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DOUBLE BLIND
Shortly after the conversation with Zero ends, Zero opens the doors of the Garden and allows everyone to leave. However, the rest of the warehouse isn't better than the Garden: The lights are still off, leaving everyone surrounded in darkness. The temperature just keeps on dropping, reaching near freezing point. The air feels more and more polluted, making it difficult to breathe without coughing, and nothing seems to be working as they should be. The electronic doors refuse to open without any power source, cutting off access to the cafeteria and dorms. At the very least, Zero has managed to open all the doors leading to puzzle rooms and has informed the group that new areas are now accessible to them, but they're on their own should they want to enter any other rooms. Before the screens in the Garden turn off, Zero finally informs them that a new feature has been unlocked on their bracelets: any test subject wearing a bracelet may communicate with one another with the bracelet acting as a communication device. Holding onto the left button will enable the line to open just like a walkie-talkie. As long as test subjects are in the warehouse, they will have no troubles speaking with one another. What if they wish to talk to Zero? Zero's time is not be riffled, but they were generous enough to appear whenever anyone found a screen and pressed the on button a total of three quick successions. And with that, Zero disappears from the grids and finally leaves everyone in complete darkness, leaving only one last piece: "Best of luck, Test Subjects." |
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*He didn't have to ask as a robot decided to get very much in Snake's personal space, grabbing him by the clothes. It was faster than he remembered the robots being and he didn't have enough time to escape. Still grabbing his clothes, it picked him up and slammed him against the wall. It left Snake momentarily stunned. So the robot did it again.*
*Needing to just get the thing to stop, Snake instinctively did what a lot of people would do in a fight: namely headbutt the attacker. Snake regretted his decision approximately .5 seconds after committing himself. His head slammed against metal, filling him with pain and cutting him on his scalp over his left eye.*
Really now. You are making me quite upset.
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This time, it wobbled, losing its balance and staggering to the side. Heiji took the opportunity to grab Snake by the hand and drag him forward.
"C'mon, let's get outta here!"
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"You dummy! You coulda gotten yourself killed!" There were any number of emotions Snake might have read from his voice: worry, relief, exasperation. But there was something else there, too, which surfaced more strongly as Heiji went on. He dabbed some cloth against Snake's forehead, cleaning away some of the blood.
"I can't believe you pulled a crazy stunt like that..." Maybe Snake couldn't see the way Heiji was looking at him -- admiring, in a way that he'd never quite looked at Snake before. It was one thing to be smart or talented or handsome. It was quite another to risk your life for someone else.
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*Of course it did nothing to explain Heiji's multiple emotions in his voice or the way he was fussing over Snake. Or the fact that Snake felt on the verge of realizing something. He could feel his heart in his throat but kept his tone calm.* Well really, Heiji, I wasn't about to fight them all myself. Just to lead them away to let you work on the screens. By the way, did you manage to figure out what they were?
PRETEND THAT THIS SENTENCE WAS IN THE LAST TAG, WOW SELF
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Impulsive? Rash? Brave? Whatever it was, it was the kind of thing that Heiji pulled, not Snake -- at least not until now. And the fact that Snake had so suddenly and completely broken with his usual cool, logical self... well. Maybe there was something not entirely innocent about the way Heiji put a hand up to Snake's face, brushing the side of his thumb up over Snake's cheekbone.
In fact, there was something different in Heiji's entire manner, and maybe if someone from his previous life had been in the warehouse with them, they could have put their finger on what it was.
When things got serious -- when lives were in the balance -- people looked to Heiji. That was how it had always been, for so long that Heiji had simply accepted it as a matter of course. Even now, when he remembered almost nothing about his past, he shouldered the responsibility without question. But there were few people his age that he could consider on the same level. One of those rare few had been Kudou, whom he always spoke of with something between admiration and adoration.
This was how he was speaking to Snake now, only much more so. Looks and smarts and reckless heroism? Yes, please.
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*Perhaps he dabbled in occasional recklessness when it came to the safety of the people he cared about? The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. If Clover had been in danger, certainly Snake would do everything he could to protect her, even if it meant putting himself in danger. The fact that he'd done it for Heiji suggested something important.*
*Instead, Snake smiled and finished Heiji's sentence.* Logical? Why thank you, Heiji, good of you to notice. One of us has to be.
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