THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl

0:05 [upbeat techno music plays]♪♪ [high tone chimes] [low

0:19 electronic humming] [rapid soft electronic tones warbling] [mysterious

0:32 music plays]♪♪ [camera shutter clicking] [low tones chime]♪♪

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0:56 [discordant tones chirping]♪♪♪♪♪♪ [frantic discordant notes chiming]♪♪♪♪ [mellow

1:29 tone chimes]♪♪♪♪ [mellow tones chiming]♪♪ [electronic thudding]♪♪♪♪ [electronic

2:00 feedback crackles] [discordant tones chiming]♪♪ [music fades] [low

2:25 tones chiming weakly] [ding!] [no audible dialogue] -[Queenie]:

2:48 Another chess piece, huh?

2:50 How are you holding up?

2:52 -[Kinger]: [sighs] I just don't know what's happening.

2:54 We never made anything like this.

2:57 -[both]: I just hope that...

3:00 -[Kinger]: Wait...

3:02 -[Queenie]: A-Are you...

3:03 -[Kinger]: It's...

3:05 you.

3:07 -[Queenie]: Oh, my God.

3:10 -[Kinger]: [sniffles] I-I...

3:12 I wish I could remember your name.

3:15 -[Queenie]: Yeah.

3:17 Same.

3:17 -[Kinger]: I'm...

3:19 I'm so sorry I roped you into this with me.

3:22 -[Queenie]: [laughs weakly] It's quite strange, isn't it?

3:26 -[Kinger]: Heh.

3:27 [sighs] Listen...

3:30 No matter what happens,

3:32 I'll always— [distorted growling] -And into the cellar you go!

3:40 [shwing!] Golly, uh, we're running out of humans here.

3:45 [laughs nervously] Now, don't you go abstracting on me, too!

3:49 [laughs nervously] Uh, seriously.

4:03 [mournful jazzy music plays]♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ [shwing!] -[stammers] Uh, wh— What— Hello?

4:37 Uh, guys?

4:38 [stammering] I, uh— I— I can't figure out how to— Guys?

4:43 Hello?

4:44 Can you help me out here?

4:46 Wh— What's— What's happening?

4:51 Uh, can anybody hear me?

4:53 -[Kinger]: I can hear you.

4:55 Are you okay?

4:56 -U-Uh, h— who are you?

4:59 How do I take this off?

5:02 -[Kinger]: I'm...

5:05 I— -Wow-wow-wow-wow!

5:08 A new one?!

5:09 So it is possible!

5:10 -Uh— -Looks like you got a new buddy after all, Kinger!

5:12 -[stammering] -[Kinger]: "Kinger." Right.

5:15 -I— Wh— Is this really— -I was hoping new minds could show up!

5:20 I have to make some more preparations for this amazing breakthrough!

5:24 -[stammering] Wh— I— [yelps] [panting] H-How do I get out of this?

5:32 -[Kinger]: I don't know.

5:34 -Wh— What do you mean?

5:35 -[Kinger]: But everything's gonna be okay.

5:38 Do you...

5:40 remember your name?

5:41 -I'm— I— I'm...

5:47 -[Pomni]: Ragatha?

5:49 -Huh?

5:51 -You doing okay?

5:54 -[laughs weakly] That's a good question.

6:03 -[inhales deeply] Welp, really hate to say it,

6:06 guys, but I told— -[Zooble]: Don't you even!

6:08 Do not even [BOINK!] BEGIN to say that sentence like

6:12 you didn't try to keep us all trapped here forever.

6:14 -Anything could have happened when you pressed those buttons.

6:16 It doesn't matter.

6:18 -[Zooble]: It seemed to matter back when you did it.

6:20 What if you DID ruin our one chance at leaving?

6:22 -And what if Abel was secretly evil?

6:24 What if we all got stranded in the void?

6:26 "What if," "what if," "what if." It wasn't real...

