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[electronic music plays]

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[male voice]
Pootie, Pootie, Pootie... Shoe!

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Who is the Masked Man?

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He is an NPC,

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or a Non-Playable Character
for all you noobs out there, all right?

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He's got a dope mask.
He's rockin' all black.

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He's got silver accents.
He's a loot giver.

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Yes! A firesword!
And a loot taker.

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Oh, man, he took my shield.

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But, you know, when he first came out,
Pootie was all like, "I love this dude,"

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because everyone did.

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MQ totally hyped him up.
I mean, he was in ads.

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[male announcer]
Who is the Masked Man? Pre-order now.

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[Pootie Shoe]
He was on T-shirts.

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Whoa! "Who is the Masked Man?"

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But then they never unmasked
the Masked Man, you guys. [chuckles]

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I mean, even when we asked it repeatedly
and repeatedly and repeatedly.

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One day his identity will be revealed,
and it will blow you away.

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He's comin', he's comin', he's comin'.

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A little bit later than originally
anticipated, but he's comin'.

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I just need you to just calm down a bit
and be patient, okay?

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I'm not-- Stop asking about
the Masked Man. Just stop asking about it.

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You know, now is not--
now is not the time.

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Just stop, all right?
You can... just stop.

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Till MQ comes up with some answers,

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some real, solid stuff,
we're gonna be here, waiting.

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The mystery continues.

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[male voice]
Pootie... Shoe!

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And there it is.

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Pootie Shoe is a 14-year-old boy.
Who cares what he thinks?

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Yeah, he's a real piece of shit,
but he's not wrong.

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He's a bully,
and he needs to be dealt with.

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-Jo, please.
-Dealt with?

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Ian, your judgment
is not to be questioned,

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not by Pootie, not by anyone else.

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-Jo.
-Poppy, David, shut up.

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Jo, your instincts on me are dead-on.
I love your enthusiasm.

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Guys, I'm not sweating this.

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Okay, Ian, C.W., it is time
to unmask the Masked Man.

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-Hmm.
-Okay, it's gonna be a huge event.

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The kind of event you might see
at the grand opening of...

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[orchestral swell plays]

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...the casino.

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No. The casino is an abomination.

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Okay, yeah, it's garbage.
But you guys wouldn't work on it,

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so I had to farm it out
to a studio in Bucharest.

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We wouldn't work on it
because it's an artless money grab

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that has no connection to the game.

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Okay, well, this is a great opportunity
to unify. Right?

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Spruce it up. Make it fit. The perfect
fusion of art and commerce.

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Brad, you know what?
In a lot of ways, you are the casino.

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A soulless money-suck
in the middle of an enchanted forest.

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We don't need that.
And we don't need you.

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Okay.

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[Ian] Well, that was super weird.
David, anything else?

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Look, guys. You know I back creative.

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-It's kind of my bag.
-No, it's not.

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-Your bag is being a soy boy beta cuck.
-That's it.

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That's-- A soy boy beta cuck?
What is that?

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I'll explain it to you later.

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Is that a good thing?

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Mm-hmm.

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Okay, good.

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Look, but maybe Brad has a point.
All right?

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It's been two years. Maybe it's time
to reveal the Masked Man's identity.

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No. No, I don't think
now's the right time.

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They're not revealing it
because they don't know.

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We settled on his identity years ago.

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Look, guys,
it's just not the right time to reveal it.

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When it is, we will let you know.

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Now, can we please
just get back to work?

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-You think they bought it?
-I don't know.

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But, damn, I made a big deal
out of this stupid thing.

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Yeah.

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We better figure out who
the Masked Man is fast or we are fucked.

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[theme music playing]

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[fighting sounds through headphones]

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-[sighs] Bad news, dude.
-[video game chime]

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Brad just told me that we have to log
all of the bugs in the casino ASAP.

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What? He told us to stay away
from the casino because it's so janky.

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I guess they're planning
some big event there now.

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[sighs] Shit.
That's gonna take all night. I had plans.

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Oh.

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You know what? Um...
It's been a long week. I'll cover for you.

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-No, you don't have to cover for me.
-Yeah. It's all good, man. I got you.

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Thanks, Rache.

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Sure. That's what friends are for, right?

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[video game chime]

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[grunting, shouting]

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["Shine On You Crazy Diamond" playing]

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[Ian] Wow.

