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♪

In the darkest depths of cyberspace,

there is another world.

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A lost dimension, home to wonders unseen,

terrors unspeakable.

♪

Stories unlike any ever told until now.

♪

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Dimension 404.

♪

Introducing Val Hernandez

or, as she wants the world to know her,

"Speedrun."

♪

An impulsive young gamer with dreams of greatness,

dreams, for the moment, that lie just out of reach.

(alarm beeping)

The path to greatness usually takes hard work and time.

But in Dimension 404, all Val needs

is a sweet sip of Impulse 9.

♪

(Carlos) Oh, you look all professional!

(Val) Yeah, yeah.

-Careful, its-- -Hot!

No, thank you.

Okay, you got your résumé?

And you wrote down the address, right?

Im just gonna wander around until I find the place.

Look, I called in a big favor with your Uncle Pedro

to get you that interview.

Plus you havent had a J-O-B in months.

Thanks for the update, Dad.

Gotta run.

Hey, Val?

(Val) What?

(Carlos) Slow down, kid.

When you get in there, just relax,

ask lots of questions,

and look em in the eye.

Its just some catering job, Dad.

-Im not running for Congress. -Hey.

Its not about what you do for a living--

Its what you do while youre living.

(Carlos) Okay, go knock em dead.

And pick up Grandma from the doctors

when youre done.

-Cant you do it? -Its Tuesday,

I work til closing.

(Val groans)

I love you.

Love you too.

♪

(car horn beeps)

♪

(Evan) Excuse me, maam,

Im looking for a girl named Speedrun.

Gamer chick, sloppy hair, crappy clothes.

♪

(laughs)

(Val) Hey.

♪

(Evan) So, uh, whats with the get-up?

Oh, just some stupid job interview.

Dont you think maybe you should go to that?

And miss the invitational?

No, Ill just call in sick or something.

You get sick more than anyone I know.

(Val) First prize wins ten grand!

I could move out and go pro.

(Evan) Yeah, about that.

I guess you didnt hear the news, huh?

-What? -You-Know-Who

is making a surprise entrance today.

No!

-Yup. -Come on!

(audience cheering)

(commentator #1) May the gaming gods have mercy on our worthless souls.

Killohertz is in the house!

(commentator #2) I pity the chumps

that have to rumble with this legend

in todays qualifying rounds.

(cheering continues)

Really?

Hes got nothing better to do than flex his nuts

at some Podunk tournament in Chino?

Yeah, what do you think hes gonna spend the $10,000 on,

designer shoes or more fingerless gloves?

(Val) Somebody should knock that stupid smug look

off his dumb ugly face.

Val.

-What? -You dont have to win today,

you just have to qualify, so keep it in your pants.

But I can take him!

(Evan) Babe, youre really good,

but hes a legend for a reason.

Which means if I beat him

-Val. -Players, prepare for combat!

(Evan) Play it smart.

Hes a one man wrecking crew.

And Im a one woman army.

No-no-no, thats not-- th-thats not--

thats not playing it smart!

(cheering)

(commentator #1) And with that, the players are readied up

and its time for the battle to begin.

(cheering, chatter)

♪

Speedrun with an impressive triple there,

putting her on the board.

(Evan) Lets go, Speedrun, yeah, Speedrun!

(commentator #2) Crowd might be here for Killohertz

but theyre giving some love to Speedrun.

(commentator) Oh, but here comes Killohertz

with an incredible cross-map, nice,

and hes taking a moment to high-five the fans.

(commentator) The crowd is loving it and so is he.

Hes taking his eyes off the screen--

(commentator #1) Boom, unbelievable.

A no-look execution; this man is unstoppable.

This match is not over yet

but Speedrun is running out of time.

♪

(commentator #2) Speedrun and Killohertz running away from the pack.

These two are dominating.

(commentator #1) The match comes down to these two,

up-and-comer versus seasoned vet,

and the score is tied at 24.

The next kill wins the game.

♪

Its all over, what an upset!

Speedrun has victory in her sights!

