Pilot Needed/Transcript

## act 1

*(an airport is shown)*

*(zooms in to a departure area)*

**Oreo:** So, uh, what are we gonna do?

**Mauro:** I'm... not really sure.

**Oreo:** Will there be snacks onboard?

**Bog:** Hopefully not snakes as well.

**Mauro:** I mean, who would bring a-

**Announcement:** Your plane will depart in sixty minutes.

**Bog:** And that's our cue to go!

*(Oreo, Mauro, and Bog enter the plane)*

**Oreo:** So this is what the inside of the plane looks like.

**Bog:** Okay, who's sitting next to us?

**Ptotha:** Hey guys.

**Oreo:** And you are...?

**Ptotha:** The name's Ptotha. The P is silent.

**Mauro:** I'm Mauro! The one smaller than me is Oreo, and the one larger than me is Bog!

**Bog:** Wait, one, two, three, five... where's four?

*(meanwhile, in first class)*

**Flight Attendant:** Would you like some drinks?

**Phoenix:** Ginger ale.

*(economy class)*

**Ptotha:** Probably in first class. Very few can afford it.

**Cardiff:** Eleven, twelve, skipped thirteen, fourteen, fifteen... there it is! Oh hey, guys!

**Bog:** Hey, who's that?

**Cardiff:** I'm Cardiff!

**Pixel:** Since we're in the topic of introducing ourselves, my name's Pixel.

**Yelming:** And I'm right next to him. Yelming.

**Oreo:** We've met some new friends!

**Bog:** That's pretty good.

**Mauro:** Yup.

**Eric:** Hey, who are these other blocky characters?

**Ptotha:** You're a block too?

**Eric:** That's right! Name's Eric.

**Cardiff:** So far, we have 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10... 4 and 9 are missing.

*(first class)*

**Niam:** So Phoenix, how's your day?

**Phoenix:** Good enough, Niam.

**Niam:** Hey, who's that other non-square?

**Phoenix:** I think that's... Queedra.

**Niam:** Oh, okay.

*(economy class)*

**Gabe:** Hi!

**Rayseek:** Hi!

**Carlos:** Hello!

**Erix:** Hi!

**Exvie:** Greetings!

**Tetris:** Hi!

**Chalk:** Hello!

**Pentangle:** Hi?

**Oreo:** Some more block buddies!

**Cardiff:** Yup. You gotta expect more of them.

**Ptotha:** Actually, we're all blocks here.

**Cardiff:** Umm... yeah.

**Mint:** I should've paid more...

**Mauro:** So who are these guys?

**Bog:** Nine more?

**Pixel:** Gabe, Rayseek, Carlos...

**Yelming:** Erix, Exvie, Tetris...

**Eric:** Chalk, Pentangle, and Mint!

**Ptotha:** That's a lotta blocks!

**Carlos:** Only 19 is missing, though...

**Bog:** Probably another first-classer.

## act 2

**Oreo:** Wow, we've met so many new friends today!

**Mauro:** But... where are we going?

**Ptotha:** Apparently, we're going to... Chronia.

**Cardiff:** Oh, I've heard of that place!

**Bog:** Can someone tell us what Chronia is like?

**Pixel:** Apparently, it used to be a place where math was their language.

**Pixel:** Everything could be described using a bunch of numbers and symbols.

**Pixel:** But then... the enemies attacked.

**Pixel:** They called themselves the "Nocals" and almost killed every Chronian they could find.

**Pixel:** However, their true goal of destroying Chronia itself had failed.

**Pixel:** You see, the Nocals despise math and it was known as the spawn of the demons from where they came.

**Pixel:** All of the Chronian structures were built based on mathematical concepts.

**Pixel:** The Nocals gave up after failing to understand even the first piece of Chronian writing they found.

**Pixel:** Ever since then, Chronia was abandoned for thousands of years.

**Bog:** (sobbing) How could they??

**Cardiff:** Everyone died...

**Oreo:** I thought this was a *kids show*!

**Yelming:** Yeah, I thought it was weird they we would mention death of all things.

**Carlos:** Shut up! The plane's about to take off!

*(first class)*

