cammou

(Darts away hurriedly)

GET–– BACK–– HERE––!!

Captain, does this mean... there isn't actually any paranormal stuff going on? It was all the fault of a chonky musbeast?

All of it?!

Huh... so it was just a musbeast after all...

B-But, if we come out with the truth in our video, it won't make for good content...

We've already made our trailer, and everyone's expecting some horror factory adventure story, either to get a fright themselves or to watch our reactions. But a musbeast? That's just so boring.

What should we do then?

Let's stick to the original plan. It's a horror video, plain and simple. We'll cut the part where the musbeast shows up.

Just like all the junk you blurred out. People want a bit of drama in their videos, and nobody's gonna be interested if it's too ordinary and realistic.

See what people are talking about on our trailer page? We can't go wrong giving them what they want to see!

Umm...

You don't like the sound of that?

Good grief, Click! Why are you acting like a novice who's never touched a video camera before? Do you think we're misleading our audience or something? C'mere, listen up. This has nothing to do with deceiving anyone...

Well...

That's not what I meant!

I totally agree with you!

Huh?

I think you made a very good point! That's something everyone can sink their teeth into.

Sink... their teeth into... me?

You think I'm gonna let you eat me? Ol' Robbie here's gonna knock the daylight outta you––

Calm down, Robbie! That's just a rock––

How's it looking, Cap'n? Anything that needs editing?

Nothing else? Are we good then?

Robbie? Are you feeling better yet? I'm about to upload the video. In three, two, one!

C'mon, c'mon! Refresh, refresh! I wanna see the comments!

The views are starting to shoot up! What are people saying?

I don't see anything in the comments section yet, they're probably still watching. But, the number of likes is going up quickly. We're about to break a thousand already!

The featured video at the top of the charts has 30,000 views, and we've already reached 5,000... No, 8,000!

The comments are starting to roll in! 'I started screaming along with that guy!' 'Nopenopenope, don't wanna watch! Someone tell me what's behind the door?' 'Every time the camera perspective changes, my heart skips a beat!'

Whew, my friends are starting to DM me. Looks like they're envious!

Wait, what? We've already reached 10,000 views?

C'mooooon, reach 30,000! Pleaaaase! I wanna top the charts at least one time!

One sec. I'm gonna refresh real quick. There might be a little delay.

Hmm, it seems like...

Engagements are starting to slow down... 25,000. Let's wait and see what happens?

Mmhmm!

25,300... 25,500... 25,532... and it's stopped.

Hey, Cap'n, second place is already really impressive! Plus, we just uploaded the video. Who knows, we might take the top spot in the evening!

Look at the video at the top of the charts. It's just a guy walking along, munching on street food with a smile on his face. He's not even saying anything other than 'It's so delicious, you've gotta come down to try it!' We can top this for sure.

You stole the words right outta my mouth, girl.

But, I should be the one consoling you, not the other way around. You should feel proud that you pulled this off on your very first shoot.

Teehee.

C'mon, we've been working hard all day and night, so I'll go grab food? We've been so busy I'm practically starving here.

Pizza or honey biscuits? Or maybe you're in the mood for some cured meat?

Gimme beer! Lots of beer!

Hahaha! I'm gonna barbecue this whole factory!

Huh? Is he still not back to normal?

Two days later...

Ugh, it's been two whole days, and we're still stuck at second. Why... can't we get more than a few hundred views? Are we seriously going to lose to some random shopping and eating video?

If we don't get enough money this time, we're gonna be tight on food budget for next month, and it'll also push Click's startup fund back a few more months.

And... what's that burning smell?

*cough* *cough*, *cough* *cough*!

Urgh! Where's all this smoke coming from? What's going on with our equipment?

Click? Robbie?

It's fine! It's fine! There's way too many comments on the video, so it's having a hard time loading!

Too many comments? Didn't our video get stuck in second place?

Wait, wait. What's going on? There's a new video at the top of the list now? 'Truth Demystified: The Supernatural Abandoned Factory'?

This video is of the same place we went to... Wait, no, this is our footage! I can hear Robbie's voice! And... it's all the clips with the musbeast!

Click?

Teehee.

Wanna guess who made this new video?

Take a look! It's driving the view count on our adventure video up! After watching the myth-busting video, people are re-watching the full version and everyone's trying to find the musbeast in the comments in real time!

Huh? Our video just hit the top of the list?

And the Demystified video is in second place!

(Smugly shakes the terminal that is giving off smoke, overloaded by the maxed out comments section)

Now let's see where that shopping video is in comparison!

My goodness, Click!

As the wispy black smoke curls around the room, Robbie lets out two powerful sneezes.

As if waking up from a dream, he lets go of the folding chair he was trying to pummel just a moment ago, and sees that the video he starred in has reached over 50,000 views.

Huh? Wooooah! We're number one? We're number one?!

Click! Am I dreaming?! Or did I die in the factory?

Where am I? Is this Columbia or Bolívar?

The teammates squeeze in front of the terminal, watching the adventure video compete for the top spot with the myth-busting video, their view counts continuing to skyrocket.

A notification pops up from the background and the revenue figures from the two videos start to roll in as well, causing more black smoke to leak from the terminal.

Yaaaaay!!

We're eatin' good–!

My startup fund!

My video studio... is finally about to open!