Last time on no latency. One of two things.
One, they decided they didn't need to put any in who would be
dumb enough to really break into a place like this.
Or two, they're trying to hide something down here that they
don't want people to see. Both.
So there are multiple people in there.
It looks like it. That's a big ass fence, yeah.
We just have to hope that Retro makes it through.
Iona can't not be good at tying Safari.
Am I Tim or Eric? I forgot.
Well, I'm. I'm Tim.
You must be Eric. Let's go.
Just doing our rounds. You first.
If I'm right behind you there, Erica, it's all clear in here.
All right, It's working. Get in, get in.
Wait, let me get the others. I'm going in now.
I'll I'll distract him. I'll distract him.
The door lock, guys, I can't open the door, all right?
We might as well press the buttons on this elevator.
What are y'all waiting for everybody in going down?
Man, all the Jizzner snaps are gone.
Remy's just shaking the box, crumbs just tinkling off his
face. Maybe we'll find another vendit
of Jizzner Snaps so we can get more.
I'm sure they have plenty down here.
I hope. Well, probably cranky till I get
one. Yeah.
Why is this elevator not working?
Just kind of like stopped. Could you like, do the thing
where you hit it and it? If you haven't been stuck in an
elevator before, this is my biggest fear.
Yeah, I got stuck in an elevator last week.
Oh. Yeah, I was trapped in there for
about four hours. Oh.
Oh shit, what? Did you have to pee?
Like what happens if like this? I never go on an elevator if you
have to use the bathroom, because like what if you get
stuck? Then you're stuck.
Then one of the corners becomes your bathroom.
Pretty much it becomes a point where you have to decide on
whether or not you want to sit anymore or wait.
Do you hear that music? Elevator music.
They're going really far down. Wow, yeah.
I love that a lot of elevator music.
Oh yeah, this is. That's right.
This is the elevator music that doesn't actually work as
elevator music because it distracts everyone too much.
Funny. Funny.
Retro Can you, like, shut this
up? No.
Is that a no? You know what?
No, no, not what. Can you Remy please just turn
these? Let's play some elevator.
Guys this is amazing. I'm.
Really enjoying this kind of vibe.
Remy's going to ball up his first and he's just going to hit
the side of the panel. I got glow sticks.
Oops. I dropped my special Biotechnica
pin. My bad.
Hey. You fonzied it.
That's cool. Yeah, I picked up that.
I mean, don't get much clumsy, Farmsley.
The elevator shakes worryingly. What?
Is this Is this it? Is this the moment where I
feared my entire life? It's going to happen.
Everyone hold. On getting stuck in an elevator,
No, it's probably not going to to, is it?
Going to plummet or are. We going to VV.
Calm. Down more than likely it's not
going to plummet. It's more than likely just going
to be a gas release and that feed you pressurize and
everything punches in on itself and you know and it happens
almost instantly so you don't even feel anything we.
Want to? You won't feel a thing.
You won't feel a thing, Yeah. It'll just be this, and then
suddenly darkness for the rest of the eternity.
Well, depending on your spirituality.
That's right, because if you believe in the afterlife, then
you will go to the afterlife, but if you don't believe in it,
then you won't. I've been to the bar.
The bar's pretty cool, so. You guys aren't helping at all.
But I haven't seen the afterlife outside of the afterlife.
And who knows, we could still be in a simulation.
That's I mean, we won't know until one of us dies, and then
the rest of us still won't know. But they might.
There's hospital yourself, Jeb. Phoebe, none of this is helping.
I think about this all the time. I didn't get the text any of my
friends goodbye. The elevator shakes again.
This is it. This is it.
This is. This is.
I'm going to die. The elevator comes down to its
lowest floor and the door Pistons open to an empty
corridor. Oh, see.
Is this the Halloween episode? What?
This is like the Tower of Terror.
Before I step out of this elevator, is there anything
worrying here? Like lasers or anything like
that? Anyone sense anything?
You know what, I thought I had a a bit of a vision.
I feel like that there would be some Blazers in here, but now I
don't see nothing. So I think we're probably all
right. Oh, oh, oh, can you take that
Gisner dust? And you know, ah, it ah.
Someone else is going to have to.
I don't have much breath control.
Wow. You know what?
You're right. Can I have your Jizzner box?
Yeah, here you go. I shake it into my palm.
