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cultfavorite) wrote2023-02-05 11:46 am
cultfavorite) wrote2023-02-05 11:46 am
PALACE GAME: Round 3
You open your eyes—
You're standing in the vast lobby of a corporate building, facing the reception desk, where a Team Galactic Grunt is stationed—she's currently on the phone, though, and occupied. A few other grunts move through the lobby, looking as if they're on their way to their next assignment. All of them look identical. And if you watch their paths for a while, none of them actually end up leaving the room.
The walls are a bright, metallic, sterile blue with white, and the floor is made up of gleaming silver metal tiles emblazoned here and there with a gold logo. The reception desk is slightly to your right, and to the left of that there are three doors in the far wall in front of you.
To the right of the reception desk, there's a little area with a vending machine, a large ottoman to sit on, a potted plant, and . . . a dotaku? With a face? It's sitting resting on the floor next to the vending machine, and it's staring right at you with those red eyes.
Directly to your right, closer to the front door, there is a glowing green circle on the floor with a sign on the wall next to it.
What will you d—
Wait. Your phone is buzzing. Whether or not you had it with you back in the prison, you do now, whether in your pocket, in your hand, whatever. It's on your person, and it's vibrating demandingly for attention. If you choose to ignore it, a mechanical voice emanating from it begins literally saying the word buzz! buzzzzzz! buuuzzzzzz! in an increasingly irritated tone.
Check your phone?
You're standing in the vast lobby of a corporate building, facing the reception desk, where a Team Galactic Grunt is stationed—she's currently on the phone, though, and occupied. A few other grunts move through the lobby, looking as if they're on their way to their next assignment. All of them look identical. And if you watch their paths for a while, none of them actually end up leaving the room.
The walls are a bright, metallic, sterile blue with white, and the floor is made up of gleaming silver metal tiles emblazoned here and there with a gold logo. The reception desk is slightly to your right, and to the left of that there are three doors in the far wall in front of you.
To the right of the reception desk, there's a little area with a vending machine, a large ottoman to sit on, a potted plant, and . . . a dotaku? With a face? It's sitting resting on the floor next to the vending machine, and it's staring right at you with those red eyes.
Directly to your right, closer to the front door, there is a glowing green circle on the floor with a sign on the wall next to it.
What will you d—
Wait. Your phone is buzzing. Whether or not you had it with you back in the prison, you do now, whether in your pocket, in your hand, whatever. It's on your person, and it's vibrating demandingly for attention. If you choose to ignore it, a mechanical voice emanating from it begins literally saying the word buzz! buzzzzzz! buuuzzzzzz! in an increasingly irritated tone.
Check your phone?
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But you'll be safe as long as you stay here, right?
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Do you know anything about the Big Boss?
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Slowly, it bobs forward as if nodding.
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Great. Can you tell me how to find them?
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There are three doors here. Each is an automatic sliding metal double door, currently closed; the doors to the left and right are trimmed in a lit tube of neon yellow. The middle door is also trimmed in a tubular light, but the light seems to have gone out.
Above each door is a square LED panel, each showing nothing but a single emoji, though plenty large enough to make out what it is. From left to right, they are:
🧠 ❌ 💗
The middle door is flanked by two flat-topped chrome metal pedestals, short enough for the tops to be easily viewed; the dim black top of each is featureless right now, but they look reactive, like they might contain some kind of sensor technology. Not that there's anything on them for them to sense right now. It may be that something should sit there . . .
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[Glances between the doors and the vending machine]
Do you think I'll need anything from there before I leave?
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Do you know how to earn munny here?
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As you approach the door, it slides automatically open for you. The hallway beyond appears to lead down a hallway deeper into the building.
Enter?