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[[Black Hat Man is interviewed for a job at an interviewer's desk]]
Interviewer: ..but thank you for applying. We'll keep your résumé on file.
[[Black Hat Man places a briefcase onto the interviewer's desk]]
Black Hat Man: Perhaps *this* could change your mind?
[[Interviewer opens the briefcase]]
[[..the briefcase opens into a hole that extends below the desk]]
[[The hole looks miles deep]]
[[The view falls into the hole]]
[[The interviewer falls down the hole]]
[[The interviewer lands on a chair with a briefcase]]
[[The positions from the original scene have switched and Black Hat Man is now interviewing]]
Black Hat Man: ..but thank you for applying. We'll keep your résumé on file.
[[Interviewer looks confused]]
[[Interviewer notices the briefcase]]
[[Interviewer places briefcase on the desk]]
Interviewer: Perhaps *this* could change your mind?
[[Black Hat Man opens the briefcase]]
[[Black Hat Man looks inside]]
[[Black Hat Man spins the briefcase around]]
Black Hat Man: I'm sorry..
Black Hat Man: - that opening has been filled
[[briefcase contains the normal business elements of a briefcase]]
{{Title text: Hey, before you go, can you explain to me what job I now have?}}
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