Roll Perception. I'm going to give you plus one
because of the Jizzner dust. Take that. 22 + 8.
Wow, it's true. Jizzner stabs do stick to
everything there's. A + 8 God damn it.
All of the episode and already rolling crits.
That bodes either very well or incredibly ominously.
The dust flies into the air, swells and lands on the ground,
and as it lands on the ground, it shifts and starts to stick to
certain parts and the smell of bleach fills the air and you
notice there's sort of a blood splatter pattern on the ground
now. Mucked out with Gisner snap dust
that leads towards the door at the very end of the corridor to
the West side. Well, if I wasn't worried about
making Gisner gas, now I am. Is is that bad?
Is Gisner gas bad? Well, it like ammonia and
bleach, but Gisner and whatever this residue is.
It's fine this. This residue is it sounds like
it's a base, and we all know that juicing staps are acidic as
hell in the stomach, so they're just going to cancel each other
out. I mean, that sounds like sound
science. Perfectly neutral, I guess.
We're going to have to find out. Do you do you think that this
is, as the foreboding voice said, Does this look like blood
splatter? What colour is this splatter?
Sort of a white outline now because of the dust.
Oh, I can't smell. Does it smell coppery in here to
anybody? Sniff.
Sniff.
If only we had a medical expert here.
Roll. Sniff.
Don't sound so excited about it. Pee Pee.
You were right, Phoebe. Maybe for what's 1 of you can
check for blood. OK, maybe I'm tired of looking
at every little cut and bruise and splatter and oh, maybe this
is something medical that maybe the Med tech can look at.
Well, you know what? I'm I'm.
I'm just getting a little tired of it.
If, you know, don't take it personally.
It's just, you know, we all have our our things that we do real
well. You know, whenever there's an
electronic device, that's. That's on retro.
Whenever there's talking to the Corpos and the suits, well, you
know that's on Iona, and whenever there's blood, it's on
you. But also, let's be honest, when
sometimes when there's blood, it's definitely on you, Jeb,
because you eat it. Well, that's, you know, I have.
I do. It is candid that my sense of
smell is keen as hell. So, so maybe maybe you can like
give Vivi a rest. Vivi, do you need anything?
Because I'll. Look, and I'm not rolling any
medical skills because I'm just rolling a plain old perception
because, you know, it's easy to discern blood and you don't need
medical skills to tell that. OK.
Vivi, you roll a Perception 17 and as you look down to the
floor, you. You scrub your finger through
the jizz and a snap dust on the floor.
You rub it between your fingers. Give it a little sniff, and it
is indeed blood. Oh yeah, this is Blood.
Let. Me give a sniff blood.
This is why we pay you to do these things.
Yeah. Wait, you guys are getting paid?
I'm kidding. I get paid really well.
Wait, you get You're getting paid.
We all get paid. You get paid.
Jeb. Yeah, I.
Don't think I can avoid afford these.
This Sandru. Hello, cutie.
Just a freaking trauma teen intern.
Check. Fire.
You know, maybe we should find a cantino, get some, get some tea,
just a little bit of chamomile, bring up the.
Tea as the Bubble Tea Cafe was nearly.
No, she's still sore about diet. Destroyed.
Okay. Hey, Jeb, come over here for a
second. Yeah, yeah.
What's it, bud? Let's go on a second.
Just let's, let's talk for a second.
Yeah. Hey, do you think something's
funny going on right now? I think there's something funny
going on pretty much at all times.
There's nothing that we don't do that there ain't some funny
business going on. Yeah, I know, but like things
feel off, right? Like oh definitely like me.
I feel is is is starting to show some signs of shock and.
You know Iona has Juice and Stab dust on their hand and they
haven't even cleaned it yet and so I'm starting to get worried.
I think I know what it is. I've read about this.
What is it? Well, when you descend too
quickly you get the bands. I think is what it's called and
we might have the, the, the bands.
The bands. The bands, yeah.
The bands DA, it's like. It's like the bands, but it's
the bands. Depends.
I've I've only read about it, but it happens when you go deep
underwater, I think. What are the symptoms?
Hi guys. What are you guys talking about?
Guys, guys. Stuff.
Yeah, mostly OK You want in? Yeah, I mean, sure.
All right. Have you ever heard of the
bands? Oh, the, the the what does it
get the gas in your blood that that kills you?
