discovering a massive server room and a box of pendants identical to Verity's. Verity discovers Maria hiding under the bed and explains that after finishing school she became an expert programmer, creating a [[quantum computer]] in her home that can shift her to any alternative timeline she desires through [[real-time data]] she gathered, using the pendant as the remote, essentially granting her omnipotence. She has been utilizing her reality-bending ability to change timelines around Maria in an attempt to drive her to suicide. Verity reveals she did the same thing to Natalie as revenge for the rumour about the teacher that Maria started. Maria tries to reason with her, but Verity reveals she has tried every path in life with none being as satisfying as revenge. Maria attempts to attack Verity, but Verity alters reality to have armed police arrive, placing a knife in Maria's hand. While restrained, Maria grabs an officer's gun and shoots Verity in the face. She grabs the pendant and uses Verity's fingerprint to shift to a timeline where it works for her, too. After making the police officers believe that Verity committed suicide, she shifts reality several times to her own benefit, ending by making herself the Empress of the Universe.

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