♪

Wha--wait, what is she doing?

Oh my God, shes gonna go for the glory kill.

Shes seen Killohertz and shes gonna

chase after him instead!

Speedrun just had him in her sights.

Shes rounding the corner, looking for the kill.

♪

Hes not there, oh--

oh my God, Killohertz reads Speedrun like a book.

What an ending!

(cheering)

That is one for the highlight reel.

Another amazing match win for Killohertz.

This guy is great.

(Evan) You had him!

(crowd chanting "Killohertz")

(commentator #2) Thats the match.

Moving on to the finals are Val Hernandez

and Roy Torvald.

(Val) How the hell did he do that?

Nobody is that good, nobody.

I know, its almost like

hes a one man wrecking crew or something.

Um, but--but congrats, babe,

you made it to finals.

Come on.

You had an amazing game, babe.

Yeah, but it wasnt good enough, was it?

He wrecked me today.

Hell wreck me tomorrow too.

(Roy) Woo!

Hey.

There she is.

GG, Speedrun.

I had you, man.

(Roy) Of course you did.

(slurping)

Well, keep her warm for me, all right, son?

(laughs)

Woo, this guy looks like he wants a selfie.

(Evan) What a dick, right?

You gotta get in here and crush that turd bucket tomorrow.

Smooches?

Hm?

Youre a dork, Evan.

-A sexy dork? -Mm.

♪

Thats more like it.

Okay, Im gonna go grab my car.

♪

(Kojima) Good game today.

-Oh, thanks. -Yeah.

Sucks youre gonna lose tomorrow.

Who the hell are you exactly?

Your fairy godmother.

Here, hold this.

♪

You know, youre pretty good, Speedrun.

Now you got guts

but if you wanna win tomorrow,

youre gonna need some help.

♪

(Val) K--Ko-ji--"Ko-ji-ma"?

(Kojima) "Ko-jee-ma."

You know, youre right about Roy.

Nobodys that good.

♪

All right, dude, what--whats your deal?

What the hell is this?

Call first, I got a lot goin on.

♪

(Carlos) How was the interview?

(Val) Fine.

It was fine.

You wanna try that again?

Pedro called.

You didnt even show up today.

I was feeling woozy.

I was gonna call in sick and--

(gasps) Grandma.

(Carlos) I almost lost my job today picking her up.

Now what the hell happened?

There was a tournament today.

It was a big one, I--I couldnt just miss it.

I didnt win but I played amazing.

Well, congratulations.

I hope you had fun because tomorrow

youre going down to your uncles

and youre gonna beg for an interview.

No, I cant, tomorrows the finals.

Absolutely not.

Dad!

This is my dream.

Is this about the money, because first prize is ten grand.

I mean, what does that stupid job pay anyway?

Its not about the money, Val.

And you lied to me.

I trusted you and you completely let me down.

Look, I know you have dreams, mija.

I want you to achieve them.

But I also want you to be a good person.

I mean, do you think about anybody but yourself?

♪

Yeah, I do actually.

I think about you and I think about your crappy job

and your crappy life and then I think,

"I want to do the opposite."

(Carlos) Valerie, thin ice.

♪

No wonder Mom left.

♪

(commentator #1) Ill tell you one thing, the fans cannot wait

to see these two go toe-to-toe again tomorrow.

♪

♪

(Kojima) I said to call.

Come on, follow me.

♪

Okay, Im not quite sure why Im here,

but, you know, you said you could help, so--

Play.

♪

Why?

♪

Thanks?

♪

Okay.

♪

Okay.

♪

(computer voice) Game start.

♪

Game over.

Well, that sucked.

(Kojima) Try it with this.

♪

An energy drink?

Seriously?

♪

(carbonation fizzes)

♪

Yup.

Just a normal, ordinary, nothing special about it,

energy drink.

♪

Kanpai.

♪

Mm, good, youre back.

Wh--what happened?

When you drink Impulse 9, youre stretching time.

The harder you stretch

Ow!

the harder you snap back.

This time you lost about an hour.

