7x13 First Person Shooter

Writers: William Gibson and Tom Maddox
Director: Chris Carter
US Airdate: February 27, 2000

The bloodthirst is unquenchable.

(Special note: This transcript will be liberally sprinkled with [comments] from me, CarriK's Husband. As a computer programmer and avid first person shooter game player, this episode affected me deeply, and since CarriK would not even be online if it were not for me, she feels beholden to give me the opportunity to ... hey, hon, give it back. Give me the keyboa... )

Teaser

(High tech room. Flashing red light. Three geeky looking young men, Retro, Moxie, and Lo-Fat are getting ready for battle. Raging testosterone. They are dressed in futuristic metal vests, pants, and boots. The computerized voice sounds like George Takai – Sulu in the original Star Trek.)

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

(They begin grabbing high-powered weapons off of the wall. Lo-Fat, a rather pudgy individual, is very excited.)

LO-FAT:

MOXIE:

LO-FAT:

(Retro exudes confidence.)

RETRO:

MOXIE and LOW-FAT:

(The red counter against the wall finishes countdown. 2 ... 1 ... The room is rocked as from a close impact from outside.)

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

(The Geeks put on headgear, funky glasses, and check weapon clips.)

Cut to: (In a computer control room, Ivan and Phoebe are monitoring the Geeks' vital signs. Ivan is a very tense, easily excitable young man. Very similar in temperament to the Tweek Coffee kid from SouthPark. [Thank you, fellow OBSSE member Jennifer Stoy for that comparison!] Phoebe is a small mousy looking woman, much like the girl in Season 2's Firewalker.)

GEEKS:

IVAN:

PHOEBE:

(On the monitor, we see the Geeks facing a closed blast door, guns out, ready to go.)

GEEKS:

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

GEEKS:

(The door slides up and open. The Geeks run out into a very large area. Night street scene. It looks like the opening levels in games like Doom and Quake. [Carrik's Husband thinks it looks like a cheap set.] They crouch behind a metal barricade and wait. All is quiet.)

MOXIE:

RETRO:

(Sound of engines from the far end of the street, then several motorcycles peel around the corner and head straight for the Geeks.)

MOXIE:

RETRO:

(The Geeks all open fire on the motorcycles. One after the other, the motorcycles explode in flashes of light. They just barely destroy the last one before it reaches them.)

(Ivan and Phoebe watch from the control room.)

IVAN:

[CarriK's Husband: Duh. No wonder it is a total massacre. Apparently they didn't spend much time developing any AI for the game. The enemies line up in a very narrow corridor and run straight at you allowing you to mow them down.]

(The image in the game shifts slightly. Looks like some lower doors open.)

MOXIE:

[Closed captioning: We know you're up there! Prepare to die! ]

RETRO:

MOXIE:

LO-FAT:

GEEKS:

(They rush down the street firing up at Nazi-looking soldiers who are firing down at them from the upper levels. Total mayhem. Lo-Fat is hit and falls to the ground, a blotch of yellow paint on his chest. Retro and Moxie make it back to the barricade. Lo-Fat tries several times to get up, but every time he moves he moans as he is hit with a jolt of electricity.)

MOXIE:

[CarriK's Husband: At least he doesn't have to play anymore. What kinds of waivers would the mall make you sign in order to play this game? Electric shocks?]

RETRO:

MOXIE:

(Moxie fires his machine gun as Retro runs to a side door and ducks inside.)

(In the control room, Ivan and Phoebe watch.)

IVAN:

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

(In the game, Retro runs and fires his gun. He ends up in a lower level. Very Quake- like. He slides open another door, then looks around nervously as he hears footsteps.)

RETRO:

(No answer. The footsteps get closer.)

RETRO:

(A woman descends the steps. She is wearing thigh-high leather spike heel boots, and a very revealing leather bodysuit. Basically two strips of leather held together with a string and a thong. Retro lowers his gun and gapes at her as she struts confidently to him. She is stunningly beautiful. She holds out her hand. Retro kneels and kisses it.)

RETRO:

MAITREYA:

(Her right hand morphs. She is now holding a flintlock pistol. She fires. Scene digitizes and blurs white, then cuts to ...)

Opening Credits. Mulder ... Whoo. Scully rocks.

Scene 1

FPS Corporate Headquarters Inland Empire, California

(Entry hall to the First Person Shooter development company. Very modern and secure. We see Mulder and Scully in the distance pass through a metal detector, presumably losing their guns. They approach the security desk. Mulder shows his badge.)

