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They say the greatest commodity in the universe is time.

Kind of surprising at first, right?

That it isn't, I don't know, money or land.

We've all got the time we're given, I suppose.

But I just lost 30 days.

A whole month of my life gone in the blink of an eye.

I'm honestly not sure how it's going to turn out just yet.

But I do know exactly how it began.

Christmas, 1998.

Unreal Tournament?

No way!

I was 11 going on 12 when I knew I was meant to do this.

Video games.

Not just play them.

Make them. The moment I saw those pixels explode in a blaze of victory, man, I

was hooked. I think you're hooked.

No.

I loved video games so much, I had to create a game of my own. A game engine

is a software framework. Some kids play sports on Saturdays. Me?

I taught myself the world's first commercially available video game design

software.

And by the summer of sixth grade, I had already met my number one fan.

You made that?

Yep, sure did.

Mom, look.

Wow.

That looks great.

You know what? I got an idea.

Let's wait till tomorrow. And it's a surprise.

What?

I mean...

No, sir.

This is where your game belongs.

Now, this is you today.

Page one.

Charlie, your mom has about 30 more minutes, okay?

Okay. Agree.

Your dad's almost done. The final page, that is when you get your first real

game on those shelves.

What are you reading?

Oh, uh, I'm reading a book about video game programming.

What book are you reading?

And then all the pages in between.

That's how you get there. Whoa, that's pretty cool.

Welcome to day one of the collective video diary. A better aftershock when

the gun goes off. Yeah, yeah, I get that.

I'm having fun.

Thanks, Mom.

Okay, so watch out for those.

I swivel, kind of.

We're here for you, Charlie.

Oh, wait, right there.

See him.

Mom used to say we were going to change the world.

But life has a way of throwing curveballs.

The one constant about time... Pick up the shotgun. It doesn't slow down.

So I grew up we all did and we're still waiting on our big break

Turns out creating a video game with your friends isn't that simple or easy

What do you think, Mary Jane?

You should still have time, right?

Hey, Gibbs.

Morning.

Hey, is your flag come out yet?

No, not yet. Maybe later today.

Look, will you come help me out in the warehouse for a second?

Warehouse?

Yeah, it's a big building with aisles and boxes.

Yeah, I know what a warehouse is, Gibbs. No, boxes.

Yep.

Great,

you can just sit around over there.

I didn't know this place had a warehouse, Gibbs. What is all this

stuff? It's just my grandfather's old stuff.

I gotta get my table up for the...

Elven tribe gathering.

Next chapter of our campaign drops tomorrow.

The Black Tower of Shenthiel.

Wow, sounds amazing.

Hey, uh, I don't suppose you need an extra cleric?

You're not ready.

Whoa, hold up, hold up. I am a cleric, okay? I've been playing D&D since I was

ten. That's great.

So?

Well, our room is about more than just a game.

This is interesting.

Hey Gibbs, what is this?

That is an energy amplifier.

My grandfather was attempting to harvest subatomic energy or something.

Okay.

How about this one?

That is a perpetual motion machine, I believe.

Doesn't that kind of violate science or something?

I don't know.

Huh.

Gibbs, what is this? Don't touch it.

Well... What just happened? I told you not to touch it. Get out of there.

The metal on the inside causes time displacement. Time displacement? Yeah,

time displacement. You're not ready for that either. Just help me with the

dragon. Okay.

Oh, hold on. Just one sec.

I'm getting a text.

Oh, it's my boss, Barbara.

Yeah, I gotta go, man. Off to another day to watch other people make video

games and not my own. All right. Later, Gibbs. Oh.

All right. Well, you have fun with that.

By day, I'm the world's fastest burger delivering extraordinaire.

Uh,

soy sauce?

I did ask the restaurant three times for it. I'm perfecting the art of delivering

happiness. Please leave me.

Review? One greasy bag at a time.

It's all good?

By night, I'm an aspiring game designer.

Hey, Barbara, you might lose some of the weight and size of the boss. Plus, if

you have them go that fast, players won't be able to react and, well,

they'll think the game is unfair.

Who's still aspiring?

And after all that, I come home to my real job.

Dad. Dad, wake up.

Wakey, wakey.

Dad, you forgot to take your medicine.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I must have slipped my mind. It's okay.

Charlie, I don't work for you.

When I leave the house, I'd probably forget to put my head on. I really need

you to remember this, okay? Day and night, you gotta take your medicine.

Yeah, yeah. I was just too focused on the novel.

Right. Also, Maria's coming by in the morning.

Okay, sounds good.

Who's Maria?

Assisted care.

She gets the groceries for us.

I'll introduce you to her. Again.

Hi

there.

Here's your timely eats order. Please leave a review.

Or not.

So you told me you never thought about it? No, we've been friends since we were

12. Ah, so I can ask her out then. No, no, don't. That would make it weird.

Meet Lucas, my best friend and a self-pronounced theater geek who's also

one of the best level designers I know. We've been pals since we were 12.

Oh, and this is Brian.

Think Silent Bob, but with coding skills.

He's got a lot to say, but doesn't say a lot.

Close friend and the quiet genius of our trio.

Someone's going to ask her out eventually.

Hey guys, room for one more?

And here's Bree, part of our crew, but never quite one of the guys.

She was always there for me, though, even in the tough times.

Now she's all grown up and stuck at Sugarcube, a kind of corporate cello

mobile game studio.

She works for Miles as in... assistant?

I'm not really sure what she does there, but it's definitely not her dream job.

We grew up together playing every game we could get our hands on and eventually

decided to make one ourselves.

We called it Quicksand.

We tinkered on it for like 10 years and it went nowhere.

Total disaster.

But hey, we're still friends.

Talk about a circus. Sugar Cubed is the circus trying to keep my boss focused on

what keeps the lights on. I need a margarita. Sugar Crush literally selling

10 million copies isn't enough? Sugar Crush it counts.

for 90% of our revenue. But my boss wants to expand.

Can you imagine the company that makes Sugar Crush trying to do an M-rated

first-person shooter?

Oh, hey, Peppermint Patty can have blown off with an AK, right, bro?

Little accent drift there, buddy.

Slipping into some cock now. Now hits keep it coming.

Oh, don't look now, Sir Charles. I dare say your good lady is here.

What good lady?

He's been oogling the barmaid. No, no.

Yeah, look. Oh, hey.

Oogling? I didn't oogle anyone.

I didn't oogle anyone.