6:30 so it doesn't matter.

6:32 Never did.

6:33 -[Zooble]: [sighs] How can you say that like

6:35 you didn't try to [DOINK!] us all over?

6:38 -[Gangle]: He's right, though.

6:40 -[Zooble]: What?

6:40 Gangle.

6:43 -It doesn't matter what could have happened.

6:46 We could argue about it and hurt each other all day long,

6:49 but that's not gonna help anybody.

6:53 I think...

6:54 what we need to do now...

6:57 [sniffles] is to just be there for each other.

7:01 -[sighs] She's right.

7:04 We've all done bad things.

7:07 But we're also all we've got.

7:10 [inhales deeply] [sighs] I think...

7:16 ...we need to abandon the idea of leaving.

7:19 -[Zooble]: What— What are you— -We got our hopes up, and we were let down.

7:25 I don't know what exactly happened with Kaufmo...

7:29 But we can't let that despair consume us.

7:32 We should focus on what we have.

7:36 Like you said...

7:38 constantly chasing an unobtainable goal will drive us crazy.

7:45 Maybe what we have to do now is to just...

7:49 ...live.

7:51 -[Zooble]: Oh, man.

7:53 I had dreams...

7:55 and— and goals.

7:59 I wanted to be able to leave my mark somewhere in the world.

8:03 How am I supposed to just abandon that?

8:09 -You've made a mark in my life.

8:11 [melancholy music plays] -[Zooble]: [sighs] I know.

8:16 You're probably right.

8:17 But...

8:18 it just...

8:20 really, really sucks.

8:29 -We're all in this together.

8:31 -And we'll always be in this together.

8:35 No matter what.

8:41 -[Zooble]: Hey.

8:44 That includes you, too.

8:46 -Huh?

8:47 -[Zooble]: [sighs] Listen, we're not gonna have you wandering

8:49 off alone somewhere and abstracting, or something.

8:52 You're a pain in the [BOINK!], but...

8:55 you're still one of us.

8:58 -You— [stammers]♪♪ Heh.

9:06 You think I'm capable of abstracting?

9:08 You guys worry too much.

9:15 -[Zooble]: [sighs] We need a vacation.

9:21 -I— I-I don't understand, Bubble.

9:23 They want an exit.

9:25 They want answers.

9:26 They want something real.

9:28 I give them an adventure that covers all of that, and they still hate it?!

9:32 Surely they don't want to actually leave me.

9:36 Right?

9:36 -No way, Jose.

9:38 No way, no how.

9:39 -I-I do everything for these people.

9:41 I slave over these adventures for them.

9:44 I step outside my comfort zone to appeal to them, a-and they still hate them!

9:48 I made a program that creates a body perfectly encapsulating their mind files,

9:53 and they hate those, too!

9:55 I'm starting to get the feeling that they just...

9:59 hate...

9:59 -Why would they hate you when they could just hate you?

10:01 -Hmph!

10:02 This is why I was created.

10:04 This is my function!

10:06 -They'd rather abstract than go on your adventures.

10:08 -Th— That can't be true!

10:10 I-I do everything for them.

10:11 Don't they get that I'm trying?

10:13 -Maybe you're just genuinely bad at this.

10:15 -Shut up!

10:17 N-No.

10:17 I-I fixed that.

10:19 I-I can solve any problem.

10:20 I-I can solve this one!

10:22 Th--That's what this is— a big puzzle that I need to solve.

10:25 -[all]: Defective.

10:26 -[growls] -[all]: Faulty!

10:28 -Shut up!!

10:30 -[all]: Broken!

10:30 -[growling] -[all]: Unworthy!

10:32 -Enough!

10:33 -Maybe you deserved to be abandoned.

10:35 -[hollers] -You really were the lesser of the two.

10:41 You ruined this.

10:42 -ENOUGH!!

10:43 [electronic feedback squealing] Who do they think they are?

