Mindwarp

Nothing to be done, except

escape.

Infinisynth.

More fantastic than fantasy.

More real than reality.

The ultimate experience is Inflnisynth.

It's all been remade for you.

And it's anything you want it to be.

It's your reality.

Let your dreams come true in your very own world.

Hook in to the happiness system.

Relax, imagine, enjoy.

Hook in.

Bullshit.

(ECHOING) Judy, you don't' know how much of a fool you're be/ng.

You don't even know what you're fighting against.

Leave me alone.

Injustice? Everyone gets exactly what they want.

Authority.

You can be your own God. Everything is...

Everything is fake! You're all just lying to yourselves.

What will it take to make you understand?

Just leave me alone!

ROBOV AC'. Proximity. Excuse me.

Excuse...

Functioning: Online.

Proximity.

Mom?

Oh, Jenny, you're up.

Judy, Mom.

Judy's my name. You named me that, remember?

Of course, dear. That's what I said.

Are you hungl'Y?

No.

You're not feeling sick or anything, are you?

Of course not.

Good.

Mom,

I want to talk to you.

What are you doing off-line?

Why aren't you hookedin?

I was hooked in.

But it doesn't work anymore.

I just get hassled by the Sysop.

The Systems Operator, he won't leave me alone.

So, I was sitting, just sitting, listening to Dad's music.

And I don't know, I just wanted to talk to someone.

Talk? (SCOFFS) Come on, now, dear.

This isn't your card.

It's Dad's!

My father, your husband?

Where did you get it?

I've had it for years. I felt...

Weren't we supposed to turn it in or throw it out or something?

No!

Well...

Mom, what happened to him?

Oh, well, you know, clear, that was so long ago.

I don't see why you should dwell on it.

Mom, tell me what happened. I want to know.

There's nothing to tell.

I unplugged, and he was just gone.

He must have done it himself.

They never told me exactly what he did.

Did you ask?

Well...

He wasn't happy anyway, I knew that.

Such a sour man, really, now that I think about it.

I'm not happy, either.

Just hook back in. You'll be fine.

No!

I want to do something. I want to go somewhere.

You can do whatever you want.

Go wherever you want.

I mean here.

Here?

There's nothing here.

That's why we have Infinisynth, honey.

Well...

I'm awake, Mom.

I want to stay awake!

(MOTHER SINGING OPERA IN ITALIAN)

Wake up. Please.

Stop it! Can't you just stop it?

Wake up!

Mom. Mother.

Please wake up. I need to talk to you.

Mom...

I'll wake you up.

Time to wake up, Mom.

Wake up!

(ECHOING) Judy, {hark enough.

You're an exceptional girl, Judy.

You've managed to violate the system.

You've entered the environments of other users.

No one has ever done that before.

And I can't allow it to happen again.

You must' realize that your actions have dire consequences.

What do you want from me?

I don't want anything. I'm the Systems Operator.

The question is, what do you want?

I was only trying to get through to someone.

We gave you everything.

Everything you could want. Everything you could imagine.

I... I want something real. Anything.

Ah!

We're... We're stuck inside our own heads.

It's worse than a prison. It's nothing.

Nothing at all. Am I the only one that can see that?

There has to be more.

More than you can imagine?

Yes. All I want is...

Is something real.

All right.

I'll give it to you. I'm taking you offline.

What are you talking about?

It's what you wanted, isn't it?

The unimaginable.

Oh, God.

I didn't mean to really kill her!

No! Let me go!

Stop it! Stop!

Let me out of here!

Stop it, you're hurting me!

Who are you? Why are you doing this?

Let me go!

Stop!

What is this place?

Hey!

Hello!

Hello!

Is anybody there?

Hello!

God, no!

Somebody, somebody help me!

Somebody help me!

(SCREAMING) Help me!

Please! Please! No!

Hem me'.!

Thank you. Oh, thank you.

Let me go!

Stop it! You're hurting me!

Stop it!

Oh! Let me go!

Get that away from me, you son of a bitch!

Let me go!

No!

Don't!

If you don't cover up, you'll die.

It's all right.

It's possum.

I don't eat human flesh.

Who are you?

My name's Stover.

I'm Judy.

What the hell is happening?

You were out by the edge of the Deadlands. Crawlers got you.

Crawlers? Cannibals?

It's the ugly fucks that live underground in the landfills.

It's just a wash.

It's for the chemicals in the ground.

Thank you.

Close your eyes.