I need a margarita.

Oh, easy, buddy. Easy, easy, easy.

That fourth margarita was a terrible idea. My 8 a.m. meeting is going to be

so early.

Hey, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

Do you want us to pitch a quicksand to your boss?

You're still working on that? Okay, let's just say it's a work in progress.

It's more than a work in progress. It's basically there. Lucas, no, man.

Okay, the concept, the bugs, it's just a mess. The game has a long way to go.

Well, there are a few tweaks we made, but we are close.

Okay. Okay, are you?

Car. Yeah, let's get you to your Uber.

Hey, good luck with that hangover tomorrow.

Thanks. All right.

Oh, yeah, I never thought about it once in my life. Hey, never ever thought

about it. Hey, you two guys. So we're childhood friends, so explain this to

me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

Rated E for everyone.

Where sweet candy reigns supreme, there's only one thing that can upset

the balance of power.

Dark chocolate.

Here's my bitter sweet power.

Who's ready to get a sweet tooth?

Milk. Chocolate. More of her!

I feel like a Claire in a candy store.

Get ready to crush the dark chocopocalypse.

Sugar Crush Dark Chocolate.

Well, what do you guys think?

Yeah, it looks a lot like the other 25.

We're not here to talk about mobile games, Miles.

What's happening with our AAA titles?

Doomshot? The AAA titles?

We are working on them.

We scheduled this call to discuss future titles. In particular, our first-person

shooter that we need to compete in the market.

Our established deadline is three months.

Can you still hit that?

Three months.

Three months is a little fast.

You've got three months.

Cheryl? Cheryl, we need to call a meeting.

I'm feeling suddenly stressed out.

This is Miles Sugar.

If we can't show the Venture Capital Board the demo that I am contractually

obligated to deliver, then all of our funding goes away.

In 2008, he was a college brat entrepreneur whose mobile game Sugar

Crush blew up and made him Tech Magazine's Youngest Ever Entrepreneur of

the Year.

Since then, he's been riding the Sugar Crush wave.

But that can get old after 15 years.

So his newest venture is to try and get into AAA games.

Which means he needs venture capital.

which is where these guys and Gal from Texas come in. Oil, cotton, natural gas.

Gotta love Texas money.

In three months' time, we will have a first-person shooter to present to the

VC guys.

Or all of you are fired!

Have I made myself just crystal sugar crush

clear?

Dad, we don't have any towels again.

Yeah, that'll do.

Dad, you forgot to get the towels. I need to talk to you. Hey, hi. How did

you get in? Your game.

Sands of Time?

Sandwich? Something?

Quicksand. Can I have a second? Yes, that is the one. It's a shooter, right?

Yeah, it was a strategy, but then we changed it to an FPS.

Two wildly different genres, so it's basically all over the place.

Can I please just put some pants on? How close is it to being done?

Not even close.

I mean, there's just been so many versions that, in my opinion, it would

honestly just be easier to start over. Besides, the thought of working with

Lucas right now is exhausting. Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Sugar Cube needs a killer shooter demo in three months.

You're the only person I trust to do it.

This is your chance.

Bree, I really wish I could with all my heart.

But there's no time.

Okay, I get it. It's fine.

Just, if you think of a way, you call me.

Okay. I will give it some thought.

Thank you.

Action! Let's go, Kevin!

Come on!

Faster! Faster!

Oh my gosh, that looks awful!

Do you... Charlie, you watching something, man?

Hey, George.

Of course, man.

Hey, watch Barb out there. She's a real bear, okay?

Oh, tell me.

Watch your back. Hey, kill her. Thanks, man.

Time displacement.

What does that mean?

Well, it's basically as it sounds.

Like fast-forward time, rewind time, time travel?

More stops time.

Stops time? The ring stops time? Does it work?

Yeah, it works.

But how exactly?

Also, just saying, I am a cleric.

My grandfather was a scientist in the family. But from what I understand, time

displacement is relative to the people moving around you in the moment. Yes, it

stops time.

You sure your grandfather wasn't making it all up, though?

Yeah.

I'm not going to tell you the entire history of the ring, but it's been in

our family for a long time.

Can you prove it?

Yes, I can.

But my elven tribe gathering is in 20 minutes, and I want to be prepared.

Gibbs, man, this is important.

Whoa. Okay, this is important too. Yeah.

But I have an amazing opportunity right now. My entire life could hinge on this.

Okay, come with me. Yes!

Sorry.

All right, young Charlie.

Do you know where you are?

Yeah, of course, man.

This is your Onyx Guild.

That's right.

This is the Onyx Guild. Now, do you know how much time each week I put in setting

up the table?

I don't know. At least two or three hours?

At least two or three hours. So you can see why I might be a little too busy to

do this. But because it's you, I shall demonstrate.

Okay. Let me know if you need me to do anything.

How is this possible?

Satisfied?

Gibbs, how did you do this?

You have your proof. Now it's time to run along. Come on. You have to let me

borrow that ring. Oh!

No, I don't.

Gibbs, Sugar Cube needs an FPS fast.

I don't know what any of that means.

Bree, you can get my demo in front of them. I've literally been waiting for an

opportunity like this my entire adult life. And if that thing can really stop

time, you have to let me borrow it.

No, I don't.

You know, why don't you call your friends, Lucas and Brian. Are you guys a

team? Oh, look.

I just want this game to be my own, you know?

That's a bad look.

They would just slow me down anyway.

That's worse.

Gibbs, I want to do this.

I'm sure you do.

But this isn't something you take lightly.

All right? I'm not saying no, Charlie. I'm saying come back tomorrow and we'll

discuss it.

Now I have to prepare to commence chapter 316 of the Chronicles of Onyx

Guild. Gibbs, just let me try it once.

Good boy.

Attack rolls against the creature have a disadvantage, and the creature attack

rolls have the advantage, or have an advantage, are advantaged. It's

advantageous.

And thus begins the foulest adventure ever known in the land, with terrible

dungeons and foul fiends galore.

Where's the D20 die?

Oh, the god die.

Get it? I left it home.

Where is it?

Ah, funny.

Right where I left it.

Got it!

Oh, he's getting there this time.

Oh, here it is.

Shall

we

begin?

An invisible creature is impossible to see without the aid of magic or a

special sense.

For the purpose of... Hiding.

The creature's location can be detected by any noise it makes or any...

Now,

attack rolls against the creature have a disadvantage, and the creature attacks

rolls...

