0:00

This is Red Moon,

0:02

role-playing. Hey, you... My

0:05

sentence just fades out

0:07

as the doors close. You

0:09

think he's going up

0:11

there? Well, I guess he

0:13

can go up. We've only

0:16

got a... That's

0:18

interesting. Why does he

0:21

get to change flaws? You

0:23

know, imagine this kind of scenario where,

0:25

like, we're in a place where

0:27

everyone owes something to this Celia

0:29

woman? Or she has dirt on

0:31

everyone? Like... That would be impressive,

0:33

won't lie. But there are a lot of

0:36

people here, a lot of people, and eventually,

0:38

I mean, you know, that's the thing.

0:40

It's great to have a few bits

0:42

of dirt on rich people, but you

0:44

get too many of them, and... people

0:46

got their own resources. You know what

0:48

I mean? You gotta be careful. You

0:51

gotta be careful. The elevator

0:53

stopped on the 10th

0:55

floor. Yeah, he was. What

0:57

do you think is on that?

0:59

Was in that bag? Oh, I don't

1:02

know. And I sort of look,

1:04

and I say, but I bet

1:06

the sweet on the 10th

1:08

floor is real nice. Like

1:10

if this is nice, like,

1:13

wow, imagine how that must

1:15

be. As you

1:17

get into the elevator that's waiting for

1:19

you and you scan your key card,

1:21

yes, you can head down to the

1:23

ground floor or you can stay here

1:25

on the sixth. That's what's available to

1:27

you. Can I like get anything on

1:29

like an intuition role maybe? On like

1:31

what was the deal with that guy?

1:34

He seemed quite stressed. What you, you

1:36

don't have to roll for this, what

1:38

you can get is what I told

1:40

you. He looked visibly stressed, sweat running

1:42

down his face. He looked afraid. afraid.

1:44

There was fear in this man's eye.

1:46

And that's not really what

1:48

you have seen at this place.

1:51

People are mostly hedonistically enjoying

1:53

themselves. This isn't a

1:55

place where you should

1:57

be afraid, but this

1:59

man certainly was. Well maybe

2:01

he was staff maybe he's in

2:04

trouble with the boss. Could

2:06

be. He wasn't wearing a

2:08

uniform though he was wearing a

2:10

suit. Looked like a pretty good

2:13

one. He had a big nice

2:15

golden watch too. Shrug. I mean

2:17

maybe if we see him later we

2:19

could ask him. I don't see

2:21

what we can do now let's

2:23

go and get some food you

2:25

know. By worrying about things we

2:28

can control. Yeah, yeah, I just

2:30

I don't know you're the

2:32

you're the cop just trying

2:34

to Figure out a virtually

2:36

come on. I'm not a

2:39

cop god Someone whose nose

2:41

things you know investigates things

2:44

God cop. Can you imagine

2:46

me cop? Where did the

2:48

where's my donuts? Well, it's

2:50

it seemed like you were

2:52

going that way for a while.

2:54

I don't know. Hmm a little

2:57

bit too Well, actually, maybe I'm

2:59

just corrupt enough to be a

3:01

cop. I kind of laugh trying

3:03

to make a joke of it

3:05

You've been investigating some interesting

3:08

people lately say what we

3:10

get into the elevator and just

3:13

push there ground floor. I mean, well

3:15

actually there was this kind of

3:17

cool cat. She was actually calling herself

3:19

cat, like not cat woman, but just

3:21

cat. It was funny and she was

3:24

totally doing a massive art heist. So

3:26

like she wasn't like breaking in the

3:28

house and stealing the paintings, but she

3:30

was like legit conning her way in

3:32

so people were selling her artwork and

3:35

she was selling it all on the

3:37

black market and I managed to prove

3:39

it and yeah, it was kind of

3:41

fun actually. Hell I don't feel bad

3:43

about it. You can't one or two

3:46

people, but you know artwork is

3:48

artwork. You actually have to be

3:50

treated with respect. If it

3:52

has a use, I guess. Yeah, but you've

3:55

been in more into that than I

3:57

have. Did you buy some? You've got

3:59

art now? We're painting over your

4:01

sofa with the fruit and

4:03

the man that was staring

4:05

at him. Well, it's always freaking

4:07

out. Respectives, man. And I

4:10

got a painting or two,

4:12

but you know, again, I'm not

4:14

private investigation. Well, it does

4:16

pay, but you know, you

4:18

never know when the next job's

4:21

coming in. Yeah. Yeah. There's

4:23

that. Anyway, let's go

4:25

grab some steaks and as you're

4:27

getting down to the the restaurants

4:29

at the ground floor There's quite

4:32

a lot of people coming here

4:34

and You immediately notice that there's

4:36

a there's an older quite thin-looking

4:39

woman with curly silver hair in a

4:42

pantsuit with 80-style shoulder pads. Got really

4:44

really white teeth and pale blue eyes

4:46

who notices you as you as you

4:49

come in and there's something about her

4:51

that tells you that she's probably working

4:53

here. Yeah, she's got a lanyard there

4:56

as well. Yeah, there's something that says

4:58

her name on there. Hello there. Welcome

5:01

to Kurt on Resort. My

5:03

name is Renata Fisher. I

5:05

work from Miss Whitter and

5:07

I make up a point

5:09

of getting to know all of

5:12

our new guests. Who are you and

5:14

why did you choose our lovely

5:16

resort? Well, nice to

5:18

meet you Renada. I'm

5:20

Virgil. We, yeah, well this... I

5:22

was looking over at Edmund

5:25

as if he was going

5:27

to introduce himself. Yeah,

5:29

Edmund Rainwright, pleasure. I mean,

5:31

how could we not want

5:34

to come to a beautiful

5:36

resort like this, especially when

5:39

given a beautiful invitation by

5:41

the owner themselves? What a

5:44

mysterious lady! Do you know

5:46

anything about them? How did

5:48

they make this all happen? through

5:51

hard work and dedication. She smiles

5:53

at you. Ah, I think I

5:56

know your names, yes. You have

5:58

an appointment tomorrow then. I see.

