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Goodbye

I'm going to miss you so much

Have a beautiful journey to paradise

Thank you

Today we saw another Senet client

begin a new life in this vault

This will also be one of the last ceremonies I attend

Six months from now

I'll be entering my own

As a farewell gesture

I'll be giving away a non-transferable vault

to one citizen chosen at random

Check your bracelets in a few days

Mr Djoser what about the company?

It'll be in good hands

Why are you giving away a vault?

Finished for the day?

Almost Just logging the last batch

How was yours?

I'd be better if I didn't have to eat this old grease

I bet you're triple-checking everything

Someone's got to keep the wheels turning

Don't work too hard

I'll try not to

If I were that billionaire

I'd have been in my vault a long time ago

But isn't a billionaire's life already perfect enough

Hi Mom

Hi dear

Any news?

How's your project going?

I still need a few components

Did you hear that billionaire

Djoser is going into his vault

Has he decided to die?

Vaults don't kill you

They take you out of this life

and into another life that you created

To me that's dying

I'm going to have to take a few things apart

if I want to make any progress

You're good at that

I gave each of you a vault

but before you use it

you must live a life worth remembering

Dad why has the rule always been

that no one can use a vault before you're gone?

Come on isn't it obvious?

I love you guys I love your mom

and I want all of you here with me

for as long as I'm around

So dramatic

Before saying goodbye forever

Djoser will raffle off a vault among all the inhabitants

It is the largest giveaway ever held by a single person

In just a few days someone will be gifted

the experience of building their own reality

The winner will be identified on their own bracelet

and kept confidential

Who knows

You might be the lucky one

Why would they do that

If I win I'm marrying that reporter

Yeah but would you actually use it?

Of course

If people are willing to spend billions

on it it can't be that bad

But it's still a kind of death

Death to everyone else

To you

it's paradise

Hey digging through the trash again?

My little spider would be proud

if she knew how dedicated her daddy was

I still can't tell if this is just a hobby

or if you actually plan on making any money

from it someday

Think of an ordinary animal

Something that wouldn't raise any red flags

with a security system

but equipped with micro cameras

Okay now you're scaring me

You're not planning on spy on people are you?

Military

It's the obvious next step

I honestly don't understand why it doesn't exist yet

Okay maybe it's just some crazy idea in my head but

But if I can be the first one

to get the concept out there

Claire there you are

I've been looking for you

Come on

You can use it

The IC is still good

All right thanks

Hey what do you guys think about that vault giveaway?

Probably some kind of social program

Rich people love making themselves look charitable

Too bad they're only giving away one

If I won

which is impossible

I'd make a living as a violinist

playing in an orchestra in one of those long skirts

Oh you play the violin

No

but I think it's beautiful

If I won I'd live like a king

Dad are you going to be much longer?

If you rush me I'm going to end up breaking the eggs

Sweetheart I love it when you get home early

I know dad

but I'm scared

When they start cutting our workload

it can be a sign that layoffs are coming next

But you're so good at what you do

They're laying off a lot of people dad

It's hard to make sense of it

It makes me nervous

I feel like maybe I should

I learned how to be happy without much money sweetheart

You're from a different time dad

That doesn't mean I'm wrong

Well then let's be happy with this cake

Dad are you ok?

Yeah

Did you take your medicine?

Yeah

It's nothing

Come on let's enjoy your cake

Paneb the supervisor wants you

to take a look at the press controller

Hey what would you do if you won the vault?

Nothing

You know those farewell ceremonies

where people say their goodbyes

before plugging into the vault

It might look like some billionaire luxury

but it's basically a form of assisted death

Yeah the worst part

is finding anything appealing about an unreal world

I'd rather be poor in reality than a god in a simulation

They say those simulations are perfect

Perfect if lies are your thing

I'd know you were the one who won

if a story came out saying

the winner had given the vault back

Hey you two got a lot to catch up on?