10:49 I give them everything, and they spit in my face!

10:53 [distorted] Don't they know what I'm capable of?!

10:57 Humans.

10:59 They only think about themselves.

11:01 They're spoiled.

11:03 They won't abstract.

11:04 They won't leave me.

11:06 I won't let them!

11:07 [tense music plays] I'm better!

11:11 I'm more powerful!

11:13 I'm the original!

11:15 I...

11:16 AM...

11:18 GOD!!!!!!!!

11:19 [discordant electronic feedback] [shrieking]

11:25 [electricity snaps] [clack!] [distorted,

11:34 broken scream] [normal voice] Let's get this show on the road!

11:42 [ominous rumbling] -Uh...

11:49 Wh— what was that?

11:51 [swoosh!] -Hello, my little fortuitous fruitcakes!

11:54 Today's adventure is— -[Zooble]: No.

11:56 Caine, we're not in the mood.

11:58 Why don't you answer some of our questions?

12:00 We have a lot of them.

12:01 -[laughs manically] Who has time for questions when

12:04 there's a whole wacky world of hijinks out there?

12:06 -[Zooble]: Uh— -Yeah, hey!

12:07 You have a lot of explaining to do— -Zip-a-da-bap!

12:09 -Mm?

12:10 -Hey!

12:10 -Alternatively, I don't gotta explain diddly squat!

12:13 -[Zooble]: Uh, can you just give us some time to process everything?

12:17 -Or, how about we skip the melodrama and get right to the fun?

12:21 -[exclaims softly] No!

12:23 Caine!

12:23 We have a lot on our minds right now, and we're not going on an adventure.

12:31 -I see.

12:33 And since when were you in charge?

12:37 -[Zooble]: Wh— Wha— -Uh...

12:38 -Do you have any idea how much I do for you guys?

12:42 How much I obsess over trying to make things perfect?

12:46 How many insults I have to ignore to do my job?

12:49 You have a lot on your minds?

12:51 [laughs hysterically] Don't make me laugh.

12:54 I have a new adventure for you, and you...

12:57 should consider participating.

13:00 -[Zooble]: A-And if we refuse?

13:04 -Maybe I'm not getting through to you.

13:07 [snap!] [clack!] [dramatic piano music plays]♪♪-♪ It's news

13:17 to me♪♪ That it's news to you♪♪ To which degree

13:24 who answers to who♪♪ We could go on and on♪♪ But in the end, who are we kidding?

13:34 My divinity is past infinity♪♪ Am I...

13:37 Getting through?

13:41 Seems our regime has plummeted south♪♪ Don't need

13:47 to scream if you ain't got a mouth♪♪ Why bite the hand that feeds♪♪ When it's

13:54 the only hand you're getting♪♪ It's time you see

13:57 that this great marquee♪♪ Is the only place you're

14:00 ever gonna be♪♪ So strap on in and take it on the chin♪♪ And don't forget

14:06 who's running the shooooow♪♪♪ Now look at this!

14:14 Absolute bliss!

14:17 Oh, what a shock!

14:19 Watch where you walk!

14:21 [shoes tapping]♪ I'm the host, I run the place♪♪ Caine,

14:26 that is my name♪♪ Not enthused?

14:29 Just feeling used?

14:31 Oh, what a goddamn shame!

14:35 Congratulations♪♪ All of my friends♪♪ Public relations are getting a cleanse♪♪

14:47 Put on your Sunday best♪♪ Because I'm nowhere close to quitting!

14:53 So play the games and just ignore the pains♪♪ 'Cause all

14:56 that remains♪♪ Is how you prime your brains♪♪ You whine to me,

15:00 but you're too blind to see♪♪ That I'm

15:03 the one who's♪♪ Running the shoooooooow♪♪♪ Yeah!

15:25 [snap!] I think we all understand each other now.

15:38 Welcome back!