Gentlemen, allow me to draw your attention to a large five-headed dragon.

As yet, she has no name.

Petrified creature.

I'm basically describing what we already all know.

Now I am become death.

The destroyer of worlds.

It works.

It actually works.

Holy crap.

I think I can actually do this.

My gosh, so the traffic was terrible, and I was driving, and I almost hit this

other car, but it was fine, because, like, I stopped in time, but basically I

was 35 minutes late, which was still 15 minutes late. But it was really, really

difficult for me, because I wanted enough time to get a yogurt, and I

didn't have enough time to get a yogurt, and I know that if I don't have my

yogurt, I'd freak out.

So, essentially, the traffic killed everything. Hey, Brie, I'm in.

I can make the demo happen in three months.

Wait, really? Are you sure you have enough time?

Let me worry about that.

When can I pitch my game to your boss?

Um, well, he's out this afternoon, but I'm meeting him tonight at the barcade

at like 7.

Okay, great.

Uh, wait, um... At a bar?

Like a... Like a date?

Seriously, Charlie?

Uh, yeah.

Sorry. 7 o'clock. I'll see you there.

Four hours.

Four hours.

I can do this.

Yeah, that never gets old.

Settle down class and welcome to Game Development 101.

You can't have a game without an idea. Grab your favorite energy drink, gather

your team, in this case, that's just me, and let the wild ideas flow.

Remember, there are no bad ideas.

Or good ideas.

Oh crap.

I have no ideas.

Here's what we're gonna do.

Alright, what do we got here?

We're gonna prove your mom right.

Oh, terrible.

Derivative. I mean, look at what you've already made.

Ooh, Lone State. I love that one.

It's Rambo meets the Apocalypse in Texas.

It's Rambo meets the Apocalypse in Texas.

I got it. I got it.

Zombies. Tower downtown Dallas.

Environment's gotta be big.

This is it.

This is it. Let's go.

I got it.

Oh, yeah.

Final piece.

Let's pitch this game.

So, there it was. On the 18th hole.

Nothing but a five iron.

Charlie, this is Charlie.

He's the game designer who's going to save our skin.

So this is the infamous Chucky.

I was just telling Briefcase here about my 18th hole with Bri Bri DeChambeau.

I probably shouldn't go into too much detail due to some pending lawsuits, but

I rock up to the thing with nothing but a five iron.

Is that bad?

You don't know golf?

No. I can learn it, if it's important.

You did all of this in a day?

Yeah, I had a little extra time today, so... All right.

Let's hear it.

Okay.

So, people still love a good zombie shooter.

Survival. Crafting. One man against all odds.

Okay.

Thinking like a businessman, I like it. What is this, a hacksaw?

Yes. Okay, okay. So, I'm thinking...

An action RPG where one lone gunman gathers resources to survive in a single

player hack and slash shooter with weapons you level up in round.

It's Rambo meets the apocalypse in Texas.

Charlie.

Nope.

I don't like it.

Feels a little bit like it's derivative.

Like someone's already done it before, but better.

Lacks the X factor.

So anyway, thanks a lot, Chucky. Really appreciate it. We've got to go over to

catch. Take care.

It's like the PGA.

I let go.

A tournament.

Every single player chapter has a winner.

And those players play each other in a weekly online tournament. And we can

hold a final championship each year.

Okay. I'm listening. It's esports events like you've never seen before.

And what's it called?

I call it Lone State.

Chapter one.

Leaves room for expansion.

Chapter one.

I like it.

It's epic.

Chapter one. I love it.

Yeah? If you can deliver this tech demo exactly as you've pitched to me, then

we're good.

Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay.

And you can deliver a full tech demo in three months.

Won't be a problem.

All right, Charlie Fleck. No more excuses.

Before today, time was your enemy. But now, it's your best friend.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it.

Finally, create the epic video game you've always dreamed of.

Step one, a great idea.

One that will make people say, wow, why didn't I think of that?

Step two, the pitch.

Showcase why the world needs your game.

As you can see, we nailed that one. Step three, the tech demo.

Make things move and prove it works.

Step four, production.

Code, design, animate, bring it to life.

Step five, testing.

Eliminate pesky bugs.

No spinning characters, no crashes.

Step six, the finish line.

Launch it, brace for the reviews, and hope the world loves it as much as you

do. Won't be a problem.

You have come in in the clutch, and I am telling you what, we are saved with

this idea. It is epic. It is time to sell Brandt to Chuck E. Cheese.

Hey, I'll be one sec, okay?

Talk about the save of the century. You don't even play golf. I've played Tiger

Woods on Xbox. Uh-huh. Oh, yeah, you have.

You want some help with that? Let me just... Okay.

We should play Mario Kart N64.

Uh, I've got work to do.

No, come on. We'll play... We'll play Best of Three, Rainbow Road.

Um... Sorry, uh, wait, rain check. Yeah, I'm... Uh, good night.

All right. See ya.

Hey, man.

First nice kiss at the door?

No, no, it's not like that. No, we're just friends.

It's overrated. Let's go.

Water, temperature okay?

Temperature's good, man. If we could just get home, that would be great.

Hey,

bro, you okay?

Yeah, man, I'm...

Oh, I'm fine.

Don't worry about me.

Cool.

Greetings, Gibbs.

Hey. Prepping for the guild's arrival, I see. Yes.

And no.

I'm just checking in, seeing how things are going.

Going well.

You know what?

Which name do you like better?

Gorlong or Gorlock?

As a warlock?

Really? Okay.

What Gibbs is asking me here is the name for the ultimate villain in his Dungeons

& Dragons campaign, which is usually some kind of big multi-headed monster or

dragon. D&D, if you're not familiar, is basically a storytelling game where a

bunch of friends pretend to be heroes, warriors, mages, and yes, warlocks, on

an epic quest to save a kingdom or destroy a dark overlord. Or sometimes

just to get out of a dungeon without dying.

Actually, Gibbs, I need to talk to you about something. What?

Time displacement.

Yeah, what about it?

Can you tell me a little bit more about the ring?

Well, you may not borrow it.

Uh, actually... You

stole it? No, no. I borrowed it. You stole it! This is why you're not allowed

to play in the game. That is a breach of etiquette.

That's against the law. For one second, just listen.

It's not even fun. It's uncool. That was uncool. Okay, I know, I know, I know.

You know what? That was bad.

That was bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. That was bad.

Well, what do you have to say for yourself?

Actually, I may need to borrow it.