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I should spend more time
in your office. It's super weird.

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Oh! Every book you've ever written
is here.

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The Cape of No Hope.
The Fall of Hrad. Saturn's Desire.

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This was my favorite when I was a kid.
I will never forget the elven temptress.

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Nor I.

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She was based on a lover
I took in Morocco.

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Ironically, the proceeds from the book

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were used to pay for the medical bills
I incurred from the encounter.

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-Gross.
-Yeah.

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[C.W. groans]

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Let's get to work, shall we?

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-Yes.
-[Ian] Yes.

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Yes! Now.

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[exhales]

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Who are you?

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Obviously... [clears throat]
when he takes off the mask,

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it must be emotional or no one will care.

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Right. Right.

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And the fact that he's both
a loot taker and a loot giver,

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-there's something interesting there.
-[door opens]

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-Ian.
-Not now, Jo. We're working.

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Got it. FYI, we're in business.

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Pootie's pissed.
He's definitely not chill.

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Wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait.
What? What's he saying?

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Here, check it out.

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You guys know
I'm all about the positivity,

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but I recently got some
serious hate from MQ,

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and I'm just wondering why--
why they would hate on me

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when I play their game, like, 24-7.

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You know what they say, "The fish
stinks from the head down", right?

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So, Ian, I mean, I just asked
who the Masked Man was.

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Just 'cause you don't know the answer,
you don't have to come at me for it.

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Pootie's gonna ponder this.

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[male voice] Pootie ponders.

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Boycott MQ?

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Not something I would have considered,

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but circumstances have changed.

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-What the hell did you say to him?
-I sent him a funny meme.

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It says, "Make everyone's day.
Kill yo--"

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Yeah, I see what it says, Jo.
Thank you.

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Why? Why would you send this
to a 14-year-old boy?

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It works. I used it on my bully,
Shannon, in high school.

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She didn't commit suicide, but she tried.

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Yeah, Jo, in that scenario,
I don't think Shannon was the bully.

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-Shannon was the bully.
-She was the victim.

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-No, Shannon was the bully.
-Shannon was the victim.

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I went over to her house before sixth
grade. She asked me to play with Barbies.

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I told her it was for babies,

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and the next day I got to school
and told everyone she queefs.

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In that scenario, how are you-- Okay.
All right. You know, it doesn't matter.

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Jo, can you just leave it alone?
Please just-- just leave it alone.

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I've upset you. I'm so sorry.

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I can fix this. I promise.
Just give me another shot.

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[exhales] Okay, fine.
Do you think you can just de-escalate?

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Mm-hmm.

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And, Jo, Jo, Jo.
Let's cool it with the suicide. Okay?

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He's gonna make his own decisions here.

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No, no, no. No. No. No. Let's...

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Let's stay away from the suicide,
all right?

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You can't really make anyone do anything.

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Yeah, but we-- we could maybe
endeavor to not push him into it.

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I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do,
and he's gonna do what he's gonna do.

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No, you're gonna do
what I tell you to do. Okay?

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[groans]

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Fine.

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[C.W. sighs]

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If I could just harness her power
for good, I think we might be in business.

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Forget about her.

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Focus on this and we shall silence
Pootie... and his cuties.

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And dudies.

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Let us work.

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[music resumes]

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Yeah.

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[music continues]

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[music fades]

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Hey. We might have a problem.

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-[Poppy] Whoa.
-Yeah, I came back, and it was all gone.

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I mean, you think he's a fugitive?
He could be on the lam.

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People don't take their desks on the lam.

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He's obviously just trying to make
a point, to prove that we need him.

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A day without Brad. Huh.

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Damn. I just wish he had
thought of this plan earlier.

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Could have enjoyed it longer.

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Oh, well, I'm going home.

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What? No, wait. You can't leave.

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-I mean, what are we gonna do about this?
-Nothing.

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He's a toddler throwing a tantrum.
Just ignore it. It'll blow over.

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But, Poppy,
we cannot afford to piss Brad off.

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Monetization is a very important
revenue stream for us.

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Well, you need to make up
your mind, David.

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Do you back suits or do you back creative?

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Creative.

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Great. Then I need you to be cool.
Can you do that?

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Yeah.

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You look worried.

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No. No, I'm not worried.

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I was actually just thinking
of something else. No, I'm...

