THE FINALE - 【 ZERO 】 ESCAPE

[vivariummods]

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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[detectiveofthewest]

"So... you just kind of showed up later? Sure, then, whatever you remember'd be helpful." There had been quite a few like that in the warehouse, though most were quickly taken away. Whether the same would happen to this group was the question.

[babel_hacker]

"Alright..." Atsuro take a deep breath and let it out, before he start to think back.

"After I showed up and met the others, we learned that we don't know a lot about this entire situation. I went exploring and that's when I meet the rat--Calhoun, who's just attaching fruit to the trees in this greenhouse." Atsuro pointed over at where the fenced off trees were. Were there even any fruits there? "I started asking him questions. He didn't tell us who's in charge of all of this, but he did say we're here for some kind of experiment."

Which stood out a lot in his mind.

"After that, probably some days later? We get forced into playing a game of Would You Rather. It's basically picking between two things we rather happened to us and vote for it. The choices basically scaled from harmless to outright harming ourselves." He raise a hand over one of his eye. It's basically healed by now, but he can't exactly forget it. "But I did learn that we can make a deal with him when I asked him questions."

He mentioned it, because that's what's going to help with next.

"So after the game ended, we get the message from the robot about escaping. But before we do, we have to stop Calhoun with a virus. We have someone luring him out via asking for a deal and basically ambushed him." His idea, which he's happy that it worked. Too bad they're still here. "After we shut him down, we go back to the robot and helped him shut down the power. It's a bit of work because it's not easy to deal with, almost like solving a puzzle? But we managed it..."

He paused and frowned.

"... Next, we went to a room with tanks, which was where the robot betrayed us and we get flooded in."

[detectiveofthewest]

Hmm. An interesting story. "We've been through stuff like that Would Ya Rather game, too. Like a game where ya had to vote for who got 'punished', and one where he basically tortured us with stuff we were afraid of."

Heiji looked none too pleased at the memory. He'd been electrocuted more than enough times in the past few months than he cared to in all his life, thank you.

"What kinda deal, though? Like to be an informant or something?"

[babel_hacker]

"Something like that. We can request for something and in exchange, we would do something roughly equal to what we ask for. Even if it means possibly turning against everyone else..."

Which was why Atsuro didn't initially take up the offer. He won't do it unless there's no better choices.

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like him. This guy named Simon from our group, I think he took a similar deal... before he disappeared, anyway."

DUN DUN DUN

[babel_hacker]

"...What?" He blinked and stared. "Do you know what kind of deal? And how did he disappear?"

You know, for reference.