**Queedra:** I don't get it. Why are we going to Chronia in the first place?

**Niam:** Isn't it abandoned?

**Phoenix:** Well, it's a bit far-fetched, but...

**Phoenix:** WE'RE GOING TO RESTORE CHRONIA BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY!

**Niam:** ...what?

**Phoenix:** Haven't you remembered the history of Chronia?

**Queedra:** I remember someone in the economy class talking about it.

*(economy class)*

**Eric:** So... if my memory serves me correctly...

**Eric:** You're Bino, Greeny, Brock, Roctlang, Manganese, Magni, Peppermint, Oisin, Fuchsia, and Boggo?

**Bino:** Yup!

**Greeny:** That's right!

**Brock:** Correct!

**Roctlang:** Absolutely!

**Manganese:** You've got it!

**Magni:** Correctomundo!

**Peppermint:** Mm-hmm!

**Oisin:** Definitely!

**Fushcia:** You've hit it right on the head!

**Boggo:** Exactly!

**Eric:** Phew, that's a lot to remember. And I thought recalling the teens were hard enough.

**Exvie:** Maybe I should write them down!

**Erix:** So... what now?

**Tetris:** We just... wait for the plane to take off!

**Rayseek:** In one minute!

**Pentangle:** This is so exciting!

**Mint:** Yeah...

*(plane takes off)*

**Oreo:** And we're flying!

**Mauro:** I've still got my seat belt on!

**Bog:** Why are these seats so big, anyway?

**Cardiff:** Blocks come in all shapes and sizes! In fact, there are some characters on the plane that are not even blocks!

**Ptotha:** Like what?

**Cardiff:** Vectors, shapes, even... more complex beings.

## act 3

**Eric:** So... how's it like being approximately ten kilometers in the sky?

**Gabe:** Let's hope that nothing horrific happens.

*(first class)*

**Queedra:** (humming) *Crazy shapes are what I do...*

**Pilot #1:** (comes out of the cockpit) Stand back, I think I'm gonna vomit!

**Pilot #2:** (follows Pilot #1) I kinda feel the same thing too!

**Phoenix:** What!?

**Queedra:** Really?

**Niam:** Why do both pilots want to regurgitate?

**Phoenix:** As I heard, each pilot consumes different meals, so that when one is unable to fly due to sickness or poisoning, the other can continue flying the plane. However...

**Queedra:** *Both* pilots are unwell.

**Phoenix:** And two minus two is zero, so that means...

**Phoenix:** NO ONE'S PILOTING THE PLANE.

*(economy class)*

**Exvie:** I feel a disturbance in the first class area.

**Carlos:** It's probably nothing bad.

*(first class)*

**Niam:** This is bad... really bad!

**Queedra:** It's not like we have to fly the plane ourselves, right?

**Phoenix:** Guys, stay calm!

**Niam:** But we don't know how to-

**Phoenix:** STAY FRIKKIN' CALM!!!

**Queedra:** ...uh...

**Phoenix:** Look, multiple lives are at stake. We have to fly the plane ourselves or we all die.

**Niam:** ...but blocks can't die.

**Phoenix:** Some characters on this plane aren't blocks!

**Niam:** Okay, I get it! But it's not like we have an instructional manual for...

**Queedra:** I found one!

**Phoenix:** That's great. I'll try to decipher this, and you two will figure out what to do. We'll keep talking and nobody crashes.

**Niam:** Why can't you just fly the plane yourself?

**Phoenix:** That door does not allow any block with a value smaller than 6.

*(pause)*

**Queedra:** Well, that's inconvenient!

**Phoenix:** What are you waiting for? Here are some pilot's keycards!

*(cockpit)*

**Niam:** We're here. Now we just have to-

**Phoenix:** (from outside) Now, whatever you do, don't press the big red button. It's the most ominous button there is. If you ever press that one without my consent, I will never forgive you.

**Queedra:** O...kay...

**Niam:** So we just-

**Phoenix:** (from outside) Never mind, I just realized what that big red button does. Apparently it's the autopilot button?

