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Hey everyone, Nico here, I
am one of the writers of Isfat Archives,

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and I just wanted to say,
hey, thank you all for listening.

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If you are on this episode now, you have probably listened to the

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first ten episodes which completed season one
of the show. We are on a

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little bit of a break. We'll
come back in January. If you are

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on our binge here on Patreon,
you will get the first five episodes of

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season two, all on January first, I believe. Besides that if you

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are a listener on the general feed, you will go back to your normal

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schedule of every third Sunday a new
episode starting in January. In the meantime,

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I did want to let you know
that as a part of Creative Typo

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Entertainment, the entertainment company that me
and my friends have put together for these

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shows, we have a couple other
audio dramas and one of them is a

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show called stick Shift Incorporated. So
what I'm going to do in this episode

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right here is actually play you the
first episode of stick Shift, and then

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I'll put a link to the website
where you can pop on and check out

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the show if you'd like to listen
to it. It's a pretty cool like

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American Gods meets Canada. A super
super great job writing. It sounds fantastic,

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great audio work. You'll hear some
familiar voices in there, and I

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really hope you enjoy it. So
again, thank you for checking out its

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fat archives. We can't wait to
jump into season two with you, and

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if I don't talk to you before, then Happy Holidays. Discretion is advised

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for listeners under the age of thirteen. It all started on a Friday.

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The calendar said it was Thursday,
but I knew that I would get to

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sleep in the next day so that
I meet it my Friday. If you've

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never worked outside of the nine to
five, that may not make a whole

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lot of sense to you, But
if you've ever worked in something like food

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or retail, then you know exactly
what I mean. Weekends are a myth.

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Calendars lie And this all started on
a Friday. It was the tail

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end of my shift at club Cafe
that's my main job, or it was

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before all of this happened. I
was bleary eyed and brain fogged after serving

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gallon upon gallon of espressos, lattes
americanos, macchiatos, mochas, and cappuccinos

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to a constant stream of strangers.
That's when they walked in. A psychic.

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I could tell because they had gemstones
and medallions in their ears, around

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their neck, and on bangles that
went practically up to their elbows. They

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didn't wear clothing so much as it
flowed around them, giving them an their

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worldly aura. Also, they handed
me their card, Zephyr Jordan Psychic was

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printed on it in tiny purple script. You are a Karen, they said,

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matter of factly. Their voice was
thin, almost insubstantial, and the

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scent of lavender wafted toward me.
I told Zephyr that no, I am

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not a Karen. My name is
Skuyler. But still they insisted, you

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are a Karen and you have been
looking for work. Now you might be

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thinking maybe the psychic isn't so great
at their job, But that's where you

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would be wrong, because even though
I already had a full time job plause

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a part time job, I was
looking for work. Rent in Vancouver isn't

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cheap. And my middle name,
which I hate, is Karen. Not

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that there's anything wrong with Karen as
a name, mind you, It just

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doesn't feel like a name that should
belong to me. Some of this must

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have crossed my face, because Zephyr
smiled in recognition. They are waiting for

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your call, they said, and
motioned for me to turn over the card.

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They're printed in all caps was the
name sticks Shift incorporated, followed by

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a phone number. Something about that
name rang a bell like I had seen

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it printed somewhere else before, but
I couldn't, for the life of me

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remember where. When I looked up
to ask for more information, Zephyr was

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already gone. I jammed the card
in my pocket, finished up my cafe

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shift and tried to forget about it. I mean, I still had to

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hoof it over to my other job, Campai Sushi, and there are more

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reliable ways to find work than to
what call a number a random psychic handed

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me. But of course I couldn't
forget, and that's what landed me here,

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smack dab in the middle of this
whole investigation. Sifting through hours and

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hours of audio and video acquired by
means that even now I can't quite fully

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explain. There's a lot about what
happened that I can't explain. It's been

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months and I am still learning to
be okay with that with not fully understanding.

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My job now is to share the
facts, to build the story of

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what happened as accurately as possible to
the best of my abilities. And to

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that end, this video is as
good of a piece to start with as

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any. Okay, so this footage
has been spliced together. I have no

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idea by whom. Right now,
we're looking out toward my old apartment in

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East Vancouver. It's a relatively quiet, moonlit night. The streets look empty.

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And eh, there that's me coming
out. Look at me. I

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have no idea that I'm about to
launch headfirst into a global conspiracy. Not

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a clue. I'm only twenty five
years old in this footage. I'm twenty

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seven now. But just look at
how ragged and worn I am there,

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like it hurts to breathe. This
must have been right after my second job.

