Smiley Page #3

You have to picture it.

Okay.

Okay.

Give me the keyboard.

Right.

[ both laugh ]

Yeah, right.

As if.

[ both scream ]

He--he can see us!

"next" him!

"next" him! "next" him!

Oh, my god.

What the f***?!

I don't know. Did we

just kill somebody?

Did I just

kill somebody?!

I don't know.

Where did he come from?

I don't know, okay?

I don't know.

I thought college

was gonna be fun.

If that really

just happened, smiley can't

know where we are.

But he saw us. I mean,

he looked right at us.

He doesn't know

where we are.

But he saw our faces,

and, oh, my god,

He waved at us.

And that doesn't matter.

He has no clue

where we are.

He can't find out

from the computer?

No, absolutely not, okay?

The hideandgochat servers

are completely anonymized.

That's the whole point.

They're set up

So not even your root

can find the ip.

I don't know

what that means.

Trust me. It's good.

Okay, okay.

So we report this,

tell the police

What we saw.

No, no, no, did. No, saw.

No.

Why not?!

Because if we report this,

there's gonna be press.

If it's real,

it's gonna lead him

right to us.

He does know

what we look like.

What about the fbi

or something?

No. Ashley,

we can't do that, okay?

We can't tell anybody

about this.

This never happened.

[ cellphone buzzing ]

Oh. It's my dad.

Not a word.

Hi, daddy.

Hi, sweetheart.

How's college life?

It's fine.

I mean, it's okay.

It's good.

I'm having fun.

[ laughs ]

well, not too much

fun, I hope.

No.

You sound

a little funny,

sweetheart.

Everything's fine.

I'm sorry

I haven't called.

I just...

I was just watching

a scary movie

with proxy,

And I-I'm still

trying to get it

out of my head.

Everything's good.

Is this a bad time?

I mean,

Do you want

to get back

to your movie?

No! I mean...

No.

Now's a good time.

I'm out on the patio.

You still sound

kind of funny, hon.

Must be a bad connection.

Okay.

But I do want

you to know that

if you just...

Feel like you're

not ready to be

out on your own,

You know, you can

always come home.

Thanks, daddy.

I just miss mom.

Yeah.

Yeah, so do I, baby.

I wish we could just

call her up, you know,

Hear her voice

one more time.

Yeah.

Me, too.

It's just hard,

you know.

But I promise I'm fine

most of the time.

[ chuckles ]

Ohh! Um...

Proxy's ready

to keep watching,

So I'll call you

later, okay? Bye.

I didn't tell.

Good.

Now, who could

tell me what we mean

By "the scientific method"?

Mark.

It's like you make

a hypothesis...

No, that's true.

Please, mark,

Stop--stop being right

so often,

And give

some of the other

students a chance.

Yes, it's true.

The first step

in the scientific method

Is forming a hypothesis.

So what's a hypothesis?

Maria.

It's like what

you think is true.

Yes. Now that we

have this notion

Of what we think is true,

what do we do next?

I test it, girl.

[ laughter ]

Exactly.

You test it.

This man is

a closet scientist.

All right, so what

do we do now? Ashley.

Um, what if you

test your hypothesis

and it's wrong?

That's fine.

Happens all the time.

You add that result

to your observations.

You revise your hypothesis.

No. I mean...

What if you test

your hypothesis

And something

impossible happens?

Hmm. What do you mean,

impossible?

Nothing.

It's stupid.

I'm sure it's not.

Like supernatural?

Like ghosts?

[ laughter, murmuring ]

I don't think

we're gonna settle

the ghost question,

But I want to talk about

how the curiosity

And skepticism embodied

in the scientific method

Have applications

beyond the laboratory

And their opposite,

ideology.

We can call ideology

the complete confidence

In what we think

we know, and as such,

It is the end

of critical thinking

And not in a good way.

The worst things

that happen in the world

Are done by people

who are sure that

they are right.

Hitler, stalin, mao,

Pol pot, bin laden,

These are people

who believe that they have

some special knowledge

And that this gives them

license to do anything

Because they can.

Now, provided any of you

are still awake,

Would you please turn

your books to the bottom

of page 256?

[ both yell ]

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Uh, sorry.

Binder, right?

Yeah.

We met at that,

uh, party last night.

Right.

Ashley.

I remember.

Can I talk to you

about something?

Me?

Uh, yeah, sure.

Guess I'm

the only one here.

What's up?

What do you know

about smiley?

You mean,

is he real?

Did they

send you here

to mess with me?

What?

Well, smiley's

part of the reason

they don't like me,

Like when I reported

the child porn they

posted on /b/.

I don't know.

I just don't think

Stuff like that

is ever funny.

Because it's not.

But what about smiley?

Well, my theories on him

are kind of weird.

This whole thing

is pretty weird.

Yeah.

Well, I think

smiley's only real

When people

make him real.

Like tinker bell?

Heh. Yeah.

[ laughs ]

Except it's

like all the evil

around the internet

Found one place

to hide,

You know,

where it's invited,

And then

people just made it

become something.

Smiley.

Do you think he's real?

I don't know

if smiley's real.

I mean, I think

the videos are real.

That probably

doesn't make any sense.

No, I think I know

what you mean.

You seem really nice.

You do, too.

Maybe we could...

Be friends?

Yeah.

Yeah.

What's your number?

Uh, okay.

[ cellphone buzzes ]

[ laughs ]

oh.

That's you.

That's me.

That's you.

Okay, I gotta go, but...

Text me, okay?

Really?

Yeah, really.

Bye.

Bye.

See you later.

[ door creaks ]

Hey.

Where are you going?

There's a big

party night at zane's.

It's gonna be huge,

and you're coming.

What about what we did...

With smiley?

I don't know what

you're talking about,

Because that never

happened, remember?

Oh. Right. Sorry.

Yeah. Okay,

go get ready, all right?

This'll make us

both forget, I promise.

Okay.

Okay. Just don't dress

Like you're going to

a quinceaera this time.

[ music playing ]

Whoo whoo!

Hey, ash, I think--

Ohh! Ohh!

Sh*t. Oh, sh*t,

I am so sorry.

Um, the bar here.

Here. Try some.

Oh, I probably

shouldn't.

Ah, come on. Drink it.

It's a free drink.

Okay.

Drink it.

I gotta pee so badly.

Mm. I think there

was a bug in it.

I'm gonna go pee

in a closet.

[ both laugh ]

You're crazy!

"...Did it for the lulz"

three times,

And then smiley

came up behind him,

and he killed him.

Nuh-uh.

That sounds crazy.

Are you sure

it's real?

Oh.

Hey, what's up?

Hey, I'm ashley.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

We, uh--we met

the other night.

You wanted

to have sex with me,

But I wasn't

into it.

What?

Hmm?

[ laughter ]

I'm sorry

about your friend.

Kells was

your friend, right?

That's...

What? No.

He's not dead.

Are you kidding me?

He's probably just

Pulling a frigging

prank on us. Hello.

They haven't even

found the body.

Well, do you know

where he lives?

I don't know.

Probably

with his moms.

Oh, dude.

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