The Magnet | 3.6

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[00:00:31] Escaping Denver batch 3 episode 6 the magnet

[00:00:54] How did you shut I just don't really can't talk here everyone is watching just

[00:01:01] Things are gonna get worse before they get better you trust me I

[00:01:08] Yeah, yes, okay, I'm sorry

[00:01:16] When I say move you move oh now get up

[00:01:20] Why are you doing this questions?

[00:01:23] You're questioning me. You're questioning me. Oh

[00:01:28] Oh

[00:01:30] No, no, no, no, I'm not

[00:01:32] Whole move. Yeah, I'll move just just stop hitting me. You move your ass and I won't have to March

[00:01:39] You really went for it back there

[00:01:44] Unauthorized access to commands gunshots in the kitchen and one soldier wildly out of line

[00:01:51] This is my floor my letter

[00:01:55] What do you have to say for yourself? Oh, thank you would be nice a

[00:02:00] Thank you

[00:02:02] You killed a cook

[00:02:04] Took another one what hostage?

[00:02:08] Present your smart band. So I know exactly whose ass I'm sending packing

[00:02:13] You delay me any longer and you'll be packing yourself. This isn't a hostage

[00:02:17] He's the result of a direct order to capture a loose test subject now take a step back missy

[00:02:23] You're dangerously close to standing on my dick

[00:02:26] I am tasked with that order and yet I have him if you have more questions at least take them on the move

[00:02:33] I don't like to waste time

[00:02:35] move

[00:02:36] under whose order

[00:02:38] You know exactly who made the order they needed results which wasn't happening. I haven't been twiddling my fucking thumbs

[00:02:44] We've been hot on his tail

[00:02:46] Mm-hmm so hot that I literally walked him up to you and you didn't realize I didn't assume he'd be in custody

[00:02:53] That's why they sent me

[00:02:54] You shouldn't be making assumptions at all

[00:02:57] You're hunting a loose end that has evaded capture by some of our best teams

[00:03:01] He and his little friend have survived levels of this facility filled with horrors beyond your comprehension

[00:03:07] You're not equipped to be making assumptions

[00:03:10] Jesus you say something nothing

[00:03:13] Open the door. I

[00:03:15] Don't have not you Oh him. You don't have a key

[00:03:19] Like you said, it's your floor

[00:03:22] Open it. Do not forget with whom you speak. I

[00:03:26] Outrank you you think that matters here rank all that stands between you and the bottom of the shaft is my story

[00:03:34] Did you help capture the runaway you were tasked with or did you hinder it now open the door, please?

[00:03:43] Not you why

[00:03:45] You just heard me say how dangerous he is and now you want to risk locking us both inside with him. I didn't think no

[00:03:52] You didn't

[00:03:54] What's this room used for?

[00:03:56] weapons testing which means

[00:03:59] it's soundproof and

[00:04:01] And

[00:04:03] And the whole place is bulletproof fireproof and hopefully lab rat proof

[00:04:08] Lock me in him in here and I'll bang on the door when I'm ready to come out

[00:04:12] I'll bang on the door when I'm ready to come out

[00:04:15] Good

[00:04:18] Yeah

[00:04:19] Good now radio and exactly who we have and where we have him. This is still not where I'd like to interrogate him my toys

[00:04:27] understood just

[00:04:29] knock

[00:04:31] Am I good or am I good what the hell Sarah I was beginning to think they turned you I asked you to trust me

[00:04:38] Yeah, but then you kicked and manhandled. I needed to sell it. You might have broken a rib

[00:04:44] Feel it trying to heal. I'm sorry

[00:04:46] But when I threw this uniform on people started treating me differently like like they were scared

[00:04:51] Yeah, because for all we know this is the modern Gestapo uniform. You were terrifying. Did I sell it sell it?

[00:04:58] That guy is changing his pants right now you destroyed him good

[00:05:01] But we don't have a lot of time. Yeah, well when you brought me here

[00:05:05] I was hoping you'd have a plan, but I don't see how locking me up helps

[00:05:08] It doesn't but I knew the longer we stayed in the hallways the more likely we'd attract attention

[00:05:13] Like you said on Gestapo and all that

[00:05:16] So what now I was hoping you'd have a plan me

[00:05:20] You just marched my ass here. I had to march you somewhere. What do we normally do?

[00:05:25] Normally, what do we normally do?

[00:05:28] We don't normally do anything Sarah because we aren't normally captives in an underground facility, but we've been cornered before

[00:05:35] yeah, but not in a bulletproof firing range and

[00:05:38] Usually there's a vent event perfect. How is that perfect? Do you smell gunpowder?

[00:05:45] No, so they must ventilate the space somehow

[00:05:48] Likely in the ceiling well look maybe it isn't no all I'm seeing your ceiling fence

[00:05:53] I could fit but how are we gonna get me 15 feet up plus? There's the covers I?