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That means I worked eight hours in
the morning and added another four hours

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right after and now on to job
number three. Desperation is something else,

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my friend. I'm clutching that cup
of coffee like my life depends on it.

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Oh uh, the camera has changed
now we're looking down at my car,

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probably from one of the street lights. I'm shuffling towards silver four door

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sedan and you can see me press
a cloud shaped sticker on the driver's side

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door. The camera zoom's in here, and you can see the words sticks

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Shift Incorporated printed on the sticker,
and a small metallic device extends from an

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unseen seam on its side. Weird
right there. I tap my employee card

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on it and the device chimes.
Okay. Now it slowly retracts back inside

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the high tech theft proof sticker and
triggers the car doors to a knock.

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And now we're looking at footage from
inside the car. Welcome Skyler Henderson.

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You can skip the intro. Thank
you for signing it seriously, so the

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sixth Shift Incorporated Employee Tracker system.
Today you have been a signed to pick

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up Jules masonh yeah. Just tell
me where to go at one zero five

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Windermere Street deliver Our redestination is one
one eight one Seymour straight, got it.

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That's the end of the clip.
Of course, I had no idea

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I was being recorded at the time. Even now I'm not quite sure who

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was watching me. Back then,
when this investigation first started, I asked

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a mechanic to help me find that
camera, the one with the view from

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inside the cabin. We broke that
car down to the studs and never found

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the recording device. But yeah,
all of the video clips are like that,

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switching back and forth from multiple angles
from cameras that don't actually exist.

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Like this one. It's from later
that same night. There's my car pulling

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up alongside a row of million dollars
two story homes. Then we cut to

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a confused looking elderly person aimlessly wandering
the front yard. Oh dear, oh

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dear. Last thing I remember is
I was eating dinner with Henry before we

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go on. There is something you
should know about me, as a non

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binary person. I try not to
guess at people's genders and do my best

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to respect their preferred pronouns. It's
a favor that isn't always returned, which

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will come up later. But this
client was definitely a she. Eh that's

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a better angle. There. You
can see her portly frame and shoulder length

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silvery hair. Her skin is loose
and pale, almost gray. This is

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accentuated by the maroon knee length dress
and jacket. The matching hat, shoes,

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and purse don't do her any favors. Either. She seems to be

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looking for someone or something, but
isn't sure of who or what are you?

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Jules Mason? Who are you?
Well? Am I? What happened?

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I'm the driver from Stick Shift Incorporated. You schedule to pick up with

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them? We're going to Seymour Street. Oh yes, yes, that must

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be it. Dinner and a show. Henry's always out doing himself. I

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wonder what's taking him so long?
Henry Henry loves uh. Oh oh yes,

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I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting, my dear. You must forgive

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me. My mind's been a little
bit cloudy ass of late. And the

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last thing I remember is do you
need me to take you to a hospital

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or something? I could call nine
one one for you. You don't look

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like you're doing so well. Looks
like you've got a serving of dementia with

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the dash of death warmed over.
Hmm. Oh nonsense, dear, I'm

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in tiptop shape. Simply have to
paint my face on fresh and up pocket.

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Well, what are you waiting for? Take me to the theater?

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So are you seeing a movie tonight? Oh? Of course, dear,

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Why else would one go to the
theater to listen to a lecture or I

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don't know, to clean cell tickets, make repairs to some actual work.

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You see. Employee number five zero
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three three five Where is that coming
from? Who's talking? Has been flagged

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for two infractions of Rule twenty five
point zero eight point five five one six

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' three section. Eh, don't
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sticker they gave me to put on
my car. It has some kind of

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proprietary tech embedded in it that tracks
my driving and tells me who I need

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to pick up, where I need
to go, things like that. I've

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only been doing this for about a
week, so I'm still getting a handle

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on everything. You poor dear.
That sounds so terribly intrusive. I'm glad

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I never worked somewhere that watched every
little thing I did. That would be

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maddening. Customer complaint has been filed. Thank you for your feedback. Jules

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Henderson, You're quite welcome. Say
have I met you somewhere before? I'm

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sure I've seen your face somewhere.
You look so familiar. Maybe I work

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part time at Campei Sushi on commercial
and full time at Clib Caffeine and gastown

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run in the city isn't cheap,
you know. Oh my, you,

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poor dear, I can't imagine.
How can you stand it? I would

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have gone in and san It's dreadful
about young folks like you have to work

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so hard to get so little.
But you're such a pretty girl. I'm

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sure you'll find a man someday who
will provide for you. Who knows,

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you might even marry into a wealthy
family, and then you won't have to

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work so hard. Hey, is
it all right if I turn on the

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radio? Why? Of course,
dear, that was rough to watch.