MULDER:

SECURITY GUARD:

(The Security Guard takes his job very seriously. He looks suspiciously at Mulder and Scully.)

SECURITY GUARD:

(The Security Guard puts a small handheld scanning device to Mulder's eye. [CarriK agrees with AutumnT. How much did that little device cost, lol.] Mulder's retinal scan appears on the computer monitor. Mulder looks at Scully.)

MULDER:

SECURITY GUARD:

(Scully glances meaningfully at Mulder, then leans forward. The Security Guard scans Scully's badge and does a retinal scan on her.)

SECURITY GUARD:

SCULLY:

SECURITY GUARD:

(Scully looks up at a security camera that swings over to look at them.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(They sign. The Lone Gunmen greet them from the top of a stairway. Langly, Frohike, and Byers are very happy to see Mulder and Scully. Langly is wearing a Led Zeppelin t-shirt.)

LANGLY:

FROHIKE:

MULDER:

(Scully is not to be distracted from the case at hand.)

SCULLY:

LANGLY:

BYERS:

(Scully glances around. She obviously feels nothing.)

SCULLY:

(Pause. The men look uncomfortable.)

FROHIKE:

SCULLY:

(As they walk through the hall and down the stairs, they pass a series of cardboard cutouts of game figures including the three Geeks. One is a figure of a very surprised looking policeman who has just been shot.)

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

FROHIKE:

(They exit an elevator.)

BYERS:

LANGLY:

FROHIKE:

MULDER:

(Pause. The Gunmen look at each other.)

LANGLY:

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(Later. In the game playing area. A layer of bubble wrap is lifted from where it has been covering the body of Retro where he fell. Scully is kneeling before him.)

SCULLY:

IVAN:

(Scully holds up the huge laser rifle.)

SCULLY:

IVAN:

LANGLY:

IVAN:

LANGLY:

IVAN:

(Phoebe is standing with her arms crossed, very uncomfortable.)

SCULLY:

IVAN:

(Scully dips her latex covered fingers into the bloody wound and shows the blood to Ivan.)

IVAN:

MULDER:

IVAN:

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

Scene 2

(Later. Control room. Phoebe is typing on computer. The monitor displays the three Geeks as they were playing the game earlier.)

PHOEBE:

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

(Image digitizes white.)

PHOEBE:

MOXIE:

LO-FAT:

MOXIE:

LO-FAT:

(On video in a plain room, Moxie and Lo-Fat run to the body of Retro.)

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

LANGLY:

MULDER:

(Gunmen look at Mulder with surprise.)

PHOEBE:

(Phoebe types some commands. The computer displays an outline image display of the game, then goes to the area where Retro ran.)

PHOEBE:

(The image shows the skeleton of a human lying on the ground and of a digital character with breasts standing over him.)

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

MULDER:

(The Lone Gunmen glance over at Mulder. Phoebe, sighs, types some commands. The wire image of the woman solidifies from the feet up. Maitreya. She is wearing leather boots, thong bodysuit, and not much else. She is holding a gun.)

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

MULDER:

PHOEBE:

(Sound of paper rattling as the picture prints. Mulder and the Lone Gunmen leave the room. Phoebe stares at the screen. The digital image of the woman.lowers the gun, looks at the camera, and walks away. Phoebe stares at the screen.)

PHOEBE:

Scene 3

(At the security desk Scully is talking to Detective Lacoeur as the body of Retro is wheeled out. Mulder and the Gunmen join her.)

DETECTIVE LACOEUR:

SCULLY:

DETECTIVE LACOEUR:

MULDER:

(Mulder unfolds the picture of Maitreya for Detective Lacoeur. Detective Lacoeur is not impressed.)

DETECTIVE LACOEUR:

(He leaves.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(An Asian man enters the building and heads straight for the staircase. He looks at no one. Mulder and the Gunmen are awed.)

LANGLY:

FROHIKE:

(Langly and Frohike follow Musashi down the stairs.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

BYERS:

SCULLY:

BYERS:

(Follows the others.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(Scully groans in frustration.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(Mulder clicks tongue affirmatively and points his finger at her as he descends the stairs.)

Cut to: (Control room. Ivan, Phoebe, Frohike, and Langly are watching as Daryl Musashi enters the game.)

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

IVAN:

FROHIKE:

PHOEBE:

LANGLY:

[CarriK's Husband: He's a computer programmer, not a ninja warrior.]

(In the game entry room, Musashi is standing confidently in full game gear. Red LED counter is counting down.)

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

(Door opens and Musashi spins his guns, then walks out into position behind the barricade. He stands with the guns crossed over his chest.)