[00:05:59] Have a multi tool a multi tool. Yeah, I guess I'm some sort of soldier who requires a multi tool

[00:06:05] Did they give you like a weapon just the pistol although? I have a holster thingy for a knife sheath

[00:06:10] Yeah, sheath, but no knife anything else that's useful

[00:06:15] Yeah, that big vent behind the desk help me

[00:06:21] Wow building a firing range do you need a big-ass desk sure only if it's heavy as fuck you always been this snarky

[00:06:28] I

[00:06:29] Like to call it wit, but yeah

[00:06:33] Can't forgot me already hasn't been that long

[00:06:36] How long has it been I can't keep track down here and neither can I a few days for sure maybe more

[00:06:45] Hell it could have been weeks for all I know I did spend a little too long in the plumbing

[00:06:49] I heard that's why I made my way to the floor you were on

[00:06:53] Heard someone was crawling through the pipes on level P. And I knew it had to be you

[00:06:58] Don't know anyone else's resourceful. No don't know anyone else's desperate

[00:07:04] Okay

[00:07:05] Well miss soldier hand over the multi tool so I can get to work on this vent and we can get the hell out of

[00:07:11] here

[00:07:13] You sure you'll fit yeah the entrance is small, but the vent looks pretty big actually

[00:07:19] We'll easily be able to crawl on our hands and knees maybe even crouch which is a godsend as we've been in much smaller

[00:07:26] You remember that

[00:07:30] What some wrong I'm not coming with you

[00:07:36] That's ridiculous if they find you here without me

[00:07:40] They'll kill you regardless of if they think you're one of them or not. I won't be

[00:07:44] I'm gonna head back into the hallway to distract the captain some more, but when I open the door

[00:07:49] He needs to be able to clearly see you on the ground. This is crazy

[00:07:52] He needs to see you on the ground writhing in pain. I don't see why you can't ah

[00:07:57] Damn it Noah. Just listen to me you hit me. He needs to clearly see you on the ground

[00:08:02] You listening yeah

[00:08:05] Writhing on the ground okay got it

[00:08:07] When I shut the door you get your ass through the vent and make your way down to level T

[00:08:11] What's on level T? It's a dead level no activity

[00:08:15] How do you know what's a dead level? I heard it mentioned now get on the ground

[00:08:20] I'll meet you at level T. Just stay alive. What are you doing? I was still recording

[00:08:34] Am I recording

[00:08:36] Yeah, finally yeah, I did that thing where I talked to myself five minutes think I was recording myself worked up to

[00:08:43] Now you think I'm starting this work top

[00:08:45] Joe wasn't

[00:08:53] Long and short of it

[00:08:55] I'm conflicted

[00:08:57] I'm filthy. I'm exhausted and my body is flaring up anywhere. That's been injured which is everywhere

[00:09:04] But most of all I'm conflicted

[00:09:07] She hit me

[00:09:08] She hit me

[00:09:11] She hit me not theatrically like in the hallway not for show, but the slap

[00:09:17] The one to shut me up. I mean she hit me

[00:09:21] Sarah

[00:09:22] She had nothing before

[00:09:24] No matter how snarky I got and with her strength. I mean she could have knocked my head off I

[00:09:30] Was happy to see her at all truly, but I'm now filling with I don't know not not dread, but scared apprehension

[00:09:36] whoa

[00:09:38] Worry, I don't like it. I

[00:09:41] Left Sarah for fear of the monster she was becoming and maybe that was the right move

[00:09:46] Did you hear how effortlessly she dressed down that poor soldier

[00:09:50] Maybe not poor soldier, but you don't want to me

[00:09:54] Like a word sniper she unarmed and neutered the guy and moved on unaffected

[00:09:59] This is what I was running from

[00:10:02] then she I

[00:10:05] Cheat

[00:10:11] I'm not so convinced. You know that

[00:10:14] I can stay a good guy. I'm not so convinced

[00:10:18] I'm

[00:10:20] Sitting here complaining that Sarah was mean to a soldier while completely ignoring the fact that she shot the prep cook

[00:10:26] Shot him right in the head the moment. She walked into the room

[00:10:29] Like she walked into the room with that exact purpose just bang done dead cold

[00:10:35] But I ignore it

[00:10:37] You know why I ignored because in my heart of hearts in that moment

[00:10:40] She did exactly what I was hoping would happen what I would have done if given the chance

[00:10:48] There's such a fine line between surviving and being a sociopath and I no longer feel equipped to make the distinction

[00:10:55] I'm scared of Sarah. I'm scared of myself. Hell, I'm even scared of dead level T. Whatever the fuck dead level means

[00:11:03] I'm so tired of being scared. I just

[00:11:06] As always lots done back there

[00:11:17] Your starters welcome back to the second half of batch three

[00:11:20] Before we dive in I did want to ask you all about a well

[00:11:23] a boring aspect of this adventure the geography

[00:11:28] I've been trying to build a mental map of their journey, which has slowly evolved into my trying to draw a very real map

[00:11:33] Problem is it's getting a little too complicated

[00:11:37] Hear me out

[00:11:38] So they start in these cells presumably beneath the Denver International Airport

[00:11:42] I'm sure they zigzag a bit even go up a couple floors. But from there their journey was primarily downwards

[00:11:48] culminating in that giant biodome cavern

[00:11:51] giant biodome cavern

[00:11:53] Still with me?