6:00

She smiles. Yeah, yeah,

6:02

we got the messages. Is

6:04

she from, is she a

6:06

miss? Mrs. Miss, just want

6:09

to get that, right? Oh,

6:11

is it? Only a miss?

6:13

Are you, oh, you're looking?

6:15

Well, who knows? But I get

6:17

it. How impressive to achieve all

6:19

this on our own. This beautiful

6:21

island, this beautiful hotel. I have

6:23

to say, I've never heard anything about

6:26

her before now. Is there anything, like,

6:28

do you know, like, how did she

6:30

make her mark in the world? Is

6:32

this her first endeavor? And as I'm

6:34

talking very quickly and throwing out a

6:36

lot of things, I'd like to attempt

6:38

to use my fast talk ability, which

6:41

is whenever you talk to an NBC,

6:43

to get their attention, roll coolness. for

6:45

11. So yes, I'm trying to

6:47

see if I can get

6:50

this lovely woman. Just give

6:52

us a small something about

6:54

this mysterious woman as I

6:57

ask 100 questions. You are

6:59

asking a lot of questions

7:01

and what you do understand

7:03

is that Miss Whitter

7:06

gets, well she arranges quite

7:08

a lot of meetings and

7:10

it's meetings with very

7:13

important people. And... Everyone

7:16

who comes to see her, well, they

7:19

all come to respect her

7:21

greatly. And she usually

7:23

gets her way. That's the

7:26

kind of woman that she is.

7:28

She's someone who gets

7:30

her way. I ramble on a

7:32

little more and finish with. So,

7:34

oh, I guess, so, she's almost like

7:37

a socialite. I get it. She, she,

7:39

she, she, she, she knows. the best

7:41

people and she knows how to make

7:44

things happen. That's what what you're saying.

7:46

Something like that, yes. I'm sure you

7:48

will enjoy meeting her. I'm sure we

7:51

will. In the meantime, where's a good

7:53

place to get a good steak? I

7:55

smile. Right here, and she points, this

7:57

is our finest restaurant we have. chefs

8:00

that are flown in from all

8:02

over the world. We would like

8:04

to keep things fresh here. You

8:06

will be able to get the

8:08

best cuisine on this part of

8:10

the world right here in this

8:12

restaurant. So do enjoy and have

8:14

a great rest of your day.

8:16

She says smiling. And you smell

8:18

this strong citrus smell coming from

8:20

her. This old lady perfume that

8:22

likely it was popular when she

8:24

was young, which was quite a

8:26

long time ago. As she leaves

8:28

I that smile fades little as

8:30

I whisper to Virgil. Oh

8:33

shit. I Really ever feeling

8:35

that we're not going

8:37

to be able to say no

8:39

to whatever it is. I just

8:41

pray it's something not

8:44

weird or too weird. Hmm.

8:46

And that makes me think.

8:49

I kind of want a

8:51

perspective of the entire hotel.

8:54

I just want to... Get

8:56

a feel of something Where it

8:58

is going on here if it is?

9:00

I'm not sure yet And I look

9:02

towards the restaurant is it

9:04

outside or is it in here? Well,

9:06

it's it's right in here But there's

9:09

of course a possibility to sit

9:11

outside as well But you

9:13

see that yeah, there's this

9:15

big buffet that's set out

9:17

and and you see chefs

9:19

that are preparing extremely juicy

9:21

looking steaks and you have

9:23

you're feeling quite hungry actually

9:25

after this long journey that

9:27

you were on and the

9:29

smell is just it's to

9:31

die for you haven't smelled

9:34

this good food well for a

9:36

long time if you ever have to

9:38

be honest yeah okay well steaks

9:40

it is steaks then I want

9:42

to just go out and have

9:44

a look at the hotel from

9:46

a little distance after we

9:48

eat As you are sitting down

9:50

to eat having gotten

9:53

your absolutely delicious

9:55

looking steaks, you notice

9:57

that there are some peoples.

9:59

sitting in the bar area

10:02

close by. There's a woman in

10:04

her early 20s with pink and

10:06

electric blue hair, taller than most

10:09

men, stands out immediately. She's wearing

10:11

expensive-looking brand clothes and has perfect

10:13

makeup. And you see her looking

10:16

at you, Virgil, and she notices you

10:18

and she smiles, and you recognize

10:20

that face. You heard the hotel

10:23

manager mention her, actually. Matrix

10:25

crush. The world-famous DJ she's

10:27

been climbing the streaming

10:29

charts and here she

10:31

just seemingly is right

10:33

there in front of

10:35

you a celebrity and

10:38

she's smiling at you I stand

10:40

there. I'm not taking my food

10:42

and To kind of looking

10:45

around because it's usually not

10:47

me people look at unless

10:49

they just think I Look weird

10:52

or maybe maybe she thinks

10:54

I look okay I go over to

10:56

her. Yeah, hi. And yes, she looks

10:58

at you, she seemingly is focused

11:00

on you. Could perhaps be, because

11:02

yeah, you're right. You do

11:04

look a little bit different

11:07

from everyone else here. There's

11:09

something a bit more perhaps

11:11

genuine about you. Could be

11:13

that. Could just be that she

11:15

thinks that you're cute. Who knows?

11:18

She smiles at you and she

11:20

says hi as well and with

11:22

her are two men and a

11:24

woman and similarly fashionable clothes but

11:26

careful not to outshine the star

11:28

and she speaks with an Australian

11:31

accent hey what's your name I

11:33

like your you're wearing rings right

11:35

aren't you these are my talismans

11:38

they actually have a purpose you

11:40

know yeah so she's looking at

11:42

those and she's saying I love

11:44

those what are they not that

11:46

you'd understand but there's a Protection.