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I mean, she wasn't the most
considerate person on the planet, but those

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things I said about her. Overwork
does bad things to your brain. Decision

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making, impulse control, all of
that goes downhill, went downhill. Part

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of me wonders if only I had
known. I need a break. I'm

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back, Okay, here's the next
clip. We're pulling up to Van City

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Theater. All of the lights in
the building are off, looks like they're

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closed. What they can't be?
Why else would I have Maybe that Henry

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person you were talking about rented out
the building and came ahead to prepare a

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surprise for you or something like that. Yes, that sounds like my darling,

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Henry. Thank you, dear.
She just tried to open the door.

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It won't open. Thank you for
riding with stick Shift Incorporated, the

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only truly global riding service. Your
total for this ride is thirteen dollars and

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seventy four cents. Oh yes,
yes, of course, silly me.

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We accept cash, tip it,
and most credit cards. Please don't forget

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to tip your driver and thank you
again for riding with stick Shift Incorporated.

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Do you have change for a twenty
I am I don't think I Please don't

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forget to tip your driver, and
thank you again for riding with stick Shift

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Incorporated. Oh, second thought,
don't worry about it. It's hard to

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tell from this angle, but she
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You walk far too hot. Take
some time off to have a little fun,

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Dear. Money isn't everything. Thank
you. Have a good night.

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Okay. Now you can see her
walking up to the theater door, and

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now she pulls it open. Here's
the weird part. Even though you can

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see through the glass that all of
the lights in the building are turned off,

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there's a wash of lights spilling out
of the doorway and onto the sidewalk,

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and now she steps through and the
door drifts shut. Okay, the

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camera's back to me, and I'm
rubbing my eyes like I'm clearly thinking that

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did not just happen. I must
be hallucinating. Maybe I should take a

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day off. Who was I kidding? If I could have afforded to take

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a day off, I wouldn't have
wound up in this mess to begin with.

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I never would have taken on extra
roommates or dedicated years of my life

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to thankless jobs that swallowed my heartbeats
and left me feeling dead inside. The

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entire system is just uh. I
think I need another break beck, Sorry

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about that. Sometimes it all just
gets to me anyway. This clip is

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just audio. According to the file
name, it's a conversation between the CEO

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of six Shift Incorporated, a mister
Catacosmos, and his brother who isn't named.

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Hello. Hey, it's me,
Hey, baby brother. It's been

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ages. How are things going in
deep space? Not bad? The wife

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and I went to visit mother for
a bit, and now we're on a

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strange planet with a purple sky and
the most fascinating rubber humanoid creatures I think

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they call themselves thereats. That sounds
vaguely familiar. But I know you,

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little brother. You never call or
visit anybody unless you want something, so

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spit it out. Well, I
could really use some advice. It's about

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your wife, the whole reason you
left earth. Yeah, the whole point

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of this trip was to reconnect and
spend more time with each other, to

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improve our relationship. And it was
great at first, but now she's furious

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at me and I I don't know
what to do. Let me guess you

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slept with ethery O more like fifteen. Why do I bother giving you advice

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when I know you'll never use it. But this time she's destroyed an entire

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village, murdered every single one of
them. I'm not surprised. Did it

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happen to be the same village where
you found those fifteen theoryotes? Yes,

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but that's not the point. Please
help me. She's really lost it this

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time, and I'm afraid she might
kill again. I'm at my wits end.

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I swear i'll follow your advice down
to the letter this time, and

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if you break that promise, then
I'll never ask for help from you ever

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again. Fine, my advice has
been the same since the day you two

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got married. Stop sleeping with other
people, even if they're unbelievably gorgeous.

