Zenith (mountzenith) wrote in mountzenithrp, @ 2018-12-20 18:27:00 |
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Entry tags: | #day 013, #time update |
TIME UPDATE
Day 13.
Weather: Temperatures remain low, road conditions clear.
Events: For the most part, we've seen twelve days of a kinder, gentler Mount Zenith. Arguably. And I think we all know it's time for that bullshit to end.
There are no changes in Pam and Kiley's situation. They have access to water now (yesterday evening a small stream revealed itself in the wall, though they are in no danger of flooding), but still no food. Arguably.
Everyone else's situations have changed rather swiftly. The remaining 20 subjects have been divided into four groups of five. Group #1 consists Chase, Felix, Jesse, Lennon, and Edwin. Group #2 consists of Audrey, Owen, Tobias, Scotty, and Marco. Group #3 consists of Levi, Cecilia, Oliver, Ettie, and Justice. Group #4 consists of Abra, Kate, Kai, Ivy, and Dylan.
Each group wakes up in an identical location. The rooms each group finds themselves in looks almost like the world's most nondescript conference room. The walls are a dark grey, the carpet is a similar grey, and there's a row of equally grey counters and cupboards against the western-most wall (not that any of them know which way west is). In the center of the room is a long table and chairs. There is a large set of double doors on the north wall, and a smaller door on the east wall. Everyone wakes up sitting on the floor propped up against the south wall.
There is a note on the table. It reads, "Prepare yourself. You are about to be tested. When you are ready, go through the double doors as a group. You will not be allowed to return to this room."
The eastern door is left ajar, and inside are some sinks and a couple of bathroom stalls.
On the counters on the west wall is an assortment of food and beverages. Muffins, pastries, granola, yogurt cups, juices, and bottles of water.
Each subject is either wearing whatever they were wearing when they went to bed, or, in the event that they were wearing nothing, a hospital gown. Any subject that is on morning medications will find them in a pouch safety-pinned to their clothing. Jesse has everything he would need to manage his diabetes, and Kate has her emergency inhaler.
The double doors have a small scanner built into the center. They will only open once each of the five subjects in the room scan their ID bracelet; when this is done, the doors will slide open. Once every subject has stepped through into the next room, the doors will slide shut. If anyone tries to linger or refuses to go through, they will receive a jolt in their implant until they go through and allow the doors to close. Subjects are allowed to bring items from the previous room with them, like food or drinks.
This new room is perfectly round, about ten feet across in any direction. There is a large metal door on the direct opposite wall, but it has no apparent means of opening it. In the center of the room is a large round table and five chairs arranged evenly around the table. The chairs look moderately comfortable, with padded seats and backrests, as well as arm rests. The center of the table raises in a roughly seven inch dome.
Also on the table, level with the left arm rest of each chair, is a small contraption built into the table. On the table surface itself is a small hand-shaped divot, with a small metal strip running over where the wrist would be if a person were to put their hand in the imprint. Next to it is a metal bar sticking out of the table, shaped rather like an upside-down L.
Once each of the five subjects walks into the room and the doors close behind them, a recording plays from a speaker in the ceiling. The voice is female, and obviously computer automated. It says,
"Each of you must take a seat and place your left hand in the mold. The bar will bind you to the table. Once each of you has been secured in place, a 90 second timer will begin.
Before the timer runs out, one of you must tell the others a secret. Doing this adds time. Each time the counter runs out of time, you will be punished.
You will be released in an hour. If you refuse to cooperate, everyone else in the room with you will be punished.
Start now."
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane