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Testing Zelda-cam.

Levels good.

Frame rate good.

All right, Mitch. I'm rolling.

All right, the guest setup is ready.

Everybody, before I bring her in: remember, be nice, give her a good time.

But you know, she's a fan, not your friend. Don't get weird.

Uh, once I bring Lucy in,

we're going to roll for a couple hours straight, so gear up for a long session.

RIP the editors.

You good, Gwen?

Excuse me?

You look tired.

Hey, back off, Mitch.

We had a late night, and I don't see you give me shit for looking sleep deprived.

I'll get Lucy.

If she's...

I know. I didn't get to sleep.

Did you even sleep last night?

Uh, yeah, I mean...

He always acts like this on days...

I don't have my tits out.

But he doesn't have to fish through unsolicited dick pics in his DMS.

Ugh, right?

I'm so tired of strange men screaming

"Debate me!" about Nintendo.

Sounds preferable to the things they scream at me.

You know what? None of that matters...

babe, don't worry about it.

Besides, you know I've got your back no matter what.

I'd be pretty pissed if you didn't.

Gag me.

Be nice to the love birds.

Straight people are boring and unrelatable.

"Target hit!"

Eh. Casually undefeated.

You won again?

Yeah.

Here's Lucy!

Heyyo! New girl!, what's up? Lucy!

Hi!

Oh, hi!

Okay. Okay.

Hi! It's nice to meet you!

Alright, you have to choose who you're gonna hug first.

Who's it gonna be?

Me first? Okay great.

Okay, oh okay.

Great choice. Good job. Hi!

Nice to see ya, finally. Nice to see you too!

Hi!

Hey! Oh, yeah!

Hi...

Right this way.

How long is... How long is today?

Uh, we're doing like two and a half hours of recording, I think?

That's not, that's not bad. I can do that.

No worse than the charity stream.

All right, here is your desk for the day.

And I hope you like horror games.

Oh, I don't know.

I've always been too scared to play one, so...

Hey, don't worry. We'll protect you.

I'll beat the ghosts up if they're mean to ya.

Yeah and then I'll be really aggressively nice and confuse them.

You're not even playing.

It's the thought that counts.

We're just so happy you're here, Lucy.

It's amazing to meet somebody from the community.

I remember when nobody watched our videos.

Oh my God. You printed my art?

Wait, you made that?

Yeah. - That's the first fan art I ever got.

I mean, thanks.

Yeah, I mean I can't believe that was

like, two years ago.

God, I feel so old.

All right.

Your camera's already rolling,

and the game is on in the background

so just follow our lead.

Okay. Just gonna warn everyone in advance that I'm super cringe.

Oh, I always strive for maximum cringe.

And then they always edit it out later

so you'll be fine.

He's a dumb ass.

But he's right.

It's not going to be live, so just, like, relax and be yourself.

Alright, here is the sponsor copy for today.

Farm2Porch meals again?

I don't even like the free ones they send us.

Hey, it's better than Fishbach nose hair trimmers, okay?

I mean, I can't keep pretending that I cut my nose hair.

If we don't have sponsorships, we don't make money.

And if we don't make money, then no one gets paid to play video games online.

I wonder how much we're all getting paid, Mitch?

Guess that puts things into perspective.

So, uh, Lucy!

As a former community member myself, I am legally obligated...

to ask you: Who is your favorite member Janus Gaming?

Don't make her answer that. - It's very important, actually.

I, no, I love you all. I can't choose.

That's cool. We know it's Taylor.

See! Look at her get all red. I knew it.

He's always been a ladies man. - Yeah, well...

You're the ladies man's lady.

All right, everybody, we are rolling.

Headphones on. And take it away, Nemo!

What's up, everybody?

This is Nemo from Janus Gaming: the many faces of gaming.

We've got all your favorite faces.

And also, Mitch.

Here in the studio...

I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

Get wrecked, Grandpa!

Thank you so much for joining us

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Alright, now, before we jump in,

we have a very special guest in the studio today.

Everyone, please say hello to Lucy.

Lucy!

Hi.

I can't believe I'm actually here.

Hope you're ready for some chaos!

Hey, Lucy. Lucy, drop your handle.

I'm @LucyMania 2001 on Twitter and TikTok.

And I also moderate the Janus fan Discord

so people might know me from there.

Lucy was the biggest donor to our charity stream last month

which means she won a trip to our studio to record a 'Let's Play with Us!'

Whoo! Yes!

Lucy! Thank you so much

for helping us raise five thousand dollars for St Jude's

and for sticking with us for so long.

Five thousand dollars!

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Seriously.

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So today we are playing House of Souls.

This one was Mitch's idea

so don't ask me anything about it.

It's an indie game that is not out to the public.

But the developers reached out to me and gave us some early access keys.

So let's get into it and give it a try.

No offense to the devs, but I hate scary games.

Yeah, everyone loves watching 'em though.

Yeah...

I mean, look at Davey. He's doing it right now

Yeah, and then they watch me watch you instead.

Okay well, why don't we uh, why don't we change shit up?

You play, and then I'll sit there watching your ass too

scared to move three steps from the spawn point.

Yeah, and you know, I would still find a way to get us killed.

So probably not a good idea.

I wouldn't let you die, genius.

Oh, what a man.

Thanks, Jon.

Okay, get off me though, I gotta make my character.

Character creation for a horror game?

Wait a minute, they have the pronouns?

Aw, they never have a good option for my hair.

What are you talking about? You can be, uh, Don Draper or uh, Blink-182.

All I've got are mom haircuts.

Aw baby, you'd look good bald.

I mean that.

Y'all really are the worst PR campaign for heterosexuality.

Hey, they got a point. Fuck the heteros.

Yeah.

You are hetero.

I don't actually know about that, Dice, because according to the community,

Jon and I are like honorary gays by this point.

Why? Because teenagers write smut about you?

Yeah.

Wait, you guys know about the Davey/Jon shippers?

They know.

Yeah, we know!

Yeah, I keep saying that

we should act out some of that fanfic, but his girlfriend

doesn't wanna share him with me.

Yeah, well, you know, maybe she just wants to feel included, Jon.

Hey, I'll tell you guys what.

If this video gets fifty thousand likes, we'll stream a threesome.

Hey, maybe we should start videoing ourselves.

But we'd do better than theirs.

My God, they're jealous.

You know what?

I think I'm going to go with the nineties Black vampire hunter look.

Like a vampire hunter who is Black?

Or like you're hunting Black vampires?

Why would I hunt Black vampires?

Like, let 'em live, man.

You said it, I dunno.

Anthemia

is an island of stories.

Of sea monsters, pirates, and ghosts haunting the shore.

The graphics are pretty sweet.

You said this is an indie, right, Mitch?

Yeah, new developer I think, yeah.

It's beauty is matched only by its darkness.

The locals call Anthemia Manor the "House of Souls."

A black mass where wayward spirits enter, never to depart.

For decades, explorers have ventured inside

to break the mysterious hex, but none have ever succeeded.

Until you all, of course.

Now, each expedition package

includes one free item. So choose wisely.

Dibs, motherfucker.

Oh, okay.

Offers night vision; the ability to document enemies.

Yeah well, I mean, if we're gonna die, we should

probably get a video of it, right?

Yes. Instant replay.

You know, I have been playing

a lot of stealth games lately, so how about this?

Maybe this will help.

Mysterious bottle.

Pick something useful.

Like, I don't know, chem fluid?

Chaotic neutral, baby. - Oh my God.

Alright, everybody ready to move on?

Yes, Dad.

What's that?

I get to fuck your mom now?

Hey, yes sir.

That was really good.

He destroyed you, man!

Alright, alright.

Let's go!

Let's play a game.

Hey Lucy, is that you?

Yeah.

Are you in the pink shorts?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, the shoes really pull the whole look together.

She appreciates our fashion sense.

I guess you were right about that. It was a good choice.

I'm just saying. - Gwen?

Nah. Me. I never play myself in games

when I could play anyone.

Right, right...

Lucy's a fake fan!

No, I knew that about him! - This is Mitch 101.

I did. - Okay. Okay. Question.

So there's this creepy house that's luring people to their deaths.

It's cursing the town. Why don't these people just move?

It's like, 20 degrees and windy here.

What are we doing?

I mean, I'm with you on this one.

It's some New England brand creepy shit.

Ey, represent.

They explained it. The curse won't let people leave the island.

So if we break the curse, then we can get the hell outta here?

Yeah, that seems to be the objective.

We should break the motherfucking curse.

Shit. Let's go. - Yeah, let's do that.

God...

Huh. Okay.

Hey...

Not gonna lie,

I would totally be the dumb bitch that gets lured into the evil castle.

Hey, Zelda.

What?

Are we gonna find you

in another castle?

Oh, boo this man. Boo! Boo!

Shut up, Davey.

You're not referencing the right game.

Don't tempt fate.

Her name is already the third most popular topic in our comments.

All these dudes are like, "bet your name is Brittany

and you go by Zelda for the channel!" Go check my birth certificate

if you're mad about it.

Okay, so what are the top two comments?

You don't read the comments?

Never read the comments.

Well, number one is usually about how Gwen is super hot.

Facts.

That's why I don't read the comments.

Plenty of us like you for more than your looks.

I mean, you're great at crafting games and you're really funny.

That means a lot. Thanks.

Aw. That's my baby.

I'm gonna guess the other comment is probably a bunch

of people talking about how mad they are that Black people are playing?

No... no comment. - I wish you were joking!

Yeah, I mean, those are never the real fans.

They're just trolls with nothing better to do.

That's a 'yes', though.

Sure.

That was a 'yes.'

Goddammit!

Yeah, what she said.

Sorry.

Sometimes I lose my English when I'm surprised.

What's that translate to?

I guess it means 'shit'?

Lucy! Wow.

Your poor mother. I am shocked.

Alright.

Damn.

Never judge a book by its cover.

There's a gap here for, like a key.

There's a gap on this table too.

It kinda looks like...

We have barely started.

Calm down, baby.

They didn't need to make it that loud.

I know, I know.

You're supposed to be protecting me over here.

Guys! Look!

Just my average Tuesday.

That was weird.

Yeah.

Well, I've got a good feeling about this, and my intuition is never wrong.

Okay.

Madame Intuition.

Why don't you answer that?

Hello?

In the ballroom, I await.

A test of knowledge built for eight.

Will you compete or cooperate?

Follow my voice and find your fate.

Okay, alright.

I'll go to the ballroom.

But if somebody hands me a candlestick or a revolver, I'm leaving.

Guys?

There was a statue right behind me, and now it's gone.

Are you sure?

I didn't see that.

Yeah. Big, scary bitch with wings.

Kind of couldn't miss her.

Well let's not keep her waiting.

Who is this guy?

Oh, well just be careful.

He might shove you into Freddy Fazbear or something.

Whoa.

Hey, Jon.

Didn't see you there.

What? That's my voice!

That's me!

What the fuck?

Why are you talking to me in ransom note font?

I dunno!

I mean, you guys have recorded hundreds of hours of content.

Maybe they stitched your dialogue together from your videos?

Mitch?

It looks just like him. Holy shit.

That would take forever.

Yeah, I mean, I knew the horror playthroughs were popular.

I just, I didn't think anyone was gonna put me in a game.

Eh, you're an NPC. Don't get too excited.

Well, it's a role I was born to play.

Am I the only one who finds this extremely creepy?

No, it's absolutely creepy.

Oh, I got a dialogue tree.

What should I say to ya?

Eh...I don't know.

Ey, mothafucka!

How'd you get in the game?

Sadly, not an option.

I'm always here to tag along when you play a game.

Davey is now your companion.

That's fucking hilarious.

Yeah, well, little do they know

I remember nothing!

It's really weird.

Oh my God.

It's giving you a flirt option.

You're gonna pick it, right?

I've been preparing for this moment all my life.

Come on, you got this.

You got this. You know how to talk to me.

Yeah. Go on.

Keep the fan girls happy.

Okay.

Hey, this is for all you

Davey/Jon shippers out there.

Flirting with Davey?

Here we go.

You know, I wouldn't mind.

being your companion in other ways.

Shit! I'm smooth!

Oh yeah, man. You can get these digits anytime, anywhere.

Oh my God. See me after the show.

When I look at the analytics for this

video later, there's gonna be a big view spike right there.

What can I say, Mitch? They love us!

And we love each other, right babe?

Oh, you know it.

Make it a heart! - I'm trying!

My hands hurt. - Oh my God.

Come on! Let's see what this welcome party's all about.

How medieval.

Oh, baby!

You okay over there?

Jump scares are cheap.

So cheap!

Jump scares are cheap? You jump scared me!

Sorry.

Welcome to the Anthemia House of Souls!

It's now time to take one of yours.

You each have one opportunity for failure.

Use it wisely!

I for one find it immersion breaking that the spoopy

castle has a game show inside of it.

What, you're not scared?

I'm terrified.

I still have nightmares about tests I haven't studied for.

So this is peak horror for me.

Ah, come on. You never played Trivia Murder Party at somebody's house?

Uh, like I got friends or time to play anything outside of here?

Time for our first victim.

Okay. Okay. "What year did the Atari 2600 come out?"

Good thing I know this one.

Correct!

Fuck, nice.

I would never have gotten that.

Well, my parents were nerds.

Let's move on to another victim.

Hit me game.

Who is Mario's brother

in Super Mario Brothers?

I don't know, you guys!

What?

You ever heard of Stefano Mario?

I think my favorite part of this is one of the options is Mario.

As if Mario has a brother also named Mario?

I get the Atari question and you get this?

It's-a me! Giuseppe!

Wrong answer.

We don't even need to play the game.

Just let my idiot husband kill himself.

My chaos is delicious.

Jeez. It's a ghost.

Can't even mount a sword right.

You see that?

The studio upgrade is coming.

It's not here yet, but it is coming.

It is coming?

It's been coming a long time!

Yeah, that's true!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's coming.

Time for another question.

Lucy! Oh, no...

You got this, Lucy.

Yeah, you can do it.

Okay. Who's the protagonist of Perfect Dark?

Oh God, I've never heard of that.

Oh, God. And you said you feel old.

Do you know it?

Uh-huh. Yep, I know it. I know it.

I only played this game every day when I was twelve.

The elder statesman.

I'm not going to get it.

Joanna, it's Joanna.

You should just pick Joanna.

Hey! Shun the cheater!

Dude!

But she...

Nemo's a cheater.

No bonus points for right answers, so.

Cool.

Well done.

There you go. You did it all by yourself.

Cheaters never prosper.

Oh, fuck! How'd it know I helped you?

You deserved it. You know, it serves you right.

That's what you get.

Do you think you could hear our voices?

My phone can understand my voice.

It's just a gimmick.

God help me, I agree.

You're up.

My turn again. Really?

How many copies of Quake 2 sold for PlayStation?

Nobody knows that.

I do.

Help a bitch out?

And end up like Nemo?

Shots fired. - Alright. Alright!

It's fair, it's fair.

Well. Guess it's good that I still have a spare.

Thanks. Dice.

Ouch. Not correct.

Ooooh!

Join the club.

Now who's next?

Ah, jeez. It's my turn.

Which member of Janus Gaming

has appeared in the most videos?

Shit. They're throwing in questions about us now?

Your gamertag's logged in.

They probably have Easter eggs waiting for us.

Yeah, they already gave us this fucker.

The NPC Davey stuff is actually pretty weird.

A lot creepier than the rest of this shit.

What's weird is a game knowing us better than I do.

Well, I'll give you a hint.

The answer isn't me.

Do you really not know it?

Do you?

I've watched every video on the channel at least twice.

I don't know for sure, but I have a guess?

Nah, I won't ask you the take a hit.

Well, I won't break the rules of the game, but...

trust your gut.

You know.

You got it!

Damn! I'm actually in the most videos?

I don't know why you're surprised.

You started this whole thing from your garage.

You did the first year of the channel solo.

Guess it's good to have

someone from the community here today.

She knows our stuff better than we do.

Hell yeah Lucy! - Yeah, Lucy!

Lucy, Lucy!

You'll never believe who's next.

Oh, come on!

This game is rigged.

I'm just going to put my controller down.

Yeah, let Zelda do all the work.

Finally an easy one.

Who is the main character of 'The Legend of Zelda'?

I've been answering this my whole life.

Are you joking?

What the hell?

The answer's Link.

The game's trolling you so hard.

The devs said there might be some bugs!

Bugs that target my childhood trauma? Sure!

Zelda is not the main character.

Do you hear me now, game?

Zelda is not the main character!

Oh, boy.

Looks like you're out of lives.

That is sick.

Goddamn!

God, wow. Jesus...

They didn't skimp on the deaths, actually.

Goddamn.

Zelda?

Yo, what the fuck?

Holy shit!

Zelda! Holy fuck, dude!

Is that blood? Oh my God!

Oh my God.

Hey, turn the lights on.

Holy shit.

How the fuck did that happen? How did that happen?

I don't feel a pulse, I think she's...

Taylor, go check.

He just fucking said!

Go check her pulse!

Fuck...

I don't feel anything either.

How the fuck?

I can't breathe.

Hey, hey, um...

Hey, hey, hey, Lucy...

Look at me, hi.

Jesus, can we please cover her up or something?

No, no, no, no! Nobody move until

we figure out what killed her.

I'm not. Nah...

Fuckin' out.

Sit down, alright? We need to stick together until

we figure out what's going on.

One of us might be the killer!

Well that's comforting!

None of us did this, and there's no one else in the building.

It happened out of the blue!

All right, let me look.

Maybe somebody rigged her chair or something?

There's nothing here!

I'm going to call the cops, and they can figure this out.

The cops? Really? Now how's that supposed to help us?

They'll think it was one of us.

Bonus points if it's me or Nemo.

What else would they think?

That she was killed by a video game?

Maybe she was.

That's insane, Davey.

No, no, listen, Mitch, okay!

There was, uh, there was this post on Reddit

a few months ago

There was this guy named Scott Atkinson.

Okay?

He said that he streamed this game that, killed a bunch of his followers.

He he had videos to prove it.

They found obituaries of the people who died.

And then like, two months later,

the guy killed himself.

You're talking about an urban legend.

Yeah, no, I'm not buying some mentally ill guy's

Reddit post as evidence.

You all saw what I just saw, right?

Zelda's head split in half

just like in the game.

It gave Mitch a question about us.

It knew Nemo cheated!

It created a goddamn replica of me!

I'm not listening to some al dente creepypasta!

I'm calling 911.

It's a bad idea.

He's just being responsible.

That's easy for you to say!

Okay, maybe...

Maybe somebody else who works here set this up, okay?

Maybe somebody didn't like Zelda.

She buys the cleaning lady a card on her birthday.

No one would want to kill her!

Then what else is different about today?

I dunno!

Lucy's here, alright. Maybe another fan got

jealous and snuck their way in?

Maybe tried to scare her.

Did you bring anybody else in here with you?

No. No. Everyone in the community is nice. No one would want to hurt any of us!

You have know idea they are who they say they are!

They're my friends! - Hey, back off!

Alright! You really think she needs to be interrogated right now?

I don't know, do I?

Hey, Lucy, Lucy...

What the hell?

Fuck. Help!

Help! Somebody open the door!

We're the only ones here today.

Shit.

Fine. I'll call from here if I can get through the tin roof.

Alright.

We've still got Wi-Fi.

We can call for help on social media!

Do. Not. Post about this.

We do not know what is going on

and we do not need to freak out half a million people.

I'm sure Zelda's family doesn't

wanna find out through a Tweet either, Jon.

We're at 843 Austin Drive...

If you've got a better idea, I'm all ears.

I'm just saying, if it leaves the room, it needs to be privately.

If this leaves the room, you die.

Guys...

The game is talking again.

Turn the game off, alright. We're not playing this shit anymore.

It won't fucking let me.

You cannot turn off the game.

Unless you want to end up like Zelda.

Put your fucking headphones on.

The game just mentioned Zelda by name.

This is bullshit!

A video game cannot hurt us!

Jesus! What the fuck?

Fuck.

Is everyone okay?

Yeah.

The fuck was that?

Now that I have your attention,

you came here in search of something,

but I want something from you.

If you leave the game,

you forfeit your life.

Why?

What do you want from us?

Guess it's not gonna tell us.

Seems pretty obvious it wants us all dead!

Dead? But for what?!

We haven't done anything to deserve that!

Neither did Scott.

It never gave him a reason for anything it did. It just,

it called itself a siren?

Like the Greek bird women who lure sailors to their deaths?

Wait, wait, wait!

The statue in the lobby looked a hell of a lot like that.

If that's what this is,

if this game is a siren, then the only way we survive is to not listen to it.

It seems like ain't an option. If we quit or if we call for help, I guess we die?

If we play, we die!

Look at Zelda!

Hey, Scott escaped his game, okay?

There's gotta be a way out of here somehow.

How did Scott win?

You know, how do you win any game?

He beat the last boss. Simple.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Real simple. Real simple.

We just gotta kill a few people to get there.

Shit.

A phone?

Yeah, I see that, too.

It's saying "hi" to me.

Me too, but I can't reply.

Neither can I.

I see that.

Me too.

Who are we talking to?

Good follow-up question.

Wait, that's not what I typed.

I asked who they are.

So, she knows she's talking to Taylor.

How do you know they're a girl?

I know how girls talk to you.

Hey, keep typing.

It doesn't seem no matter what you write, but it only responds to you.

Okay.

This is weird.

Who is this girl, Taylor?

I don't know.

I mean, a lot of people send me messages like this.

You tell a lot of people that they're your favorite fan?

It's just something nice we say sometimes, right?

Uh what the fuck, man.

Never mind.

That is not a normal thing we say.

Okay, none of this is real.

Remember what you said.

Don't listen to the game.

Guys, he's right.

There's no proof any of this is true.

Send another message, Taylor.

Baby, don't do this.

Just listen to your fucking wife.

Yeah. What are you afraid of?

Jesus.

What?

Okay, that...

That is fake! Right? Photoshop.

I mean...

How is that fake? That's literally our bedroom.

I don't know. It's the internet!

This is shit.

Oh my God.

Really?

She's a kid.

How would I have known that, Nemo?

You want me to ID her? Huh?

You're fucking sick.

Oh shit, Gwen!

Hey, hey, this is a joke...

This is a joke to you?

Yeah! - Guys!

Calm down!

Don't you do that! Don't you fucking protect him!

Taylor's the recipient now!

Then who are we playing as?

I don't know.

Sit down.

Okay?

We still need him for the game.

What's this?

You knew about this?

Ah, shit.

What was I supposed to do?

Come on!

Some of them are minors.

Oh my God.

Some of them are minors, Taylor?

They're just girls on the internet.

We all went through the same pandemic bullshit,

and somehow we managed not to abuse people online.

Abuse? Really?

Are you fucking kidding me?

I would have stopped if they asked me to! Like...

I'm just playing around!

Oh my God. - Fuck you.

Why is he still working here?

You had the chance to do the right thing.

Well you never really know a person, huh?

Either of you!

I did what I had to do!

Like it or not, we need him on the team.

And if the truth had come out, he'd have dragged Janus down with him.

So, no, I didn't let one fuckup ruin it for the rest of us.

One?

And luckily, no one knows but us.

What?!

I know.

His victims know!

Cause you know, it just starts off as an innocent compliment.

And then it just gets

a little less innocent.

You are a grown ass man

with a platform...

and you know better than to abuse it.

A. Fucking. Men.

Gwen?

Gwen, are you okay?

Let's just move on, okay?

I can't believe you were talking to other girls again.

You told me I didn't have to worry about that anymore.

And then you go talk to teenagers?

Okay, look, you have every right to hate me.

But sex is my only vice.

Oh, wow.

So you've always been a cheater or you've always been a creep?

Like on a scale from one to ten, how fucking disgusted should we be?

I am talking to my wife!

Alright? This isn't your business.

You made it our business! You're lucky...

she doesn't rip your fucking balls off.

Jon.

You guys know I'm a good guy, alright?

I'm not perfect.

Far from it.

But I never meant to hurt anybody.

We never asked you to be perfect.

Just worthy of our trust.

I've bitten my tongue for years.

I've looked the other way so many times...

because I thought I knew what I was getting myself into.

But I did not sign up for this shit.

Yeah, well, selling your soul always comes with risks, doesn't it?

Fuck off, Mitch.

Oh, there she is.

There's the real Gwen.

She may fool the audience

with the whole power couple act,

but we all know it's bullshit.

You hate Taylor.

You always have.

Okay, what the fuck are you talking about?

I'm talking about the fucking truth.

She hates you. Surprise.

What is he talking about?

Maybe I wouldn't have to stick by him

if you made it easier to succeed around here.

If I were offered support instead of sold to the internet as tits and ass!

Oh, it's so hard being a pretty girl everybody wants to talk to.

You could just, I don't know, smile and deal with it.

Jesus Christ.

Fucking hell.

Seven remain, and two doors await.

A vote of players

decides your fate.

Three will pass through each doorway.

And now I ask...

who will you betray?

Well, that's it?

We just split up and go through the doors?

Do the math.

It's all but one of us.

Guess we know who's getting voted off the island.

Oh, don't worry.

Mitch is right on your heels.

Why am I getting blamed for this?

Because you knew what he did.

And you let him sit at this table with us every day.

Goddamn, you let him in the room with Lucy.

Great. Well, Taylor and I are...

obviously gonna vote for each other,

so where's that leave us?

Mitch made the wrong call.

But at least he was trying to protect our jobs.

Taylor's fucking scum.

There's no excuse for what he did.

I mean, cosign on fucking scum.

Yeah. Bar's in hell,

but I hope we can all draw the line at cheating pedophiles, right?

Hey, I'm not a pedophile, okay?

I've never asked them to do anything illegal.

Oh, fuck off. Oh-ho, well, then...

he's a saint, Your Honor! Case closed!

We can deal with Taylor later.

I think Mitch could stand to answer for what he's done to all of us.

Really? You're coming for me now?

Maybe you should have just smiled and dealt with it.

Lucy, how about you?

Bitch...

Davey?

Sorry, kid. I don't think I get a vote here.

I don't want to do this.

What's gonna happen to him if we leave him behind?

Hey.

Whatever it is, it's not your fault.

I feel like I know you guys.

I mean, I watched you every day.

But I really know the girls

that Taylor talked to.

Ashley and Carrie.

And probably others.

God, so many girls left my group

or deactivated their accounts, and I never knew why.

I always wondered if they were okay.

The people Taylor hurt aren't just an idea.

They were my friends.

I have to vote against him.

For them.

You know what, fine, fine!

Leave me to fucking die

because I'm not perfect like

the rest of you are.

I just hope this game has something up its sleeve to fuck up traitors!

You betrayed us first!

Hell yeah. Sit down.

So.

Now that we're leaving his pedo ass behind...

how are we splitting up?

I'll go with anyone but Mitch.

I'll go with you, Nemo.

I'll be your third.

So that leaves Lucy, Jon, and Mitch.

It's fine with me.

Sure, I guess.

Alright. See you on the other side.

What's in your room?

There's a pool table, a bar, and a door.

Okay, so there's a three digit code.

This looks like a puzzle room.

What about y'all?

Looks like a hallway. There's a lot of doors.

And they're all locked.

Let's keep walking.

Hell yeah. A way out?

Don't go anywhere yet. We don't know where it leads!

Come on, we still need

you to beat the game, maybe.

You can't just run off on your own.

Oh, you need me now?

Now you need me?

We didn't have any choice! Cause a second ago, you were...

Alright, I got one of the numbers.

Oh shit, sorry guys. Hang on.

Guys?

I think I found the siren.

Dude, are you crazy?

Get the fuck out of there!

"Take the heart?"

Have you ever played a fucking horror game?

It's really that simple.

You guys all left me behind, and now the game

is just going to give me the chance to kill the boss?

Taylor, wait. We're almost through.

Dice! Dice! My number's three!

We got it! Copy!

Me too, it's three.

Come on, come on...

And we're out!

Us too! Us too! Fuck. Fuck!

Do we have everybody? Everyone here?

I see you.

Shit.

"Shit" what, Taylor?

What'd you do?

Do you hear that?

Yeah, I hear that. - Taylor, is that you?

Oh my God, fuck!

Uh... what's happening?

Don't do anything else! Don't do anything else!

Gwen!

Gwen, help him!

Help me!

Oh shit!

I'm so sorry...

It's here!

Oh my God!

Oh, Jesus!

Holy fuck!

Oh! Hey! Controllers!

Shit! Fuck!

Controllers! Hold still! Nobody move!

Fuck!

His blood is everywhere.

Can someone please...

Yeah...

I'm starting to think that dying is the only...

thing that progress the game.

We're not doing that. No, listen.

It's pretty clear that our next objective is to find a way to kill that thing.

So we should start looking for one.

I mean, there's still a lot of house left we haven't seen.

If we split up, we can explore faster.

No, no, no, no, no. Hey, hey.

Are you kidding? Are you kidding?

What?

Dice, look. I know hero shooters don't require a lot of strategy, but we...

we know horror games.

And you never split up!

Bad idea.

Not solo, you rust lord.

In pairs.

That way, somebody always has your back.

They're right. If one of these rooms is a trap...

then it could take everyone out.

But if we split up...

And we'll die only two at a time?

Fuck me.

I might have something that might tell us where to go.

My special item is a compass.

I don't know what it's supposed to tell us.

I...

Go ahead and use it. Can't hurt.

Follow me.

Jon... are you alright?

Not great, Davey.

We'll be okay. As long as we stick together.

Flirt?

Fuck no.

I don't want to flirt right now, game!

I don't suppose the lights are motion sensitive.

Hold up, hold up.

I can see a bit through my camera.

Does anybody else have a way to see in the dark?

I have a lantern.

Guess it's us, then.

After you.

Oh... stairs to the basement?

This is where the compass leads.

Fine. I'll go. Who's coming with me?

Well, I was hoping to pair up with Nemo, if that's okay.

Yeah, sure.

We'll take the next one.

Fine.

Let's go.

Ah, fuck.

I guess we go through there.

Hell no.

Hey, Nemo. The last door is here.

Yeah, alright...

How's everyone else doing?

I can barely see a thing.

What was that?

You guy's okay?

TBD!

Be careful.

Hey, this book fell down.

Cheap scare. It's fine.

A secret passage?

That definitely leads to a torture chamber.

No worse than anywhere we're going.

Oh, as Lucy and I are discovering, this house's

architecture makes no sense.

It's fuckin' dark. I can't... This is...

And the battery's not gonna fuckin' last.

Hey Lucy, you said you speak Spanish, right?

What's up?

I have this note. It's dated a few months ago...

but all it says is

In Spanish: "The quietest waters are the deadliest".

Does it say anything else?

Just a signature.

Claribel Rojas. Maybe she's someone who played the game.

Aguas...

Water... it's about water!

It's not about water. It's...

It's a saying we have.

The quietest waters are the deadliest.

Things that seem safest

might actually hurt you the most.

Well, I can kinda relate to her.

Didn't think a game was gonna fucking hurt me.

Hey, uh, Lucy.

I'm sorry about earlier.

What?

You know, when I yelled at you?

After Zelda?

Oh, it's okay.

I mean, you were scared.

No one's their best self when they're scared.

I'm a little worse than that.

I get...

paranoid about people

I guess.

Very paranoid.

He's the only one here who's closed his DMs.

That doesn't mean he's crazy.

God knows I wanted to close mine.

No, look, I like the fans.

I just...

There was this one girl

screen name, AmberMist.

Oh. I remember this story.

It started out normal.

She told me how much our videos meant to her, and...

she asked me for game recommendations.

I mean, we all get those messages right?

But then she would throw in some dark joke...

about being depressed.

I tried to be supportive, but...

the more I did that, the more she vented to me.

Why didn't you just block her?

If I ghosted her, or if I said the wrong thing,

she might have hurt herself.

Then one night she sends me...

this message and it's scary.

Like she tells me that she hurts a lot...

but soon she won't feel anything anymore...

unless I give her a reason to live.

She had an address on file from being a paid member.

I could call the cops to check on her and hope that I didn't regret

that for the rest of my life.

Or I could ignore her and...

regret what happens next.

So I made the call.

I couldn't bear the thought of of someone...

hurting themselves and me having done nothing.

What did you do after?

When she was stable, I...

I finally blocked her because I couldn't go through that again.

And she sent all of her friends after me demanding...

that I change my mind, that I still be friends with her.

Eventually it stopped.

And after a few months, she deleted her account.

But I still see her in every stranger.

Cause all that started with a fan...

that I don't know saying hi to me.

I didn't know things were that bad.

I'm sorry I gave you shit for closing your DMs.

Let's just keep moving.

Jon, wait, wait, wait! We don't know how this works, man.

We don't know how this works.

We don't know, like, if I'll die if you die.

Or if I die because my NPC bites it or something!

But man...

I swear to fucking God...

if I die because you and Gwen went unarmed...

alone, into a dark tunnel...

Davey? Hey, look at me.

Shut the fuck up.

Stay focused.

Oh my God, dude!

Fuck! - What is it?

New monster just dropped.

God, it's just a damn rat.

God, I wish I could get his blood off me.

That's pleasant.

I do not like what this means.

Looks like a fuse box over there.

Christ.

Stop trying to get me to pick the fucking flirt option, game.

Maybe you should have thought about that before you chose it the first time.

Shut up. It was a joke.

So now you're finally admitting that being queer is a joke to y'all?

You want to do this now?

You want to do this right now?

When we're fucking dying out here? You know what...

Guys. Come on. Come on.

What better time?

I think I've held my tongue long enough about the Jon and Davey show.

You could keep holding it.

You need to stop speaking.

Dice, just calm down, okay?

Jon and I joke about being a couple, but it's just jokes!

Everybody knows that!

You don't do it because it's funny.

You do it because it gets the audience swooning...

and writing their fanfics about y'all.

Oh, so are you jealous that they actually talk about us? Come on.

You think we like it when they write porn about us, Dice?

You know your content together garners the most engagement.

That's why you post it.

You also know that your solo shit...

can't muster up half those views...

because you're both so mediocre,

there's no other reason that people would care to watch you.

Hey, I earned my place, okay?

The audience voted me in a year before Davey was even here!

Then stay in your motherfucking lane.

Because my ass wakes up queer every day.

I am the best player here every day.

And while they're losing their minds, just hoping y'all will kiss...

they can't even get my fucking pronouns right!

Shit, Dice, run!

What's going on?

Our staircase is crumbling and motherfucker I hate

first person platformers! Mitch, keep up!

Well, dammit, Dice! Wait for me!

Come on!

Lucy, you're fine?

Keep going, Mitch! Keep going!

Come on, come on... Make these jumps...

Got it.

Ow, motherfucker!

I broke my fucking arm!

Are you okay?!

Do something!

I mean, I have a health kit.

Then use it! Give him the health kit!

Dice, give him the health! It'll heal him!

Fine! Fine, it's done!

Holy fuck...

You are so goddamn lucky that you paired with somebody with a health kit.

Not when you had to think about it twice!

Well at least you two got to the end of your level.

Yeah. Great!

Maybe these breakers power a door

to get out of here?

Our NPC friend said that they might do...

something, so maybe futzing with them will help.

Shit, fuck.

What? What'd you do?

I bombed a skill check.

Alright.

Oy. This is gonna take awhile.

Hey, jump on that other one.

Maybe it'll go faster with the both of us.

Holy shit!

Finally.

Nemo?

Zelda and Taylor?

What about Taylor?

There's a painting of him.

I wonder who these people are.

They must have all-

Ah, fuck!

What the fuck is that?!

What's happening?

Are you guys okay? What's going on?

There's something in here with us!

Okay. Stay behind me.

Head to the door!

Okay, okay, okay. Oh my God! Oh, shit!

What's it look like?

I don't know! It's a shadow person!

Gotta go, gotta go.

I can't open the door. It says it needs power!

Wait, what needs power?

The locked door!

And there's like a monster in here with us!

So this has to be it!

Okay. Okay, Hey, Lucy!

We're at like 90% okay?

Once we fix these breakers,

it should power your door!

Just hold on, you guys!

We're almost there, right?

Jon, we almost there?

Guys, come on!

We're trying!

Come on, we're almost there!

One more. Come on, bring it on!

Come on!

Please hurry up!

Come on!

Okay now, go!

It's open!

Come on, come on!

Nemo, get out of there!

I cannot believe that worked!

Yes! Fuck yes!

Okay... - Holy shit!

Are you okay? - Yeah, yeah, are you?

Yeah.

Goddamn, nice, man.

Thanks...

Hey. We did it.

Good job, Lucy.

Goddamn it.

That was life or death.

Looks like we're going through the murder hallway...

Yeah.

C'mon.

Jon? Gwen?

Fuck, I lost my light.

Me too, I can't see anything.

Just keep walking.

We'll get somewhere eventually.

Where is everyone?

We're in some sort of control room.

Same.

Yeah, there's a bunch of pages with stuff written on 'em.

Us too, just found it.

Us?

Gwen?

We must have been separated in the dark.

What do you see?

I'm in a white room.

There's a suitcase with symbols on it and three windows.

There you are. - Yeah, no, we can see you.

What is this?

Welcome test subject.

Today's experiment is about group communication.

Before you sits a bomb.

Your peers have instructions to diffuse it

and may communicate in whatever way

they find effective.

You have four minutes before the bomb activates.

Your time begins now.

A bomb?!

Gwen!

Stay calm.

We're gonna get you out of this.

Yeah, the answers to the puzzle, they're...

probably on these papers in the rooms,

but you gotta tell us what the bomb looks like, okay?

Okay, there are two boxes.

One has wires, and the other has dials, like on a safe.

Alright, so we've got a wire puzzle

and safe puzzle.

Everyone look for instructions on those.

We got this?

Let's keep looking, let's keep looking. Let's see...

It is none of these.

Upper left! I think I saw dials.

Holy shit, I really could kiss you.

What's it say?

Alright, alright.

It shows the first dial turned clockwise to twelve.

The second dial turned clockwise to thirty-eight.

And the last one turned

counter clockwise to forty-two.

You got that?

Uh... no... wait, I...

Wait! I've got a note right here.

It's actually counter clockwise and clockwise are reversed.

Are you kidding?

So what does that mean?

It's okay! We'll walk you through it one at a time!

So turn the first dial to twelve,

counter clockwise, I guess?

You guess?

Just trust us.

Okay! What next?

Okay! Second dial, thirty-eight, counter clockwise!

Right....

Turn the last one clockwise to forty-two.

Oh my God! We did it!

Yes!

Do we have any notes on

that wire puzzle yet, guys? Come on.

This one's for memory.

This one's for shapes. Ugh, fuck!

I got nothing.

Is it this one? The one with the purple text?

Uh, yeah, let's see!

Okay, I think this is it. Four wires?

Yeah! Okay, great.

What color is your first wire?

It's yellow.

Okay, yellow. First wire's...

Yeah, shit, no, I only have instructions for

if the first wire is blue.

Fuck!

Something with a yellow wire...

Alright, wait a minute. I got something right here.

If the first wire's yellow,

cut out the, blue wires.

There aren't any blue wires.

Read it again, Dice. Read it again!

I'm reading it fine!

It says it right here!

Guys! Please!

Maybe you have instructions

for the wrong puzzle or something?!

No, no. Hold up, hold up. I've got it.

It says all yellow wires are actually blue wires.

So I cut the yellow wires?

Yes! Right?

No! No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

If all yellow wires are blue wires,

then we actually need to follow my instructions

for what to do if the first wire is blue.

Just tell me what to cut!

Cut, uh...

Cut the red one, Gwen!

Are you sure?

Yeah, or is there a page somewhere

that says all red wires are secretly purple?

There's only one minute left.

I think Nemo's right. Cut the red.

Come on, Gwen. Come on.

This is gonna work. It's gonna be red.

Oh my God!

Yeah!

Hell yeah!

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait. It's still counting down.

I don't know what else to do!

What?!

We solved the puzzles! We diffused it.

What did we miss?

It's gotta be rigged, or something!

What is this?

There's another puzzle.

Oh my God.

Describe it. Describe it!

Six squares, two rows of three. All different colors.

I found that one!

Just hang on. Hang on.

Fuck, okay.

It's just like Simon Says.

You just press the buttons in order:

Red, green, green.

Wait, there might be more instru...

There is no time for that!

Red, green, green!

Red, green...green.

Blue. Orange. Red.

But I thought...

Is everyone okay?

Do we fucking look okay?!

She...

There's nothing of her left.

I think that might be our way out.

Do you think it would have gone off no matter what?

How else would we have a way to move forward now?

I told you. The only way we're progressing is when people die!

No, no, there was a way out.

If she'd diffused it, she could have moved it aside.

I feel like there...

is something you're not telling me.

I'm not playing this anymore.

Come on, man. You've got to. There's a timer.

No, we're done playing around,

pretending to be something we're not.

Gwen said we shouldn't listen

to the game.

Maybe she was right.

That's too bad, Jon.

Fuck, dude!

Jon!

Guys, what's wrong?

Shit!

You should've been honest with me from the start.

My NPC just went nuts and attacked us!

Where'd you guys go?

He's dragging us somewhere.

Shit...

We'll go through the broken wall

and we'll try to loop back around

to find you. Come on, guys.

Come on, man. Get it together.

You're good, you're good.

Oh God.

I guess you were right about that torture chamber, huh?

I just didn't think it would be yours.

Yeah, but where are you? What does it look like?

Okay, it's some kind of dungeon!

Brick walls.

I can hear water dripping.

Listen.

To the right! I hear it too.

I had so many dreams about us.

I wrote so many love stories.

But it was all a lie!

You lied to me.

No, no way! What are you doing with those knives?

Guys, hurry the fuck up, please!

Jesus fucking Christ.

Goddammit.

Can you get the fuck outta there?

No, I can't get the fuck outta here!

There's gotta be quicktime events or something!

Look at the chains!

I'm looking at the fucking...

Maybe there's something above us!

There's nothing here! I can't do any quicktime events!

I can't look!

I have no control!

Oh, God! Dammit!

Come on, guys!

Fuck me! Just hang in there!

Shit.

Oh God... Oh, no...

Was it for everyone else?

Guys we can't do anything!

Do I make you more interesting than all the

other guys who look just like you?

Oh, fuck no.

No, no, we see you, alright?

We're gonna try and get in.

Do better than try!

Shit! Someone help me with this!

I'm on it! - Or is it because you can't

survive without me? - What's he saying?

I should cut out your tongue for telling lies.

But I can think of something more poetic.

No, no, no, no, no shit! Come on! Oh, Jesus fuck!

Is that a chainsaw?

Of course it's a fucking chainsaw!

He's coming, guys, please hurry!

Fuck!

Shit, shit, shit.

There's gotta be a way in!

Oh my fucking God, he's right there!

Jesus fuck! Shit! Shit!

Oh Jesus Christ!

Fuck! Oh my God... Oh my God!

We're in!

Come on!

Yes, yes, get the fuck away from them!

Yeah, yeah, come on! Let's dance!

Alright!

Okay, okay, we're in! We're in!

Go! Go! Go! - Fuck yeah that was close!

Jesus Christ, that was close.

Get outta here! Get up and run, man!

Keep moving, keep moving!

Come on!

Fuck. - Come on!

Just leave him, Mitch! He's too strong. Get outta here, guys!

Go, go!

He's right behind us!

Keep running, keep running!

He's right on us, everybody! Come on!

There's a door, here!

Okay, come on, come on!

Over here! Yes, yes! Through here!

Help me barricade this!

There's gotta be something...

Come on! - Yes, yes, okay.

Table!

Is that gonna keep him out?

I think he's gone.

Fuck!

That would've been a really bad way to fucking go.

Yeah, thanks.

Thanks for saving us.

Oh man, I thought we were goners.

He was pretty tough.

I don't think he's a killable enemy.

Let's just hope he fucks off and leaves us alone.

Guys.

Where are we?

Nemo, look at these pictures.

I think that's one of the guys we saw in the hallway.

In one of the portraits, remember?

Maybe. I can't really tell...

If there was a painting of him

in the hallway,

and there were paintings of Zelda and Taylor there...

Does that mean he was someone else the game killed?

Fucking hope not.

Last time we ran into somebody the game killed,

it was that shadow monster that crawled out of the painting.

Yeah, but they probably didn't start that way.

Remember that film projector that Zelda set off earlier?

Those, like... shadow phantomy fuckers.

I mean, they were probably people.

But the longer they stayed

trapped in the game,

the more they became monsters.

So what about Gwen and Zelda?

And Taylor? They could still be here?

But they're dead.

I mean, look around.

Yeah, but if part of them is still here,

maybe we could do something to save them?

We've got to have fire, right?

That was the only thing that could help them escape.

Hey!

I think there's a switch on this.

If you're hearing this,

you found one of my safe rooms.

I don't know how long it'll be before the siren...

finds this one too,

but I'll help while it lasts.

My name is Jeremy Jones, and I've had to watch...

a lot of people come through here these past few months.

And then join me.

I'll be fast.

The siren is the key.

Literally. Her heart is your way out.

She'll do everything in her power to stop you.

Because feeding on us is the only way she survives.

But there's always a way out.

Remember that.

So that's it?

We cut out the siren's heart?

There's no way it's that simple.

Sure it is.

Look, this guy Jeremy is trying to help us.

Like what? Rat Man?

It could be a distraction from the house.

It's lied and cheated us from the jump.

Why would it start playing fair now?

We could have helped Gwen diffuse the bomb.

Maybe if we each sacrificed

our one life for Zelda in the trivia game...

we could have saved her.

On the other hand, all of you had ways to help me

and Nemo in the hallway, and that's why we survived.

Yeah. And I'd be sausage if you

guys hadn't saved me from Davey.

Interesting choice of words.

Look, I'll do anything to help us out of here.

And I want to help Gwen

and Zelda and fucking Taylor.

But I don't know how much more I got in me.

I'm so goddamn tired.

No one's asking you to do it alone.

We get so caught up on who's the best player.

Who the fans like.

But at the end of the day, it's the shit we do together that matters.

We always just wanted you to be a family.

You're stronger together.

You always have been.

Do you hear that?

What is that?

Dice!

Jeez, um... What the hell?

Okay, uh, Dice...

don't move, alright? We'll find something to pull you up.

It's fine. I'll figure my own way out.

Don't do this! Let us help you!

Yeah, look! I know we haven't always had your back

but now is not the time to be a hero.

You think I do this because I want to be the hero?

I save myself because no one else is coming.

If I trust you to hold open that door...

you'll just slam it in my face.

Why aren't you guys saying anything?

What's going on?

You're on the TV.

What up, various timezones!

Hope y'all had a good day.

I did not.

Another shitty day at Janus.

But y'all better keep it mum...

cause they can't know I have a solo channel.

When was this?

You know, solo channels are against your contract.

You don't pay me enough to cover my bills just on this gig.

Guys, this is trying to break us up.

Don't listen to it.

So we've got a fan coming into the studio on Saturday.

I think she's some young girl?

Which, ten bucks...

means she's just there to drool over the pretty boys.

The Janus fans like to say they support us...

because we're so diverse.

But really they're just there to line up behind White Boy of the Month.

And I have tried...

to talk to Mitch about it,

but he called me crazy.

"They don't connect to you because you're quiet."

"They don't understand your sense of humor."

And this one...

This one's my favorite.

"Your identity is too narrow and people can't relate to you."

Goddamn it, Mitch.

What?

It's true.

I really do think Nemo is a nice guy.

I also think he's just not cut out for this.

He pulled me aside a couple of days ago

and told me that he was actually traumatized...

by a fan who was talking to him too much.

Just like, read the room, bro.

Nobody's sliding into my DMS.

Really?

I'm sorry, I...

It was just... it was petty and I was fucking jealous.

Taylor took over an entire stream again today with his "chaotic dumbass" routine.

It's just like... You're not chaotic.

You're a stale attention whore.

Gwen acts like she's girlboss of the year.

But success really doesn't count...

when you have to sleep your way there.

I swear to God if Zelda pushes her toxic positivity...

on me one more time...

If any of y'all are Jon and Davey shippers?

Get. The. Fuck. Off. My. Stream.

So y'all, I think I'm going to have to cancel the stream today.

My wrists.

I just can't move my wrists.

I mean, I can.

It's just sort of...

excruciatingly painful.

I don't really know why...

mostly because Janus doesn't offer healthcare?

And it's getting worse.

I also know Mitch is not going to keep his promise.

He won't fire me.

He'll just let me get so miserable...

that I quit.

I think time is almost up...

for Janus Gaming's diversity hire.

So.

You're just gonna let me die,

because I have opinions.

We're not going to let you die.

But damn it, why is the idea of working together so threatening to you?

I gave you everything...

and you're still so insecure about...

not being self-made, you had to go prove you could do it better alone?

I have an expiration date, Mitch.

And you know...

the only reason you keep me around

is because I'm the fucking best.

And if these stop working,

I stop working.

So yeah, I'm gonna build a community...

of my own...

that loves me for me, and not my skills.

If alone is how

you wish to be,

alone you'll face adversity.

We'll test to see if you are skilled

Your friends may help,

lest you be killed.

There's a ladder! Climb up to us.

Yeah!

Quicktime sand? Very clever.

Alright, come on, Dice. You can do this.

Yeah! Come on!

Keep pushing. Hold on.

Just hold on. You can do this!

Not again...

Fuck!

You can do it, come on!

Come on, Dice! Come on, Dice!

Please!

Fuck! My hands...

You can hold out.

You got this, you got this! Come on!

Dice!

Keep pushing!

Please, God, please!

Fuck, fuck, what do we do? What do we do?

Help me...

The riddle said that we could help!

There's gotta be a way that we can save them!

Gimme your controller!

Ugh, come on!

No!

Hey... hey...

Hey.

It was a good idea.

It was just too fucking late!

No thanks to any of you!

What happened to...

What happened to "we're all in this together?"

We gotta think outside the game next time.

We know that now.

No, no, no, hey, hey.

Come on, come on.

Hey!

No!

Go, go!

Hey, look at him. We gotta go.

Go. We have to keep playing.

We have to keep playing!

Hey.

Come back to us, huh?

Yeah.

We should keep moving.

Yeah, come on.

We're just going in circles.

Quiet!

Hide!

Guys?

What happens when sanity reaches zero?

Shit.

I still have that noisemaker.

Maybe I can use that to get the siren to move away.

How are you going to get to it without moving your controls?

Guys that sanity is getting pretty b-

Davey, what the fuck?

Davey, stop!

Great! We know we...

can get out of our fucking chairs

and now the game won't let us!

Watch my screen for me!

Davey! Davey! Come on! Come on, Davey!

Davey! Davey! Jon!

Jon, I'm gonna help you!

Jon! We're gonna...

Let him go, Davey!

Mitch, you're out of time!

Goddamn it!

Fuck! Jon! Fuck!

Not them too.

What the hell happened to Davey?

The NPC cut his own throat.

Just look.

We should take that knife.

Okay, I've got it.

Come on, she went upstairs.

Maybe if Jon hadn't lost his dating sim...

he could have convinced Davey to hand over that knife peacefully.

Do you think this is fucking funny?

We're all that's left, Mitch!

Six of our friends are dead.

I bet their bodies are still warm!

You want to get up and see for yourself?

I didn't know it was gonna go like this, okay?

I heard rumors and I was following trends.

Trends?

Are you fucking kidding me?

You knew what this game was all along?

I found House of Souls in underground game jams.

Everyone talked about how their friends died...

or their cousins dying or whatever.

But people will say anything on the internet.

That does not mean it's true!

I just thought the audience would get...

a kick out of us playing an urban legend.

You told us this was an indie early access game...

not some shit you found on the dark web!

You know, Mitch.

This game never would have been worth it.

We would have watched anything you do.

The community doesn't care about the games.

We care about all of you!

Cool theory, fangirl, but my bankruptcy...

paperwork says different.

Bankruptcy?

Is there anything you haven't lied about?

Janus Gaming is a quarter of a million dollars in debt.

But it doesn't matter anymore

cause everybody's fucking dead!

So, you know what?

Maybe if footage of this nightmare comes out...

I can start over and build a version

where I'm not an afterthought in my own

fucking company!

Shut up!

Like, I still remember what we wanted this thing to be.

What you said it was gonna be!

We wanted to make people's days better.

We wanted to make a living doing what we love.

We wanted to show that everyone deserves a seat at the table.

And I don't know when that

became about money for you, man, but it never did for me.

It's not about greed!

Do you think I can afford to pay everyone with merch sales and sponsorships?

The harder we work,

the more they consume,

the more it costs!

Do you think I wanna be the guy...

who makes Gwen show her tits for views?

Or who covers up sex scandals?

Or who won't use you in thumbnails because racists don't like your face?

If I...

can grit my teeth

and do the right thing?

After everything...

this job has put me through,

after the way that it has changed

the fabric of who I am?

Then man...

We're just not the same.

I didn't want to be that, Nemo.

I had to be.

I had to be the bad guy

so that we'd all survive!

Mitch!

No!

Okay! Hey, hey!

Okay!

Get that knife ready.

I'm gonna distract it, okay?

Follow me.

Go left.

Hey! Over here!

Lucy! Now! - Okay.

There!

We did it.

Yeah.

Come on.

Okay...

Do you want to do it?

No.

You go ahead.

No! Come on! Let us out!

Please...

Don't tell me it wants us to

double tap this bitch.

Alright, come on out

so we can kill you again

and get outta here!

What the hell?

No...

Listen, listen...

we're not doing that, alright?

Remember, there's always a way out.

Just start looking for something we can interact with.

Hey, hey.

Remember the fire?

And how it set souls free?

Yeah.

Why?

We could burn it down right now.

Free everyone who's trapped in here.

Destroy the whole fucking game for good.

But then...

but we'd both...

The game says that it's only gonna let one of us out of here.

And then it'll go back to tormenting people.

Maybe...

neither of us would survive this way.

But.

At least we could make a difference?

When I won the studio visit...

I wanted to use this opportunity to say some things.

I've been too afraid this whole day, but...

if this is it?

I came here because I wanted to meet you.

Me?

That girl from your DMs you talked about?

AmberMist?

That was my old username.

I had a hard time...

a few years ago.

All I wanted was for one of my favorite people to notice me.

To make me feel valid.

I guess I got carried away giving you all my baggage...

but I'm better now.

And I need you to tell me that you see that.

That you can forget all about the old me and we can be friends again!

Do you realize what you did to me?

Did you listen...

to a single thing that I said?

The past can be the past!

It doesn't matter anymore!

I couldn't access you online because you closed your DMs.

But I figured if I came here and I met you in person...

then you couldn't ignore...

What are you doing?

I never stopped looking over my shoulder for you.

And after all of that, here you are?

You sat in a room right beside me.

You got me to trust you.

Nemo, this isn't you.

You don't know me!