[00:00] ♪♪ [lid creaks]
[00:13] -No -- the adventure hasn't even started yet. It's just that we haven't even seen Caine at all today. -Hi, Zooble.
[00:30] -[Caine]: Hello, my little rubber baby buggy bumpers! to get essential ingredients I hope you can handle yourselves until I get back.
[00:47] -So, uh, what's the adventure today? So you can do whatever you feel like. -You should ask me for suggestions on what to do instead.
[01:02] -Great question, Gangle. the Chinese room! [whimsical music plays]
[01:16] ♪♪ -It's a mystery what's behind that door.
[01:28] who will give me advice. You're only making the joke take longer. [laughs manically]
[01:42] -I don't know. I don't understand Chinese. -I don't know, why don't you guys hang out at the digital lake? These locations have just kinda been there this whole time.
[01:55] -You should throw a ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff... -Oh, that could fun. that none of you have even interacted with yet.
[02:08] -They most certainly are not. [tropical music plays] ♪♪
[02:23] Caine's magical changing booth first? [BOINK!] [BONK!] [POINK!] [DOINK!] If you ever need a sunburn, give me a call!
[02:38] -Should have thought of that before I decided I hate you! ♪♪
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[03:06] ♪♪ If you want to find my sunken treasure chest,
[03:19] you'll have to try better than that. So, I was just talking with my brother here, and yeah --
[03:31] Definitely not. It's not like there's anything to spend money on. -Dude, you ruined it.
[03:46] They took everything! Oh, my God. I'm gonna be sick. That was everything.
[04:00] Oh, my God! Somebody plundered it before I could. Oh, wait. Your eye!
[04:18] There's that time you ran me over with a steam roller. When you set me on fire, threw me into an active volcano.
[04:33] to choose your own body, or something? -[Zooble]: Aren't you supposed to be causing trouble for everyone? I've been starting to think that maybe the ability to change is fine.
[04:47] -How about that. I talk about them with the people I trust.
[04:59] -[Zooble]: Where are you going? -Anywhere you losers won't yap my ear off.
[05:12] As the shrimp NPC... -You're welcome!
[05:40] [footsteps approaching]
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[08:14] ♪♪ [doorbell rings] -[gasps] [panting]
[08:35] [sighs] Way to interrupt my nap. -Can we talk? He's not actually an NPC.
[08:48] -[NPC]: Yes, I know. [laughs ruefully] Caine completely overlooked me. Well...
[09:02] -"The way to leave"? -Yes. -[NPC]: Shhh! Yes. I doubt he'll ever let us get this far again.
[09:17] We thought you might have a key to the Chinese room. We're gonna need a place to talk without Caine listening in on us. I have a working theory that Caine will commit to a bit, no matter what.
[09:32] he'll stick to it. [door creaks] These are all the keys I have where I don't know what they go to.
[09:46] This could be our one chance to finally leave all this behind. -[sighs] Sure. Why not?
[10:01] He might be suspicious of us even being here. -[sighs] How do we even know we can trust this guy? -[NPC]: I've been here longer than any of you.
[10:16] helped create this place. but, for now, please just trust me. [keys jingling]
[10:28] ♪♪ None of these even fit in the keyhole. -[Chinese Room NPC]: Oh, thank God.
[10:44] Let's just get inside before Caine sees us. -[NPC]: We can fill him in later. ready to face him again after what happened.
[10:59] -[NPC]: We've both done things we're not proud of. -[NPC]: I'm one of the original programmers of the Digital Circus.
[11:14] to bring this place to life. you know, back when he was still... -[NPC]: Uh-oh, whoops. Sorry.
[11:29] -[NPC]: Uh, well, as production went on, untrustworthy. They began forcibly hooking my fellow coworkers up to the computer
[11:42] and analyze their brains. -I'm gonna shoot you down and say none of us are C&A employees. -[NPC]: That's what I wondered, as well.
