BEING TRUE

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[00:00:07] I got this really strange email last night. I need to see what's going on with this mystery file.

[00:00:13] Hey, it's a map of a town called Ocean Bay. Someone sent these images to you for a reason.

[00:00:21] I'm so lost right now. When was the last time you chose a direction and followed it?

[00:00:27] I'm going to Ocean Bay. We don't get many tourists this time of year.

[00:00:34] Ocean Bay is a friendly town, but we're not that friendly.

[00:00:38] I never sent you an email. I don't even know you!

[00:00:42] And why exactly are you here? The map is the reason we're here.

[00:00:47] Maps help when you're lost. Do you know what a trap street is?

[00:00:52] Trapsi-trees aren't real. They don't exist.

[00:00:56] Don't trust anyone unless they give you a reason to trust them.

[00:01:00] I think he's dead.

[00:01:02] How could so much damage happen to a human body in such a short period of time?

[00:01:06] What the hell is going on here?

[00:01:09] From the creators of Strange Air, this is Trapsi-treed.

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[00:02:06] Listen up, thrillers. A quick note.

[00:02:09] Tonight's D.V.S. audio delight contains adult content and language,

[00:02:13] including graphic violence in sexual situations.

[00:02:16] I'm in a thrill.

[00:02:23] Ah, okay, here we go.

[00:02:30] Hello?

[00:02:37] Anyone there?

[00:02:40] Hello?

[00:02:42] Listen carefully.

[00:02:44] Unplug Alexa, smart TVs, everything with voice control.

[00:02:48] Unplug it all. Do not speak before this is done.

[00:02:52] Oh, okay. Hold on.

[00:02:56] I'm back. It's done.

[00:03:03] Speak.

[00:03:05] I got this, you on bread room?

[00:03:09] Did you?

[00:03:10] Yeah, I have a job I need done.

[00:03:16] So, how does this work do I look pay somewhere and then you?

[00:03:23] What will you be like?

[00:03:26] Excuse me?

[00:03:27] What will you be like?

[00:03:30] I don't understand.

[00:03:34] After?

[00:03:37] Oh, after.

[00:03:41] Yeah.

[00:03:44] Better.

[00:03:47] I'll be better.

[00:03:50] Really?

[00:03:52] Yeah.

[00:03:53] Yeah, yeah, I need this.

[00:03:55] Do you?

[00:03:56] Yes, is this a joke?

[00:03:59] Listen, I'm trying to get a thing.

[00:04:02] A thing you supposedly do.

[00:04:04] I think.

[00:04:06] Yeah.

[00:04:07] If you can't say it, you can't carry the cost.

[00:04:10] But I have money, I can pay.

[00:04:12] I'm not yet true.

[00:04:16] Hello?

[00:04:17] Hello?

[00:04:19] Seriously, what the hell?

[00:04:24] Hey, I don't know what kind of game this is, but I'm serious.

[00:04:30] I need this to happen.

[00:04:32] The serious are not going.

[00:04:35] I was just trying to be discreet.

[00:04:37] I figured you'd appreciate that given the whole smart device pair.

[00:04:42] Look, this is not what I was expecting.

[00:04:46] Right at all.

[00:04:47] That's so.

[00:04:49] And I thought you'd be...

[00:04:53] That's current?

[00:04:55] Would you prefer that?

[00:04:57] I don't know, maybe.

[00:05:00] No, no, I don't care about you like that.

[00:05:03] If you're as good as it says here, I mean who gives a shit.

[00:05:06] I just thought you were using a voice disguise or something.

[00:05:10] Closer.

[00:05:11] Yeah.

[00:05:12] Get that a lot.

[00:05:13] Is it compliment?

[00:05:15] I think so.

[00:05:18] Look, do you do this for me or not?

[00:05:20] Do.

[00:05:21] Do not.

[00:05:22] Tell about why.

[00:05:24] It's almost fascinating.

[00:05:26] Why?

[00:05:27] You want to know why I...

[00:05:29] Okay.

[00:05:30] Because I can't live like this anymore.

[00:05:32] I need this solved once and for all.

[00:05:34] Then do this yourself.

[00:05:36] I have fantasized about that so many times.

[00:05:41] How would it happen?

[00:05:44] What it would be like?

[00:05:46] Feel like...

[00:05:49] I just...

[00:05:51] I need help.

[00:05:53] Professional help.

[00:05:55] What's so hard about that?

[00:05:57] Isn't that what this is?

[00:05:59] For you.

[00:06:01] Me, no, no.