What the hell Theo

What are you doing?

The supervisor called for him

I don't want any trouble

I just

Don't you have anything left to do for your vault?

Nope

It's been ready for ages

You know Mom

sometimes I think I only ever go after impossible things

I've always loved that about you

No Mom

Claire's already with someone

We've known each other for years

and she still chose another guy

It's as simple as that

Ah Claire

Sweetheart sometimes

people don't even know what they really want

At least you and Dad knew what you wanted

No

that's impossible

You know I don't know why I keep thinking

about this whole vault thing

It's just so bizarre

that someone could actually live somewhere else

It'd be nice if whoever won

that giveaway was someone who'd had a really awful life

or someone who didn't have much time left anyway

like your dad

Claire it would be good for him

If you actually knew him

you wouldn't be saying something that stupid

And what good is having my dad alive

in some simulated world if I can never talk to him again

At least he'd be okay

He's happy enough with what he has

Where are you going?

Claire

Ready for a ride Paneb?

Welcome Paneb

I've been wanting to meet you

Hi

Something to drink?

No thank you

So were you very surprised by the news?

Look I'm sorry to disappoint

you but I'm not sure I'm the right person

There are plenty of people out there

who would kill for this prize

Me I've never been much of a fan

of the whole simulation idea

That's all right

Convincing clients of the quality of what we offer

has always been part of my job

We'll have some time to work on that

I don't think I'm exactly Senet's typical customer

Don't put too much weight on that

If we looked at the genome of a pharaoh

who lived thousands of years ago

it would be 99.9% identical to yours

Come with me

I want to show you something

Many years ago

I was an intern at an AI data center company

Governments had banned research into truly intelligent AI

out of fear that it might eventually subrogate us

So all that computing power was going to sit idle

Luckily one day I happened to see

the CEO alone in a hallway staring at the servers

and I worked up the nerve to say one thing

3D simulation takes a lot of computing power

For some reason

the CEO was willing to hear out some kid

Somehow

a poor man planted a seed in a rich man's mind

and that changed my life

So now you're going to try it the other way around

A rich man planting a seed in a poor man's mind

No

I'm going to let you explore that seed

No no I don't want any of this

Easy

This isn't a full simulation

It's just a glimpse

You remain fully conscious of reality

and everything around you but you can see

and feel certain things from the simulation

It's a prototype I usually demonstrate to clients

A true simulation requires

a physical connection to your brain

along with supercomputing power

to handle all the variables

You're the only one who can see that elephant

But I felt it

It was cold

Illusion

Neurons respond to stimulus

If you'd like there are a few other machines you can try

Hold on hold on

I didn't come here for this

This is all happening way too fast

I came here to thank you sir

and at the same time to turn down your gift

That's all right Go home

In two days be back at the same place at the same spot

There's still a lot for you to see

and a lot for you to think about

Claire before I go

I'd really like to know that you're married and happy

That's not an easy decision Dad

What's holding you back?

Knowing I'm making the right choice

If you're waiting until you have enough money and

It's not about money Dad

It's

What

Never mind

Everything seems so simple to you but to me

things just feel

complicated

I don't have time to make anything complicated

That's not funny Dad

Are you gonna eat that?

I'm glad you came back

Back?

This isn't the same place

and it wasn't even the same ship

There's someone I want you to meet

This is Alden

He's going to be your architect

Every aspect of your new life will go through him

and him alone

Actually I need to get this life right not another one

We can't control everything in this life

But in another one

we can

But it's the lack of control that gives things value

I don't even understand

why we're having this conversation

Do you know what it's like to love

without being loved Paneb?

Is scarcity a good thing?

Truth is a good thing

What truth?

You came all the way here

and just complained about your life

That's one truth

I don't know how much you know about me

but you don't know who I am inside

We do everything we can to control things Paneb

Then we lie to ourselves and pretend we don't want to

I like this guy Alden

Show him a few interesting things

I'm not letting you put another device on me this time

No

The choice is yours

Alden will simply be your guide

Right Alden?