What? You know what?

I can't even.

No, you.

No.

I need to hear everything. Okay. That happened. Okay. All right? You start

from the beginning. Don't leave anything out. Okay, from the beginning. I want to

know what you remember. I want to know who you talked to. I want to know what

the color of the sky was. Okay.

You are risking an awful lot for a video game.

This isn't just a video game. Yeah? Well, it seems like just a video game.

Gibbs, I need this.

Okay, this is my dream. Always has been.

I can't play sports.

I can't play an instrument.

I don't want to be a doctor or a lawyer or a toy shop owner.

Sorry. Look, man, what I'm saying is if I can't do this, I'm useless.

It's what I have to offer this world.

I have just seen so many people's lives ruined by this thing.

Gibbs, no one wakes up.

and dreams of failing.

No one looks in the mirror and says, what should I give up on?

I make video games.

That's what I do.

That's my passion.

My mom knew it.

Watching people enjoy an experience I created for them, it makes me happy,

man.

I know you understand.

The only thing I need is the time to do it.

I hope I don't regret this.

As you've experienced, this medal confers great power on the wearer. And

with great power comes... Great responsibility?

Rules. Rules.

Guidelines. Guidelines.

Yeah, things that my family has, you know, figured out through trial and

error over time.

Okay, so how does a ring have rules?

Well, for one thing, I wouldn't call it a ring.

Okay, what should I call it?

Well, it's basically a combination of particle acceleration and space-time

displacement fueled by atomic energy.

My grandfather called it nuclear chronos.

Yeah, I'm going to call it a ring.

Okay.

So who is your grandfather?

Oh, Frank?

He worked under Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project.

He would scavenge the test sites looking for anything that was unnatural in the

environment.

That's when he found them.

Found what exactly?

Little metal nuggets.

A new element, not on the periodic table.

And when he had finally fashioned them into an infinite loop, a ring, well,

the effects of time became more predictable.

Okay, so I get... That this thing stops time.

How did I end up losing time?

You lose time every time you use it. Every time?

Well, we found a sort of sweet spot.

One full rotation of the earth, 24 hours.

If you use it less than 24 hours, generally, you're okay. If you go over

that, you can experience what I call a parabolic leap. And if that happens, you

can lose days.

Yeah. Wish I would have known this.

Yeah. That's what happens when you take other people's things.

Sorry.

So, you're telling me I could have all the time I could ever want. No.

You have to make time to sleep.

This is about your molecular relationship to the metal. It's not

exact.

If you honor the 24-hour limit, you're fine. If you go over it,

What I'm saying is... You have

to recharge yourself before you use it.

I can make that work.

Hey, Charles.

Just take care of yourself, all right?

And good luck with your game design.

Game design?

Hey, guys.

You working on a new game?

Yeah, it's just a little something I'm doing for Bree. It's no big deal.

Oh, okay. Yeah, sounds cool.

So, like, what's the concept? Do you want some help with that?

Actually, I think I'm going to tackle this one solo.

Oh.

Oh, okay, yeah. Cool chat. Cool chat. Cool chat.

We should go, Brian.

Well, see you guys later.

Peace out, man. Peace.

See you, Brian.

Hey.

Charles.

We both agree that Batman is one of the top five superheroes of all time, am I

right? Yeah, no question. And of course he's always stronger when he's with the

Justice League, right?

Okay. And would you rather watch the Justice League or the Dark Knight?

Touche.

Well, if it's Snyder's version, then you won't... No, no.

Charlie, what I'm trying to say is, at some point in your life, you gotta

decide what's more important, your friends or your ambition.

I get it.

You're trying to be Alfred, but number one, Alfred was British.

Number two, unlike Batman, I have an actual superpower now.

I've got a game demo to get to.

Later, Gibbs.

So Gibbs says I can use this ring for up to 24 hours with no problems.

So what's a typical 24 hours going to look like for me?

First things first, I brush my teeth, say my prayers, and try and get a good

night's sleep.

Next, I get up before my day job start and use the ring for 24 hours of sweet,

uninterrupted design time.

It's cool.

Let's see how much work I can get done in 24 hours.

Great. My computer sucks in every time.

Okay, new plan.

First part remains the same.

But instead of using my old PC, I use

the powerful computers at my day job to get 24 hours of sweet, uninterrupted

design time.

Next, try and get through the day jobs without falling asleep.

And finally, go home, check on dad, brush

my teeth, and get some beauty sleep so I can do it all again.

If I can keep to this daily schedule for the next 12 weeks, I might have a chance

of pulling this off for Bree.

New plan.

Try not to be late for work.

Hey, Maria.

Hey.

There he is. Hey, Dad.

Dad, your medicine.

You have to remember to take it. Maria. He was waiting for you.

I want you to let Maria help you, Dad. I was just going back over what I've got

so far in Chapter 39.

You're going to love it.

Sounds nice, Dad.

You don't have to finish the book, you know.

No, no.

I'm going to finish it.

I just got to get my bearings.

It's okay, Dad.

Over the remaining weeks, I settled into a good routine with my game. Work

through the night in real time.

Then freeze time and continue to work for another 24 hours.

Aside from the odd time loss hiccup.

Of which there were many. This again?

Whoa! Hey!

Wait, who's driving my car?

Give me back.

All I had to do was deliver on my game demo and I never

have to worry about Barbara or her abysmal game ever again.

Let's do this.

Nice. That's pretty good.

The only limit was my imagination.

game designer in the whole wide world.

Which, fortunately enough, I had drip fed with a steady diet of video games

and movies since childhood.

Working in a time freeze, there are no distractions.

Just me and the game.

Done.

Although I was getting a lot done in the time freeze, the isolation was starting

to take a toll.

Turns out, even if you're doing what you love, it's pretty lonely spending all

your time by yourself.

How you doing, Barbie?

Let's do this.

Back to work.

You have a seat here, Mr. Miles. We'll be right in. Thank you.

for loan state.

We love it.

Yes!

Well, you actually delivered, Miles.

We want to make it.

Now, get the deal done, Miles.

and turn this prototype into a full playable game that we can sell.

And we need this done by Q4. You've got two months.

Two months, but that's... All you have.

And Miles, get Charlie Fleck under contract.

I am buzzing, Charlotte Santana.

The board loves the demo.

And I want to make it.

Here's the catch.

Is that I need this thing in two months.

I'm your guy, Miles. I can do this.

Let's talk cash.