[00:06:03] I'm so done with therapy.

[00:06:05] No more inner child work or blaming mom for all my bullshit, not that shit works.

[00:06:10] If anything you're getting worse.

[00:06:12] There.

[00:06:13] So fish, you go when I have a controlling asshole, baby.

[00:06:16] Just can't stop fucking me.

[00:06:19] They say they trust me and then second guests are undo every decision I make.

[00:06:22] I know your micromanage me like I'm an incompetent entry level idiot that doesn't know shit.

[00:06:27] When I'm the one, I'm the one who invented the very fucking thing.

[00:06:30] They're now telling me how to do it, but what their own fucking original idea.

[00:06:33] You know all my time, all my creativity is constantly fucking wasted by these self-absorbed shitheads.

[00:06:39] And all they can say is, oh well that's how it goes.

[00:06:43] Thanks for rolling with the punches, Stuart.

[00:06:45] I'm sick of getting punched.

[00:06:46] It's my turn to do the fucking punch, that's why.

[00:06:51] Getting closer now.

[00:06:56] Every day they tear out more of my soul.

[00:07:00] Is that so?

[00:07:01] It feels like I'm living with this giant burning blade stuck deep in my gut,

[00:07:06] and they just twisting and twisting and twisting, it's suffocating.

[00:07:11] This room fixed that.

[00:07:13] Two!

[00:07:14] They need to get fucking...

[00:07:16] Good.

[00:07:18] What?

[00:07:22] I don't know what else to do.

[00:07:24] You can't own your desire.

[00:07:26] You can't carry the cost.

[00:07:28] You are not yet true.

[00:07:31] What the hell is this shit?

[00:07:35] Hey, stop doing that!

[00:07:38] There's a cost to carry.

[00:07:40] I can pay just say how much.

[00:07:42] Always more than money.

[00:07:44] What?

[00:07:45] All of her things about after.

[00:07:47] But I have thought about it so many times.

[00:07:52] No stopping once started.

[00:07:55] Okay.

[00:07:56] No loose ends.

[00:07:58] I agree.

[00:08:00] So is this bad end you'll do it?

[00:08:02] You called a number you found on the dark web.

[00:08:05] So what?

[00:08:07] Rised what more do you need?

[00:08:09] To know, you'll carry the cost.

[00:08:12] I have the cash.

[00:08:14] I'll pay.

[00:08:15] Quit.

[00:08:17] What?

[00:08:18] You have the cash for this?

[00:08:20] It's just quit.

[00:08:21] Yeah, fuck up my career.

[00:08:23] No way.

[00:08:24] This is a high profile gig.

[00:08:25] They'll sue me for breach of contractor.

[00:08:27] Some bullshit.

[00:08:28] They won't put up a be fucking with their precious little hand.

[00:08:30] They'll handle it here.

[00:08:31] Dancing around here.

[00:08:32] I don't care.

[00:08:33] They have a lot of it.

[00:08:34] Doesn't lead back to me.

[00:08:35] All five of them can fuck right off the hell.

[00:08:38] Yeah.

[00:08:40] That need to...

[00:08:43] There's five.

[00:08:45] And there's more.

[00:08:46] Actually, but five will be good.

[00:08:50] I think...

[00:08:51] I mean, there's no top heavy put management over there.

[00:08:53] They'll promote anyone.

[00:08:55] They have to be stopped.

[00:08:58] Hello?

[00:08:59] Did you see that?

[00:09:00] Too many?

[00:09:01] I mean, I don't know how this works.

[00:09:05] Okay, listen.

[00:09:06] How about two?

[00:09:08] Just two.

[00:09:09] Michael and Monica.

[00:09:10] I mean, their biggest problems anyway.

[00:09:11] It does recalls a week.

[00:09:13] What?

[00:09:14] Sound like you.

[00:09:15] And what's that?

[00:09:16] Shattered male ego.

[00:09:18] Fuck you.

[00:09:19] Careful.

[00:09:20] This doesn't fix that.

[00:09:23] How do you know what'll fix this one?

[00:09:25] Because you're in special.

[00:09:27] Proper.

[00:09:28] It's not out there.

[00:09:29] Oh great, just what I need.

[00:09:30] Another fucking therapist.

[00:09:31] Well, lady, I'm not reaching into the darkness here looking for more than coping bullshit.

[00:09:36] Okay.

[00:09:37] This is your fault and go away.

[00:09:39] It says that you're so...

[00:09:41] Quick to shitty job.

[00:09:43] You don't need this.