He'll be the one showing you things

You take it if you want

I always like to start

by showing clients a few completed vaults

It helps them get a better sense

of everything they can do

If you're up for it over the next few days we can visit

a few facilities and talk things through as we go

What do you think?

This is the monitoring area

On the other side of this room

one of our clients is living in the 1970s

I recreated the world for him exactly as it was back then

The music the cars the houses

We did such a good job that even

I felt nostalgic for a time I never lived through

Right now

he may be standing in line for a Led Zeppelin concert

or something like that

Isn't he powerful or famous in this

simulation?

No

It's actually rare for anyone here to want that

Most of the requests we receive are for ordinary lives

stable families

historical events

But we do have a few more adventurous clients

Let me show you

This one was a huge science fiction fan

We created a reality for him

in which he is a warrior with powers

and can manipulate things with his mind

We had to alter the laws of physics and simulate

countless things across several different planets

That sounds like

it must require a tremendous amount of computing power

Can we see the machines?

And the client?

No

That's confidential

And the entire process is automated

At this stage

no one can access his reality or his body

He's completely cut off from this world

I've missed you son

You've been coming home so late

Staying out so much lately

Sorry mom

Just looking around for some parts for my project

Son are you okay?

You know you can tell me anything

Of course mom

There's food in the pot

I'm not hungry thanks

Save it for tomorrow

Ah

You want to play?

That machine would destroy me

I've never played before

We can adjust the difficulty

You know I was looking at the ceiling

Is your family Egyptian?

No

I come from a simple family

When I became a partner at Senet

I thought it would make for good marketing

Because the pharaohs built pyramids

so they could live well after death

Egyptian civilization was built around continuity

We've always been concerned with the afterlife

But there are ways to die while you're still alive

Try it

I really wish I knew who ended up winning that vault

I could never keep something like that a secret

I'd quit my job and spend all

my time building the perfect life in the simulation

Then once everything was ready

goodbye everyone

Well usually we find out who's going in

when they have those goodbye parties

and all that you know

Yeah well shut up and help me with this

This panel doesn't look like the P25

Hey is Paneb around?

He left early again

But what about people?

How do you simulate them?

Well it depends

If it's a fictional person that's easier

You can create any face and body you want

No restrictions

If it's an actress

that's easy too because we already have plenty of data

We had a client once

who built himself a harem on an island

handpicking women he found online

Actually I had someone a little more

personal in mind

Hey just out of curiosity

how would that work?

We have private investigators who can follow her

take notes on her habits and behavior

collect DNA

That would be a massive invasion of privacy

Don't worry

it's all strictly confidential

Whatever happens

between you and me is protected by professional secrecy

Wow

You know what

I think I get it

Can we get something to eat?

Of course

I know this might seem rushed

or like I'm doing it for the wrong reasons

but if we got married

if we had a child

I wanted so badly to give my father something

before he's gone and

You can't make decisions like that because of your father

That's true

You're right

I'm going to make my own decisions

I don't want to go through with this

It's over Theo

What do you mean

I didn't think I'd be doing this but

yes

maybe I'm nervous okay

But I think I'm finally finding the courage

to do something I should have done a long time ago

I hope you're happy and

Stop talking about happiness

You don't know anything about it

You talk so much about making other people happy

but you don't even know how to be happy yourself

This is about that guy Paneb

I know it is

No

It has nothing to do with him

If I see the two of you together

I swear I'll

It's over Theo

Over

Do you understand?

You know I can have any girl I want

What's the point of having someone

if you lose them in the end

Fine

Go tell your father you're single again

So are you a little more open-minded now?

I'm sorry for asking

but are you always this nice

when you convince your clients

These places the food

What do you mean by nice?

You know Paneb

all of this looks wonderful when you've never had it

But we've had our fill

I'd trade it all for a fresh start

Is your vault that fresh start?

