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(MePad wakes up from being unconscious and sees Taco) (They are nearby Hotel OJ)
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You can't teleport, either. Or rather, not of your own accord.
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Then, I suppose I will make myself comfortable.
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Yes! I had always hoped to meet you, Taco. What is it that you want?
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I require details on the next challenge.
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If you're trying again, to steal the million, I must inform you that MePhone does not keep it on set in the decorative suitcase. Prize winnings are wired in by the-
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Yes, yes! Last time, I thought he kept it there, very embarrassing for me! [SIGH] Though, in fairness, it seemed like something an idiot would do. But… I don't really care about the money anymore.
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Well, I have the challenge on file. You did not need to activate my consciousness to access it.
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Well, I suppose it helps me think when I have someone to talk to.
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I have to hope then... that you were not alone all this time.
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No. I wasn't.
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(Taco looks at Mic longingly through the Hotel OJ window)
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Now, show me the file, won't you?
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[MEPAD'S SCREEN TURNS YELLOW, GIVING TACO INTEL ON THE NEXT CHALLENGE]
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Oh... that will be perfect.
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♫ [INTRO PLAYS] ♫
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Ugh! Come on, it's gotta be in here somewhere!
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(Lightbulb searches through a box containing Test Tube's gizmos)
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Hey. Want to talk to us about the last vote?
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Hmm, you really like approaching people when they’re vulnerable, don’t ’cha?
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Yeah, yeah, I mean.. It’s called a “random act of kindness!” This one taught me.
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We're all here for you, Lightbulb!
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Really? Baseball, you’d put aside our intense rivalry as warring team captains?!
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Uh, I never really saw our relationship that way.
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[GASP] Neither did I! Alright, come on, let’s talk. So, why'd you vote out my friend?
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Oh, j-just coming right at it. Okay! Well, like I said, it was nothing personal. BUT look on the bright side! Now that your team’s gone, there’s only one thing you can do!
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Feel alone? Very, very alone?!
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That, or... you win this for them.
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You really were close with your allies, weren't you?
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Eh, never really liked the word "allies," or even understood it. I mean, uh, I just prefer to think of us as-
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That's great, Lightbulb. Alright! And with that last bit of drama cleared up, now we can just focus on playing the game!
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Last bit of drama?! Are you forgetting about the ALIENS Test Tube said she saw?!
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Or why Microphone just suddenly quit?
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Or those gems with MePhone's weird little experimental short films inside?!
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I'm pretty sure those were his traumatic memories about Cobs, but, yes, those too!!
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Okay, yes! All that stuff is really bizarre, and I don’t know what we could do about it. Which is why we can’t let it distract us, especially when we're this close to the end!
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But... a-all that stuff happened. We can't just act like we never saw-
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[LIGHTBULB PULLS OUT THE WHITE BOWTIE MICROPHONE USED TO TURN INVISIBLE, WHICH HELPED SUITCASE MOVE ON IN THE GAME]
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I- I've seen a bowtie like that before. I thought I was just...[SUITCASE STAMMERS] Everyone else can see that thing, right?!
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Oh, this?
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[LIGHTBULB PUTS IN ON SUITCASE AND PUSHES THE BUTTON TO TURN HER INVISIBLE]
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Wha- What?!
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[SUITCASE HYPERVENTILATES][KNIFE TAKES THE BOWTIE OFF SUITCASE, WHICH MAKES HER VISIBLE AGAIN]
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Wha- [SIGHS FROM RELIEF]
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Uh, how'd you-?
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[KNIFE GRUNTS AS HE THROWS THE BOWTIE ON THE GROUND AND STOMPS ON IT]
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No more distractions.
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[LIGHTBULB CONTINUES LOOKING UNTIL SHE FINDS A PEN]
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Ah-ha! I found it! Good ol’ Tube-o left this to me! She said to click it if I ever get nervous.
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Are... you feeling nervous?
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No, I just wanted to prove to you all that I’m not :)
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(OVER A MEGAPHONE) Greetings, final four, and welcome to the penultimate challenge!
