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vivarium2015-09-18 11:55 pm
vivariummods) wrote in vivarium2015-09-18 11:55 pm
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THE FINALE - 【 ZERO 】 ESCAPE
| It's been ten days since the so-called "anniversary" on Day 90. Every single trace of a makeshift casino has been cleared out, leaving this suspiciously identical second warehouse empty (and the doors within that lobby locked), and Calhoun has mysteriously stopped dropping by as often as he should have. In the rare times he did drop by, he hemmed and hawed about what was happening and outright avoided answering any questions, shrieking that he's a busy mouse and he shouldn't be harassed by test subjects. Thus, for nine whole days, not a single particular event has occurred. No Calhoun Hours, Ambidex Games, or even a little announcement. It's not until the morning of the tenth day that something finally transpired. A loud siren goes off and the sound of a heavy door being slid open echoes from the second warehouse's lobby. Within seconds, however, both nuances cease and silence returns... |
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"How much have the others explained so far?" Because really, it's just tedious to go through the whole thing.
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"They can't even explain things properly..."
Well, she needs to start somewhere. She raises her hand, finger out like she's a teacher giving a lecture.
"First of all, the robot only ever said he would 'save' us. We all assumed that meant he would help us escape, but as it turned out, he meant he would save us - through our deaths. He didn't have very high opinions of any of us." Small wonder, with Rio among them, but it may be worth noting.
"The room we went into in order to cut the electricity had two attached rooms that could only be accessed by the vents. That left myself and Ellie as the only two who could reach them. Since the switches to disable the power were in those rooms, and both had to be deactivated at the same time, there was no option but for both of us to go into the rooms. But when we deactivated the power... That's when Zero found his opportunity."
"He sealed the rooms off and set off alarms in the main room. Even though I'd acted innocent up until then, he immediately cut to the chase and offered me the deal. He must know more about me than I do, right now..."
It certainly was an opportunistic move, catching her alone like that. Of all the people in the group, she was the one in the best position to help him, and with the exact mentality to actually try. After all, why on earth would she follow an escape plan that their captor already clearly had caught wind of?
"He gave me the ability to unlock any door, but only for myself. In return, I had to betray the others and ensure the robot followed us into the room with the tanks. I didn't expect the robot to leave us there, but I'm sure whoever was controlling it thought their little plan was going off without a hitch. I was able to follow it out the door, but..."
She pauses, and then shrugs.
"The next thing I knew, I was here with the rest of them. Zero's plan must have been to prevent the robot from escaping. Whatever it was, it severely damaged his AI - even though it wasn't on our side, I doubt it was on his, either."
Will that suffice?
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robotism alert"Also, why did you have to lure the robot into the tank room in particular? Was it just an area where Zero had more influence over the robot? Or did he just have a trap set up to catch it?" Certainly during the blackout, Zero's control had been spotty. Perhaps examining Zero's limitations during the blackout would shed some light on how the warehouse itself worked -- and therefore the nature of Zero's control over their surroundings.
If nothing, they at least ended up with evidence in favor of a third party. One that was apparently hostile to Zero and ambivalent at best to the test subjects.
"Also, have you tried testing if your ability still works?"
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"Zero's plan must have been to control its escape route. I went down the same route, but he must have captured me not long after I stepped through that door. If he was able to do that, he must have dealt with the robot by then, too."
In the end, no one won.
"As for my ability... If you could ensure my safety and escort me to a door, I would be happy to try." Honestly though, she doubts it. There's a reason she prioritized getting herself all the way up here instead of immediately trying the doors.
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"You're sure that the robot was trying to escape the warehouse and not just get to a different location inside?" But why? Robot rebellion? Did it have something that it needed to physically get out -- data, maybe?
"No one can ensure your safety in here, but I can take ya to a door. I wouldn't recommend stayin' up there, anyhow. Someone really wants to get at you, one scraggly tree ain't going to stop them."
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"If it wanted to get to a different area, going into that room with the tank must have altered the route it needed to take. But it was willing to go inside once we called it out on sending only us inside, so either way, it must have been confident it could go where it needed to through that room."Who knew where it was truly headed, though.
She seems to consider the last part for a moment before slowly sliding off from her perch and onto the next branch down, making her way with less ease than Sasuke but more than one might expect from such a small girl. She lands on the grass with a small thud, keeping her balance well enough.
"Remember, it will only work if I'm there, so you need to at least get me to the door in one piece."
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That was the only thing he could think of at the moment. People usually didn't have a hateboner for kidnapping victims.
"I don't know what the people in your group're like, but I don't think anyone in mine's gonna have a problem with trying to see if you can still open doors." He began walking to the entrance of the greenhouse.
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This might possibly be because she also taunted them as she left, but hey, that's not important enough to mention. At any rate, she'll go ahead and follow along.
"What's your group like? And how much do you know about this place?"
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"What're they like? You mean would they be willing to work with you?" Under normal circumstances, Heiji would cheerfully textwall about everybody. But Rio had apparently bamboozled everyone in her own group before betraying them, so giving her ammunition with which to possibly manipulate the others didn't really sound like a spectacular idea.
"We more or less have to work together in here, whether we like it or not. I don't think anyone's gonna try and outright hurt you, at least from my group. But you seem pretty quick -- you could probably tell just by talkin' to them for a bit what kind of person they are.
"As for the warehouse, Zero said that we've only seen a fraction of it. We've survived here for about 100 days. It's big, a lot of it is booby-trapped, and it's administered by robots and watched via cameras. Zero seems to be able to pull a lot of the strings remotely, but he employs Calhoun when he wants a 'personal' touch."
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"One hundred days? That's a long time... I don't remember being here that long, but there isn't any way for us to know for sure, is there?"
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"No. So I should say that we've been awake here for at least 100 days. But we've seen evidence that suggests we're not the only group of people that's been brought here, even before you guys showed up."
Of course, it was possible that they hadn't even been here that long and they'd simply been implanted with memories of being tested for over three months while they were asleep but that was Dark City levels of paranoia.
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She purses her lips. Hmm...
"Also, what was it like when you woke up in here?"
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"I woke up in what looked like an elevator with one other person, only there was no way out. Since neither of us remembered who'd brought us there or why, we figured we'd been kidnapped. That was when a screen in the elevator came on. It was a guy in a gas mask callin' himself Zero, but he didn't bother answering any questions before he told us good luck. Then the elevator started fillin' in with icewater -- fast. It was pretty clear it'd take less than ten minutes for the whole thing to fill up and drown us both."
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"When we woke up, we were all in a large room together. All of us had minor injuries, as though we had been in a fight beforehand. There were also rusted and battered tools scattered around the room."
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"Sounds like they wanted you to conclude that you were enemies. Of course, closer examination would reveal if they were defensive wounds, but even then you wouldn't necessarily be able to know for sure who you'd been defending yourself from."
Just generalities, like if their opponent had been significantly taller or shorter. Unless there were signatures like ligature marks or rope burns or gosh think of all the evidence.
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He frowned, thinking of Clive and Kuzuryuu and the others. "...If ya don't wake up, Calhoun carries you out into 'quarantine'."