**Niam:** Why do I have to get interrupted?

**Phoenix:** (from outside) Those other pilots will probably switch it back to manual after they've healed.

**Queedra:** So... that means...

**Phoenix:** (from outside) Press it.

*(Niam lifts the cover and presses the button)*

**Niam:** Well, that was easy!

*(first class)*

**Niam:** (comes back from the cockpit) Why didn't they do that earlier?

**Queedra:** Maybe they forgot to press it during all the stress?

**Phoenix:** Yeah, I think that's it.

**Queedra:** What we do know is that the passengers are safe!

*(economy class)*

**Oreo:** Would you believe if both pilots got sick and someone had to fly the plane themselves?

**Bog:** That'll never happen.

**Ptotha:** And even if it does, it probably won't be an issue anyway.

## act 4

*(approximately three-quarters of an hour later)*

**Phoenix:** The pilots should both be back any second now...

*(the two pilots enter)*

**Pilot #1:** Oh my gosh, that was bad.

**Pilot #2:** What have we eaten?

**Pilot #1:** Hope the plane's okay.

**Pilot #2:** Hey, speaking of the plane, did you press the autopilot button?

**Pilot #1:** I thought you pressed it!

**Queedra:** It's okay, we took care of that!

**Pilot #1:** Oh, thank gosh.

**Flight Attendant:** What happened?

**Niam:** The pilots forgot to turn on autopilot.

**Flight Attendant:** Let me guess, you pressed it for them?

**Phoenix:** Uh... yep.

**Flight Attendant:** In that case, I would like to remind you that we are going to land at Chronia Airport.

**Phoenix:** In how long, exactly?

**Flight Attendant:** Fifteen minutes?

**Phoenix:** Good.

**Flight Attendant:** Anything else?

**Phoenix:** I ran out of ginger ale.

*(economy class)*

**Oreo:** I can't believe we're almost there!

**Bog:** Yeah, it's been, like, four hours.

**Mauro:** That's actually kinda short in terms of a flight.

**Ptotha:** Maybe?

**Eric:** I need more pop.

**Mint:** Me too!

**Boggo:** Me three!

**Tetris:** I expect a "me four" from someone with a value of 40, but I guess they're not here for now.

**Carlos:** Speaking of expectations, what are we going to do once we get to Chronia?

**Yelming:** I'd say-

**Cardiff:** We're going to the Chronian Ruins!

**Yelming:** You interrupted me!

**Cardiff:** Sorry.

**Pixel:** Are we seriously going to the ruins? That's where all the Chronians used to live!

**Pixel:** Y'know, before they were killed by the Nocals?

**Gabe:** I wonder what a Chronian actually looks like. I've never seen one, not even in photos!

**Oreo:** Well, they are extinct, after all.

**Exvie:** But... what if they aren't?

**Rayseek:** There could actually be a Chronian nearby?

**Erix:** I'm not quite sure.

**Pentangle:** But if we do see one, we have to protect it at all costs!

**Bino:** I guess, considering that they're critically endangered.

## act 5

*(fifteen minutes later)*

**Oreo:** We're here!

**Bog:** Yes!

**Mauro:** Finally!

**Ptotha:** I need to pee.

**Pixel:** I don't think blocks can pee.

**Ptotha:** Whatever.

**Cardiff:** Have we arrived at Chronia Airport?

**Yelming:** We have!

**Eric:** I think I'll bring this last can of ginger ale...

**Gabe:** I don't think you can.

**Eric:** Then again, maybe you're right. *(downs the entire can)*

*(arrival)*

**Oreo:** Are we really going to the Chronian Ruins?

**Phoenix:** Indeed we are!

**Niam:** One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty, I think we're good.

**Queedra:** We're from the first class area!

**Bog:** I don't think we've met.

**Phoenix:** You may call me Phoenix, and these are Niam and Queedra.

**Ptotha:** I was right all along!

**Rayseek:** Can we just hurry up?

**Carlos:** Not until we all introduce ourselves! I'm Carlos.

**Phoenix:** I have a list.

**Erix:** ...that's convenient.

**Exvie:** Well then, Firebird, let's all go on an adventure!

**Phoenix:** Don't call me Firebird.

**Exvie:** Okay, Arizona!

**Tetris:** What's going on inside his head?

**Chalk:** I have no idea.

**Phoenix:** As for the rest of you...

**Niam:** Don't you think we should have a role call?

**Queedra:** Yeah, just in case we have someone missing!

**Phoenix:** *(sighs)* Fine. Oreo, Mauro, Bog, Ptotha, Cardiff, Pixel, Yelming, Eric, Gabe, Rayseek, Carlos, Erix, Exvie...

