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00:34Welcome to Raider Publishing, where stories come to life.
00:39Hi, um, I got an invitation. I'm a writer.
00:42Oh, great. Go ahead and fill in your information, and then make your way over to the elevators.
00:47Okay.
01:01Wait, hold the door!
01:06That was close.
01:11Hi. Excuse me? Can I ask you something? Have you been published before?
01:17Nope.
01:18No, me neither. My parents always say I should quit writing and get a real job, but look at me
01:25now.
01:26So what's your story about?
01:30It's science fiction.
01:32Oh, sci-fi. Sci-fi's cool. I write fantasy.
01:38Look, I don't mean to be rude and all, but I really don't do small talk.
01:44Oh. Okay.
01:51Nice to meet you, too.
01:54Hello. I am Raider, owner and founder of Raider Publishing, and I believe that everything great that happened in the
02:02world first happened in someone's imagination.
02:06Excuse me, miss. This way, please.
02:08Oh, sorry.
02:09...participants. The opportunity to truly set one's creativity free.
02:16Unlike other publishing houses, we're on the verge of releasing a product that will reshape the foundation of the entire
02:22industry.
02:24Stories have been told and retold pretty much in the same way since...
02:29Do we get to wear these?
02:30Yes. The suits will help us pinpoint and track your synchronization.
02:34Track and synchronize what?
02:35Mr. Raider will fill you in on the details shortly.
02:38Mr. Raider is a immersive event.
02:40Why read or watch a story when you can live it.
02:43Touch it.
02:44Feel it.
02:47My fellow writers, let me introduce the machine.
02:53My life's work.
02:55The heart of this company.
02:58You will all undergo a unique simulation of your story.
03:03And during the experience, we will record and store it all.
03:06and then package and publish welcome to the next chapter of storytelling yes hi hey i'm zoe um
03:18sounds amazing i just wanted to thank you for giving me excuse me us this opportunity to get
03:25published lord knows it is rough being an unpublished writer these days am i right
03:31are you saying that we're gonna be plugged into that machine yes you are i was told
03:36that we were here for a publishing deal get paid and that's it i didn't sign up for a medical
03:43procedure oh trust me this is no medical procedure whatsoever just try to relax and you'll enjoy the
03:48experience right sure then without further ado activate the suits this is so cool please step
04:04onto your assigned platforms to begin your journey welcome please step on your assigned platform
04:26it's time to unleash your full creative potential go
04:54screw this i won't do it i won't do it please return to your platform ma'am i can't do
05:01this
05:01calm down return to your platform i won't do it okay we cannot shut this down now do you understand
05:07you have to proceed no no i said i'm out ma'am i told you this is perfectly safe no
05:14no no you come
05:15listen listen it's time you can't shut this down no no no no no no no no no no no
05:21no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
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05:52I don't know.
06:20You! What are you doing here?
06:29Wait, what?
06:31What are you doing in my story?
06:33Something bad is going on here.
06:35Yeah, like you're ruining my chance to get published.
06:38No, listen to me.
06:42What was that?
06:43Watch where you point those things.
06:45There is something this publisher is not telling us.
06:48Well, all I can see is that they have given me exactly what I signed up for.
06:52You don't understand. We need to get out of here.
06:55Not we. You.
06:57I need to get published.
06:59Please leave my story.
07:00Trust me, that is exactly what I want to do, okay?
07:08What is that?
07:09Yeah, and take that glitch thingy thing, whatever it is, with you.
07:13That came with me.
07:14Yes, and neither you or that belong to me.
07:27Where are we?
07:29I think this is my story.
07:33What the hell is going on?
07:37Yuck.
07:39This is definitely my story.
07:58What kind of a crazy story have you written?
08:02Listen, I don't want to be here either, okay?
08:04I just want to get out.
08:05What? And how do we do that?
08:08I don't know.
08:11But something tells me we need to find that glitch.
08:14Are you sure?
08:16No.
08:19Okay.
08:25So you have no clue where that glitch might be?
08:28All I know is that we're in my story.
08:31You had to fall into my simulation, didn't you?
08:35Let's just focus on getting out of here.
09:03Let's just focus on getting out of here.
09:04Let's just focus on getting out of here.
09:05Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
09:11Go ahead, go ahead.
09:13Let's check out that console.
09:22Okay.
09:23Can you explain the situation, please?
09:25We're freedom fighters.
09:26Reclaiming our home from galactic invaders.
09:28No, not this story. In the real world, what happened?
09:32I wanted to leave, but they wouldn't let me.
09:35Are you sure this isn't just some sort of misunderstanding?
09:38Look, I was fighting them when I fell into the simulation.
09:40Wait, there was a fight!
09:44We've got company.
09:49Oh, crap!
09:55Ah!
10:03Whoa!
10:04Look out! Look out! Look out!
10:09Let's move.
10:10Keep it together, Zoe.
10:12Just keep it together.
10:23Bloody hell!
10:25Now that's a proper ion cannon.
10:48That's actually kind of a view.
10:52Don't look down.
10:56That's actually kind of a view.
11:10We're still searching for the glitch, right?
11:12What else do you think we're doing?
11:14Getting soft?
11:15Going insane?
11:17Or both?
11:18You tell me!
11:18No, no. The glitch has to be around here somewhere.
11:21It has to.
11:27It's slowing down!
11:50You all right?
11:52Yeah.
11:52I'm fine.
11:54I'm fine.
12:20Whoa.
12:22It was a close one.
12:23Whoa.
12:31Okay, let's go.
12:47So, how does this work?
12:49Do you know what will happen next in the story?
12:52Sort of.
12:53Come again?
12:53Writing it and experiencing it is a totally different ballgame.
12:58Let's hope there's a plan to safely separate us and return me back to my story.
13:03I wouldn't bet on it.
13:05Just because you...
13:07You blew your shot to get published.
13:09Doesn't mean that I have to blow mine.
13:11No, I think they're up to something fishy.
13:13I just don't know what yet.
13:18I don't know.
13:26Shut up.
13:30Shut up.
13:33Shut up.
13:35Shut up.
13:36Shut up.
13:39Shut up.
13:42Shut up.
13:44Shut up.
14:10We gotta hijack the ship!
14:24This feels great!
14:43And we have takeoff!
14:47Holy!
14:51This is mental!
14:57Oh, Chris!
15:16Hang for the water!
15:36Still no sign of the glitch!
16:07Still no sign of the glitch!
16:07Still no sign of the glitch!
16:40Still no sign of the glitch!
17:03Still no sign of the glitch!
17:06Come on, crack, crack, crack!
17:21Still no sign of the glitch!
17:49Still no sign of the glitch!
17:53Oh, well, that's just splendid!
17:59I got one!
18:01Another ship!
18:02Take it out!
18:10I hit it!
18:11I hit it!
18:12I hit it!
18:16That game is coming!
18:20I think I got one!
18:34I did not sign up for this!
18:40Over there!
18:41Over there!
18:41There's a glitch!
18:42Come on!
18:45All right!
18:46Go!
18:46Go!
18:48Go!
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