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Max is driving towards a movable bridge consisting of two opposing tilting sections.
Max: I need to get rid of these cops, but how? Their “ducks” are just as fast as mine. Hmm, that opening canal bridge may be an opportunity…
SFX: QUACK

Max launches himself from the edge of the opening bridge, but fails to clear the gap.
Max: Oh shit, I am not going to make it!
SFX: QUACK!

SFX: SPLASH!

Cop 1: He jumped! And missed!
Police chief: My duck! It cannot swim!
Cop 2: I think this will void the warranty…

Cop 1: It looks like he cannot swim either, he is not coming up again.
Cop 2: Of course he cannot swim, do you know anyone who can swim?
Cop 1: Uhh… no.

View of the water with bubbles on the surface, silhouettes of the cops in the background.
Chief: He's a goner. Wait… anyone remember why we were after him, before he stole my duck?
Cop 1: Erm… I forgot.
Chief: Let's just go back to the station and eat some more donuts.
Cop 1: Good call.

Setting: back at the apartment building entrance.
Alana: How could the cops be aware of our presence, and why would they want to apprehend us?
Heidi: I suspect our monetary hack to have angered the same entity that has locked us inside this simulation. I do wonder where Max has gone…
Alana: There he is!

Max: I'm back! I exploited our infinite respawns by deliberately drowning myself, I again spawned near the CrapFilth. My apparent death seems to have thrown off the cops. They haven't returned?
Alana: No, you were right, they must be as dumb as everyone else here. Still strange that they showed up in the first place. Someone, or something smarter called them.

Zhang: Weren't we planning to go shopping?
Heidi: Yes, let's go. With the right gear, we may be able to restore a quasi permanent communication link with OIB-A271.
Zhang: That would greatly improve our chances of getting out of here…

Setting: a kind of shopping center.
Zhang: While Heidi is checking out that electronics shop, I challenge you to find food in this store that is not disgusting.
Adil: Challenge accepted. A-ha, all these foods have a kind of score label on them, like Nutri-Score. They do seem to care about nutrition after all…

A close-up of a pack of what appear to be eyeballs, labeled “BLORT® Delicious Bits,” with a score label showing “A.”
Adil: Here, an “A” score should be… wait, this is not a Nutri-Score, it's a “Vomi-Score!”
Zhang: Given how nasty that stuff looks, I assume the better the score, the more likely it will make you puke…

Steve: Look at that screen: what seem to be influencers, are promoting the most barf-worthy foods!
Max: Amazing how little has changed compared to our own time. That is, except for how absurd the current trends are.
Steve: Let's find another shop, before we get too influenced.