[11:58] on expanding development. And then -- poof! They're probably doing the same to anyone that stumbles into that office.
[12:13] -[Zooble]: Yeah, I think we all got that. -[NPC]: An AI specifically created to keep your minds active. One that, uh...
[12:26] -[Zooble]: Just get to the meat and tell us exactly how we're gonna leave -[NPC]: Uh, yes. Yes, of course. and I discovered that the stasis pods and the virtual world
[12:42] So, theoretically, if we were to access the master console hidden deep within Caine's office, and forcibly awaken everyone who's hooked up.
[12:55] -How do we get into Caine's office? And we'll also need administrative privileges. -Okay, you know what's gonna happen when we do all this?
[13:10] "Congratulations on beating And everything's gonna go back to the way it always was. Every trial.
[13:26] Every... abstraction. but I didn't want to potentially ruin our only chance at escape by telling you before I knew exactly how we were gonna do it.
[13:41] I've suffered just as much as the rest of you. but if you follow me, I'll also draw a face on myself
[13:55] so you can tell me apart from any other blank NPCs. Do you have a name? -I do. is Abel.
[14:10] ♪♪ -[Abel]: Yeah, I thought it would be cool. We need to get that key.
[14:25] ♪♪ you're going to need to isolate Caine. -Hey, Caine! You around?
[14:38] Good job! A human wanting to hang out with ME???
[14:50] -So, where you wanna -- Whatcha want to talk about, friendo? I wanted to ask you about the adventures!
[15:05] to the Zooble and the Pomni? after we've loaded up on digital nutrients. Odds are, he'll get so excited that you care about him,
[15:22] from inside his mouth. -What are your thoughts on cedar smoked salmon? [laughs manically] -Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha.
[15:34] Uh, do you have any secret hobbies? -Yeah, like, things you do on your own that you'd be interested in talking about?
[15:49] I-I didn't think a human would ever want to ask me about my... [dial-up tones blare]
[16:04] -Whatcha doin' there, Jax? -Have I ever told you how it's my dream to get eaten by you? -That's a weird thing to say and want.
[16:18] -Do you really believe it? -I... -Y-Yeah.
[16:32] -How much do you know about Kinger? O-Oh, I probably know about as much as everybody else. some of my hardest times here.
[16:46] I trust him the most out of everybody? I had a similar experience, and... -Yeah, he has been here longer than anyone else.
[17:03] I think it's kind of strange that Abel isn't interested in him at all. I would love to be able to work alongside him again.
[17:16] And you're right to think he has knowledge about this place. ♪♪ like Kaufmo and Ribbit?
[17:33] But let's hope for the best, right? And here we are. ♪♪
[17:50] ♪♪ This macroverse place really intrigues me.
[18:03] I'm obsessed with them. so I could accurately recreate it. What a shame.
[18:17] -What? -What's your takeaway from all this? and am not that much different from you beautiful humans?
[18:30] I'm so glad we understand each other a little more. and being appreciated for that [dial-up tones blare]
[18:45] ---elebrate by giving you guys anything you ask for! Uh, this was a nice dinner and everything, but... The gals and I were gonna do somethin'
[19:00] which may or may not be a surprise for a special certain ringmaster -[yelps]
[19:14] I feel like we've been standing here for hours. -Should we tell Kinger what's happening? -[Zooble]: We're supposed to follow Abel's instructions.
[19:30] I-It probably couldn't hurt Just to get him into the right headspace. -[Kinger]: Oh -- hi, Gangle. Hi, Zooble.
[19:45] -[Zooble]: Soooo, we may have discovered something Uh, i-it's, uh -- We're currently preparing everything,
[19:59] but we need to keep it quiet so Caine doesn't stop us. -[Kinger]: Huh? No, that doesn't make sense.
[20:12] and he knows how to shut off the game and free us. who? -[Zooble]: We'll continue this conversation later.
[20:26] Just thought I'd give you a heads-up. I am never doing anything for you guys ever again. I think I stopped him from checking up on us for a while.