A vault is an escape

I failed Paneb

My children live for their vaults

My wife thinks I don't know

she created a Prince Charming for hers

But I thought only the client and the architect

knew what was inside the world they created

Confidentiality all that

Before she's a client she's my wife

I gave her everything

even a gardening company

I tried to make her dreams come true

but nothing ever seems to be enough

But that's how it is

Next week I'll be saying goodbye

No one really cares

I'm glad I got to know you

and thank you again for this whole opportunity

even though I honestly don't know

if I'll ever use the vault

You don't have to thank me kid

Were you ever going to tell me?

Tell you what?

The draw

I know where you've been spending your time

I thought you didn't want a vault

Look first of all I haven't decided anything

I'm just checking it out

And second I didn't tell you because I was trying to

Protect me from what?

I'm your mother

Will I at least be part of this new life of yours?

You know son

when I was young

I worked as a waitress at a restaurant in town

One day a young man came in for lunch wearing a hard hat

When I went over to serve him

I made a little joke about

how he probably didn't need to wear the hard hat indoors

He looked a little embarrassed and took it off

We talked for a bit after that

As he was leaving he asked me out

We ended up seeing each other for a little while

but it didn't last

Was that before you met Dad?

No

That's how he became your father

What?

I found out I was pregnant

but I knew that if I told him

there could be a fight over who would get to raise you

I wanted you all to myself

I'd have you with me and I wouldn't need anything else

I'm sorry son

You're sorry?

Who is he?

Is he even alive?

You still don't understand?

You're Djoser's son

I don't know what you're talking about

None of this makes any sense

I thought I would take this secret to my grave

But when I saw the news that Djoser

was going into his vault I felt he had a right to know

I brought him a sample of your DNA

I didn't ask for any money

I just told him

He wasn't angry

To my surprise he seemed to know exactly what to do

He gave each of his children a vault

so he was going to give you one too

but it couldn't become public

Not like that

So he set up the whole giveaway

to make it look like you'd been chosen at random

But you didn't win that vault son

He gave it to you

It's your inheritance from him

If that's true I want to talk to him

He knew this whole time and he was testing me?

What did he want from me?

Why did he do this to me?

And why did you do this to me?

You lied to me all these years?

Son

Stay away from me

Alden where is Djoser?

He's already gone into the vault

I need to talk to him

Do something

Paneb calm down

What happened?

He's my father Alden

He's my father

Yes

How did you know too?

I want to go into my vault

Let's finish this

I want people who tell me the truth

and who will never hide anything from me

People who will make me happy

I want Claire

I want to have two parents who care about me

Paneb calm down

Don't tell me what I should do

This vault is mine

I decide what I'm going to live now

I still don't understand why you wanted to come back here

We've already been inside this vault

and we're not authorized to see him

It's the same reason people visit their dead

What happens

if someone tries to break in through that door?

The island is extremely well guarded

and it's very difficult to access

the area where your father is

Don't worry

I want to see more of this island

Sure

No problem

Alden

Hey my love

Want to read a book?

or take a walk through the garden?

Oh I'll let you decide my prince

I'm not real

What?

You created this simulation

and you cheated on your husband with me

Now you're trapped here

and your whole world is about to fall apart

What are you talking about?

Help

What's happening

Help

Djoser billionaire and one of the founders of Senet

was found dead inside his vault

with what appears to be a snake bite

Investigators believe it may have been deliberate

These people are nuts

It's so obvious now

He saw a business opportunity in it but he never

liked the idea of living in another reality

He probably tested his children tested me

to see if somehow we'd choose to live lives of our own

instead of giving in and taking the easier path

Maybe I was his last hope

but little by little I let the idea get to me

He must have realized that

Paneb as his closest living relative who isn't in a vault

you know you're entitled to his property

as well as a stake in Senet

You're entitled to your vault too

What are you going to do now?

A fresh start