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In today's challenge, you have to learn how to whisper! So, Suitcase already lost! “First without...” you have no idea, jeez. I remember when you used to be quiet. Look, you’re all a lot to deal with, sooo I actually just took a vacation.
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A vacation? We saw you, like, last night.
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And, for half a day, the world actually felt peaceful! Buuut anyway! In today's challenge, you each have to make your way through the woods to meet me on the other side! And it wouldn’t hurt to collect a few sticks along the way.
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Do we get extra points for eating the sticks?
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No, you- you need the sticks.
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Oof. This is a tough one, gang. I’m tempted…
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Using the sticks you’ve collected, you have to build a bonfire that must burn high and hot enough to reach your rope above. The first contestant to burn through their rope will be guaranteed into the finals! And the last will be immediately eliminated!
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[EVERYONE GASPS EXCEPT FOR LIGHTBULB]
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Well now that part sounds easier.
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Wait, uh, what happens to whoever finishes the challenge in second or third place?
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Oh, they’ll duke it out after. You’ll see! Ha! Wanna keep you all on your toes this time!
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So, last time - nearly getting shot down by an alien ship; that was a flat-feet experience?!
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HEH HEH, Don't mention that again.
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[SUITCASE LOOKS SHOCKED AT MEPHONE'S SUDDEN REACTION]
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On your ready, set, go!!
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♫ Taco's Tirade ♫
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Any moment now...
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Are you sure this is what you want?
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[TACO SCOFFS]
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Oh, spare me your spin, you tablet tabloid. If you want to psychoanalyze someone, don’t look at me!
♫ Sure, call me polemic, Unsympathetic ♫ ♫ At least I know other tricks! ♫ |
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[THE CAMERA PANS DOWN TO THE SEASON ONE CAST, OJ WITH THE BRIEFCASE]
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♫ Look at me and all you’ll see is the debris of some defective outcast ♫
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[TACO AND OJ FIGHT FOR THE BRIEFCASE]
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♫ A frenetic, antithetic (if poetic) little iconoclast ♫
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[TACO SINGS AS SHE FAILS TO GRAB THE BRIEFCASE AND FALLS]
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♫ But I won’t live in the past ♫
I almost won this game once, you know? But!
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♫ History is rearranged just to credit those who win the glory ♫ ♫ So reality is changed in the edit when they spin the story ♫ ♫ And we choose to feel this pain ♫ ♫ And we lose more than we gain ♫ ♫ But I will break this cycle of mistakes, unlike all of these snakes whom I call to condemn ♫ ♫ If I can’t win the prize, I’ll play this last reprisal just to bring their lies all to an end ♫ |
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Ack!
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You need regeneration.
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Unfortunately, I don’t have much faith in that process.
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Of course not.
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Why "of course not?"
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You believe yourself to be incapable of starting over in more ways than one. I do not know who you lost, but is it not possible to get them back?
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♫ “Clear the slate, start again,” are you hearing how preposterous that sounds? ♫
♫ How do you not comprehend that for someone with my MONSTEROUS BACKGROUND ♫ ♫ The whole slate has fallen apart ♫ |
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♫ Taco, that is not true ♫
♫ There are other ways to- ♫
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♫ It’s too late ♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ It’s not too late ♫
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♫ For me to restart ♫
♫ But it’s not I, it’s they♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ Let us talk about it when your ♫
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(OVERLAPPING MEPAD) ♫ Who deign to play this game ♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ Head is not so clouded ♫
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(OVERLAPPING MEPAD) ♫ So cruel and inhumane ♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ You’re no menace, Taco ♫
♫ How did they hurt you? ♫
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(TOGETHER WITH MEPAD) ♫ Base and uncouth ♫
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♫ Please think this through ♫
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♫ I think they’re too afraid to ♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ Feeling double-crossed is part of ♫
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(OVERLAPPING MEPAD) ♫ Bear the bed they’ve made ♫
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(OVERLAPPING TACO) ♫ Dealing with a loss, yes, but the ♫
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(OVERLAPPING MEPAD) ♫ Can’t bring themselves to face the awful truth ♫
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♫ Healing is a process, that’s the truth ♫
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[THE LINES FORM LIKE CRACKS, SHOWING TACO'S CRACK FROM EPISODE 13]
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(GOING SOLO) ♫ So I’m turning up the heat to “sauté” I’ve a beef to get grilled ♫
♫ But I fully guarantee that today all the beans that get spilled won’t be mine ♫
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[TACO PUTS A WHITE BOWTIE ON MEPAD]
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♫ No I’m fiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIne ♫
Shhh…
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[TACO PUSHES THE BUTTON ON MEPAD'S BOWTIE TO TURN HIM INVISIBLE]
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♫ Now it’s time ♫
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♫ ♫ (Song ends)
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Alright, MePhone, how much fire do I need to win this thing?!