**Niam:** Tetris, Chalk, Pentangle, Mint, Bino, Greeny, Brock, Roctlang...

**Queedra:** Manganese, Magni, Peppermint, Oisin, Fuchsia, Boggo! We're all here!

**Fucshia:** So what do we do now?

**Magni:** I assume we're going to the Chronian Ruins?

**Phoenix:** Well, that's exactly why we're here! Come along, we'll take a bus there.

**Greeny:** But what's with the others?

**Roctlang:** There's a city that's quite distant from the ruins. Started by someone named "Tory Strap".

## act 6

*(on the bus)*

**Eric:** *Ninety-nine bottles of pop on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of pop...*

**Niam:** *You take one down, pass it around...*

**Yelming:** *...you get ninety-eight bottles of pop on the wall!*

**Eric, Niam, and Yelming:** *Ninety-eight bottles of pop on the wall!*

**Eric, Niam, Yelming, and Pixel:** *Ninety-eight bottles of pop!*

**Pixel:** *You take* two *down, pass them around...*

**Cardiff:** *...you get ninety-six bottles of pop on the wall!*

**Eric, Niam, Yelming, Pixel, and Cardiff:** *Ninety-six bottles of pop on the wall!*

**Gabe, Eric, Niam, Yelming, Pixel, Cardiff, and Ptotha:** *Ninety-six bottles of pop!*

**Phoenix:** *You take four down!*

**Rayseek:** *Pass them around!*

**Mauro and Bog:** *Ninety-two bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-2~12:** *Ninety-two bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-2~13:** *Ninety-two bottles of pop!*

**Oreo:** *You take three down!*

**Erix:** *And pass them around!*

**Exvie:** *You get eighty-nine...*

**NCR-1~15:** *...bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~16:** *Eighty-nine bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~17:** *Eighty-nine bottles of pop!*

**Pentangle and Queedra:** *You take thirty-seven down...*

**Mint:** *And pass 'em around!*

**NCR-1~20:** *Fifty-two bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~21:** *Fifty-two bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~22:** *Fifty-two bottles of pop!*

**Brock, Roctlang, and Manganese:** *You take twenty-four down, pass them around...*

**NCR-1~25:** *Twenty-eight bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~26:** *Twenty-eight bottles of pop on the wall!*

**NCR-1~27:** *Twenty-eight bottles of pop!*

**Oisin:** *You take twenty-eight down...*

**Fuchsia and Boggo:** *...and you pass 'em all down...*

**NCR-1~30:** *You've got zero bottles of pop on the wall!*

*(all the blocks starts cheering)*

**Bus Driver:** QUIET.

*(the blocks stay silent)*

**Oreo:** Well, that's one way to kill the mood...

**Bus Driver:** We'll arrive at the Chronian Ruins in 25 minutes.

**Manganese:** Twenty-five?

**Ptotha:** We should be able to kill some time.

## act 7

**Carlos:** You know, Phoenix?

**Phoenix:** What is it, Carlos?

**Carlos:** By the time we get to the ruins, what are we gonna do?

**Phoenix:** We'll at least try to restore it.

**Carlos:** Huh?

**Erix:** I think that's impossible!

**Exvie:** Hey, don't say that! The impossible is possible! All you gotta do is make it so!

**Tetris:** Isn't that the Chronian ruins?

**Oreo:** Hey, it sure does look like it!

**Mauro:** Does that mean we're almost there?

**Bog:** I'll ask the driver.

**Bog:** Excuse me, are we there yet?

**Bus Driver:** Still askin' that question, eh?

**Bog:** Uknn!

**Bus Driver:** The answer is...

*(the bus stops)*

**Bus Driver:** ...yes.

**Bog:** Yay!

**Niam:** Can't wait to camp at the Chronian ruins!

**Cardiff:** This is gonna be so much fun!

**Ptotha:** I'm looking forward to it!

**Pixel:** Me too!

**Yelming:** Me three!

**Gabe:** Me four!

**Rayseek:** Me five!

**Carlos:** Stop it.

*(the blocks claim their baggage from the bus's storage)*

**Oreo:** Huh. It's a lot closer to the bus stop than I thought.

**Mint:** No crap. It's approximately one metre away.

**Phoenix:** C'mon, guys! It's only a few steps ahead! Two hundred steps on average, actually...

**Roctlang:** Woah, you can be six blocks tall? I can be six blocks tall too!

**Pentangle:** Yeah, and so do Cardiff, Rayseek, and Boggo!

**Fuchsia:** It's a shame I can only make two rectangles, one-by-twenty-nine and twenty-nine-by-one.

**Oisin:** Those are practically the same rectangle.

**Peppermint:** I can be nine-by-three!

**Magni:** My rectangles are either too tall or too wide.

**Brock:** Same thing.

**Exvie:** We made it!

**Queedra:** Now, we shouldn't destroy the delicate structures that remain. We need to be soft and gentle...

**Oreo:** I'm pretty hard.

**Queedra:** Never mind that. It's getting dark, so we still need a place to stay, and it's not like there's a campsite or...