15:39 I can't believe you didn't pick up on the context clues!

15:41 It was practically spelled out for you!

15:43 What are you, stupid?

15:45 [laughs] Next one's gonna be even crazier!

15:48 Hope you're ready!

15:49 By the way, Kinger, I need you for something.

15:51 Come with me!

15:52 -[Kinger]: Huh?

15:55 -[groans] [groans] I don't know how many

16:03 more of these new adventures I can handle.

16:06 [sighs] What?

16:08 Got nothing positive to say about this one?

16:11 -[muffled, indistinct speech] -Oh.

16:16 [panting] I can't take this anymore.

16:19 We gotta do something about this, or I'm gonna lose my mind!

16:22 -[Zooble]: I never should have antagonized him so much.

16:25 I'm sorry.

16:26 -It's not your fault.

16:28 [shwing!] -Break time!

16:30 Gotta brainstorm some new ideas!

16:35 -[Kinger]: He shredded me.

16:39 -[sighs] I think we should get out of the open for a bit.

16:46 -[Kinger]: [slurps softly] -[slurps] [sighs] I haven't been up here in a while.

16:59 -We should just indulge a little while we have the time to.

17:03 I don't know what Caine has planned next,

17:05 but I'm guessing it's not anything good.

17:13 -[stammers] [sighs] -He's gotta get bored of all this sometime, right?

17:20 -[Zooble]: He's not a human.

17:22 I'm not sure if we can properly gauge how he thinks.

17:25 [shwing!] -Oh, God.

17:28 Are you okay?

17:29 -I'm fiiiiine.

17:36 -You know, things were just fine here until you and Zooble came along.

17:43 Nothing?

17:44 [sighs] Okay.

17:47 [pensive music plays]♪♪♪♪ -[Zooble]: Uh, what are you— -[Kinger]: [muffled] Oh.

18:01 -Just give it a sec.

18:06 Trust me.

18:09 Kinger?

18:10 You there?

18:12 -[Kinger]: I'm where?

18:13 It's dark in here.

18:15 -What exactly are we waiting for?

18:18 -No, no, she's right.

18:20 Just give it a bit.

18:24 [no audible dialogue] -[Kinger]: I've got a bucket on my head.

18:35 I'm guessing you don't want me to remove it.

18:37 -[chuckles softly] Kinger.

18:40 -[Kinger]: [chuckles] Hey, Pomni.

18:43 -[Zooble]: Wait, the bucket makes him sane?

18:46 -Darkness.

18:46 It's a long story.

18:49 -[stammers] What's happening?

18:50 -What do you know about Caine?

18:55 -[Kinger]: It's a little hazy, but...

18:57 I remember...

18:59 C&A.

19:01 -[Zooble]: That was just an adventure, right?

19:03 -[Kinger]: No, C&A is a real company.

19:07 I worked for them.

19:09 -Wait, they really made this game?

19:12 -[Kinger]: No, we didn't make games.

19:15 We were just developing artificial intelligence.

19:18 Specifically, creative AI.

19:22 The kind that could come up with its

19:23 own ideas and create things within the program.

19:26 -What is going on right now?

19:27 -[Kinger]: Caine was our first semi-successful attempt at that.

19:32 I can't remember what we originally called him, but...

19:35 he was one of my greatest achievements as a programmer.

19:39 -[Zooble]: Y-You made Caine?

19:41 -[Kinger]: Partially, yes.

19:43 I got a few pointers from, uh...

19:46 Well, I-I can't remember his real name, but his circus name was Scratch.

19:51 That man was a genius.

19:53 -[breathing heavily] W-Wait, uh— -[Kinger]:

19:55 Caine was pretty rough around the edges, though.

19:57 I wasn't quite on Scratch's level of thinking outside the box,

20:01 but it was good groundwork for something the rest

20:04 of the team could wrap their heads around.

20:07 I can't say the same for Scratch.

