
While the timer counts down, the Narrator constantly mocks and taunts Stanley, telling him out of pity why everyone disappeared. If Stanley instead activates the facility's power in attempt to gain it for himself, the Narrator berates him for being so selfish and sets the office to self-destruct in two minutes. The Countdown ending truly shows the Narrator's sadistic side. Stanley, knowing what he must do, completely shuts down the facility's power, deactivating the mind control devices before he walks out of the office as a free man. When Stanley investigates his boss' office, with the Narrator's commentary, he stumbles upon a mind control facility, revealing that all of the workers including himself have been controlled to unquestionably and obediently work by the employers. However, it's implied he's as powerless and trapped as Stanley. The Narrator is with Stanley through the entire journey, being the creator of this place and the one who made his co-workers vanish in the first place.

However, on a certain day, every single human being in the office suddenly disappears, including the hundreds of co-workers and managers. All he does is press the keys on his computer when he is instructed to, but he is happy with his boring occupation. Stanley is simply a middle-aged man working at an unlabeled office with several other co-workers.