[00:09:44] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[00:09:45] What do you need?

[00:09:47] To do this for me to be true or whatever.

[00:09:51] To know you'll carry the cost.

[00:09:53] I told you, I have money.

[00:09:54] Just tell me how much.

[00:09:56] A lot of people with more money than cents.

[00:09:59] Thank you.

[00:10:00] Well, I'm talking to you so...

[00:10:02] Easy Mark.

[00:10:03] Maybe.

[00:10:04] But since when did good things matter more than money?

[00:10:06] You need to give that for thought.

[00:10:09] Okay, okay, um...

[00:10:12] Skill.

[00:10:13] There, you're talking about guilt.

[00:10:15] Okay, not...

[00:10:17] Well, that'll be mine to manage, right?

[00:10:19] So often said, I can't.

[00:10:21] I will.

[00:10:22] Look.

[00:10:23] I'll pay for the god knows how many of time I'll pay.

[00:10:28] Five.

[00:10:29] Five times.

[00:10:31] Right, well, here's the sixth time.

[00:10:33] I'll fucking pay the price.

[00:10:35] Okay.

[00:10:36] Will you do it?

[00:10:37] Good.

[00:10:39] Your discretion is self-deception.

[00:10:42] What are you talking about?

[00:10:44] You're not owned your desires.

[00:10:46] You are not yet true.

[00:10:48] Fucking hell, god damn it!

[00:10:51] Don't do one more time.

[00:10:53] This is it.

[00:10:54] Come on, come on.

[00:10:55] Answer.

[00:10:57] Answer.

[00:11:01] Hey, hey, hey.

[00:11:03] You win.

[00:11:04] You win.

[00:11:05] Listen.

[00:11:09] I need Michael Lawson and Monica Richards.

[00:11:13] God.

[00:11:14] I need them fucking dead.

[00:11:16] Okay.

[00:11:17] Is that what you need to hear?

[00:11:20] And I'll carry the cost that the hafter kills whatever he is.

[00:11:24] It's my advantage.

[00:11:25] Good enough.

[00:11:28] I'm gonna take your silence as a yes.

[00:11:31] Yes?

[00:11:32] Okay, great.

[00:11:35] There's one more thing.

[00:11:41] One more thing.

[00:11:47] I need them to know that this is from me,

[00:11:52] that I'm the one doing this to them.

[00:11:57] There you are.

[00:12:00] You are now being true.

[00:12:04] Okay, great.

[00:12:09] So, what now?

[00:12:14] Was this aiming up front to that wallet?

[00:12:18] Crypto, of course.

[00:12:20] Give me a sec.

[00:12:23] That's a lot more than I expected.

[00:12:30] Fucking need this.

[00:12:32] No stopping.

[00:12:33] Right.

[00:12:34] No new sentence.

[00:12:35] So you said.

[00:12:40] There.

[00:12:43] Okay, did you get it?

[00:12:46] Did you get the payment or not?

[00:12:51] Hey.

[00:12:53] Hello?

[00:12:55] Hey, answer me.

[00:13:00] Give me marks.

[00:13:02] You said it was my fucking back.

[00:13:04] What about you that coming?

[00:13:05] Scott, I'm such a fucking moron.

[00:13:08] Oh shit, what the hell?

[00:13:12] Answer it.

[00:13:15] What the fuck could be here at this hour?

[00:13:18] Better to be a fucking stater, some shit.

[00:13:22] Who is it?

[00:13:24] Over your voice.

[00:13:25] Answer it.

[00:13:26] All right already.

[00:13:27] Christ.

[00:13:30] Can I help you?

[00:13:37] Hey, hey.

[00:13:39] You can't just walk in here.

[00:13:40] I'm in the middle of a seat.

[00:13:41] I'm still here.

[00:13:44] How do you know my name?

[00:13:47] Sit down.

[00:13:48] Who are you?

[00:13:49] Nice apartment.

[00:13:52] Last space or six.

[00:14:00] What the hell is going on?

[00:14:03] Oh, McCallum 25.

[00:14:06] Fancy.

[00:14:07] Yeah, was a client gift.

[00:14:09] Do you mind?

[00:14:10] What?

[00:14:11] No, I was saving it for...

[00:14:15] This is not to be saved, Stuart.

[00:14:19] This is to be saved.

[00:14:22] For fuck's sake, really?

[00:14:24] What?

[00:14:25] No, what is going on here?

[00:14:27] You should definitely have one.

[00:14:30] What is this?

[00:14:32] Play it, Stuart.