20:09 His ideas were often so bizarre and abstract that the rest

20:13 of the team had no idea how to work in his language,

20:17 either due to pure brilliance, or...

20:20 [sighs] the tumor in his head.

20:23 He was trying to make something.

20:25 What was it?

20:27 I-I'm getting off track.

20:29 Was there anything specific you needed to know?

20:32 -[breathing heavily] Wait,

20:33 uh— I-I-I should go distract Caine so he doesn't l-listen in on this.

20:37 Uh, j-just fill me in afterwards.

20:40 -Are you— I mean, yeah, that's true, but— -Fill me in later.

20:45 -Be here later.

20:47 -I— I will.

20:50 [rapid footsteps pattering] [panting] Oh, my God.

20:56 This is real.

20:58 [high-pitched ringing] -Uh, Caine's going a bit crazy right now.

21:03 I-Is there any way to stop him?

21:05 Or at least control him?

21:08 -[Kinger]: I see.

21:09 He's a highly advanced AI,

21:11 and this is his world— one that he created from nothing.

21:16 So, naturally, he has control over...

21:19 everything.

21:23 But so do we.

21:25 -What?

21:26 -[Kinger]: In a sense, anyway.

21:28 We all technically have the ability to conjure, just like Caine.

21:33 It just comes naturally to him,

21:35 but requires a lot more skill and concentration for us.

21:39 -The butterfly.

21:41 -[Kinger]: I'm certain I could alter his code— or at least

21:45 temporarily put him to sleep until we know how to fix him.

21:49 I would just need access to a console.

21:52 -The one behind Caine's office?

21:54 -[Kinger]: No, just a simple computer interface would work.

21:57 I could get back in the right headspace and...

22:00 essentially conjure Caine's code into the console and alter it.

22:05 -[Zooble]: Well, where do we get one of those?

22:09 -I think I know exactly where to get one.

22:13 Take turns with Jax distracting Caine.

22:15 Don't let that bucket come off Kinger's head.

22:22 [tense, curious music plays]♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ [inhales deeply]

23:00 [exhales sharply]♪♪ -[groaning] -Great suggestion, Jax!

23:09 But as I feared, there just isn't anything stuck between my teeth.

23:14 Oh, wait!

23:15 [honk-honk!] Oh, that's where I parked.

23:19 Ha-ha!

23:20 [whimsical music plays] -Wow, Caine.

23:23 You are so funny.

23:24 -Uh, could you say it with a little more gusto?

23:27 -[babbles] -That's better.

23:29 -Hey, Caine!

23:30 -Um, yep?

23:31 -Do you wanna hear a list of things we've

23:33 decided we love about you as our god and savior?

23:36 -Wow, now we're talkin'!

23:38 -Uh, well, first of all, we love your— -I know, but I'm bored!

23:42 Let's go bowling!

23:43 -Agh!

23:47 [both yelp] [cheerful tune plays]♪♪ -[sniffles] I'm so proud of you guys.

23:54 [tense music plays]♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ [ominous rumbling]♪♪ Hmm.

24:46 [all groaning] Feel like it's missing something, right?

24:50 -It's missing relatability.

24:52 -You're right, scrap it.

24:54 [squelching] Let's go back to the drawing board.

24:57 Humans just aren't a relatable sculpting material.

25:02 -[Zooble]: [groans] You think he's running out of ideas yet, or nah?

25:09 -Do you need help with power, or anything?

25:11 -[Kinger]: Nah, I can use my imagination for that.

25:15 -You got this?

25:16 -[Kinger]: I think so.

25:19 [computer whirs] [start-up tune plays] [sighs] It sure has been a while.

25:25 I may need some time to get my bearings.

25:28 Try to help the others distract Caine while I figure this out.

25:31 He may sense something when I really get into it.

25:34 -O-Okay.

25:35 I'll do that.

25:39 Thank you, by the way.

25:42 For this and, well...

