A male announcer said "Hey you! Yes, you! Do you love the Mall? Love to shop and hang out? Well what if you got PAID
to do it?! No joke! Get ready to become a... a female voice said "MALLFACE!"

We're casting for on-screen talent to appear in video ads for this very Mall. And we want YOU! Upload pics of yourself around the Mall to our app:
MALLFACE! The user with the
most liked selfie will star in a future Mall
video!"

"You're one picaway from being the best kind of famous:
MALL FAMOUS!"

Dave said Oh man, MALL FAMOUS! It does not get better thanthat, ok! Calm down, Dave. Focus on the
quality of the work."

He began take pics. "Okay, uploaded. Now gonna play it cool and not check my phone for a bit. ZERO likes? Awww!
There's no greater
measurement of love than "likes"! Ugh. Wait, I know what'll work..."

He took pictures of him again.
"Action pose! Action pose!
Action pose!"

The botbots were trying to get Clogstopper unstuck from the wall. Burgertron asked "Ugh! Clogstopper, why do you keep doing stuff like this?!"

Clogstopper replied "It's my hobby. I look for the most difficult surfaces to get unstuck from,
then I stick myself to them!"

Dimlit said "That seems like a bad idea."

"All my best ideas are bad ideas!" He smug chuckled "Outdid myself
this time." They gave more effort. Spyke and Dimlit heard flashing "Uh, guys?"

Kikmee said "All we have to do is give it 110%."

Shin-knee asked "Wait. What happens to us if he suddenly gets free?"

Then they began falling. Burgertron said in slow motion "Oh, come on!"

Dave took pictures as they fell into the plant behind him.

"I bet those pics were gold!"

An alarm was beeping "Hold it!
Midnight snack alarm? My favorite alarm!
Ah, the pics can wait." Dave put his phone in his pocket then left.

Burgertron said "He doesn't know it yet, but
there is proof of our existence on his flesh-being-ama-phone."

Clogstopper said "I wonder if he got my good
side...Kidding. All three of my sides are good."

"Really dude?" Spyke said

Kikmee said "This is game over! If our squads find out he has
pictures of us, they'll never forgive us!"

Burgertron said "Forgive us? It'd be way worse than that. They'll probably throw us all into the fiery dumpster from which none return!"

It showed something burning "No, please!" "Anything but that!"
They all screamed as they were thrown in.

"Wait? You dudes have Squads. Thats awesome man." Spyke said

"Come on! We've got to delete
those pics before the flesh being realizes he has them!"

"Ohhh, maybe Dave's office has something I can stick myself to. Let's hurry, this is important work."

Everyone frowned.

They were in Dave's office where he was playing with candy "Don't go, there's space
for the both of us on this floatie. It's too late for me, but I want you to live." Dave made sounds.

Dimlit said "It's so sad!"

Burgertron said "Kikmee, you good with the plan? We might only get one shot at this."

Kikmee said "On-it. Clogstopper will launch
me right next to our opponent's pocket, where
I'll grab the phone."

Shin-knee pulled down ready to launch her "Eh, a little to the left. Uh, my left. Wait, hold. Hold it. OK-fire!" Kikmee was fired bouncing to the wall and into the others.

Everyone was messed up.

"This was not the plan! If he leaves, we'll never get
the..."

Bonz-eye dropped the phone in front of them as she was in the hand of Spyke

"Explain."

Bonz-eye said "He follows each of his snack breaks with a nap break. I believe his mantra is "It's always nap o'clock somewhere.""

"Thats really weird, man." Spyke said.

Dave was seen snoring.

"Good job following my
leadership, Bonz-Eye." Bonz-eye gave a confusing look.

"Now let's see How to delete
those pics?" He turned on the phone "Agh! It has some kind of ingenious, high-tech security mechanism. Let's get this back to the Lost & Found. Hurry, before he wakes up!"

They took it to the lost and found they placed it on the floor as they sat downs

"Before we start, just a warning. Cracking this will not be easy. The potential combinations
are endless."

"Try 1234." Spyke said

Shin-knee typed it in. It rejects it "Nope. Let me try. 111111." Then the phone opens.

"Well, that was my second guess."

Burgertron said "Wow. Dave's terrible at passcodes."

Clogstopper said "Do not diminish their hacking
skills."

Burgertron said as he deleted the photos "The trash can is
exactly where these belong and...mission accomplished!
Now let's get this phone back before he even notices it's
missing!"

Dimlit gave an excited squeal
He opened a cookie matching game "How adorbs! It's just like my dreams!"

He gave excited, hysteric laughter.

"So delicious!" He gave excited laughter.

Burgertron said "Dimlit, stop messing around! We have to get that back before
the Dave creature wakes up, finds it missing, and stomps all
over searching for it. Every bot will lose it on us
if that happens!"

Dimlit said "But the cookies must find their twins! Their only purpose..." he gave manic laughter.

Kikmee said "Phone games are dumb,
snap out of it already."

"They're not all dumb, I saw an
app on here you might like! Yeah, right. Like I'd ever..."

Dimlit opened a football game as Kikmee groans in excitement.

It looked like she was in the game

The whistle blows. She gave an excited chuckle.

"Coming at me?!
Nice try, scabs! Ha! Time to bring the heat!"

The game said "Touchdown! Touchdown!
Touchdown!"

Dimlit said "See? This phone probably has
something for everyone."

Clogstopper said "The only way to prove that
is for me to try every single one of these apps. Hmmm."