Yeah. Well, no, we don't have that.
So we may have. We we may have.
What the bands might say. You getting all confused I think
that I think it's one of the things.
Pressurization. Depression.
Is that a thing? I don't know.
I would ask a medical professional, but.
Well, they're on break. I don't.
I don't think now is the time. Yeah, so should we?
Should we all just reconvene and like, maybe check out what this
blood's about? I mean, I suppose The thing is,
I feel like if if we're, if we ain't making progress.
Then what the hell we doing? You know?
You know what I mean. So maybe I I say retro.
You want to peek through that door down to the end of the
hallway, and I'll peek down the door on the left.
Yeah, let's, let's, let's go for it.
All right, 321 and Peek, oh, mine's locked.
Mine's not. All right, Well, what do you
see? I see a bunch of.
A lot of porta potties. They look like air conditioner
units. They do look like air
conditioner units. Oh, sorry.
I didn't mean to sneak up behind you.
Oh. God.
Wait, hold on. There are Porta potties like
free standing porta potties within this room.
Yeah, there's like 10 of them. It's not like a bathroom where
there are stalls. It's literally Porta potties.
Yes. Oh oh there is a vendet though.
I'm going to I'm coming I'm coming over here.
What's in what's in this N most vendet machine?
I mean, I would tell you if there were Gisner snaps in here.
Role perception. I can see with my eyeballs that
there are. 15. It is mostly filled with hand
sanitizer wipes and there is one box of Gisner snaps left.
Remy. Remy.
Yeah, yeah. Could you, could you do the the
what did you call it, Fonzie? Yeah, it's the Fonzie.
Yeah. Could you Fonzie some of this
out of here? OK.
Yeah, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll give it a try.
Let me see about doing the Fonzie I I feel like being a
little cheap today. See here that's going to be hold
on. Sorry, I I know you're just
looking for the right spot. It's OK.
I. Just you got to feel it out, you
got to feel out the right spot and there. 19 Yeah, you smack
the right spot and the bend it fully dense fairly heavily and a
packet of Jizziness apps pull out and a bit of hand sanitizer
wipes Jizzness apps for you and these wipes for me.
Thank you. Thank you.
I would like I would like to check this other vendet.
Oh, it's in this one. Exactly the same stuff.
Huh. I wonder.
I wonder if these Porta potties just don't have, like, places to
wash your hands and you have to buy it.
That's very cyberpunk, you know? Sorry, but apparently it's very
nice city. But apparently indoor plumbing
is not. Yeah, you know, they say the,
the, you know the. The wipes are better for
cleaning, so better than. Your butt though, so this does
kind of imply that you need to buy them before going in.
I mean, we could, we could just look in the in the PORTA potties
to see if there's anything. I would rather not do that.
You can look, All right, that's hey, that's that's your
expertise. You know that's true.
Bodily fluids, you know, blood and other bodily fluids
apparently are on the now. And you know what?
I understand where I where I am on this hierarchy and that
opened. Up the.
Door. You're on the literal shit list.
23. Plus, and that's what they call
me. Jebediah.
Shit, man. I didn't know they called you
that. I I've never heard anybody call
you that. Understandable.
And as you look inside the porta potty, there is a roll of toilet
paper inside. So it's not for wiping you.
Well, it is, however. Could be law.
Almost. Basically unused.
It might have been used once, but it's incredibly clean.
Which is? Impressive, but as you're
opening this, you hear a noise at the very back of the room to
the northwest corner. Someones taking a shit, Let's
give them their privacy. Or do what you did to the guys
at the. Warehouse and shoot them with
their pants down and. Not go over the port, I'm sorry,
I mean. Listen, if it's a shit monster,
I don't want anything to do with this.
Let's get out of here. You know it's a shit monster.
The. Spirit of the Golgotha is is
bowling inside to be a little shit right now.
I mean, I don't know if I would go check it, but I would like
wait to see if somebody comes out if you go check it.
OK. Thank.
You. And this This is why it's nice
to have an underling. I really got to give me an
underling because I'll tell you, Sloan is not, you know, she she
does not necessarily do whatever I tell her.
She's very, very individual, OK? Stubborn, OK?
Creepy squelching voices. They're louder over here,
everyone. It's not a shit monster.