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Ehh, just THAT much!
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How high do you expect our flames to get, exactly?!
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Yeah, I’m all for setting large fires, but... Huh, you know what? I don’t see a downside here!
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Well, you can just try to keep making the fire higher organically; OR, now that I got you all here, you can answer my questions! I mean, if you step off the platform, you automatically lose. So, you might as well! Each question you answer truthfully will raise your platform, and fire, higher! It’s a little game I like to call Truth or Flare!
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[TACO PUSHES THE BUTTON ON HER BOWTIE, REVEALING HERSELF]
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You always did have a way with words, MePhone.
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And you always didn't, until the day you suddenly did. What are you doing here, Taco?! Planning one more scheme for old times’ sake?!
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No, I’d simply like to run this part of the challenge. But since I’m aware of how “particular” you are about controlling your show...
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[TACO PUSHES MEPAD'S BUTTON ON HIS BOWTIE, REVEALING HIMSELF]
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I’ve added some incentive.
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[GASP] MePad?!
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Your assistant is fine. And if you’d like him to stay that way, I suggest you not make any sudden moves. Besides...
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[TACO AND MEPAD TELEPORT AROUND MEPHONE]
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It's hard to get more sudden than this.
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Ugh...
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[MEPHONE GETS CLOSE TO MEPAD]
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What are you doing?!
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This is what she needs.
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[TACO LOOKS AT MEPHONE WITH A SMUG ON HER FACE]
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Y'know what, Taco? Let's see how you do!
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(TO BASEBALL AND SUITCASE) Don't let this distract you. We'll get through this.
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Thanks! You know, I really needed to hear that!
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[KNIFE GRUNTS A LITTLE AS HE IGNORES LIGHTBULB'S COMMENT]
[TACO JUMPS ONTO A FLOATING PLATFORM, PUSHES MEPAD'S BUTTON ON HIS BOWTIE TO TURN HIM INVISIBLE, AND STARTS RUNNING THE 2ND PART OF THE CHALLENGE]
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Now, back to our regularly-scheduled programming! Hello again, Baseball, Lightbulb... Knife... Suitcase, I don't believe we've formally met. You wouldn't happen to have a million bucks inside you, hm?
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Wouldn't still be here if I did, but, where have I heard your voice before?
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Ah, yes! I suppose we did informally, invisibly meet!
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[TACO PUSHES HER BUTTON ON HER BOWTIE TO MAKE HERSELF INVISIBLE]
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Hello! Follow the magical talking bowtie!
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[TACO PUSHES THE BUTTON AGAIN TO MAKE HERSELF VISIBLE AS SHE LAUGHS]
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Still can't believe that worked!
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What is she talking about?
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Wha-? Wh-why did you help me, Taco?
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Was to my benefit, but I'll be asking the questions today, alright? Since you're so eager though, why don't we start with you, Suitcase?
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No, let's not. We don't have to answer any-
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Oh, MePhone! What was it you said earlier?
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(Sarcastically) Leave the platforms you lose! Oh no! Losing!
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There you have it. All right, Suitcase. You became rather friendly with Balloon, despite your alliance, preferring to keep him at theoretical arms length. Were you at all motivated to befriend him out of spite? And please, do remember to be truthful.
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I disagreed with my alliance, but I didn't do that to upset them. I just wanted to help someone who I thought deserved another chance.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Correct. Isn't this fun? Speaking of, let's turn to the last remnants of it, shall we?
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Oh, you mean me? Oh shucks. Well, you know, there never are enough remnants.
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Right, All right, shut up. Here's your first truth Lightbulb. Do you really believe you deserve to have gotten this far despite all of your friends being dropped before you?
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Oof, cutting deep there, aren't you? Well, yes, I think it's important that I win. For my friends, for the Lights!
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Treacly! But do you really think you can win this? All by your lonesome? Now, without any shoulder to lean on?
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Yeah, it's going to be hard, but like, I believe in myself and stuff. And I mean, I got my own shoulders. I have to, you know.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES AN INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND LOWERS]
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This thing's broken! I clearly have shoulders.
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That you do, but it would appear they aren't strong enough.
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Hey, leave her alone!
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The grand leader to the rescue. Let's put that leadership to the test, shall we? Do you believe you as team captain truly put the team ahead of yourself?
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You know, Nickel told me that once, and with how much I've beaten myself up over it, well, it has to be true.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES AN INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND LOWERS]
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I suppose it doesn't have to be.
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What! You're- you're messing with us.
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A truth detecting platform doesn't lie. Now onto Knife. Knife, do you take the rules of this game seriously?
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More seriously than you.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Charming. Then I'm sure you'd agree anyone who knowingly cheats should be disqualified.
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Hm.. define 'cheating'.
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Oh, someone who's caught receiving outside help, or if the one who caught them receiving that outside help chose to keep it a secret.
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Those are two very different things. Cheating is to gain an advantage or "help" as you put it. But if someone isn't getting any help themselves, well, then they're simply not cheating.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Let's put a pin in that. Back to Suitcase, when Baseball voted out Test Tube, he said it was nothing personal, which is also how you characterized your relationship with Nickel.
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Wow, you've really been stalking us, huh?
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Yes. Do you think he drew a fair comparison between you and Nickel and him and Test Tube?
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Wait, what's the problem here? What did I use? The wrong choice of words?! Suitcase doesn't care about-
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Baseball, [SIGH] I voted for Nickel to stand up for myself and it went wrong. He wasn't my friend, but you resented me for it anyway! Then you chose to vote out your friend and play it off like a heroic sacrifice. I'm sorry, it's just not the same.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Okay, that's fair. Look, I just want to move past this. You think we can do that?
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Let's find out, Baseball. Do you forgive Suitcase for voting out your best friend?
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You know what, it wasn't her fault. She didn't know it'd be a surprise double elimination. I was upset at the time, but I realize now she was just a victim of circumstance. So yeah, to clarify, platform I, I forgive her.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Let's try something different for the whole group now. A lot of strange situations have been occurring lately. Show of hands slash feet raise. Now if you're eager to get back to fun and games.
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[LIGHTBULB AND KNIFE RAISE THEIR HANDS AND THEIR PLATFORMS MAKE A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RISE]
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And now, if you prefer to be a killjoy, getting all serious.
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Well, I don't appreciate that characterization, but..
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[BASEBALL AND SUITCASE RAISE THEIR FEET AND THEIR PLATFORMS MAKE A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RISE]
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Don't misunderstand, I find it baffling how willing some of you are to push aside distractions. You encounter aliens and try to move on as if nothing happened. I even saw them with my own eyes.
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Well, what did they look like? Did they have weird hats?
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They looked like floating eggs with less than kind things to say about the Meeple Company.
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Wow, I was already having a bad day and then you just ignored my hat question.
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Is this how insufferable my random humor was? I sincerely apologize to you all.
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Just trying to lighten the mood. You seemed a little stressed.
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I'm stressed? Why do you keep clicking that pen?
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No reason!!
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES AN INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND LOWERS]
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I'm.. scared and I need help.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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All right, I've had my fun, but I suppose it's time I stopped pulling my punches. Say, Knife.
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Yo.
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Did you know about my presence in this game before today?
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Inanimate Insanity? Yeah, we did a season together. Fun memories!
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Not that game, this one! Did you know I was working behind the scenes of this competition and chose to not tell anyone for the last several challenges?
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Define several-
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Yes or no?
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Sorry, couldn't hear you.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES AN INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND LOWERS]
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Shoot, forgot where I was.
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Yes or no. Answer or I'll tell them! They can hear it from me-
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FINE! Yes, I did. But I didn't-
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Enough!
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Thank you for your honesty, Knife.
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I'd ask if that's really true, but I guess we just got our answer.
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Trust me, it wasn't out of any faith to her, it was to protect someone else.
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Who?
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I don't think that's my truth to tell.
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Ah, Knife the protector. Quite convincing coming from the guy who used to roast Marshmallow alive.
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She'd always come back, didn't she?
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Uh, that does not make it okay.
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Yeah? You're still feeling the pain from all those times you shattered? It means nothing!
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All right, So Knife's over here justifying murder! That's fun.
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Enough of that silver tongue Knife. You constantly try to hide behind this insufferably pseudo-intellectual wit, but the two of us know who you really are. The tough, scary brute who'll just keep talking until whoever's listening is forced to agree with him.
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Wh- well, maybe that's how you see me miss projector but not them.
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Okay, anyone trust him right now?
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[BASEBALL, LIGHTBULB, AND SUITCASE ALL SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND THEIR PLATFORMS MAKE THE CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RISE]
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No talking your way out of that one. Moving on, Suitcase, and this is just out of morbid curiosity, what exactly did you think was happening when you encountered this floating, talking bow tie in the cave?
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I-
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[SUITCASE TAKES A DEEP BREATH]
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could I kind of accept it? Because I see weird things like that all the time.
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I don't understand. Floating bow ties?
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No, hallucinations, it's not exactly easy to explain, but I never could explain them. I think they happened when I'm anxious? So thanks for making this such a comforting environment! All right, I've answered the question.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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Suitcase. How long have you?
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It doesn't matter, at least it's out there now.
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Did you know she was going to say that?
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No, but that shows just how serious this has become. Don't you understand what the game has done to you all? Nothing is worth this. There is no winning here for anyone.
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Except for you, right? So you could swoop in and take your money?
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I admit, at first I worked from the shadows, observing you all for a chance at just some of that. Some of that. But recently I saw this desire take me to extremes and let's just say I've lost more than any of you. That said, you can still catch up, which is why I urge each of you to leave now before you end up like me.
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Wait, leave? Listen Taco, I was actually kind of respecting the whole therapy session but make a twisted approach up to this point. But no one is quitting the show.
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Not even you? [PAUSE] What exactly did you do on your vacation? Your time spent away from the precious game you love so much?
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I just wanted something new, but the game was never far from my mind.
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Then maybe, you were staying too close. I'm serious. All of you, leave! Don't you realize now... that Microphone had the right idea? So LEAVE!
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[PAUSE]
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But of course, you won't do that, will you? No, it can't all have been for nothing. You'd sooner stand here and be mentally tortured with no end insight because in this game there's no winning for anyone-!
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[SUITCASE'S FIRE SNAPS THE ROPE]
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Well, looks like I won.
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You still don't get it!! You can win your measly challenge, but at what cost? Driving away everyone, Whoever cared about you? Sure enough, I asked you to burn those bridges to the ground, and you gladly did everything you could to keep the fires rising because you've been taught that's what you need to do by him.
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Hey, I made a game with rules? You're the one who broke them.
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Rules you change constantly to fit your best interests! Challenges to clean up YOUR messes. "SaVe MaRsH! SaVe FaN! SaVe My AmMeSiA!" Surprise double eliminations, all meant to slowly turn you against each other for HIS entertainment. See now? There's no truth with him around. You all speak, but the only voice is your controller's, and even he is losing control. This is your last warning. Contestants, get out, now, before he changes you too!
