noelle! don't get too far ahead.
apparently frozen yogurt doesn't count.
shouldn't have to.
i think we left the overhead light on.
battery is dead. least the starter is.
we call the service. that's all we can do.
i guess.
who did you marry? macgyver?
no. do you?
the minute you try to place a call, the bar goes away.
okay, i'll keep trying, mary. but it will keep happening.
i don't know.
the problem is we're boxed in. it's a canyon.
where we turned off the main road, it was more open. and higher, too.
i can run that.
you okay with that?
daddy's going to get a truck to help us out. you take care of your mom, okay?
i'll be right back.
excuse me! hi! hello?
excuse me. do you have a cell phone?
yeah, i'm finding that out.
okay.
it's dead. that's why i need.
yeah.
are you headed back to your car now? if you could give me a ride to a gas station, wherever.
oh. hey. look, i'm not some crazy ted bundy guy. i'm not going to rape you or kill you or anything.
of course, that's what ted bundy would say. look, i'm a videogame designer. my wife is an editor. my daughter is four.
they're waiting back at the car, and i want to get some help before it gets dark.
i believe you. i do. but you don't know where the car is. and the guy might not come. we can't be up here all night.
don't be sorry. just help me out here.
why won't you trust me?
were you following me?
you thought i was ted bundy.
my name's gabriel. bundy.
yeah.
really?
lead the way.
really?
no.
not really.
you seriously recognized me off of one photo?
considering?
okay.
well, i guess i'm flattered.
so your boyfriend plays videogames?
super-crack?
shaman?
you had an account?
sorry.
a couple. most people do.
what, like `god mode'?
that's when you have all the powers, and you can't be killed. it's fine when you're designing, but it's really boring to play. a game isn't fun unless there are rules.
yes i do. i mean, you want to give everyone freedom, but they can't handle it. half your players are teenage boys, and it's like they're programmed to be destructive.
they deliberately crash the world servers. they'd ruin everything just to prove they could.
what?
sure.
well, i don't know why you're asking.
so where's the orc now?
remind me not to piss you off, sarah.
sorry.
am i crazy, or is it getting hotter?
i have a wife. and a daughter. they're waiting for me.
back at the car.
they're back.
where's your car?
what's happening?
you're trying to kill me.
why are you doing this?
maybe if i just cut back, didn't get so involved.
i can't.
she's here.
i didn't forget you guys.
absolutely. let's go home.
no. i can stay.
worst-case scenario? spontaneous disintegration into a fiery void. oblivio accebit. the end of everything.
that probably wouldn't happen. the basic structure of the universe should hold. i guess i'm just worried about the human factor. you guys kill each other a lot.
i like this world. i like my life, here, with you and noelle.
it's not pretend. there's a reason you were there, in every version. you were my sister, my wife, my best friend.
i wanted you close. in one version, i even told you. i warned you that some day they might come for me, and.
ninety. this is the last one.
i've destroyed billions of people with a thought. obliterated them. and you'd like to think it's painless.
so.
i'm good.
likewise. i love you.
you're my favorite.