11:49

There's protection and there's

11:51

also a way for me

11:54

to focus my my powers

11:56

I say and I roll my eyes

11:58

as if she'd get it. seems

12:00

to kind of light up at

12:02

that, as if she finds that

12:05

interesting as though she's perhaps a

12:07

little bit interested

12:09

in that kind of stuff. I'm

12:11

Mary. You just arrived, I guess. Yeah.

12:14

I'm Mary. I'm Virgil. Yeah. Have

12:16

you been here for a bit? Or

12:18

what? Yeah, I've been here

12:20

for a few days of

12:22

just prepping for my performance

12:25

tomorrow. He's noticed that she

12:27

has these really fancy Louis

12:29

Veton earrings with sapphires

12:31

in them. Well, you got some

12:33

nice jewelry there, though it's

12:36

not actually going to protect

12:38

you against anything. Huh?

12:40

Do you have something that could

12:43

protect me? Yeah, I might have.

12:45

But not for the both of us.

12:47

And you might have to be able

12:49

to, you know, use it. Yeah. Well,

12:51

you might be able to teach

12:53

me then. She says smiling. Why

12:55

don't you and your friend

12:57

come join us? Yeah, okay, yeah, sure.

13:00

Did you know that as Edmund

13:02

comes up, I just say,

13:04

did you know that like

13:06

after 9-11 that the Philippines

13:08

was a front for America

13:10

to, you know, lead our

13:12

war on terrorism? And I sort

13:15

of slapped Virgil on the back

13:17

and say, of course she does,

13:19

buddy, hi, hi, Edmund Wainwright, Edmund

13:21

Wrainwright, a pleasure to meet you,

13:24

madam. And she smiles at you

13:26

as well, yes, I'm Mary and

13:28

the others, they introduced themselves as

13:30

Logan, Jackie, and Chris. And they

13:33

kind of motion for you to

13:35

sit down and to join them

13:37

here. They have opened a few

13:39

drinks already and... They have a

13:41

few drinks in front of them

13:44

already and bringing over waiters

13:46

to bring in more and

13:48

they're trying to strike up a

13:50

conversation here with you. Why not?

13:52

These guys are getting the drinks

13:54

pouring and there's nothing wrong with

13:57

more drinks so I'll join them

13:59

and... Wow, she's like a celebrity

14:01

and she's quite attractive too. This is

14:03

nice. I try and neat myself up

14:06

again. Again, even though I am a little

14:08

scruffy, you know, my clothes are not bad.

14:10

They're not bad clothes. You know, I

14:12

can afford to buy good clothes. They're

14:14

just a little worn because of all

14:16

the, well, a couple of times I've

14:18

stumbled out of a nightclub in them.

14:20

But yeah, these people seem nice and

14:22

I'm curious because I'm going to try

14:24

and bring up at some point in

14:26

the middle of the conversation. You here

14:29

to see the

14:31

famous Miss Celia

14:33

Whitter? Congressional Invites

14:35

all that? You can roll to

14:37

read a person. That's

14:39

a 16. I'm just here for

14:41

the performance, you know, and

14:43

you notice that there's

14:46

something that's a bit off here

14:48

and the entire situation is a

14:50

little bit off because... She's very

14:52

high on the streaming charts. This

14:54

is a hotel. Okay, it's a

14:57

hotel for rich people, sure. But

14:59

she's not in the part of

15:01

her career where she should be

15:03

having these kind of stays at

15:06

casinos or resorts. That's something that

15:08

comes later. You know, she settles

15:10

out venues. What's she doing at

15:12

a hotel? There's something that's a

15:15

bit off about that. And she

15:17

does seem a little bit nervous

15:19

as she says that. Yeah, I

15:21

lean over, sit my drink. I'm

15:23

not entirely sure what it is

15:25

now. I'm my third drink. But

15:28

again, I'm fine. I'm taking it

15:30

slow. It's fine. And yeah, I

15:32

get two questions. So I guess

15:34

let's roll straight into, how

15:36

could I get her to tell me

15:38

more? I'm sort of like, oh,

15:40

come on. Really, you're a big

15:42

deal. Hey, hey, hey, there's nothing wrong

15:45

with getting paid for gigs, but

15:47

just why here? I'm sure you

15:49

have bigger places to be. Yeah,

15:51

I'm trying to figure out how

15:53

can I get her to tell me

15:55

more? You can get her and yourself

15:58

drunk and high, then you can. get

16:00

what you want. What's your second question?

16:02

And why do I think they invite

16:04

us over in the first place? What

16:07

I think she wants from us, I

16:09

could be good at reading people. They

16:11

are very much people who seem

16:13

to be enjoying life in all its

16:15

shapes and forms and all the good

16:17

things in life. The drinks, you get

16:19

a pretty good feeling that they

16:22

probably do quite a lot of

16:24

drugs as well. There's something sketchy

16:26

about this Chris guy in particular

16:28

that really screams drug dealer to

16:30

you. And yeah, it seems like

16:32

they seem to have spotted some

16:34

people who might be genuine but

16:36

also be interested in the

16:38

same kind of stuff that they are.

16:41

That's at least how they're reading the

16:43

situation. So yeah, they seem to have

16:45

found some people they hope will be

16:47

friends. Well. Again, I won't be

16:49

touching anything too hardcore because drugs

16:51

and alcohol. It's dangerous. And I

16:54

don't even, even alcohol, I don't

16:56

need that much. But I can

16:58

have a little more. It's like

17:00

Virgil was saying, let's relax.

17:02

And I'd like to know why she's here.

17:04

So I think for now, I'll play it cool

17:07

because I think we're going to need to

17:09

eat and have a few more drinks

17:11

before I get the answer I want.

17:13

So for now I let the conversation

17:16

go easy and I smile at Virgil.

17:18

trying to show him that hey I'm

17:20

having fun hopefully he is as well.