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No, I'm cool. You know?

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What is this? What are you doing?

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I'm just, like, hangin'. Yeah.

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Okay. So you're gonna--
You're gonna be cool?

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-Yeah.
-Great.

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You know me. I'm ice-cold, baby.

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All right. Um, I want you to go home.

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-Yep. Cool.
-Get some rest.

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And all of this is gonna be okay
in the morning.

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All right, all right, all right.

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Don't do that.

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Cool.

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[warriors speaking foreign language]

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[slot machines clinking]

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Dude, the dice disappear when they hit
the side of the craps table. New bug.

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-Nice.
-Janky.

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Whoa. Uh... [chuckles]

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Glasses?

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Oh. Uh, yeah. I only wear them at night.
I know they're dorky.

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No, I like 'em.
I've just never seen you wear them before.

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Yeah, my eyes get tired
from staring at the screen all day.

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And then I go home
and play MQ some more.

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Hold on. You-- You play MQ after work?

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Hell, yeah.

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Me and my avatar, Toksvig? We tear it up
between the hours of eight and midnight.

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Come on, dude. That is so cute.
I can't believe you keep playing.

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Oh, it's almost midnight.
Didn't you have somewhere to be?

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Oh... uh, yeah. No. Um, we're good.

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-Really?
-Are you hungry?

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Um...

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I know where Poppy hides her ice-cream
sandwiches that she stress-eats.

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Ooh. Yeah.

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[sharp inhale]
Wait. What if we get caught though?

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[Dana]
Looks like we're the only ones here.

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["Back Pocket" playing]

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-Really good, right?
-Yeah.

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-Cheers.
-Cheers.

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[chattering]

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[music continues]

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[both]
Boom, snap, clap, ba-boom, snap, clap.

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Snap, boom, snap, clap, ba-boom,
snap, clap.

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Boom, snap, clap, ba-boom, snap, clap.

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Snap, boom, snap,
clap, ba-boom, snap, clap!

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Yay!

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[music continues]

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[music ends]

235
00:11:56,675 --> 00:12:00,053
[singing "Two Princes"]

236
00:12:09,980 --> 00:12:13,192
[sings gibberish]

237
00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,861
-[chuckles]
-[elevator bell dings]

238
00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:18,155
-[employees chattering]
-Bit of a problem.

239
00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:21,450
[David] What is going on?

240
00:12:21,867 --> 00:12:24,119
[Poppy]
Brad's tantrum got a little worse.

241
00:12:25,621 --> 00:12:28,665
[David] Oh, my God. He shut down the store
and made everything free?

242
00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:30,667
Yeah, Sue called me this morning.

243
00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:34,713
People are going apeshit, grabbing all
the legendary loot boxes and OP weapons.

244
00:12:35,297 --> 00:12:37,216
It's a free-for-all. Literally.

245
00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:38,342
That's bad.

246
00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:40,511
As we speak,
thousands of super leveled-up players

247
00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,638
are churning through the new
Raven's Banquet content

248
00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:44,181
like it's wet tissue paper.

249
00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:47,434
-That's worse. That's worse.
-Okay, don't panic. It's cool.

250
00:12:47,518 --> 00:12:48,977
No, no. This is not cool.

251
00:12:49,061 --> 00:12:51,647
This is a red-hot poker
straight up my backdoor.

252
00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:53,273
Okay. We can't cave to Brad.

253
00:12:53,357 --> 00:12:55,234
This is hurting him
worse than it's hurting us.

254
00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:58,195
He loves money more than anything.
Brad is gonna cave.

255
00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:02,157
It took two years to build Raven's
Banquet, and they're tearing through it.

256
00:13:02,241 --> 00:13:04,076
Can't you just turn the prices back on?

257
00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:06,203
Brad's the only one
with financial access privileges.

258
00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,163
[groans, whimpers]

259
00:13:08,247 --> 00:13:11,291
I know. Okay. You know what?
I think you just need to sit down.

260
00:13:11,375 --> 00:13:14,044
Just sit down. Just-- Just sit down.
Stop making that noise.

261
00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:18,173
Just breathe. Just breathe for me.
Just calm breathing. It's in and out.

262
00:13:18,549 --> 00:13:20,092
-Out.
-[exhales]

263
00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:21,885
Ooh! And maybe take a breath mint.

264
00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:24,388
Just breathe in that direction,
'cause your breath is not great.

265
00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:25,889
This is what I'm gonna do, all right?

266
00:13:25,973 --> 00:13:27,683
I'm gonna get my team
to throw up some roadblocks.

267
00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:30,227
We can increase boss fight difficulty,
extend raids,

268
00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,854
nerf all the most powerful weapons.

269
00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:34,815
Yeah, you just need to be cool.
Can you do that? Can you be cool?

270
00:13:35,190 --> 00:13:36,567
[exhales, grunts]

271
00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:38,402
Give me a nonverbal signal
that you're cool.

272
00:13:39,403 --> 00:13:42,531
Hey, there's my guy! You got this.

273
00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:44,116
-Let's go to the coders' room.
-[exhales]

274
00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:47,327
Good. Yes, you're doing great.
Just keep it cool.

275
00:13:47,411 --> 00:13:48,704
-You don't need to be striding so much.
-Yeah.

276
00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:49,872
Announcement!

277
00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:54,668
[Poppy] Michelle?

278
00:13:54,751 --> 00:13:56,628
That's my name.

279
00:13:56,712 --> 00:13:58,088
[Poppy] Where is everybody?

280
00:13:58,714 --> 00:14:00,007
[Michelle] Brad sent them home.

281
00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:02,092
He said without him,
you don't have the money

282
00:14:02,176 --> 00:14:05,012
to pay for a full programming team,
so they left.

283
00:14:05,095 --> 00:14:08,932
This isn't gonna work. There's no way
I can code that many roadblocks on my own.

284
00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:10,809
Okay, so, this is the part
where I'm gonna freak out.

285
00:14:10,893 --> 00:14:13,020
-Don't freak out.
-Well, what are we gonna do?

286
00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:15,898
I guess right now you must be realizing
that you need Brad.

287
00:14:15,981 --> 00:14:18,066
-Shut up, Michelle!
-Shut up, Michelle!

288
00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:20,402
He paid me a thousand dollars
to say that.

289
00:14:22,571 --> 00:14:25,032
[epic music playing]

290
00:14:27,201 --> 00:14:30,412
[male voice]
Pootie, Pootie, Pootie... exclusive.

291
00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:33,290
So, uh, since they won't unmask
the Masked Man,

292
00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:37,503
I've been thinking,
I'm going to unmask Ian Grimm.

293
00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:40,547
So, who is Ian Grimm?

294
00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:45,469
Well, according to his LinkedIn page,
he's a "builder of worlds."

295
00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:49,431
Whatever that means.
And check out his thirsty profile pic.

296
00:14:49,515 --> 00:14:50,724
[female voice] Thirsty!

297
00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:52,434
[Pootie Shoe]
So at least we know he's desperate.

298
00:14:52,518 --> 00:14:57,940
Oh, and a little known fact.
He's also a destroyer of dads.

299
00:14:58,023 --> 00:15:02,277
That is right. You heard it here first
on the Pootie Scoop.

300
00:15:02,361 --> 00:15:07,491
Ian Grimm sued his own dad!
"Prove it, Pootie"? Okay, cutie.

301
00:15:09,284 --> 00:15:11,828
[male attorney] Mr. Grimm,
is it true that you told your father

302
00:15:11,912 --> 00:15:13,789
that you'd take every last cent he had?

303
00:15:14,540 --> 00:15:17,668
I don't know. Is it true
that I-- [flatulence] your mom?

304
00:15:18,794 --> 00:15:21,630
[attorney] Okay. Can you please answer
the question and not be nasty?

305
00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:23,715
That's what I said to your mom.

306
00:15:23,799 --> 00:15:25,884
[attorney]
All right. This is getting exhausting.

307
00:15:25,968 --> 00:15:27,970
Why don't we just take
a five-minute break?

308
00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,347
That's what your mom said.

309
00:15:30,806 --> 00:15:32,307
[dramatic sting]

310
00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:34,017
[female voice] What an asshole.

311
00:15:35,143 --> 00:15:36,937
[male voice]
Nips. Thanks for watching.

312
00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:39,022
How did he find out about the lawsuit?

313
00:15:39,106 --> 00:15:40,274
I leaked it to him.

314
00:15:40,357 --> 00:15:41,984
Why? Why would you do that?

315
00:15:42,067 --> 00:15:44,570
'Cause you sued your own dad.
That's so badass.

316
00:15:44,653 --> 00:15:46,530
If you would treat
your own father like that,

317
00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,782
imagine what you're gonna do
to a little piece of shit like Pootie.

318
00:15:48,866 --> 00:15:52,703
Jo, I countersued my dad because
he tried to take my company, all right?

319
00:15:53,203 --> 00:15:54,746
-[sighs]
-Oh.

320
00:15:55,747 --> 00:15:57,791
-So he's the badass.
-No, he's not a badass.

321
00:15:57,875 --> 00:15:59,585
He's not a badass.
I'm not a badass.

322
00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:01,378
There is no badass in the situation,
all right?

323
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:04,965
It's a very sad story of a father
and a son. It's complicated.

324
00:16:05,340 --> 00:16:06,842
Oh, no. I failed you.

325
00:16:07,718 --> 00:16:09,678
I'm just gonna read my own meme
and kill myself.

326
00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:12,639
Jesus Christ! Jo, Jo, Jo.

327
00:16:12,723 --> 00:16:15,100
Can we just stop talking about suicide?

328
00:16:15,184 --> 00:16:17,477
Can we just--
Can we just stop for a second?

329
00:16:17,561 --> 00:16:19,938
And-- And why don't you go
and serve David.

330
00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:23,233
See, that would be the best way
to serve me. Serve David.

331
00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:25,194
-Poison?
-Not poison.

332
00:16:25,277 --> 00:16:26,904
[stammers] Not poison.

333
00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:30,574
Just anything he wants.
Coffee, tea. Nonlethal.

334
00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:33,076
Got it. Just make him sick
so he can't get in your way.

335
00:16:33,452 --> 00:16:34,828
Yeah. Jo, I--

336
00:16:36,455 --> 00:16:38,123
I think we're gonna have to let her go.

337
00:16:38,207 --> 00:16:40,292
No. Ian,

338
00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:45,130
the lunatic assistant
may have just unlocked this whole thing.

339
00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:47,758
-She did?
-[chortles]

340
00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,928
She realizes the relationship
between a parent and a child

341
00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:53,472
is what's emotionally investing.

342
00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,683
She also wants to murder David.

343
00:16:56,767 --> 00:17:00,646
Ian, this could be the emotional core
we've been looking for.

344
00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:04,942
The Masked Man
is a story of a father and a son.

345
00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:07,402
-Interesting. Go on.
-Ah?

346
00:17:07,486 --> 00:17:09,780
The father's a villain
who represents the dark.

347
00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:13,242
But he has a son. A new character.

348
00:17:13,325 --> 00:17:15,536
And the son is the light.

349
00:17:15,617 --> 00:17:17,663
They're destined to duel.

350
00:17:18,372 --> 00:17:20,207
But before he slays him,

351
00:17:20,832 --> 00:17:25,170
the son brings the father from the dark
back to the light.

352
00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:29,466
And as he lay there dying,
the mask is removed.

353
00:17:30,509 --> 00:17:33,929
The Masked Man is the new hero's...

354
00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:35,305
father.

355
00:17:37,683 --> 00:17:39,101
That is...

356
00:17:40,686 --> 00:17:41,770
Star Wars.

357
00:17:42,813 --> 00:17:45,107
-"Star Wars"?
-Yeah. The movie?

358
00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,317
Came out in the '70s.
Like, one of the biggest ever?

359
00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:50,904
Well, admittedly, the '70s were a bit
of a blur, but it is ringing some bells.

360
00:17:50,988 --> 00:17:53,365
Yeah, I'll bet. They've made, like,
20 of 'em. They're still making 'em.

361
00:17:53,448 --> 00:17:55,117
-Really? Why?
-Nobody knows.

362
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,619
Either way, it's a story that's been told,
so we can't tell it again.

363
00:17:57,703 --> 00:17:59,872
Why not? It's a monomyth trope.

364
00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:02,958
It's been done for millennia.

365
00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:07,004
The Odyssey. King Arthur.
Anything Tolkien. It's the classics.

366
00:18:07,546 --> 00:18:09,047
Right.
It's The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

367
00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,132
[C.W.] Yes.

368
00:18:10,215 --> 00:18:12,426
-The Masked Man is a villain. I like it.
-[C.W. chuckles]

369
00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:15,179
Okay. But it still needs something,
doesn't it?

370
00:18:15,262 --> 00:18:19,433
We need something unique
that unifies the story.

371
00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:22,019
We need a Death Star.

372
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:26,023
A "Death Star."

373
00:18:29,193 --> 00:18:30,194
What is that?

374
00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:31,653
Okay. Let's go watch the movie first.

375
00:18:31,737 --> 00:18:33,780
You know what?
Let's watch the movie, and then we'll...

376
00:18:33,864 --> 00:18:35,199
-[C.W.] Death Star?
-Yeah, come to my office.

377
00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,283
Who buys that?

378
00:18:37,576 --> 00:18:39,077
Can you stop running?

379
00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:40,954
He will not pick up! Goddamn it, Brad.

380
00:18:41,038 --> 00:18:42,915
All right. Get in the car.
We're going to his house.

381
00:18:42,998 --> 00:18:44,750
-Uh, David?
-Yeah?

382
00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:47,920
-What the hell?
-Forget to pay your parking tickets?

383
00:18:48,003 --> 00:18:49,630
No. No. I paid my--

384
00:18:50,506 --> 00:18:51,757
Oh, my God.

385
00:18:52,758 --> 00:18:56,261
I bought this car with the bonus money
we got from Brad's sexy wood nymph.

386
00:18:57,012 --> 00:18:58,597
How the hell did he know that?

387
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,141
Uh, maybe from the license plate?

388
00:19:01,225 --> 00:19:03,977
"Nymph Daddy"?
Really? You're the nymph daddy?

389
00:19:04,728 --> 00:19:07,231
I was-- Look, never mind.
Let's just take your car.

390
00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:08,899
I don't have a car. I'll call us a Lyft.

391
00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:11,109
You don't have a car?
How do you not have a car?

392
00:19:11,193 --> 00:19:13,028
You have 36 laptops and no car.

393
00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:15,072
Can I just say, this is why
you have trouble finding a man.

394
00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:18,116
You know who didn't have trouble
finding a man? Your ex-wife.

395
00:19:19,576 --> 00:19:22,788
[gasps] Sorry. That was really
out of line. I'm sorry. That was--

396
00:19:22,871 --> 00:19:24,748
-No, you're right.
-No, it was--

397
00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,292
Your tension is kind of getting to me.
You-- You need to calm down.

398
00:19:27,376 --> 00:19:30,504
If we turn up at Brad's all panicked,
he's gonna think that he owns us.

399
00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:31,880
He does own us.

400
00:19:31,964 --> 00:19:34,258
Shit. My account's been deactivated.

401
00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:35,425
[gasps]

402
00:19:36,093 --> 00:19:38,136
That's 'cause it's connected
to the corporate card.

403
00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:41,098
It's connected to the corporate card,
you stupid, stupid girl!

404
00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:43,600
-Woman.
-Women own cars! All right.

405
00:19:43,684 --> 00:19:45,102
So many stereotypes.

406
00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,271
-All right. Let's go back in.
-I don't know. Okay.

407
00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:51,733
I don't care if we have to run
to his house. We need Brad here now.

408
00:19:51,817 --> 00:19:55,529
David, just calm down. I think that
your blood sugar is running a little low.

409
00:19:56,238 --> 00:19:58,115
We just need to have a little snack,

410
00:19:58,198 --> 00:20:00,158
and then we can talk
through this rationally.

411
00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:07,624
Where the fuck
are my ice-cream sandwiches?

412
00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:09,042
-Poppy.
-Goddamn it, Brad!

413
00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:10,752
-I bought these with my own money!
-Poppy.

414
00:20:10,836 --> 00:20:12,796
When I find that son of a bitch,
I am gonna end him!

415
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,006
He's right there.

416
00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:19,469
-[laughing]
-Brad. Brad? Brad. We need you.

417
00:20:19,553 --> 00:20:22,264
Listen, buddy,
my ice-cream sandwiches are not for--

418
00:20:22,347 --> 00:20:23,390
Poppy.

419
00:20:24,391 --> 00:20:26,768
I'm sorry I called you
a bottom-feeding corporate leech.

420
00:20:26,852 --> 00:20:28,937
-I thought it was "soulless money-suck."
-That too.