Its like being blackout drunk,

minus the drunk part.

(Val) Holy shit.

$500 a bottle, Speedrun.

That is

all my money.

Plus 6.50 for the ramen.

Wait, no, I cant.

I mean, its wrong, its cheating, isnt it?

Oh, its definitely cheating.

But is it wrong?

(cell phone ringing)

Roy doesnt seem to think so.

Hey, bro, whats up?

Oh, whats that, another case of Impulse

for the match tomorrow?

You got it.

Cash only, ATMs in the front.

Yeah, Im still here.

Nope, nobody you know.

♪

(commentator #1) Welcome to the final round

of the Chino Hills Field of Fire Regional Tournament.

(commentator #2) In just a few moments

we will crown one gamer the champion.

♪

(cheering)

♪

(crowd chanting "Killohertz")

♪

Dont worry, babe

theres plenty of me to go around.

(Evan) Go, Speedrun.

Yeah, Speedrun.

♪

(commentator #1) Now Speedrun Hernandez is on fire.

Shes having the game of her life

but, unfortunately, its just not enough

to catch our leader, Torvald.

Damn, that guy is impossibly good.

(crowd chanting "Killohertz")

♪

(dramatic orchestral music)

♪

(Evan) What?!

(dramatic music)

♪

(commentator #1) Speedrun!

♪

(glass shatters)

(piercing flatline noise)

(dog barking)

(gasping)

What the hell?

(ominous music)

♪

(Evan) Honey?

We gotta get ready, come on.

Come on, Ill take her.

(gasps)

♪

(heavy breathing)

♪

Mommy?

What?!

♪

I cant--

♪

Good morning, Mom!

(retching)

Ew!

♪

(Evan) Hey, are you okay?

Youre not pregnant again, are you?

(Val) Out, I need out.

(Evan) Wait--hey, Val, wait!

Val!

♪

You forgot your gas mask, sweetie, here you go.

♪

Come on, kids, its time for school!

(dramatic music)

♪

So Ill be scavenging the wastelands until four

then I gotta chop wood for the bug roast.

You think you could pick up the kids before gate duty tonight?

♪

-Val? -Uh, sure.

(Sophia) Look, Daddy, I found a neat rock!

(Evan) Oh, no, no, thats a poop, sweetie, put that back.

(Sophia) No, I want it!

(Evan) Tell you what, you give that to Mom,

you can have it back after school, okay?

-Okay. -All right,

there you go, Mommy--Mommy?

There we are.

Okay.

All right, kids.

Have a good day.

(teacher) Hi, guys!

Hi, now take your seats, go on.

Okay, what do you do when you see a Death Lizard?

(class) Run and hide!

(Evan) Oh, shoot, Im gonna be late.

Evan, I need to talk to you.

(Evan) Okay, quick, whats up?

(townsperson) Sheriff Val, did you hear?

-Sheriff? -Janas husband

snapped back last night.

-What? -Yeah, right in the middle

of hanky-panky--I mean, eight years of marriage

just--woo, push, goodbye.

-Unbelievable. -Can you believe it?

-Uh -Oy, get back here!

(townsperson) Oh, look.

(Dan) Lets go, lets go.

Lets go, now!

Sheriff, Sheriff, caught myself a no-good Pulser.

(Pulser) Whats going on, who are you people?

What--why is it the apocalypse?

(Evan) Ill tell you why its the apocalypse.

Its because thoughtless slackers like you

chugged too much Impulse and when you snapped back,

the world went to shit, thats why.

I was--I was studying for finals.

(Evan, in mocking tone) "I was studying for fi--"

Thats what the president said when he snapped back

with his finger on the button, you piece--

(Dan) Okay, walk it off.

(Pulser) What do you want from me?

(Dan) Can you dress a wound?

Can you fix a generator?

Can you fend off a Death Lizard?

(Pulser) No.

(Dan) Then we got no place for you here.

Aint that right, Sheriff?

♪

Sheriff?

You all right?

♪

(Val) Yeah.

Send him away.