17:23

Yes Virgil what uh what are you

17:25

talking to these folks about and who

17:27

are you talking to? Are you talking

17:29

to Mary or are you talking to

17:32

Logan Jackie or Chris? I'm kind of

17:34

talking to anyone who will listen

17:36

who wants to learn things

17:39

because I always have something

17:41

to tell people about like

17:43

about the Philippines about the

17:45

history of the country, about

17:48

current economical situation, but more

17:50

so like the amount of

17:52

homeless people and things like

17:54

that, and things back home.

17:57

I tend to just talk

17:59

about... the things that I know

18:01

and see if there's anyone that wants

18:03

to learn and listen. You do that

18:05

and Mary listens attentively as does

18:07

Logan Jackie and Chris and you

18:10

are enjoying the stakes and the

18:12

drinks keep on coming and you're

18:14

getting along really really nicely she's

18:16

like she's really cool for our

18:18

celebrity like she's like this seems

18:20

really genuine like she hasn't gotten

18:22

to the point in her career

18:24

where she looks down on people

18:26

where she's still pretty early on

18:28

and she Yeah, she's probably not

18:30

all that different from normal folks

18:32

really. Just, yeah, she's just a

18:34

celebrity that you've seen on TV

18:36

before and here she is and

18:39

she's talking to you and you're

18:41

hanging out with celebrities and eating

18:43

great food and having amazing drinks

18:45

and you're getting more and more

18:47

buzzed and and then there's a

18:49

suggestion that why don't we continue

18:51

this party in our room, you know, we'll be

18:53

fun. I am having really good time and

18:55

I'm surprised that this... they just wanna...

18:57

they just want to listen and

18:59

they want to talk and I don't

19:02

I don't usually make friends

19:04

very easily people tend to

19:06

kind of grow tired of

19:09

my conversation I don't know it's

19:11

not that I'm I feel like

19:13

I'm doing anything wrong but these

19:15

people are okay that's weird like

19:17

not the crowd at all that

19:20

I'd expect be listening to me

19:22

and I wanted to go out a

19:24

little bit away from that hotel to

19:26

get a a view of it but

19:29

I guess since we don't have anything

19:31

to do until tomorrow evening

19:33

then yeah well fuck it that's

19:35

let's go to a room yeah I'm on board

19:38

after all she needs a few

19:40

more drinks before she'll share and

19:42

I want to know why they're here

19:44

and I'm having a good time and

19:46

you know what maybe I can let

19:48

my guard down and yeah you know

19:50

it's the day is coming to

19:52

an end that there's nothing wrong

19:55

with a little bit of Drugness

19:57

of the... the nice fancy hotel.

19:59

It's fine, I'll be, oh, stay off

20:02

the drinks tomorrow. You just don't seem

20:04

as fake as all the other people

20:06

here, you know? I've been speaking to

20:09

so many people are trying to, you

20:11

know, hard sell me on how awesome

20:13

crypto is or why Iver Mecton is

20:15

gonna make you immortal. And I'm just

20:17

so tired of that. And you guys

20:20

seem better than that. And as we've

20:22

gone on and I've got a few

20:24

more drinks, I keep saying this

20:26

thing, like, like, I keep quoting.

20:28

blues brothers for some

20:30

reason and I say this

20:32

again as I said a few

20:34

times I'm saying well we're on

20:36

a mission from God you know we're

20:39

not here because we're tech

20:41

pros we're politicians or

20:43

making money like we're

20:45

here for a completely

20:47

different reason and she giggles at

20:49

that and and and the others

20:52

are also smiling and seem to

20:54

genuinely enjoy having you around sharing

20:56

your stories about being on a

20:59

mission from God and all that

21:01

it's just something kind of seemingly

21:03

very fun and quirky about that

21:06

they seem to quite enjoy and you

21:08

are led to their room that's also

21:10

on the sixth floor and when you

21:12

get to the door Logan who seems

21:14

to be kind of their security guys

21:17

is hate. Let's collect all the

21:19

phones, all right? We don't want any

21:21

of this showing up on on Instagram

21:23

Okay, you're not gonna mess with my

21:26

phone. I'm just saying that you know,

21:28

don't mess with my phone. Okay, don't

21:30

like look Don't get into my phone.

21:32

I Could just leave my phone back

21:34

in my room How about that virtually? You stay

21:36

here for a sec. I'll be right bag

21:38

like let you know that you know we

21:40

haven't got our phones on us and we

21:42

know our phones are safe we don't need to

21:44

put them in a bag i say trying

21:46

to be cool but i'm quite paranoid about

21:49

people taking my phone sure i mean it's from

21:51

the same floor right you just don't be

21:53

long alright okay well take mine too then

21:55

and here just take it and I will

21:57

do that I have no problem quickly getting

21:59

our phones and running back to our room

22:01

and I'll come back and knock on the door. Yes,

22:03

and then the party continues. The point

22:05

was just to not have your phones

22:07

because they're really paranoid about that for

22:10

good reasons. You guys are really getting

22:12

pretty smashed here and it'd be very

22:14

embarrassing, you know, if someone gets footage

22:16

of Matrix Crush being smashed at a

22:18

party saying or doing embarrassing stuff, that's

22:21

not, you know, you gotta protect the

22:23

brand, right? So no phones. And that

22:25

seems to be what has happened here.

22:27

You quickly of course get your suspicion

22:30

confirmed as Chris rolls up with a

22:32

tray of lines of cocaine as

22:34

there's of course you know the

22:36

bar is open so everybody's drinking

22:39

from that and then there's

22:41

some other people who are

22:43

also joining they all seem

22:45

cool and introduce themselves. One

22:47

guy calls himself Filipino and

22:49

Virgil you end up talking

22:51

to him about the metaphysical

22:53

about magic and you know

22:55

how maybe like just maybe

22:57

life could be so much

22:59

more than what we can

23:01

see with our own eyes

23:03

But it's like really weird

23:05

out there drunk talk, you know

23:08

and I'm gonna say that Edmund

23:10

Well, I have a hold and you're

23:13

not gonna control yourself

23:15

tonight You're going to go

23:17

full all out. You can't control

23:20

yourself anymore. Yeah, well, I suppose

23:22

I did give in nice. Yeah,

23:24

too many drinks. Why not just

23:27

a little tap of something

23:29

and feels good. This is fun.