(In the control room, Byers and Mulder join the others watching the monitor.)

FROHIKE:

MULDER:

IVAN:

LANGLY:

MULDER:

IVAN:

Cut to: (In the game. The Mind-Numbingly Stupid Nazi Death Bikers begin advancing. Musashi waits, then blasts them all quickly before they even get close.)

Cut to: (Control room. Much cheering.)

LANGLY:

BYERS:

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

IVAN:

Cut to: (On the monitor, Musashi runs down into the hidden area where Retro met Maitreya. We see someone behind him. He turns just as Maitreya swings a broadsword down across his hands, severing them at the wrists. He screams in horror and agony. The people in the control booth are watching everything, also in horror.)

IVAN:

MULDER:

(In the game, Musashi screams again, then stops and gazes at Maitreya as she speaks softly to him in Japanese. Then she swings the sword again at his head.)

(In the control room, Phoebe and the five men stare at the screen in horror.)

(Commercial 1.)

Scene 4

(Autopsy bay. Scully is examining the body of Retro. There is a gaping wound in the center of his chest, bloody with spots of yellow paint. Scully takes off her latex gloves.)

SCULLY:

(She turns his arm. Autopsy wrist tag lists name as "Retro" #443-77-779.)

SCULLY:

(Mulder enters the room.)

MULDER:

(Scully crosses to the damaged Kevlar vest. They look at it. It has a yellow paint stained hole in the middle of it.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(Mulder has been looking at the vest. He holds it up against his own chest and looks playfully at Scully.)

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(Mulder grins and points proudly at himself.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(Scully gives him a look. She is smiling, though.)

MULDER:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(He holds out the picture of Maitreya.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

SCULLY:

(Coroner wheels in another sheet covered gurney.)

MULDER:

(Under the sheet is the dismembered body of Daryl Musashi. The CIA will not be pleased.)

MULDER:

(Mulder's phone rings. He answers it.)

MULDER:

Scene 5

L.A. County Sheriff's Department

(Testosterone frenzy. Every available male officer in the department is standing outside the interrogation room where the woman is being held. Detective Lacoeur comes out of the room and bites his knuckle junior-high boy fashion. The other officers cheer him on.)

OFFICERS:

(Mulder and Scully make their way through the Officers, Scully leading. She is not pleased.)

SCULLY:

(The Officers are laughing. Mulder and Scully reach Detective Lacoeur.)

DETECTIVE LACOEUR:

SCULLY:

DETECTIVE LACOEUR:

(Officers chuckle. Scully enters the interrogation room. A very attractive, scantily dressed woman is sitting in a chair with her legs crossed. As Mulder follows Scully into the room he bites his knuckle for the benefit of the Officers. They approve. Scully faces the woman. Mulder shuts the door and closes the blind.)

SCULLY:

(The woman looks just like the woman in the game, Maitreya. She is wearing a silver metallic halter-top/miniskirt outfit with chains. Scully is unaffected. Mulder maintains a rather silly grin throughout the interrogation.)

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(Scully glances at him.)

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

(She uncrosses and crosses her legs Basic Instinct-style. Mulder smiles and looks away. Scully sighs.)

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

MULDER:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

(Mulder shows her the image of Maitreya. She looks at it with realization.)

MULDER:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

SCULLY:

[CarriK's Husband: Was that a flatbed scanner? What kind of scanner was that?]

JADE BLUE AFTERGLOW:

MULDER:

(Jade Blue Afterglow gets up, picks up her coat and "sways" out of the room, passing the line of Officers. Mulder sits in the chair that she just vacated and sighs. He leans to his right to get a better view of Jade Blue Afterglow as she leaves, but Scully faces him and leans to her left, blocking his view. Very cute. He gives up.)

MULDER:

(Scully smiles knowingly at him.)

Scene 6

FPS Corporate Headquarters 5:42 AM

(Control room at FPS. Another poster of the Geeks. The lights are off as Mulder and Scully enter.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(They almost leave, then Scully walks over to where Phoebe is asleep. Mulder tries the light switch. It doesn't work.)

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

(Mulder notices the Lone Gunmen on a monitor standing in the game pace.)

MULDER:

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

(On the monitor, they watch as the scene shifts from blank white room, to the game street scene.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

(In the game, the Lone Gunmen are panicking.)

LONE GUNMEN:

[CarriK's Husband: Um ... how about the ... power button? Hard reset. Control-alt- Delete. The plug.]

PHOEBE:

(Phoebe is typing. Sound of gunfire. The Gunmen run for cover.)