[00:11:54] Now that biodome cavern was like two miles long and it ended with that impossibly large spiral ramp, which took them

[00:12:02] Approximately up to the floor with the archivist which is roughly around where Sarah just rescued Noah give or take a floor

[00:12:09] So we know Sarah has made it high as level H with that on board and we know now that it goes at least down

[00:12:14] to level T and

[00:12:16] Assuming it's alphabetical and they started at a that's at least 20 levels and with them being potentially two miles long each

[00:12:23] That's over 40 miles of facility probably a thousand miles of hallway. I mean against those numbers that all just feels so

[00:12:32] Sorry

[00:12:35] And leaving the window open for malanky to come and go

[00:12:37] We're at the whole bringing me stuff phase of our relationship and not to brag. I already have several gum wrappers and a bottle cap. So

[00:12:45] Look out where was I right Sarah?

[00:12:55] Was just me or was that soldier stick a little too believable?

[00:12:59] When she roughed up no in the hallway, I was concerned that maybe she'd gone too far down the old violence path

[00:13:04] But that's not what bothered Noah

[00:13:07] What bothered Noah was the slap at first I dismissed it. I figured it was just because he was embarrassed

[00:13:12] I got slapped once in high school and it took everything for me not to cry

[00:13:16] So I get that

[00:13:19] Hunger I think about it

[00:13:22] There's more to it has to be it wasn't the violence itself or the outburst

[00:13:29] Sarah didn't used to react that impulsively. Otherwise, she would have slapped Noah ages ago instead. She showed restraint

[00:13:36] But if Sarah has lost that ability while gaining super strength

[00:13:40] well

[00:13:41] She's become a terrifying liability

[00:13:51] That was close

[00:13:56] That's my cue

[00:14:07] He can't fit through the vent so I should be good

[00:14:11] Jesus let's tear it through the wall

[00:14:16] What it would give her a bear crocodile this moment, huh? Yeah simpler times

[00:14:24] Okay

[00:14:25] Finally an intersection left right or down

[00:14:30] Yeah

[00:14:31] Yeah, yeah, I know it's down just need to assess what's down there

[00:14:35] I want to slide into a spinning blade as I imagine I'd survived long enough to feel everything

[00:14:41] Sack of bones here goes nothing

[00:14:56] Still recording

[00:14:59] Wow, yeah

[00:15:02] Screens finally cracked his shit. This phone is still hanging on

[00:15:07] Oh

[00:15:09] As am I

[00:15:11] Yeah, somewhere in my head is bleeding but not enough to trump my ribs. Oh, yeah, I think I broke him

[00:15:18] Yeah

[00:15:19] It's like I broke every damn one hurts to breathe

[00:15:24] How far did I go I mean I slid for a little bit it's the freefall started I got tossed around like a ragdoll

[00:15:31] Oh

[00:15:33] Okay, yeah, I think a couple of ribs pop back to place well that was gross such a relief

[00:15:40] My left side is still on fire. So I guess those are broken broken

[00:15:44] Wait, where the hell am I?

[00:15:50] This is big enough to stand it

[00:15:56] The air is so fresh hey, you can hear it

[00:16:00] It's another big-ass fan

[00:16:03] Pumping in air. So maybe it's a way out

[00:16:07] Now this is where things get tricky

[00:16:11] Can't see much but my eyes have adjusted to the dark and it looks like I'm in some sort of central chamber

[00:16:17] 20 25 feet across and about 7 feet tall

[00:16:21] it's uh

[00:16:23] It's weird. I

[00:16:25] Can't figure out where the fresh air is coming

[00:16:27] There are at least seven different vents leading away from this space and even those are big enough to crouch through

[00:16:33] It's impossible for it to be coming from all the vents because that's what oh

[00:16:39] Yeah, I forgot

[00:16:42] Puncture

[00:16:48] Seven little ducks went out one day over the hills and far away

[00:16:52] Mommy duck said quack quack quack quack. Only one little duck ever came back

[00:16:58] There's our pick don't steer me wrong Rafi

[00:17:02] Ah

[00:17:05] Well, I found where the air was coming from

[00:17:07] Problem is it's a fan spinning so fast. I can't get through it at least not in one piece

[00:17:13] Hell at least not in 50 pieces

[00:17:15] So I'm a little bit cornered

[00:17:17] It has these thick metal bars in front of it. Maybe it's a safety

[00:17:21] If I can get beyond those I'm sure the puncher couldn't follow as the gap is too narrow and the bars are beastly

[00:17:27] But that damn fan

[00:17:29] Do I backtrack it's at least 10 minutes back and there's a strong chance. I'll run into the puncher. It's made its way down by now

[00:17:35] I

[00:17:37] Stink to holy hell, so I doubt it'll have any trouble finding me anyways

[00:17:41] Do I even have a choice?