23:31

I'm forgetting about... bad shit and

23:33

these are nice people and hey

23:35

and eventually I'm gonna get that

23:37

answer again maybe even what time

23:39

is but eventually I just go

23:41

like so again why are you really

23:44

here has she got something on you and

23:46

I give a wink I like drink

23:48

you're trying to get a hold of Mary

23:50

but as you as you're doing that

23:52

you um you're starting to notice

23:54

how you know some of the people are

23:57

starting to take off their clothes this is

23:59

this whole is starting to get a

24:01

bit carnal? Are you going to stay

24:03

for that? Because it seems like they

24:06

want you to stay for that, but

24:08

are you going to stay for that?

24:10

I mean, I kind of like to

24:12

marry herself, but she's not there. These

24:14

are just her friends, aren't they now?

24:16

No, she's also around here somewhere.

24:18

I guess, as you've said, my

24:21

addictions take hold. This isn't exactly

24:23

bad, and it's not a bad time,

24:25

so... Okay, sure, why not? And

24:29

you're out looking for Mary then

24:31

and Versa what are you

24:33

doing during that time? Are

24:35

you also looking for Mary

24:37

or? I'm talking to this

24:39

guy called Philipo and it's

24:41

really interesting like because he

24:43

is like interested in the

24:45

world he's enlightened it's a cool

24:47

guy I and I noticed someone

24:50

else is kind of starting to

24:52

address me like I don't have

24:54

much I just had my silk

24:56

robe and swimming shorts because You

24:58

know, I don't care and I just

25:01

keep talking and whoever's undressing me

25:03

I talk at them as well

25:05

and I keep talking about all

25:07

this stuff and I just then

25:10

I guess I'm touching someone and

25:12

then something else is happening and

25:14

Yeah, one thing leads to another

25:16

and maybe there's sex. I guess

25:18

Do you think you end up

25:21

with Mary then Edmund given

25:23

that you were specifically looking

25:25

for her? I think so

25:27

well then that's what happens

25:29

and it's it's all hazy or

25:31

you are so incredibly drunk and

25:34

a bit high also we're quite

25:36

a bit higher even you are

25:38

asking these questions and

25:40

you're just getting back just I

25:42

don't want to talk about you

25:44

just fuck me all right there

25:47

is at some point during the

25:49

night you can't really tell

25:51

exactly when but you hear her

25:53

say look I killed someone

25:55

it was an accident Right? I

25:58

don't want to forget about it.

26:00

I look around, maybe at this

26:02

point, it's, as you said,

26:04

I can't really tell the

26:06

time, but it's probably late,

26:09

real late, and we're probably

26:11

in her bed, or some couch or

26:13

something. I kind of lean over

26:15

and I pat her on the

26:17

head. I say, hey, hey, that's

26:20

right. That's heavy. Were you

26:22

invited here personally

26:24

by the Celia woman? Did

26:26

she... Does she say she

26:29

knows? Before... you black out

26:31

for the night you see

26:34

her showing the envelope that

26:36

she has received a red

26:38

envelope with black shiny letters

26:41

written on it and

26:43

Virgil yeah if you let

26:46

things happen here then they're

26:49

definitely happening

26:51

and you're you're

26:53

having a good time and

26:56

it's morning And

26:58

you wake up and you

27:00

are incredibly hung over. It's

27:02

all a bit of a

27:05

haze. There's a naked and

27:07

barely clad people everywhere in

27:09

the room. There's someone's throwing

27:11

up in the bathroom. It's

27:13

disgusting. And Virgil, you are

27:15

the first one to wake

27:17

up. Edmund is, well, he

27:19

hit the drinks and the

27:21

drugs a bit harder than

27:23

you did. You find yourself

27:25

moving towards the balcony. How

27:27

do you feel bad?

27:29

Pretty good. It's like,

27:31

wow. That was,

27:33

that was crazy.

27:36

That was

27:38

probably really

27:40

fun. I'm kind

27:42

of aching all

27:45

different places in

27:47

my body. What

27:49

did I do

27:51

with who? Was

27:54

it that one

27:56

person? I'm not

27:58

sure. Wow. Now, uh,

28:00

try to find my robes

28:03

at least, something to put

28:05

on, and maybe find another

28:07

line to draw. You find

28:10

a robe, and you get

28:12

a little bit of that.

28:14

Well, the drug equivalent of

28:17

Herod the dog. You feel

28:19

a little bit better. You

28:21

still feel bad, although you

28:24

feel a little bit better.

28:26

And, uh, the sun is.

28:28

beating down on you as

28:31

you get closer to the

28:33

to the balcony it's starting

28:35

to be quite late and

28:38

in the morning already but

28:40

as you look at you

28:42

see on the horizon that

28:45

there's there's dark clouds out

28:47

there and something makes you

28:49

look up and you see

28:52

up there's someone up there's

28:54

a man up there's a

28:57

man up there What are

28:59

you standing on the railing?

29:01

What do you do? Shit.

29:04

I look at that and

29:06

the clouds and this is

29:08

what I wanted to see.