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

MULDER:

(Mulder walks out of the room. Scully watches him.)

SCULLY:

Cut to: (Game entry room.)

[Closed captioning: T-minus 10 seconds to engagement. ]

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:

(Camera pans up to show Mulder in full combat gear. Including large cod-piece and big gun and dark sunglasses. He is holding a very large blaster. His arms are very nice.)

MULDER:

(The gate slide up and Mulder joins the Gunmen behind one of the barricades. Byers has a yellow paint blotch on his chest.)

MULDER:

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

MULDER:

(Mulder fires a cover of "bullets" as the Gunmen run to the safety of the entry hatch.)

FROHIKE:

(Mulder fires another volley.)

LANGLY:

(Maitreya, wearing a black bodysuit, runs across the game area and into the lower area. Mulder watches her, then follows her.)

(In the control room, Scully and Phoebe are watching.)

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

(Scully heads for the game area.)

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

(Mulder runs into the area where the two previous victims found Maitreya. She is waiting for him, lazily swinging her broadsword. He aims his rifle at her.)

MULDER:

(Maitreya swings the sword in a slow circle. As she does, her body disappears, then the sword does. She reappears behind him. He turns just as she swings. We hear a rapid volley of gunshots. The Gunmen listen.)

FROHIKE:

(Gunfire stops. The Gunmen run for the area where Mulder disappeared. Halfway there, the image of the game digitizes, then goes to the plain room. Gunfire stops.)

PHOEBE:

(Scully enters the game area.)

SCULLY:

(No answer. Scully looks around. She is worried.)

(Commercial 2.)

Scene 6 Cont.

(Continued from previous scene. Scully comes down the stairs into the gaming area.)

SCULLY:

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

SCULLY:

LANGLY:

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

(Scully wipes a bit of yellow paint off of Byers' chest.)

SCULLY:

(Phoebe enters the room.)

PHOEBE:

(In the control room. We see an fourth player's digital readout.)

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

(No one has an answer.)

Cut to: (In the game, Mulder comes to. He is alone. He throws off his broken headset, looks at the sword imbedded in the wall next to him, then goes out into the main area, gun at the ready.)

MULDER:

(Maitreya appears at the end of the street. She begins back-flipping toward him ala Blade Runner. At the last minute, Mulder fires at her. She flips over him and disappears. Mulder looks around.)

Cut to: (In the control room, the Gunnmen are working on the computer. Phoebe approaches them nervously.)

LANGLY:

PHOEBE:

[CarriK's Husband: Great, guys. You just plugged in the power supply for the hard drive.]

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

PHOEBE:

(Ivan enters the room, gazing adoringly at Scully.)

IVAN:

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

(Scully advances threateningly toward Ivan. The Gunmen stop her.)

BYERS:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

(Phoebe looks uncomfortable.)

IVAN:

(CarriK: Ivan: Does she hang out with the Underpants Gnomes?]

SCULLY:

(Phoebe, in tears, has run out of the room. Scully follows her.)

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

Cut to: (In the game, Mulder bangs on the door to the entry room.)

MULDER:

(He turns. Maitreya approaches Mulder. He looks down at his gun. Out of ammo. He lowers the gun and smiles charmingly at Maitreya.)

MULDER:

(Maitreya kicks his gun out of his hands.)

MULDER:

(She kicks him in the head.)

Cut to: (Control room. Scully rejoins the Gunmen and Ivan.)

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

BYERS:

LANGLY:

(Frohike is looking at the computer readout for Mulder.)

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

(Phoebe enters. Ivan advances toward her.)

IVAN:

(Scully steps between Ivan and Phoebe.)

SCULLY:

Cut to: (The game. Maitreya kicks Mulder in the head. He is bleeding. As she goes for him again, Mulder grabs her foot and throws her to the ground. She has an almost satisfied look on her face. Meanwhile, Mulder runs back to the lower level where he first met her. He pulls the broadsword out of the wall then .... The scene shifts, and he is now standing in an Old West ghost town, complete with rolling tumble weeds.)

[CarriK's Husband: Oooh. Bad Seventies bluescreen effect.]

(Commercial 3.)

Scene 6 Cont.

Cut to: (Control room. Langly gets the computer to respond.)

LANGLY:

(Monitor shows static.)

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

(Old West scene shows on the monitor.)

SCULLY:

PHOEBE:

BYERS:

SCULLY:

LANGLY:

(Different view of the scene shows Mulder standing in the middle of the street.)

FROHIKE:

SCULLY:

IVAN:

SCULLY:

BYERS:

(Langly tries to enter the command.)