**Niam:** I found an abandoned hotel!

**Queedra:** Okay, that's probably haunted, so nobody check in there.

**Niam:** Really? But I've heard that the intercontinental breakfast has coffee cake!

**Exvie:** Then we must check in at once!

**Queedra:** What- but- (sighs)

**Phoenix:** Just go with it, Queedra.

**Queedra:** Fine.

## act 8

**Niam:** Hellooooooooo!

**Exvie:** No one's here. Except...

*(Exvie examines a deactivated robotic servant)*

**Exvie:** Is this... a robot?

**Niam:** GUYS! THEY HAVE ROBOT SERVANTS!

**Exvie:** This place isn't ruined at all... except the power is out.

**Oreo:** That must explain why the servants aren't activated.

**Chalk:** Okay, if anyone has electrical powers here, raise your hand.

*(nobody raises their hands)*

**Chalk:** Never mind.

**Exvie:** So in order to restore the power...

**Niam:** ...we need to...

**Carlos:** ...find the power source!

**Pixel:** But where is the power source?

**Bog:** Maybe those pamphlets will help!

*(Bog reads a pamphlet about the Mind Crystal)*

**Bog:** "Long ago, when the Chronians still existed, the Mind Crystal was their power source."

**Bog:** "It had the power to convert brain activity to energy."

**Bog:** "The more people think, the more power they produce."

**Phoenix:** So we just need to think any random thoughts?

**Bog:** Not really.

**Bog:** "There is also a possible alternative source in case any blocks started to investigate the Chronian ruins."

**Bog:** "Under the Mind Crystal contain a secret chamber."

**Bog:** ...that's all it says.

**Ptotha:** We just need to find that Mind Crystal! ...wait, where is the Mind Crystal?

**Cardiff:** Umm...

**Phoenix:** Well, there's an old map of Chronia. It's right in the center of these ruins.

**Oreo:** Let's go!

**Mauro:** Woo!

*(two minutes later)*

**Mauro:** So this is the Mind Crystal?

**Queedra:** Hmm... it is indeed.

**Phoenix:** We'll need to go under it, somehow.

**Niam:** But how are we going to lift up something so large?

**Exvie:** Maybe there's an inscription, and that inscription is a riddle. Then we'll have to solve it!

**Phoenix:** Actually, it's less of a riddle and more of a... passcode.

**Yelming:** What is really beyond that door?

## act 9

**Phoenix:** Ah, I see. In order to find the passcode, we need to solve this equation: 8*x* + 923 = 1259.

**Pixel:** That's... a tough question.

**Phoenix:** It's actually easier than you think. The answer is...

(dramatic pause)

**Phoenix:** Forty-two.

(all the other blocks groan)

**Chalk:** Are you kidding me?

**Tetris:** How cliche.

**Exvie:** Seriously?

**Phoenix:** No, the answer really *is* forty-two. Subtract nine hundred and twenty-three from one thous-

**Chalk:** Oh wait, never mind, you're right.

**Tetris:** I see it now.

**Exvie:** It is a solution.

**Queedra:** So... where should we input the number?

**Eric:** There's a keypad over there...

**Phoenix:** So let's put it in.

(Phoenix inputs the number into the keypad and a door opens)

**Phoenix:** Hmm. A door. I expected that.

**Oreo:** You *expected* that?

**Mauro:** I think he's seen too many movies.

(Oreo, Mauro, Bog, Phoenix, and Ptotha enter the Mind Crystal Base)

(there are many cryogenically frozen humans in the base)

**Ptotha:** These must be...

**Phoenix:** Humans. Complex beings known for their intelligence and knowledge.

**Bog:** How do you know that?

**Phoenix:** My cousin's been studying anthropology and I got interested.

(the other blocks came in)

**Cardiff:** So what do we do to free them?

**Niam:** I... don't know.

**Eric:** Hey, what's that? (pointing at a trapdoor)

**Erix:** Maybe a room to a basement or something?

**Oreo:** We should check out what it leads to!

**Carlos:** Oh... okay...

(Oreo opens the trapdoor and climbs down a ladder)

(there are thirty holes, each of different sizes)

(there's also a rectangular tablet on a stand in the middle of the room)

**Oreo:** Holy moly, that's a lot of holes!

**Mauro:** Hmm, this hole looks familiar...

**Oreo:** It's the same size as me! (goes into the hole)

(the "1" above the hole glows)