[00:17:43] I have the magnets though that the archivist gave me his magic fix all for the robot woes. I

[00:17:50] Still have those so maybe I

[00:17:53] know

[00:17:55] Nope, it's suicide. I was gonna say maybe I just confront the puncher use the magnet thing on it and stop this endless chase

[00:18:01] It's a robot

[00:18:03] It won't even tire

[00:18:05] This ends with one of our deaths. So maybe I just address it now

[00:18:10] Yeah, I

[00:18:12] Want to live and who knows what the archivist actually gave me?

[00:18:15] I mean, I trust the guy but I could peel away the putty and find a marble in the center for all I know

[00:18:20] Maybe he gave them to me to bolster my confidence rather than actually equip me with any sort of weapon

[00:18:25] It's possible

[00:18:27] What do I do? What do I do?

[00:18:30] Well that simplifies things

[00:18:34] Okay, I took one out now I just need to remember what the archivist said there was a warning it was a warning

[00:18:41] So much was happening. I just kept nodding while he spoke, but what did he say?

[00:18:48] Careful be careful where you peel it free because the magnet is your metal

[00:18:52] I'm surrounded by metal. What are you useless?

[00:18:56] God sees me

[00:18:57] Yeah, yeah, I'm screwed

[00:19:00] My chances with the fan

[00:19:04] It's gonna cut me to shreds use this stupid magnet and likely die trying

[00:19:19] Well good, thank you

[00:19:23] Wait wait wait wait

[00:19:25] You understand me?

[00:19:27] Of course you do

[00:19:29] smart robot

[00:19:31] And you have a name too, right?

[00:19:33] puncher

[00:19:35] It's puncher. Yeah, I remember that's a good name

[00:19:40] So

[00:19:43] So, uh, why are you shooting if you're called puncher

[00:19:47] I

[00:19:49] Get this out

[00:19:51] Easy easy. I'm just saying name like puncher implies a certain amount of punching

[00:19:57] Unless that's not the case

[00:19:59] Are you maybe just a shooting robot?

[00:20:03] So why not lose the gun and try your creepy metal legs at the whole punching game?

[00:20:09] Unless you really are just a shooting

[00:20:12] Shit working I gotta fight with a robot

[00:20:17] Peel this magnet out

[00:20:19] You might have the muscle but I have the brains. Let's see how you like my science

[00:20:26] fuck

[00:20:27] Shot out and stuck to the fan blades

[00:20:29] on the metal

[00:20:36] It's happening I think I broke it hey, I'd love to stay but my ride just showed up

[00:20:46] Sorry puncher, but you're not that smart a robot

[00:20:52] Shit it's going for its gun

[00:20:55] Me and my big mouth sure go with the hyper intelligent robot spider dog smart move

[00:21:04] That's always the lake always the lake damn you puncher

[00:21:11] That's always the lake always the lake damn you puncher

[00:21:20] I'm not so confident. I made a new friend there

[00:21:25] It's always the leg

[00:21:28] It is disturbing how commonplace it's become for nowhere to get shot that it no longer worries me

[00:21:33] Sure, it'll be brutal to heal from but it literally happened at least three times so far

[00:21:38] So one would think he'd be used to it if you know, it's something you can get used to

[00:21:44] Leave it to know how to pick a fight with a robot. I

[00:21:47] Mean I can see how it looked in his head

[00:21:49] The robot slowly closes the gap and at the last possible moment he pulls out his magic magnet and shuts the whole thing down

[00:21:56] Problem is in that version. It's a coordinated action star facing off and not the very uncoordinated Noah. So what actually happened?

[00:22:04] The magnet was so strong that it zipped right out of the putty the moment Noah made a hole big enough and

[00:22:09] As the fan was behind him that thing shot right at him could have blown a hole in his head

[00:22:15] But true Noah fashion of failing upwards the magnet killed the fan and opened up a way for him to get out

[00:22:21] Now if any of you out there have any idea what kind of putty could contain that powerful a magnet

[00:22:27] Please let me know because I am at a loss

[00:22:29] Shoot me an email at escaping Denver pod at gmail.com or join the conversation on reddit at our escaping Denver

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