-Send me away? -Lets go, pal, lets go!

(Pulser) No, dont send me away!

Oh no, where are you taking me?!

♪

Wheres my mom?!

Did I pass chem?

(Evan) Anywayhi.

What did you wanna tell me earlier?

Nothing.

Are you okay, you seem a little off your game.

I--I think Im a little sick.

You know, I think I might have a stomach ache.

(Evan) Oh yeah, I feel ya.

I dont think I cooked those beetles

all the way through last night.

-Good luck out there. -What do I do with this?!

Oh God!

Waste of a pointy stick if you ask me.

♪

Have a good day, honey.

Smooches?

-(siren blaring) -Oh, looks like

were in for some weather.

See you at home, I love you!

(siren continues)

(solemn music)

♪

(Val) Oh my God.

Oh my God, wake up, oh my God.

Oh, what do I know about babies?

I dont know anything about babies.

Youre not my baby.

Youre not!

♪

Youre my baby.

(baby coos)

♪

Oh, what is happening?

What is happening, what is happening?

♪

Dad, I need Dad, I need Dad.

♪

Oh my God.

♪

Dad?

♪

(sobbing)

♪

Youve got this, Val.

Youre a bad-ass bitch.

I need you right now.

♪

Keep it together.

♪

(Dan) Sheriff?

Sheriff, lets go!

Tick-tock, were late for latrine duty.

-Latrine duty? -Mm-hm.

(Val) As inscrubbing toilets.

(Dan) Hey, if you can call em that.

But Imthe sheriff?

Im the sheriff.

(Dan) Yeah, and sanitation commissioner

and a scavenger and a mom.

Hey, you got a lot going on,

so shake a leg.

Or do I have to toss you out into the wasteland?

(dark music)

♪

(laughs)

-Im gonna go get ready. -All right, Sheriff.

Come on, lets go.

-Couple minutes. -All right.

(quirky rockabilly music)

♪

(singer) ♪ You only get one life

and you work it away ♪

♪ Sweatin and a-cussin for the rest of your days ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪

♪ It doesnt seem quite fair ♪

♪

♪ That you keep on truckin

but you never seem to get nowhere ♪

♪

(dog barking, baby crying)

-♪ Life never gets easy, -Bye.

(singer) ♪ No matter how hard you try ♪

♪ Breakin your back til the day you die ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪

♪ Youre always fightin for air ♪

♪

-♪ And you keep on truckin-- ♪ -Sheriff!

Open up!

(singer) ♪ --but you never seem to get nowhere ♪

♪

(baby crying)

♪

♪ Well, some people want money and some want love ♪

♪ I just want a job where I can dig in the mud ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪

♪ That its a lot to bear ♪

(baby crying)

♪ Ill keep on truckin even when I cant get nowhere ♪

♪

(Max) How was your day, Mom?

(Val) Fine.

It was fine.

(Sophia) Look, Mommy, I made this for you.

(Val) Great.

At least its not a dog turd.

(Max) Hey, Mom, did you know the green thing in plants

is this stuff called chlorophyll?

(Val) Yup, I sure did--look, Mommys really tired

and she needs to get some sleep

before her 5-hour guard duty,

so if you two could justpipe down, itd be--

(video game music plays)

♪

(Evan) Guess what, kids, its.

-Game night! -Game night!

(Max) Play Field of Fire with us!

(Evan) Oh no, you leave Mommy alone, she needs a nap.

Shell play with you next month, okay, buddy?

Next month?

(chuckles)

I, uh, could play one round.

I mean, for them.

(Evan) Uh-huh, "for them," right.

Be sure to grab some sleep

before you gotta go on guard duty, okay?

Yup, yup.

Im off to the bug roast.

-Have fun! -Okay.

Bye, kids.

♪

(video game noises)

(Max and Sophia) Go, Speedrun, go!

Go, Speedrun, go!

(Val) Not bad for an old lady, huh?

(Max) That was awesome, how are you so good?

(Sophia) Mommy, can you teach me how to play like that?