29:11

I wanted to... I rub

29:13

my eyes and draw in

29:15

some air and I'm trying

29:18

to focus. Okay. And I'm

29:20

holding on to one of

29:22

the talismans that is dangling

29:25

around my... neck and I

29:27

push it into my hands

29:29

quite hard so I feel

29:32

it's kind of focusing pain

29:34

as I want to look

29:36

up there and I want

29:39

to see if there's something

29:41

about this place I want

29:43

to see if I can

29:46

use magical intuition sure 18

29:48

I'm trying to learn if

29:50

this place either what's going

29:53

on up there or Where

29:55

the storm is coming from

29:57

has a magical nature. You're

30:01

looking at the storm and

30:03

the storm doesn't it seems

30:05

sudden extremely sudden But not

30:07

necessarily of magical origin When

30:10

you look up to the

30:12

tenth floor, however The energy's

30:14

there they're off the charts

30:16

off the charts. It's like

30:18

a black void and the

30:20

guy who's standing up there

30:23

on the railing, you think

30:25

you recognize him? Oh yeah,

30:27

it's the guy who was

30:29

sweating bullets and riding the

30:31

elevator yesterday. And just as

30:33

you recognize him, he takes

30:36

a step out and begins

30:38

falling. And for an instant,

30:40

your eyes meet his and

30:42

he looks absolutely terrified. And

30:44

he falls all the way

30:46

down. And screams echo through

30:49

the hotels, the body slams

30:51

through a lobby table, spladding

30:53

blood across polished floors, and

30:55

the guests who are still

30:57

enjoying their morning coffees. And

30:59

as you see this, I

31:02

want you to roll to

31:04

keep it together, Virgil. I

31:06

stare down at that mess.

31:08

I roll a-15. I rub

31:10

away at the drugs from

31:12

my nose, and I stare

31:14

down at it. Yeah, you

31:17

just seen someone kill themselves.

31:19

Why does that bother you

31:21

more? I look down at

31:23

that and I look back

31:25

up. I feel like the

31:27

hangover the swirling energies up

31:30

there. There's like there's the

31:32

feeling this mixed feeling of

31:34

fear kind of wanting to

31:36

create a knot in my

31:38

stomach at the same time

31:40

as I want to want

31:43

to go up there Ah

31:45

shit. Whatever hold or she

31:47

had on him? Or was

31:49

he just a delivery man?

31:51

Why did he bring that

31:53

back to her? And for

31:56

some reason these are the

31:58

things that fill my mind

32:00

more than the fact that

32:02

I've witnessed something really gruesome.

32:04

Yes. And as the large

32:06

crash and the screaming is

32:09

heard, Mary wakes up suddenly

32:11

and you wake up as

32:13

well, Edmund. What the hell

32:15

was that? What the hell

32:17

was that? and the entire

32:19

room comes to life really

32:22

as everyone reacts to this

32:24

in spite of the hangover

32:26

that most of them are

32:28

fighting. I announced to the

32:30

room that a guy just

32:32

jumped from the 10th floor.

32:35

What the hell? You're a

32:37

fucking kid and hang on

32:39

and I slowly head out

32:41

to join Virgil and look

32:43

around, I guess look down.

32:45

And you see that is

32:48

what has happened and... I

32:50

think what we'll do is

32:52

we'll cut to... you've made

32:54

your way down because everyone's

32:56

heading down. I mean everyone

32:58

has to see what the

33:00

hell happened here. I mean,

33:03

this is crazy. And there's

33:05

a large crowd that's gathered

33:07

around the breakfast buffet and

33:09

the dead body and everyone

33:11

has their phones out and

33:13

there's several people who are

33:16

clearly live streaming and the

33:18

man with the clipboard is

33:20

ordering staff around trying to

33:22

keep the crowd away and

33:24

you hear them referring to

33:26

him as Guzman. You

33:29

even see a guy who looks

33:31

like the budget edition of Kim

33:34

Starr who's live streaming from the

33:36

site. Check this out, this guy's

33:39

name, Paco Santiago. I Google him.

33:41

He was on the news this

33:43

morning. Some kind of big shop

33:46

public prosecutor. Murdered his pregnant mistress.

33:48

Must it just kill himself? I

33:50

mean his life was pretty much

33:53

fucked at that point anyway total

33:55

loser energy to the max if

33:58

you ask me all right slap

34:00

some likes a video use promo

34:02

code sigma project to get 50%

34:05

off your first meal delivery order

34:07

I'm out suckers and he closes

34:10

his live stream and people just

34:12

continue taking videos and you and

34:14

the and Mary matrix crushes posse

34:17

you're down there and you're seeing

34:19

all this happening I mean it's

34:21

grim business Not the first time

34:24

I've seen a dead body quite

34:26

literally and not even counting what

34:29

happened like I you know and

34:31

some of the Detective work. It's

34:33

mainly theft, but sometimes people get

34:36

violent over theft and I confess

34:38

I I always find it interesting

34:40

because Huh a suicide that sounds

34:43

really really basic, but I can't

34:45

help but just peek a little

34:48

and maybe I could roll crime

34:50

scene investigator, which is when you

34:52

investigate a crime scene, roll reason.

34:55

And again, this seems obvious, but

34:57

I don't know, is there anything

35:00

unusual about it? More but curiosity,

35:02

if you will. Well, you can

35:04

try to roll that. This is

35:07

going to be a little bit

35:09

hard because, well, there's... Guzman and

35:11

the staff were trying to keep

35:14

people away. There's a lot of

35:16

people who are trying to get

35:19

close though, so you have perhaps

35:21

sometimes opportunities to get a little

35:23

bit close by sort of hiding

35:26

behind others. So yes, you can

35:28

roll for crime scene and investigate

35:31

and we can see what you

35:33

get. Nine, ten, eleven, nice. Once

35:35

again, one question. What was the

35:38

chain of events? I look up,

35:40

I look down, I... Does it

35:42

seem... Literally as they said, this

35:45

guy just threw himself off the

35:47

building. There's no evidence. I can't

35:50

see anything that maybe applies that

35:52

maybe he was pushed or something.

35:54

You're looking around and well, that's

35:57

a bit difficult to find out

35:59

from just this. definitely made the

36:02

fall. You ask around a

36:04

little bit and you hear

36:06

that there was screaming and

36:08

you end up talking to

36:11

Virgil and Virgil of course

36:13

saw this happen. So Virgil

36:15

what do you tell Edmund?