[00:14:49] What the hell is this?

[00:14:50] House pet snuff?

[00:14:51] Hey, attention, Stuart.

[00:14:54] Hey, where are you going in my house?

[00:14:57] Out of here!

[00:14:58] What?

[00:14:59] Are you Monica Richett?

[00:15:00] Who are you?

[00:15:01] I'm calling the police!

[00:15:02] Stuart, Eric, King wanted you to have this.

[00:15:04] Do what?

[00:15:05] To work that you did.

[00:15:09] This can't be happening.

[00:15:11] House.

[00:15:12] What?

[00:15:13] It has happened.

[00:15:15] How?

[00:15:16] How is this real?

[00:15:17] What is this?

[00:15:18] Clared.

[00:15:19] This is not possible.

[00:15:20] This is some deep fake bullshit.

[00:15:21] Now tell me, this is bullshit.

[00:15:23] Not bullshit, Stuart.

[00:15:25] Clared.

[00:15:26] No.

[00:15:27] Nope, I'm calling this off.

[00:15:28] I'm not doing another goddamn thing.

[00:15:30] I changed my mind!

[00:15:31] Keep the money that's out of sober.

[00:15:32] You hear me?

[00:15:33] It's done!

[00:15:34] What's starting?

[00:15:35] Again, we stopped.

[00:15:36] What?

[00:15:38] What?

[00:15:47] Takeout.

[00:15:53] Hey, we didn't order any food.

[00:15:55] You might want to double check that address.

[00:15:57] Who is it?

[00:15:58] It's just a mix of those.

[00:15:59] I got it.

[00:16:00] This can't be possible.

[00:16:01] Okay, have good night.

[00:16:02] Are you Michael Lawson?

[00:16:04] Uh, that's right.

[00:16:06] Can I help you?

[00:16:07] Stuart, Eric, King wanted you to have this.

[00:16:09] Stuart?

[00:16:10] Oh god.

[00:16:11] What does Stuart want now?

[00:16:16] Shit, is this really happening?

[00:16:18] Oh my god, no!

[00:16:20] Get away from here!

[00:16:21] Get away from here!

[00:16:22] What?!

[00:16:23] No, not like this.

[00:16:25] You can't do it like this.

[00:16:29] No, no, what the fuck are you doing?

[00:16:31] It's okay.

[00:16:32] Come here, child.

[00:16:33] Don't stop it!

[00:16:34] You have to stop this right now!

[00:16:38] You did that! That's not what I wanted!

[00:16:43] Bravo, Stuart.

[00:16:45] Bravo.

[00:16:46] His wife and kid?

[00:16:47] And the Oscar's the best imitation of a moral center ghost.

[00:16:51] Fuck you!

[00:16:52] I'm no psycho.

[00:16:54] I'm no psycho.

[00:16:55] I couldn't be here if that were true, Stuart.

[00:16:58] Three times.

[00:16:59] What?!

[00:17:00] You were turned away three times.

[00:17:02] What are you talking about?

[00:17:03] You called back each time.

[00:17:05] What the fuck does that even mean?

[00:17:08] I can't just show up for anyone that calls Stuart.

[00:17:11] I need to know.

[00:17:13] No, no what?!

[00:17:15] The true depths of your malevolence.

[00:17:18] This is insane.

[00:17:19] You're insane.

[00:17:20] You finally owned your true desire, Stuart.

[00:17:24] You became true.

[00:17:26] No, no, no!

[00:17:28] Not the others!

[00:17:29] That wasn't part of the deal.

[00:17:31] Stopping when it started.

[00:17:33] No loose ends.

[00:17:37] That was always the deal.

[00:17:39] Fuck this!

[00:17:40] Fuck you!

[00:17:41] Fuck the whole goddamn thing!

[00:17:42] I'm calling the police right now!

[00:17:45] To tell them...

[00:17:47] What?

[00:17:48] Exactly.

[00:17:51] Okay.

[00:17:54] Great.

[00:17:55] So...

[00:17:57] What now?

[00:17:58] Get the laptop, Stuart.

[00:17:59] Why?

[00:18:00] You need to write.

[00:18:02] What?

[00:18:03] Write.

[00:18:04] Immediate.

[00:18:05] Efficient.

[00:18:06] It's great.

[00:18:07] What?!

[00:18:08] I'm not writing a fucking murder review!

[00:18:10] Worth the price.

[00:18:13] That last part's important.

[00:18:15] Now...

[00:18:16] ...write.

[00:18:17] Where the fuck are you?