$150,000 up front as an advance. $150,000 upon completion.

Then... Residuals to follow.

How's that sound?

Holy sh... Yeah.

Yeah, that's... that's perfect. Yep.

Fantastic.

Okay.

Good luck, Chuck.

Charlie.

Welcome to the Sanctum.

Hey, do you have a young red dragon?

Yeah, it's my favorite. Okay, what about a Medusa?

Yeah. Gibbs, please tell me you have Zerial.

Charlie, what do you want?

Well, congratulations.

You were right.

All you needed was time.

Yeah, about that, um...

Now they want me to finish the game in two months.

So... Can I hang on to that?

Finish the game in two months?

You've been using it for two months.

How's it not finished? I don't get that.

I told you, I made the demo.

Now I gotta finish the game. And two months isn't enough time, but I could

try with the ring.

No, you can't.

Absolutely not. Look at you.

You look like you haven't been sleeping.

You remember what I said?

It's dangerous.

Gibbs, I'm fine. No, you're not fine.

You're not fine.

You know what?

Why are you coming to me right now? You had the ring. You could have just kept

going.

It's because you know something's wrong.

You know something's wrong, and you want my permission.

Well, I don't give it. You're my friend. I don't give you permission. I'm about

to turn 30 years old with a stack of unfinished games in my closet.

I'm a game designer that's never made a game people actually played.

And I'm terrified that I never will.

Gibbs, you gave me this chance, but it's not finished. Yes, it is. I know making

a video game may seem trivial to you, but for me, it's all I ever wanted.

It's all I've ever been good at.

Gibbs, please.

You're my friend.

And I can see you're not going to stop.

So all I can say is... You're in uncharted territory.

Better be careful.

I need to get out of the house.

Stretch my legs.

Surely. Mario, my good man.

It's time.

I figure it's time to get my own space. Hi. I quit.

I quit.

Excuse me? I'll take it. Fantastic.

Where do I sign?

If I'm gonna make this deadline, I need to use every tool I have.

I need guns.

Lots of guns.

Oh yeah, need that.

I'm gonna need that.

Add to cart.

Love it!

Not bad.

Oh, sorry.

Not bad, Charlie.

I'm digging the storyline and the gameplay mechanics are pretty great,

too. I told you.

Wait till you see it go live with working network code.

Come on.

I don't know.

I know that you're good, but you couldn't get this done in a month with a

team of ten.

What is your secret?

What can I say?

I'm Charlie freaking Fleck. Okay.

Give me a break.

Aren't you biting off, like, way too much?

Listen, it's growth mindset.

I've been learning new game design software since the seventh grade.

You know, I'm sure I can learn some PvP parameters.

Looks like the gang's all here.

Let the council begin.

What's going on?

Listen, um, we know you've been focused on the demo for Sugarcube. I get that.

But we're ready to restart work on Quicksand and bring it into Unreal

Engine 5.

You know, so we can really flesh out the levels, add more. More levels.

Yeah, we want it to be epic.

And we want you back.

Working on it with us.

Justice League.

It's just like... Hey, man.

I know you weren't happy with Quicksand.

It wasn't ready. You're right.

I'm sorry for not seeing it. Lucas, just... But... But... I really think it

has a lot of potential.

And it's our thing.

You know, you, me, Brian, even Bree.

Even your mom.

We can't do this without you, Charlie.

And we don't want to.

Guys, I really appreciate the invite, but I'm just, I'm so swamped with words.

No, I, um, I get it.

Me and, um, me and Brian are going to continue with it.

Good luck.

Yeah, you too.

Well done, Master Wayne.

Of course, I hope it goes a little more bail and a lot less Clooney for you.

Can you not come up with a single Marvel reference every now and then?

You know I'm not a DC guy.

Cheryl, let's go.

Miles?

What?

Paperwork. I know. We'll do the paperwork when it's not boring.

Besides, you're not going anywhere, are you, Chuck E. Cheese? No.

No, I'm here.

Boom!

Okay, that should free up some space.

We can't do this without you, Charlie.

And we don't want to.

Focus, Fleck. You've got work to do.

The Megazomb.

One evil mother.

The Megazomb's limbs grow back.

You need to shoot off all four before you can go for the headshot.

I may have made him too strong. Why did it do this?

No,

no, no, no!

Another bug!

I didn't do that. I didn't do that.

Turns out, a time-stopping ring... Why does it keep crashing?

Doesn't make me a better programmer.

Bit off more than you can chew, huh?

I can do it. It's just this coding crap takes time.

Really? So you're telling me that you need more time?

Hey, don't time-shame me.

Okay, a magic ring does not solve all your problems.

Really?

Yeah, Brian did this exact same thing on Quicksand in less than a day.

Why don't you just ask him for help? He's your friend, right?

He would help, wouldn't he?

Yes, I think he would.

Okay, gotta go read the books. This code isn't going to write itself.

Okay. You're the man, Gibbs.

Jeez.

Open up, quicksand.

Of course Brian can do this.

He would just write the exact same code again, so I'm basically saving us both

time.

Okay, command, copy, save.

Let's go.

Okay.

Okay.

Hope you don't mind, Brian.

Yes! That's it. I like it.

Okay.

Thanks, Brian. You're the man.

There we go.

What's going on, guys?

What's up? What do you think you're doing?

I'm going to work. What's the problem?

The problem is you stole our code.

I don't know what you're talking about. No, no, Charlie, no. Don't lie to me.

Last night, did you or did you not access our drives?

You took our code and put it in your game.

Lucas, the network feature was my idea to begin with.

95% of that entire game was my work.

Oh, 95%. You really believe that? Here's what I believe.

Here's the truth.

You didn't spend any time thinking about game mechanics and instead made 67 giant

levels. The game's all over the place and isn't fun.

It sucks.

Sucks? Apparently it's good enough for you to steal the code.

I'm not going to get into this with you.

Quicksand is never going to work. It's just a bunch of pretty levels and

nothing more. Now, if you'll excuse me. Charlie. I have a real game to finish.

Charlie, Charlie, I'm trying to talk to you. Listen to me. Charlie.

That's the thing, Lucas.

Charlie!

I don't have to listen to anyone.

Final stretch.

No more

distractions.

I'm not leaving till it's done.

My grandfather called it, uh, nuclear chronos.

I could have all the time I could ever want. No.

You lose time every time you use it.

Come on, Fleck. You can't afford to be tired.

Why does it keep crashing?