36:18

Look that there's there's a

36:20

lot going on up there

36:22

like whatever she's playing with

36:25

yeah she's in she's in

36:27

deep there's a I

36:29

don't know if she, what she

36:32

got from him, what he had

36:34

with him, but I could clearly

36:36

see, I can see man, that

36:38

there's something going on

36:40

up there. There's this

36:42

place, oozes, it's like a

36:44

conduit. Worse than we fought.

36:46

I think for a moment

36:48

about sharing the insight I

36:50

got from Mary, we're virtual,

36:53

but then I decide... Number

36:55

one, it's quite a blurry

36:57

memory in the first place.

36:59

And number two, maybe no,

37:01

maybe... I know, I know. Poor

37:03

Mary is another sucker. Maybe just

37:06

like us. Maybe I don't

37:08

need to share that unless

37:10

she wants to. So I'll just

37:12

nod along and say... Right.

37:14

Yeah, I think we're going to have

37:16

to play ball. I don't want

37:18

to... I mean... You sure you

37:21

saw him jump off like he

37:23

looked like he wanted to or

37:25

if there was something. Oh, he

37:28

was scared, man. He didn't

37:30

want to. No, he was

37:32

scared. I think whatever choice

37:34

he had, death was the better

37:37

alternative. That's what I

37:39

think. Or maybe he didn't

37:41

play ball. Maybe. But you

37:43

always have a... You could have

37:46

chosen to resist whatever it was

37:48

going on up there. I don't

37:50

know. I shrugged, rubbed my head,

37:53

and I looked down at my

37:55

phone where I've been googling the

37:57

guy. So he, uh... he killed.

38:00

His lover? Was that it?

38:02

Yes. You heard what the

38:04

live streamer was saying. Pucko

38:06

Santiago. Yeah, he's some big

38:08

shot public prosecutor over in

38:10

Spain murdered his pregnant mistress.

38:12

Yeah, it's in the news.

38:15

His career is ruined and

38:17

now he's dead. I mean,

38:19

there's some logic to making

38:21

that choice there. hopeless and

38:23

gruesome it is. Maybe he

38:25

just paid to get in

38:27

here and spend his last

38:30

few hours in a nice

38:32

place. I doubt it though,

38:34

not the, not the way

38:36

it worked out for him.

38:38

She wanted something else from

38:40

him. And then it occurs

38:42

to me. I look down,

38:45

can I see if the

38:47

handcuffs are still there? What

38:49

about the bag that he

38:51

had? The handcuffs are there,

38:53

but there's no briefcase. He

38:55

had something for her. He

38:57

had something. And he got

39:00

repaid this way? It could

39:02

be that, you know what

39:04

I think? I think she

39:06

promised him something after death.

39:08

Uh, yeah? You... Is that

39:10

sort of thing... You tell

39:12

me, I... You said you

39:15

couldn't bring people back to

39:17

life, but what you can

39:19

do things with people when

39:21

they're dead? What? What? Make

39:23

sure you go to heaven

39:25

or something? Well, you know,

39:28

we brought him back. You

39:30

brought Peltea back. It's fucking

39:32

alive, okay? Whatever kind of

39:34

existence he is in. Hmm.

39:36

Maybe she promised him something

39:38

like that, you know? Her

39:40

eternal life in a different

39:43

kind of way. It seems

39:45

awfully public though, don't it?

39:47

I mean look, everyone's fucking

39:49

looking like, surely this isn't

39:51

gonna be great press. Probably

39:53

this place, the way they

39:55

clean things. up? Do you

39:58

see that that that live

40:00

stream? You go ahead, look

40:02

on your phone, see if

40:04

you can find that live

40:06

stream that he just put

40:08

up. I will look down

40:10

at my phone, which assumedly

40:13

we did go and get

40:15

on the way down. Yes.

40:17

And yeah, I actually, he's

40:19

got a point. I'll try

40:21

and look up that guy.

40:23

I think I got his

40:25

name. Let's see if that

40:28

stream is out there. Well

40:30

the guy is actually, he's

40:32

not around here anymore. He

40:34

disappeared. You're looking for the

40:36

live stream, but... No. He

40:38

hasn't posted anything recently. Like,

40:40

he was posting from the

40:43

restaurant earlier about the juicy

40:45

steaks. But this morning's live

40:47

stream is not up there.

40:49

I saw him do it

40:51

and those sort of people

40:53

like things quick. I say

40:55

to Virgil, huh? You might

40:58

have a good point, actually.

41:00

That's that's kind of unsettling

41:02

where you think about it.

41:04

Did anyone see the suicide?

41:06

It's Guzman was walking around

41:08

we're looking for witnesses. Did

41:11

anyone see it happen? Oh

41:13

No No, I was I

41:15

just heard the noise came

41:17

out. Whoops Seems like he

41:19

jumped from somewhere probably his

41:21

own room. Maybe probably We

41:23

believe it was the ninth

41:26

floor, we have footage showing

41:28

him jumping from there. It's

41:30

really tragic. Tragic, tragic, tragic.

41:32

Guzman continues walking around looking

41:34

for witnesses. Just not gonna

41:36

let anything go in this

41:38

place. Just keep it tight.

41:41

She is, again, she's gonna

41:43

want something. Oh, maybe she

41:45

hasn't, maybe she has an

41:47

offer to make. I don't

41:49

know. And you

41:51

were checking your phone earlier, Virgil,

41:53

and it buzzes now. There's a

41:56

weather news alert that the massive

41:58

storm is coming into tomorrow morning.

42:00

seemingly without warning. There must have

42:02

been the dark clouds that you

42:04

saw. It's going to be very

42:07

large waves and just as you

42:09

see that the PA system also

42:11

goes live. Dear guests, use your

42:13

incoming cyclone Cepot, we are asking

42:15

guests to remain in their rooms

42:17

from midnight to night until at

42:20

least 1,800 hours tomorrow. For those

42:22

of you who wish to leave

42:24

the resort, the last ferry back

42:26

to Zambuanga leaves at 1500 today.

