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| | looks. Did you park your BOB? | | looks. Did you park your BOB? |
| | CHALICE nods. Unsure how to regard his weird state. | | CHALICE nods. Unsure how to regard his weird state. |
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| | CHALICE | | CHALICE |
| − | 4 Dad says you’re the ruthless CEO 4 who abuses BOBs and tortures
| + | Dad says you’re the ruthless CEO who abuses BOBs and tortures lizards...hehe <Nervous> |
| − | lizards...hehe <Nervous> | + | |
| | Z | | Z |
| − | 5 That’s old world Z. Intense guy. Me 5 and Wong have diverged over the
| + | That’s old world Z. Intense guy. Me 5 and Wong have diverged over the years. I do god work now. <Regards her> What’s bugging you? Air it. |
| − | years. I do god work now. <Regards | + | |
| − | her> What’s bugging you? Air it. | |
| | CHALICE | | CHALICE |
| − | 6 BOB wants to do everything for me. 6
| + | BOB wants to do everything for me. |
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| | Z | | Z |
| − | 7 So let it. It’s only everything on 7 your prime path. Not everything
| + | So let it. It’s only everything on your prime path. Not everything everything - Oh god wow - |
| − | everything - Oh god wow - | + | |
| | CHALICE | | CHALICE |
| − | 8 Then what’s left for me? The 8 pointless paths?
| + | Then what’s left for me? The pointless paths? |
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| | Z | | Z |
| − | 9 Pointless. Ha. Yes. Wanna know a 9 secret? I barely run my own
| + | Pointless. Ha. Yes. Wanna know a 9 secret? I barely run my own company. I got an Ava to do that. You got a BOB to do yours. Know what that means?Us gods are free to do the pointless paths. I call them subplots. That’s da god work. |
| − | company. I got an Ava to do that. You got a BOB to do yours. Know | + | |
| − | what that means? Us gods are free | |
| − | to do the pointless paths. I call | |
| − | them subplots. That’s da god work. | |
| | Then: the other candidates leak in. ORLANDO, 17, in a better mood than earlier, ALAN, 26, tall and stoic, and WENDY, 10, a princess. Each keeps a conflux portal open with their respective BOBs peeking out. | | Then: the other candidates leak in. ORLANDO, 17, in a better mood than earlier, ALAN, 26, tall and stoic, and WENDY, 10, a princess. Each keeps a conflux portal open with their respective BOBs peeking out. |
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| | Z (CONT'D) | | Z (CONT'D) |
| | Candidates! Welcome. Me X Mother Nature. Smooth collab, huh? | | Candidates! Welcome. Me X Mother Nature. Smooth collab, huh? |
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| | TURTLE | | TURTLE |
| − | Welcome to 1000 Lives, candidates. Kindly assign | + | Welcome to 1000 Lives, candidates. Kindly assign your BOB to drone your body. |
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| | + | The candidates adjust to what they’re seeing. |
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| − | 11 your BOB to drone your body11. The candidates adjust to what they’re seeing.
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| | WENDY | | WENDY |
| | Uncle Z - uh - what is this? | | Uncle Z - uh - what is this? |