**Oreo:** Huh?

**Numerical Pad:** "1" registered.

**Oreo:** (gets out of the hole) "'1' registered"? What does that mean?

**Mauro:** There's another hole right next to it. (goes into the "2" hole)

(the "2" above the hole glows)

**Numerical Pad:** "2" registered.

**Bog:** More holes! (goes into the "3" hole)

(the "3" above the hole glows)

**Numerical Pad:** "3" registered.

**Phoenix:** Maybe we should register all the numbers?

**Ptotha:** *All* the numbers?

**Phoenix:** I mean, there are thirty holes, and there are thirty of us. We can assign each block to each hole.

**Ptotha:** I get it now!

**Cardiff:** Let's do it!

**Pixel:** All right!

(the blocks go into their respective holes and the Numerical Pad registers them all)

**Numerical Pad:** "4" registered.

**Numerical Pad:** "5" registered.

**Numerical Pad:** "6" registered.

**Numerical Pad:** "7"...

**Numerical Pad:** "8"...

**Numerical Pad:** "9"...

**Numerical Pad:** "10"...

**Numerical Pad:** "11"...

**Numerical Pad:** "12"...

**Numerical Pad:** "13"...

**Numerical Pad:** "14"...

**Numerical Pad:** "15"...

**Numerical Pad:** "20"...

**Numerical Pad:** "25"...

**Numerical Pad:** "30" registered.

**Numerical Pad:** You have reached the first stage of mathematics: numbers and counting.

(the blocks are forced out of the holes)

**Mauro:** Ouch!

**Bog:** That's kinda rude...

**Phoenix:** It's happening...

**Numerical Pad:** Now releasing Christine.

**Oreo:** Huh?

**Ptotha:** Who's Christine?

**Cardiff:** I don't know!

**Boggo:** Me neither!

**Fuchsia:** None of us do!

(cut to the MCB)

(one of the cryogenic pods opens and the human inside opens her eyes)

## act 10

**Oisin:** Whatever, I'm sure nothing happened!

**Peppermint:** Yeah, it's not like some character named Christine would suddenly jump out of nowhere-

**Christine:** Huh?

**Peppermint:** Agh!

**Magni:** Hold on!

**Manganese:** What!?

**Christine:** I'm Christine...

**Roctlang:** Wait, *you're* Christine?

**Christine:** That is correct! At least, that's my name...

**Phoenix:** You must be... a human being.

**Christine:** Right as well!

**Brock:** So *that* is what they meant...

**Phoenix:** Hold on. (creates a fireball on his hand)

**Christine:** Woah. What the heck?

**Oreo:** Huh?

**Eric:** Are you trying to...?

**Phoenix:** You're not hostile, are you?

**Christine:** O-of course not!

**Phoenix:** Hmm... seems legit. (removes the fireball) You're good.

**Christine:** Uh, what was that?

**Exvie:** In case you're actually trying to harm us!

**Christine:** I never meant to harm anyone.

**Queedra:** So... why are you here?

**Christine:** Well...

(they leave the Numerical Pad hub and enter the MCB)

**Christine:** See these other humans?

**Erix:** There are a lot.

**Pixel:** Could they be...?

**Christine:** Yes. They are Chronia's last hope. Just before they all died, they kept a few of the children and placed them in these cryogenic pods.

**Bog:** So... how do we get them out?

**Cardiff:** I think we're meant to "make advancements"?

**Christine:** Exactly. By making advancements in mathematics, the rest of them can be freed.

**Cardiff:** Oh.

**Niam:** There are... ten of them?

**Christine:** I think so.

## act 11

(Christine and the Chroniablocks leave the MCB)

**Christine:** Fortunately, it seems that the Nocals are all gone.

**Pixel:** That's a relief. Hey, the Mind Crystal!

(the Mind Crystal is generating energy)

**Christine:** That's weird. Normally, it takes, like, a thousand Chronians to power this thing, but... it's generating on its own?

**Oreo:** Well, uh... we...

**Christine:** Yes?

**Oreo:** ...we were the ones who set you free.

**Christine:** WHAT!?

**NCR-1~30:** (gasp)

**Mauro:** Why didn't you tell us eariler?

**Christine:** Well, just before the Extinction, my mom told me that when the time is right, some blocky characters will bring Chronia back to its former glory.

**Phoenix:** It was always my intention to restore these ruins.

**Christine:** Wait, really?

**Phoenix:** Yes, why'd you ask?

**Bog:** I guess we can go back to the hotel...