So I know I'm late to the trend as usual.

I finally did an escape room for the first time.

And because it was my first time,

you can probably already guess,

but I was just kind of.... awesome?

I don't know like really, really good?

Hands down, one of the best person I have ever seen,

play this kind of game?

I'm sorry, I don't want to sound like I'm bragging,

but I mean, I do have a 100% success rate.

And I've only done one room so far, so like

Wait until I get some real experience under my belt.

That number's only gonna go up!

I mean you can even ask the people that I went with,

who've actually done escape rooms in the past,

like, just how naturally good I am

and how great I was for like my first time!

*Greg disagrees*

Well, I mean you didn't ask them.

So.. But even then, you know-

you s-

they were like-

Okay fine, I suck! Okay, I suck!

I SUCK!

*intense suck through the mouth*

I'm not good at escape rooms, okay?

And yes, it might seem like

I'm making a big deal out of nothing

well it is to me.

Because I always thought I would be good

at escape rooms. You know, I love puzzles

and riddles, and I'm usually good at that stuff.

I thought I'd be a natural fit.

But I guess I just, I don't know, I'm just not good at them.

Guess I just, um..

I'm not as smart as I thought I was.

You know?

Hey!

This is the part where you guys are supposed to be like

"Hey, come on, it wasn't that bad, it was your first one."

You know?

Right?

*No.*

Look, some people's brains just work in different ways.

It doesn't mean I'm stupid, okay?

I'm not dumb!

Look, just because I'm a college dropout and yes,

I cheated a lot in high school and middle school

to get better grades so I didn't really retain anything

and,

yeah, okay,

sure, they tested me as a child for ADHD

because I couldn't perform so-called "basic tasks"

like, raising my hand when I'm supposed to

or not paying attention,

or not punching a girl in the stomach for cutting

in front of me in the lunch line

even though she saw me there first!

Doesn't mean that I'm dumb, okay?

I just,

believe that

I was there first, Hannah! (comment jeff if u see this easter egg)

And, Hannah, if you ever end up seeing

this video for whatever reason,

Um, I am very, very, sorry for that.

Kindergarten me was just... a jerk.

Who was..

first.

So..

Anyway!

Back to the topic!

One of the worst feelings in the world is

finding out, that, you know, something you always

thought you were good at

and maybe, you took some pride in it,

you're not only not good, you're also

the exact opposite.

You're bad.

BAAAAAAad!

And the only feeling worse than that

is when everyone else around you

who thought the same thing of you,

finds that out as well.

People always used to ask me to go to escape rooms.

They would say things like:

"Ryan! You should come with us, dude!

You'd have fun!"

"Yeah, you'd be really good at it!"

"I think it'd be really easy for you too."

"Yeah, the way you think outside the box,

you'd be perfect for it, come on! Let's go!"

Paco: "Yeah, what they said!"

Well, if you guys say so!

I mean, I guess I could give it a shot-

Yeah, that's kinda why they're not the, uh,

happiest campers right now..

So..

boop :3

*Greg is not amused*

It's not like I wasn't trying,

I tried really hard!

Just, maybe, a little too much,

to be honest..

I mean yes, sometimes, thinking outside the box

is great for problem solving.

But I tend to naturally already think outside the box

whether I want to or not,

See, if you've been watching this channel long enough

you probably already know why

I would be so bad at these things.

To make it easier for those of you that don't,

this is kind of what it was like for me.

And this is not a reenactment of what happened,

this is just the kind of things that were going on in

my mind, while the actual escape room was happening.

It's probably easier to just watch it.

Take a look!

Arden: Okay, so one last time,

as we mentioned earlier in the prep room,

we will be watching you,

so just to reiterate, no phones,

and remember: the key to escaping this room

is in this box.

And in order to open it,

you need to figure out the clues leading to it.

Do not try to force this, or anything else

in the room open. If it's not opening, it's not broken,

you just haven't figured it out yet.

We've had people break things

in the past out of frustration,

and, unfortunately, we've had to ask them to leave.

That's not fun for anyone, right?

Especially us, because then we have to fix it!

That sucks.

Alright! Well if there's no other questions,

I'll be-

Ryan: How interesting.

Arden: Um, what was that?

Ryan: You said that the key to escaping

this room that we're locked in

is in that box.

Yet, you know that we know

that we have to think outside the box.