"Welcome to Mer-chants. Dive into deep savings on over-stock and remaining merchandise."
Wait! You can buy random leftover stuff? MIRACLES ARE REAL! Woah-ha! Fake mustaches? Plastic spiders? Spray cheese? I need this stuff!" he began putting stuff in the cart.

"Free shipping unlocked!"

Then he began adding more.
"How can they afford to sell
a used case of creamed corn that cheap?!"

"Loyalty point bonus awarded!
Point zero one percent discount
applied!"

Clogstopper gave an excited giggle

"This phone is making all of our
lives better! Can't we keep it?"

Burgertron said "Ugh. No! Bonz-Eye, can I at least trust you to shut this down?"

"I dedicate myself to discipline. This flimsy illusion of reality could never entice me.

Clogstopper gave a weird cry as Bonz-eye took it.

Before Bonz-eye could turn it off she saw an app

"Mindfullness: an app for
Mindful Meditation."

A relaxing female voice said as Bonz-eye did the steps "Breathe in Breathe out. Find your center. You are a warrior in a battle, a battle of calm. The whale song teaches peace. Become one with the whale song

Bonz-eye did out of tune whale noises.

Shin-knee asked "What is happening to all of you? It's kinda freaking me out a little. And I don't like it."

"should, should I stomp on it?"

"May I have the first step?"

"Ladies first, dude."

Before Shin-knee can crush it. Dimlit pressed a game made for pushing. Shin-knee then pressed it and got excited "This game takes coordination, but I don't care!"

Burgertron facepalmed. "You're our last hope Spyke."

Spyke then takes the phone out of Shin-knee "Hey! This thing ain't hal- and I've lost Interest." Spyke then just tosses it over his shoulder and slamming his hand together "Well, now thats over. Whos up for a jam?"

Burgertron said "Thanks Spyke. Since Dave will be looking for this so he can put his pictures into, whatever thing it was, this MallFace thing." The phone was still on and Burgertron looked at the photos. "Ugh. All these pics are
terrible! This one... he didn't even change
the contrast." He played around with the filters "and wow I absolute control
over these pics!
I can put... uh no, no, no, undo, but use a bit from here, and a bit from here. There! We'll submit this!"

"Here we go." Spyke said

Burgertron said "Whoa! That was sublime. Everything was at my fingertips.
Reality was mine to manipulate."

Dimlit said "All I want to do is bring cookies happily together. They NEED me."

Burgertron said "Maybe we could borrow this
a while longer. We could hide the phone in
my cubby-hole!"

Kikmee said "No way! It'd fit better in mine!"

"I was the first one to use an app!"

"I'm the one who retrieved it!"

"I'm the one who hacked it!"
"I'm leader!"

"Give me my precious!" Everyone argued as they were pulling.

Every app said "With every deep breath focus your unending rage"
"Free shipping!"

"Returns
or exchanges are no problem..."
"Only sweat the big thing, and they are all big things."

They all saw their picture.

"What have we become?"

"We're acting selfishly but this isn't our fault. We have moral centers and solid attention spans!"

"...yeah, sure yall do." Spyke spoke

"It's obviously the phone's
fault."

"Burgertron's right. We were fine until we opened those apps."

"What should we do now?"

Everyone looked at each other.

They were at the furnace.
Into the fiery dumpster from
which none return, where you belong!"

The phone transformed into ring-a-ling making everyone shocked breathing in "Okay, you know what?! I've had about enough of this!"

Everyone blinked "I kept hoping you'd figure this
out on your own, but I guess that ain't happening!

"But, but, but you're"

Ring-a-ling said "Don't "but-but-but" me! Alright, I've done nothing but help you all night! I set off the snack alarm to distract the guard, I opened my lock when you put in that dumb passcode." Shin-knee said "Hey! It more obvious."

"I even faked being out of
battery so you could see the reflections of how terrible
you were acting! But you Lost Bots are just beyond help! Except those two. You two are cool."

Shin-knee pointed to herself in confusion. "I think your pretty fly to man." Spyke spoke

Bonz-eye asked "Why didn't you say anything?

"I shouldn't have to!
I'm the most powerful tool for communication and entertainment ever made, not just something used to get
likes. You're responsible for setting your own boundaries! Yeah, you know what, I'm outie! Peace." Everyone gasped as Ring-a-ling jumped off. Shin-knee said "I'm so concerned about some of the bots."

Dave was snoring away as ring a ling jumped back to his pocket as she transformed making Dave wake up. "I wasn't napping, you have no proof! Oh, just the
wake-up alarm. My least favorite alarm."
He checked the phone "New notification from MallFace?  Wait I got how many likes?"

Everyone was in their cubbies

Shin-knee said "You know, I've been thinking about what that phone said and I think she was right.

Bonz-eye said "I agree. It wasn't her fault we got so caught up."

"Ill never understand your younger generation, dudes"

"No! Dave's fault!
Conversation over! Oh, it's
almost Mall opening time.
See you tonight."

Everyone transformed. Except Clogstopper who said "Wait! I think the phone was a bot
the whole time!"

Then the morning came.

Dave said "Hey foodies, there's something
at the Mall for you, too! Come discover dozens of fine
dwining opportunities... duh, did I say "dwining"?

"Get it together, Dave!" He gave a frustrated grunt

"I got this, I just need to take
a small walk and... gah!" He fell with a grunt "Owww!"

The director said "CUT! Seriously?! How'd this guy get the most
likes?"

A crew member said "Yeah, he looks
nothing like his photo."

Then it ended.