42:28

Ferry services will be resumed as

42:30

soon as the cyclone has passed.

42:33

The resort is perfectly safe and

42:35

the concert with Matrix Crush will

42:37

be going ahead according to schedule

42:39

at 2100 tonight. Thank you and

42:41

please enjoy your stay at Kurton

42:44

resorts. I slurpe a white Russian

42:46

and I look over to Edmund

42:48

again. We're gonna need those

42:50

things. She have those things. We're

42:52

gonna need them. I know buddy.

42:54

I know and I Guess maybe

42:57

we shouldn't cause any trouble We

42:59

don't need that. We're here for

43:01

a reason and then tomorrow once

43:03

the storm clears I guess then

43:05

we can go but we'll stick

43:07

around a little longer. I don't

43:09

even know how long we're supposed

43:11

to be staying now. I think

43:13

about it Oh well, until, what

43:15

was it, like six tomorrow, 18,

43:18

that's six, something like that. You

43:20

have a seven day stay, all

43:22

inclusive paid, so you can stay

43:24

here for a four week. But

43:26

your meaning is, later on today,

43:28

at five o'clock. Well I don't

43:30

know, depending how things go, I

43:32

do know how long I want

43:34

to stay, on the weird island

43:37

of government conspiracy cover-ups. Hey things

43:39

are going to go fine, it's

43:41

going to be all right. We

43:43

do what she want us to

43:45

do. I mean I'm eager to

43:47

get out and get this thing

43:49

done as well, but maybe it

43:51

ain't too bad. You know, maybe

43:53

it ain't too bad. Did you

43:55

have fun yesterday then? and I

43:58

smile and I feel a bit

44:00

of an itch in my mouth

44:02

as I think back to the

44:04

night and I say yeah it

44:06

was a real swell Mary's a

44:08

nice girl who knows maybe I've

44:10

got a celebrity well who knows

44:12

a yeah and I smile and

44:14

I feel a bit of an

44:16

itch in my mouth as I

44:19

think maybe I should ever maybe

44:21

I shouldn't have a drink actually

44:23

maybe I shouldn't have a drink

44:25

actually maybe I shouldn't drink maybe

44:27

I'll try because I'm a little

44:29

paranoid. We'll see how that goes

44:31

I guess. You find yourself resting

44:33

a little bit in these sun

44:35

chairs and I mean it's you

44:38

know there are dark clouds on

44:40

the horizon but it still is

44:42

beautiful here and you have all

44:44

this lovely food and you're starting

44:46

to notice how a lot of

44:48

the guests are starting to leave.

44:50

There seems to be a lot

44:52

of people who... have gotten their

44:54

vacations spoiled by the fact that

44:56

there was someone who jumped right

44:59

into the breakfast buffet and killing

45:01

themselves there and well quite a

45:03

lot of people who also don't

45:05

seem to be particularly keen on

45:07

being stuck in their rooms as

45:09

a cyclone hits the island so

45:11

you see a lot of people

45:13

who are streaming out but you

45:15

of course you meet your main

45:18

and well seems like Mary will

45:20

be remaining as well she has

45:22

her concert later on tonight's and

45:24

Before you really know it, you're

45:26

coming up on around 4 o'clock.

45:28

You've got about an hour left

45:30

until your meeting. And maybe you

45:32

should get prepped or something? Yeah,

45:34

okay. So maybe I should slip

45:36

out of this, say, and I

45:39

look at the silk rope. I

45:41

saw this morning as I was

45:43

back in my room to pick

45:45

things up that they'd washed and

45:47

folded my clothes. Maybe I just

45:49

want to get back into that

45:51

so I look a little bit

45:53

like myself at least And I

45:55

look over at Edmund. I'm gonna

45:57

get myself ready due Is anything?

46:00

we think you're better than me and

46:02

that sort of thing. Don't forget to

46:04

maybe put that suit on. I'm supposed

46:06

to wear suits or something. I look,

46:08

I don't look good in a suit. Oh

46:10

you look fine in a suit and besides

46:12

this sort of, you know how these

46:14

people are, it's going to be all

46:17

like, well aren't you wearing a suit,

46:19

you think you're better than me and

46:21

that sort of thing. Well maybe if

46:23

we wear the suit, it's like we're

46:25

good boys and girls and we can

46:27

get this done nice and... smoothly,

46:29

so sure. And with that

46:31

I'll kind of go off

46:33

and yeah, find that suit.

46:36

I actually quite like

46:38

suits. Try and look

46:41

myself over in the

46:43

mirror, maybe wash my face,

46:45

maybe just one beer.

46:48

Yeah, there's a beer, one

46:50

beer. Try and not

46:52

think about dead bodies.

46:55

in any sense. And you're getting

46:57

prepped on it on your way

46:59

to your room, you see the

47:01

hotel manager William Brunner, he's speaking

47:03

to groups of upset guests, apologizing

47:05

for the suicide and the storm,

47:07

not that he could have really

47:10

done anything about that, but well,

47:12

people like to complain sometimes. We'll

47:14

cut to you waiting for the

47:16

elevator and you get in and you

47:18

scan your key cards and it's showing that

47:21

you can now go to the 10th floor.

47:23

And... Just as you have pushed

47:25

the bottom you see that another

47:27

elevator is opening and someone comes

47:30

out and from behind you see

47:32

Mary exiting the elevator Her

47:34

makeup is smeared her arms are

47:36

wrapped tightly around her and You

47:38

see red marks on her arms and

47:41

you notice that one of the

47:43

sapphires in her leuivitan earrings

47:45

is missing and there's heavy rain

47:47

that's falling outside and and the

47:50

storm is now howling and She

47:52

looks at you and it's a

47:54

look of absolute terror as

47:56

doors close and your

47:58

elevator begins. making way way up to

48:01

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