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[SOMETHING RUSTLES IN THE BUSHES]
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What was- Is someone else coming here?
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Oh sweet, so it does work.
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What is she talking about?
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Oh, you didn't think this was just a pen, did you? No, no, it sends out a signal.
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[TACO'S SHELL STARTS CRACKING]
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Who did you contact?!
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Does this count as one of my truths?
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Start. Talking.
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Well, Test Tube made it for me in case of an emergency, but I -I mean I guess anyone nearby could have answered the call.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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[CRACK]: No, I can't. I didn't plan for this-
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What's the matter Taco? Afraid it's one of your old friends?
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[CRACK]: Stop, STOP! You brute!
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You wanted us to face our truths? Then why don't you face yours?!
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[TACO FALLS APART AND DIES]
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She'll be back.
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[RECOVER TACO NOTIFICATION APPEARS ON MEPHONE AND HE SWIPES IT AWAY]
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[Mephone gets the notification to revive her]
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And we're back in the game! Sorry for that brief interruption. Now, who will be the next contestant out?
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[MePad glares at Mephone] [The contestants that still need to break the rope scramble to make their flame higher]
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Lightbulb?
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Painty! I didn't know it'd be you! Omga, this is the best news ever. I can't even believe this.
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Yeah, I got what Test Tube described to me as this emergency signal. She said I should be the one to handle it. I came as fast as I could. What's going on?
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Well, I thought we might need some saving from Taco, but now it looks like she might need some saving too. But what about you though? How's the hotel life been?
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You've missed a lot, but it sounds like I have, too.
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Yeah, not to worry though, I'll make sure to win this for you. That way you don't have to be severely disappointed in me or anything.
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Whoa, Lightbulb, Where'd you get that idea?
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Come on, it's the truth. It's not right that you didn't make it here. The least I could do is win in your place.
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Lightbulb. I'm proud of you no matter what. I'm just glad you're okay.
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Oh, like, actually?
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[PAINTBRUSH NODS]
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Well, I'm just glad ya stopped by.
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Baseball has completed the challenge. There's only one spot left. Cough, cough, I say.
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Oh, I better let you get back to it then.
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Paintbrush wait! There's nothing I want more than to win this game.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES AN INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND LOWERS TO THE BOTTOM]
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I had a feeling that would work. Now that you're back, I don't want you to be not back.
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Knife is close to the finish, but it's still anyone's game!
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[KNIFE'S FIRE BEGINS BURNING THE ROPE]
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Your loss.
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[KNIFE'S ROPE SNAPS]
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And with that, Lightbulb is officially eliminated from this competition. And you have to wear this dunce cap on your way out.
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[MEPHONE SNAPS AND SUMMONS THE ELIMINATION PORTAL]
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First Paintbrush and then my own weird hat! Today is really picking up. Well, uh I guess... this is it.
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I'm happy for you, Lightbulb! But what was it you were trying to tell me before? About your allies?
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Oh, just that they're the ones that give you strength! But where they get it from... Heh, no one will ever know!
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[LAUGHS] I've really missed all your nonsense.
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And I missed all your sense.
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(Both Lightbulb and Paintbrush laughing and walking away to the portal.)
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Ah, you had me worried back there.
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Aren't you forgetting something?
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[MEPAD POINTS TO TACO'S REMAINS]
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Just.. just give me a minute.
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Revive her. NOW!
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She wants to end the show! I don't want to lose everything here! Let's just... make sure we can do this safely.
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NO! No conditions! It is one thing for you to not trust ME, but, you hold her life in your hands.
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You are bringing her back, right MePhone?
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Of course.
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[MEPHONE CLICKS A BUTTON AND RECOVERS TACO]
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I... I thought..
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Today, I had hoped she might convince you all to do what I am about to do. Sir, consider this my formal resignation.
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[MEPAD TELEPORTS HIM AND TACO AWAY]
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[PAUSE] Well! Hope you three enjoyed the Truth or Flare challenge. In it I combined my two favorite things, honesty and fire. But, Taco had a point. I haven't been honest enough with you all.