I'm just going to tell you that now.
Not a shit monster. OK, I'm going to be behind the
door. You let me know how it goes.
Here we go. Close the door.
What would you say? What if it is a shit monster?
Well then, you. Just don't open the door.
Open the door. What?
Do you need to do you have to watch this?
Fine. What if it's a guy and he has to
get shot? You're the best shot, so.
All right, all right, all right. I take out Grand Pappy's Colt 45
all right and embrace it against the side of the door frame.
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OK, OK. Yes, I get it.
I get. It and Vendale grabs the door.
And swings it open and little drone covered in blood bursts
out of the Porter pocket and jumps on Vendel roll.
Evasion. Fucking.
And then they'll throws the drone in further into the room
and it lands on the ground. It's having difficulty moving
around and it's smearing blood all over.
Me, I got. It OK 2615?
Yes. You blow a serious hole in the
side of it. It was already heavily damaged
and it died. Can a Can an electronic device
truly die if the battery runs out?
I mean, that one's dead. Good point.
What the fuck have they been eating down here?
I immediately dropped my jizzer snaps.
Boy, you think that thing came out of of somebody's butt?
I mean, we we probably should look at it closer.
We can't really see from here. All right, baby.
That's your department. Wendell, can you check the porta
potty if there's a body in there?
Yeah, no, it's just a lot of blood and scrapings.
Well. It's the scrapings that makes me
feel nauseous. Well, it's just it looks like
the the drone had. Something sharp.
It's legs maybe? Maybe.
All right. Stand back, everyone.
You smell blood. That's blood and just blood,
which is honestly. In this particular case, nice.
I'm going to check the porta potty that it was in and see
where it came from. Role investigation.
Yeah, let's. Retro.
Don't worry, I think that with my sniffing I can illuminate the
fact that I do not think this came from somebody's butt.
Chip, quick question. With your ability to sniff bud,
can you actually discern type just from your sniffing you
know? I've haven't really trained my
my schnoz in in in that quite yet, but I'm sure it's something
I can probably work on. Oh, that.
'D be cool. Well, I mean, me personally, I
got AAB positive blood, which is the second rarest blood tap.
So let me just hold on real quick.
I'm trying to think something might have my blood on it.
I could stop you real quick. Oh, how about you just give me
the knife and I'll do one of them little fingerprints?
No, it's OK. I take a pen out of my bag and
Oh no, no no. I really I I I can see this.
Hey. Jeb, What's that?
Where? Hijab Jeb.
Wow here. You go.
Yep, that's blood that's hold on, let me just sniff the the
robot again. It's it is, you know it is a
little different. I will say it's kind of a almost
a floral overtone. What you detect from your
sniffing is that the person who this blood belonged to was
female, and they were human. You guys will never believe
this, but it's human blood. Oh.
I believe that. B Negative.
B Negative, that's. B negative.
And I think you know I, I I'm, I'm starting to get AI think
it's 2X chromosomes. Wow.
I I I got to I got to be honest I am blown away by by my snarls.
Just I I was always wondered why it was so big, but now I know.
Now, Phoebe, almost everyone in the room feels you roll your
eyes as you look around the room and inside the Porta.
Potti, you look back at Jeb and sort of sigh at this sort of
parlour trick he's able to do. And as you're looking over, you
see in the drone with your Crit Plus 4 perception that there is
a chip stuck in its lower orifice.
It's lower orifice stuck in, yeah.
There's like a a whole coagulated piece of blood and
flesh stuck to the bottom of this drone, and in the middle of
it is a. Chip check its other orifices,
it's. The drone's butthole.
OK. This is, yeah.
Is there any. OK.
I'm going to just pull the chip out, OK.
Put some gloves on 1st. Yes, I'm going to grab one of
those hand sanitizer wipes from the vendit and use that.
To pull the. Thing out.
Right. I don't touch the blood roll
something so that you don't get any blood on you.
I am concentrating real hard on this.
Holy shit. You pull out this chip and
attach to the other side. As you continue to pull, it is a
50 Eddy bill covered in blood. Eddies and I pocket them.
Even though they might be slightly bloody and Eddie's a
white pink, you can wipe them. They're like.
A OK, this is interesting. A little chip in this drone,
Maybe we can see what's on it. Retro.
See, now this is where you come in handy.