Focus on the details.

Don't lose track of the big picture.

You got this.

Hibs, I'm fine, okay? No, you're not fine.

This isn't just a video game. Yeah? Well, it seems like just a video game.

If I can't do this...

I'm useless.

I have to finish this game. I have to!

You have to recharge yourself.

This is about...

Your molecular relationship to the metal, it's not exact.

If you go over a 24-hour limit...

Again?

What's happening?

Oh my God.

Charlie?

Charlie?

What time is it?

What?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I lost a month?

Oh, shh.

Charlie, you're scaring me. No, no, Charlie. Miles almost fired me, so

there's that.

Okay,

Charlie, I've filed a missing persons report.

It's been three weeks. Please, if you're getting this, call me back.

Charlie? Brie.

Hey.

You're alive. I thought you were dead. We all thought you were dead. Where were

you? It's hard to fully explain, but I'll tell you everything. I am sincerely

glad that you're alive, okay? But you left for a month without telling me. You

screwed me over with Sugarcube. What is that? Brie, you have to tell Miles I can

give him the game.

Are you telling me that you have been working on the game for a whole month?

He doesn't want it now.

What he wants is his advance back, and you're nuts and a vice.

I don't have the money. I had the paper. It's a long story. You have to get me in

the room with Miles for five minutes. Do you think that Miles trusts me anymore?

I am the idiot that supported you.

And now I'm lucky to have a job at all.

I would never hurt you like this on purpose.

You may not have meant to hurt me, but you did.

It's over.

It's done.

I'm done, too.

Okay, so you got your hit points.

You got dexterity.

Gibbs.

Charlie.

Oh, dude.

So good to have you back in the flesh.

How far did you go?

A few hours.

Four weeks lost.

I tried to warn you.

I messed things up with Lucas, Brian, Bree.

I told you, the Justice League is always stronger together.

Seriously, man.

What do I do?

Come with me.

Charlie, allow me to introduce you to the Onyx Guild.

Now, Charlie, we don't just play Elven Tribes because it is the greatest game

ever invented, which it is.

No, we've kept this campaign going for nearly 20 years because we're there for

each other.

Toby is our monk.

And he wrestles with depression.

Elliot is our ranger.

And he battled cancer two years ago.

As for me, I would love to introduce you to Mrs. Gibson.

But that hasn't happened.

Yet here we are.

There for each other.

A tribe.

A tribe.

What I'm saying, Charlie, is that...

is that it's not worth losing your friends over a game.

I think it's too late, Gibbs.

I really hurt them. I almost ruined Bree's career.

Look, if I've learned one thing from my group, it's swallow your pride,

be honest, and go first.

I know you can do this, Charlie. I'm proud of you.

But now, if you would be so kind as to vacate...

This sanctuary for the group of warriors you see before you are about to do

battle with the most extraordinarily violent and evil creatures ever to walk

the land.

The... Gorlock.

Gorlock.

The Gorlock of Shattiel!

Fight!

Wait, is that a cave troll?

There has to be a way to fix it all.

I am the idiot that supported you.

Charlie?

Charlie?

Charlie?

Alright,

who's hungry?

I've got... Charlie, you okay, Mom? Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

I made some updates on the book while you were gone.

Oh, wow.

That's getting full.

Yeah.

You and your friends are gonna change the world.

I know this is hard,

but it gets easier.

And your friends will always be there for you I

think I got it Go back to the

beginning

Wow.

This is incredible.

What are you doing here?

You remember this one?

You drew the levels on like 20 pages of graph paper.

And what about it?

You failed history class because you spent the whole week working on the

level design for our game.

It was pretty cool of you, man.

Oh, yeah.

And Mom was pissed.

She took away my DS for the summer.

Is that what you bore in mind for a month?

Okay, stop.

Seriously, why are you here, man?

I came here to apologize.

I suck, and I admit it.

Agreed. Sucked for what, specifically?

Okay, yeah.

Specifics.

I suck for being a know-it-all.

For thinking my career was more important than yours. For thinking my

ideas were better. For wanting to make a game without you. For stealing the code

and for saying you held me back.

That's a pretty substantial list.

You guys are my Justice League, you know?

Justice League? What are you, a DC guy now? Well, no, but Justice League Batman

is like the best version of Batman.

Like, remember when George Clooney played Batman? That wasn't nearly as

good as Ben Affleck. You think Ben Affleck was a good Batman? Look, what

I'm saying is...

I'm Batman.

But I want to be Batman with the Justice League. Make sense?

Not even a little. Stick to Marvel, dude. Look, what I'm saying is, I miss

you guys.

Y'all are my bros. My tribe.

My Justice League. Whatever. You know what I mean.

Here's the deal.

I saw the work you've done with Quicksand. The new levels are beautiful,

bro. Really great work. I see you're accessing the drive again. Notice the

code's all locked down now?

Yeah, I did.

Look, if you and Brian can somehow forgive me, I have an idea.

I would love nothing more than to restart the Collective, combine

Quicksand and Lone State, and take it to Sugarcube.

Think about it.

The game mechanics of Lone State with the scope of Quicksand.

I mean, that's not a bad idea.

But I don't know.

You bailed on us. That really sucked.

It did.

And I'm really sorry, man.

If I could go back and change it, I would.

And if you can't get past it, I understand that.

But if you can somehow forgive me, I think we could have something really

cool here, man.

What do you think?

But

I'm

Batman. You can be the flash.

Okay. Yeah.

And you have to apologize to Brian.

Brian? Where's Brian?

Brian.

Hey, man.

You been here the whole time?

Well, I know you're deep waters, bro.

But do you think you can forgive me?

I always considered you to be an emotionally safe person.

But then you belittled myself and Lucas and set yourself above us.

I can forgive.

And that wound can heal. But if you disregard our friendship, that inflicts

pain. And I'll have to erect an emotional boundary and find other

meaningful relationships.

I... Uh... Yeah.

Yeah, bro. Um... Emotional boundaries.

Understood.

So, do you forgive me?

Let's go, bro.

But I want to be the Flash.

You can be Wonder Woman. Okay, you know what? Enough Justice League talk. We're

going Avengers.

I'm gonna be Tony Stark, Lucas, you can be Thor. Oh, no, no, no. I'm Iron Man. I

have the quippy one-liners. Okay, we'll talk then. Thank you so much. Yeah, in

just a minute.

Bree.

I don't want to hear it, Charlie. Wait.

Safe space?