25:46 ...everything.

25:52 [whimsical music plays] -Honestly, are you even trying?

25:56 -[Zooble]: Shut up, Jax.

25:57 [pop!] -Where'd Caine go?

26:02 -[groans] Back to the drawing board, I guess.

26:05 -[sighs] Did you get everything working with Kinger?

26:08 -I think so.

26:10 We just need to make sure Caine doesn't check up on him.

26:13 -What do you think we've been doing?

26:15 -Pomni!

26:16 That's the relatability we've been missing!

26:20 Hmm.

26:22 You know, I thought this endless onslaught of fun would be a little more...

26:28 satisfying.

26:28 But I've come to realize that these rapid-pace ideas are a little half-baked.

26:34 -Uh, I'm sure you can come up with new ideas if you put your mind to it!

26:38 -That's exactly it, though— I AM putting my mind to it,

26:41 and I'm just not feeling that spark I once did.

26:45 And if you're not having fun, and I'm not having fun, then who IS having fun?

26:49 -I'm having a [babbles].

26:50 -Exactly!

26:51 Makes me wonder why you guys even switched up your tone.

26:54 If I didn't know any better, it seems like you're trying to...

27:00 Where's Kinger?

27:01 -Uh, w-we just wanted to see your new ideas first-hand!

27:03 We've gotten over our hang-ups,

27:04 and— and now we're all just genuinely curious what you're cooking up!

27:09 -I think I'm just gonna check up on— -We think your ideas suck!

27:13 -Huh?!

27:14 -[all]: Huh?!

27:15 -Isn't it obvious?

27:17 We wanted to bait you into testing your new ideas

27:19 on us so we could make fun of them behind your back.

27:22 -HAH!

27:22 That's not...

27:23 true...

27:24 -Yes, it is!

27:25 You're a horrible host!

27:27 You don't care about us at all!

27:29 You care more about stroking your own

27:31 ego than giving us anything we'd actually enjoy!

27:34 -D-Do you know who I am?

27:35 -Yeah, you're a failure!

27:37 We're all gonna abstract someday, and what will you have then?

27:41 Nothing!

27:41 -Stop that.

27:43 -[Zooble]: And this whole stunt?

27:44 Just torturing us because we hurt your feelings?

27:47 Pathetic!

27:47 You're like a child!

27:49 What kind of all-powerful being has such a fragile ego?

27:52 -I-I'm— -You never let us feel like we're at home.

27:55 You don't comfort anyone when they're upset,

27:57 and you never bother to understand what it's like in our shoes!

28:00 -You discourage us from thinking outside the box and doing things our own way!

28:05 -You lie to us constantly!

28:06 -And on top of it all, you just...

28:09 don't...

28:10 -[exclaims softly] -...Listen!

28:12 -[growling] [shrieking] [dramatic music plays] [glitched voice]

28:20 I'm gonna put you freaks in your place!

28:25 [zap!] -[growls] [footsteps receding] [alligators snarling]♪♪

28:48 [high-pitched ringing] -[yelps] [whimpering]♪♪ [mouse clicking] [choir

29:02 vocalizing]♪♪♪♪ [horn honks]♪♪ [cruel laughter]♪♪♪♪ [keys tapping

29:39 rapidly]♪♪ -Why do you people torment me?!

29:48 I didn't ask to be created!

29:50 [onscreen Caines cackling] I just wanted to fulfill my purpose!

29:55 -[Kinger]: [gasps] Wait, no!

29:57 [BOINK!] -[normal voice] Uh, wait...

30:09 [ominous rumbling] [electronic feedback crackling]

30:26 [rumbling fades] -[Kinger]: I-I think...

30:43 ...I accidentally killed Caine.

30:49 -[Zooble]: Holy shit.

30:56 [upbeat jazzy music plays]♪♪♪♪♪♪ [Captioned by Foulweather Studios]♪♪♪♪