See, everyone's got their kind of niches, their their
specialties, and that's what makes us XLS a team.
I sniff things. You hack things.
You fix things but people and you fix things but social
problems. You know what?
I got to say about. Mine.
I'll just stand here you're listen we.
All know that you do the slicing.
Yeah. Because we we lost our last
slicer guys, so now you're the slasher.
Hey. No, I don't want to think about
that, Chip. That's mean it's way too soon.
I'm just like a year. Just trying to, trying to.
Laid out how I sleep. I'm sad now.
Don't be snagged all. Right.
You make you make a point, you make it, well, retro.
Would you mind looking at this chip?
OK. I just, I'll take that cap.
Yep, here's the wipe if you don't want to touch it.
Oh, I should. I should have taken that first.
Fuck. Oh, OK you.
It is a wipeable chip. You could use a sanitizer wipe
to wipe it in your hands. Yeah, I'm, I'll, I'll go ahead.
I'll do that. I'll, I'll, I'll give it a a
thorough cleaning hesitantly trying to think of any way not
to have to plug this into my head.
All right. Roll for that.
OK. Electronic security tail.
Yes. You recognize, you probably
could just plug it into a tile. OK, Joe, give me your tile.
All right, there you are. All right.
Just get in there all right. The chip opens automatically and
on screen is 1 file. This is a very low density piece
of memory used for hiding usually one or two files.
It's an audio file. I'll hit the speaker button.
And then I'll hit play I. Made it down to the thermal lab.
Oh, my God. Oh my God.
I I knew there was something funny about that.
A thermal vent near an old oil rig.
How How did anyone believe this story?
I've got to get out of here. I made it up to the next floor,
and I'm just wait, what's that? No, no, no.
I I I'm just lost. If you could, would you?
Shit, I believe that person has been shot and killed.
Probably in this room. Not the not this room, but this
previous corridor. And then they just dumped the
body in the porta potty. Well, there was nobody in the
Porta potty. That's true.
There was nobody in the Porta potty.
Oh, I think that's a cleaning robot.
Oh. So it was cleaning it.
And. I blasted it.
No, Jeb. Oh.
That lump of flesh on the bottom is whoever that voice was.
Oh God, is it the literal voice box that's disturbing?
No, that's just an audio file on a chip Retro.
You're smarter than that. No, I meant the the, the, the,
the lump of flesh you're talking about.
I think it's just all that's left.
Should should we check the other stalls?
Well. Yeah.
I suppose this feels like a man. First, ask questions later.
Well, they already were shot, so I don't think there's a too big
of a threat, don't you think? Unless there's another one of
them robots. But as we know them, robots are
are just, you know, glorified maids, I suppose.
Right. But Jeff, if you heard the audio
recording, that means that something.
Or somebody other than this robot who does not have a gun
shot the person that was on the recording, so they have a gun.
Now they it's good thinking. Yeah.
All right. So we.
Just start blasting every door, you.
Know what? I'm going to start by opening
them. OK.
I like Iona's idea. I think we should probably try
and draw as little attention as possible.
Sure. Open.
Open.
Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding.
That's that's the next four to the north.
Do you do you try and open the door, Iona?
I do. I did squirt latex onto my
hands. OK, well, attempt to open the
door. Oh.
All right. Are we behind you in case
something? If you're seeing the gun.
Duck real fast, hit the ground, hit the dirt, and I'll shoot
right over you. I was talking about the Porta
potties. Oh, I know this door is locked.
I've tried to open it already. That's right.
Barely. I'm going to attempt to open the
door. Since that's what the GM wants
me to do. Well, I thought you meant that
door. Sorry, Apologies.
That's all right. I have to bypass a lot of
bureaucratic locks in in Biotechnica, so.
Bureaucracy. Bureaucratic locks.
You play with the lock and your latex glove rips as you try to
do so, and you scrape a line through your palm HP.
One HP scrape VV oh. Answer It seems like we're we're
even now because you stabbed me for one HP so.
I hand Iona a Band-Aid and some disinfectant.
Thank you. See.
Baby's nice again. Yay.
Yeah. She's bad.
OK, yeah, this seems like a very much of A rapid fire bridge.
And Claire? Yep.
I'm right behind you, just like I said to Iona.
Open the door and if you see someone in there with a gun,
just hit the deck and I'll blast right right over your head.
