Ready Player One Page #4

No, no. A bet is a bet.

Oh, wow!

A quarter.

- You can keep it.

- No, you can keep it.

Are you free on Thursday?

- Who me?

- No him.

Oh my God, yes you!

- You know the Distracted Globe?

- Yeah. The dance club.

Meet me there, 10 pm.

There is something I wanna show you.

Ba-Bye!

Did she just ask me out?

I was starting to like her.

Alright!

I don't do that.

Z, I can't believe you

told her about Kira.

What?

I told you.

What about this?

No.

Have you considered that

Art3mis could be using you?

Hey dude, she's giving me a clue,

maybe I'm the one using her.

Should I go more?

Thriller?

No.

- Punk?

- No.

- Duran Duran?

- No.

Does it look like I'm trying too hard.

Yes! Listen to yourself!

You have a massive cyber

crush on this girl.

She is hacking your heart

to get to your head.

I got it!

- Buckaroo Banzai?

- Yeah!

Really?

You're gonna wear the outfit

from your favourite movie.

- Don't be that guy.

- I am that guy.

Z, you gotta be more careful

about who you meet in the OASIS.

Hache, Art3mis gets me.

She will get my outfit,

there is just this connection.

- I mean sometimes we even...

- Finish each other's sentences?

- Yeah.

- We have that!

Me and you!

Yeah. I know.

But that's because we are

best friends, dude.

She could be a dude too!

Dude.

- Come on!

- I'm serious.

"She" could actually be a

300 pound dude...

who lives in his momma's

basement in suburbs of Detroit.

And her name is Chuck.

Think about that.

- Is that Parzival?

- How are you?

- Hey Parzival!

- Can we get a photo?

- Thank you so much.

- You are my hero.

Hello, Parzival.

Thank you.

Get out of town!

Buckaroo Banzai?

I like it!

I like Buckaroo Banzai!

- Oh thanks!

- It's great.

- You look awesome!

- Thank you.

Get out of here.

You've been here before?

It's cool, right?

So what's the plan?

Are you gonna kill their avatars?

Zero them out?

They are both here are at the

Distracted Globe.

I can't talk.

The Distracted Globe was

one of the first clubs...

Halliday created in the OASIS.

That's common knowledge.

But I double checked, it turns

out he started building it...

right after the

moment you showed me.

- The date with Kira.

- Right, she was a serious dancer.

Maybe he thought

he'd take her here.

Like in a virtual date.

Isn't bad if it works.

So Halliday built it for her.

But they never made

it past the first date.

- So Halliday is the creator...

- Who hates his own creation.

And the club is the

thing he hates.

And the hidden key

a leap not taken.

But people jump often all night long.

But none of these people

have the copper key.

So when we jump off...

Maybe it's different.

- Right?

- Alright.

- So we take it together?

- Sure.

We are not clanning up or anything.

Of course not.

I don't clan.

I don't think this is it.

No scoreboard, no obstacles.

Maybe a dance challenge?

Old School!

What?

- You've come prepared?

- Prepared?

What kind of haptics you're rocking?

You got the gloves on full

visor or the full body?

Can you feel this?

Um yeah.

I got the X1 haptic boot suit

with microfiber crotch in that.

Right Perzival.

You did come prepared.

So...

I have been thinking...

It would be cool we meet

up in the real world.

- No, you would be disappointed.

- I wouldn't, I like you.

You don't even know me.

This is not what I look like.

This isn't my real body,

nor my real face.

I don't care.

I want to know your real name.

- My name is Wade.

- What?

- I said my name...

- Stop.

Well Buckaroo blows it.

Shocking.

You crazy?

You don't tell anyone who you are.

You can not use your real name.

- You're not just anyone.

- You don't know me.

You don't know anything about me.

We've never met.

I do know you, Arty.

I'm in love with you.

- Is this part of the challenge?

- No!

It's an ambush!

IOI always in the way.

Did you hear what I said?

I said that I'm in love with you.

No... You are not.

You know what I want you to know.

You only see what

I want you to see.

That's what you're in love with!

Watch out!

Get back!

Z, your armor is running low!

I just bought this.

A Zemeckis cube.

Turns everything back in

time till 60 seconds.

And you waited until

now to use it?

You were amazing.

This isn't a game Z.

I am doing this to stop IOI.

I am talking about real world consequences.

People suffering.

Actual life and death stuff.

- I know, I know.

- No, you don't know!

My dad died in a Loyalty Center.

He borrowed gear,

he build up debts.

He moved in with the promise of

working it up but he never did.

IOI just raised his living expenses.

Then he got sick, and he could not

afford to get out and then he died!

I am so sorry.

You don't live in the

real world, Z.

From what you've told me,

I don't think you ever have.

You live inside this. This illusion.

And I can't afford to let you distract me.

- How the hell did they get away?

- Do you want the long version?

Your guys suck.

They fail to kill as avatar.

Which we're offering constructive criticism

was a lame idea that only

would have slowed him down.

Where is my plan was cool because

I-rok, actually worked.

- He's still on the board!

- I know that, Nolan!

But he won't be for long.

I did a search for all the WADE

who'd recently bought a X1 boot suit.

Cross referenced that with

public records and voila.

Which is french for...

" And they I found out ".

Ready?

The real world identity of Perzival.

Is Wade Watts.

Voila .

Are you loyal, miss Zandor?

You really want me to answer that?

When you are at war, you

need people who are loyal.

People you can count on

to get things done.

I just get people arrested

for not paying their bills.

Yeah, cause there are some problems

that require physical solutions...

but there are other times,

particularly at war...

when you need a different set of

rules

- The rules of war.

- Exactly.

It's too bad that my division

doesn't operate inside the OASIS.

But if this war remains in the

OASIS then you can't do anything.

Is this one of those conversations

that we're not really having?

Well, we had these kind of conversations

before, look where you are now...

You got a seal on the board,

head of your own division.

Division that will cease to exist if the

wrong person wins this contest, Finale.

A game decides our fate.

The only question is how far

we're going to go to win it.

Tell me what you need, Nolan.

INCOMING MESSAGE

FROM NOLAN SORRENTO

Perzival, I would like

to make you an offer.

You will get everything you want.

Including Haliday's egg.

To enter please touch the prism.

Where am I?

IOI plaza, you are a

hologram in the real world.

That's a really cool rig.

Thank you, it's a brand new

haptic shock OAR-9400.

Looks like a giant hamster ball.

You know,

if you came to work at IOI

you would get one of these.

I don't clan up.

You would also get your own

penthouse apartment in Columbus...

with the highest

speed connection.

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