You have exactly one minute of safe space before it is decidedly not safe to

be in my presence.

This is my mom.

I know that, Charlie.

The only person who ever really believed in me or my dreams of doing this.

Until you.

Would you just tell me the truth?

The truth, truth? Yes, the truth, truth.

Fine. The truth is...

I stole a nuclear power device that stops time.

Bree, I screwed up. And I'm sorry.

I am working, okay? You can't just come in here and interrupt me in the middle

of a work day. Bree, I don't want all this to be for nothing. A lot of things

happen for nothing, Charlie.

That's the way it is. No, no, no. Come on.

You don't believe that.

I don't know what I believe anymore, Charlie. Or who I believe in.

Don't do it for me.

Do it for Lucas and Brian.

We're putting the collective back together.

Combining Quicksand and Lone State.

You are? It's the best of all of our talents, and I realize that now.

Brian's network code, Lucas' level design, my game mechanics and story.

They were pissed at you. They were more pissed at you than I was, and I was

pissed at you. I know.

You put it all on the line once for me, and I didn't deliver.

I don't deserve it.

But if you can give me one more shot, could you get us in front of Miles

again?

Talk about an unsafe space.

You being anywhere near Miles is really bad for your physical safety. He's

getting raked over the coals by the VC board and he's ready to snap.

But... If I'm being totally honest... Oh, over

there. I see him.

Sugarcube really does need an FPS ASAP.

So,

will you call him?

Yeah, yes.

I'll call him if I can be your producer.

Deal.

Yeah.

I know.

It wasn't good to my friends.

I thought I could do it alone.

What's the point of climbing a mountain if you're all by yourself when you get

to the top?

Winter is better than never.

Here we go.

Funny how things turn around.

I messed up. But now we're all back together.

It's not just my game.

It's our game.

Quicksand and Lone State. Two games brought into one.

We're all in this.

Side by side.

And the best part?

We've got the perfect spot to make it happen.

Gibbs' Warehouse.

It's a small start, but it feels like a fresh start for all of us.

Okay. Well, thank you so much.

Well, there's good news and there's bad news. Okay. What's the good news? The

good news is...

Oh, Mr. Sugar, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you were still here.

It's beautiful.

He's going to give us another shot.

There we go. Let's go. But, but, but, there's bad news.

They're only going to give us two weeks. After that, the VC board pulls all of

Sugarcube's funding for their entire game slate.

Okay. Well, Lone State is finished. And quicksand levels are ready to go. But

merging these games is going to be really, really hard. It'll take a lot of

work, and I just don't think two weeks is long enough.

Gang, you know, the Onyx Guild had a very similar, near-impossible-seeming

task last week.

In the cavern Dongolith, fighting the Gorenchil Overlord, our wizard was able

to devise a spell that amplified the ranger and mage's range attack, while

the paladin healed the tank in the middle of a melee assault. Now, I admit,

the Dice Lords are with us, but you get my point.

Yeah, I'm not following Gibbs.

Guys, he may be on to something. Right, Gibbs? What, I have to spell it out?

They work together, strategically, to find a way to win. I gotta point out

everything. It's not like we haven't done this before.

Right, guys? I think we can do this.

Let's do it. Come on.

Let's go.

Okay,

Lucas, animation level design.

Bree, compilation.

Brian?

Code.

All right, let us Frankenstein these zombies.

How you doing, man?

Looking great.

Let's go.

All right, check this out. Yep.

Okay, and now headshots.

Booyah, let's go. Get in on this, get on this.

Oh,

no aim assist needed. Let's go, bro. Let's go.

I've been defeated by your shadow attack.

Enter the planes of the dying light.

Hey, Brian, can you send the level five files over to the shared drive?

Yes, this is exactly what I'm talking about.

I want to see them clashing, you know? Okay.

Hey, Lady Brie, I've got a gift for you.

Look at that.

Megazomb. Oh, Megazomb.

Get over here, Charlie. Brian, I'm going to send it to you. Hold on. Give me two

seconds. What does that look like?

Oh, dude.

That's crazy. Yeah, and the scale compared to the grunts, it's perfect.

Wow, bro. Hey, is this a quicksand level?

Can't tell the difference, can you?

No, bro, I can't.

What? Dude, that's crazy, man. I know. This is my magnum opus. Let's go.

It'll be rendered and ready to go, all right?

Don't get too cocky. You have encountered a fire elemental.

I want to cast an ice bolt. I want more sinew in this. More sinew? More sinew?

You've got it. And more blood. I mean, look at these guys. It's the apocalypse,

right? You need a 17 hit. What'd you get? 21.

Oh. All right. Roll your damage.

I think levels 1 through 20 are ready to render. 1 through 20?

Brian, you get that?

Look at that.

Right there.

God, I love it. To the collective. To the collective.

Oh,

it tastes like victory.

And here's to our lead producer, Bree.

Guys.

But you all worked together so well, it didn't even feel like work.

It didn't. It felt like the old days, actually.

Okay. Okay.

Stupid question.

But what if we go independent? We'd make a lot more money.

Absolutely not. Okay, he is this close to his dream. I am this close to my

dream job. Dude, I owe them $150,000 if we don't deliver.

All right, well, what if we go out tonight to celebrate?

Let's do it. Yeah. No, no, no.

No, no. Because you have to work tomorrow. Tomorrow's the big day.

Okay, just a little bit? Yeah. Just a little bit?

Just a little bit.

Nervous?

Surprisingly, no.

Just proud.

The completed game is great.

I'm seeing sequels, prequels, spinoffs, merch.

This is a franchise.

I mean... Guys, what can I say? I've got a special gift for unearthing new

talent. Yeah, you also have a special talent for losing them. Where are we on

Charlie's contract?

What I am going to need you to do... is I am going to need you to sign a

contract here at the Cube.

It's just a three-year standard thing, all right?

Me, here at Sugar Cube? Wow. And Breezy, you have saved

my bacon, and it won't be forgotten.

Raindrops! It is time for you to sign over that game and collect your giant

paycheck. Do it, charcoal!

What are you reading? Oh, I'm reading a book about video game programming Why do

you want to make games?

Charlie you and your friends are gonna change the world and that's my dream

Here's what we're going to do.

We're going to prove your mom right.

I mean, look at what you've already made.

Swords of the Flame.

Ooh, Lone State. I love that one.

It's Rainbow Meets the Apocalypse in Texas. Charlie?

Are you okay?