LANGLY:

SCULLY:

FROHIKE:

(On the monitor, we see Maitreya, now wearing chaps and a halter and carrying pistols. She is walking up behind Mulder. Scully is very concerned.)

Cut to: (In the game. Mulder turns to see Maitreya approaching. He raises his sword.)

MULDER:

(Maitreya whips out the pistols. Mulder drops his sword to the ground.)

MULDER:

(Maitreya replicates. There are now five of her.)

MULDER:

(Behind him, the entry door slides open. Camera pans up Scully's body. She is now in full game combat gear and carrying a rifle almost as big as she is. Mulder stares at her in awe and maybe something else. Maitreya looks a little nervous. Scully does not look nervous. Scully runs out of the entry room and stands behind the metal barricade. All the Maitreyas begin firing at Scully. Scully returns fire with her laser blaster. Mulder hits the dirt. One after the other, the Maitreyas spin and disappear as Scully destroys them.)

Cut to: (Control room. The Gunmen and Ivan and Phoebe are watching the scene on the monitor.)

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

LANGLY:

FROHIKE:

IVAN:

BYERS:

IVAN:

LANGLY:

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

Cut to: (In the game. Mulder stands up as Scully runs forward to join him.)

SCULLY:

MULDER:

(They both look back at the sound of the entry room door sliding shut. They run for it. Mulder slides the sword under it just as it closes. A few feet away, another armed Maitreya dressed in black appears. Scully faces her as Mulder tries to pry the door open.)

SCULLY:

(Mulder looks up as seven more Maitreyas appear. He ducks down and keeps trying to pry open the door as Scully answers the Maitreyas' gunfire. She is blowing them away. As they die, they spin like penny arcade figures.)

Cut to: (Control room. They are still watching Mulder and Scully's progress.)

BYERS:

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

(Phoebe takes over the keyboard.)

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

FROHIKE:

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

PHOEBE:

(Ivan, Phoebe, and Frohike are fighting for the keyboard.)

[CarriK's Husband: Have you guys ever heard of source code? Kill the game and recompile after you take out that annoying Maitreya babe.]

FROHIKE:

LANGLY:

PHOEBE:

IVAN:

BYERS:

IVAN:

FROHIKE:

IVAN:

PHOEBE:

BYERS:

LANGLY:

(Fight resumes for the keyboard.)

Cut to: (In the game. Mulder keeps trying to pry open the door. Scully kills off the last of the Maitreyas. Gunfire stops. Then a WWII tank appears with a Maitreya dressed as a soldier straddling the gun barrel.)

[CarriK's Husband: Okay, as AutumnT said, this game has some bizarre levels. This is a stupid game.]

SCULLY:

(Scully blows up the tank. Another appears.)

Cut to: (Control room. Frohike gets the keyboard.)

FROHIKE:

BYERS:

LANGLY:

(Phoebe and Ivan stare at each other.)

BYERS:

LANGLY:

(Sound of gunfire continues on the monitor. Ivan shakes his head, pleading with Phoebe.)

FROHIKE:

IVAN:

Cut to: (In the game, Scully destroys another tank. Another appears.)

Cut to: (Control room.)

BYERS:

LANGLY:

(Pause. Phoebe looks sadly at Ivan. He shakes his head.)

PHOEBE:

(Frohike rapidly types it in. Sound of gunfire stops. The game imaging goes to static, then stops. Ivan stares at the monitors in horror. Sad piano music. The Gunmen and Phoebe enter the playing area. It is empty.)

BYERS:

(Closed captioning: What have we done?)

LANGLY:

PHOEBE:

(Phoebe finds the discarded laser rifle.)

PHOEBE:

GUNMEN:

(Phoebe and the Gunmen manually raise the entry doors. Mulder and Scully, exhausted, are lying on their backs. They both have yellow paint marks on their chests and Scully's hair is very floofy. They sit up. Mulder smiles.)

MULDER:

(Scully glances at him. In slow motion, the Gunmen help Mulder and Scully up and together they walk out of the area under the monologue, which according to the closed captioning, originally belonged to Scully. Scully arches her neck tiredly. Mulder takes off his glasses.)

MULDER:

(In the control room, a depressed Ivan is slumped over a desk. One of the monitors is active however. A screen appears – "Data Acquisition." He looks up and smiles in amazement at the image of a new digital character that has appeared. She is wearing Maitreya's leather thong outfit and has short red hair. She points her gun at the screen, and the camera pans around her. Why yes, it is Digital!Scully! Ivan chuckles and spins his chair. He is very, very, pleased.)