(Val) Hell yes I can.

Come here, take a seat.

Sit here.

Okay, first we gotta learn the basics.

(dramatic music)

Okay, thats it, th--thats it.

-You got it, you got it. -Okay, you got it, you got it.

(Val) Wait-wait-wait, reload, reload, reload.

-Come on, reload, yes! -Val!

Val?

Oh.

-Thank God. -Shit!

Okay, oh, kids, I gotta go, all right,

but keep practicing.

(Max) Okay.

(Evan) Hey, hey.

Where have you been?

Ive been looking all over for you.

-Whats wrong? -Come on.

Its Dan.

He was pounding on the gate and a Death Lizard came.

And you werent there to let him in.

(somber music)

♪

(townsperson) How could you?!

♪

(sobbing)

It was game night.

♪

(Evan) No, Val, wait.

You still need to finish your shift.

♪

Hi.

Hi.

(Evan) Come to bed, hon, you got work in the morning.

I cant do this, Evan.

We toil and suffer all day

and if we take an extra second for ourselves,

a damn minute for a moment of peace,

someone else might die?

I meanwhat the hell is the point?

Why even bother?

(somber music)

Val.

For 12 years, you have been an amazing wife,

youre an incredible mother.

You are the most fearless and thoughtful,

responsible person I know.

♪

No Im not.

♪

Yeah.

♪

Hey.

♪

One mistake doesnt change all that.

♪

Look, I could give you a speech about why we do what we do

and why we work so hard but

itd just be words right now.

You have to figure that out for yourself.

And I know that you will.

♪

I love you.

♪

Come to bed.

♪

Ill be right there.

♪

(baby crying)

♪

Babe?

Honey?

(clears throat)

(Val) "Dear Evan

By the time you read this, Ill be gone.

It pains me to leave you and the kids, but

Ive been living a lie.

(dramatic music)

Im not the woman you married anymore.

Im a Pulser.

You remember that FPS tournament where I beat Roy Torvald?

That was last Tuesday.

I thought I could hide.

I thought I could hack it.

But after last night, its clear to me

why you send us Pulsers to the wastes to die.

♪

Theres just no place in civilized society

for a teenage kid trapped in a grown-ups body,

so Im leaving.

Maybe Ill find another bottle of Impulse out there.

But whatever I find,

whatever this crazy, mixed-up world has in store for me,

I want you to know that I always--"

(Evan) Jesus Christ, Val.

(ominous music)

♪

(Val) Ohhh, its hot.

Oh.

So hot.

What was I thinking?

♪

(panting)

♪

No way.

♪

(Kojima) Hey!

Speedrun?

Kojima?

You look rough.

You lookexactly the same.

What the hell did you do?

Well, solar panels keep this place going.

As for me, lets just say I have my ways.

So what brings you back to my neck of the woods?

I, uhgot kicked out of my suburb.

Well, that sucks.

Wait a minute

did you just snap back?

Last week.

Damn, girl, how much did you do?

You think this is funny?

Your drink ruined my life!

Yeah, we kinda ruined a lot of lives.

-Yeah. -I know.

Um, Ill tell ya what, though.

I get a lot of Pulsers in here, okay?

Some of them are old clients,

some of em got it somewhere else,

but I tell them all the same thing.

Now

I dont do refunds, but I can give you store credit.

Are you insane?

Dude, it sucks out there, man.

Life is hard and short

and death is usually slow and painful.

Orchug this bad boy,

sidle up to your favorite game,

and go out doing what you love.

(dark music)

And what happens when I snap back?

Thats best part.

You wont.

Unless you live to be, like, 103.

So what do you think?

♪

Do you have Field of Fire?

♪

This way.

♪

Speedrun.

See you on the other side.

♪

(solemn music)

(Sophia) Look, Mommy, I made this for you.

(Val) At least its not a dog turd.

♪

(Carlos) I mean, do you think about anybody but yourself?

♪

(Val) No wonder Mom left.

(Evan) You are the most fearless and thoughtful,

responsible person I know.