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Yes, even if I make absolutely
certain that you'll never find out. Yes,

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even if they proposition me. Yes, even if yes, stop cheating

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on your wife and your marriage will
improve substantially. Ugh, okay, I

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promise. Good. Now, go
apologize to your wife and make the same

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exact promise to her, But this
time she decides what happens to you if

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you break your promise, not you. Okay, I'm serious. Okay,

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I'll go make her that stupid promise. Remember you're the one who came to

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me asking for help. You're right, Yes, I better go and get

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it over with. Goodbye, baby
brother. Bye. Okay. I don't

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even know where to begin with this
one. They're just casually talking about interacting

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with extraterrestrials like it's no big deal
and apparently intergalactic space travel is a thing,

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except it's not. I've done extensive
research into our current space travel capabilities

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and we're still not even close.
My guess is they're talking in some kind

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of code, but I haven't been
able to crack it yet. The next

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clip is video footage from inside my
old apartment. We're looking down into the

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main living space, which is an
open concept living room, den, kitchen

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combo. Kobe is chopping onions in
the kitchen and Steve has planted on the

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sofa with a game controller in his
hands. Looks like he's playing one of

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those team shooter games. The front
door opens up and I walk in.

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Based on the timestamp, this is
right after I dropped Jewels Mason off at

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the Kobe looks up and grins when
he sees me, but Steve doesn't physically

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react at all to the door opening. Hey, Skyler had the new gig?

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Go? Oh yeah, Hey dude, what he said? It was

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all right, but I'm pretty exhausted. I think I'm just gonna jump straight

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into bed. You work way too
hard, Skyler. You don't really need

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this new gig, right, Oh
but I exactly. It's like Uncle Joseph

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always says, if you put too
many eggs in a basket, one of

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them's gonna drop out and split right
open. What Sea Boy said? Oh,

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could you please stop calling me that
you gotta take time to go out,

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get drunk and party. If you
don't, are you even alive.

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Bro. Thanks, I'll take that
under advisement. But right now all I

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can think about is sleep, See
you folks in the morning. Steve never

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once looked up from his game.
Kind of creeps me out now looking back

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at it. I head to bed
after that, and there isn't much to

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see until let me skip ahead here. The visuals aren't important. Here.

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You can see me tossing and turning. But listen, hear that. That's

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Steep. He's in the band and
Kobe does voice acting on the side.

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I am so glad I don't live
there anymore that I actually have access to

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peace and quiet. It's a marvelous
thing. Silence. Even the gentlest of

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sound waves are a full body assault, physically crashing into you with or without

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your consent. I wish more people
would think about the sounds that they make,

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how those waves force themselves on the
people around them. Okay, this

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one's just It's a conversation between mister
Catecosmos, the CEO of six Shift Incorporated,

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and his wife, who also works
in the company. I can't wait

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to see you again, my sweet
I miss you too, my love.

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How is your day not bad?
We had some new arrivals and business is

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still booming. Oh. I was
looking through the logs of flagged employees and

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there's one that I'd like you to
override. Why. I was just chatting

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with their rider, and she highly
recommended this employee, she said, and

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I quote, she was a nice
young lady who made me feel at ease.

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I just hope she can find a
husband someday. This employee uses they

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pronounce, so all of that misgendering
must have really grated on them. I

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honestly don't blame them for being a
little grumbly. Besides, it's only their

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first week on the job. I
think it's okay to give them a past

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this one time. All right,
Give me the employee number so I can

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write it down. Employee number fifty
six fifty three three thirty three three thirty

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three three fifty one five zero six' five three triple three triple three three

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five one. Got it? Why
does that look familiar? Oh this is

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the employee who did the delivery that
I was meaning to talk to you about.

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Oh yeah, there was a flicker
in the system and the theater lights

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at their assigned drop off didn't turn
on like they were programmed to ah,

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I see. Do you suppose they
had a sneak peak behind the curtain?

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More or less, I'm going to
keep an eye on them, good idea.

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We can't risk exposure, no matter
how small the threat. As usual,

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Darling, you're absolutely right. I'll
call them tomorrow for assessment. Skyla

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Henderson right, that's the one.
Looks like they're chief for their one week

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assessment anyway, excellent. Don't want
them getting any more suspicious than they already

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might be. Keep me posted,
of course, But what should I do

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if Skyla figures it out. It's
been ages since our last system era,

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and technology has gotten much quicker since
then. If Skyler becomes a problem,

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I'll handle them, are you sure? Yes? But the last time I

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sent an employee to you, they
trust me. My sweet This is for

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the best that never gets any easier
to hear. I can only imagine what

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happens when mister Catacosmos handles a problem
employee. And that's because there are no

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records of six Shift Incorporated ever having
employed anyone, not even me. I

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told you this case was weird,
and that assessment well, I can go

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into more detail next time, but
it definitely does not go as planned.

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