No.

No, I'm not.

This isn't right.

What? What did he say?

We can do it ourselves, Bree.

Come join the collective. We can go indie, publish it ourselves. Charlie, we

talked about this.

Working here isn't my dream.

It wasn't your dream either.

Making games together, that was the dream. Hey, look here, guy.

This is my game.

Actually, it's our game.

And I'll sign the game over if you want.

But we have a chance to do what we've always wanted, Bree.

Think about it.

You, me, and the guys making the games we want to make together.

Brie, Brie, you listen to me.

You make him sign that contract.

You make him pick that pen up and sign that contract.

I made you. I took all of your little clay and I put it together and I gave a

big check in there and now you are mine.

What do you say? Let's do it. You need to sign that contract. That's my game.

Come on.

Oh, Cheryl!

I can't believe we just did that.

Hey, Bree.

Yeah?

Sorry, I've wanted to do that since the seventh grade.

I've wanted you to do that since the seventh grade?

Let's go put this game out.

Yeah. Come on.

Gotta love Rainbow Road.

Watch out for the blue shell.

Blue shell.

Wow, look at this. Seems like you two figured it out.

So, uh, what happened?

I didn't sign.

You're messing with me. Nope.

He couldn't do it. We're gonna self-publish?

If that's okay with you guys.

Okay! Of course it's bloody okay!

Wait, wait, wait. What about the 150k?

Well, we either deliver a whole bunch of timely eats.

Or we make this game a hit.

Whatever we do, we do together.

Wow.

My tribe.

Well, you know what's better than one tribe?

Two tribes.

Welcome to the Onyx Guild.

Wait, what? No way, Gage. What? You need a warlock, right? Oh. I can, like, join

you, right? Hey, hey.

We'll talk about it, guys.

Not ready yet, okay?

It's all right.

Okay,

all

that's left to do is press submit. Hey, the game is good.

The game, it's great, actually. Most importantly, the game is finished, and

it's ready for the world.

Let's just go through one more round of QA.

Hit the button!

Okay, fine.

All right, let's get some sleep, and we'll check back in the morning, okay?

Have a good job.

Hey, guy. Time to wake up.

Morning. Time to wake up.

I'm up.

I'm up.

All right.

Back for you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Oh, gosh.

Okay.

Good morning, Charlie.

Hey. Hey.

So, this can't be good.

Yeah. You hiding from it?

Something like that.

Mm-hmm.

Let's look at it together on three. I don't wanna.

One. Please don't make me. Two.

I'm not ready for this.

Charlie, if you fail with friends, you still win.

Three. Oh, man, you guys checking out the count?

Listen up.

I think even if we never get a single download, we still did the right thing.

Together!

That's good, Lucas. That's really good, because we didn't get a single download.

Oh.

Bummer. Have you tried refreshing?

What?

Have you tried refreshing the browser?

Uh, no, actually.

We got 17,000 downloads. 17,493 downloads. Oh, my God. Guys,

come here. Come here.

Is this real?

17,493. Oh, my gosh.

This is crazy. How did this happen? Oh, no. Guys, come here. This is insane. We

did it. We did it.

Oh, my gosh.

Guys, we are on the front page of Dark Gaming. What? No way. Yeah, yeah.

KT already did a full walkthrough on her YouTube channel. I can't believe it. Can

I refresh?

No, no, no.

Hold on, hold on, guys. Okay.

17,800!

What? Hold on.

It keeps climbing. Go, go,

go, go.

Ready?

Oh, my God.

I was bored last night. I was

up and this game just randomly. You guys, I am only two hours into Lone

State. Lone State. Lone State. And let me tell you, this game is incredible.

Let's go to Texas and check it out.

Yours truly will be at San Diego Comic-Con. Haunt playing as James.

From Lonesake. What do you think? Because I know what I think. I think

this is a 10 out of 10 from the world to the level design.

It's a 10 out of 10 for me. And this is their first game. Go support these devs.

I would love to see more from them.

I heard that there is an all-day event tomorrow at Galactic Games where you can

actually pick up a physical copy of this with their promising a ton of cool bonus

content. The first DLC is called Quicksand.

That sounds awesome.

Touché Charlie Fleck.

I

don't

believe it.

It's out of stock.

That's a good thing.

I couldn't have done it without you guys.

Wouldn't want to either.

Join the journey, right guys?

Alright, beers with me tonight. Let's get out of here. Hold on.

Aren't you forgetting something?

This is you today.

Page one.

And the final page, that is when you get your first real game on those shelves.

And in all the pages in between, that's how you get there.

Working hard, failing, learning, and having fun.

Thanks, Mom.

Your mom would have been really proud of you.

Should be proud of us.

Want to pick for the scrapbook? Yeah, let's do it.

All right.

All right, here we go.

One, two, three.

All right, let's get out of here.

All right.

Yeah, I'm the exception.

You can't help but fall.

A simple connection.

I can't please them all.

Don't know how to say it.

We're all moving on.

Might lose connection.

Don't forget to call.

Scene 12, take one, Mark.

I

can

start it more if you... Scene

13, take four, Mark.

All right, let's go. All right.

Sorry. That's fine. Definitely kicked you in the shoulder. No.

Yeah, I'll do it. Have you ever used a computer before?

Not one time, no.

I'm too pretty for that.

Show us what you got, shadow-nuded shoot.

Also, they're saying I am a cleric.

You're generating esports entertainment content.

Exactly. It's genius.

Oh.

Oh.

I've never heard a camera do that. I've been doing this for 40 years and never

heard a camera.

Okay, backing up, backing up, backing up, backing up. Ready. You've heard me

speak of him office, often, more time.

All right.

Okay,

wait, I think I got it. I think I got it. I don't got it. It's been 20 years

since I had to do cloak acting.

There's a fly.

Yeah.

A group of people who hit their head on a dragon.

In front of you... Has he been asleep this whole time? He has been asleep this

whole time, yes.

I love Sunflower. Is he alive?

Yeah,

he's good.

And we were fighting the Garantial Overlord.

You guys okay?

It's a little spicy.

Chris, welcome to the sanctum.

This is Onyx. Chris? Charles. Charlie.

Who's Chris, for the love of... He's Chris.

Oh, yeah, hey.

I'm really happy to be here. That's why I kept saying it. That's why I said it.

I'm easily confused.

Can we go have a bath?

Well, I don't know where that came from.

I don't know.

I'm going right to the car, Jeremy.