[20:42] -[Zooble]: In other words, you just made us have Also, don't call me that. -What's the rush? -[Zooble]: Don't you?
[20:56] -Y-Yeah. ♪♪ how many administrator passes should I get?
[21:11] -[Abel]: Are you sure? Giving Kinger access to the main console could be dangerous, -Will it be dark in there?
[21:23] -I suppose it will be somewhat dim. I want us all to have one. -The dark.
[21:36] -Whatever happens, -He's got a lot of wisdom buried in there, doesn't he? He does.
[21:49] Let's go find the others. Don't keep information from us if you know something. -[Abel]: [sighs] It'll be clear soon enough.
[22:04] ♪♪ -[Zooble]: He THINKS he took care of that, -Such little faith in me. Goodness.
[22:17] If this whole thing gets messed up because of you, -Yeah, let's just all follow Mr. Obvious Twist Villain, instead. -Let's all just calm down and be a team here.
[22:31] We're all in this together. ♪♪
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[22:59] [light shimmering] -Huh? -[Kinger]: Did you... say something?
[23:11] will keep him distracted. So... it's time. ♪♪
[23:25] for some reason. All right, just how we went over it. Why me? -Jax?
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[24:25] ♪♪ -[Abel]: No, yeah, that makes sense. just because I have the right of way
[24:39] -Just trust me. ♪♪
[24:53] -[Abel]: I'm not. -When we all get out... -[Abel]: Make the right choice.
[25:07] -Uh -- I was getting kind of worried something was happening down there.
[25:22] -Time for me to serve my purpose, I guess. ♪♪
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[26:02] was behind the bookshelf. ♪♪ ♪♪
[26:17] ♪♪ -I'm great.
[26:31] -Uh, I guess this is it. W-We're leaving the circus. ♪♪
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[26:59] -A-Are... out there? gonna be strange.
[27:14] Will it be the same when it's... Everything we felt. Everything we are.
[27:28] And I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you... [laughs tearfully]
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[27:55] [console chirping] [console beeps] ♪♪
[28:08] Do you want to make the choice? -[Kinger]: The choice of what? -Uh, are you sure he's all the way h-here? Don't we all want to press "leave"?
[28:21] What if there's something we don't know? -[Kinger]: Oh, yeah. I love pressing buttons. -[Zooble]: Uh, am I missing something?
[28:37] Yeah, we do. It's just -- -[Zooble]: Why would there be a trick console in Caine's office? Wh-- No matter what we press, Caine's gonna know we were here.
[28:51] Let's just wait a second And, uh, maybe we can... -[panting] -[hyperventilating]
[29:05] ♪♪ [panicked whimpering]
[29:18] [yelps] I -- I -- [celebratory music plays]
[29:34] ♪♪ my little cattywampus cucumbers! where you realize you'd rather stay with me
[29:47] or whatever we decide to call it! -You -- You mean this was all -- And one I've been cooking up for a good long while.
[30:03] [both laugh] -[Abel]: All in a good day's work! after that performance? Time to delete. -[Abel]: AHH--!!
[30:16] -None of that was true? -A fabrication of my incredible worldbuilding skills.
[30:29] [laughing manically] [laughing hysterically] -Wh-- What would have happened if we'd picked the other button?
[30:47] 'cause I knew you'd never pick it. -Yeah, it was gonna take you to Shrimp Town. ♪♪
[31:03] You dirty liar! [hisses through teeth] You got in my head. -I, uh -- Huh?
[31:17] The stupid sauce, the vegan thing -- Now, hold on guys. Wait, wait, wait. I MAY have the ability to add temporary modifiers
[31:31] If I did anything more -- [laughs nervously] It would not end well. -Hey, hey, hey! I didn't say anything like that!
[31:46] You know I'm just here to have fun! Your prize is this lovely gift basket of soaps and lotions. Fragrant! Night! Bye!
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