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Hey, MePhone we know you're scared by even the thought of seeing Cobs again. I don't know what your vacation was, but it seems to me like a way to put all this off. And I get that. But if you're finally ready to talk, we can face whatever comes next toge-!
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Oh! I just meant I was hiding a twist. A little twisty twist! For my show. Pause for effect.
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[CAMERA ZOOMS INTO THE FIRE AND THEN ZOOMS OUT TO THE ELIMINATION AREA]
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And resume. Yeah, Suitcase, Knife and Baseball have to duke it out for your approval 'cause I'm going to make you pick who joins you in the final two. Yes! been sitting on that one all day.
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What? Oh my gosh, I hate you. No, I really hate you. Why do you do this to me?
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'Cause I'm a real scamp who lives for the drama. Now pick your favorite friend!
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[SCOFFS] Sorry, Suitcase. But now we know this isn't you! It's just him and his surprise rule changes.
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No, I'm not going to hide behind the game like MePhone does. This is still my decision. It was with Nickel and it will be now.
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That's good, keep it going.
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I just need one more truth from each of you.
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I can help with that.
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[MEPHONE SUMMONS THE PLATFORMS]
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Knife, on the dock when you said I should make my presence known, did you really want to help me or did you just think it could get you further in the competition?
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[SIGH] I wouldn't have said it if I didn't think it could be.. advantageous, but in that moment I didn't like what I was seeing and I wanted to help you.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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And Baseball? Do you understand why I voted for Nickel? Why I left the alliance?
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You weren't getting the respect you deserved, and I'm sorry I let that happen. That's not what a leader should do. I get that now.
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[THE PLATFORM MAKES A CORRECT BUZZER SOUND AND RAISES]
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It's time to choose Suitcase. Who are YOU bringing with you to the finals?!
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I choose... Knife.Knife, When you talked to me on the dock that day, it gave me strength! And I realize now... that's what an alliance is.. to me. And I'll always be grateful for that! [SIGHS] Baseball I-
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It's okay.
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No, really! I wanted to-
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Suitcase, you don't have to explain it, I don't.. I don't want to make you any more anxious than you already are.
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[BASEBALL STEPS INTO THE ELIMINATION PORTAL AND APPEARS IN HOTEL OJ]
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I guess both of the captains went down with their ships!
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[SCOFFS] No. The two team captains couldn't be any more different. You just missed your crew. The Grand Slams though... What, between Mic, Balloon, Suitcase... I clearly missed everything about mine.
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Today, I think an old friend tried to show us that she's drowning. If you want to be a good captain, you should make sure you're really looking.
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[CAMERA ZOOMS INTO WINDOW ON TACO AND MEPAD]
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You could have left whenever you wanted, couldn't you?
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No. Because you still need my help.
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[TACO TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND TAKES OFF HER INVISIBOW]
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No more hiding.
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[ELIMINATION GROUNDS]
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Hey, don't beat yourself up. He took it pretty well.
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Because of my last truth from today he went easy on me, but I hope you don't.
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I've known you had a strong presence in the game for a while now. Today didn't make me see you any differently.
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I wish I could say the same for you. Why didn't you tell anyone about Taco? I'm not sure how much you want to help others or if you're just messing with us for your amusement.
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If that's what you think, then why'd you choose me?
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Well, I guess you can call it a random act of kindness.
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So Suitcase stabbed another friend in the back. You hate to see it, folks.
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S- stabbed?
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Meanwhile poor Knife over here just got carried to the end of the game holding so much inside, speechless on the sidelines! Talk about role reversal.
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Nope, don't like any of that.
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So folks, at long last, my show Inanimate Insanity 2 has come down to its final two contestants. Who will win? Strong one or the weak one? Which is which? Hey, I'll let you decide. Wow, see you all next time. Or should I say last time for the final episode of Inanimate Insa-
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[MEPHONE VIBRATES FROM COBS CALLING]
[MEPHONE HANGS UP FRIGHTENED]
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