The film’s unnamed protagonist, identified as #000000014, wakes up in his underwear in a spare, prison-like room, not knowing how he arrived. After pleading to be released, he realizes that he is being watched through a primitive computer in his wall, and gets rewarded with credits when he performs certain actions, usually ones that make him look like a fool. These credits allow him to buy objects or services to survive in the room. The protagonist initially thinks he is alone in this predicament, until a surly older man, identified as #006395873, who has been trapped in a different room for a long time, is introduced in a
picture-in-picture window on his monitor. He also realizes that there are many other people trapped in other rooms in the system, but #000000014 and #006395873 can only view those rooms, and not communicate with the inhabitants. The two men initially cannot stand each other, but they develop a mutually beneficial relationship where the older man teaches the protagonist to create a comedic persona so he can develop more of a following and therefore gain many more credits, and in return, the protagonist donates some of those credits to the older man. Just as #000000014 achieves a level of fame and starts to feel more comfortable in his new existence, he gains communication with a woman, identified as #052605011, who is obsessed with figuring out a way to escape. After the older man meets a tragic end, the protagonist and #052605011 resolve to start a revolution within the system in hopes of freeing everyone inside it. Just as they introduce their plan to the masses, #000000014 realizes that he can now also communicate with another woman, identified as #038491828, who tries to convince him that it is most important to accept their fate and find a way to be happy within the system. #052605011 is convinced that #038491828 is an agent of the system and has been introduced to sabotage them, but #000000014 struggles to believe her. As #000000014 tries to coalesce the movement, each woman encourages their respective followers to silence the other woman, leading to both of their deaths. The protagonist’s computer and room shut down, and when they come back online, his door opens, presenting him with the option to leave, but he starts recording and showing off, and the door then closes. == Cast ==