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You're acting like

he's some king of the world.

He is. He owns like

50 percent of Europe.

He's the 1 percent

of the 1 percent, all right?

Just don't wear the high hat.

Take my lead.

Hey.

Get the f*** out of the way.

Play it again.

Okay...

Please.

Do I know you?

That sound.

What was that sound?

Hey, pal. Look, pal,

party's over.

Take a walk.

Play it again!

I can't.

Hey!

Take a walk.

No, no, no.

It's not from you.

You're empty.

You're an empty shell.

You're nothing!

Okay, congratulations.

Thank you.

Trick or treat. Bye-bye.

Let's go. Game face.

Think big. Come on.

Ah.

There he is.

Bix the Bug.

Ha, ha.

I'm Gordon Shafer.

Congratulations.

Today you're being offered

an opportunity to matter,

to amount to something.

Really?

I could use a drink.

Help yourself, yes.

You were saying?

I should very much like to have

possession of your Teslascope.

What will it take?

Name your price.

Okay, hold on. Wait.

Danny, did you not tell him?

Tell him what?

It's a prop.

B, he's making an offer.

It's a glorified synthesizer.

It just makes sound vibrations.

You don't know

what you have, do you?

This is precisely why it belongs

in my hands, not yours.

You lack

the moral authority.

When you look into the eyes

of your fellow man,

what do you see, hmm?

Just your own reflection?

Or do you sense a connection

to something higher?

The Teslascope has the capacity

to ignite a fire

around which

the world might gather

for warmth and illumination,

for connection.

Well, Gordy...

Can I call you Gordy?

Is that all right?

To answer your question,

no, it's not for sale.

I'm still using it.

For what purpose?

To make music.

You're like a little boy,

aren't you?

You've stumbled upon

a precious, sacred artifact,

and you're using it

like a toy rattle to make noise.

We're done here.

You're out of your depth,

Mr. Bug.

On the wind come others,

less kind and less inclined

to offer fair compensation.

Did you know, for example,

that at this very moment,

U.S. Department of Defense

was monitoring your movements?

Bullshit.

You think so?

He's in a mood, Mr. Shafer.

I'll talk to him.

We'll discuss it.

Move quickly, Daniel.

You're losing your grip.

The clock

is tick-tick-ticking.

Are you kidding me

right now?

Why would you turn down

an offer like that?

F*** that guy.

He thinks he can own the world.

He can't own The Bug.

He doesn't give a sh*t

about The Bug.

All he wants to do

is buy the scope.

I give you our future on a

silver platter,

and you throw it

in my face?

Yeah, what about Curtis?

What about Curtis?

We're the ones who made

the scope a thing, not him.

The Scope is his.

We're not gonna sell it

out from under him.

Ever stop and think maybe Curtis

is actually in trouble?

Are you kidding me

right now?

What the f*** is it with you

and this kid, man?

He's a means to an end,

all right?

Now, look,

I'm just following your lead.

You don't hear it?

Hear what?

It's not just music, man.

I hear music.

I hear

great f***ing music.

What are you hearing?

I don't know.

Twice now, I've seen it.

It's always out in the crowd,

watching me, man.

What, like a ghost?

B, now you're telling me

you saw a ghost.

Okay, you drink,

you do drugs,

you get in your groove

up there,

you're supposed

to see sh*t, okay?

I see sh*t, man.

Stars, ecstasy, naked titties.

It's a f***ing rave.

Trust me, bro. Trust me.

We sell that thing, man,

you're gonna see

even better sh*t, okay?

Come on.

Give it back, man.

Give it back!

What the f*** was that?

Oh, Jesus, Danny.

The scope.

Oh, f***.

No, that's Curtis.

You see? You see?

What did I tell you?

If he can't have the scope,

nobody else can,

the little sh*t-f***.

Well, looks like he left,

came back with friends.

All right,

who the hell are these guys?

Maybe They, the guys

Curtis was talking about.

What happened?

Shh, shh.

Shh.

They're looking for something.

Oh, my God.

What the f***?

These guys are f***ed up.

Oh, my God.

We gotta call our lawyer.

I'm on it.

All right,

and thank you so much.

Okay. All right, bye.

All right, that was the lawyer.

He said give it a beat,

see if our boy Curtis Garret

shows up.

After 24 hours, we could file

a missing person report,

or we could drop

the whole thing.

Drop it?

Hmm.

They took him.

We have the footage.

Why aren't we

calling the police?

Not yet. We just need to take a

minute,

see if we can figure this out.

Why?

Everybody up!

Lay on the floor.

Go get her.

Which one of you is Bix the Bug?

Who, whoa, whoa.

I'm Bix. This is my place.

Hey, hey, hey.

Bix. Bix.

Hold on. Hey.

What do you want?

Come with us.

It's gonna be all right.

All right.

Let's talk about this.

Okay. Okay.

We don't wanna hurt anybody.

We just want something

that belongs to us.

You guys stay put, stay quiet,

keep the cops out of this,

we'll get along just fine.

What do you want

from me, man?

What do you think?

The power cell.

Power cell?

From the goddamn device.

That Erector Set

piece of junk.

You mean the Teslascope?

Whatever you wanna call it.

I'm living in the real world,

not some steampunk fairy tale.

In the real world,

there are makers and takers.

And do you know

what separates us?

No,

but you're probably gonna tell me.

Money.

Money's all gone,

we'll push reset.

We'll have to,

to survive as a species.

Economic collapse,

that's your plan?

That was the plan.

Start all over,

wipe it clean.

Then your pal, Curtis Garret,

got all Energizer Bunny on us

and ran off

with our Duracell.

Solid oxide fuel cell

technology, state-of-the-art.

We want it back.

Ask Curtis.

I'm asking you.

Why can't you ask Curtis?

Aah!

Curtis told us it was in the device.

I sent him up here to get it,

he came back empty-handed.

Said you must've taken it.

Well, I didn't.

So where is Curtis?

Let me talk to him.

We'll figure this out.

What did you do to him?

This is what happens

when you f*** with They.

Things go wrong.

He's dead.

Now it's your turn,

unless you come clean.

One more time,

where is the f***ing power cell?

I don't know, okay?

I don't even know

what you're talking about.

I don't have it.

I'm just a musician.

I'm an audio engineer.

I manipulate the sounds.

Curtis built the scope.

What the f***

is going on out there?

We got a shitload of people

showing up.

Go.

What the f***?

What is going on out there?

We had a show set for today.

It's just a bunch of kids.

They're just...

They're looking for a party.

We're out of here.

But we will be back

for what's ours. Find it.

And the police better not get

involved, or that's your ass.

You'll all end up dead.

Don't f*** around.

Yo, I sent out a tweet

saying that Bix the Bug

was playing a free show

at this location.

Lucky for you, my friend,

we got a growing fan base.

How can we not

call the police?

Think about it.

If we call the cops,

they're just gonna

impound the scope.

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