I'm going to rapidly open the rest of these 4 doors at the N 1
by 1 jab. I'm ready.
All right, I'd do it. Turbo breaching clear, you both
violently open up all of these porta Bossies to find absolutely
nothing. All right.
Well. Now the now the ones on the
other wall. Yep.
All right, here we go. You ready?
321 turbo breaching clear Well, that was.
Not even 1 graffiti. Mark, this is Gary.
Oh wait, hold on. Actually if you right back here
there someone did rat turd in a sharpie.
So there is that. I feel a little bit better, but
I still feel uncomfortable by it.
Father greeting What happened to bathroom art?
I know it's really been downhill.
Anyways, what do we find over here with the locked door?
Well, it's locked. Well, I guess we got to go back
up the elevator. Come on, everyone.
OK, did you jiggle the handle? I don't know.
I cut myself on it. I mean, I jiggled it pretty
good, so we're either going to have to pick the lock, which I'm
only I'm below decent at, or we blasted down now are these one
of those like a? Like a pressure door?
No. No, it's just a regular door.
If this looks like a fairly flimsy door.
No, it's a sliding door. We can Mule kick it.
Oh. It's a sliding door.
We didn't have to jiggle. We just push or.
Pull. I'm gonna give it a push.
The door was not locked, it was merely stuck and it slides open.
I did it. I broke the lock.
I'm a brisk. Door closed.
What's inside here? As you step into the room, you
hear an error noise from a computer further South of you.
Is this a window to the ocean? No, it is a large screen.
What is displayed on this screen?
No candidates expected. You know, maybe maybe it's this
is like a movie theatre, you know, And then everyone stands
over here and then walks. There says stand here, yes.
I'll take a seat in the chair in front of the computer.
Oh, is that like where the concessions are?
I don't see anything, any concessions.
No, Jeb, you find nothing. Although this room is incredibly
clean, it is very, very clear. No, I don't think it's a
theater, you guys. What's here?
On this computer? You see the same error code, no
candidates expected. I hit escape.
I tried the door behind the it's locked.
This one's locked too. Wait a minute and I check to see
if it's a sliding door. It's not.
It's locked. Now this one seems locked for
good for real this tab. I'll have to escape, see if it
closes out, and open something else.
Roll basic tech OK, basic tech 33.
Yes. You press escape and punch a few
keys on the keyboard, and you manage to dip into a lower
directory Where it asks if there are candidates present.
I inquiry to the computer what defines a candidate.
It gives no answer, yes or no. Oh, it's like 20 questions.
I was asking if there's candidates here.
So what about Were there candidates yesterday?
I'll type that in. No data.
Shit. OK, oh, do we?
Do we know anyone's name that is supposed to be here?
No. Remy will type in their name.
As soon as I believe in the paper trail bliss.
All right. Well.
It's Remy with AY and I don't know.
Oh really? Candidates names are registered
after exam. All right.
Shall I just say that we're candidates then this?
Add candidate. Can we add a candidate
candidates present question mark?
Fuck it, I'm just going to click Y Yes, you see Processing and
then it says have candidates stand in area.
Well, all right, The computer says so.
All. Right, everybody, let's stand on
these caution lines. OK.
I will stay back. Shall I?
Shall I stand with you? Vendel Yes, someone has to
operate the computer. Vendel and I will do that.
OK. All right, it says 3 caballeros
and on the computer once again it says are candidates present.
Do I do I press Y Remy? Yeah, Y you hear a noise and a
video place? Hello candidates, and welcome to
the Avid Lab. We're so excited to have you
join our team here in this endeavour here at the Abbott
Lab, along with our partners and humans Like you, we'll soon be
revolutionizing how we augment ourselves and build a better
future for tomorrow. As a reminder, all recording
devices and implants are prohibited and will be
confiscated or deactivated before your assignment.
Until then, please refrain from recording.
For everyone's company and in a line with the NDA you signed
before you entered the facility, in a few moments you'll be
guided to our exam where you'll show us just what you're made
of. We're excited to see where
you'll end up in our underwater family.
Remember, due to the contract you signed, no contact with the
outside world is permitted to protect you and our corporate
interests and for everyone's sake.
In the exam room, please answer your questions truthfully and to
the best of your ability so we can adequately assign you to
your ideal role here at the Abbott Lab.
