Aech located. Sector 12. Planet Doom. WADE: Planet Doom, the most dangerous place in the OASIS, and a pretty great place to pick up coin. Figures Aech would be there.
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Aech is my best friend in the OASIS. He's my best friend, period. Even though I've never actually met him in the real world.
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(GRUNTING)
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All your money. (SHOUTS IN OTHER LANGUAGE) Your clothes. (SCREAMS) Your weapons. Since people spend most of their time in the OASIS... (SHOUTING IN JAPANESE) ...losing your shit means... Well, losing your shit. (1980s POP MUSIC PLAYING) Aech, 10 minutes until the race starts. AECOkay, Mom, I heard you. WADE: You see, the OASIS was the brainchild of James Halliday. He and his partner, Ogden Morrow, released the first OASIS build in 2025. It was an instant success, and it made them both very rich. But Morrow was out of the picture after a few years. And Halliday? He wasn't just the owner of the world's biggest company. He was like a god. People loved him. They worshiped him as much as his creation. Maybe we should stop talking about it and start, uh, showing it. If you all wanna reach under your seats, you'll find that there's nothing there. (CHUCKLES) -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -But we're gonna... we're each gonna bring you one now. WADE: And then, on January 7, 2040... (MUSIC DISTORTS)
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(GRUNTS)
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(GROWLS)
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This an artifact hunt? Yup. Gregarious 120. Turn into any giant robot for two minutes. That's rad. WADE: Artifacts.
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(TIRES SCREECHING)
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Bail! Bail out! Bail!
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She's not gonna make it.
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-WADWhat's up, Aech? -Hey, what up, Z? Next race is in 20 minutes, and I can't do the late one. What the hell are you up to? Man, gettin' my kills on, bro. Is that Daito? Daito and Sho.
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(ROARING)
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The keys aren't just laying around under a rock somewhere. I suppose you could say they're invisible, hidden in a dark room that's at the center of a maze that's located somewhere up here. Let the hunt for Halliday's Easter egg begin. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
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WADE: Whoo-hoo!
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Check out this place. It's a casino the size of a planet. You can lose your money there. You can get married. You can get divorced. You can... You can go in there. People come to the OASIS for all the things they can do, but they stay because of all the things they can be.
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They're just following the orders of the head of IOI, this dickweed named Nolan Sorrento.
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Sit in! WADE: We call 'em "Sixers" 'cause that's the company rule. No name, just numbers. They have a support team made up of Halliday scholars. Like me, they spend all their time studying pop culture that Halliday was obsessed with, trying to find clues to solve the contest.
