Smiley Page #6

We talk about it

tomorrow,

Or we do it today.

Your call.

Okay.

Then I'll see you

tomorrow.

Okay.

[ cellphone buzzes ]

Yeah.

Ah, ms. Brooks.

You here to hand in

Your next

four months

of assignments?

No. I...

[ chuckles ]

come on.

So what's up?

I wanted to know--

you were talking about

in class the other day

About computers

being conscious.

Do you think

that's really possible?

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, why not?

I--frankly, I think

it's more likely

That we'll all

just kill each other

Before something

that interesting

occurs, but yeah.

You mean with

nuclear weapons?

Or bioweapons

or nanomachines

Or just plain old

resource depletion

Until we finally achieve

total extinction of all

complex life, yeah.

But why would we

want to do that?

Want to do it?

I don't think

we want to do it

Any more than

a great white shark

Wants to be

an apex predator.

It just does

what it does.

So you think that humans

are just evil?

[ chuckles ]

Can you keep a secret?

Yes.

Okay.

Hmm?

No.

Okay.

What's the secret?

I keep whiskey

in the filing cabinet.

Oh.

Duh.

You know, usually students

come to my office,

And they want to talk

about grades,

But evil is

far more interesting,

But I've gotta be honest

with you, ms. Brooks.

I'm not sure exactly

where this is going.

Do you think evil

really exists?

Yeah. Of course I do.

Who would deny it?

Evil is a byproduct

of humanity.

You--you mean--

I don't understand.

Like pollution?

Heh heh. Sure.

Yeah, that's a--

That's a good way

to put it.

Think about people,

what they do.

Eh, we're a perfect

planetary suicide machine.

All we have to do is drive,

Consume, start a family.

There's nothing

more effective

Than human reproduction

If you want to accelerate

planetary extinction.

You don't even have to do

anything spectacular

To play a meaningful role

in the grand human project

of ending the world.

And if you play your part

better than others

By inventing

some new weapons system

Or a more efficient way

of extracting

resource material,

Just so you can suck

everything out of the planet

before we go--

I don't know.

Do you think

that that is evil?

It's just doing

what we do.

Isn't it?

We're rats on a ship,

Ants on an ice-cream cone.

We're just going along

for the ride.

Everything's gonna end.

I think

the real question is

Is it gonna end

with a bang

Or eliot's whimper?

And, uh, in the meanwhile...

It just doesn't matter.

What is it

that the kids say?

Uh, it's the perfect

expression of nihilism.

Hmm?

You know what

I'm talking about.

No?

What is it?

"I did it for the..."

"I did it for the lulz"?

Yeah. That's it.

"I did it for the lulz."

It's got a nice sound,

Doesn't it?

Lulz.

Is that why

you're here, ashley?

Do you want to do

something for the lulz?

I should go.

Go. Stay.

You know

my point of view.

[ door closes ]

I just don't care.

[ music playing faintly

over headphones ]

Man:
Ashley.

...Alibi now

got a little theory

that everyone

talks about

the things you say

like, "I miss your face"

I want

to let you know...

Man:
Ashley, I'm here.

I'm inside your head.

Over here.

[ gasps ]

I'm not scared of you.

Just shut up.

Shut up. Just shut up.

F*** you.

I'm not scared of you.

F*** you!

F*** you! F*** you!

F***--aah! Shut up!

Aah!

[ sobbing ]

What the f*** are you

looking at? Huh?!

Huh?!

[ screams ]

No.

[ screams ]

[ screams ]

Ashley.

Mom?

[ screams ]

[ groaning ]

Oh, what's

happening?

Ow. I think

you broke my nose.

Am I dreaming?

Uh, does it look

like you're dreaming?

No.

This seems

pretty real.

That's 'cause it is.

My nose is broken

in a pretty real way.

Gotta go get a towel.

[ groans ]

Sorry about your nose

And being just insane.

That's okay.

And I'm sorry

that I yelled.

You're not insane.

I know

you're just scared.

Oh. Zane and I,

we had sex,

And then he split

right before you

started screaming.

I seriously

can't take this anymore.

I mean, is this real,

or am I just going crazy?

I think both, dude.

Who are you calling?

It's 4:
00

in the morning.

They're open.

Operator:

911 emergency.

Hi. I'd like

to report a murder.

Could I have

some more coffee?

Sure.

You want me

to make this run?

Ah, I got it.

I need another cup, too.

All right, let's

go over this again.

Okay.

Now, you called in

to report a murder,

Maybe two, you don't know.

I do know.

Definitely

several murders.

I witnessed

at least two.

On video.

And you say that

both of these murder--

Well, all these murders

were performed

By the same guy,

the same person,

This, uh, smiley.

Okay. Well, just so--

Just so we

get this straight...

Smiley appears

behind people

In an anonymous

video chat,

Like from out of

cyberspace or something,

When the other person

types in, uh,

"I did it for the lulz.

I did it for the lulz.

I did it for the lulz."

Yes. I told you,

I know it sounds crazy.

But, I mean,

it happened.

Hmm. Yeah.

And he--he chased me

across campus,

And then he

tried to kill me.

And then you woke up.

But I must have

blacked out.

Maybe he did

something to me.

I'm gonna

tell you the part

I'm having

a hard time with.

All of it.

But...

Look, look, look.

Listen. Listen.

Just hear me out.

This is what it looks like

From my perspective

as a police detective.

First of all,

you have no victim.

But we do

have victims.

But there are no bodies.

You say you saw

dead people,

But you don't know

who they are,

Except for some nicknames

that, uh, nobody can trace.

It is very difficult

to investigate a crime

When it's not very clear

that any crime has been done.

You haven't found

a single body?

We find bodies

all the time.

We just haven't

found one that fit

the description that you gave.

And nobody's

called in about smiley?

No, we've had

a few calls about

this smiley character,

But yours is the first one

that we've taken

Seriously enough

to have this talk.

Now, you look like

a nice girl

That nobody

would want to hurt,

So I gotta ask you.

Are you on the wrong end

of some kind of prank?

You been punk'd?

No!

Why won't you

believe me?

Look, I'll

show you everything

I'm talking about.

You're welcome.

Let me show you

something first.

Coop.

[ gasps ]

How did you get that?

How did we get it?

I think pretty much

everybody got it.

Over 5 million views

since yesterday.

Maybe he took it.

Maybe he took it.

We have to take allegations

like the one you

called in seriously,

So we're not gonna

press charges against you

for wasting our time.

If you believe

everything

That you

told us tonight,

Please, please,

You need to see

a psychiatrist.

I am seeing

a psychiatrist.

[ sobs ]

I am.

Well, that's too bad.

Uhh! This is bullshit!

Well, at least my nose

isn't broken. I guess

that's good news.

Proxy, they didn't

believe any of it.

How can everything

just be gone?

I don't know.

Okay, we did

the same thing

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