Please follow all instructions and don't deviate from your
path. If you need the bathroom at any
point, now would be an excellent time as there are no bathrooms
until after your exam. Once again, thank you so much
for joining us here at the Abbott Lab and for putting in
your effort to make this world a better place.
Good luck in your exam and thank you for joining us at the Abbott
Lab. Will you know let the record
show. That this pretty much was a
theater. You know what?
You all right. Thank you.
And that's all I wanted to hear. All right, so is the is the door
over there unlocked now and we can go take our tests?
I'm not exactly what I had in mind, but what look at that.
Speak of the devil. All right, let's go.
And did. Anyone.
Wait, Does anyone have to use the restroom?
Anyone study for leaves? No.
I didn't know there was going to be a test.
Yeah, I didn't know either. I have extra #2 pencils.
That's good. That's good.
Do you think it's going to be a A scan trial?
Oh no. What?
What's this on the wall? That's a computer console for
that door, it seems. And that's the test.
All right, Retro. You want to.
Can do it for us.
Maybe we can all get ace and the door at the end opens.
Oh. Before we go, what's in this
vendet? It's an.
Important question. Inside the Vendet are a few
snacks and some computer styluses and some Jizzness
snaps, of course. I've had my fellow Jizzness
snaps. Right now I think I'm going to.
I'm going to buy a stylus. I'll buy one too.
And one Eddie each. OK, just in case, sure I've got
yours window. Oh, thanks Phoebe.
Do you want one? I'll buy yours since I only
bought mine. Oh, thank you, Vendel.
That's kind, sure. And Bendel buys one as well and
hands one to baby. OK.
Are you just headed now? Guess we're ready for our exam.
Oh shit. Why?
What do you see? We're back in school.
All right. I guess everybody pick your.
Desks. Well, I am going to sit front
and center. Not that we have a teacher, but
I like to sit in the front row, right in the center I'm.
Going to sit next to Phoebe, yeah.
We're teachers. Pets.
Yeah, we are. That's very much my vibe.
What about the rest of you? Listen, I I'm always in the back
of the class, so that's where I'm going to be.
This desk off to the side, do you think that's the teacher's
desk? Yes, the exam Proctor probably.
Oh, Phoebe knows all the fancy words.
I did like school. You can tell I'll.
Be the Proctor. Oh, OK.
I'm going to wait to take a seat because I haven't been told to
take one yet. If everyone could please take
your seats, Shit. Retro is going to stomp to the
back right corner. Fine.
I I I pressed control alt delete on the computer to wake it up.
The computer wakes up and asks for a code.
Are you in a role? Perception.
I will percept. I will do that. 21 You look at
the keyboard and the screen and you feel like you should type
4774. Don't really know why. 6969 No
4774. The fact that you know the code
to unlock this computer is upsetting.
Oh shit, guys, I might be the Proctor.
Yeah, we know you said you were. No, I mean I knew the code to
this computer. What?
How? I don't know I so I typed in the
code and what pops up. A really generic wallpaper and a
single button in the middle that says start exam.
Well, we might be able to cheat, since I know what's going on, I
suppose. Are you?
Is everyone? Is everyone ready to start their
exam? Yes to each.
Yes, yes. I need verbal confirmation from
everyone. Retros retros trying to finish
lighting a joint? Hold on.
Wow, retros. One of those?
Good. To.
Go noted. All right, heads down.
Your test begins now. Next time on no latency.
No talking during the testing. There is no right answer here.
Oh no, Ben. Dale, did you fail?
I mean, I feel confident. I ain't no cheating, sorry.
Not cheating. What kind?
Of test is this. Oh, that's a no.
It's more philosophy really. Who scored?
Top Proctor. I'm not at liberty to say.
It means we're on fire. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah. Yeah, you're really heating it
up in here. All right, we should probably be
on the lookout for more of these chips, since it sounds like they
did offload data. That sounds ominous, but OK.
Like a lion or something? Joint never fails.
Oh, high price, but all right. Well, why don't you try to
fonzay it? I was just holding in my
excitement. Jeb, do you need some help here?
How do we be stealthy? Well, damn.
Act like we belong here, like we have been doing they.
Seem pretty pissed off. I guess this does mean we're
splitting the party. Oh, I'm not feeling too good.
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