Jane asks Thresher to confirm that she'll get the job, and it's fine to do it once, and he says yes to both
. She reluctantly says yes and he invites her to take a seat in another chair, asking if she minds being videotaped.
Suddenly, Jane's shirt is off, and Thresher is furiously accusing her of tricking him. He also pulls her to the ground by grabbing onto her leg, only for her to kick him in the face, and the sounds are out of sync with the action. His anger grows, and he grabs a letter opener and goes after her. She hides in the men's bathroom while he looks in the women's bathroom, and then he pursues her out to the parking lot, with neither seemingly going faster than a brisk walk (though with the still images, it's hard to tell).
Meanwhile, in the parking lot, John is still sitting on his bike, and sees Jane running out, chased by Thresher. She cries out for help, and he says "Run, Jane, run!" before running toward them.
Harry is back, and after summarizing the situation, challenges us to handle a damsel in distress being chased by a psycho without getting "the lowest score in the history of this game." As the Angry Video Game Nerd points out, it's fairly presumptuous to assume that many other people played this, and furthermore, considering that this choice makes your score permanently negative, it's impossible to avoid being bawled out by Harry, since the only alternatives are bad endings.
A woman in a karate gi arrives and says that she's taking over the story. Harry declares that she'll do so over his dead body. After an awkward fight scene that's a poor performance for an alleged black belt, the woman punches Harry out, to the audience's cheering. She says she's glad that she's done with "that obnoxious character... and that horrible music," introduces herself as Thelma, and proudly describes herself as a "take over artist" who's wanted in 30 states for hijacking fiction, as she did with many romance novels. This is one of those times when the game seems aware of its own absurdity, but it doesn't do it often or well enough.
Thelma reviews the player's choices, and after a few exclamations of surprise and disgust, it becomes clear that she isn't any nicer than Jack; it's a bit disappointing that the one thing they agree on is blaming us for our choices. She declares that the player deserves every single point lost and then some, asks if the player was raised in a barn, and promises that the player will hear from her again after the next choice.
- For John distract Thresher from the chase, go to Installment 14For John heroically dashes off to save Jane, go to Installment 15
