EVERYONE'S TRUTH - BEGINNING

[vivariummods]

Since the second group's first Calhoun Hour, the mouse in question hasn't appeared in the warehouse for longer than 30 minutes at a time. He only arrives during the early mornings to tape a random fruit of the day (apples, oranges, and pears so far) before scurrying off with his wagon. He refuses to provide any sort of medical relief for any of the test subjects, and does nothing more but providing the bare minimum to survive. So, when Day 9 rolls around, three days since that faithful finger breaking/eye blinding experience, it's no different; Calhoun comes in, tapes up some bananas, then promptly leaves afterwards, all without a word. An hour after he leaves, though... The screen in the Greenhouse, up against the wall besides the entrance, finally comes to life for the first time. It flickers on and on, flashing brightly. At first, there's nothing but static. Soon enough, though, it stays a consistent green tint. A blinking cursor hovers at the bottom and stays there for a few seconds, before it begins to type. DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES COME TO THE LOBBY AND GO THROUGH THE NEWLY OPENED DOOR I WILL MEET YOU THERE....... And it ends there...

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[babel_hacker]

[He looks up from the console and direct his gaze at everyone in this side.]

It seems so? [He calls out louder, so Ellie and Rio can hear him.] Okay, guys. I'm proceeding with the shutdown in a moment! But are you two okay?!

[He gives them a moment to hear what he said and understand it, before he can do it.]

[elliexir]

[ Ellie looks up and walks over to the window, just nodding a bit, still slightly dazed from the whole experience. ]

Yeah! I mean, I'm now deaf, but totally okay and alive. [ Might be a little dramatic but looking over to Rio's side. ] Rio? Are you okay in there?

[toybombs]

[There's no answer. In fact, glancing inside will only reveal the room is empty.










Just kidding, there she is crouched in a shaky pile on the ground with her hands clasped over her ears. It doesn't look like she's heard the others, what with being busy shaking and sobbing in a little pile, as could probably be expected of her.

Carry on, folks.]

[elliexir]

Oh man...

[ That doesn't look good... A wave of guilt overcomes Ellie once she sees that. She goes right up against the window and bangs on it twice, trying to get Rio's attention. ]

Hey, Rio!

[toybombs]

[She visibly starts at the banging, slowly raising her head even as her arms remain protectively by her face.]

E-Ellieeeeee...

[This is the most awful thing in the universe and they're probably going to die and she got trapped in a room and she thought she was going to die then and she's probably too shaky to even get herself back into the vent to leave.]

[elliexir]

[ Well, the banging might have not been a good idea, but at least she got her attention so... reassuring powers, goooooo?? ]

Hey, look, everything's back to normal, so nothing's wrong, okay? Nothing else to worry about.

[toybombs]

U-uuuu...

[She doesn't seem to agree. But she does slowly pick herself up, arms nearly hugging herself as she keeps her gaze low. This is just awful, awful, awful!]

[elliexir]

Can you go through the vents again? I can meet you back in the main room with everyone else.

[ Or she can take the long way and go over to where Rio is, help and comfort her if needed... ]

[toybombs]

I-Is it safe to do that...? I might get stuck-!

[And oh gosh is that the last thing she wants right now.]

[babel_hacker]

[Atsuro raise his voice.]

Don't worry! If you can go through the vents in the first place, you can go through them again and back to us!

[Hopefully, that's reassuring enough?]

Once you guys are back, I can initiate the shutdown.

[toybombs]

U-uuu...

[Definitely crying even more now. But shakily, she does eventually begin to walk towards the vent, making a very pathetic climb up and into it.

W-will she even be able to make it out? It seems to be taking a while...

Aha, there she is. She just sort of tumbles out again, although this time she just lays in a heap once she hits the ground, trembling like a leaf.]

[elliexir]

[ Ellie has made her way into her own vent once she saw that Rio climbed into her. She doesn't have a stellar landing either, she nearly trips on the desk and falls, but she catches herself. She heads right over to Rio and tries to see if she can help her up. ]

Hey, we made it! That wasn't too bad, right>

[toybombs]

[Nope, sorry Ellie, too busy 'uuuuuuu'-ing and otherwise being a pile on the ground.

Just do whatever, she's done, she doesn't want to deal with any of this anymore.]

[fushuuu]

Just shut the generator down so we can get out of here.

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Maria is clearly a puzzle solving genius. Or just stupidly lucky. More like choice B.*

And hopefully not set off any more sirens. Good God. *Her ears still hurt.*

[babel_hacker]

Alright. Shutting it down now!

[Just do it already, Atsuro. He presses "Y" and submit the command to commence the shutdown.]

[vivariummods]

[ The console appears to have no reaction at the command, not immediately at least, but within half a minute, everything shuts down all at once. The soft humming of circularizing air goes silent, all the lights turn off, the temperature already begins to drop... In the pitch darkness of the room, it'd be difficult to move around without bumping into anything. ]

[ At the very least, in "light" of all this, characters may now proceed to the final part of their rescue. ]