♪

I could give you a speech about why we do what we do

and why we work so hard but

you have to figure that out for yourself.

♪

And I know that you will.

♪

(Kojima) What?

♪

(Val) Hello?

(banging on gate)

♪

Hello!

(banging continues)

Evan!

♪

Evan!

Screw you, Val, get outta here!

No, Evan, please, wait!

-I--I just wanna talk. -Bullshit, Val!

You just know it sucks out there

and now you want back in.

No, no, I did--its not--

I do want back in, I do,

but its not because it sucks out here.

(Evan) Goodbye, Val!

(wind howling)

♪

(Val) Its not about what we get for ourselves.

Its about what we give each other.

♪

I wanna be that person in that drawing.

I wanna be that.

♪

You gotta understand,

a week ago I was 19, I was kissing you

at a tournament.

I

♪

Im new at this, okay?

But I wanna make it work.

Ill--Ill--Ill--

Ill scrub toilets,

Ill do guard duty,

Ill do double shifts.

Ill do whatever it takes to make it work.

♪

But I cant do it alone.

♪

Do you have any idea what its like

for 12 years of marriage to disappear in an instant?

No.

♪

I dont even know how you proposed.

Are you kidding?

You proposed to me.

It was the best day of my life, Val.

We can start over.

Evan.

♪

I mean

its not like its the end of the world.

(gunfire)

(music darkens)

The hell is that?

♪

-Death Lizards! -Theyre people?!

No, Val, theyre giant radioactive lizards.

Of course theyre people.

Sound the alarm!

(siren blaring)

(Val) I got the gate, go get the kids.

♪

(teacher) Come on, everybody, get the supplies, we gotta go!

-Where, where are we going? -To the ravine.

(Val) But we cant go out there, its hell outside.

(teacher) Well, we have to.

Our deputys dead and our sheriff is an Impulse junkie.

Theyre gonna knock down this gate

and then theyre gonna kill everybody whos left inside,

so we have to go now.

(Val) But this is our home.

♪

Not anymore.

♪

-Kids! -Max!

-Go with your mom. -Sophia, come here.

Come with Mommy, its okay, its okay.

Be careful, stay-- stay by the wall.

All right, stay with Mommy.

Stay with Mommy, its okay, its all right.

Its okay.

♪

-Come on, come on. -Sheriff, we cant outrun them,

its hopeless, were all gonna die!

(Max) Thats not true, is it, Mommy?

(Val) No, no, no, of course not.

Youre with Mommy, its okay, all right?

♪

(Evan) Val!

Come on, kids, come on.

♪

(Val) Hey, you guys.

Guys.

Val!

(Val) You have to listen to your dad, all right?

Okay, promise me?

Okay.

All right.

♪

-Go. -Lets go!

-Come on, Sophia. -Good girl, good girl.

Val?

♪

Head for the ravine, youll be safe there.

(Evan) What are you doing?

(Val) My job.

Ill hold them off for as long as I can.

Ill send a flare when its safe.

You dont have to do this.

♪

I love you.

Go, go!

Go!

♪

(dramatic rock music)

♪

(truck engine revving)

♪

(Roy) This is it?

One lousy bitch?

♪

Roy?

♪

I was wondering what kind of idiot stands

in the middle of town square like a wannabe bad-ass.

But duh!

Speedrun.

Last chance, Roy.

You need to crawl back to whatever hole you came out of.

♪

Thats not how it works, Speedrun.

It works like this.

First were gonna kill you

and then were gonna eat you

and then were gonna pay a little visit

to that ravine over there where your family

thinks theyre hiding out

and were gonna kill them

then were gonna eat them too.

How many kids you got, Speedrun?

♪

Judging by that body its gotta be more than one.

♪

Youre a monster.

What can I say,

wasteland changed me.

♪

(Val) Yeah, changed me too.

♪

(glass shatters)

(Roy yelling)

(dramatic music)

(gunfire)

♪

(yells)

♪

(music softens)

♪

(whimpering, panting)

♪

(dark industrial music)

♪

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