Elevator Game

I told you I was gonna do this.

I wish you were here with me, but...

I'm gonna do this.

Five. Moment of truth.

Don't look. Don't look.

Come on. Shut. Come on. Shut, Come on! Shut!

Okay. Back to one.

Oh, God! It's going up!

What?

Come on. Come on, come on, come on!

Come on, come on!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Where are you going?

Welcome to "Nightmare on Dare Street."

I'm your host, Kris Russo!

And with me as always, Chloe Young.

M-M-M-Matty Davis!

And Izzy Simpson!

Izzy, we good? Cool!

Chloe, want to tell the folks at home all about today's game?

Today, we're playing Three Kings,

which when played right will allow us

to talk to the spirit of a dead king

with the help of these mirrors.

Uh-huh. Talking to a dead king. Wow.

Want to tell the folks at home how we're gonna throw

some spice on this bad boy?

By playing in the abandoned home of a serial killer,

Lester Digby King.

Ohh! See what we did there? Huh?!

Matty, what do you got going on over there?

I'm making a salt protection circle.

never talk to the dead without one.

Is that the salt from the office break room?

Another week of flavorless lunches.

Yeah, well, when shit goes south

and we're all huddled inside here,

you won't be complaining about bland fries.

Could you make the salt circle just a little bit bigger

so we don't have to huddle quite so close together?

Don't forget this episode is sponsored

by Something Green vegetable drink.

Mwah!

Okay. Who can tell me what's wrong here?

Your shirt has three coffee stains on it?

No. On the screen. On the screen.

Kris looks like a tool.

- Eat it, Izz. - Ugh.

When we mention the sponsor, we need to see their product.

It's there.

It's, uh-- It's not there.

Yeah.

See? It's right there.

In all fairness, that is an iced latte in there.

Regardless, Kris, you need to be holding it.

Kris can't have my iced latte.

I--

Are we gonna start getting reimbursed for travel expenses?

- Travel expenses? - I take the bus here.

Yeah, if Matty gets reimbursed for bus fare,

then I should at least get reimbursed for gas.

We don't have the budget for that.

What about reimbursing us for food and drink on set?

Not in the budget, but feel free to grab

one of the Something Green samples.

Ew! That stuff tastes like a moldy carrot

had angry sex with a lawnmower.

True, but when we're on air, let's use their slogan--

"Tastes like healthy!"

Okay. Look.

Dude. Again?

Another one of your boring lectures?

I bet it is.

Guys, just let him talk.

Thank you, Izzy.

I've heard enough already.

Yeah. Me too.

Everyone, just listen!

When we were in high school,

we started this show for fun, right?

But we also said our main goal was to do this professionally.

Matty, your parents started charging you rent, right?

The day I graduated.

Chloe, your mom said go to college or get a job.

Kris, you really want to go to dental school

like your dad wants?

I just threw up thinking about Kris' hands in my mouth.

And, Izzy...

I-I actually don't know what your parents want you to do.

Oh, my parents are wonderful and supportive people

who encourage me to follow my dreams.

But you just moved in to your own place, right?

Yep. It was cool at first.

Turns out adulting sucks.

So can we all just agree to please

make the sponsors really happy

so we don't have to stop doing the show?

- Yeah. - Yeah, sure.

Okay. Great.

Next on the agenda, our new team member.

- What?! - Are you kidding me?

You can't reimburse us for food and drink,

but we're getting a new employee?

He's not on-camera talent, is he?

No, he's not on-camera talent and he's not being paid.

He's a fan of the show who volunteered to help us out,

so I figured since he's a local--

So, like, an intern?

Technically, no. He's still in high school.

- So it's more like a-- We can get interns?

Game changer! I want an intern!

What do you know about this guy?

He e-mailed us wanting to help.

Are you sure he's not some kind of serial killer

who wants to chop off our fingers

and wear them as a necklace?

There's a lot of crazy out there.

And in here apparently.

He's not a serial killer, Matty.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Is he the weird-looking dude that I saw on the way in here?

It's okay. He's definitely not on-camera material.

I'm just gonna bring him in.

Hey, uh, Ryan, could you come on in, please?

- Yeah. - Thanks.

Okay. Uh...

Everyone, this is Ryan Keaton.

Hey, guys. It is so awesome to be here.

So, can he fetch stuff for us?

Ryan's here to help us with whatever we need.

- What about-- - As long as it's appropriate.

- And what about-- - And legal.

Welcome aboard, Ryan!

Okay, why don't you go grab yourself a seat

and we can keep this thing moving?

- Thanks. - Okay, so...

Next episode. Any ideas?

Anything at all?

Feel free to just jump out with them.

There's a haunted hotel in Sendai, Japan.

We could play Hitori Kakurenbo there.

Uh, we don't have a budget for overseas travel

or any travel outside of the tri-state area for that matter.

Doesn't give us lots of options.

Well, how about we play the bath game at my place?

Doesn't that game involve us all getting in a bathtub?

I mean...

- Gross. - Hm.

Wha--

Yeah. Ryan.

What about the Elevator Game?

You guys haven't played that one yet.

That's the one where you ride an elevator

to unlock a gateway and summon some spirit?

- That's the one. - The Fifth-Floor Woman.

Supposedly, she opens a portal to the world of the dead.

But if you don't do the game right,

she rips you apart, right?

Kris pitched that one last year.

Yeah, and we decided that no one wants to watch us ride

an elevator for 20 minutes.

Sounds like an easy shoot, though.

You can play it anywhere.

As long as the building has at least 10 floors.

Well, that means this one's out.

Well, I don't think finding a building

- is going to be a problem. - But that's not our show.

We play scary games in scary places.

So... does anyone know of any haunted elevators?

- But, uh-- - Local haunted elevators.

Right.

There is one.

A building just a few blocks from here, I think.

I read a story online about a girl who went missing there.

They say she went missing playing the game.

"They" say?

Chat groups and Reddit posts.

So, unsubstantiated online rumors.

Isn't that all the Internet is?

Well, I also know that she was local.

From the suburbs, at least.

In high school at the time. A freshman.

The police have her as a runaway, but like I said,

rumor is it was the Fifth-Floor Woman.

Got a name?

Becki... something.

Can we make this happen?

We can make anything happen.

Question is, do people want to see us ride

an elevator for 20 minutes?

Yeah. I'm already bored.

So is that a no?

Anybody?

Okay. Uh, great suggestion, Ryan. Maybe next time.

Uh...

Oh, no! That's Mr. Klein. I gotta take this!

- Who's Mr. Klein? - He's the sponsor!

Hi, Mr. Klein! I was just about to call you.

Yeah, no, I-- I totally understand.

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