[00:18:21] Exactly.

[00:18:23] What you wanted, Stuart.

[00:18:26] Now write.

[00:18:28] Fine.

[00:18:29] Fine!

[00:18:30] Fuck.

[00:18:38] You misspelled the script.

[00:18:40] Not damaged.

[00:18:42] There.

[00:18:43] Happy now?

[00:18:45] One final matter.

[00:18:47] Oh, for fuck's sake, what now?

[00:18:50] A cost.

[00:18:51] Stuart.

[00:18:52] Of course!

[00:18:53] Let me guess you're gonna jam me up for more money now?

[00:18:56] Right?

[00:18:57] We had a deal!

[00:18:58] We do have a deal, Stuart.

[00:19:05] Have a seat.

[00:19:11] What are you doing?

[00:19:13] They can't tear out your soul anymore, Stuart.

[00:19:17] What is this?

[00:19:19] Think about it.

[00:19:21] No.

[00:19:23] This isn't right.

[00:19:25] Was it as good as you fantasized?

[00:19:28] I had never could have done it, but...

[00:19:33] Yeah.

[00:19:35] What?

[00:19:36] What was it like?

[00:19:38] You want to imagine doing it?

[00:19:41] Yes.

[00:19:42] Flesh splits open.

[00:19:45] Oh, yes.

[00:19:47] Soft.

[00:19:48] Oh, one.

[00:19:49] What the fuck?

[00:19:51] Yeah.

[00:19:52] It feels like I'm the one.

[00:19:56] Like I'm the one that did it.

[00:20:00] Oh my god!

[00:20:02] I hate them so much.

[00:20:05] I want it too.

[00:20:07] I want it too.

[00:20:09] And I did.

[00:20:12] Oh, I ended those fuckers, didn't I?

[00:20:15] Oh my god, this feels so amazing!

[00:20:18] I'm finally free!

[00:20:20] This is so incredible.

[00:20:23] Who are you?

[00:20:25] Melissa, if you need that.

[00:20:28] Oh, Melissa.

[00:20:30] We're here.

[00:20:31] You're not real, are you?

[00:20:33] We're your feelings.

[00:20:35] Real stored.

[00:20:36] You're shattered ego.

[00:20:39] You're revenge.

[00:20:41] This...

[00:20:43] Bliss...

[00:20:45] It feels pretty fucking real to me.

[00:20:48] Felix, lie like that.

[00:20:51] Why did you lie?

[00:20:53] Why?

[00:20:54] About what?

[00:20:55] You're so...

[00:20:57] They didn't really tear it out, did they?

[00:21:00] Oh.

[00:21:01] I'm sure it felt like they did.

[00:21:04] It still feels very much here.

[00:21:08] Oh.

[00:21:09] You feel so fucking real.

[00:21:11] You're so lucky to have this physical form.

[00:21:16] I'm totally feeling that.

[00:21:18] But you shrink inside your petty mind made of risen.

[00:21:23] Filled with your stories of slimes and wrong.

[00:21:28] Enemies everywhere where you're only an answer.

[00:21:33] It's rage.

[00:21:36] That's not as hot as the other stuff you were saying.

[00:21:40] So could we get back to that?

[00:21:43] True maliciousness is so rare.

[00:21:48] That's why it tastes so good.

[00:21:53] Thank you for being true.

[00:21:57] Oh, yeah.

[00:21:58] Just don't stop.

[00:22:01] It's time, Stuart.

[00:22:03] No, no, no, no, no, not yet.

[00:22:05] Please, please, let me hold out a little bit longer, please.

[00:22:09] It's time to pay.

[00:22:12] No money left.

[00:22:13] Are you Stuart?

[00:22:16] Aaron.

[00:22:17] Game.

[00:22:18] Oh, the way you say my name, please don't stop.

[00:22:22] Stuart.

[00:22:24] Aaron.

[00:22:26] Game.

[00:22:28] Lot of you to have this.

[00:22:30] What?

[00:22:33] No loose ends, Stuart.

[00:22:35] No!

[00:22:38] I...

[00:22:41] I...

[00:22:46] I...

[00:22:50] I...

[00:22:55] I...

[00:23:02] I...

[00:23:08] ominous thrill presents being true.

[00:23:12] Created written, directed and sound designed by Jeff Schmidt.

[00:23:16] Starring, Joeline Anderson as Lilith.

[00:23:20] Jacob Betts as Stuart.

[00:23:23] Additional voices from Jarvis Bailey, Meredith Nudo, Valencia Roman-Pow.

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