421
00:20:29,021 --> 00:20:32,065
Look, Brad, please,
can you just turn the prices back on?

422
00:20:32,149 --> 00:20:34,401
-Yeah, yeah. I already did that.
-You did? You caved?

423
00:20:34,484 --> 00:20:36,778
No, no. Ian agreed to unmask
the Masked Man at the casino,

424
00:20:36,862 --> 00:20:38,113
so I got everything I wanted.

425
00:20:38,739 --> 00:20:42,743
Yeah. You see, C.W. and I
figured out a way to unify everything.

426
00:20:42,826 --> 00:20:45,746
The Masked Man is a villain
who lives at a casino.

427
00:20:45,829 --> 00:20:46,955
Yeah, and it makes sense

428
00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:49,166
because the Masked Man
was a walking casino anyway.

429
00:20:49,249 --> 00:20:51,168
You know, a loot giver, a loot taker.

430
00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:53,170
-Check this out.
-[chimes jingle]

431
00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:55,547
"The Masked Man's
Hall of Games and Chance."

432
00:20:55,631 --> 00:20:58,967
We're also going to create
a new character, the White Knight,

433
00:20:59,051 --> 00:21:01,053
who's destined to duel the Masked Man

434
00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:04,014
and eventually unmask him...
at the casino.

435
00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:08,477
See, the story brings the players in
and the casino bleeds them dry.

436
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,522
Guys, it's the perfect fusion
of art and commerce.

437
00:21:11,605 --> 00:21:13,357
But, Ian, don't you hate Brad?

438
00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:16,193
Hate him? Oh, yeah, I do hate him.

439
00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:18,695
-Yeah, I feel nothing for him.
-He's a sociopath.

440
00:21:18,779 --> 00:21:22,908
But the money that he brings in
makes the whole game actually run.

441
00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:25,369
You get that, right?

442
00:21:26,578 --> 00:21:27,621
-Yeah.
-Yeah, duh.

443
00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:28,872
-Yeah, of course.
-Obviously. [chuckles]

444
00:21:28,956 --> 00:21:30,874
-Yes. [chuckles]
-No, we're cool. Yeah.

445
00:21:30,958 --> 00:21:33,043
-To be clear, David, you are not cool.
-No.

446
00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:35,671
Well... yeah. Well, she said I was.

447
00:21:36,588 --> 00:21:38,048
[softly] I lied to him.

448
00:21:39,550 --> 00:21:40,801
[softly] Oh.

449
00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:43,971
Hmm. Okay. Well, great.

450
00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:46,306
So I guess you guys can spruce up
the casino. There's a lot of bugs.

451
00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:49,351
Testers found a whole bunch of 'em.
So that will be fun for you.

452
00:21:49,434 --> 00:21:51,520
Right. Well, that's her, not me.
Hey, by the way, who is it?

453
00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:53,689
-Huh?
-The Masked Man. Who is he?

454
00:21:53,772 --> 00:21:58,360
Oh, yeah. The Masked Man
is the White Knight's father.

455
00:21:58,694 --> 00:21:59,945
Ah.

456
00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:01,321
Oh. Like Star Wars.

457
00:22:01,905 --> 00:22:05,117
It is a bit like Star Wars, yeah.
I was hoping you wouldn't notice.

458
00:22:06,076 --> 00:22:08,203
[Rachel yawns]
That was a crazy crunch, huh?

459
00:22:09,371 --> 00:22:11,290
We logged, like,
a hundred bugs last night.

460
00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:13,834
Hey. We broke our personal record.

461
00:22:14,293 --> 00:22:16,879
-Whoo! Livin' the dream!
-Yeah.

462
00:22:20,966 --> 00:22:22,009
Well...

463
00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:24,386
["Shine On You Crazy Diamond" playing]

464
00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:26,054
back to reality.

465
00:22:26,597 --> 00:22:27,598
[Rachel] Yeah.

466
00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:36,773
Uh, I'll go tell 'em we're done.

467
00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:38,233
-Sweet.
-Sweet.

468
00:22:38,317 --> 00:22:39,359
Yeah.

469
00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,029
Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

470
00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:44,740
All right. Peace out, girl scout.

471
00:22:45,032 --> 00:22:46,742
[laughs]

472
00:22:49,036 --> 00:22:51,914
[music continues]

473
00:23:22,653 --> 00:23:25,072
[music continues]