To see into it.

Huh.

*Everyone: ???*

Okay! Um.. well if there's no other questions for me

the timer begins as soon as this door closes.

Good luck and have fun.

Derrick: Alright where do we start?

Will: I don't know, I mean she just said this is our way out.

Paco: Well... look at the box for writing or something.

Sean: There's only a lock on here!

Paco: Uh... that means we have to

find a key of some sort.

Greg: Yeah, yeah yeah, okay.

I'll check the books.

Sean: I got the maps!

Paco: I'll get the desk then.

Will: Alright, there's definitely gotta be

something with these chests.

Derrick: How about these cups? PO?

What does that mean?

Will: Huh... I don't know.

Paco: How is this broken?

Ryan! Uh.. why don't you look at the ins... Ryan! Ryan!

Ryan!

RYAN!

What are you doing?

Ryan: I think I.... I think I got it!

Paco: Got what?

Ryan: I think I figured it out!

Will: What, like... the next clue?

Ryan: No- how we get out of this room!

Paco: Ryan, you're wasting our time. That's impossible.

Greg: Yeah, we just started.

Ryan: Guys, look. Remember when she came in here

to explain the rules?

Paco: Yeah, what about it?

Ryan: Well, when she came in wearing all white I started

looking around the room for all these other white things

and all of a sudden, I just realized

all the walls around us are white.

A-And they're surrounding us like we're in some

kind of institution, li- like we're in some kind of box!

And then right as I was making that realization,

she goes, and picks up ANOTHER box, a-and tries

to open it in front of us!

Paco: What is your point?

Ryan: Guys, call me crazy, call it a hunch, call me maybe.

But I really think that, if we wanna get out of this box,

We have to figure out what's in THAT box!

Will: Are you being serious?

Ryan: Yeah, why?

Paco: She JUST told us that.

Ryan: Oh. Well, um-

Paco: See! I told you we shouldn't have brought him!

He's gonna slow us down!

Ryan: Okay! Okay! She told you guys about the box

but in order to get it open

I noticed there's actually a-

Paco: A keyhole! Yes! We know!

That's the first thing we talked about!

Derrick: That's why we're looking for hints

to find the key.

Ryan: Actually that's not what I was gonna say but-

if you wanna find the key, I could actually show you guys where-

Paco: No! We need HELP! Actual help!

Go.. Go look at that deer or whatever that is!

Ryan: Oh you mean the sheep head?

Paco: That's not a sheep!

Ryan: Lamb, sheep, same thing.

Will: I dunno, maybe bison?

Derrick: Triceratops?

Sean: That's not a dinosaur.

Greg: Could be.

Sean: It has two horns.

Greg: There's horny dinosaurs.

Sean: What?

Greg: What?

Paco: WHAT ARE YOU-

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS EVEN TALK-

Look, we've wasted so much time that we haven't

found a single clue yet.

Greg: Yeah, I got nothing.

Sean: Same on the maps,

there's just random circles everywhere.

Derrick: Yeah, same here.

Will: Yeah, I got some different colored water bottles

but I don't really know what they are.

Ryan: Look, guys, all I'm saying is.

You guys don't know where to even start. I could

just get things going and just let you guys know where-

Paco: Okay, fine, where do we go, huh?

Where do we start?

Ryan: Well, I mean-

I would start with the hollowed-out book.

Paco: What?

Ryan: The hollowed out book next to Greg over there.

Y'know, third shelf from the top on the right.

Should have a big letter "A" on it.

Sean: What the..

*suspenseful music*

Yeah, it should be like,

some kinda wristwatch or something.

*all gasp*

Paco: How did you know that?

Ryan: Well, I mean I could tell you guys, but

like you said, I don't wanna waste everybody's time, so-

Will: Okay, we were wrong. We- we're sorry.

Derrick: Yeah, just tell us what's next, c'mon.

Paco: Yeah.

Ryan: Okay, well that hollowed-out book had a watch

which shouldn't be working, because when a watch

doesn't work, you tend to look where?

At a clock, which is also not working.

So it might appear useless until you see the bottom

of the clock, which says made in China.

Probably wouldn't think too much into that, until you

realize that this whole room is covered in maps

and one of those maps happen to be China.

Now the map of China has a bunch of different cities

circled, but since they provided us with some kinda